All Things 2025 Minnesota Twins In-Season Thread

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GophersInIowa said:
Yep. Was a DII player before going to Coastal Carolina for one year. Went undrafted, played independent ball for a summer and then the Twins signed him. Also, he's only 5'5".
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Here’s his MLB scouting report -

Scouting grades: Hit: 50 | Power: 40 | Run: 55 | Arm: 45 | Field: 50 | Overall: 40

For years, scout Billy Milos scoured independent leagues and found quality players for the Twins. Now with the Rockies, Milos’ last hurrah for his old team might be Eeles, who spent four years at Division II Cedarville University in Ohio, then got a fifth season at Coastal Carolina because of the pandemic. He was 23 and only 5-foot-5, so he went undrafted and headed to the American Association and then the Atlantic League to start 2024. That’s where Milos found him and he joined the organization for just $500, then became one of the best stories of the year, hitting his way to Triple-A and finishing with a system-leading .932 OPS.

The left-handed-hitting Eeles combines a terrific feel for hitting with a “hair on fire” approach to the game. He really controls the strike zone, drawing walks and limiting his swing-and-miss (16 percent in 2024). It’s a hit-over-power approach, but he barrels up baseballs routinely and uses all fields. There’s surprising pop, and he has shown the ability to hit the ball out in all directions.

Eeles doesn’t have plus speed but he’s smart and aggressive on the bases, which enabled him to steal 41 bases last year. He played every position but first base and catcher during his debut season, and his path to the big leagues is probably as a super-utility type. No one wants to undersell him at this point, though, and second base seems like his most likely landing spot should he be an everyday player.
 




Biggest fire sale in MLB history. Surely they traded Vazquez too right? Right?
 


Falvey signed the two most expensive free agents in Twins history. Both dumped well before their deals ran out for next to nothing. And that earned Falvey a promotion.
 

Will attendance look like the Expos in their final years for the rest of the season?

Are the Twins refunding people who bought the streaming package?

What time are tryouts at Target Field?
 



howeda7 said:
I was on board until the Jax and Varland trades. No reason to completely gut your bullpen for next year. It's not THAT easy to build a bullpen. Yuck.
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To me this confirms that that they were getting jack squat in terms of local TV revenue.

2023, $55 million. 2025, MAYBE, $10 million????

Twins.TV is Victory 2.0.
 

Ope3 said:
To me this confirms that that they were getting jack squat in terms of local TV revenue.

2023, $55 million. 2025, MAYBE, $10 million????

Twins.TV is Victory 2.0.
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Nah. $25-30 in local TV.

If they had 10 more wins they wouldn't have done this. All these trades netted about 10-15 million in payroll cuts but it's mostly about the sale and next year
 




A team 6 games under .500 just traded away 40% of their roster.
If they were 6 games over .500, they most likely stand pat.
 

Roland Brooks said:
I don’t mind the Jax trade at all….
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Bradley’s stuff is supposed to be dynamic. He has been the top pitching prospect in the Rays system, pitched in the future games and just threw 7 innings of no-hitter ball in Triple A yesterday.

He should be part of the rotation moving forward for the rest of the year, I would hope.

He’s making $734K this season and isn’t Arbitration Eligible until 2027 and FA eligible until 2030.

Maybe he just needs a new address.
 


They ended up with a few decent arms and a couple good catching prospects plus 1 good outfield prospect.
Also gave new ownership $'s to fish in free agency waters this winter. Won't know final grade for a few years, of course.
I'm ok with it all. Wished they kept Varland and/or Jax, but get it. I was never comfortable with team, especially offensively. Too many empty at bats, not moving baserunners, bad situational hitting.
 


Gopher_In_NYC said:
Bradley’s stuff is supposed to be dynamic. He has been the top pitching prospect in the Rays system, pitched in the future games and just threw 7 innings of no-hitter ball in Triple A yesterday.

He should be part of the rotation moving forward for the rest of the year, I would hope.

He’s making $734K this season and isn’t Arbitration Eligible until 2027 and FA eligible until 2030.

Maybe he just needs a new address.
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Exactly…. I take him over Zebby, Festa or SWR all day..
howeda7 said:
A starting pitcher even the Rays couldn't fix?
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Is he broke? Or just 24 years old
 

Breakin' The Plane said:
Is it possible that ownership is attempting to put a really bad team on the field so ticket sales plummet so low that enables them to break the lease with the city and move the team to Miami?
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Doubt it. As much as people might hate the Pohlad's, they are MN based and not moving team. Selling, yes, but not moving. Too great a stadium and lease deal. Right owners can make this thing hum.
Just play entertaining, competitive baseball. Would love to see a return of some small ball.
 


Breakin' The Plane said:
Is it possible that ownership is attempting to put a really bad team on the field so ticket sales plummet so low that enables them to break the lease with the city and move the team to Miami?
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I've seen that movie. I like Cory Provus, but he's no Harry Doyle.
 
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Ope3 said:
I really highly doubt that.
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I don't. They got about $40 - 45 million last year from Diamond and they are on virtually all the same cable and satellite systems this year. So $25 million is probably conservative.
 

Breakin' The Plane said:
Is it possible that ownership is attempting to put a really bad team on the field so ticket sales plummet so low that enables them to break the lease with the city and move the team to Miami?
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Lol. Miami is the worst market in MLB ironically. They should have left them as a relocation threat.
 
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Since we are time-traveling to the days of the American Association the question becomes will the Twins & Saints play day/night doubleheaders on Memorial Day/July 4th/Labor Day?
 

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