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Right now, nothing to judge him on really since he can't throw the ball. Hopefully he is taking reps on fielding the ball with no throws to get further settled at the fielding piece. Negative for me is sore arm for S/T. We don't know what we will get until he truly is on the field. Same for Buxton and Polanco. Walking wounded and slow ramp up is not a spot to be in for anyone

Article makes Jeffers look like he is always on the IL but one stint because of a freak wild pitch in the dirt during a warmup session breaks his thumb. He played through such break for almost 2 weeks and was hot with the bat at the time plus trying to throw a ball. So one stint and people think he is buxton part 2. Jeffers is playing pretty well in S/T and has out-performed Vasquez the anointed the savior the position. Now the arguments from readers will be that it is only S/T performance and Jeffers still is awful. Well, if it is only S/T then Vasquez who was "sick" to start game play and has masterfully hit .077 thus far. Twins have depth with these two guys and Farmer as emergency, so we are good for now. Let's not forget that Jeffers self taught himself to be a catcher and didn't have a dedicated coach till getting drafted. The twins don't seem to be to worried about throwing guys out, when you put the guy in such an awkward catching position that is flexible with blocking balls or throwing runners out. He did throw someone out yesterday so maybe seeing his confidence will grow seeing him get a guy. 25 years old, calls a good game, solid receiver and guys like to pitch to him. Mgmt will play the guys equally and not tax either one. If Jeffers we aren't stuck when he plays unlike what most readers think.

Celestino isn't on target to make the 26 man roster, destined to AAA, so there is no concern, outfield depth is already established and he really needs to play everyday at AAA. He is break the glass emergency player and if we break the glass then our OF is in shambles and we are out of contention. Sucks he got injured, but he has plenty of time to have an extended spring training and rehab to get back to AAA.

I don't mind the video reports but 25 seconds of really nothing being said is waste of time. But hey, I clicked on it

Will always root for the guy who loves the game 24/7. Farmer seems to be that type of guy. Position flexibility, will do what is asked when asked, prepares for any situation and is healthy. Is he the front line star? No, but he doesn't have to be and he knows that. Pencil his name in the lineup and I won't be disappointed.

This is a solid move for multiple reasons: Austin, Lee, Julien and Lewis won't be on opening day roster for various reasons: still coming back from injury, haven't played above AA, everyday at bats at AAA are needed vs once a week at bats in bigs. Solano isn't blocking the youth as some seem to speculate. Larnach and Kiriloff most likely will be at AAA to start the season, as I don't believe Kiriloff will be able to ramp up without a setback (hate to think it but not sold on his wrist, especially if he has stated he is still working on getting comfortable). Celestino isn't in the mix for 4th or even 5th OF. If Kiriloff isn't ready, Miranda will be back at 1st and Farmer/Solano will rotate at 3b. Paddack to 60 day IL shortly as he may not be back till late summer at best.

What no Pagan? Worst 10 pitches list would be interesting to see.

On paper means nothing, on field results dictates everything. Injuries will happen, how do the Twins respond? Buxton's value is playing CF and not every other day DH role. If he plays 80 games or less in the field, than we have problems. We have plenty of guys to get DH at bats, so Buxton needs to be "the Man" in the OF they way everybody believe he is today. Solid up the middle if Buxton, Correa and Polanco give us 120+ games in the field together. We have a solid 2-man Catching tandem so I'm good there. Farmer, Gordon, Gallo/Kepler off the bench depending on the days is a decent group. Gordon has a chance to be a cornerstone guy for next couple years if he can replicate last year. Team doesn't have to all hit for power to win games, unlike many who believe each guy needs to belt 20+ HR's. Timely HR's are more effective. Base hits, hit and run, Sb's, move the guys over, apply pressure on opposing teams defense wins games more often that a ooh-ahh 440' upper deck solo HR. But, hey I'm an old school guy Pitching, still a little luke warm on BP and how many arms we will need to go innings 6-9 on a daily basis. Rotation looks to be stable. Let the games begin

Pagan and low leverage situations was the mantra last year after he blew lead after lead vs Cleveland. Pagan in mop up duty in potential blowouts is the maximum exposure we should be seeing him in. Sure hope he proves me wrong, just don't see it happening.

Buxton's value is not playing 80 games in CF, it's playing 100-120 games in CF and an occasional DH role. We keep hearing how great a defender he is and he has shown that skill set but he isn't top 10 in the league guy playing 33% of his games at DH.

Saying Celestino is an Elite CF, makes me laugh as a joint reference with Taylor. Night and day difference from a fielding perspective. If he has value, you move him to get something back. With the potential that other almost here prospects may switch to OF and potentially CF, then Celestino at best is 5th OF on the roster. Needs more aging at AAA and not sure he should even be called up during the year. Young sure, but Elite not so fast.

I agree on win now mode but living in Pittsburgh, the Pirates are never in win now mode, they like to gather young assets and preach to the masses that they are building for the future. What they build in grooming assets to then trade them away for younger assets, thus the never ending 5 year plan to competitiveness. That's why it is always Steelers Country, then Penguins, the Pirates on Firework Night and when they host really good teams

I would still move him and send him to Pirates who start their 5-year plan over each year. Kepler is at best a 4th OF on the team vs Lefties and maybe a 3rd OF vs Righties and that's a strong maybe in my opinion.

Buxton isn't a 3, 4, 5 hole hitter as he is pretty dreadful with RISP. I would put him in the 1 hole to start and see how it works. Gallo in the 1 hole is very tempting for two reasons: 1 he is no longer a Yankee/Dodger where the pressure to perform for WS contender was damning to his success. I think a change of scenery will be very beneficial for him to relax, enjoy the game, no pressure to be the guy so to speak. 2nd is that he does have a knack to get on base and I'd be surprised if his K rate is as higher or higher because of reason #1. Rooting for the guy to succeed and I think he will. Go Twins!

There have been multiple negatives that Miranda isn't good on defense and is a bat-first young kid and that Lewis, Lee, etc are better. They might very well be. With that being said why not go back to the Marlins and offer the following below. Farmer can play 3rd and we can dump Pagan at the same time.