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  1. gman
    I want all the names listed so far to take several steps forward in 2023. Many have been injured and all lost the covid year of development in 2020. Again Prielipp (another name I hope I need to learn to spell) has pitched in professional ball, so any step he takes is a step forward. Though mostly I'm hoping for big years from Balazovic, Enlow and Martin.
  2. gman
    I think part of the of the question should be "is Cleveland that good.". Yes they ran away the last month, but the Twins had nothing left to put on the field at that point. The rest of the year no matter how depleted the Twins were, I am not giving Cleveland the title in advance, especially against a expectedly (or hoped for) healthier Twins team. Not many are counting the White Sox as a runaway team next year either. Obviously the Twins need better health and full seasons from the majority of their expected roster to start the year. Not a World Series winner, but challenge for the division lead all year should be doable. No Correa, but Gallo is probably better than Contreras and Celestino production wise. Maeda & Mahle should be better than Archer & Bundy and hopefully Ober will be healthy all year. A full year production from Buxton(maybe not), Kirilloff & Larnach along with Vasquez, Miranda and a second half boost from Lewis. The Team should be much better off than last year's. Have Duran, Lopez and Alcala at the back of the bullpen along with Jax in the 7th and they should save some of those games that Pagan and Duffy gave away early last year. We finished with 78 wins last year some how and being 10 games better at least seems pretty doable.
  3. gman
    Arraez and Gordon have both played some third. I think Miranda will be better. But even so, I expect one of Lee, Lewis, Julian or Martin to wind up at third. Most probably Lee. I wouldn't trade away whats left in the farm system for anyone at this point. Especially not after letting Urshela go.
  4. gman
    I hope so. I'm going out tomorrow and start throwing snowballs against the shed door?
  5. gman
    Bauer shouldn't even be a consideration.
  6. gman
    Looks a lot like what a healthy 2021 would have looked like. If Vazguez works well with young pitchers, I would not trade him. Jeffers may get closer to an even split this year, with an eye towards building Jeffers playing time in future years to 100-110 games per year. Miranda may be more the fulltime DH by season ends or whenever Lee arrives. Although Miranda could backup Third/First base combined with DH duties. On a rebuild they could jump the gun on Lee a bit also I think Polanco could wind up in Miami for a starting pitcher plus. Gray & Maeda could get some pretty decent prospects, although Maeda may have to start the year in the rotation to maximize his value.. I'd plan to trade Gallo in July unless he palys so bad he is untradeable. In which case if Wallner is ready i"d cut Gallo. I think Wallner and Celestino start next year in St Paul. Somebody will get hurt probably. AsS ar as the rotation goes, I'd expect at least 1 if not more top pitching prospect in the upper minors or maybe in Minnesota getting their feet wet. Since we are playing for 24 and later, I don't care what next years wins are.
  7. gman
    Me too. Actually last year.
  8. gman
    There is an article in "The Sporting News" from May(?) 1999, that says the Twins have not developed any good pitching in 20 years. So I think going back to at least the late '70's , the team has been pitching starved. Yes there was Viola in the 80'. Then um, er,um in the 2000's along came Santana and the rest of your crew. So this is a chronic, historical problem. I hope it gets solved someday. Hoops I forgot Radke in the 90"s. I wonder who will be our pitcher this decade?
  9. gman
    I think by looking at stats with the Twins vs stats with Balt and I think the stats lie. The first 3 months of the year(with Balt) he gave up 2 earned runs and 16 hits in 36 innings. Then in July, he gave up 14vhits and 6 earned runs in 11 innings while still with Balt. BUT, 6 hits and 4 earned runs were against the Twins in 1/3 of an inning over 2 games. The rest of the month he gave up 8 hits and 2 earned runs against everyone else. While with the twins in August, he gave up 10 hits and 3 earned runs in 11 innings, about how he pitched the rest of the year against everyone. In Sept her gave up 13 hits and 8 earned runs in 9.2 innings. Again it was one team the Guardians who knocked him around for 7 hits and 6 earned runs in 1.2 innings.. His other innings he gave up 2 earned runs and 6 hits in 8 innings. He was only hit by Cleveland, unfortunately they were critical series. So for the whole year he did poorly in 3 series against 2 teams the Twins and Guardians. If he changed his pitch selection against the Guardians in the second series it may have been more an instance of pitch selection to specific batters, then some amazing mid year transition. Finally his last 5 games of the year, he gave up 1 hit and 0 runs. I know some people on this site try to hammer Twins front office and coaches every chance they get, but at least study the info instead of just looking for reason to cast aspersions.
  10. gman
    Can't miss if yo don't swing.
  11. gman
    I agree, but I'm not sure why you quoted me?
  12. gman
    There are lots of maybe's involved. Maybe he never really wanted to be in Minnesota. Maybe his physical was far worse than we will ever know. Maybe by going somewhere else he did the Twins a favor by not getting stuck with a real albatross of a contract. Maybe Twins management really did know how bad his physical could be and decided to swing for it anyway. Maybe Correa agreed to thirdbase because he won't be playing shortstop for too many more years. Probably a few more.
  13. gman
    Have to think that after all the talk about Correa wanting the highest contract ever for a shortstop, he really changed his mind quick. Maybe he didn't want to wait until the Mets had second thoughts about the physical?
  14. gman
    I vote with pack the bullpen as much as possible. Plan on the first reliever coming in the sixth inning sometime, 1 out, 2 out, nobody out. Very few starts get to the seventh. That's 3-4 relief pitchers per game, or include at least one 2 inning reliever.
  15. gman
    Mets probably had the second highest offer out there. If the Twins had come back higher, the Mets would probably just raise the price somewhat.
  16. gman
    Hope so
  17. gman
    If the Giants don't sign him for physical reasons the Twins don't want him. Glad it wasn't the Twins doctors who might have overlooked an issue. Or gambled it could be okay.
  18. gman
    I don't think the Twins need a miracle, unless you consider good health to be a miracle. Perhaps it is. I think Gallo was signed as an insurance policy in case one of Larnach, Kirilloff or Buxton are not ready in the spring. They may not be and the team will need some punch in the lineup. If everything works out well, maybe they can trade Gallo next July. I would work to sign Gray, Maeda or Mahli to extensions now. If they won't sign, I would seriously consider trading them before the next trading deadline. I would expect Mahli to get the larger extension due to age and ability. If we can't sign any of the top starters this off season, no reason to believe we can or will next off season. I was never a Correa fan, so I an fine with Farmer playing SS until we have an internal replacement available. His numbers at ss both last season and career wise look pretty good. I am not sure why people are so down on him.
  19. gman
    I think either Gray or Maeda could be traded right now. If so, I would expect a group of top prospects with primary focus on close to the majors starting talent. They have enough controller players to fill the starting lineup even if many do not have much major league experience. They've got to learn sometime. I like the idea of acquiring young starting talent to go with the young lineup. Let them develop together and hopefully when they "arrive" they can be a long term playoff contender.
  20. gman
    I think Lee is more the long term third baseman. If 2023 is a year of the kids I'm okay with that. At least its a direction the team can sustain. Leave all of Lewis, Lee, Martin & Julian in triple A until mid June, then bring them in to play out the year.
  21. gman
    Well if he accidentally gets off to a fast start, they can trade as soon as possible.
  22. gman
    Of his 6 years what are the odds that 3 are healthy?
  23. gman
    If there is value in having Crawford coach Lewis into the position along with playing part time, even if Lewis starts on then backfields. I somehow don't think that would be worth 16mil plus any player traded for him.
  24. gman
    It wouldn't surprise me if they traded anyone this off season or any other off season, if the trade makes the team better long term. The team wasn't good enough to make the playoffs last season, although they might have if not for all the injuries. What they need is a complete season of play from Kirilloff, Larnach, Miranda, Jeffers, Ober, Grey, Maeda, Mahli and as much as possible from Lewis, Arraez, Polanco & Buxton. Maybe Julian, and Martin as the right handed utilty outfielder.
  25. gman
    IF our rotation stays healthy for most of the year, I think we have enough to win the central with. I think Richardson should sixth starter up this year though, he seems to have the tools to settle higher up in a rotation then the others at St Paul. This year it could be up to Enlow and Balazovic, if we are going to add another starter from the minors to the Varland, Winder & Richardson mix. I don't see any other new names coming from the minors for the next 2 years. We need to hang unto our veteran pool of hitters(Arraez, Polanco mainly) to help the guys without a full year of major league experience grind through the year.
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