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  1. Rosterman
    If the Twins wish to be competitive in the central division, no reason to trade either right now. If they fall out of contention, both should bring back something of value at trade deadline, if they stay healthy, and the Twins would then have to say they are in full rebuild mode.
  2. Rosterman
    Good public relations or just blowing smoke? The thing is, if you can offer one guy $300 million, then you better be signing some quality!
  3. Rosterman
    They kinda drag a line behind the boat ...........
  4. Rosterman
    Yeah, I',m confused about Jair. A catching prospect the Twins should have under a minor league contract, considering their overall depth. But I'm not seeing it as official, compared to the aging guy listed on the Saints roster as an infielder.
  5. Rosterman
    The killer is losing Paddack for absically two seasons. He's still young, so that is a positive. The other thing I didn't understand was the Twins sending along money. Basically I saw the Twins as NOT feeling Rogers could be the closer, and that he was too expensive. I was dreaming that it was going to be an even bigger trade, with the Twins including Sano and taking Eric Hosmer (but only part of his contract) and maybe getting Padre catching prospect Luis Campusano in the deal, too. Hosmer might've been a good DH and bench guy, and the Twins would've had their second catcher. I saw mroe value in Sano, as he wasn't injured yet for a full season. Miguel might've loved San Diego and really thrived. The Twins still have Pagan who COULD rebound, be a tradechip, whatever. Rooker is also gone from the Padres. The only downfall for the Twins was having to pay Rogers salary. In a minor way, Rogers might've contributed a few extra wins if he was the Twins closer coming out of the gate. I'm still urious to see what kind of contract he will be signing as a free agent. Trevor May got $7m from the A's after an injury plagued no-nothing season.
  6. Rosterman
    OKAY, HE COSTS MORE AND IS A TAD OLDER THAN kEPLER. STRIKES OUT MORE THAN SANO. AND BATS LEFT-HANDED. ALSO MEANS WE HAVE TO DESIGNATE SOMEONE FOR ASSIGNMENT (CONTRERAS, PERHAPS). I'm all for opening the pocketbook. So, we replace Sano and Sanchez skill set at the plate with...Gallo? Who can at least play a position, I guess. Meanwhile, the A's gave Trevor May $7 million to pitch.
  7. Rosterman
    I still think the Twins can get Rodon on a five year conract with an opt out after year one and year two. Probably in the $120m range.
  8. Rosterman
    Heck, give him six years at $300m. Really screw the salary amrketplace. Correa would still have six more years to do another contract. You would hope he would be a superstar for at least four of those six years. By then, most of the taent you are currently developing will be getting expensive, but you will also have greater revenue.
  9. Rosterman
    Well, the Twins did do $105 for 3 years with an opt out. Looks like they were willing to continue that price for up to...9 years!?! Let's spend money mroe wisely. But shows the Twins would not be afraid to spend $30m on the...right...player.
  10. Rosterman
    If he can hold the running game and do his best framing techniques, plus not be a total weakness (all or nothing Sanchez) at the plate, the contract is well worth the price. Assuming we can get 120-135 games from him behind the plate in 2023. Hell' I would consider adding Sandy Leon as the back-up for most of the season and have Jeffers take his reps as the starting catcher in St. Paul. Especially if you can keep him behind the plate and working for sure with any pitchers (Woods Richardson, Balazovic, Varland, Sisk) that could be part of the Twins in the future. One year of solid work as a starter and I would be more than happy with more limited service time for the remaining years of his contract.
  11. Rosterman
    The Twins will have to vastly overpay for years 1-2-3 with opt outs to get either of these Carlos guys. They could. Will they?
  12. Rosterman
    Kepler for Rortvedt and we'll take back Donaldson as our needed right-handed bat, if the Yankees eat his salary.
  13. Rosterman
    Let Lewis play as long as he needs in St. Paul, but choose a position and run him out there as a regular. I would rathr see Lewis get built-up and push someone out of the outfield than bring him back waaaaay too soon. Decide, too, what to do with Austin Martin. Suddenly the Twins could have a wealth of disposable redundant outfield talent. I like Martin on the bases. Put him in a lineup with a running Julien, Arraez somewhere, Lewis, Buxton and someone like Corea.......phew!
  14. Rosterman
    They are going to change the name from Target Field to Correa Field.
  15. Rosterman
    No, but you have to find a comfortable position for him to play. He doesn't seem to be a guy that just wants to hit. He plays better, or so I notice, when he is in the game on the field. His strength is working the count, which makes him a wonderful lead-off hitter. Unfortunately, he doesn't have the base running skills to take that extra base via steal or put pressure on the pitcher, so you run the double-play risk if he bats leadoff and gets on. If he bats second, he stands a good chance of advancing the runner in every at bat, assuming the runner has better bse-running skills that Arraez. I would put Polanco, Buxton, Correa, maybe Lewis, even Kepler in that position. But Kepler needs to start hitting. But then again, Arraez has a wasted at bat if the leadoff hitter gets out, and you don't have a really strong #3 in the order. You gotta bat him early because of his eye-at-the-plate, and his OBP. You want him to get that fifth at bat each and every game. Has he reached his peak? No. Would I sign him long-term? Also, No. partly because he is a man without a...position.
  16. Rosterman
    The joy is that all teams are experiencing the same. You can push players, to make up for that lost year, or start to see a logjam. Not that there is any lack of players, with a whole host playing the major league sponsored indy leagues looking for that secondary chance. I also noticed an abundance of plaeyrs in the Mexican leagues. How it all plays out will be fun to watch.
  17. Rosterman
    I keep wondering what kind of contract Byron Buxton may have gotten from someone else last season. Sheesh.
  18. Rosterman
    Rumor ahs it that whenb the Twins saw what the Padres were doing, they started to cull together offers to top the Padres offers, but the photocopy machine ran out of paper and the players ended up signing elsewhere. But, hey, at least they thought they were in the hunt.
  19. Rosterman
    I would've liked to see Celestino get almsot a full year of play at AAA. Should've happened last season (along with Larnach) with the Twins fielding Kirilloff/Buxton/Kepler with Garlick and now Gordon as the reserves. But that failed to happen. I would still nurture him, at age 24, for a regular job in St. Ppaul and see how he goes from there. Play him everyday, in a central place in a line-up. Yes, he may be bypassed by larnach, Wallner, Lewis, Martin and overtaken by Rodriguez soon. I still questioned why they felt the need to keep him on the 40-man, as well as other outfield decisions, in that season the wins lost not just Baddoo, but also Wade.
  20. Rosterman
    Well, there goes the chance for Polanco to move on. Wong, longtime Twins fans will remember, was drafted by the Twins in the 16th-round of the 2008 draft, but didn't sign.
  21. Rosterman
    Twins will take the "one-more-year" gamble. But Ryan, if nothing else, could develop into a great shutdown bullpen arm. ALways felt he would be best suited for the role of a closer. But as long as he can put up decent starts, I will run him out every fifth day and, hopefully, get four more years out of the guy in a Twins uniform.
  22. Rosterman
    He was still young. Probably should've been sent down to AA for awhile, sooner rather than not at all. And basically has trolled in the Twins system long-enough that he would become a minor league free agent if waived off the roster and someone would openly grab him. For the promise alone. But 2023 is his final year to put something together for the Twins. A fast start with decent numbers could make him part of a trade package. But right now, even as a throw-in, he doesn't have much value.
  23. Rosterman
    Gambling is the magic word. The future could be bright...if healthy. Can Royce be the longterm solution at shortstop? How long will we have to wait to see. And, if so, where do we plug in Martin and Lee in the seasons following. The outfield logjam. We know Kepler. But Wallner, Kirilloff and Larnach are unknowns, still. Celestino is also still a prospect. We have half-a-catcher. Arraez is great, but he is far from your typical first baseman. But the Twins still have a designated hitter/bench spot need when all is said and done. Hopefully a right-handed puncher who can also play the field, somewhere. Front office, don't try and sell us on a competitive team. Still doing the tryout thing, and the best we can ask is that the guys get playing time, and do well, and surprise us all before you discover they really aen't that good and have to make some mid-season movements, if the team is still competitive. Otherwise, if not, we look at the next batch scheduled to get playing time come end of '23 or soemtime in '24. Unless you open the wallet and sign two top flight free agents (rotation arm and catcher and/or right-handed bat). Of course, you could also trade for a catcher, depending on who you sign for a pitching ace and a right-handed bat from what would then be rotation arm depth and a surplus of outfield "talent."
  24. Rosterman
    I'm hoping he becomes our next Jason Kubel, and not our next Jim Eisenreich. At least in a Twins uniform. Although I would like him to comeback in the same way Eisenreich did...for other teams!
  25. Rosterman
    I would do that trade.
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