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  1. gman
    The roster is still more non base stealer than base stealer. Martin and Castro are probably the only base stealers available to Baldelli. Kersey if he makes the squad can run. Anybody else will at best be a 50% of the time base stealer, or catch the other team while they sleep base stealer. Rodriguez might when he gets here. Bunting is not much different, except you could add Lee to the bunters. I'm not sure about Martin, but he has bunted well in Fall Ball - that is the Arizona League. Draft wise it's mostly geared towards guys that can hit the ball hard. Not too much speed in the group. Of course most guys seem to be bulked up to play football, consequently they get hurt more often from not being flexible enough for the sport they play. It's going to be hard to change this roster into something it's not.
  2. gman
    To have a continuous pitching pipeline you need to develop pitching at all levels. 3 years from he could be one of the top pitchers in that pipeline.
  3. gman
    I don't think the Twins ever concentrated on him learning that position. The Twins focus has primarily been on him playing the infield and being a home run hitter. Sometimes you just have to make a decision with a player and let him learn. The Twins have focused on him being a utility player, like they do with too many players. There have been numerous articles on "Twins Daily" about players coming up and not being good defensively. This isn't the first. Unfortunately they also tried to push into being a power hitter. Just help him be the best he can be.
  4. gman
    I always walk around the house and yard barefoot. Its the best way for your feet to strengthen and the foot nerves to naturally react to walking surfaces. Most of the plantar facsiitis problems started around the early 1970 when all shoes started having heals. If you were born long after that, you probably think its normal to have heals on your shoes. If it was normal people would be born with bigger heals. They are not just in case you haven't noticed. Stop wearing shoes with heals, get a pair of minimalist shoes. That is shoes that are flat with a minimum of protection. No heals, just enough soul to keep the nails and broken glass out of your feet. Even your doctor doesn't seem to know this.
  5. gman
    I thought Rocco invented platooning?
  6. gman
    It was good for an update on these 3. I would like to hear any news on Lewis, Lee, Duran and maybe Canterino. Also does anybody know anything about how Emma's hand surgery went?
  7. gman
    Why do you think it will be worse?
  8. gman
    That's the way he manages. Get use to it or go back to cheering on the White Sox. You never have anything good to say about the Twins anyway.
  9. gman
    The team has a lot of good players trying to find traction on their careers. I look for Sands, Alcala, SWR, & Festa to do some growing on the pitching side. Also expect Lee, Lewis, Wallner and Miranda to cement their positions on the team. Along with adding potentially Keaschall, Rodriguez, and Mathews the team should keep adding and growing.
  10. gman
    Only 25% of all major league players played more than 120 games last year. Injuries and poor play are chronic all across baseball.
  11. gman
    I don't think adding Cease makes the Twins any more interesting to fans unless it comes with new ownership. A new owner may be more than willing to pay the $13.5 for Cease. At least I hope so or else the team isn't going anywhere so why bother adding Cease. Now if SD really wants Vazquez, then let them come with the offer. If that includes Cease and the twins add something, maybe pay $5mil in salary. I can see adding Larnach because he will probably have trouble finding playing time later this year.
  12. gman
    People seem to forget how bad the team was for the 8-9 years prior to Falvey coming over. They just want to fire everyone and trade all the players. There was only 1 year where the team had a almost go for it attitude from ownership. You notice it was only one year before they were told to cut payroll and the team was put up for sale. Or maybe the Pohlads gave up when they saw the Mets, Dodgers and Yankees spending like drunken bandits with payrolls over $300mil. They never really loosened the purse strings and the Team was entirely dependent on developing the farm system. They signed a couple of players. Mostly Correa and traded for Lopez. There was never any $50-75 million thrown in from ownership. The Twins young players would have to collectively turn into super stars to compete with the Dodgers. This may be an important year, but only for someone to buy the team and throwing way millions of dollars to compete against the Yankees and Red Sox from a spending perspective. Otherwise maybe no one will want to jump into the ownership zoo.
  13. gman
    If the Twins "need" to cut budget the Twins could replace Paddack in both the starter and reliever venue with internal options easier than Vasquez or Castro. This is the first time in years the Twins might actually, maybe, possibly have a bit of surplus on the pitching side. Keeping Paddack also takes away major league development time from Festa and Mathews.
  14. gman
    I haven't seen too many owners who appear to want someone else to be the figure head of their organization. Bring in or keep ex-players involved is different, but that is currently done. I'm guessing the ones currently doing just that were the ones that accepted previous requests. Offering someone a small ownership stake to reach out to help bring fans back to the Twins would be different from some one adding money out of pocket to the ownership stake.
  15. gman
    Last year SWR averaged about 80 pitches a game. If he can get his stamina up to 90-95 I think we should see a guy closer to a 6 inning pitcher. I don't care that much about strikeouts just get outs. His infield may not have done him many favors last year. Although it was a small sample size, he average about 1/2 the number of groundouts on turf as real grass.
  16. gman
    If not else the mid season trade deadline is also a option for a time of trades. Might know who the new owner is by then. Some other playoff bound teams starting catcher might get injured. That would make Vasquez a better trade candidate. True it wouldn't save the 10Mil but it would save the 5 mil most are talking about plus a better minor league prospect I suspect.
  17. gman
    Prielipp will probably take most of 2 years to build up to full time starter innings, whether in the minors or majors. Would you hold your breath until the later part of 2026 to see if he can make it as a big league starter?
  18. gman
    That was the history of Wayne Graham long time head coach at Rice. He retired in 2018 and passed away last September.
  19. gman
    I think the Twins will need them all this year, including Henriquez, Tonkin, Topa etc. The only real question is who might get cut rather then go to the IL or 3A. There will be someone replaced before the end of April, I think that's a safe bet. So the first 8 to begin the year may not be the best 8 but if we can get the best 8 75-80% of the time we should be in pretty good shape. I'd like 90-95% but expect that to never happen.
  20. gman
    The Dodgers just the next best thing that everyone seemed to be gunning for. Their team salary approaches $400mil per year and the Yankees payroll is north of $300. I think you need to get serious about thinking of 2025 as far as a go for it year. Make the best deal possible for Castro, because otherwise he'll be gone for nothing next year. After seeing what the Dodgers, Yankees and Phillies are spending, I would think a new owner might take a step back.
  21. gman
    The roster so far seems to include 25 players. Not all of them will fit on a single DSL team counting some players left from last years team. The Twins haven't had multiple DSL teams, at least not in recent years. Will some of them play in Florida this year? 16 seems kind of young for that league.
  22. gman
    I think spring training is a month away. Most or all of these guys will be in camp, unless placed on the injured list. There will be openings in other teams camps and probably we can expect a trade or two. Other teams may release players towards the end of camp that will look better on on roster and we can then release someone off the end of the roster. We may wind up resigning them and stash at 3A.
  23. gman
    Sign up some new owners. Explain the baseball needs and operations to them. Off season won!
  24. gman
    How many of his at bats did you review yourself? Where the strike zone is lined up? Sometimes a poor call early in an at bat costs a player an at bat. Not just the third strike.
  25. gman
    SSS
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