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  1. jkcarew
    Trying hard with the Austin Riley comp. The only thing that makes Riley good offensively is his power numbers. Not particularly good commanding the K zone, not a great OPS. And Miranda, as stated (and depicted in graph), seems like he’s incapable of developing anything beyond league-average power. So far, he’s below that…including pedestrian power numbers against righties. To have significant value, he’s either got to have much improved power or much improved BA/OBP. Either is starting to seems akin to a pulling-rabbit-from-hat scenario.
  2. jkcarew
    The unintended consequence here is that there would be zero chance of the Randy Dobnak’s of the world ever getting anything guaranteed beyond the optionable years to begin with. I agree the current system is wildly imperfect, but the clear winner here is Dobnak. He is, and always was, an undrafted free agent without any big upside, the definition of replacement level (a chance to be slightly better…so far very slightly worse)…and he’ll have made $8.5M by October of this year. AND be able to tell his grandkids he actually pitched (a lot) in the major leagues.
  3. jkcarew
    Totally realistic 2026 predictions… Polads still own team. Rocco is fired in the offseason Club picks up Dobnak’s $6M option, installs him as player/manager Dobnak DFA’s himself 5 times during the coarse of the season
  4. jkcarew
    This. It’s not a Twins thing, and it’s not a Randy Dobnak thing. It’s a modern Major League Baseball thing.
  5. jkcarew
    You mean, should clubs be banned from giving multi-year contracts, extending well beyond optionable years, and worth up to $3M/yr guaranteed to AAAA replacement-level talents? Interesting question. I say no.
  6. jkcarew
    Must be the torpedo bat.
  7. jkcarew
    I remain optimistic that the pitching will settle into a state of decent to good-ish. I am less optimistic than ever that the batting order will reach any sustainable state beyond weak. Would really like to see a quick hook on Baldelli, if for no other reason than to get to a situation as quickly as possible where the plug can be pulled on the season and we can go with the youth. Get so tired of the perpetual goal of AL Central mediocrity.
  8. jkcarew
    Absolutely. Just remove one of the clutches.
  9. jkcarew
    I can't see a White Sox sweep. They're really bad. Honestly. They are.
  10. jkcarew
    You're lucky!! I found THREE😠
  11. jkcarew
    I don’t disagree. But, those innings, based on how the bullpen is managed, pretty much have to go to guys with options. And I’d rather have the top guys with options getting regular scheduled work in St. Paul (for now) than these random innings. The ‘value’ of Dobnak is that he’s a AAAA veteran that you can use any way you want/need as if he had options because of his contract.
  12. jkcarew
    I can guarantee Dobnak knew he would be DFA’d as soon as he had an extended outing regardless of how the outing went. If he stays healthy, it’s highly likely that he’ll be DFA’d, reassigned, and called up multiple times this year.
  13. jkcarew
    The good news is Buxton’s on pace for 54 RBI…which would only be 2 off his career high!
  14. jkcarew
    PLUS…you can DFA him any time you want. Although, now that the contract will be expiring…I suppose someone could claim him as the season progresses.
  15. jkcarew
    If the club plans on being down 7 or 8 runs by the 3rd inning frequently, Dobnak was 100% the right decision. Gotta give credit where credit is due.
  16. jkcarew
    By the way…St. Louis isn’t very good.
  17. jkcarew
    Took the ones 4 inches out of the zone, whiffed at three 2 feet out of the zone.
  18. jkcarew
    The optimistic Larnach predictions are the only ones that seem somewhat possible to me right now.
  19. jkcarew
    What a coincidence! I came here to say… 20 guys hit 5 HR.
  20. jkcarew
    HERESY!!! Repeat after me…BUCK’S CAREER 244 BA, 304 OBP, AND 29% K-RATE ARE ONLY BECAUSE HE’S NEVER PLAYED A GAME WHILE HEALTHY…BUCK’S CAREER 244 BA, 304 OBP, AND 29% K-RATE ARE ONLY BECAUSE HE’S NEVER PLAYED A GAME WHILE HEALTHY…BUCK’S CAREER 244 BA, 304 OBP, AND 29% K-RATE ARE ONLY BECAUSE HE’S NEVER PLAYED A GAME WHILE HEALTHY…THIS YEAR WILL BE DIFFERENT…THIS YEAR WILL BE DIFFERENT…THIS YEAR WILL BE DIFFERENT. Those that don’t drinking the kool-aide will be marched out to the airport and shot.
  21. jkcarew
    What are the odds we’d have to start the season against the one team that has a bullpen even better than ours!???
  22. jkcarew
    MASTER BADER!
  23. jkcarew
    Well they have to pay him…so… Does he have any options remaining?
  24. jkcarew
    I know we have 5 or 6 runs in us. Sure…maybe not this game, or this series.
  25. jkcarew
    Now I see why we added Dobnak! Brilliant!!
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