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  1. tarheeltwinsfan
    Outstanding article Seth. Your reporting on the Twins' prospects is very detailed and interesting. I enjoy the fact that you weave some personal information into many of your evaluations. Your efforts are appreciated.
  2. tarheeltwinsfan
    Outstanding summary. Thank you, Nick.
  3. tarheeltwinsfan
    Hmmmm. Maybe I'll re-think my brilliant trade proposal.
  4. tarheeltwinsfan
    Good point. I'll have my people get back to your people and we'll do lunch.
  5. tarheeltwinsfan
    Thanks Minny. Very interesting.
  6. tarheeltwinsfan
    Trade Walner and Varland for catcher Henry Davis of the Pirates, who have 2 top 10 prospect catchers.
  7. tarheeltwinsfan
    Great post Doc. Thanks.
  8. tarheeltwinsfan
    Plus the Guardians had the youngest team in the majors last year without these 6 top 100 prospects. The Twins are in for a dogfight with the Guardians these next 10 years.
  9. tarheeltwinsfan
    Nick, Who did the Twins have penciled in to play SS when the season ended? My answer is "Nobody". Correa had announced he was going to test FA, which he did. We did not have Farmer, Lewis will not be ready until the middle of this season, at best, Miller is not ready, Lee is not ready, Martin is not ready. Who was going to play SS? I remember posters proposing moving Polanco back to SS until Lewis could be ready. There was nobody who was going to adequately play SS. Is Correa the same player who played SS last year? Yes, he is. But was he under contract to return for 2023? No, he was not. Is he now under contract to play for the Twins in 2023 and for at least 6 seasons. Yes, he is. Therefore, I submit the biggest weakness which the Twins had going from 2022 to 2023 was 1) the void at SS and 2) the void at catcher, where Jeffers was the only major league catcher contractually committed to play for the Twins in 2023 and there were no prospects in the Twins system anywhere close to being ready to play catcher in the major leagues. Both weaknesses were solved by the FO with unmatched skill/wisdom/luck. But the bottom line is, that SS and catcher were the 2 biggest weaknesses which were addressed by the FO with fantastic results at SS and good results at catcher.
  10. tarheeltwinsfan
    You pay your money and you take your chances.
  11. tarheeltwinsfan
    Reyes sounds a little like Sidd Finch.
  12. tarheeltwinsfan
    At least if Gallo batted lead-off, he would not kill a first inning rally with a strike out.
  13. tarheeltwinsfan
    I guessed Gallo, Kep, Celestino, Wallner and Larnach, I think. I can't find my previous post with my answer.
  14. tarheeltwinsfan
    Do we have to look up the answer or will you give it to us? Thanks. This was fun.
  15. tarheeltwinsfan
    1) Nelson Cruz. 2) Carlos Correa - 6 year deal plus 3) Carlos Correa- 3year deal with opt outs.
  16. tarheeltwinsfan
    Maybe Kep can platoon in right field with gold glove winner Michael A. Taylor, who hits left handed pitching very well.
  17. tarheeltwinsfan
    I am surprised to be told this. That is not too bad a performance by Kep. Maybe Rocco knows more about Twins' lineups than I do. Thank you.
  18. tarheeltwinsfan
    Try to get Henry Davis also, who is a top 10 catching prospect with a great arm for the Pirates. Add Noah Miller, or newly acquired Salas (both SS's) from the Twins and Davis from the Pirates to this trade.
  19. tarheeltwinsfan
    Unfortunately this was a good article about Kep's limitations. What struck me was the ridiculous number of times Kep batted in the 1-4 spots in the batting order in 2022. This fact does not speak well for Rocco, who kept putting Kep in those spots in the batting order. " The left side of the infield is wide open. And Kepler swings and hits a two-hopper to the second baseman, who throws him out at first."
  20. tarheeltwinsfan
    Very interesting article. Thanks Lou. Nicely done.
  21. tarheeltwinsfan
    Great reviews Matt. I have the same feelings about Varland. I just can't put my finger on what seems to be lacking. You and I may be the only ones who have Noah Miller ranked so high among Twin's prospects. His fielding is a joy to watch. If his hitting improves, I can see a bright future for him at SS. Frankly that is a big if, but Noah is still young. I could not, however, find any stats for the prospect you mentioned named John Galt. So I ask, "Who is John Galt?" I asked my sports writer friend, Atlas Jones, and Atlas shrugged his shoulders and said he didn't know.
  22. tarheeltwinsfan
    I understand the sadness in losing Arraez. I'll really miss that guy. I assume your initial objection to Correa was the cost, and I understand that too. But I am glad you are coming around. Just try to appreciate a 28 year old Correa for his unique baseball skills and his encouragement of his teammates and his love for his family and for Minnesota. So many of Correa's Minnesota teammates, the FO and the manager and coaching staff and especially Buck, have said so many good things publicly about Carlos, that they must have some validity.
  23. tarheeltwinsfan
    Nice article. I too am an optimist about the 2023 Twins team.
  24. tarheeltwinsfan
    Really nice attachment showing the franchise position starters since the beginning. Brings back lots of memories. Back to when I first started loving baseball and the Washington Senators in 1954 visiting my grandparents in Washington. Eddie Yost (the "walking man"), Mickey Vernon, Wayne Terwilliger, Pete Runnels, on and on for 68 summers. Every year I get excited as spring training approaches. And 2 years out of 68, I got to celebrate my team being the world champion. But in all of the 68 years, I have been able to celebrate baseball., except the season of 68 when I was overseas in the army. I'm ready for another season to begin. And hopefully some of you will able to be with me in Ft. Myers to see the Twins play the Tigers and the Orioles and the Dominican all stars. Play ball.
  25. tarheeltwinsfan
    Good points River. Speaking of sleeping during med school, at my last colonoscopy, the doctor walked into the operating room before I was put to sleep. He asked me how I was doing. I said I was doing fine. He proceeded to tell he he had been up all night drinking. I guess that is an old gastroenterologist joke.
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