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  1. jkcarew
    After all that, this COULD be the kind of win that could propel a club to a 3rd place finish in their division!
  2. jkcarew
    Shelty saving Gomez for the 10th. BRILLIANT!!
  3. jkcarew
    If only we had kept him in.
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  5. jkcarew
    Fundy slams the door shut!
  6. jkcarew
    Rockies got the word MPLS clubs close at 2 Am.
  7. jkcarew
    I’d love to think that when Taj paints the black, that’s what he was trying to do. I’d love to.
  8. jkcarew
    I look at it completely the opposite way. If Mendez is, in fact, poor defensively (which tbf is probably tbd), then to be a needle-mover, he needs to be more than a good hitter, he has to be a VERY good hitter…it’s a higher and more rare bar to clear. Pretty good analogy in Larnach…he’s sitting at an OPS+ of 120…and on pace for a full-year bWAR of barely 2. It’s because he’s worse than replacement level in the field. It’s exactly why I had Houston as my biggest mover. The hitting bar for a good defensive shortstop to be a needle mover is light years lower than that for a poor corner outfielder or a mediocre first baseman. And that bar is looking increasingly realistic for him. Not saying you can’t win with a Larnach-like profile at a corner outfield spot or first base. Absolutely you can. Don’t need all-stars at every position. I actually like Mendez a lot, also. And he could definitely get to a higher level than Larnach offensively (and defensively, for that matter?)…especially with a little more power as he develops.
  9. jkcarew
    I hope he waives the clause, myself. Meanwhile the Twins org is doing and saying the only thing they CAN (publicly) do and say…which is nothing, and stating their intent to keep him. Nothing to be gained from any other approach. Buxton has all the marbles, and nothing real…whether behind-the-scenes or public…is happening or being said until such time Buxton does it or says it. And so far, he continues to say the opposite.
  10. jkcarew
    Just use him, please. And he’ll have to figure out how to be available more than once a week which has basically been the MO in St. Paul. Guess it shouldn’t matter immediately, but not viable once his options expire, obviously.
  11. jkcarew
    If his (Houston’s) bat remains productive against upper-level pitching, the Twins may ultimately decide his glove is too valuable to move elsewhere. I don’t understand this statement. Obviously his hitting will determine whether he makes it to the majors. But IF he’s playing for the Twins there’s no scenario where he is not at SS. He could be hitting like Mendoza or he could be hitting like Mantle…either way, he’d be playing shortstop. Your best active shortstop is always going to play shortstop…(or ride pine if the bat struggles too much.) And nobody is countering the claim that he’s the no. 1 defensive SS in the system.
  12. jkcarew
    At a >90 OPS+, Houston would be a guy you could win with at SS…win a ton with if there’s a good group around him. Obviously, the jury still out on whether he can get to that. There are some positive signs. I’m very high on Houston, because the hitting bar for him to have very good value is pretty low…and seems realistic.
  13. jkcarew
    And…..he’s hurt. Hasn’t played since June 9th. Probably should have been worth a mention in the article?
  14. jkcarew
    The Twins 1000% ARE a bad team. Only 2 clubs in all of baseball have a lower team bWAR….the Mets and the Rockies. It might not seem they’re that awful on a relative basis because there are a historically large number of poor teams and a historically small number of very good teams. But the club is right there toward the bottom of the poor. Meanwhile, the lineup is in the OLDEST third of the MLB (batters weighted-average age). How much better are things ever going to get without massive changes? Not much at all.
  15. jkcarew
    Sprock probably shouldn’t be in low A ball, as a highly regarded college bat drafted in the 8th round…and probably wouldn’t be, if they weren’t trying to turn him into a catcher. Any word on how that part is working out?
  16. jkcarew
    That was a team without… Teoscar Hernandez, Kiki Hernandez, Will Smith, Edwin Diaz, Tyler Glasgow, Blake Snell, and Kyle Tucker.
  17. jkcarew
    Home schooled…businesses and family in Georgia, spends offseason there.
  18. jkcarew
    The fan base mesmerized by the current 15.6% odds at the post season and 0.3% of winning the World Series…and would be legitimately perfectly satisfied if those odds went to 35 and 1 at some point before the trade deadline. The forever “we’re still in it” crowd in the era of a terrible ALC and 3 wild cards. They’re easy to find, including in these threads.
  19. jkcarew
    Agreed. Sell high. Unfortunately, the obvious case for trading him makes it less likely that this org will do it. Because…after all, we’re “competing”. 3rd lowest team bWAR in all of baseball, maybe THE worse defensive team, bullpen a complete dumpster fire, starting pitching a work in progress, and can’t get your head above water in a horrible division in a horrible league. And the one thing that Larnach is relatively good at…offense…is the one and only thing the team can be expected to be decent at without him. But, you could get hot and steal the last wild card spot…so, better to do nothing. Especially, when your fan base swallows the pile of false hope that you regurgitate year after year.
  20. jkcarew
    Number 22 in his career…but I’m guessing his first in his hometown.
  21. jkcarew
    Again…how little this org must think of Raya!?
  22. jkcarew
    I pretty sure you meant to say…just as ineffective.
  23. jkcarew
    Do I think Lee would outperform his right-handed numbers as a lefty vs lefties? No. I don’t.
  24. jkcarew
    If you can’t remember placing it, you probably shouldn’t be wagering. Just sayin.
  25. jkcarew
    He earned it.
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