All Things 2026 Minnesota Twins In-Season Thread

[GophersInIowa]

That's putting an awful lot of faith in a couple catching prospects that haven't proven anything yet. As noted earlier in this thread Alex Jackson was the #6 overall pick and one of the best hitting prospects in 2014.

A team like the Twins has to be strategic with their spending. It wouldn’t make sense IMO to use the 3rd pick in the draft on a catcher and then spend a good amount on a longer contract for a catcher as well.

There’s no guarantee any of them will ever be great but they kinda have to plan on at least one of them panning out at this point.

Bringing back Jeffers on a 1 or 2 year deal would be great but there’s little chance that happens.

 

[GophersInIowa]

Two catchers and five pitchers so far.

 

[Gopher_In_NYC]

I don’t know if he’ll ever be good but that’s a heck of a name.

I wonder how the conversation regarding his name went. Was Titanium first runner up?

 

[Gopher_In_NYC]

Prior to the start of the game, we’re tied with Seattle for the last wild card.

 

[Gopher_In_NYC]

Sands is continuing his rehab and getting closer

 

[Gopher_In_NYC]

Interesting stats/notes -

In 15 1/3 innings, Angels starters struck out one Twins.

Andrew Morris has 17 scoreless innings after today’s efforts.

Larnach’s 9th inning dinger ended Zeferjohn’s 15 inning scoreless streak.

5th straight series win and thst makes 8 out of 9

 

[Ope3]

Twins Win!

 

[howeda7]

I was thinking the same thing as the third or fourth ball dropped right in front of him.

He’s hitting well enough to garner some interest, but I’m one of those guys who still values defense, so I’m fine with him leaving

Bell won't be back, so he could be primary DH next year. But I'm not sure it's worth $6-7 million for that when there's other options in house.

 

[howeda7]

A team like the Twins has to be strategic with their spending. It wouldn’t make sense IMO to use the 3rd pick in the draft on a catcher and then spend a good amount on a longer contract for a catcher as well.

There’s no guarantee any of them will ever be great but they kinda have to plan on at least one of them panning out at this point.

Bringing back Jeffers on a 1 or 2 year deal would be great but there’s little chance that happens.

Between Lackey and Tait, it's reasonable to assume one of them can be the opening day catcher in 2028 if not mid-2027. It doesn't make sense to pay Jeffers 4/$90 or whatever and block them. Especially when you already have Caratini/Jackson to cover 2027. I'd much rather give Joe Ryan 4/$95 or so than Jeffers.