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Blayne Enlow should also be on the Wichita roster. I imagine he is on the injured list?

Miguel or Orlando Rodriguez? Owen Griffith around somewhere? Kyle Schmidt? Daniel Ozoria? Luis Rijo?

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?

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

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?

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?

I would take Blake Snell from the Padres.

Looking like rotation will be Ryan, Bundy, Ober, Archer, Gray.

The ones that get away. Sppn will be posting an updated list of "ex-Twins" once the season begins, and I'm including names of ALL the guys I found that were drafted by the Twins, went unsigned, and now play for anotehr team in the majors of minors. Always regret the ones that "got away."

I think I would've avoided playing the A's game, espcially for a one-year rental.

Tommy Milone signs a minor league contract with The Mariners.

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!

With the Mussells being the low-A team now, and basically the Instructional camp including two teams of players...it has become one big training camp.

Josh WInder, only because they will carry 28 guys to open the season. Sad that folks like Moran, Miranda, Celestino, etc. won't make the team. But they need more regular play.

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.

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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:

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!

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?

The Twins have 40 pitchers on the AAA and AA rosters (after sending down the final ones from the 40-man), not to mention anyone deserving a move upwards from A ball. You can never have too much pitching, but we also want to see "the prospects" get their chance to play for the future of the Twins.

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.

It is always the perfect time to DFA players, as every other team is doing so and 40-man roster spots are at a premium. If you claim someone, you have to have them on the 40-man, at least for the moment. The flip side is, like the case with Lewis Thorpe, if no one claims them you either have to find a place for them in your own system, often with players that are on the cusp of surpassing the recently DFAed player, or you outright release them. Like, unbelievable, the Twins just claimed three pitchers for their (upper) minor league rosters in the past two days. Where or where are they going to go when you already have nearly 40 pitchers to fill two upper minor league staffs. Complicated ever further when (it would be assumed) the Twins will carry two extra pitchers on their 28-man roster who will have to move backj to the minors after an April of games. I'm not hearing that there will be extra players carried at AAA like the past two seasons for COVID replacement parts in a last minute major league need. It can also be a wonderful time for players, too. They can find a new organization when you are considered the last player cut from a roster, which means you were almost good enough to make the majors, but not...quite.

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

Twins sign JC RAMIREZ to minor league contract. https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2022/03/twins-sign-jc-ramirez-to-minor-league-deal.html

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.