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  1. Rosterman
    He is still in the prospect list as a starter. The Twins are at least hoping he can be a multi-inning bullpen guy, able to face batters from both sides of the plate. If he can do that, he has a home in the majors, even if NOT as a starter. AT worse, he becomes a situational lefthander and enjoys a long career.
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    This is a solid draft class, considering the talent that has moved on. Most of these guys might need to be considered for protection from the Rule 5 this off-season. Or made available for further trades. And also makes you realize how many players from any draft class MAY make the majors. And it is NOT always just the guys on top.
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    No. His mix is best when he throws a max of 35-40 pitches, preferably less. I'm still not sure I like the idea of him having to get even four outs for the team, when the need arises. This is a pivotal year. Can he hold down the closers role so the Twins will consider extending him for 5-6 years as such an arm. The only otehr choice right now might be developing Canterino as a future closer, although I would currently ry and stretch him out for a starter...see if that can happen. But he is still a solid season away from contributing to the pen. Otherwise, no, to ax, Thielbar, Stewart as longterm closers.
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    Sano took off nearly 60 pounds before reporting to spring training. Now if he can jsut stop swinging at those low and outside pitches.
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    The Twins have decent minor league depth at all positions. And the goodness is that they are pretty much just prospects developed by the Twins. They have signed just north of a dozen minor league free agents, a very small number, this season! Of course, you still need a 40-man roster spot, and even though I can see 12-14 names THAT MIGHT NOT be on the 40-man come next November, there is only one, at best two, that could be jettisoned, if no one moves to the 60-day.
  6. Rosterman
    If the Twins weren't paying Big Bucks for Correa and Buxton, their team salary would be even lower. The Twins are doing just fine, prepping for future increases, ways to keep current players perhaps.
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    depth for callups all across the board. If they have any issues, there is really only one name on the 40-man that could be jettisoned if you need to bring up a non-roster guy.
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    Hey, you work on stuff in spring games. Throwing against players that aren't on your time. Say Duran wants to develope a breaking pitch. He goes out and basically throws in all over the place to all his batters to see how they react. Learn places NOT to throw it in the end. Do you want people stealing bases senselessly yet? Crashing into the fence? It is Spring Training games.
  9. Rosterman
    The Twins are sitting very comfortably in Payroll Land for years to come. The Payroll should go up significantly, as long as the Twins win. A television contract will materialize. Sometimes I wonder what it would cost for even local television play. Can you easily sell, what, $100k, $300k, $500k a game in advertising, sponsorship dollars. Yes, Correa was a big expense. We complain that the Twins don't sign big, but we always need to understand that giving out big contracts keep you from giving other big contracts. The Twins also invested in Buxton They will also have to invest in other players. But development on-the-farm looks decent and there are other teams who win with payrolls significantly smaller than the Twins. The current team can pretty much stay intact with arbitration salaries up into 2026. In 2027 current players could be expensive, but also could be traded for other players, and replaced by talent in the system. I'm trusting the front office. I think their gaffe, though, as telling us they were cutting the budget rather than just doing whatever they were going to do. Their justification for cutting the budget because of TV is moot because they at least got TV money for 2024. But it sure didn't spark enthusiasm fo season ticket sales coming off a championship season.
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    He needs to get comfortable covering ground in centerfield, and also get exposure to playing that position at Target Field. Spring Training will determine if he is the Twins's fourth outfielder. I, sadly, don't see him being a regular in the infield. His place of play will be in the outfield if he wishes to be a regular. Can Buxton stay in center of be foced to a corner. Kepler will be gone in '25. Wallner is still a work that needs progress. So a job is there, even if it means being an all-around utility guy for 2024. At worse, play him everyday in St. Paul if you grab a Michael Taylor for another one-year contract.
  11. Rosterman
    I'm curious to see how the lineup plays out. Where does Buxton place (perhaps as low as...9th). Julien/Correa/Lewis I see as 1-2-3. Not sure who will be 4th on a regular basis. Brock Stewart nowhere to be seen? I would expect 150+ innings more out of Ober than DeScalfani or Paddack in 2024. (Barring injury, of course). With Varland definitely being the "next" to be called up.
  12. Rosterman
    Liam Hendriks signed two-year deal with the Red Sox! https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2024/02/red-sox-close-to-deal-with-liam-hendriks.html
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    Austin Price, who pitched 32 games in relief for the Saints last season, signed with the Phillies.
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    Was just thinking that the Twins do have some SS depth for trading. This guy, as well as Miller, have TOP Prospect value written all over them ... now. Sadly, both are probably three years away from coming to the majors. A rebuilding team like, say, the A's could find some value. TRhe Twins already have a logjam in the infield and NO clear paths about who will be playing where. At what point does Correa move from shortstop. And then where, third base? Is Lewis the future second baseman? Is Julien a longterm guy, and will he end up at first base, or become a valuable radechip himself if he puts together a solid 2024. Right now out infield seems to be made up of guys who aren't playing positions they will be playing someday soon. It then questions where you play certain guys in the minors. Like Lee, keep him at short and move Correa to third next season?
  15. Rosterman
    Can the Twins get a solid 30 starts out of Lopez, Ryan, Ober. 150+ innings for sure. That will be the key. They can live with fewer innings from Paddack, perhaps...and even DeSclafani. But would that result be moving either to the pen and also having the free 26-man roster spot to cycle thru Varland, Woods Richardson, Headrick or perhaps someone not on th Vare 40-man? If you can't get 5 innings from a starter, who is the long guy? Winder, Balazovic, Sands, Alcala, Headrick were the only guys that really threw significant multiple inning stints last season, and all seem bound for St. Paul. Okert is a nice addition, but he seems a situational lefty. I had hoped Jax, as a starter prospect, could be a multi-inning guy, but he tends to be a one inning stopper now (as long as no one is on base). But besides having a pen with ALL guys with ERAs south of 4.00 this season, there is promise of shuffling with St. Paul with a couple of names of promise: Weiss, Jensen, Duarte, Bowman, Harris, Alexy and moe...but they are NOT on the 40-man (or Weiss is holding that "swing spot" right now). Barring a major injury to the Big Three in the rotation, the Twins are sitting pretty good in pitching land!
  16. Rosterman
    Looks like jobs are available for Twins reserve infielders these days. Ehire Adrianza signs minor league deal with Angels. https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2024/02/angels-sign-ehire-adrianza-utility-minors.html
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    Eduardo Escobar signs with Blue Jays. https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2024/02/blue-jays-nearing-agreement-with-eduardo-escobar.html
  18. Rosterman
    That That he holds a distinction of being on the 40-man roster. A unqiue group of inididuals who have held that spot, but never actually played for the Twins.
  19. Rosterman
    It was a curious transaction. Was there a spot for Gordon? What was his worth? Did the Twins seek out another left-handed arm for the bullpen? Who made overtures to each other first...Miami looking for a low-cost infielder/bench bat.? Or the Twins seeing too many lefties on the Marlins roster? I still think Gordon was being made available for a modest return sa the Twins elt there were others to replace him. Assuming, of course, that Kyle Farmer stays with the team, and that is ALMOST a lock with the two-year extension. Things have now become quite complicated. Is there ANYONE who could go on the 60-man list? Of course, things like this occur in spring training. If the Twins added a bench bat, who would be dropped from the 18, or would it come from the pen. If the Twins also added a starter, who else would be removed from the roster. Right now, with Weiss sitting on the 40-man, the Twins basically have ONE roster spot that can be a swing thru if they decide to rotate anyone thru for the bullpen. Not much left to tinker with, without making hardline decisions on Sands, Winder, Headrick.
  20. Rosterman
    I belioeve Alcala can still return to the minors to start to figure things back out totally? Jose Miranda will get refular tme at third base, but especially first base, in St. Paul. And Trevor Larnach will get to try and hit his way back into the Twins pitcher at St. Paul.
  21. Rosterman
    The decisions the Twins have to make on so many CURRENT players come, say, 2026 is amazing. Except for all the aging bullpenners they have recently signed, a good portion of the roster will be ehre for 3-4 years, as well as a half-dozen guys who will get a taste this year before attempting to break into fulltime duty in 2025. You gave away the top choice before TD wrote about him! Arghhhh!
  22. Rosterman
    Michael Fulmer gets a two-year minor league deal with the Red Sox. https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2024/02/red-sox-sign-michael-fulmer.html Oh, and Dalton Guthrie was a 2014 draftee by the Twins that never signed with them, too.
  23. Rosterman
    Casey Lawrence and Sean Poppen sign with the Mariners. Poppen came up thru the Twins system. Lawrence was signed as a minor league free agent during the COVID season. https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2024/02/mariners-sign-casey-lawrence-sean-poppen-to-minor-league-deals.html
  24. Rosterman
    So the arm express now contains Weiss, Staumont, Headrick, Fundeburk, Woods Richardson, Varland before the Twins need to dip into names like Henriquez, Dobnak, Alexy, Harris, Bowman, Solomon, Boushley, Gunkel, Jensen, Laweryson, Boyle amongst others on the light-rail shuffle. Sometimes wonder if they would take all the money spent on such players and just get THE ONE.
  25. Rosterman
    Twins didn't have much luck with Weiss when he was a minor league free agent back in 2019.
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