Minnesota Twins Talk

So, Joe Ryan. Joe Ryan was acquired in a trade between the Tampa Bay Rays and the Minnesota Twins in July of the 2021 MLB Season. The Twins sent DH Nelson Cruz to Tampa Bay in exchange for RHP Joe Ryan and RHP Drew Strotman. Right now, that's looking like a damn good trade for the Twins. Cruz was highly mediocre in his two months with Tampa. Joe Ryan, on the other hand, looked promising in 2021. Maybe a future TOR arm for the Twins. The Twins really believed in Joe Ryan, evidenced by the fact that he started on opening day. His 2022 season thus far has been...uhh... ...mixed to say the least. Ryan has nonetheless been a solid starter for the Twins in …

Pitching, as we all know, isn’t exactly a position of strength for our Minnesota Twins. The numbers definitely illustrate that. Team ERA: 4.06 (T-19th) Team WHIP: 1.25 (T-13th) Team Pitching HR/9: 1.26 (T-26th) Team ERA-: 109 (T-19th) The Twins, if they are to make the postseason and win a series when they get there, will need to make major improvements to the pitching staff. Carlos Rodon could be a start. https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2022/07/nl-west-notes-ohtani-padres-walker-rodon-giants-bard.html Here is an excerpt from the above article: Chasing down the Dodgers for first place is probably out of the question, but San Francisco is stil…

The Athletic's Dan Hayes mentions briefly that the Twins are more interested in Tyler Mahle than they are Luis Castillo. Mahle doesn't have the eye-popping stats of Castillo but would be a considerable upgrade to the Twins' rotation, as would Castillo. If the Twins are pursuing Mahle over Castillo, is it due to price, untapped potential, or both? I still think Montas is a long shot, the A's seem to be really intent on asking top dollar for him. If they haven't already overplayed their hand, I think there's a good chance they'll end up doing so. View full trade rumor

OMG: THE SKY IS FALLING. A team that was 16 games under .500 last year is 6 games over .500 this year and only 3-3 since recess. Of course, two of those six games have been against an NL Division leader and two more were against the squad that would be the 2nd NL Wildcard if the season ended today. The reason we're still AHEAD of the Guardians & Chisox is because we've played better baseball. No reason to believe that won't continue to be the case. Take a breath boys and girls. Enjoy the summer. This is supposed to be fun and entertaining.

Using the baseballtradevalues.com page as a jumping off point, here are a few trade proposals to see what reaction people might have. Rather than go after the top of the market for Montas (28.1) or Mahle (22.9), working out one, or preferably two of these trades for slightly lower targets could upgrade the rotation, bullpen, and possibly outfield depth. Trade proposal #1, w/ Angels Twins receive: Noah Syndergaard (4.7), Archie Bradley (-1.1) Angels receive: Steven Hajjar (2.4), Edouard Julien (1.7), and Aaron Sabato (1.5) Trade proposal #2, w/ Orioles Twins receive Jorge López (5.6), Trey Mancini (1.9) Orioles receive Noah Mi…

Per John Heyman, further deets coming: https://twitter.com/JonHeyman

Ian Hamilton in return

Just spitballing as we near the deadline, but the Padres are very motivated to move off Hosmer's salary after the Soto deal. He's still a decent bat and $40 mil over 3 seasons isn't THAT much. I'd call them up and offer them a Hosmer for Sano swap (to get his salary off the books), along with a 10-18 range prospect like Ryan Bergert, Brandon Valenzuela, or Victor Acosta. Am I crazy or might this be a decent move? Would the Padres agree to this given their need to cut significant salary?

With the addiction of Jorge Lopez, the addition of an effective Maeda and/or Alcala transforms the bullpen from a liability to a strength.

Rocco is constantly all over the palce with his line-up. Sometimes, a set line-up can work. Players comfortable about who is batting ahead of them. Bad enough the days when you would bat right, left, right, left, right, left....or field a line-up totally of players swinging one way. Arraez should always bat lead-off. Correa second. Buxton in the number three hole. Hit the home runs when men are on base. Miranda right now deserves to be the #4. Polanco shifts down to the fifth spot. Urshela sixth (or Kirilloff). 7-9 Garlick or Gordon or Kepler or whomever. 9th is the catcher, but never bat Sano before Sanchez. You ALWA…

Well I loved waking up and seeing Ted's article saying the Twins intended to fail. It gave me a laugh. I am a fairly level headed individual but am willing to give the benefit of the doubt more than most people will. I made it very clear in June that I thought this team didn't have the pitching and that injuries would catch up to the team by the end of the summer. It was the statement that the players had outperformed expectations. Its not that the front office intended the Twins to fail, its that in their current cycle the Twins were not expected to even really be competing for a playoff spot. We were expected to be 3rd or 4th in our division at the beginn…

Hello, I think it's clear the twins do not have the right pieces to win it all. Don't have the starting pitching, nor the relieving to do it.. I suggest they sell rather than be buyers.. I welcome your thoughts! Brian

We've basically got one day left. Is the FO going to pull the trigger on something? Or are we going to do next to nothing to improve the team? I don't want to hear Falvine say "we didn't want to mortgage the future, for the present". We've been getting that BS for 30 years. I thought they'd have made a couple deals by now. Even minor ones. The effing Yankees just got Effross from the Cubs. Good stats and 5 years of team control! We obviously need more than that, but he would've fit right in here. I'm losing hope that they'll actually make any kind of solid addition by tomorrow.

What if the Red Sox have a fire sale? Would you say yes to the following trade? In: Xander Bogaerts, Christian Vasquez, Jake Diekman Out: Sano, Royce Lewis, Sabato, Kepler, Canterino Xander plays wherever. One of the best, pure hitters in the game. We roll with Carlos and Xander for 60 games, then both are gone. Expensive trade, but not mortgaging the future. Diekman around for 2 more years.

Looking at what SEA gave up for Castillo, my first thought was that it was a more than what the Twins got for Berrios last year. The primary guys about matched, but the other two were a bonus. At a high level, it was basically: two A- prospects (top 50/100), similar to Martin and Woods-Richardson two other prospects, but kind of throw-ins. My question is this: if the Twins would've tried to match this, what could they have done? I'm not even talking about the "throw-ins" - we can find them. I'm talking about the two headliners. Would Emmanual Rodriguez and Spencer Steer have been close to what the Reds got? I don't think so? So then are we talking abou…

Stinky news as it relates to the Twins, Alex Kirilloff and injuries. As you can see from Do's tweet, He's been fighting it again, hasn't been aggressive at the plate, and "it's to the point where he couldn't swing." Honestly, just feel horrible for Kirilloff. Works hard. Immensely talented. So much offensive potential and terrific 1B defense. What should they do? Another cortisone shot? Go see the expert again? Surgery? Rehab? Rest? Uggh!

Stay or go at the trade deadline or at the end of the season, this is my list as frustrating as it is. No minor league players are included on this list. Keep - Luis Arraez, Jorge Polanco, Royce Lewis, Jose Miranda, Byron Buxton, Joe Ryan, Jhoan Duran, Prefer to stay - Alex Kirilloff, Tevor Larnach, Nick Gordon, Gilberto Celestino, Gio Urshela, Griffin Jax, Jovani Moran Enough is enough - Miguel Sano, Tyler Duffey, Emilio Pagan The Clash – Should I Stary or Should I go? (borrowing from punk rock band) – Everyone else with one note about Carlos Correa. He’s good for the team and the other players to have around but he will probably leave on his ow…

Reported from MLB,com today, for Ober recent MRI shows: "...aponeurotic plate injury involving the interaction between the tendon and bone in his pelvic area. There is no set timetable for his possible return." The thought occurs Mr Ober may be out indefinitely, or have chronic issues with this. This , Dobnak, and tragic news for example of Max Meyer having TJ after one start in MLB......how can teams realistically plan anything long-term on pitching staffs when long term injuries are so ubiquitous? Hope it gets better, but dang, Bailey , we hardly knew 'ye... Does Ober's situation create more pressure on FO to land a front-end SP b4 Tuesday eve…

Twins signed him to a minor league deal. he was released by KC recently. He had good stats at AAA Omaha this season. Peacock was a decent reliever and sometimes starter for Hou a few years ago. Can't be any worse than some of the stiffs we currently have. I guess we'll see.

This offseason, the Twins and Astros made radically different decisions about roster development and payroll distribution. Perhaps none was more consequential, at least for Twins, than Houston releasing into UFA status All-Star Carlos Correa in favor of starting 24 year rookie Jeremy Pena at SS for 700K rookie scale pay, and the Twins choosing to commit at least 35M and possibly 70M or 105M for 1-3 years of Correa, while choosing to keep Royce Lewis in AAA to start the regular season. See the Pena/ Correa comp chart attached below. The Astros committed 32% of their payroll to the pitching staff, on a total adjusted payroll of 173M (includes injuries and deferre…

A new article from C. Trent Rosecrans in The Athletic offers 9 different trade scenarios for frontline starter Luis Castillo, as provided by writers from the respective teams, vetted by Keith Law for realisticness. Here's the hypothetical Twins deal: "The trade: Twins send Spencer Steer, Josh Winder and Simeon Woods Richardson to the Reds for Luis Castillo." Law didn't view this package as nearly as implausible as some others. What do you think? Would you do it? View full trade rumor

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Brandon Warne Tweeted this so I had to go look it up: Brad Doolittle of ESPN suggested the Twins get in on Ohtani. Now I think he's being somewhat flippant with this, but the fact the took the time to write about during the last 5 days of the trade deadline is interesting. Will it happen? I'm 99.9% sure it won't, but wouldn't that be fun! Would it be worth it to give up Kiriloff and Royce for 2 years of ShoTime? The article is behind a paywall but a snippet is below. https://www.espn.com/mlb/insider/story/_/id/34301870/shohei-ohtani-new-york-juan-soto-st-louis-mlb-trade-deadline-deals-see The Los Angeles Angels should trade Shohei Ohtani to the …

My Family was gifted with this cool bat with Twins carved into it and a signature that says Best Wishes, ?????? No one knows who signed it. I was wondering if anyone here would know. I have attached photos of Bat and signature.

The price tag for Juan Soto is believed to have a starting point of 4 of an organization's Top 10 prospects. I'm going to set Royce Lewis aside and consider him an injured big league ball player. Would Austin Martin, Simeon Woods Richardson, Spencer Steer & Ronny Henriquez be too much to give up for a guy you're going to have to pay a half a billion dollars to? I'd love to say that I see clear big league playing paths for Martin and Steer but I'm not sure I can. The could be our keystone combo of the future or they could both be perpetually blocked by guys like Lewis, Arraez, Polanco & Miranda. What would YOU give up to get a guy to pair with Buxton in the to…

What's the opposite of that? Taylor Rogers - 88 ERA+, 7 blown saves, -0.5 WPA Emilio Pagan - 77 ERA+, -0.4 WPA (how is this not worse?) Chris Paddack - out for the season

Baldelli needs to treat his pitchers like men. None of them can throw more than one inning. They have no endurance. There is no competition between pitchers. They're brought in with no runners on base, thus each of them pitch like they're throwing batting practice. We have good pitchers if you treat them as an asset and have right coaching. If a pitcher has good stuff, keep them in there. If not pull them out. They can develop into a Verlander or Maddox, but there is no chance of it because of Baldelli's guessing game. The biggest problem we have is the head coach. Nice person I'm sure, but he needs to reward output. For what reason would Arraez not play? Are y…

I was just thinking that since Juan Soto is on the market, it'll keep teams that are pursuing Soto (not the Twins) from committing on frontline SPs until Soto is settled. That plus new teams like MIA & CLE are making their SPs available. All this added competition in selling SPs should help the Twins obtain a desireable SP reasonabally, What do you think?