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I'd take him back if it stops the team from making the mistake of wasting Zebby Matthews or SWR in the rotation for the remainder of the year. This team needs to start taking a look at these guys for the back of the bullpen now or we're going to be in the same position this time next year. -
Minnesota Twins Prospect Retrospective: John Klein
nicksaviking replied to Cody Christie's topic in Twins Minor League Talk
"Whether he settles into a rotation spot, a swingman role, or a multi-inning relief job" I'm excited for Klein and I think he'll do well, but no, no and no. This team needs late inning relievers and they are exponentially more valuable than long-men, swingmen and back-end starters. The team infamously gutted the team last year, but that was mostly by trading away Duran, Jax and Varland. I simply cannot comprehend how this organization is dragging it's feet in trying to make pitchers like Klein ANTHING OTHER than the next Duran, Jax and Varland. He absolutely, positively will not be more valuable as a #5 starter or low leverage, inning eating reliever. -
But if we're acknowledging that an 85 win team is not an actual contender, then I stand by my post. I don't care about playoffs, I care about championships. We're long overdue. I absolutely care about building to get to one, but I don't think you build one measuring by wins. In fact, I think if you DO measure by wins, than you're almost certainly sacrificing developing future players who could possibly get you there by chasing those 85 wins. Case in point, keeping SWR and Matthews in the rotation instead of developing them as late inning relievers. Rostering Kody Clemmons and James Outman instead of (a day too late now due to injuries) rostering E-Rod and Culpepper. So since most young players don't come out of the gates superstars, pushing their MLB development back to chase these empty wins is also pushing meaningful contention back. From my point of view, the only obtuse fan or owner, is the one who thinks 2026 is going to be memorable in a good way.
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Sorry, but I'm also not interested in an 85-win "playoff" team either. I'll perk up once there's an actual championship contender on the field. And no, I absolutely do not believe that every team that makes the playoffs has a reasonable chance at winning the whole thing.
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Yeah, looks like they are big time underdogs at 11.5 points. But not as big as the Lakers are against OKC it seems. The Lakers are getting 15.5 points.
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When will we start seeing changed to MLB Roster?
nicksaviking replied to jaimedude's topic in Minnesota Twins Talk
The bullpen cannot be fixed soon. It couldn't have been fixed soon even if they spent a bunch of money in free agency and it certainly won't be fixed by trading for some other team's 2nd or 3rd tier relievers. Even the league's "good" relievers, tend to only be good on certain teams or certain situations. It's not a plug-and-play and definitely not a predictable spot as the nature of the players and the position is volatile and inconsistent. Good relievers for the Twins have been the guys they've developed themselves (almost always former starters) and found their footing and place in the bullpen after about a year of trial and error. Sorry, for this particular aspect of the team, the only remedy is patience in the team finally putting the in-house starters in the pen, and then patience in them developing them. Fingers crossed it's 2027, but if they drag their feet and try to keep these guys starters, it might be even longer. -
I would take the completely different path with this injury situation. SWR, Matthews, Festa. I see little reason to keep them in the rotation, even if desperate for starting pitching. Because there is starting pitching available; guys are always floating around being DFA'd. Yeah, they're unattractive, but they aren't going to be discernably worse than what we've seen from SWR, Matthews and Festa anyway. The Twins do NOT need to constantly look for the future 4th, 5th and 6th starters in the rotation because even a thrifty team like the Twins can afford to pay for such pitchers. They need to focus on looking for future front of the rotation pitchers and late inning bullpen help because those are the pitching spots the Twins can't won't pay for. So put these guys in the pen, now. Not swing men, or long men. Mostly one inning guys like Duran, Jax and Varland. Anyway, that's what I think the most beneficial long-term move would be. Unless we're all going to pretend that 2026 is going to be some magical World Series season.
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The Twins famously dealt Viola for Kevin Tapani, Rick Aguilera and David West who helped the team win the 1991 World Series. And the collusion era was a different era of baseball. The Twins could have afforded to retain Viola, just as they were able to afford to make Kirby Puckett the highest paid player, and Jack Morris the highest paid pitcher at one point.
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Yeah, he has the 'respect' of the coaches who know they can tell HIM what to do.
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San Antonio is next. And yeah, nobody wanted to play Denver and the Wolves beat them twice with their B team.
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Up 8 with a quarter to play. Playoff Wolves have been the areas hottest sports event the last three years. But it might have leveled up; watching all the bench guys out hustle and out play Denver has been the best part of this run! Someone like this post so I get a notification. Otherwise I’ll probably forget about this forum for another ten months.
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Late start but let's do it. Wolves up seven at half in game one two three six. They're out three of their best players in Pooh Richardson, Sam Mitchell and Felton Spencer, but they're going to pull this off. Then take down David Robinson and the Spurs next round.
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Ya know what, I'm gonna!
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We fans always presume players hate their bosses as much as the fans do, but that’s rarely the case. He very well my like it here. But I agree, there’s zero chance he signs an extension, that ship sailed years ago. The reason players sign extensions is to hedge against long term injuries or permanent production decline. He’s too close to the finish line not to bet on himself now. The risk/reward equation no longer makes sense.
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Can’t find it, but I saw an insider say the Vikings could promote Rob to something like President, AND hire a GM. Not sure if outside GM candidates would go for that. But maybe, if Rob is basically back to doing the books but with a fancy title.
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And someone who doesn’t lock in a trade two weeks in advance, with one of the leagues slickest GMs, then watch other similar players return draft picks exponentially better than what you agreed to.
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If not crashing into the wall is now the prime directive, it would track that there will now be balls that could be caught that won't be caught to save the player from getting injured. In any case, until there's another player on the roster that is both better defensively AND deserving of an every day spot in the lineup, this isn't something that bothers me at all.
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Also needs to be a guy who doesn’t get steamrolled by KOC and Flores.
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Right, everyone is infatuated with what the Rams do, and rightfully so, but I'd be all for getting talent from under Howie Roseman.
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The Eagles assistant GM, Alec Halaby is 'stepping down' but not retiring, and it doesn't sound like he's retiring from football. I guess he has recently interviewed for other GM jobs. Weird timing to step down unless maybe the team has asked him to leave the building because it suspects he's going to be hired by a team that needs a GM that still needs to go through the perfunctory process of complying with the Rooney Rule.
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He wouldn't be a problem if he was a late game pinch hitter and getting Outman's at bats, but the guy has proven over and over again that he can't regularly get on base. That kind of player can't be your starting 1B against every right handed pitcher the league puts your team up against.
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If we have to ask this question with this many spots on the roster, the question needs to be 'Who can they bring up to replace xxxx that will make the team better in 2027?' But for now ownership wants to pretend that they are contending in 2026. The team will be better for it in the long run when they drop that facade.
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Do you think the player spends less time thinking about his production and his future than posters on the internet do?
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Prielipp threw 80 pitches last game, which was a season high, hopefully they keep letting him push that number up. Seattle has a lot of lefties in their every-day lineup, could be a good chance for another strong outing.
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Ha, I guess I shouldn’t have made post season assumptions looking at the managers coaching record in BBR. Nor should I type on mobile version. Ted Six doesn’t hold a candle to some of the texts my wife has gotten from me.
