Minnesota Twins Talk

Hi everybody! I want to take a crack at something new, but I need your help. I noticed in Seth's "Get to know each other" thread that it seems like a lot of regular readers don't follow Twins Daily on Twitter or Facebook, so I'd like to try something a little more social right here on the site. Reply to this thread with any questions you may have and I'll do my best to answer them. I'm thinking I'll post my responses in an article sometime over the weekend. If this goes over well, maybe I'll see if we can make this a regular feature. Thanks, Tom

This is the one trade that should have been easy for Falvine. Guess we'll find out in 8 minutes.

Tim Brown usually has a fairly reasonable take on things. https://sports.yahoo.com/heres-next-wave-future-managers-mlb-170555905.html

Morneau destroyed Zumaya in one of the best and most memorable (at least for me) regular season games in Twins history.

They just can't quit him! Per Berardino:

Berardino has the story here: https://www.twincities.com/2018/08/06/twins-exec-derek-falvey-tries-to-soothe-emotional-impact-on-fans-of-recent-sell-off/ I like this part: Yup, 12 -- they actually included Logan Forsythe in the count of "players who will contribute to our future". I guess the next 2 months are technically part of the future, but still -- it's like the movie Spinal Tap -- "12 is better than 11."

This losing season has made me look at future prospects much more than I wanted. I was browsing the league's prospects and I clicked on the Top 100 prospect archives from 2014 to remember how the Twins looked. I forgot how loaded the Twins were (thought to be): #1 Prospect - Byron Buxton: Hit: 70 | Power: 60 | Run: 80 | Arm: 70 | Field: 75 | Overall: 75 A 75 prospect... The upside of Mike Trout... could be a perennial MVP candidate... ranked higher than present stars Carlos Correa, Kris Bryant, Francisco Lindor, Addison Russell #7 Prospect - Miguel Sano: Hit: 55 | Power: 75 | Run: 40 | Arm: 70 | Field: 40 | Overall: 65 Another top 10 prospect... 75 power stat with …

The Twins announced this afternoon that they have claimed RHP Oliver Drake from the Blue Jays and IF Johnny Field from the Rays. Drake will join the team tomorrow (Saturday). Field will report to Rochester. Official Press Release: Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN – The Minnesota Twins announced today that they have claimed two players off waivers, right-handed pitcher Oliver Drake from Toronto and infielder Johnny Field from Tampa Bay. Drake will join the Twins tomorrow and wear uniform number 32 and Field will report to Triple-A Rochester. Drake, 31, pitched in 14 games this season between Milwaukee, Cleveland, Los Angeles-AL and Toronto, combining to go 0-1 with an 8.…

Color me disappointed, but then, that's been a color I've been wearing much of the year.

So last year, after the trade deadline, I posted the followed topic: http://twinsdaily.com/topic/27053-my-wish-list-for-the-last-55-games-of-the-season/ For those not interested in clicking through, I hoped for the Twins to win some ballgames, and for a few specific players (Dozier, Gibson, Mauer) to make a strong finish. Pretty much every one of my wished was granted, with the exception of "as few Bartolo Colon starts as possible." Now, after the 2018 deadline has passed, the Twins find themselves below .500 again, out of the running, it seems, again. I figure it is time for another go at a wish list. So here goes. My wish list for the last 55 games includes: …

What else is there to do on a stormy/rainy August day then to attempt to make sense out of the Twins 40-man roster heading into this winter I combed through the Roster Resource Information and put the info together in a way that everyone can take a stab at setting the 40-man roster Here's a link to the Google Sheet and some very limited instructions on how you might use it 2019 40-Man Toolkit There are Tabs at the bottom of the sheet for each team in the Twins system and their current roster (25-man,40-man,Roch,Chat,FM,CR,ETwins,GCL,DSL). These pull from the MLB and MiLB websites so should stay current Roster Resource info is NOT linked and I highly doubt I'll keep …

Part 1, the offense/defense. Well, I guess I’m going to post what I’d do the rest of this year, if I were the Twins. First, I’m going to lay out my thought process, then the moves I’d make right now. I don’t think this team makes the playoffs this year, so the emphasis is on preparing the team for next year. This preparation goes all the way to the minors. (later post) I believe we don’t always know how a player will react to the majors, and that scouting is not a perfect art. Therefore, I believe that you can gather data at the major league level about ability, and that players need time to adapt. I want both to happen this year. I am not a believer in Morrison or Fo…

The title reflects my disappointment in options for 2019..... Since I spend so much time offering opinions on other people’s moves, it only seems fair I give others the same chance at mine…..So far, I’ve done a piece on the offense / defense for the rest of this year. Here is what I’d do with the starting pitching this year (and some on next year). First, wow, this is much harder in the long run, but pretty easy this year. You need five starting pitchers, it’s not like you need five third basemen….so the pieces are sort of fungible. That is, they are all playing the same position, you need 8 every year (at least), and you need a good balance of veterans and young play…

Thought it might be interesting to see how the FO's trades from last year look. Apologize if someone else already posted this. I didn't see it if they had. They made 7 trades, although several were pretty small. 1) Miguel Diaz for Justin Haley. These were the two rule v trades. Haley pitched in 10 games for us last year and was returned to Boston. Diaz was knocked around a lot for SD but is only 23 and pitching in AAA for them. Neither is anything great but Diaz seems to be the better player. 2) Pat Light for cash. 3) Danny Santana for Kevin Chapman. Santana is still on Atlanta's ML roster, Chapman was released by the Twins a month after this trade. Both suck but Santa…

I have seen tweets, which I will embed, that have mentioned the Twins having a horrible team chemistry this season. Have to wonder if that is why Matt B. is still on the roster, and who the players are behind the team chemistry issues are. Doesn't bode well for the rest of this year or next year for that matter unless those players are moved. https://twitter.com/tlschwerz/status/1024729201092567040

FFS. Shut it down. Shut it all down.

They will be interviewing him at 10:30 AM.

Welcome to your safe space to talk about recently departed Twins players. This is a room to reminisce and remember the good times. This is NOT a place to reply to someone else saying 'he's a rental player' 'he's a utility player' 'he's not good anymore' To start, thank you for the memories Brian Dozier. You had a hell of a run with the Twins when there was very little to get excited about. I hope you continue to mash chest high fastballs into the 3rd deck.

There's still an open spot to fill on the 25-man. Who gets it? With Mejia slotted to start in Lynn's place, it's not Gonsalves this time. So ... who is it? Then I saw this tweet: Yeah ... I know ... I don't do Twitter. Much. But on occasion, especially during times of activity, I do check in. I wonder if the 'stuff' he's gotta do is get to Minnesota. But if that's not it ... who will fill out the roster?

Two things happened last night that I’d like Derek Falvey, Thad Lavine, Paul Molitor and the rest of the front office advisory council to strongly consider. First, Eddie Rosario was forced to play 3rd Base, a position, to my knowledge, he has never played before in the big leagues and he made an amazing play while doing so. Second, Mike Moustakas was traded to the Brewers to play 3rd base, which caused the Brewers to announce shortly afterwards that Travis Shaw was moving to 2nd base, a position, to my knowledge, he has never played before in the big leagues. Now, before I get started… I want to make it clear that I fully understand that Rosario making one play doesn’…

Tune in to Minnesota Sports Weekly tonight at 7. Twins Daily's Seth Stohs will guest host with Travis Aune to talk about the Twins and the trade deadline. Guests for the show include: Twins Daily's Nick Nelson and Jeremy Nygaard Fox Sports North's Dick Bremer 1500 ESPN's Jake Depue Zone Coverage's Brandon Warne Listen live if you are able... Or download at the same link later. http://www.blogtalkradio.com/minnesotasportsweekly/2018/08/01/minnesota-sports-weekly-episode-81

I think the Twins should hire Mike Matheny. He seems like he is an excellent coach. Last year I thought the team would get to .500 and as a result, the Front Office would stick with Molitor. Well, both happened and he went and won Manager of the Year. That makes it harder to let Molitor go, to be sure. And if, as I expect, the team improves down the stretch and gets near .500, it may again prove difficult to fire Molitor. However, I think Falvey and Levine have to make the tough call and do it. Look at the Cubs. Theo Epstein fired their new manager (Renteria) when Joe Maddon became available, not afraid of going against protocol when he saw an opportunity, and it p…

http://www.startribune.com/twins-dozier-lynn-and-duke-on-trading-block-as-deadline-nears/489458211/

I wonder if someone can post a picture of Pohlad, Falvey and Molitor in a bunker holding up a white flag?? I'm bad, I know.

Interesting

Just a thought. I think Ryan Pressly has a ton of trade value right now and unlike some of the other guys of value being discussed (Gibson, Escobar, Dozier) I think the Twins could replace him. Dealing Pressly could improve your future outlook without completely raising the white flag on the present season. Addison Reed is starting a rehab assignment soon, there are several right-handed relievers on the 40-man roster who are pitching well in Triple A (Duffey, Busenitz, May, Curtiss) and you could always plug Fernando Romero into the bullpen and see if he could provide a spark if it came to that. Yes, Pressly's under control for next year too, but so are all of those r…

Trade is agreed upon. Sent to DBacks. Will be interested to see return.

The Twins have added four players to their organizational Top 30 in the last 24 hours. Any chance this prospect build up is tied to another deal, perhaps after the season? It's no secret that almost everyone on this site and elsewhere covet the Marlins backstop, Realmuto. Word is that Miami is holding out for a windfall of prospective talent in return. These recent moves seem to have put the Twins right near the top in terms of prospects. Could this free them up to consider moving some of them? Just wondering.

https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2018/07/mariners-to-acquire-zach-duke.html no idea for what

I came across this today -- https://www.thescore.com/mlb/news/1574122 It sounds like Mauer wants to continue with the Twins, but his market value is likely to be fairly low. Does it make sense for the Twins to bid for Mauer, or should they move on?