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  1. Rosterman
    Gotta question every player at every position. Wallner, Kiriolloff, Larnach? Any reason to keep all three? And what about Kepler...time to move on? Can you keep one of the above and spend some bucks on someone who fills a line-up/fielding need better? Of course, Correa is a BIG decision, to be made by him. Gotta bring in something behind-the-plate. Is Lopez a real closer? Can Duran handle the job? WHo are your dynamite setup guys. And you need a consistent rotation arm who will keep you in the game thru, maybe, seven innings. We have two rotation arms that should push towards 200 innings next season. We have a couple who will be lucky to break 100. And a couple coming abck from serious time off. Where should we play...Arraez! Hey, maybe we need to pick up...the option on Sano!
  2. Rosterman
    Yes, he would've just become a minor league free agent in the off-season if the Twins had removed him from their 40-man then.
  3. Rosterman
    You have to like the team going forwards with young players in 2023. Ryan, Ober, Varland, Winder are all players to pay attention to their play going forwards. Jeffers is a solid (shared position) young catcher. Although not the guy you thought of at first, Arraez has held his own and if you need a position for the guy..... Lewis COULD be the shortstop of the future. Miranda will be at third (or first). Kirilloff is still potential, and the question is where to play him, too. Larnach and Celestino are decent and pan out as at least fourth outfielders. Wallner will get a big look in spring training. Duran is a stud and should become an elite closer. Moran and Jax have found their places in the bullpen. That's a nice bit of development from the Twins in just one year. Will they make the team a powerhouse running towards the playoffs every year? Probably not, but there are some fine pieces, some decent returning pioeces (Buxton, Polanco, Maeda, Paddack, Lopez, Gray, Mahle) Alcala is still in the mix. Gordon has found a spot on the team. Do we still need Urshela, or Fulmer going forwards? A couple of REAL GOOD free agent signings, a team leader bat would be nice! Oh, and Caleb Thielbar! Wow, already have a full roster of 27 with the names above!
  4. Rosterman
    That no one will probably hit 150 innings out of the rotation is a tell. So we had a lot of pitchers (35 toital on the roster this season!) and msot of them needed to build up to full strength. The Twins decision was to limit the innings and try to egt as close to 30 starts as possible out of a good protion of them. That works, but as a rebuild, NOT a retool, sadly. The significant lack of a true closer didn't help. Hopefully Duran can be that man going forwards. Injuries HURT the team bigtime. Yes, no one would think that the Twins would be praying to get a dozen games at the end of the season out of Larnach to IMPROVE the outfield play. But that is where the Twins are right now. Happily Wallner will be getting regular play. When your BEST current outfielder is being forced to play second base because your second baseman is out... And, no Sano!
  5. Rosterman
    I just haven't wanted to...go...downtown. One early Twins game against the Dodgers. Was wonderful. Great food, too. But.....
  6. Rosterman
    If the Rangers remove him from the 40-man (and don't give him a generous off-season contract renewal) he will be a minor league free agent and just walk.
  7. Rosterman
    He is young. Not sure if want to give up on him as a rotation arm, but right now he should be able to fill a long relief role well (2-3 innings). If he can cut down the long ball, he could be a great set-up or even potential closer material. Glad the Twins are giving him a looksee.
  8. Rosterman
    Both Ryan and Strotman were depth pieces by the Rays and they ultimately needed the 40-man spots for other players. Strotman being one of those that you hope you can use or you will lose sooner rather than later. Teams love to include players in trades who are out-of-options or verging on minor league free agency in their system.
  9. Rosterman
    Just HAD to get that extra inning out of rookie HENRIQUEZ in what had developed into a close game, eh, Rocco?
  10. Rosterman
    The Twins jumped Wander Javier to AAA. This is sink or keep fall for Wander. WIll the Twins see enough of him in St. Paul to add him to the 40-man, or does Wander...wander off to other psures. Palacios or Javier, that could be the question!t
  11. Rosterman
    THE TWINS DON'T GIVE UP. THEY DO HUSTLE AND PLAY BALL. NOT ALWAYS SMOOTH AND PRICISE, BUT THEY ARE STILL IN THE GAME. Both sides had pretty weak lineups as the game got into extra innings. I kept seeing that these are guys you like your relief pitchers to face with a runner starting on second. All the "bench" players were in the game. Cleveland pretty much blew thru their bullpen in the game. It was a godsend that the Twins did add Rodriguez, a long relief arm who could've kept going until the game ended. A heartbreaker, after the...dare we say...strange comback. Five Twins in the line-up hitting under .200 in the end. Two more on the bench after playing at some point in the game. Man, that line-up is weak. It was a nice run. Hard to believe that the Twins were dominating as the teams now ahed of them were struggling, as the Twins are doing right now. Always next year. I'm now starting to wonder who the Twins really need to add to the 40-man? Probably a catcher, although not sure if they need to add Chris Williams. The rest would comne from AA. DO they keep a space for the injured Canterinbo? Should Enlow stay? Julien added? Any of the others going to Arizona ready to be grabbed? At this point, I would swamp out a couple of arms and let Balazovic and Henriquez get a couple of major league games by season's end, especially after the St. Paul season ends. We will see.
  12. Rosterman
    MAN, ALMOST LET VARLAND THROW 100 PITCHES AND GO THRU THE BATTING ORDER A COMPLETE THIRD TIME. Still wonder how the Twins, sad to say, screwed up and didn't get Varland any throwing innings in St. Paul, even a two-inning stint in relief last Sunday or Tuesday. SOMETHING THAT SHOULD BE A REGULAR HABIT WITH ALL THE ROTATION ARMS, RIGHT? Work that third time. Get 100 pitches. A pitcher is going to give iup hits or runs in some appearances. It is a given, folks. Just like a bullpen arm is going to make mistakes or be part of mistakes. Heck, now...if Sanchez had pitched yesterday with the same numbers, the Twins would've won the game, and all those "other" bullpen arms would be avalable fer sure today. Pagan takes the hit in the second game, September 17th prediction. I'm pretty speechless about the collapse of the Twins. Is is worthwhile to try and win second place, have more wins than losses, or just send out guys to play ball. Give situations and at bats and innings mainly to those who will be part of 2023. If throwing-in-the-towell, might as well figure out a way to let Balazovic and Henriquez get major league innings, Sands work out of the pen, and if Helman or Williams MIGHT in in the plans for 2023, bring them up at the expense of guys who won't be on the 40-man. What do the Twins have to lose?
  13. Rosterman
    Okay, got a double-header tomorrow. Can pretty much use any of these guys in at least one of the games. But, Sanchez and Pagan? What are they, chopped liver? Not travelling with the team? During the Royals series they were watching games in St. Paul? Hell, with a 3-run led I would HAVE TRIED Pagan (on a very short leash). Yes, Thiebar got a bad error. But, forgive me, I love Jax...but he seems to have problems with runners on base (i.e. see the dreaded 10th inning with a runner on second). This is where you pitch Duran to get you out of the inning (if he would stop bouncing the ball). Moran was up and throwing at one point when Ober was still on the mound. I'm waiting to see the s*&tstorm of pitcher usage in tomorrow's double-header...especially if we have a couple of rookies pitch like there is no tomorrow (as Ober happily did today). The Twins had this game...and the guys they threw up a the plate in the 9th were......wait, where's Garlick? Oh, IL-list. I guess Kepler isn't worthy of being a pinch-hitter....
  14. Rosterman
    Question is, will Austin Martin go to AAA?
  15. Rosterman
    SWR is soooooo young. Between him and Ronny Henriquez, plus Balazovic, the Twins have three young studs. If they make "The Show" is the question.
  16. Rosterman
    The Twins shall showcase Winder, Ober and, hopefully, Varland this weekend in Cleveland (too bad they couldn't get Varland a couple of innings of throws with St. Paul on Sunday or Tuesday). One, we get to see how they fare against a farily strong line-up. I imagine the loser of the three will become long-relief in the pen. The Twins will have to make two roster moves (Sanchez and Cotton). One coming off the 40-man. Although sicne he is healthy and HAS to be out of rehab time, the Twins have to make a decision on Dobnak and the 40-man.
  17. Rosterman
    I IMAGINE HE WILL BE THE ADD FOR THE DOUBLE-HEADER WITH CLEVELAND, WITH THE OPTION OF SENDING HIM BACK OUT, IF NECESSARY. dDPENDING ON HOW WINDER AND OBER PITCH.
  18. Rosterman
    I'm not sure about the reasoning of having Moran throw 40+ pitches and the need to have one of your lefties pitch two innings. Go for the "easy" win and use anotehr arm in the 9th.
  19. Rosterman
    When you start lining up the Top three starters, the closer, maybe two setup guys, and the line-up. The Twins now die in holding baserunners with pitchers AND catchers. They have nothing after the first two rotation arms, but those aren't top arms. The closer has shown weakness. You may have four other decent relievers, but they can't pitch every otehr day. The outfield is in shambles. There is no bench. How do you construct this lineup (Garlick leading off, Kepler batting clean-up). Hamilton has added nothong if you can't use. In September, when you need to play the best baseball ever, playing your worst. Sigh. Big Sigh.
  20. Rosterman
    Twins keeping Julien at AA hoping he will escape the Rule 5. Shows the Twins system is pretty darn rich. Canterino isn't even shown here (albeit he is out, now, for a season).
  21. Rosterman
    No one is going anywhere. Blame it all on injuries. I would feel better if the front office wasn't so BIG on saying they were going to be competitive in 2022. They did a big overpay signing, when no other free agents would come here. But something has to be done to keep players from going down, including in the minors.
  22. Rosterman
    In July the Twins were 10 games above .500 in a division that you could probably win with 85 victories. It actually looked like only one team MIGHT finish above .500. Strange when you play so many games within the division. (Stranger so in the East where all but one have a winning record). The Twins lacked a #1 starter. The rotation got out-of-whack so Ryan wasn't facing the best. But didn't matter. Getting the guys to 30 starts and pushing towards 150 innings for the year was the desire. Which is prep for the NEXT season, not to be competitive this season. Always felt the Twins would burn thru an Ober and Ryan and need to reinforce with, say, a Balazovic and Sands coming in to backend the rotation. In the end, like getting a full season of work out of the staff better. Cave was sitting in St. Paul drawing a major league salary. Umpteen players are on the disabled list, also drawing major league salary and service time. Celestino needed to play at AAA a tad more. The outfield was truly broken. I never considered Lewis a given for 2023. He got his feet wet, and than the Twins - in a need to play someone anywhere but where they may be best to play - broke him. The Twins have Lopez, Duran, Moran, Jax and Thielbar doing well. But they can't pitch every other day. Moran is a lefty (as is Caleb) who can face multiple batters - a plus going into 2023. All those AAAA signings stashed at St. Paul to cycle thru in a spot or two ended up just being more and more of Cotton and Minaya, both released how many times and not able to find work elsewhere. I'm most disappointed in the marketing of the team. Pushed to break 22,000 fans regularly in a gorgeous outdoor stadium, with lots of your players, close games, and all. Maybe it was the lack of vendors! P.S. In the end, the Twins couldn't defeat one of the weakest Yankee lineups ever. Go figure! Home runs, lots of stolen bases!
  23. Rosterman
    I imagine it was a chance to give both guys playing time, with Lee staying for the playoffs for Cedar Rapids. Yes, often these short advancements is because of a position-to-be-filled need. Usually happeens at catcher. Kyle Schmidt was the past bouncer in the minors. This year it has been Ernie Yake and Frank Nigro.
  24. Rosterman
    And is Austin Martin still in the mix, perhaps? Would Lewis be a bet to play in the outfield. Who knows how durable Buxton wil
  25. Rosterman
    Why is Dalton Shuffield at the St. Paul Saints and not Brooks Lee, for the final month of the season?
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