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  1. twinstalker
    Oof. Maybe save some money here, too, for the round 3 pick?
  2. twinstalker
    Yeah, but you're taking someone unworthy of the 2nd pick. And I'm pretty sure they're using money saved from the 2nd pick. It's a screwy logic
  3. twinstalker
    Nothing really to say. I've seen Renfrow all over the board. Law had him ~40 while MLB.com had him 123. Don't know BA's rank. Twins had a pitching plan which seems like it's not working after the college lower draft Ober-Matthews-Morris-Lewis-Culpepper string we had or thought we had. I'm not sure where we are with that. Are we still looking at that type? Is Renfrow that type?
  4. twinstalker
    A much, much worse hitting 1B than Sabato's ever been, and he's been bad.
  5. twinstalker
    Not sure of the point here. This guy won't hit. No way. You were responding to a comment about trading Tait for good value. Tait had his 15 minutes at the end of 2024. The excitement about him was fading when the Twins acquired him. Right now nobody would want him, except for maybe a meh middle reliever they're dumping after the season anyway. Maybe a little more. There's no reason to take a guy like this. If you need catching depth you take a college guy later. He better be way under slot, though I don't like that strategy, either.
  6. twinstalker
    This is a really bad pick and, worse, it's far earlier than he was supposed to go. It's super obvious, and I'm not sure I want to go through this all again. First, did we need a catcher? I realize that you don't draft for need, but why would you prioritize a catcher after just taking one? Because he's going to be good? He's not going to be good, he's not going to be able to hit at all. A K rate of 23% in college is like 30% in AA is like 40% in MLB. And it's not just striking out that will be the problem in MLB. He'll be partially hitting the ball when he does. Keith Law says he has no chance at the majors if he can't stay at catcher, suggesting that it's possible he won't even be able to stay at the position! This was perhaps the worst pick possible, and it extends a trend of the Twins doing this sort of thing. Please, let Sean Johnson go. My weird guess here is the Twins thought they'd get one of the top 2, and they had some sort of agreement with this guy to take him in the second round as a money-saving measure to paying other picks while getting a guy they think can catch. Knowing they would have to pay slot to the top 2.
  7. twinstalker
    Boston's table scraps are pretty good right now, though I still doubt they'd let him go if he could really help. They might have had a numbers problem, but keep in mind half the teams could have claimed him before us.
  8. twinstalker
    You're probably right in that tech sense, but I would seriously hope he's ready right now to punish A+, or we may have picked the wrong guy at #3.
  9. twinstalker
    LOL. You have absolutely no idea how he reacts to professional pitching. Jenkins is his same age and would have gone well before him in this draft. Lackey hit in a hitter's paradise, and everyone on his team was a stud, statistically. He may be good, or he may be overrated, but there's no sane way you take him over Jenkins right now. Let's see what his K rate is at A+, AA, and AAA, though he'll always be at least one year older than Jenkins was.
  10. twinstalker
    I don't believe in Rodriguez, I'm beginning to think Tait was a really bad trade (in hindsight), I think Houston is ahead of them somewhere in the second ten, and I think there are some others in the org that sneak into the top 10, mostly names not all that familiar to us, like Jhomnardo Reyes and a DSL guy I can't think of. Maybe Houston is top ten after running though the names in my head, but it's a grudging #10.
  11. twinstalker
    I think there are reasons to question this, but compared to the picks starting at #5, this looks genius. I think really bad decisions were made on Curiel, Rose, and even Booth. I liked Tyler Bell and to some extent Drew Burress, but I don't have extremely good reasons for taking Bell in particular over Lackey. Bell is maybe the guy I'd try to pay a couple million less, but I'm not really into doing that if the top guys are strong. I just don't know whether to believe Lackey is the man. He might be. For me the other two were no brainers, and I would have been fine taking Flora. Overall, despite doubts about Lackey, I would have been okay in some way with the top 3, Flora, Bell (at reduced cost) and maybe Burress or Lombard at much reduced cost. I wouldn't like the last two, but I probably wouldn't rant like I would with anyone else.
  12. twinstalker
    The walks and homers don't bode well for a Trey Yesavage comparison, but it's still a bit early. I honestly think this move of Quick to AA might have more to do with not having any AA pitchers.
  13. twinstalker
    ??? They're not keeping him, and they're not good. Explain again why he shouldn't be the first to go? Unless the answer is that the Twins would trade him for crappy return, I'm not sure I agree with you a hundred percent on your police work, Lou,
  14. twinstalker
    Would have been nice to get Emerson (after Cholowsky). And impressive that you nailed the Comp B pick.
  15. twinstalker
    This article is the best and most relevant topic in a while. For whatever reason, Minnesotans would rather keep an average player than obtain a better player. We'd rather play the victim when a player we should have traded gets hurt or spurns us for his next contract. Good organizations take all emotion and weird connections out of the equation. Sure, you overpay Kirby Puckett rather than let him go, there are exceptions. But we cannot let this weird attachment thing determine how the roster is shaped. #1 example is Anthony Edwards. I've said trade him, and people automatically freak out. "He's one of the most talented players in the world!" (yes he is). "He's a top five player in the league!" (no he's not, not remotely). "I like Ant!" (because you've become attached to him and for some reason place more importance on that than winning) An't's best attribute? His trade value. Joe Ryan's best attribute for a mediocre team he has 1.5 years remaining with? His trade value. Ryan Jeffers? His trade value. Koby Clemens? His trade value, possibly. He also may be a stabilizer for carryover. Larnach? Probably his trade value for the first time since he was a minor league prospect. Josh Bell? whatever little you can get. Yeah, it's fun to be in the playoff race, and I understand fans are frustrated, but you don't do what you did last summer if you aren't willing to do it again.
  16. twinstalker
    It is almost impossible that a minor league reliever makes the big league team, much less be effective. The fact that PP started as an amateur means nothing. He's a minor league reliever, he had success at A+ being way too old, hasn't had success since, and what are we even talking about?
  17. twinstalker
    Griffin is a free agent at end of year. Negotiated into his contract after coming back from Japan.
  18. twinstalker
    SMH at the article. Twins writers should have the basic understanding that Jeffers, because of Boras, will simply go where the money is. That the Twins will not pay Ryan Jeffers $22 million for one season, nor should they. That the Twins will not pay Jeffers more than other teams in a long term contract. I mean, what are we doing here? It's clickbait.
  19. twinstalker
    Twins might need him if they trade Jeffers. Does he have options to demote him, or will they need to keep him on the 25 when Jeffers gets back?
  20. twinstalker
    Fun, but it got old on the third day.
  21. twinstalker
    All I know is that if the Twins don't sell the guys not under their control for next year, what are we even doing here? Have they and anyone who agrees with them deluded themselves that much? Intellectually, I want them also to trade Joe Ryan and some others, but I do feel the fun of "having a chance." On the other hand, why would you trade Josh Bell unless you get something really helpful for the future? It's doubtful that he'd fetch that much, so maybe you don't trade him for that reason. Jeffers should bring a good prospect, though I'm skeptical the Twins will identify one.
  22. twinstalker
    Sean Johnson is still the draft coordinator, and the Pohlahds are still the owners. It doesn't matter whether it's Falvey or Zoll, the draft will most likely be a clusterF. If Cholowsky is there, and the Twins don't take him because of some sort of "threat," then we really have no reason to be fans.
  23. twinstalker
    He's the devil, and the Twins have been in bed with the devil. He gets everything from the Twins, and the Twins get far less than they think they do. Worst thing Falvey ever did? Boras. And no, it doesn't matter if you think you've sucked up to him, you don't get squat. The only way Jeffers is here next year is if the Twins overpay. And that's the worst thing the Twins could do other than stay in bed with Boras.
  24. twinstalker
    Spring training 2025 I thought Roden was a decent prospect. He homered a lot to get my attention, then I looked at his minor league history. Decent prospect, chance of platooning in MLB. My guess now is that he's a AAAA guy, because this just shouldn't be so difficult. Perhaps he's someone who can't hit vs high velocity. There are a lot out there who can't. But before we put that nail in his coffin...for gawd's sake, give him his final chance before he's too old to get out of his chair.
  25. twinstalker
    We're over halfway through, and the Twins have done okay with exactly one of these (Gomez). I'm not optimistic on getting to 7 (plus Morris).
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