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  1. nicksaviking
    Agree. And most of the options listed, even if unexciting were flexible in that way. Martin, Prato and Helman certainly are defensively flexible and Miranda and Severino to some degree though perhaps not in the same way. Additionally, Chris Williams and Alex Isola are also invited to camp and have defensive flexibility as well. I'm also not one to carry a 3rd catcher, but if that 3rd catcher can actually hit AND play 1B like Williams, Isola and Camargo, I'd be interested, especially if it was a semi-audition to see if moving Vazquez or Santana is feasible later in the year.
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    I'd honestly rather have a Luplow for that last spot than a vet making a legit MLB salary. They would have no qualms cutting bait on a Luplow when it's time to turn to someone in St. Paul. If it's a Michael Taylor type, they'll never open up that roster spot. That last spot needs to have plenty of baked in flexibility.
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    Last year he wasn't, but his value was already diminished by then. The Twins always had corner bats though, and the fans were getting on them for continuing to use high picks on those types of players. At Larnach's peak value, Sano was supposed to be at 1B and was given an extension because of it. Kepler had one OF spot and it was supposed to be Kirilloff vs Larnach for the other one vacated by Rosario. They should have picked one and moved the other. *******RIOT WARNING********** I'm sure Julien and Lee WILL be better than those two, but it seems like a similar situation. Keep one, trade the other. Don't get caught holding marginal value down the line when one could be used to fill a massive hole right now on a team that could be a legit contender if they had one more top pitcher. Though, perhaps I shouldn't have said 'Top Prospect'. I can recognize the difference in caliber in prospects like Jenkins and Royce Lewis than the guys we've discussed. I wouldn't move those kind of players. Probably.
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    If Larnach doesn't make this team, it means the Twins missed their window to trade him for decent equity. They had three years to move a guy who was a top prospect yet pretty redundant. If he's sent down to start the year, than he's shown next to nothing and is optionless after this season. They'd only be able to trade him for peanuts. Another example of why the team shouldn't cling so tight to the top prospects thinking they're so much more likely to produce than the 2nd and 3rd tier prospects.
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    I've been hugely critical, but I'm not writing him off just yet. His drafts and free agents have only been done with the intent to continue to patch up the deteriorating jalopy that was here when he was hired. If does finally allow a rebuild, I'll give him a shot to see if he can do it right. Front seven on defense, QB and OL on offense.
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    Has this current front office opened the season with a player with no MLB experience on the roster? Perhaps, but I don't recall one. I'd rather it be Miranda but the Santana signing probably makes that impossible. And pleeeeeeeease don't let it be Goodrum. If on the slim chance they DO pick an actual guy with no service time, I'd bet it's the guy who actually plays CF as his primary position, Keirsey. I'd guess they'd have fewer qualms about him riding pine over Martin too.
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    I don't think the issue is calling up AAA relievers just because they're lights out, the issue is when the bullpen is spent and you need to call up a couple of arms to give others a few days off. The Twins were doing that constantly last year. Counting on injuries really doesn't help in that regard.
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    Yeah, we've seen this before. The free agents tend to get an unreasonably long leash.
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    It's going to be harder to do that when the only guys with options are the guys who shouldn't be optioned.
  10. nicksaviking
    I agree with this part. I'm all on board the HR train, but they have to cut down on the strikeouts; guys who regularly put the ball in play are needed.
  11. nicksaviking
    I think the bullpen will be really good, but I'm confused by all the national plaudits. The relief corp is made up of a bunch of 30+ year olds who are somehow still arbitration eligible. Which is very handy obviously, but it also means there's very little track record for most of these guys. It's like the Twins said, "You know who's been under-the-radar good for us? Caleb Thielbar. Let's get more late bloomers like him." Which I'm completely on board with, but there's only one reliever that the rest of the league actually knows by name, so the accolades seem kind of odd.
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    I really couldn't care less as the OF defense doesn't bother me. I'm just suggesting if folks think Wallner has a plus arm but less range, RF would seem to be the natural spot for him. I wouldn't be surprised if that's where he is next year when Kepler is gone.
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    Why not swap them, other than the reason that Kepler is a vet and has sway over where he plays? LF is much bigger and Kepler has more range. And Torii Hunter went from the worst RF in the league in Detroit to passable in Minnesota the next year. RF in Minnesota might be the least demanding position in the entire sport outside of playing first baseman.
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    The Twins signed a Cuban player?!?!?!?! They seemed to show no interest in those players since the Oliva days.
  15. nicksaviking
    I wanted nothing to do with Burnes, I want one more top end starter for the foreseeable future, than infill the rotation with players in house in the coming years. I hoped, and still do, that the Twins are talking to the Marlins though. If they can get the top of the rotation settled, it seems to me this team would just be that one awkward prospect trade away from not having to so again for awhile.
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    I mean it really doesn't matter to me. The 3rd CF can be treated like the emergency starters for all I care. Use Buxton and Castro as needed in CF, and if one goes down, call up Martin or perhaps even more likely Keirsey. They'll probably still get another defensive guy like Taylor to stick in St. Paul too. This team needs offense, I don't think they should be wasting more roster space on glove only players until they need to.
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    The projection systems rate a player with their overall numbers. The Twins need to be concerned with specific numbers based on how the rest of the roster shapes up, most importantly strikeouts and OBP; Taylor will hurt the team there.
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    And comically imploded after getting traded to the Phillies. I'm not handing a rotation spot to a 32-year-old based on 18 starts. And he can't strike anyone out, and with this club that means they'll put the defensive specialist squad in every time he starts, meaning he'll get reduced offensive help. There is zero upside to signing him or anyone like him to a major league deal. You can get a guy like this to stash in AAA all year on a MiLB deal in case of emergency if you wait a few weeks.
  19. nicksaviking
    They don't need arms that can pitch innings, they need arms that can pitch good innings. Every season they sign these guys, the internal options show that they were just as (in)capable of pitching unproductive innings as these after thought veterans. And Lorenzen is awful, he can't strike anyone out; he was, and should still be a reliever like the Phillies eventually forced him to revert back to at the end of last year.
  20. nicksaviking
    There's only one nebulous spot for a bat on the 26-man roster, and if they give it to a guy with a MLB contract, that means the Twins are going to have to demote Lewis, Julien, Wallner, Jeffers or Kirilloff should they get into a bind. And Taylor had a dreadful OBP of .278 and struck out in 33% of his plate appearances last year, I don't see how that's a fit for this strikeout challenged team.
  21. nicksaviking
    I'm more than happy to give Kirilloff more chances, but he doesn't have much in the way of power, and his OBP even last year was just good, not great. If he's only going to contribute with his bat, his bat needs to get a whole lot better in one of those areas, OBP likely being the more reasonable path.
  22. nicksaviking
    If they sign another 4-5 on a MLB deal, I might lose my mind. It would show they learned nothing from the Happ/Shoemaker/Archer/Bundy signings. Absolutely nothing.
  23. nicksaviking
    I know there's a legacy player over there now, but shouldn't Wallner, with his plus arm but lack of range be in right field? Right field in Target Field has made similar players, like Michael Cuddyer and even the ancient Torii Hunter look passable.
  24. nicksaviking
    It's not about the number of innings, it's about the quality of them. Who's pitching game 2 of the playoffs? The team did everything they could to keep Ryan and Ober out of the games last year. Hoping for improvement from the starting pitchers doesn't really seem like a plan. There are nine offensive starters and oodles of young guys who have room to grow, expecting improvement from enough of those options to win games seems reasonable. But there's only one starting pitcher each game and a playoff game almost always hinge on him. I'm not hanging my hat on expecting the same improvement from 28-year-old pitchers.
  25. nicksaviking
    Maybe it's just wish-fulfillment on the fans side. I don't want anyone to be injured, but I also don't want either of these guys on the team.
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