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It's built into your name to expect that: Major-League Ready. ?

Minor league pitching, sure. Something like for Cruz,

That's the worst part, those young pitchers again missing valuable time. Or the worst part is using THAT as an excuse for not developing pitching. It's one of those.

Let him DH and play some 1st/3rd as needed in 2022. Hope he gets hot, then trade him to a contender since the Twins will need more pitching in 2023 after not having enough in 2022.

Well… I suspect that they will get plenty of chances to test their skills.

Yeah, I think the Twins would benefit to be more like the Rays in player evaluation and development--and better!--since they also could occasionally spend big money for a star player or two for post season pushes. Alas… the Twins as we know them now rarely do either.

Rod Carew stealing home base.

Twins should trade Donaldson AND pay ALL of his salary in exchange for the best pitching they can get. While they're at it, they should take on several short-term but overpriced SP contracts from any team who is also willing to throw in an excellent young pitching prospect as part of the deal. Become a salary dumping ground for one or two years. Nothing else to spend their money on. And it's a weird enough strategy that it might just work.

Ultimately, the FO does what the owner wants. Put up a new poll for the ownership staying or going.

I'd rather play him as soon as possible at SS to see if he can play there or not. Twins in 2022—at least so far—have no real starting pitching, so it's not like there's a lot more they can lose by playing a team with a lot of rookies with something to prove on it. Just do something more for the fans with the $50MM or so they didn't spend this year.

Nicely written. I hope he reads and actually considers this.

Sheesh. At least sign Big Mike.

Looking forward to seeing your next two team trades suggestions, Jamie.

An important question since we have so very little in the way of starting pitching.

But, yeah, it's going to be tough.

Trades.

I love Nellie. But we have no room for him unless many players are traded/dumped.

With no pitching in sight short term, I'm all for blowing it all up. But, get rid of current ownership and management at the same time.

Well… it gets down to how steep and soon the bonus escalates. Sharp-inclining escalators seem more like buying shares in a stock that did really well last year then blindly assuming it will repeat at the same or better level of performance next year and beyond. I'd hate to base any sizable long-range contract bonus upon something that happens in the first year of said contract, especially if pre-contract, the player had a significant history of injuries. But, if it's a more of an exponential growth, I could get onboard.

Well… that's ridiculous. "Locking in" defeats the whole purpose of "incentives." If that is what Byron's Agents are insisting upon, then trade Buxton immediately.

If Hybrid three-innings guys are to become a staple in baseball (and I've been wanting the Twins to try a one-time-through-the-order type of mix and match inexpensive pitchers), I think you still need two quality Ace type for playoffs. Perhaps you can get by with just one then trade for one at the All-Star Break? Worth a shot at this point. Why not? It would be a hard sell, though, to get a superstar SS onboard when he learns the plan.

Well… to be fair, their history is one of moving: Philadelphia, Kansas City, Oakland.

Ah, that makes sense. Then the Twins need to hang onto Dobby or trade him now.

I wish the Twins had played Gordon full time at SS the last month of the season.

I don't know how it works: If the Twins drop Dobnak off their 40-man, wouldn't any team picking him up then need to assume the salary of that long deal? And so, and if it's so bad, no one would take him, right? Then couldn't the Twins pick him up again later after the Rule 5 Draft when roster space isn't so crucial?