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  1. Rosterman
    It all depends how much monye you really think you need. Yes, that alst contract pretty much keeps you in one palce for the rest of your career. He will easily be able to get 4 or even 5 uears whenever he decides to leave the Twins, with option years. But will he crack $300m? He had to be mnuch much better in 2022. He has to outdo all expectations in 2023.
  2. Rosterman
    Considering the alck of free-agent talent that will come and play in Minnesota, the Twins can afford Correa for another season. Also, Lewis won't be ready right away. Be interesting to see how Austin Martin progresses next season and if Brooks Lee is for real.
  3. Rosterman
    You get a guy that could be palced out there for 6 or even 7 innings, even if pounded, and he has to leave early because of a dugout screw-up. Twins 2022!
  4. Rosterman
    Beckham when he needed to advance Gordon looked awful at the plate. Why didn't Gordon steal during Beckham's at bat? Gray headed thru the order the third time. But, hey, a starter IS expected to give up runs in a game. The Twins rotation looks AWFUL against Hosuton.
  5. Rosterman
    Gray did fine tonight (Monday). A starter is expected to maybe give up 1-2-3 runs in his work of 5-7 innings.
  6. Rosterman
    You can only manufacture runs if there are guys on base. Pitchers do give up home runs. The Twins bullpenm still has numerous weaknesses.
  7. Rosterman
    The stolen base and the bunt are geat when not expected. Of course, if you have a real stolen base speedster, he can put a lot of pressure on a pitcher, and screw up fielder placement, which should be a plus.
  8. Rosterman
    Farm systems across the baord have improved and gotten better as each team saw players eliminated, so only the better of the best remain, with many others looking in from the prep and indy leagues hoping for a chance to move back into a system because of injury. Top 100 players? If every team has three, both leagues are well covered. Some may have an additional. But if you organization is the 10th best, or the 15th best or even the 25th best, it's like the standings in baseball...how many games separate you from the teams in front or the teams in back. I like someone mentioning the Twins having a slew of nobodies on the major league roster making noise. That's the bread and butter, how they fit into the team each season and how they produce. You can have three top shortstops in the system, but one great one will eliminate the need of the others, who will then have to battle others equally as good at other positions, perhaps. It's a ty.gh job, constructing a team every season, looking at short-term and long-term depth, dealing with injuries, and it really is a process of stepping stones to the majors as you face better and better competition along the way. Even the grizzled veteran minor league guys that make up many a high-AAA roster are deserving of play, but they are the eternal 27th roster goy, 9th bullpen arm, the starter fightng for a job while the young prospect passes them by.
  9. Rosterman
    Sisk or Jewell? Stshak? Romero? Megill?
  10. Rosterman
    You take the chance, man. He was going to first. Correa should be fast enough to be right behind Arraez. The catcher would have to be in perfect place for a perfect throw. If the pitcher HAD fielded it, he would've got the out at first and inning done. Hail Mary with two outs!
  11. Rosterman
    Kudos to former Twins coach DEREK SHELTON on getting his contract extended to 2023 with the Pittsburgh Pirates. They have faith that he will improve the team going forwards. https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2022/08/derek-shelton-to-return-as-pirates-manager-in-2023.html
  12. Rosterman
    The Twins signed pitcher Jordan Brink out of the Padres system. Assigned him to FLC Twins, for now. https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=brink-000jor
  13. Rosterman
    Correa needed to be stepping on Arraez's heels in the 10th. No need to be standing on third with two outs and a play that looked like a potential out at first that was royally flubbed by a fielding pitcher. Smeltzer wasn't great, but he did three innings with minimal damage. The type of guy you need with short starters.
  14. Rosterman
    Jax is showing he can't pitch with men on base in pressure situations. The Twins have to figure out how to play extra innings. I mean, we are two-third thru the season.
  15. Rosterman
    Plus hitting, as a whole, has been downgraded for this season, it seems.
  16. Rosterman
    We will see how many innings he pitches in todfay's start of Archer. I always thought Griffin Jax was also going to do regular long relief, 2-3 innings a shot in two out of five days. But, alas, he seems to be developing into a setup man role.
  17. Rosterman
    Guys on the 40-man bubble include Cave, Beckham, Strotman, Jewell, Hamilton. So really no problem there in the short-term. Hoping Garlick does come back. Yes, can the Twins add one or two pitchers when rosters expand to 28. If two, they are in heaven. Moran needs to come back up and stay. But if Winder or Ober become starters, will Bundy or Archer go to the pen, that is the BIOG question. The luxury of having that exptra starter is that maybe Winder or Ober can piggyback. But then you better break up Archer and Budy with, say, Gray between them. Gray needs to be allowed to pitch (and give up runs) towards the 7th inning at least. He can do it.
  18. Rosterman
    Don't discount bad ERA in AAA as an advancement killer. Both Strotman and Henriquez have been better coming out of the pen as of late down there, and both are on the 40-man. Smeltzer could still dazzle as a long-relief arm lefty Moran just can't be sent up and then back again, so when he comes up he stays for the rest of the season. Dobnak, Ober, Winder and Maeda may cause some issues, as all are on the 60-day and roster moves need to be made.
  19. Rosterman
    For a 29-year-old, Gossett has been up and down between AAA and AA the past couple of seasons. He needs to find success at AAA. Randy Dobnak is back. Sorry, when he is eligible to return, I would designate him for assignment to keep the 40-man spot. No team would pick up his remaining contract. After this season, he would probably be a minor league free agent, but again a team would have to make him a better offer to leave the Twins. Unless, of course, he works magic ball in the next 30 days or so.
  20. Rosterman
    Y'know, the reality is that msoit starting pitchers do give up runs in their 5-6-7 or more innings of work. The question is just how many can you live with them giving up. Usually 3-4 can be a comfortable number of they throw 90-120 pitches and get you into the 7th or especially the 8th inning. At this point in time, you'd like to see Gray stretched out a tad more. Go over 150 innings, although not necessarily by much. His high of late was in 2019, although he did pitch more than 200 in 2014-15. He pitched 135 last year. At five innings a start, he might be luck to break that. But, again, starting pitchers are supposed to giove up a few runs, a homer or two, but they are also supposed to be workhorses, so to speak, and give you innings. The Twins can't continue to use four relief pitchers game after game after game.
  21. Rosterman
    DANNY SANTANA released by Red Sox. https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2022/08/red-sox-release-danny-santana.html RALPH GARZA JR. again dropped from a 40-man roster.... https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2022/08/rays-reinstate-manuel-margot-designate-ralph-garza-jr.html
  22. Rosterman
    St. Paul season is running as long as MLB season, so need to AFL the guys playing there, if they get regular at bats and innings for the next two months..
  23. Rosterman
    Better be fielding your best lineup every game. No multiple starters resting on the same friggin' day.
  24. Rosterman
    I would start discussions. I would also try and long-term Duran and Arraez while we are at it.
  25. Rosterman
    Arraez is such a gem to watch battin. I hope his knees hold up. And first base seems to be a good place for him. Home runs are nice. But what is nicer is someone else hitting a home run with a runner on base. Construct the lineup correctly and you can make use of Arraez's run-scoring abilities. Inetresting. I often wonder what the Twins would be like with Isiah Kiner-Falefa. I was excited when the Twins obtained him for shortstop. But glad the Twins were able to get out of the Donaldson contract and more than happy with Urshela at third base for the moment.
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