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  1. Rosterman
    currently on the 40-man. They have 8 outfielders and need to add Rosario. There are probably 7 servicable bullpen arms you wish to keep. Mix in a half-dozen infielders. The Twins will need to add 3-4 guys only from the minors to protect from the Rule 5. Lots of fluff getting arbitration salaries.
  2. Rosterman
    What to do with Sabato. A #1 daft pick. Hitting for power the last couple of seasons. Can he play first? Would he replace Bell as the DH? He can pretty much walk wherever he wants after this season. Could he match Lewis and his middling .225 average and 15 homers? Roster spot could be made via erleasing Gray or sending down Jackson.
  3. Rosterman
    He should or he shouldn't. It would be nice if the Twins found space on the roster for Rojas and Raya as the season winds down. And even a look at Rozek (who can walk anywhere) after this season and is a lefty who has probably earned a chance. Would mean the Twins need to **** down for the season an arm or two (Morris), send someone to the minors (Adams, who redeemed himself somewhat this past weekend) or release someone NOT in next years plans (Rogers). You need to egt a look at anyone, give them something to work on ion the off-season. Not just play an old-timers game.
  4. Rosterman
    Signing Jeffers to play first AFTER the Lewis experiment is over. Of course, would like to see Keaschall also given the first base bag. Golly dang, they had Jackson thru waivers ane 40-man, or we might lose him.d sitting in St. Paul. Adding him abck to the 40-man in the off-season could've happened to keep him. But, no. Sit him on the bench to do... nothing. Caratini cannot throw out base stealers. Fine if you never walk anyone. Olivar was also a possibility of a 2027 backup coming out of spring training. Might still be. He, too, needs to be added to the 40-man. or we will probably lose him. Lackey cannot come fast enough, but chances of him even arriving by mid-season might be jsut a pipe dream. The money spent for two years of Caratini could've been spent on Jeffers.
  5. Rosterman
    Seems a lot of low level guys going to a competitive off-season league. You always think of Arizona being home to guys on the cusp of being added to the 40-man next off-season, and most always get at least a cup-of-coffee in the majors, it seems.
  6. Rosterman
    We all were waiting to see where current core was going to take them. Larnach, Jeffers, Ober, Wallner Ryan, Sands are the leftovers from that group. Lewis is a part of this group, too. No team pulled the plug on trading for Jeffers, and didn't see the interest that we all expected for Ryan. I was surprised the Twins didn't make Larnach to the Astros work by also dangling some minor league guy as an add on. Buxton is the holdover from the group that once included Berrios. The question you always ask is will the Twins extend the guys and for how much. They had a chance tyo extend Ryan or Jeffers in the last two seasons, but they didn't seem wporthy. I ask, would you sign Lewis right now for 3-4 years? You have to start tackling the signing issue sooner rather than later. Bradley needs to be discussed as a longterm Twins commitment or do they just let him play thru arbitration. The next group of Twins is pretty slim. Lee, Martin, Bradley. You can write the aging Clemens iunto that mix. Three bench bats, but one still very young rotation arm who should just get better before he hits free agency the downside of 29. The future is bright. Picture Lackey as the catcher. Tinny should be at first. Tait/Jimenez/Diaw would all be in mix. Picture Culpepper at second. Houston at short. Winkor at third. Outfield of Jenkins Rodriguez, Keaschall. You also have Mendez and Rosario or consideration plys any number of other under-the-radar prospects - Kendle, Thomson. Is Ross still in the bench mix. That's quite a core that hopefully will field better than anything the Twins put on the field this year. Pitching is also strong considering Ober, Lopez, Kremer, Ryan can all walk.
  7. Rosterman
    Raya is from the COVID class of 2020. He did get a taste of the majors, and I don't know why he isn't back here right now, in September. Send Adams back down as you don't need to worry about bringing him up again. Who shut down Morris. There is a way to get some innings for someone with promise. Raya is still developing as a bullpen arm, a decision they should've pushed mroe last season instead of waiting to do it during this season. Three of the four guys only rafted in 2020 are in decision mode. Twins must protect Sabato or lose him. He has torn up powerwise AAA ball. He should also have been given a look here in September. Rosario also needs to be protected or lost. They have invested good money in these three guys.
  8. Rosterman
    Luke field first base? He's a big guy. I would think his coordination is good. Catch the ball, keeping the foot on the bag. At first questioned his bat, but he is showing power on par with Doug Mientkiewicz and equal to Lewis. Who do the Twins have in the pipeline, unless it is one of the many catchers, who are still a couple of years away.
  9. Rosterman
    I would add Sabato to this list. Twins could easily send back down Gonzalez and Ross, waive Jackson, and also option out Adams. Rosek is an aging LEFTY that they already lost in the minor league draft last year, but resigned. Give the guy a couple of innings. I like Morissette. Shows that you don't need to keep Gray on the 40-man. And no need to keep Kriedler into next season. You can find guys to be the spare parts. If you like them, sign them to a minor league contract that is beyond the norm. Two weeks is plenty of time to give a few more guys exposure to the major leagues, see if they in any way should be considered in plans for 2027. Heck, switch out Raya with maybe Morris. Let Morris have the rest of the season off. He seems a bit off in the last couple of weeks.
  10. Rosterman
    So many factors. Overwork. General summer fatigue. A batter who is sharp will notice if one of the pitches isn't working, which means it won't be a viable piece of the arsenal for him and others. Like Mauer, who would say that he would watch the pitcher from the bench, as well as at bat, and eliminate pitches the guy mnight throw in a certain sequence. The prep some players do, which doesn't override the actual situation of a game, is amazing these days, especially with so many coahces on staff. And batters can program pitching machines that will somewhat show what a pitcher will throw. Hoffman is anotehr example. He has that classic swing-and-miss pitch, but it also tends to be out-of-the-zone if a batter isn't fooled to swing. So he shouldn't use it more than once or twice in an at bat, at best.
  11. Rosterman
    I question how much of a demand anyone had for members of the Minnesota Twins. Two months for a catcher who has to learn all your pitchers. What teams were really hurting. I would like to have seen Taylor Rogers and Jason Bell trade teams, just to open spots for other players (not to mention Wallner and Larnach). But Larnach is an arbitration player on the cusp. A team trading for him wouldn't want to necessarily resign him. Now teams can wait to see if both Wallner and Larnach enter free agency, without having to gamble away any prospect. But, yes, the joy of trading prospects is the percentage that actually do make the majors over the course of 4-7 years. There are always others pushing in the wings, and most that do change hands are those that are depth pieces. The only question a team needs to make is like what the Twins did putting a $2m pitcher draftee into a package for Hoffman, except they are recouping some of that back in reduced payroll for Hoffman, maybe. I'm really wxcited to see how the bullpen continues to play out in 2026, and see who ends up anchoring the pen next season. I see five solid eprformers for the next year, joining a pretty rich starting rotation (if everyone... heals).
  12. Rosterman
    Should've just kept Varland. WHy do the Twins allow all their lefty drafted prospects to leave to pitch elsewhere?
  13. Rosterman
    Can Jeffers play first base? That would be the ultimate move. I would do it if you can reach a $$$ figure. Twins gave Vasquez $30. The gave Caratini $15. Moving Jeffers to first base means you MIGHT just want to have him around for 4-5 years an an option. What would that cost? $15m a year? Would you give Jefers $60-75m to stay with the Twins? Would he consider taking it?
  14. Rosterman
    Of all the relief arms they didn't trade in 2025. Good for Anderson. See if he can stick. Also, want to see Raya back. Let's go forwards instead of giving opportunities to guys we already know how they produce.
  15. Rosterman
    Wichta as a team is batting a dismal .221. And the majority of the "good" batters have already advance to St. Paul. Not sure what is going on, as the pitching staff ahs an team era of 5.70 even afetr working in that more than 50 unearned runs have crossed the plate.
  16. Rosterman
    Will the Twins give Sabato a major league look to see if he is a keeper? Mendez deserving of a callup? What to do with Gonzalez. The whole "will they walkout" in 2027 means you MIGHT avoid adding anyone to the roster that doesn't need to be... added.
  17. Rosterman
    Grabbing guys requiring a 40-man spot. Gotta play them at some point or lose them. They are better than “who” that you have developed as prospects?
  18. Rosterman
    You would think Adams and Funderburk would also be on the bubble (who does Sands replace), except you can only go up-and-down so many times these days. Orza was a potential trade chip if the Twins were sellers, except that now he is worthy of only joining Matt Bowman and others as AAA fodder.
  19. Rosterman
    He is a keeper as long as he produces and as long as he remains cost-effctive. He has two seasons of reasonable arbitration costs as long as he is a regular. Here's a question today... if you could sign him for 3-5 years, would you and what do you think it would take. Here is another question, where does he play. Second base is the open position and seems to be doing great there. No one on the immediate prospects lists to be in that position, assuminng Culpepper isn't fulltime until next season and Houston the season after that and the decision is made if Lee is also a keeper or not.
  20. Rosterman
    He becomes a free agent after three more seasons. Should the Twins extend him now?
  21. Rosterman
    45,000 fans came out to see the Twins take on the Yankees in New York. Who would've thought. Hey, didn't the Twins let this Headrick guy just walk off the 40-man and get claimed by the Yankees? Aren't you supposed to give players you are developing a chance?
  22. Rosterman
    Thank you, Cody, for the wonderful recap of a wonderful Minnesota Twin. I still wonder why Al never made it (yet) into the Twins Hall of Fame. He was the stopper of the sixties. Plus he was so wonderful in the community. He was a yearly fixture on the church father's/sons banquets back then. Plus, I have to say, he was one of those players that always answered a fan who requested an autograph, often with an envelope using his own postage that would include a color photo, a religious tract, and a photocopy of an article or two from his days as a Giant. All signed is his most readable signature. He kept baseball alive in his life by coaching university athletes. He appeaered as a relief ace in 327 games for the Twins, pitching a combined 473 innings, so we often got multiple innings from his aging arm. Teaming with Johnny Klippstein from '64-66 they were an awesome 1-2 punch in the late innings! And for the real oldtimers still here, he was on the diamond for The Minneapolis Millers! Thanks again, Cody!
  23. Rosterman
    I'm sure the Twins could trade Joe Ryan for a decent reliever. Right now, looking at any value beyond mid-level prospects blocked by depth in other organizations for ANY Twins player, be it Larnach, Bell, Banda, Rogers, Wallner. The Twins have an abundance of outfielders and I feel that they could basically wipe their current slate clean of Martin Larnach Wallner and replace with Rodriguez, Gonzalez, Roden, Jenkins and not lose current production. They could part ways with Kriedler and maybe even Clemens and replace with Ross and Fedko. I start to wonder what kind of relief arm the Twins could've really signed, considering all the "cash considerations combined" into one salary.
  24. Rosterman
    Then we should be buying light rail tickets for Culpepper replacing everyone at shortstop, Fedko learning Clemens' job, and Mendez taking the outfield corner and moving Martin to Outman's position, as well as Sabato playing 1st base instead of Bell... while Lewis searches for a spot on the field! Lewis as DH?
  25. Rosterman
    Ultimately any trade of Buxton means the Twins want to reduce (pocket) payroll rather than be competive in any way. Then, again, you trade Buxton if he ain't gonna play in the field, or, at best, give you 120-130 appearances on the diamond. He will evntually be pushed out of center sooner rather than later, where will he end up, and do the Twins even think about extending him.
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