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  1. twinstalker
    While I usually found reason to have a connection with the '65 players (my watch started in 1970), Nossek was only a name I heard in passing, and if I had to list the players for that team, I'm afraid I would have missed him. Sorry, Joe, but thanks for your contributions! RIP
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    This team was never going to win. The SP might have been good, but it wasn't that good. I so much wish Minnesotans wouldn't count on best-case scenarios out of a mediocre 50th percentile. Lopez going down was unfortunate (at best). That, by the way, was a significant risk and maybe a likely scenario when a pitcher has forearm issues that he's shut down for. Forearm problems are the precursor to UCL tears. Trading Joe Ryan is and should be and should have been independent of everything else. It should only be dependent on the FO knowing what it's doing (questionable) and the return available if they know what they're doing.
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    I can give you 4,450,000 reasons why it's impossible to trade Trevor Larnach. Twins are trying to save money, but they don't understand the simplest: Larnach doesn't add value, or what little value he might add if used optimally doesn't get you extra wins. They could have dropped him and put that money toward their debt. Stupid. I'm betting the Twins will realize this and non-tender an actually good player in the future, a la David Ortiz. (and yes, he was to me the best hitter on the team and coming into his prime)
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    All fine and good, but hardly any of those names should be in an opening day bullpen.
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    Twins are likely the dumbest team in the league. He hurts his arm in September. Did they even think about having an MRI then? He lost five months, and that means he may be just starting to pitch games by the trade deadline 2027. If he'd had an MRI, and if it had shown a tear or stretch (it might not have, but it probably would have with the forearm strain), they could have saved his full 2027 and had a trade chip if he pitched decently. Twins don't seem to even consider that.
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    When a team sucks and can't spend much money, the way to spend what you have is on the system. Build the foundation: coaches, instructors, international players. You don't do the opposite. I guarantee Banda is of zero value. If he pitches well it won't help. If he pitches well and gets traded, it will be for something that doesn't ultimately help. Meanwhile, the Twins are not even saving money by doing this, as it costs about $1 million more than the minimum to have him on the team. So, they could take that $1.5 million and invest a third in world players and, frankly, use the extra million to support infrastructure. How they could give up $500k of pool money for Banda is beyond me. This is assuming we're talking about 2007 money.
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    What does that have to do with 2027 money?
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    Set-up man or closer?
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    LOL. Teams that understand how to build and how to use dollar resources aren't really that bash-able. Twins show no signs they know how to identify young talent. Because of this they will (is it okay to say?) suck. Because of this they would also need to spend lots of money to win. Understanding how to identify players in the draft and internationally is the main problem this organization has, and that's totally on Falvey. The rest is on Pohlad(s). If I were king of the Twins, the first thing I would do is make Sean Johnson explain why he should keep his job. I doubt his explanation would satisfy me.
  10. twinstalker
    Plus he "cracked" the top 100 last midseason, no? Removed, yes. He was 74 in BA's top 100 at one point last season.
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    Wow. You obviously don't understand the upside of Zebby. And for a mediocre to average hitter. If Zebby doesn't work out, then thems the breaks, but to give up all your high level (Lopez, Ryan, Ober?) or potential high level pitching (Zebby) in the next year or so makes zero sense.
  12. twinstalker
    I thought this might be one of the ideas that Falvey and Pohlad didn't see eye to eye on.
  13. twinstalker
    By all means bullpen. He only has 3-4 plus pitches, so he's pretty much destined for the bullpen. I mean all the other pitchers must have a lot more than that, right?
  14. twinstalker
    Rick Renick, Steve Brye, George Mitterwald, Jerry Terrell, some of my earliest Twins memories who weren't the stars.
  15. twinstalker
    I think I once got admonished here for saying something similar to what I want to say now.
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    I thought one reason they didn't trade Ryan is because they'd obviously get more in the offseason. I'm guessing that hasn't happened. These trades for Peralta and Gore are, imo, not being won by the team getting the prospects. Still, there are two seasons of team control left, and as soon as a team is willing to offer an incredible prospect, the Twins need to pull the trigger. I'm just not sure the Twins can identify an incredible prospect. I have no doubt they know one when one is offered to them, but I also have little doubt that they think some who are not incredible are incredible. After BA's top 9 (Griffin, McGonigle, Wetherholt, Made, Jenkins, Clark, Emerson, McLean, Basallo) and the two others: 12 De Vries and 16 Walcott, a team really has to understand what to look for, because these ranking services absolutely do not get it right when they really should. Milwaukee got 71 Jett Williams and 81 Brandon Sproat, good prospects for sure, not great, but you really want more for Ryan or a healthy Lopez You want to get someone special who's a much higher ranked prospect or a seriously underrated prospect like 86 Nate George with 72 Trey Gibson from the Orioles. George > Jett Gibson > Sproat Or a big time solo prospect like 25 Kade Anderson with a lesser one like Seattle's #7 prospect C Luke Stevenson, the 35th player taken in 2025 (out of UNC).
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    I've started reading the comments, and I'd like to add something to the beginning of everyone's comment: I mean, are we happy we might suck just a little itty bitty less than before? The Twins are convincing themselves that this sort of a deal counters any argument that they're making a mockery of their baseball operations and this offseason. So, anyway, comments like "Good move" or "only cost $2 million" make zero sense to me. Give someone the minimum salary and unapologetically save $1.25 million toward the $450 million you think or say you owe.
  18. twinstalker
    I'm sure there's speculation, but I wonder which Twin loses his 40 man spot. I always like it when it's a guy we just traded for.
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    In the mirror.
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    I think Dasan Hill is their #2 prospect in terms of true possible impact. EmRod won't hit, Culpepper will be average at best. Gonzalez isn't athletic enough. Prielipp will be a reliever. The prospect gods probably rank Hill's upside as a #3 starter, but I think that's his floor (read the rest of the sentence) if everything goes right for him. I think he could be a 2 and probably will be a 4/5/6 if he makes it. There's talk of EmRod's high upside, but that's foolish. He won't ever hit enough to have anything but a relatively low upside. People throw around the term and use it for a guy who can hit batting practice HRs. That's not upside They use it for a guy who has wicked bat speed or exit velocities but can't hit the ball squarely vs the type of pitches he'll see. That's not upside. Upside is a guy like Keaschall who squares up everything and doesn't strike out but doesn't have great exit velocities because his body is not yet going to help provide them. A guy who will get stronger. When he starts sending the ball over the fence Dozier-style, that's reaching his upside. So it comes down to Hill and Culpepper, and Culpepper probably has a limit of average. I'd say Hill.
  22. twinstalker
    The only Edouard Julien question is why?
  23. twinstalker
    CJ Culpepper? That's the third guy you can think of? I think it basically answers your question. No, this is not some unique strategy. Yes, there are always guys on the 40 that are disposable when a prospect is ready. But you're implying the Twins aren't signing better players due to impending off-roster call-ups. They're doing that to save money, that's all. Almost no waiver claim is for anything more than filler until better players crowd them out (if they're lucky enough to survive the roster in the first place). Twins simply have crap guys, MLB roster-wise, and they're trying other crap guys. A guy like Brujan has had stretches that belie his horridness. Maybe the Twins think they can help him, which frin recent history makes us laugh at the thought. But I'm sure the Twins think their development staff isn't completely useless. They're giving everything a try. They gave Mickey Gasper a try, though they did sort of trade for him.
  24. twinstalker
    I'm surprised we haven't checked in with J. Castro.
  25. twinstalker
    Absolutely he's Jeffers' replacement. But we're talking 2026, not beyond, really. He's 32. And hitting the ball out of Houston isn't that difficult. I agree with the few comments I've read that Jeffers must be on the block. It's the smart thing if you can get real value for Jeffers, and this is the only time you can at this point.
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