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  1. Rosterman
    Factors in stealing a base. Get the right runner on base with the right pitcher on the mound. The catcher not being the best at throwing out runners. Who is batting.
  2. Rosterman
    Who is this Kwan guy? Ryan, when he challenges and controls the speed of the game, can shine. He will still give up the home run ball, as expected in the early days of a career. But, buy...when he wants to...he can command. Pagan. Trying to fool the big guy? Failure. Maybe Duran needed to face the better batters and Pagan face the bottom of the lineup in the 9th. Can't move a guy to third, or get him home. I think there was that problem last year, too. Rocco given a full bench, uses everyone!
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    No team is going to trade for Correa unless you pretty much eat the rest of his salary for this season. Unless they honestly think he is worth going after long term and trading for him will give them one-up on ree agency. Would you pay Sano $13 million for next season? Hey, you put him on waivers, another team claims him. They release him. And you sign him abck for 2023 for $3-5 million, if you still truly want him. Who plays the Twins outfield in 2023? Better yet, 2024? Celestino is good, but he isn't great. You would love to say he is heir to Buxton in center with Byron moving to a corner spot. But I don't think we signed Byron for $100 million to have him leave centerfield in the next year or two. I don't see the Twins signing Kepler to another long-term contract, but another team might..... Urshela? If you trade him this season, he still has another at a decent price for a rebuilding team. Depends how much faith you have in Miranda, getting his at bats are so important this season. Otherwise, Steer? Encarnacion-Strand? Miranda until someone other comes along? Gio and Kepler can dangle at trade time. You have replacements who look to improve for the team in 2023.
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    A 10-year deal...a team has to hope for topflight production the first seven years, and that major league salaries will catch up to your payouts in years 8-10 to not make it look so bad that you carrying the guy on your roster. Because of his age, Correa can also gamble on the front end. Would he roll over and take $35 million - $105 for a reworked 3-year deal with the Twins with opts outs? Is it all about money? That is the horror, stupidity, the-destruction-of-baeball-as-we-know-it. How much does a guy want and what team is willing to pay the amount when they can possibloy get same production for less and also not have the salary sitting on their books. Correa signing was a stroke of genius. The Twins ahd the money off their books, and also a good chance to still have it off next season, too. They could afford to do an outrageous one (or two) off. Especially knowing that the player needs to produce above-and-beyond potential if they want still another much bigger payday.
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    Leach almost fell into the Enlow category. He was available for the Rule 5. But because of injuries was still an A-baall pitcher. He will be a minor league free agent after this saeson. Enlow, because he was protected, could be grabbed by another team easily if removed from the 40-man (as would be Balazovic or Henriquez). And then the new team could decide to send them, again, thru waivers before sending to the minor leagues. Thus the world of a min or league ballplayer. Rooker, also, faced downtime in 2020. Sadly, he WAS given every oipportunity to prove himself a major elague player. As much as Miranda, Larnach and also, now, Kirilloff. He didn't succeed and then was passed over by guys like Garlick, Refsnyder and even Cave and Celestino. So much can change in the life of a minor league player. A bad season in the minors may mean no shot in the majors. A rough time in he majors, and maybe no second chance...or a minimal second chance...because tehre are always memebrs from another draft class pushing you off the depth chart. Also, I like stolen bases as much as anyone. But stealing in the lowly minors? Pitchers and catchers are getting used to each other, and also pitchers are working on different pitches. I still remember this grat base stealer in the Twins minors system. Whatever happened to him? https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=rivera003dav I shake my head all the time at the millions spent up-front in baseball drafts on players that amount to next-to-nothing, and the careers that some of the lowlies have in return.
  6. Rosterman
    Sergio Romo is available!
  7. Rosterman
    Kepler might be worth something. I sure wish we had included Sano in the Padres deal and gotten, say, Hosmer and one of their rookie catchers, as well as CASH.
  8. Rosterman
    Twins sign BRANDON BISHOP for centerfield depth in the minors. Guess they need more. They also traded DANIEL ROBERTSON, coming off the injured list, to the Phillies for CASH!
  9. Rosterman
    I'm wondering who the Twins pitcher will be that leds the team in wins come the end of the season. And will there be more than one pitcher from the rotation with more than, say, 10 wins. It was a game you bring in Duffey to close, with Cotton warming up to put out the fire. Are we saving Duffey for the Arizona series? Some solid arms in Seattle!
  10. Rosterman
    Kirilloff is making his case. Inteesting to see what the Twins do with the bullpen, with Gray coming back and eliminating an arm, and then the upcoming "down to 13 pitchers" rule. Garlick is set to come back. Which pitcher does he replace? Then if we want to add Kirilloff, does he replace Miranda, Garlick, or do we send down Larnach? How do we get Jake Cave back to Target Field? The Twins have two shortstops to also watch, Beckham at AAA and Merrell at AA. Do they fit into short-term plans as a replacement in 2023 for Correa until Lewis gets better? And, should we swap out Jeffers for another catcher? Godoy worth more looks? Hamilton a possible keeper?
  11. Rosterman
    What happens when Garlick comes back? Miranda goes to the minors and plays more third base? Do we swap out the slumping Larnach for the moment with Kirilloff, so we can keep the right-handed bat of Garlick around longer? Is Arraez better in the field and batting than just being a DH? Boy, can't wait for Sano to enter the mix!
  12. Rosterman
    There would have been a major uproar if the Twins had signed Chi Chi in the off-season and put him on the major league roster. Instead, they got his services for a minor league deal. But it was just finding the time to add him to the 40-man. Should he have been called up before Derek Rodriguez? Was he a better choice than Cole Sands and should we have given those Sands starts to him? Would you rather have Chi Chi or Bundy in the rlotation? Does that say moe about Bunday, and less about Chi Chi? Needed to see more of him, and almost wished the Twins ahd stretched him to the 5-6 innings he was capable of throwing. But in the long-term, he is our #10, at best, starter.
  13. Rosterman
    Have no idea how a decent lineup can so...shut down. Only two batters got hits. Even if Celestino wanted to, say, steal a base, it wouldn't have matter as no one could do anything. Was Gilbert THAT good of a pitcher? Ryan was throwing strikes, keeping HIS apce of the game for the most paart. Gald to see him back. The need for two relief pitchers was a plus. I like Moran, but wonder who the Twins are going to cut to add Gray. And who do they cut to add Garlick. Larnach is on a slump. Do we trade him out for the moment with Kirilloff?
  14. Rosterman
    Well, do fans of baeball rally go to minor league games to see fights? I go to see top-flight prospects in competitive play. I have lots of friends who go because of all the other antics that surround the game.
  15. Rosterman
    What I find interesting is that many OF US would've been more than happy to include him in a trade package during the off-season. Now the question is how to play him MOST OF THE TIME. For his sake, yes, don't bat him against lefties, or have him hit lower in the order...because even if a team starts a lefty, they will probably switch to a right-hander before the end of the game.
  16. Rosterman
    He would have to basically replace Miranda with Miranda returning to St. Paul to play more third base. But, right now, the Twins are buying service time, it seems.
  17. Rosterman
    Seth: Any notables we should be getting excited about in FCL Play, guys that should be moved up once the draft happens and some names are jettisoned from various rosters? Sad to see Gore move backwards. Had such hopes for him, but now looks like he will probably walk elsewhere come 2023. Kudos to Sisk getting the advancement.
  18. Rosterman
    Soto was a temporary call-up. Kirilloff should be up once the Twins need to go to 13 pitchers.
  19. Rosterman
    Here's a LOOK at all the Ex-Twins. Did a recap of those that served in the majors at the end of May. WIll do another recap at the All-Star break to see where our "former friends" stand.
  20. Rosterman
    You mean like the Twins signing this ELIJAH GREENE as a minor league free agent and jettisoning him during spring training... https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=greene000eli before realizing that the real ELIJAH GREEN has yet to enter the world of major league baseball drafts? https://www.perfectgame.org/players/playerprofile.aspx?ID=535648
  21. Rosterman
    You usually steal off the pitcher. The catcher either gets a perfect pitch and is ready for the steal, or it makes the catcher work and he throws badly. Very few players put a team on edge of a steal these days, and have their pitchers/catchers approach the game systematically that way. I almost wish he would go to St. Paul and just get work there. Would advancing, then, Hamilton be so bad? Give the guy a chance to shine? I don't have any longterm stock in Godoy, and Sisco is out for the season. Banuelos is also a possibility. But the next batch is at AA. When do Isola or Bechtold/Williams get the bump? I also believe Jair Camargo will be a free agent after this season. Correct me if I am wrong. Only 22, the Twins will have to make a possible 40-man roster decision on the guy. Can they advance him (health status pending) to Wichita and see how overmatched he is against an older crowd? It will be a concern for the Twins going forth. Garver played himself out of catching already this season. Rortvedt, him of the massive python arms but the no-hit bat has also been on the injured list. If we muist say anything about Jeffers bat, someone has to help a team make 24-27 outs in a game, which is why you bat him in the lower third of the order. Anyone missing Willians Astudillo yet and his 57 games behind the plate? 7 for 19 in throwing out baserunners!
  22. Rosterman
    He just got a call to the Majors! Congrats and Kudos Elliot Soto. Now, Rocco, don't pull a Drew Maggi and NOT use the guy! https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2022/06/twins-select-elliot-soto.html
  23. Rosterman
    I'm pleased. WOuld like to see him pitch deeper. But if we get a full 30 or so starts, I'll settle for upwards of 150 innings for the season. By letting him build up,m it is working to the Twins advantage. Maybe the Twins do know what they are doing, running with more bullpen innings when they could carry more bullpen arms, limited all starters to innings so they will be bstronger once the bullpen cuts down to 8.
  24. Rosterman
    Derek Fisher comes of the IL list and is released. https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2022/06/twins-release-derek-fisher.html
  25. Rosterman
    A hit, a walk and a homerun. Thank goodness the homer was a solo. Duffey...well, at least he didn't make the game close. 101 pitches for Sands, Stretching him out. He needs to now work in St. Paul consistently before his next callup.
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