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  1. Rosterman
    Can ARCHER AND BUNDY shine enough to be tradebait no matter how good they may be? I would sell if the opportunity arises, no matter their numbers, IF the prospects are pushing in minor league land. Like the relief corps, I wouldn't be afraid to pull the plug if a guy isn't giving the team what it needs. You want to be competitive, you can't let guys "work thru it." They produce or the next in line gets to see how hungry they are for a major league paycheck. All the pitchers are cheap enough that any "walk" is a no-brainer in eating a salary. JOE RYAN, if he doesn't cut it going 5+ innings has CLOSER written all over him. And he could be a great one, ala Nathan. ARRAEZ will get at bats. DH is an open spot if you can't play both catchers in a game. Some time at third. Some at second. Have the guy bat second behind Buxton. POLENCO put up offensive numbers rivaling the more highly paid Correa. I don't know the best spot for him in the batting order. GORDON has to hit and field and run if he wants a job, any job, in the future. People will be pushing him. At some point he becomes a journeyman, which I don't really see happening, or finds a home on a rebuilding team that lets him play everyday and sink or swim. Is SANO the DH of the future. We can dream that he is the next DAVID ORTIZ and sign him for $15m a year for the next decades. If only he stops chasing low and outside. Works the count. And gets continuous discipline. Otherwise, KIRILLOFF will get play at first base as the DH rotates between anyone and everyone that needs a day off in the field. Which is good for Celestino to get at bats which has to be a better thought than Rooker or Garlick. KEPLER has to be looking at pressure to produce with Larnach in the wings (and don't forget about Wallner). Of course Martin & Lewis are also hopefuls, as well as Miranda.
  2. Rosterman
    The Twins need starter innings in the grand scheme of things. You can pretty much say that April will be full of 3-4 inning runs by starters, so with careful management of the pitching staff, the Twins may actually win some games depending on piggy banking of pitchers. Remember, Ober and Ryan MAY NOT be capable of 30+ solid starts. The Twins hope Bundy AND Archer will take up some of the early season slack. Happily the April expansion of pitching rosters have given teams the ability to really stretch out proespects, and for the Twins that means that Ober and Ryan CAN probably pitch for the full season, push up against 150 innings at the least. Paddack is a sold addition to the team going forward (moreso than Bundy and Archer). The Twins get Maeda back, hopefully, in 2023 (if not September of 2022). Gray is still around for another season. No matter how we look at the grander scheme of things, Balazovic, Winder, Sands, Henriquez, Enloow all need to be workhouses - in the minors. In a pinch the Twins can call up Strotman or use Jax (if he isn't cut today). Dobnak is somewhere in the mix along with Smeltzer. And looking forwards to 2025 you still have Ober, Ryan, Paddack...a couple of the above names, as well as Varland, Canterino, maybe Sammons, Woods-Richardson. I'm thinking the front office is being clever, as well as planning for the longterm. Yes, the Twins needed a closer last year and, in the early months, Colome wasn't the guy. Rogers is a set-up guy. The Twins have Thielbar and Coulombe right now. Moran is in the wings.
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    Paddack IS NOT a starter in decline., His best years MAY be ahead. The Twins went into the off-season looking for a closer. They didn't get one. Roger is good, a dynamite set-up man who can ALSO close. But..... The Twins now have Coulombe and Thielbar from the left side. Moran is in the wings. Yes, there is a logjam in the rotation. I picture, at least in May, the Twins doubling up one of the rotation spots to see how Bundy and Archer fare. You have that luxury with the expanded pitching staffs. Still, the Twins need to make a roster move to add, say, Garlick. What pitcher goes - we are on the edge of our seats. Stashak looked bound for the IL, but that dosn't remove him from the 40-man. Is Jax optioned off (going thru waivers). Romero? Of course, the bigger question is "who goes come May 1" from the Twins piching staff. That is going to be one helluva a waiver wire day. As for closer...humm, would the Twins be so bold as to offer up the job to...Duran? The Twins have to pitch well and win in April. That is the table setting for the whole season, and it rests on a strong bullpen and a lights out closer. Always felt Alcala had the stuff (and he still may, shades of promise I ahd for Trevor May and before that Jesse Crain). But we can't have a COlombe-April again.
  4. Rosterman
    Seth just posted the Ft. Myers Mighty Mussels roster and a lot of over 20 guys on that roster who should advance fast thru the system...if there is room for them at the major league level. Without Elizabethton, players are forced to stay in the Instyructional League (and there are close to 50 players at the complex) to play in-house games. But ALL the guys at Ft. Myers should be knocking on Cedar Rapids doors this season, and ALL should make the jump next season if they don't bomb out.
  5. Rosterman
    There's a lot of age. Looks like a graduating class from college ball! I know we lost the 2020 minor league season. A lot of these guys will definitely be pushing towards High-A as the season progresses...and the Twins prospects, as a whole, should be glad minor league teams have to plan for hosuing.
  6. Rosterman
    The vets are solid placesetters in case of emergency, and easily recycled out if you need to advance someone from AA before or by mid-season. Last season, where the Twins actually had more minor league free agents at the upper level, was a better opportunity to give "prospects" a taste of major league action. They didn't. If the Twins are in the mix, the msot action MAY just happen with advancement to AAA ball. That being said, Canterino, Funderburk, Sammons, Schulfer, Bechtold, Martin, Wallner could've all started the season at AAA/ That missed 2020 season has aged the minor leagues considerably.
  7. Rosterman
    Remember that minor league guys lost a year!
  8. Rosterman
    Hummm...where is Ronnie Henriquez in all this mess. And Thorpe seems to have...disappeared? I hope Balazovic's injury isn't serious.
  9. Rosterman
    No way. The guys they drafted last alone will be prime players in 4-5 years of minor league service time. By then, you are starting to think about trading the Ryan Ober Lewis guys because they might be overpriced. The problem the Twins MAY face is 40-man roster issues. They kinda have that right now, too many NOT READY FOR PRIME TIME guys, and those that need a shot aren't fulltimers yet because of lack of innings, or because the Twins keep filling the upper levels with minor league castoffs. Wichita has a great team. Cedar Rapids is full of promising players. There's a lot that will be getting reps at Ft. Myers, or still young in the FCL playland.
  10. Rosterman
    Blayne Enlow should also be on the Wichita roster. I imagine he is on the injured list?
  11. Rosterman
    Miguel or Orlando Rodriguez? Owen Griffith around somewhere? Kyle Schmidt? Daniel Ozoria? Luis Rijo?
  12. Rosterman
    So Lewis and Palacios will be starting where? Jordan Gore, what's his status. Any news on Steve Berman, Alex Phillips, Zach Neff, Tyler Beck? Are those guys still injured? Roy Morales didn't make it?
  13. Rosterman
    Twins sign catcher CHANCE SISCO to add depth at AAA St. Paul. https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2022/04/twins-sign-chance-sisco-to-minor-league-deal.html
  14. Rosterman
    One of the frustrating things about being a pro baseball player. You do the s-l-o-w rise thru the system and just wait for the opportunity, always having someone pushing you from behind. Frustrating more so when, like in 2021, the Twins were going nowhere and rather than gives more showcases to prospects they dragged out arms from the slush pile. Yes, the Twins gave ample opportunbity and innings to Bailey Ober (who stuck), Charlie Barnes, Griffin Jax. But refused to cut bait sooner rather than later on Happ and Shoemaker. They even found opportunities for Gant in the rotration, and brought up Albers. That Jax is still with the Twins show some hope, but we see so many others thrown back into the slush heap (Smeltzer, for one, who may garner a comeback). But why, in a losing season, didn't you give Balazovic a taste of the big leagues, or do the up-and-down with, say, a Strotman. See how they react to the Bigs, then go down to the minors and work it out. Instead you hung onto Thorpe before jettisoning him, and do whatever you are doing with Dobnak. But this is about Mason, a bullpen arm who excelled at two levels. Like Moran and Cano should have had some showcase opportunities. Who knows what they will get in 2022, as the Twins have filled their upper levels with at least a dozen retreads from the ends of other organizations. Last year the Twins dragged out Burrows, Barraclough, Garza, Vincent, Gibaut, Minaya, Coulombe, Waddell, Anderson, Law, Farrell plus another half-dozen who, thankfully, didn't make the call. All are pretty much gone except for two - Coulome and Minaya - who resigned because of, what, lack of opportunities from elsewhere? And the Twins turned around and signed another whole host. 23 pitchers on the Saints roster as of today. That is, what, 10-11 more than necessary...and considering there are 20 at AA and High A...where are all these "experienced" arms going. Mason may fall into the world of a Chargois, Curtiss, Slama, or maybe give a great season like a Stashak or Hildenberger before continuing onto minor leage fodder. It's just, you draft players for a reason. So few survive the first two seasons. And so many that do are discarded in the end. WOuld Mason have survived the Rule 5, going somewhere with an opportunity like Wells or Clay had this past season?
  15. Rosterman
    Padres are a,lso looking to shed salary. Snell, Hosmer and a young catcher for Sano, Sanchez, Rooker and a couple of names like Strotman and Jax perhaps? That would be an epic shakeup. Free the Padres of $25 million. Maybe get them to throw in $15 million to cover part of three more years of Hosmer. ZHeck, let's take Myers off their hands while we are at it and solve out outfield problem and give them....Celestino?
  16. Rosterman
    Looking like rotation will be Ryan, Bundy, Ober, Archer, Gray.
  17. Rosterman
    The Twins needed to rid themselves of Donaldson. They will get to give Miranda a decent tryout this year, starting Gio. I don't totally mind Bundy and Archer. Now the Twins better be prepared to advance Balazovic, Sands, Strotman, Winder and anyone else who could pitch fulltime in 2023 if the opportunity arises. April will set the tone for the Twins season. Every team will be weak coming out of spring training. We will get to see mangerial skills at work. If the Twins start out bad, scrap contention (no matter the number of teams that can go to the playoffs) and start thinking rebuild...giving play to the future and not the short-term present. Especially whe July rolls around. Still haven't figured out the Twins and money. They got a potential steal in Buxton, but couldn't get it done for Berrios. They splurged (badly in some ways) on Doanldson to prove they can spend money, and rectified it with the vast overpay for Correa for at least a year, at least in Twins dollars. I stil shake my head that another team didn't do the Correa thing. Being the best player on a bad team doesn't necessarily increase your free agent worth. Good news. Baseball season begins next week!
  18. Rosterman
    Two players will be added. The pain of minor league free agents, they can't usually be optioned out, not that with everyone else playing the game means you lose them. The Twins have a legit need for a fourth outfielder. Celestino needs to play everyday. But there are too many right now on the St. Paul roster, especially if Larnach and Celestino are everyday guys. The St. Paul bonus is that there will be a number of pitchers ready to get the call, even if it is a starter coming up to throw out of the pen, just for the experience (Strotman, Balazovic, Sands, Winder). The Twins have a little slack, depending on what they want to do with Stashak. Thielbar and Jax can be on the bubble, but will start the season in the majors. Rooker, if injured, is not really a benefit unless you can 60-day him. Otherwise he holds that 40-man spot until uninjured and gets play...or walking papers. I still wish, to be competitive, the Twins ahd a real lights-out closer.
  19. Rosterman
    There's over 40-pitchers on the AAA/AA rosters. How will the Twins be able to keep them all. This item was already put into this thread on the site:
  20. Rosterman
    Palacios will hopefully be depth. But, remember, he is NOT on the 40-man. Neither is Beckham. If the Twins need a shortstop it is Gordon, Palanco or Usi. If Lewis starts off hot, he could advance if Correa goes down with a notable injury for the two weeks or more. Otherwise, the Twins system is a good 3-4 years from another hopeful arm, unless Wander Javier takes off!
  21. Rosterman
    The pain is the Twins will need some long-relief arms. It was hoped Thorpe would be one, but looks like it will be Jax and Wilder to egt one thru a batting order if need be. There's also a couple of opportunities to piggy-back Bundy and Archer in April. How soon can a starter like Ryan and Ober get to six innings at least? Or, the bigegr question, can Ober and Ryan do 30+ starts in 2022?
  22. Rosterman
    15 pitchers and 13 hitters. I don't see Beckham staying with the Twins unless they are overpaying him as a minor league free agent. Would you play him at shortstop fulltime in St. Paul, of Martin or Lewis or Palacios. Last season we could almost blame Cave for the loss of Lamonte Wade and Akil Baddoo. Now, if he stays, we lose Rooker. It dosn't sound quite the same, but still......... Pitching could offer some surprises. Yes, I would let Moran get time in St. paul as we see how Thielbar continues his run. Stashak has to be on the bubble. He could be dynamite if he returns to his former self. There's like 40 pitchers on the combined rosters of St. Paul and Wichita, not counting a few that should move up from Cedar Rapids. Yes, a few injured. Maybe a couple (like two of the newly signed) will stay behind in Florida for a week or extended two. I sometimes feel sad when the Twins cut people like Kerrigan, Snyder, de la Trinidad and keep any number of free agent minor league roster fillers, most of whom won't get the call the the majors anyways. Challenge your own players in development, especially when you are dealing with a solid strong minor league system oevrflowing with talent and one less outlet of play.
  23. Rosterman
    Twins sign Tyler Bashlor to a minor league contract. https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=bashlo000tyl They released outfielder Jimmy Kerrigan, who has been in the organization since 2017. https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=kerrig000jim
  24. Rosterman
    Twins sign JC RAMIREZ to minor league contract. https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2022/03/twins-sign-jc-ramirez-to-minor-league-deal.html
  25. Rosterman
    Looks like they have to eventually send out three players. Rooker seems to be the only one on the bubble if they wish to add someone, but these sendouts pretty much guarantee that the Twins aren't expecting to add a minor league free agent to the 40-man. I'm sure they want to set minor league roster sooner rather than later (remember, minor leagues always broke camp after major league players left in the past). I think WInder will be here for the first month.
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