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  1. jkcarew
    Cavaco is the poster child for “toolsy”. A red flag goes up every time I hear it, because the first thing I want to hear from an evaluator about a ‘true’ top prospect, is how promising the hit tool(s) are…regardless of how athletic the guy is. The hit tool trumps everything in Major League Baseball…by a mile, and now more than ever. Literally everyone questioned Cavaco’s hit tool when he was drafted in the top half of the 1st round. And now he’s a corner infielder. Sigh.
  2. jkcarew
    “The whispers have already begun…” ?? What did I miss? Who (that matters) is whispering?
  3. jkcarew
    Taylor doesn’t replace Kepler. Taylor is playing a corner against left-handed pitching…and every-day CF WHEN (not if) Buxton goes down. If you’re comfy turning the keys over to Larnach…I’m not there yet…otherwise, you part with Kepler only if someone desperate for 2023 overpays with a high-end prospect (could happen…maybe more likely at trade deadline?)
  4. jkcarew
    At some point you have to get some utility from a guy who’s been eating a roster spot for what will be a third season. Tick…tick…tick…
  5. jkcarew
    To me, you need to have a PROVEN bat to replace him at 1B before you can trade him…otherwise you lose in offense what you hope to gain in pitching. I’d love to have a 800+ OPS guy (something Arraez still is not) at 1B…(preferably a righty given current roster)…they’re not that uncommon. But, until that seems imminent for this club, I’d keep the high OBP, high contact guy we have. The disclaimer is if someone wants to overpay for him.
  6. jkcarew
    If the Angels jump on an offer of a B plus C pitching prospect, I would immediately have even lower expectations of Adell. I mean, they know he’s only 23 too, right? He’s probably still one year from becoming really cheap.
  7. jkcarew
    There will be WAY more at-bats available against righties than lefties, even for the Twins. Farmer has 400 career PA against lefties and it’s taken him through his age 32 season to get that many. Meanwhile, in over 1000 PA against righties, his OPS is 650. Meanwhile, the defensive positions Farmer is best at happen to be the only places we ALREADY have guys that can handle left-handed pitching. You gonna sit Correa or Polanco or Miranda against tough lefties so you can play Farmer? How often? Gonna put him in center when Buxton goes down? Yes we need another right-handed bat. Just not Farmer.
  8. jkcarew
    He’s not a good manager once the game starts. He’s just not.
  9. jkcarew
    The ONLY reason Farmer would be more attractive than Gordon is because this roster has been mismanaged to the point of being ridiculously vulnerable to left-handed pitching. Gordon is a much better overall offensive player and he’s way more flexible defensively as well. IMHO, Farmer was acquired as a whole-filler under the assumption that the club was going to lose Correa…but now…well, it’s tough to carry a specialist for left-handed pitching on a 25-man that consists of 13 pitchers. And it’s not like this guy is Nelson Cruz against lefties.
  10. jkcarew
    He pitched 20 innings last year. There is ZERO to take away from 20 innings. $4M probably worth the pretty small chance he can be both above average AND healthy.
  11. jkcarew
    Meanwhile, expectations for Varland are getting ahead of themselves, IMHO.
  12. jkcarew
    Man…you gotta come up with a better example than Berrios. As of now, that looks like the PERFECT sell-high move for someone that was actually overrated by the market. Didn’t hurt the team in any meaningful manner in the short term, and has a chance to help significant in the future. Maybe it will look different in 9 months, true. But there’s also a chance that it will look even better in 9 months.
  13. jkcarew
    I mean if you really think this roster is currently a legitimate contender…then this would, I think, make a marginal improvement in lineup balance and flexibility. Marginal. But, unless this somehow becomes off-season move #5 or #6…it makes little sense. Just like the Gallo move.
  14. jkcarew
    The same exact medical condition can be worth a 3-year risk and not worth a 10 year risk; or can be worth risking a piece of $280M but not a significant chunk of $325M+. Same for insurability. There’s not much to be inferred here beyond the fact that these mega-term contracts will continue to see next-level scrutiny during execution.
  15. jkcarew
    I think Gallo is a better player…primarily due to defense…than many here want to give him credit for. Still, doesn’t seem to materially raise the bar, and the roster fit seems really weird. Couldn’t this money have been better spent elsewhere?
  16. jkcarew
    If you saw it coming 330 days ago, can you still call it a gut-punch?
  17. jkcarew
    This will be well north of $300M. Well north. Love Correa as a player but this has every indication of landing WAY out there in ‘be careful what you wish for’ territory.
  18. jkcarew
    To me, good RBI guys are real and important. They are innately good hitters that are AGGRESSIVE with pitches in the zone (and predictable/hittable pitches slightly outside the zone) when in RISP situations…especially in 2-out RISP situations. And they aren’t ‘easy’ to K. It’s not necessarily demonstrated by any single-season stat…(opportunity and SSS). Over 2-3 seasons, I’d take Abreu over Miranda. But that’s moot now. I do think Miranda has the aggressive gene, and I think it will come with a reasonable contact rate as he settles in.
  19. jkcarew
    Maybe rebranding from also-ran to contender? Nah.
  20. jkcarew
    Not just the injuries…also the constant moving of the same players all around the order (e.g., Miranda leading off)…low team BA/OBP…low number of hits…not huge HR numbers…no SB to help get runners into easier scoring position, Want an exercise in how rapidly the game is changing? Compare all Twins TEAM offensive numbers (traditional team batting stats) in 2006 to those of 2022. (Note: In 2022 Twins ranked 7th in AL in runs scored; in 2006 they ranked 8th) Scary.
  21. jkcarew
    Nice article. Fun to remember all those seasons/eras. Also a reminder that a good number of the A and B seasons were unexpected…or at least preceded by bad seasons.
  22. jkcarew
    Something about being the best (clearly the best) player on a team that won TWO worlds championships…something that only Oliva in this group even sniffed. Go figure.
  23. jkcarew
    Judge
  24. jkcarew
    As it turns out, he was borderline awful all year. And now with the Jay’s down 1-0 to the Mariners and their back to the wall, they are looking elsewhere with Gausman to stay alive. I’m guessing he won’t get a theoretical game 3 either. Maybe a relief appearance?
  25. jkcarew
    Congrats to Luis! Very nice accomplishment.
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