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  1. jkcarew
    Simply the best baseball book ever written. From the perspective of players who played the game when baseball was completely unrivaled as the most popular sport in this country.
  2. jkcarew
    Lee’s a full-time player when he comes up. From a performance standpoint he replaces Santana or maybe Kirilloff (with Julien sliding over there). Although, the failure would probably need to be very bad and extended. So not necessarily likely. From an injury standpoint, he’s up playing full time with an injury to ANY of the starting infielders, including Kirilloff/Santana, I think. This is a realistic (unfortunately)…even likely, scenario. Lee has zero to do with how the LF spot plays out.
  3. jkcarew
    Can’t work up any angst on this. If anything, I even like it from the hitter’s perspective…as, in the end, more batters get to see the front-line arm instead of what would potentially (usually) be more pitches thrown by a nameless/faceless minor league guy.
  4. jkcarew
    Thielbar…not so sure he’s much different than a few of our other lefty reliever options. Desclafani…as expected Duran…as long as it’s done after 6 weeks Canterino…disturbing Zach Weiss…contrary to perceptions, the Twins do NOT always trade for pitchers whose arms are on the verge of exploding. Sometimes they sign them off waivers.
  5. jkcarew
    This! Could the organization have a ‘better’ track record of acquiring arms that are on the cusp of blowing up…even if they were trying!??
  6. jkcarew
    ...Buxton scratched with lower back tightness… NOW it feels like baseball season. Let’s Go!!!
  7. jkcarew
    Right you are…appeared in a handful of games at C as recently as 2019. You’d think that would be doable for a few innings as a worse case. Still, there was much hesitancy last year to plug Jeffers in at DH…we’ll see if that changes.
  8. jkcarew
    I agree with this, but Rocco has been very hesitant when he only has two catchers on the 25-man. At no point in 2023 did they have 3 catchers active…and Jeffers got 6 starts at DH all season, despite being desperate for right-handed bats against lefties. I’m sure it’s all about avoiding the risk of losing the DH if Vasquez was to get dinged up during the game. Maybe, Rocco will be talked off that ledge more frequently this year.
  9. jkcarew
    I hope so. He’s been getting hit hard pretty much every outing so far. Today was batting practice. Probably just working on things, etc. I haven’t heard anything about velocity being down or anything?
  10. jkcarew
    Has Paddack won the number 4 spot?
  11. jkcarew
    It’d be great! But I’m still busy hoping Brock Stewart can be this year’s Brock Stewart.
  12. jkcarew
    Grant Balfour and Homer Bailey pale in comparison.
  13. jkcarew
    Looks like Scott Blewett.
  14. jkcarew
    Lotta smart GM’s, apparently.
  15. jkcarew
    Well, no…and yes. He’s always been an extreme high BA guy with elite bat control throughout the minors. Not expected to have THIS level of success with it at the MLB level, no…but it’s always been his DNA. Miranda’s never been that guy, good but nowhere near Arraez’s bat-to-ball skill…has to have some SLG to his game.
  16. jkcarew
    I do anticipate that Kirilloff will start at 1B fairly often against right-handed pitching. I’d rather have Buxton resting than DH’ing in that scenario (if he isn’t in CF)…just put Castro or Farmer in and move Wallner or Julien to DH and be done with it.
  17. jkcarew
    He’s not going to turn into Luis Arraez. And will need XBH/HR’s to provide value...especially as a 1B/DH. Nice that he’s been putting the ball in play…but that’s not really been his issue. Not encouraging…at this early stage, I’d just call this ‘interesting information’.
  18. jkcarew
    De Andrade one of the less obvious reasons the club would be willing to trade Miller. Ahead of Miller with the bat (so far)…and the club might be thinking he’s likely to stick at shortstop.
  19. jkcarew
    Who saw Graterol becoming an extreme ground-ball pitcher with a low (easily below league average) K-rate…who relies on an extraordinary low BABiP-against?? I never saw him as a starter...but I didn’t see this coming, either.
  20. jkcarew
    In a different thread, I said it wouldn’t be the end of the world if Kirilloff ended up being Randy Bush instead of Kent Hrbek. Slightly disappointing, maybe. But that seems to be where this is heading. Seems they’ve already determined him to be a platoon hitter, and a defensive position to call his own may be slipping away, as well.
  21. jkcarew
    I’m ok with this definition…seems reasonable… Of course, we’d need to then acknowledge that Buxton has NEVER had a successful season. Never had an OPS+ of 120 with 100 games. Played over 100 games only once (with an OPS+ of 93.) Career OPS+ of 106 and the 3-year trend has been 171, 133, 98. Also, never been anything close to healthy and/or good by the time the postseason rolled around. With a grand total of 7 more-or-less miserable plate appearances across 5 postseason series. I’d say if all this happens this year, it would be a huge, and surprising, boost to the club.
  22. jkcarew
    It’s just practice. Guys working on things with no intent on specific results regarding wins and losses. Having said that, it’s quite apparent ERod (to name one) is nowhere near ready. (In case anyone thought he might be.)
  23. jkcarew
    These games are practice. Guys working on things, etc…not a coordinated effort to achieve results in term of wins/losses. Having said that, it’s apparent ERod (for one) is nowhere near ready. (In case anyone was thinking that he might be).
  24. jkcarew
    The ridiculous power means he will get more attention and game-planning from opposing pitchers. Still, his K% is not starting from a super horrible level…31+%l. Gallo’s (for reference) was in the high 30’s at the same age, despite more mlb experience. I am optimistic on the bat. A one-step-back, then two-steps-forward type of progression wouldn’t surprise.
  25. jkcarew
    The door is wide open for AK and Alcala. Miranda will need to wait for injuries or big failures…seems to be swinging it nice in ST, though.
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