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  1. gman
    Before jumping on the keep Kepler bandwagon, what happens if they put Buxton back in the outfield next year(which everyone is hoping for) but it's not center field. He can't maintain his health in center and never has. He can't even do it from the bench. If Buxton play's left or right do you keep Kepler? Do you then trade both Larnach and Wallner?
  2. gman
    Keep filling the pipeline. Ricardo Oliver is having a good season at Ft Myers. 21 yo catcher/left fielder, He is another player with the ability to draw walks. I am glad that the Twins system has more and more players with good strike zone control. I wonder if that is because of the electronic ball and strike zone vs human umps with poor strike zone judgement.
  3. gman
    If he can play first base as well and hit at all then he could replace Gallo. Still I would prefer Prato gets a shot as a corner right hand bat.
  4. gman
    I still think Martin is the future center fielder for this team. Prato, a right handed hitting corner outfielder. Can't think of any team looking for one.
  5. gman
    Gallo had a multi hit game last on June 27 and only 4 times this year. He has had 37 multi strikeout games. Not a great stat line. Maeda has pitched well. Looks like he is ready for an early position in the playoff rotation. Hopefully the other starters get back to early season performances. Most of 2 months left in the season, but Jeffers looks like he is having a breakout so far.
  6. gman
    I considered the direction of this article before and almost responded like wise to other current articles on not acquiring relief pitchers. If they have over stretched the available budget for this year and the financing for TV revenue is falling then how does that impact this winters free agent spending and the International free agent market. The list of players let go was listed above. It would have been easier as a front office to sign a couple of players and look like they were doing something then to shrug their shoulders and go oh well. But if the only option was to make trades that cut payroll, who were they going to get? Floro and Luplow plus whatever Keuchel had already agreed to. Unfortunately not enough minor league pitchers were pitching well enough to warrant promotions, although I expect that many were hoping several to step up. I suspect besides the year they are having, that come next winter the Twins would never even have tried to sign Correa or Buxton. Just imagine the team next winter if they cannot add payroll from where they are now.
  7. gman
    Looks like another weak hitting occasional homer type. Bet he produces lots of strikeouts too.
  8. gman
    He who shall not be named was out tanning himself last night down the first base line. Don't look now but Arizona has a better record than the Twins.
  9. gman
    Correa spent all last winter chasing $350mil contracts, not practicing his normal off season routine. I'm not a Correa fan and wish they hadn't signed him or resigned him. But I expect he'll be back to his normal next year. I also expect there is a lot of pressure he has placed on himself to prove he is worth $200mil. Very normal occurances. I would have spent all winter chasing $350mil contract if it was offered to me and I expect most on this site would have too.
  10. gman
    I think Polanco's future on the Twins could very well be dictated by how well Lee looks at 3A. They may not bring Lee up this year, but if he plays well enough I expect them to clear a spot for him next spring.. Next year's starting infield at some point will be Kirilloff 1B, Lee 2B, Correa SS, Lewis 3B. Martin can play center field with Buxton maybe playing 50 games in Left field. Julian utility /Dh and Miranda I have no idea where. Wallner in RF.
  11. gman
    It would be nice to see him hit the rotation late next year and Priellip in 2025. Although I envision him more as a relief pitcher to start with.
  12. gman
    I am fine with none of the Twins prospects being thrown away for a 2 month rental. Let those players stay here get better, some won't. I am actually fine with Gallo being on the roster to playing first base since the Twins are short of qualified first basemen on the roster. I would have preferred they DFA Gallo and bring Williams up to play first base although his July has been almost as bad as his June was good. There are others they could have subtracted without adding anything to the big league roster in those trades, that would have made the team better going forward. The Twins have 6 core veterans everyday players who are supposed to be leading this team, Correa, Buxton, Gallo, Kepler, Vasquez and Polanco. Gallo and Kepler are playing to their career norms and if you look at it, Buxton is close. Polanco has been injured too much to know, but on the other hand it seems as if his off season approach wasn't good enough to get him ready to play. Vasguez and Correa are just no where close. This is the group we need to replace half of to give the 2024 team a better chance. The Twins can and should win the division but of course they might not. But if too many of these key veterans are playing close to their career norms, is there any reason to keep them around into the future? They have not been good enough. I don't want to hear or see one of them stand up at seasons end and say "Its on me, I wasn't playing good enough." We know you're not playing good enough, but fix it now.
  13. gman
    Hope he can make it to 3A by mid summer next year. Good luck.
  14. gman
    They probably had a gentleman's agreement not to trade Keuchel to a team that he didn't want to go to. And I suspect he only wanted to start, which the Twins don't currently have a place for. Pure speculation.
  15. gman
    Even with down numbers, I would like to see ERod get bumped to the next level for September. Hopefully he will have a good August to earn it.
  16. gman
    I think the Twins will win the division pretty easily, without about a dozen injuries anyway. Could they have done anything to get better than the other 5 upcoming playoff teams. Highly doubtful. They need 3 starters, possibly 4 if they win the first round of the playoffs. Probably need 5 good relievers for the playoffs and I think they have that. No matter what bat they could have brought in, Buxton, Correa, Kepler or Vasguez were not going to have much of a change in games played. None of those players are doing enough in the lineup to really propel the team. The best hitters are all the young guys, which to me is good news, so any batter traded for is going to knock one of them out of the lineup. Probably the best thing they can do is rotate some guys out of the bullpen for periods of rest and maybe lengthen the rotation to get guys more rest. Or shorten the number of innings a starter throws which would entail more long relievers, which I am in favor of.
  17. gman
    They have Paddock back at some point, maybe September. He is signed for next year. They could also resign Mahli to be back the middle(?) of next year.
  18. gman
    I think the Twins can win the division with a losing record. Does anybody realistically think this team is going to win 90 plus games. Not necessary in this division. I think Gallo is here until Kirilloff is back. Obviously nobody wanted Gallo. Gallo was signed as a backup and as someone else noted they don't have experienced first baseman right now. I think Jeffers has played a few games, along with Kepler about 10 years ago and maybe Farmer, but no one else with current time at first. I don't see who they will release or send down when Lewis is ready to play again. Although they have a few options. How many bodies can they add in August? Cleveland sold because they weren't concerned about winning this year, but were trying to get better for next. If they lucked into it, so be it. Do they think they can win next year, probably. The Twins have the 13th worst record in baseball this year, including 4 teams in their own division. Maybe they can win a playoff game. Whoever they play in the playoffs will have a better record then them, or else they will really go on an amazing hot streak the last two months. One thing about it they will have a whole season of playing close, down to the wire, games. Good practice for the playoffs.
  19. gman
    I notice this too. Just been looking at the minor league report, only 2 recent drafted players got promoted. That was it. Possibly office was busy with looking at trades and then again possibly not. Figured I would wait for a week to see.
  20. gman
    We hope not. My guess he is here today because Kirilloff is injured and no one else wanted him.
  21. gman
    That is a very depressing lineup. I was hoping for at least 2-3 names to not be there anymore. But there's still 45 minutes left to hope,
  22. gman
    Trade both Gray and Maeda. Trade Kuechel if you can get a decent prospect. Trade Kepler and Gallo, if you can. The Twins can probably win the division with as low as 77 wins. A winning record doesn't really matter. Cleveland is playing them for saps right now, sending out all kinds of false flags. Stringing the trade deadline out so the Twins won't make moves to both win this years division title and strengthen next years team.
  23. gman
    I would send them Kepler ad Gallo instead.
  24. gman
    I guess this does make the Twins part of the record books. Maybe no one will remember in 10 years.
  25. gman
    The Twins could win the division by default. We could trade for a 2 month rental. We could get our butts handed to us in the playoffs. But would any of that make this a better team?"
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