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  1. Rosterman
    Not sure why Romero was considered a bullpen arm. Will he be back in 2023? Alcala would've been a multi-inning stud, much better, I would hope, than Cotton and the ilk. Coulombe was coming into his own as a left-handed alternative. Moran has taken his place, if and when he can come back to stay in the majors. I didn't know what to expect from Stashak. Will he get a third chance with the twins, or is he gone, gone, gone. But, ultimately, the Twins didn't think of Rogers as a closer. And if you are going to be a competitive team, you should have a closer, not a patchwork. Maybe they thought Pagan was hungry again for success. That Duffey would pitch his heart out entering his free agent season (and the dream of a multi-year contract). In some ways I'm glad in the use of Duran and hope he holds up. Making a rookie the closer is a hard gamble. Hoping Duran can shine for the long-term (and beyond) as a Twin...closer of the future.
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    BRANDON KINTZLER signs to hopefully "save" the Padres. https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2022/08/padres-to-sign-brandon-kintzler-to-minor-league-deal.html
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    The Twins will have to find 40-man spots if an when they activate Dobnak, Ober and Winder.
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    Giants claim ANDREW VASQUEZ. Third team for this lefty journeyman. https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2022/08/giants-claim-andrew-vasquez-designate-steele-walker.html
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    When you get to the playofs, you may not need that fifth starter as much as an additional long man in the pen. Bargain bins shoping at the dollar store. If you want to compete, the Twins need to step up and give the ball to anyone better, if the opportunity arises. Sadly playing with fire and have to work Winder, Ober and Maeda into the swing of things inividually...kind of have them take the palce of each other if they aren't quite healthy. Not sure if need to continue the aRCHER EXPERIMENT FOR ANOTHER SEASON. aND NOT SURE IF aRCHER OR bUNDY INCREASED THEIR VALUE IN ANY WAY FOR 2023. We need both to be consistent right now, if that is asking too much. But it may not be enough to get to the playoffs.
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    I would rather see keep ands or add anotehr long man in Smeltzer or Sanchez for now. At some point Moran has to come back. Are the Twins competing or not? They finally got a guy who looks comfortable closing in Lopez. Soon they will have to decide about the worth of Bundy and Archer or the future of Ober, Winder or Maeda. Don't hang onto guys like Pagan just because he might be tradable in the off-season. Or to justify a bad trade.
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    WILSON RAMOS, who has been sitting at home patiently, signs a minor league contract with the Texas Rangers. https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2022/08/rangers-sign-wilson-ramos-to-minor-league-deal.html
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    Six man rotation? Then you need a bunch of relief piotchers who caa do multiple innings and some day-after-day. Maybe we need to go with a 4-man rotation to have that extra bullpen arm since starters are only pitching twice thru an order. Would that change things too much? The life of a pitcher is dictated by bad games. You have a bad (5-inning) start and it can destroy your ERA et al. Same with a bullpen arm. You put three guys on basem get pulled, the next guy comes in and finishes the inning giving up a couple of hits, but ALL your runners score. A relief pitcher gives up two runs in an inning. He has to pitch three mroe innings of perfect ball to get his ERA to 4.50. Nine inning total of relief to look brilliant again, which may take up to nine appearances.
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    I would like to see, say, Smeltzder return (because he is a lefty) and go into the mlong relief role. Why is Archer still starting. At best, use someone like Sands as an opener. Or even Jax. Of course, Baldelli doesn't feel any starter can go thru an order the third time....so five innings is the norm. But then you better have a bullpen of relief arms that can pitch at least two innings consistently, as well as make back-to-back appearances in important roles. The Twins are a contending club. They should not be poo-pooing an arm like Archer right now. He's either ready to pitch consistently and grow, or be replaced by someone who can.
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    Always felt he was a hard worker. But his batting skills lessen each season. He did have trade value, still, this deadline, if wrapped in a package. He might still be movable in the off-season. Partly because the Twins may have an abundance of outfield riches, if Buxton can stay healthy. Sadly, if one is to ask "Keep Kepler, or Garlick," one may say keep Garlick. Is Cave in the picture for 2023 at this point, still? One factor that can hasten the departure of Kepler would be Matt Wallner overperforming in the final month of the AAA season.
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    DEREK LAW leaves Tigers and signs minor league deal with Reds. https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2022/08/reds-sign-derek-law-to-minor-league-deal.html
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    We talk about how bad the pitching has been since Wes left the team for a return to collegiate coaching. But the hitting. What gives? Again, can't we get a pitcher past five innings?!?
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    Looking ahed to 2023: Returning arms to the rotation: Paddack, Dobnak, Ober and Maeda. Relief arms: Alcala, Stashak, Coulombe, Romero. Catcher: Jeffers Infielders: Lewis (but not Sano). Outfielders: Kirilloff, Larnach, Garlick. That could be HALF the current roster. Granted, a few won't return, joining Sano elsewhere. We can still see some return in September, but msot will involve a corresponding roster move down to the minors or off the 40-man by someone currently on the 40-man. But, yeah - that's a nice piece of change the Twins have sitting in the trainer's room not able to play!
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    The Twins have to be thinking hard about adding Julien to the 40-man in the off-season. Moving Steer opened a spot for him. But they also have to consider, say, Michael Helman, too.
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    Right now, if this was Spring Training 2023, the Twins would have 12 names, nearly half-the-roster, vying for playing time come the beginning of the season. Four rotation arms in Maeda, Ober, Paddack and Dobnak, Would the bullpen need Stashak, Coulombe, Romero and Alcala? A couple of hard decisions here. Jeffers would be back as catcher. Lewis would be an infielder of note. Aand the Twins would field a whole new outfield of Garlick, Kirilloff and Larnach!
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    I'm excited about Ryan, Gray and Mahle getting up tpo ten starts each. I'm not excited about sending Bundy and Archer out there ten times each, but not sure who else we can give those starts to while keeping those two on the roster.
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    I hope it isn't because of incentive-laden contracts. Numebr of games played. Days not injured. But, again, if you shut down Buxton, how long and what do you accomplish? Like Chris Archer, why is he a starting pitcher? Could we at least use an opener, maybe, in his games. Can we try him as a bullpen arm? He could potentially become a closer, which would be less innings, and still give him earning power.
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    Moran is a good example of NOT believing everything that happens at AAA ball. Including batting averages. Major league baseball is a whole new experience. Minor leagues are for training, trying things out, and where you might rather have a player fail by trying soemthing, or working on something, than the major leagues.
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    Varland, like Ober and Sands, are one of those you hope can make the backend of the rotation.
  20. Rosterman
    TYLER DUFFEY signs minor league deal with Texas Rangers! https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2022/08/rangers-tyler-duffey-agree-to-minor-league-deal.html oh, and BRENT ROOKER was called up to the majors by the Kansas City Royals!
  21. Rosterman
    I’m excited as I watch every game waiting for one rotation arm to do seven innings!
  22. Rosterman
    Is 30-22 too much to ask and would it win the division?
  23. Rosterman
    I'm starting to wonder if the Twins could have too many outfielders.
  24. Rosterman
    What gives? Minor league starters should be stretching out at this point in the season? Henriquez is so young, folks. People forget we got him as part of the Mitch Garver trade. Glad to see him shine in long relief. Bard Peacock is also picthing well, as is Sisk, a prospect to watch. Curtis Terry gone. the 11th minor league free agent signed in the off-season that the Twins have jettisoned. More than two dozen signed. Three have gotten major league time. And the Twins have cycled in another nine since the season started.
  25. Rosterman
    The pain is keeping these guys on the 40-man, and not having them for a good part of nexzt season. Lewis will still have to play a significant amount of time in the minors, and the Twins will need to hope Corea stays, or do a patch job with folks like Palacios in the mix. Canterino won't be back until sometime next season and the Twins will likely limit his innings, if not put him in relief situations. Chances are he will still be at AA ball. Then most of 2024 at AAA ball. If they don't add him to the roster, anotehr team might grabn him (like they did Burdi) but be forced to play him sooner rather than later (and could have the consequences that happened when the Pirates did this with Burdi). I have no trouble keeping an arm or player on the 40-man who will not produce in 2023 for the major league club. But this year the Twins have Balazovic, Henriquez, Dobnak, Maeda, Strotman, Enlow all NOT doing anything for the Big League Club. I can understand Maeda being carried. And he might till be back in September. But the hopes we had for the others is so quickly disappearing and doubtful about who should come back in 2023. And with the case of Rodriguez, you lose minor league time, and fall back. Possibly quickly passed, or you become a Baddoo situation where a team might grab you before the Twins decide to elevate you to the roster, waiting for a continued advance thru the minors. That is still a couple of seasons away, but.....
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