Chris Paddack’s Injury Necessitates Action for Twins

[Brandon]

Another good thing about adding Paxton is if Paddack comes back they can just piggyback off of each other to limit each others innings down the stretch.  both are nearing highs in innings pitched after years of injuries.  so this can be a benefit for both of them.  

[CCHOF5yearstoolate]

1 hour ago, bean5302 said:

You should stick to virtue signaling and/or personal or political ideology arguments on Bauer.

He sucks on and off the field, get over it.

[Jocko87]

1 hour ago, bean5302 said:

Reporter: Are you being told by ownership you cannot add any amount to the payroll at the deadline?

Falvey: We're looking at a lot of different options, and if we find the right fit, we'll be open to making a move. I haven't been given a specific number by ownership, but I think we're happy with our roster and our payroll situation if we're not able to find the right fit.

That's what a direct question/answer would look like. Dodge.

You have to actually ask the questions.  Then ask follow up questions.  

It's literally the job. 

It's another job to try and interpret it.

[Hubie29]

Paddack is easily replaceable.  He's lucky to even be on an mlb roster.  He's in the same group as an Archer, Shoemaker, DeSclafani and all the other infirmary projects the Twins have tried to bring back to life.  If we are hinging our success on him or a replacement like him, there is no hope for playoff success. 

[bean5302]

1 hour ago, Jocko87 said:

You have to actually ask the questions.  Then ask follow up questions.  

It's literally the job. 

It's another job to try and interpret it.

Okay. Lets stretch this out:
Reporter: Are you being told by ownership you cannot add any amount to the payroll at the deadline?

Falvey: We're looking at a lot of different options, and if we find the right fit, we'll be open to making a move. I haven't been given a specific number by ownership, but I think we're happy with our roster and our payroll situation if we're not able to find the right fit.

Reporter: Has ownership given you a ballpark number for you to add?

Falvey: We evaluate every player and opportunity on its own merit. We don't come into a trade deadline or offseason with a set budget range in mind that we're trying to find players to get to a certain dollar amount. Like, oh, we have an extra 10 million we still need to spend to hit our target. It doesn't work that way for us.

Reporter: Is there room to add an upper rotation arm like Max Scherzer or a Blake Snell at the deadline?

Falvey: I can't comment on specific players under contract with other teams. As I talked about, we look at tons of different guys and try to evaluate whether or not a player is a fit with us here, can they help us win games here, and whether or not we the player's existing team is a willing trade partner for that player.

Reporter: There's been a lot of speculation and reporting that ownership is set on the payroll and you'll have to subtract payroll to add even $5MM of remaining salary. Is that true?

Falvey: It's going to depend on the specific player involved whether or not they give us a clear advantage. If we're in agreement with ownership about something being a great opportunity to acquire a player who might require us to expand the budget somewhat, I expect ownership would support the move, but again, we're happy with our team as-is, we think it's a competitive team we can take into the playoffs so the bar to add value to the guys we already have is going to be high.

I hope you can see how this goes...

[bean5302]

1 hour ago, CCHOF5yearstoolate said:

He sucks on and off the field, get over it.

Won the Cy Young in 2020. Career 3.79 ERA. Career 3.87 FIP. Both similar to Pablo Lopez. Was earning $38MM a year with the most desirable team in baseball.

Dominating his leagues the last two years he's been pitching, including leagues where the top pitchers signed this past couple seasons have:
2.92 ERA - Yoshinobu Yamamoto
2.84 ERA - Shota Imanaga
2.98 ERA - Kodai Senga 2023

A few other pretty decent pitchers who came out of Japan in the last decade or so. Yu Darvish. Shohei Ohtani. Kenta Maeda. 

Stick to virtue signaling, like I said. It makes you a bad person on the inside (where it counts), but it looks good on paper to the rest of the world when you need to pretend you're a good person.

[CCHOF5yearstoolate]

39 minutes ago, bean5302 said:

Won the Cy Young in 2020. Career 3.79 ERA. Career 3.87 FIP. Both similar to Pablo Lopez. Was earning $38MM a year with the most desirable team in baseball.

Dominating his leagues the last two years he's been pitching, including leagues where the top pitchers signed this past couple seasons have:
2.92 ERA - Yoshinobu Yamamoto
2.84 ERA - Shota Imanaga
2.98 ERA - Kodai Senga 2023

A few other pretty decent pitchers who came out of Japan in the last decade or so. Yu Darvish. Shohei Ohtani. Kenta Maeda. 

Stick to virtue signaling, like I said. It makes you a bad person on the inside (where it counts), but it looks good on paper to the rest of the world when you need to pretend you're a good person.

Thanks for signaling that I don't have to take anything you write seriously! You've been trashing Pablo for weeks and now you want to turn around and try to act like that's a good comparison? Even you can't seriously believe the crap you're spewing.

"Dominating" the Mexican league and a 60-game season CY from 4 years ago, hahaha give me a break. Some of the least serious evaluation I've seen on here. 

For how hard you are on every Twins player, you're giving Bauer an incredible amount of leeway in completely uninspiring stats. 

[Jocko87]

1 hour ago, bean5302 said:

Okay. Lets stretch this out:
Reporter: Are you being told by ownership you cannot add any amount to the payroll at the deadline?

Falvey: We're looking at a lot of different options, and if we find the right fit, we'll be open to making a move. I haven't been given a specific number by ownership, but I think we're happy with our roster and our payroll situation if we're not able to find the right fit.

Reporter: Has ownership given you a ballpark number for you to add?

Falvey: We evaluate every player and opportunity on its own merit. We don't come into a trade deadline or offseason with a set budget range in mind that we're trying to find players to get to a certain dollar amount. Like, oh, we have an extra 10 million we still need to spend to hit our target. It doesn't work that way for us.

Reporter: Is there room to add an upper rotation arm like Max Scherzer or a Blake Snell at the deadline?

Falvey: I can't comment on specific players under contract with other teams. As I talked about, we look at tons of different guys and try to evaluate whether or not a player is a fit with us here, can they help us win games here, and whether or not we the player's existing team is a willing trade partner for that player.

Reporter: There's been a lot of speculation and reporting that ownership is set on the payroll and you'll have to subtract payroll to add even $5MM of remaining salary. Is that true?

Falvey: It's going to depend on the specific player involved whether or not they give us a clear advantage. If we're in agreement with ownership about something being a great opportunity to acquire a player who might require us to expand the budget somewhat, I expect ownership would support the move, but again, we're happy with our team as-is, we think it's a competitive team we can take into the playoffs so the bar to add value to the guys we already have is going to be high.

I hope you can see how this goes...

I hope you can see why asking the actual questions and getting the actual answers is more important than your fantasy land story.

[USAFChief]

4 hours ago, bean5302 said:

Stick to virtue signaling, like I said. It makes you a bad person on the inside (where it counts), but it looks good on paper to the rest of the world when you need to pretend you're a good person.

If it looks good to the rest of the world, maybe it's you who might need to reconsider. 

[tony&rodney]

The needed action for a starting pitcher could easily be a combination of starts by Festa, Varland, Matthews, and Boushley. The piece missing right now is a reliable LH RP. Can we make a deal with Miami?