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  1. Rosterman
    Why is Dalton Shuffield at the St. Paul Saints and not Brooks Lee, for the final month of the season?
  2. Rosterman
    Would look like Ober, WInder and Varland pitching against Cleveland. Question is how do they shuffle in Ober (probably for Sanchez after he gets another use in the Bundy start). Varland would be the doubleheader add. The outfield is...pathetic. When Polanco comes back we can see...The Return of Gordon! And, if Kepler is laid up, let's just bring up Wallner...over Contreras (sorry, Mark).
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    The Twins are far from a scary lineup. Once again, first and third. Can't put possible stolen base fear with Gordon at first. No one can get at least one runner home. Go figure. The outfield depth is zero. There is no bench. Would Wallner help? Of course, Polanco and Buxton would help. Anyone else in the minors? AZ bench of Caleb and Billy Hamilton, Celestino, and Leon/Sanchez is just not cutting it. Kepler needs to sit. Well, at least all the members of the Twins bullpen got work in this series before the Monday off day. When is Varland coming back? And who gets the 29th call for the Guardians double-header (Smeltzer?). Is Ober gonna be ready for that start? Below .500. Weren't we 10 games over at one point this season?
  4. Rosterman
    40-man will contain the following rotation arms: Madea, Ryan, Gray, Ober, Winder, Varland, Balazovic, Mahle, Paddack, Woods-Richardson, Canterino. Smeltzer and Dobnak may still be with us on minor league contracts. Bullpen will retain: Duran, Jax, Lopez, Moran, Alcala, Enlow, Henriquez, Sands, Thielbar Fulmer is a free agent. Pagan will be given consideration. Stashak and Coulombe and Romero are still possibilities, but most likely get released and resigned if they look like they are coming back into form. There seems to be a love affair with Cotton and Megill. Jewell could stay on a minor contract, as well Gossett. Not sure what Peacock will do. Will the Twins retain Minaya...again? The most promising relief pitchers will all just try to get to the majors (who remembers Jordan Gore, Yennier Cano, Ian Hamilton, Ryan Mason). Lawyerson is a stud in low minors. Sisk has been a gem of a find. Schulfer is a possible keeper. Fundeburk is on the cusp of consideration. Left oevr from the above being on the Twins radar in 2023...2025 will see Ryan, Eander, Woods-Richardson, Varland in the rotation. Duran, Moran, Alcala and maybe Jax still in the pen. Slim chance that Balazovic, Canterino, Enlow will make it. If Mahle or Gray are considered worthy of a 3-4 year extension, we will see them in 2025.
  5. Rosterman
    I expect Varland will get the call for the double-header. Remember, we have to make 40-man deletions when we activate Winder. Dobnak needs to be actvated, too (although I would attempt to waiver him and then assign him to St. Paul...his contract will keep him a non-roster Twins still next year). Larnach, Ober, Jeffers will also involve 40-man moves.
  6. Rosterman
    Anything would be an upgrade. Always amazd at how little coaches often get paid, often less than the "minimum-wage" players.
  7. Rosterman
    I find it interesting advancing Shuffield, a 2022 draft signee, to AAA. Why not Lee? Wallner deserves to be in the majors more than Cave, Billy Hamilton. Especially with the wounded outfield. Put Kepler on the IL and bring in Wallner.
  8. Rosterman
    Kepler batting cleanup? Why not get that extra at bat and have him bat lead-off. Wait, let's have Garlick lead-off and Kepler back second. And, it's only Cleveland. Let's rest Correa, Arraez in the same game.
  9. Rosterman
    Once again, the Twins don't give up! Sands, FOUR walks and two hit batters. Thank goodness for a double play. But talk about a 39 pitch inning with few strikes. We all wanted him out. He ate some innings, gave up anotehr run putting the team deeper in the hole. Good or bad? Well, at that point Baldelli felt it was a B-game and we were to see Megill and Pagan. A game with four pitchers that shouldn't be on any contending team, if you are really contending. But is there replacements? Winder, Ober, Larnach, Jeffers at some point are expected back. 40-man roster spots have to be found for all.
  10. Rosterman
    Hey, isn't Mike Pineda available? Also, Matt Wisler as an opener!
  11. Rosterman
    Dang pop up ads! Can't follow this on the phone at all! So Varland is pitching on three days rest. But the Twins need a starter tomorrow? We can definitely change out Sands and probably Sanchez. Ober ain't ready yet. What about Winder? I would go with Varland on short rest with, say, Winder coming in long (3 innings) relief.
  12. Rosterman
    All we need now is a Grand Slam! 4 walks and a 2 hit batsmen??????!!!!!!! Looks like Megill and Pagan will pitch tonight!
  13. Rosterman
    I can live with ALL these guys going away (okay, maybe not Encarnacio-Strand - but who knows what the Twins first base/third base needs will be in, say, 2023). I'm happy if Tyler Mahle and Jorge Lopez can give us a 2023 and hopefully eturn in 2024. I would like to sign Michael Fulmer over going to arbitration with Pagan. I would welcome the return of Sandy Leon as minor league depth. I would love seeing him work with our young pitchers at St. Paul - considering the Twins now have 10 candidates for the season rotation, at some point, in 2023.
  14. Rosterman
    I almost felt the manager gave up but the players didn’t, and then there just isn’t really the offense to keep things happening (we need Polanco and Buxton and even Jeffers). If Kepler is hurt, stop sending him out. Bring up Wallner.
  15. Rosterman
    The joy of the playoffs is that you can get by with 3 or 4 starters. Piggback those guys. But the key will be a healthy and productive lineup. We still need Kepler. We need Jeffers. We don't need Sano.
  16. Rosterman
    LUKE FARRELL signs with Reds. https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2022/09/reds-claim-luke-farrell-waivers-cubs.html
  17. Rosterman
    If you aren't comfortable pitching Sanchez or Sands in a game, especially when your pitching staff is on fumes, why are they on the roster?
  18. Rosterman
    Y'know...yes, this is a positive. Seems Sano ahs always been the question in the room. We need to play him at third. We need to bat him higher in the order. Put him in the outfield to get him to play. Finally had to play without him. Do we need him? Nope. The other joy, I dreaded Baldelli having him and Sanchez bat back-to-back in a game, which no doubt would've happened repeatedly, both coming up with the bases loaded and no or one out.
  19. Rosterman
    I'm trying to figure out the pitching order for the rest of the season, if an when Ober and WInder are added back in (at the expense of whom ?), and if Varland can get 3-4 more opportunities to start.
  20. Rosterman
    He was our #1 in order starter to begin, which means he was matched up against better pitchers early on. Not that it means a whole lot if only pitching five innings or so. Mostly a work in progress. He has to master usage of his slider. Just how he spots his fastball, he would have the making of a dynamite closer. But unless he really starts to flounder nd is by-passed by others, he is a solid rotation arm...for now. Mid-order. He also will egt the innings this season, which is a plus. I also notice that he pitches better when he dominates the speed that he delivers a pitch. Maybe the revised pitch clock, batters staying in the box will help him. I like when he seems to have a thjrowing plan and just does it. But, like in his latest start, someone like Aaron Hicks really worked him in the initial at bat, which seemed to throw him off a bit. Plus the base runner pressure he received is soemthing he has to figure out. We forget that he is a rookie. We also have to remember that the pitching rich Rays found him disposable. Which doesn't make him a bad pickup, just not the stud we may think we were getting.
  21. Rosterman
    They did it! Unbelievable!
  22. Rosterman
    Interesting the "pick-off" rule. Will teams actually try and steal more, especially with that couple of inches of more of a base? Can we eliminate the "ghost runner" in extra innings, please? And, maybe, a rule that a starting pitcher has to face at least 25 batters or 100 pitches, unless he has given up 20 or more runs in the game.
  23. Rosterman
    Every year the AAA roster is filled with minor league free agents. Of course, once a player plays in AAA they get on the radar of another team and you have to make the dreaded 40-man roster decision. Names like Canterino, Fundeburk, Julien, Martin et all are still at AA (althjough Martin is far from Rule 5 eligible...yet). But patience with the new regime. Looks like they have been pushing draft picks from 2021, as well as this year's top picks.
  24. Rosterman
    Sanchez will not be worth the money he may be seeking. But he may be worth the money he is worth. Chris Williams is showing some...grace. But the last thing the Twins need is a catcher that can play other positions. They need a catcher who can catch. Be interesting to see the status of Ben Rortvedt in the off-season. Does he remain on the Yankees 40-man. Not that would be turning cartwheels to bring him back. Man, that Sandy Leon can sure...bunt.
  25. Rosterman
    When we were looking at Ryan and WInder in the rotation at the beginning of the year, the thought was "what happens when they hit 125 or so innings, who takes their place." Of course, thought Sands, Balazovic, Enlow...whatever. Griffin Jax was the innings workhorse, followed by Sonny Gray, coming into 2022. So, the giving pitchers short starts, which was workable when you were carrying 14 pitchers at seasons beginning and still having the shuttle with St. Paul, you will get 30 starts from the arms and a push towards 150 innings, something to build on in 2023. With the pennant push, and a lineup that has trouble giving you runs, the Twins continue to rely too heavy on bullpen arms, which half-the-time aren't that good. Even the best bullpen pitcher is going to have a bad run thru a couyple of players in a game. Few have been brilliant. The Twins are a .500 team right now, but that is because of injuries, and a lackluster offense at the plate, for the most part. Yes, I want to see rotation arms go into the sixthy (or even 7th), consistently hit the 100 pitch mark. It is a given that even on their best days, a starting pitcher is going to give up runs...be it two runs or four runs in a start. Just like a relief pitcher is going to allow a inherited runner to score, or a pitcher is going to give up a hit or a walk or both in any given inning.
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