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RE: Twins 2025 Game Day - 7/31/2025 12:18:43 PM

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The guys I would like to see the rest of the way..

Mick Abel. We just traded an elite closer for him. Let's see what he can do.
Kaelen Culpepper. Jump him from AA. He's shredding the pitching down there. He could stick at short or go to 3B and move Lewis to 1B.
Luke Keschall: DH him with an occasional start in the field.
Payton Eles. A poor man's Jose Altuve. Hopefully without the cheating.
Connor Prielipp. Get his feet wet working out of the pen. Maybe as a bulk inning guy following an opener.

Moving an athlete like Lewis to 1B totally crushes any value he has.

Lewis needs to master 3B. He's too sloppy over there right now, but he has the tools.

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RE: Twins 2025 Game Day - 7/31/2025 12:26:09 PM

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Brock Stewart has been traded to the Dodgers.

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RE: Twins 2025 Game Day - 7/31/2025 1:17:44 PM

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Once again, Falvey goes outside the organization for a starting pitcher because the ones he drafts and develops can't cut it. I have no doubt Abel will climb right over the in house starting prospects.

Falvey got his two top 100 prospects. I'll give him that.

Sounds like the Twins and Astros are far apart on Correa trade. Houston wants the Twins to pick up a bigger chunk of his contract than they are willing to pay.

When was the last time the Twins drafted and developed a true ace? Frank Viola?

Johan. Rule 5 draft pick counts.

No he doesn't.

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RE: Twins 2025 Game Day - 7/31/2025 1:30:29 PM

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The guys I would like to see the rest of the way..

Mick Abel. We just traded an elite closer for him. Let's see what he can do.
Kaelen Culpepper. Jump him from AA. He's shredding the pitching down there. He could stick at short or go to 3B and move Lewis to 1B.
Luke Keschall: DH him with an occasional start in the field.
Payton Eles. A poor man's Jose Altuve. Hopefully without the cheating.
Connor Prielipp. Get his feet wet working out of the pen. Maybe as a bulk inning guy following an opener.

Moving an athlete like Lewis to 1B totally crushes any value he has.

Lewis needs to master 3B. He's too sloppy over there right now, but he has the tools.

He has the tools. He also has a bat that will play at any position. He has the size and reflexes to play either corner. In fact playing first may be easier on his body. I don't see how playing him at 1B crushes his value in any way.

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RE: Twins 2025 Game Day - 7/31/2025 1:53:45 PM

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The guys I would like to see the rest of the way..

Mick Abel. We just traded an elite closer for him. Let's see what he can do.
Kaelen Culpepper. Jump him from AA. He's shredding the pitching down there. He could stick at short or go to 3B and move Lewis to 1B.
Luke Keschall: DH him with an occasional start in the field.
Payton Eles. A poor man's Jose Altuve. Hopefully without the cheating.
Connor Prielipp. Get his feet wet working out of the pen. Maybe as a bulk inning guy following an opener.

Moving an athlete like Lewis to 1B totally crushes any value he has.

Lewis needs to master 3B. He's too sloppy over there right now, but he has the tools.

He has the tools. He also has a bat that will play at any position. He has the size and reflexes to play either corner. In fact playing first may be easier on his body. I don't see how playing him at 1B crushes his value in any way.

He's always going to be known MORE for his bat than his glove, so where he plays is wherever you can minimize him as a liability.

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RE: Twins 2025 Game Day - 7/31/2025 3:11:20 PM

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Correa has been traded to the Astros.

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RE: Twins 2025 Game Day - 7/31/2025 3:15:39 PM

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Correa has been traded to the Astros.

curious for what and how much of the contract we will be footing.

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RE: Twins 2025 Game Day - 7/31/2025 3:23:59 PM

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Brock Stewart has been traded to the Dodgers.

In return for Stewart, the Twins acquired outfielder James Outman, as first reported by ESPN's Alden Gonzalez. Outman, 28, still has (theoretically) four years of team control remaining after this one—but he's spent the majority of this season in Triple A, and has a .487 OPS in the majors. Outman is a lefty batter with a great glove, even in center field, and he had 23 home runs in a very impressive rookie season in 2023. He has plus speed and plus power. He's been such a wreck at the plate, though, that it's a bit odd to hear that this is a 1-for-1 deal.

Outman was a late bloomer, so the career setback he's gone through over the last year and a half has him rushing toward 30 without having proved he can consistently handle the best pitching in the world. His tools—especially the power, if he can get to it the way he did two seasons ago—sets him apart from DaShawn Keirsey Jr., but broadly, he offers a similar profile. The Twins are rolling the dice on their own player development and betting that they can turn around the struggling ex-slugger.

https://twinsdaily.com/news-rumors/minnesota-twins/another-trade-brock-stewart-goes-to-los-angeles-dodgers-r18871/

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RE: Twins 2025 Game Day - 7/31/2025 3:24:42 PM

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DAnny Coulomb going to Rangers

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RE: Twins 2025 Game Day - 7/31/2025 3:50:04 PM

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Castro must be untradeable.

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RE: Twins 2025 Game Day - 7/31/2025 3:53:01 PM

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The guys I would like to see the rest of the way..

Mick Abel. We just traded an elite closer for him. Let's see what he can do.
Kaelen Culpepper. Jump him from AA. He's shredding the pitching down there. He could stick at short or go to 3B and move Lewis to 1B.
Luke Keschall: DH him with an occasional start in the field.
Payton Eles. A poor man's Jose Altuve. Hopefully without the cheating.
Connor Prielipp. Get his feet wet working out of the pen. Maybe as a bulk inning guy following an opener.

Moving an athlete like Lewis to 1B totally crushes any value he has.

Lewis needs to master 3B. He's too sloppy over there right now, but he has the tools.

He has the tools. He also has a bat that will play at any position. He has the size and reflexes to play either corner. In fact playing first may be easier on his body. I don't see how playing him at 1B crushes his value in any way.

He's always going to be known MORE for his bat than his glove, so where he plays is wherever you can minimize him as a liability.

Lewis shouldn't play OF (dumbest Rocco move ever when he did) or SS.....and now it is looking like Lee at SS.

< Message edited by Phil Riewer -- 7/31/2025 3:56:33 PM >

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RE: Twins 2025 Game Day - 7/31/2025 3:56:01 PM

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As I thought, MLB.com slotted Mick Abel in as our top pitching prospect. They rate him #6 overall. They moved Tait in at #4 overall. What surprises me is that they put him ahead of Culpepper, who is tearing it up in AA.

Yankees and Phillies prospects always have more hype.

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RE: Twins 2025 Game Day - 7/31/2025 4:03:07 PM

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Castro must be untradeable.

Nope; holding out for max---he will be traded if we trade Correa and Duran. Odds are Jax is gone too.

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RE: Twins 2025 Game Day - 7/31/2025 4:13:18 PM

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This team was a failure. It's on the players.

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RE: Twins 2025 Game Day - 7/31/2025 4:35:14 PM

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Castro to the Cubs.

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RE: Twins 2025 Game Day - 7/31/2025 4:35:43 PM

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We could be moments away from a big haul, though. Red Sox are shooting for Joe Ryan.

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RE: Twins 2025 Game Day - 7/31/2025 4:41:23 PM

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It didn’t have to be this way #MNTwins. You could’ve built off the 2023 postseason excitement, but you didn’t. Instead you cut payroll, alienated a fanbase & probably some in the clubhouse while becoming a passive team lacking in fundamentals and baseball IQ. A rebuild…again?

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RE: Twins 2025 Game Day - 7/31/2025 4:42:49 PM

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So, does a clean slate/rebuild make the team more attractive to potential buyers?

I wouldn't think so, but what do I know?

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RE: Twins 2025 Game Day - 7/31/2025 4:44:09 PM

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Aaron Gleeman@AaronGleeman
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#MNTwins traded Willi Castro to the Cubs and Danny Coulombe to the Rangers.

Ty France and Christian Vázquez are the only impending free agents left on the roster.

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RE: Twins 2025 Game Day - 7/31/2025 5:09:50 PM

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Griffin Jax is headed to the Tampa Bay Rays.

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RE: Twins 2025 Game Day - 7/31/2025 5:13:44 PM

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France and Louie to Toronto.

For LHP Kendry Rojas and OF Alan Roden

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RE: Twins 2025 Game Day - 7/31/2025 5:14:32 PM

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Griffin Jax is headed to the Tampa Bay Rays.

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Griffin Jax was traded for starter Taj Bradley. It’s a one-for-one trade with Tampa.

Bradley is 6-6 with a 4.61 ERA in 21 starts this season.

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RE: Twins 2025 Game Day - 7/31/2025 5:16:51 PM

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Baseball Trade Values
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Today the #Rays reportedly acquired RHP Griffin Jax ($25.7M surplus trade value) from the #MNTwins in exchange for RHP Taj Bradley ($30.2M).

The deal is accepted by our model as a minor overpay by Tampa Bay.

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RE: Twins 2025 Game Day - 7/31/2025 5:17:15 PM

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Today the #BlueJays reportedly acquired RHP Louis Varland ($13.4M surplus trade value) and 1B Ty France ($1.3M) from the #MNTwins in exchange for OF Alan Rosen ($10.3M) and LHP Kendry Rojas ($5.2M).

The deal is accepted by our model.

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RE: Twins 2025 Game Day - 7/31/2025 5:17:31 PM

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Twins received LHP Garrett Horn from the Rangers in the Danny Coulombe trade. He was rated as the #25 prospect in Texas’ farm system by Baseball America.

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