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It seems like the F.O. goal of raising the organizational talent floor is starting to pay off. I hope both become good MLBers! Thinking back 10 to 15 years it would have been crazy to be arguing if a guy with Adams pitch mix and velocity would be a top 30 prospect.

Headrick is more of a soft tosser than Adams. Maybe he makes a move to the pen, picks up a few more mph, and really becomes something special. Hopefully he has a long successful Twins career

I'd also lean to hot radar guns. It's too early in spring training for most of them to be ramped up to max velo anyway.

Oh sorry. Did you need a thousand word essay on why Spencer Steer is not and won't be better than Royce Lewis? You really don't need more than one word to answer. Steer seems like a nice prospect. You'd never flip Lewis for Tyler Mahle. If Lewis can perform even close to his short MLB call up, there are going to be some very happy Twins fans. From all accounts, Lewis is a great young man, works hard at the game, and he will succeed.

This is an easy short answer. No.

I'd need to know who is going to be healthy!

Looks good on paper. If we can get a little luck with our health, I think the Twins will be fine this year.

We'll see. If Buxton is healthy I don't see him giving up center on a daily basis. That is a big IF!

If Taylor is on the list then we had another injury riddled year. Let's hope he's on the low end of WAR, or maybe leading the Saints in WAR.

I think at the end of the day, it was the best trade that was available. I don't think the Twins wanted to trade Arraez for Lopez. I think they would have preferred a trade centered around Kepler. I think there is no interest in Kepler and other than the Marlins, minimal interest in Arraez. I'd rather have another solid number 3 starter than an slap hitting 1st baseman. We are acting like Arraez was Tony Gwynn or Rod Carew. He's had very good half season's and then his output declines with the wear and tear of the season.

You must not have watched the last two months of the season. Arraez didn't strike out... But also didn't do anything else. He squeaked his way into a batting title because Judge couldn't buy a home run or hit either.

It was the right move. Arraez has been known to be on the block for at least a month. If there was a better trade, they would have done that. I am sure most front offices would not be willing to give up a lot for a guy with bat to ball skills and no power. We need Arraez to pass his physical. Miami hopefully doesn't get buyers remorse before then. I am sure Miami could fail his physical and then it would be next to impossible to get anything of value down the line.

Did you see what Berrios did last year? -.5 WAR, 5.23 ERA, with only 149 strikeouts in 172 innings. Something is either wrong with him or he had serious decline. Not worth paying 120 million for. I loved Berrios, but we may have dodged a bullet. Arraez is the same. He has two knees ready to explode at any moment. We get mad at the Twins for trying to flip assets, but on the other hand, we rail on them for keeping players that we pay for being injured.

You don't need to say it. Arraez won't have a career like Tony Gwynn. He's 25 now and can't hold up physically. It ain't getting better as he ages.

It would be interesting to know what could be had with Arreaz and Kepler in a trade. I think Arraez will still be on the team. He could be the DH and hope his knees hold up better.

I can't believe that we have an all-star caliber shortstop locked up for at least 6 years. This could make our infield incredibly good in a year. I'm having visions of Lee at 3rd, Correa at S.S., Lewis at 2nd, and Miranda at 1st.

No. Just say no. I'd rather have resigned Astudillo to be our 5th starter.

Hopefully it works for him with the Twins or another team. I wonder if he wasn't struggling with arm issues we'll before he needed T.J.

But with our luck, after the 4th claim...he'll be Liam Hendricks.

Signing back end starters and lefty swinging corner outfielders.... Seems like the plan from what I've witnessed.

I'd much rather just throw Martin out there and see what happens. If we were itching for a trade we should've got involved when Murphy was dealt. There were two quality-ish catchers moved that day. Contreras might not be a great catcher but he is young and can hit. I'm sure we could have used him more then Laureano.

If Oakland is disappointed in Pache's 2022debut...I'd rather trade and bet on his comeback for 2023.

Hmmm...... That is a decent point.

It seems at this point that Correa does not want to return. I was initially sad about this, but we may be closer to rebuilding than contending with Correa. It will be a fun season to see if our young talent can stay healthy and produce. If that happens we will be in good shape. If not, it'll be time to sell, and not having Correa on the books for 9+ years should only help.

We better be prepared for some extremely low scoring games. Between Gallo's strikeouts, our catchers not hitting, and a Farmer/Mateo platoon, we could be seeing the bottom on the lineup produce very little.