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  1. jkcarew
    “If Buxton is healthy and has a good year….look out!” ”Ownership is cheap” We really could write next spring’s stories now, amiright?
  2. jkcarew
    I don’t think Severino will ever be a bench player in the majors…and for sure not in 2024. If he can control the K’s, the bat will play…and he’ll eventually land at 1B or DH, I assume. For someone.
  3. jkcarew
    “The team has sufficient veteran depth in the back-of-the-rotation in veterans Paddack and DeSclafani. Varland is presumably better than the aforementioned duo.” Why? Because he’s younger? More healthy? From Minnesota? Nobody in baseball with as many innings pitched in 2023 as Varland (68), gave up home runs as frequently as did Varland. Most of the numbers don’t presume that Varland is better. And if the Twins REALLY thought he was their 4th best option, he’d be in the rotation out of spring. Now, they could be wrong. We’ll see. For me, I’d rather have him as a reliever rather than a starter with the big club. But, I’m fine them continuing to try to develop him as a starter at St. Paul, and giving him another shot when injuries/rest/failure happen.
  4. jkcarew

    So What Now?

    jkcarew commented on Doctor Gast's blog entry in Doctor Gast's Blog

    Harrelson probably doesn’t play in today’s league…certainly doesn’t hold down a starting role. Very different game. Even Ozzie Smith is automatically significantly less valuable in todays game…way fewer balls put into play, and fewer infield ground balls. Gotta have at least some pop in the bat in today’s game. But, yes…if Miller is Ozzie Smith, the Twins shouldn’t have traded him for a back up center-fielder.
  5. jkcarew
    I suggest becoming a Yankee or Dodgers fan. Instead of being angry EVERY year regarding payroll, you can be angry only on years where you club doesn’t win the WS in dominating fashion. Doesn’t that sound fun?
  6. jkcarew
    He might have meant the guy who used his cash to save the Twin Cities mass transportation system in 1960, or the guy that risked his capital to provide employment to tens of thousands of Twin Cities families for more than half a century. It works both ways.
  7. jkcarew
    Apparently, few here are going to let the facts get in the way of the conclusions they’ve drawn.
  8. jkcarew
    The class of the AL Central!
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  10. jkcarew
    Want Miranda to go back to the pudgy guy that could hit.
  11. jkcarew
    I mean you do have to factor in the defense. Also need to factor the offensive alternative. If a lefty can OPS+ 90 against LHP, and the RH platoon option is a 102…but the LH starter is better defensively…why bother. It’s different math, is we’re taking 70 OPS+ vs 102. That type of math forces your hand. With the advent of load management, it’s kind of moot. The RH bats will play. But I have no problem leaving LH bats in the lineup…especially as the young LH bats are still learning what adjustments might work.
  12. jkcarew
    Among the well qualified it’s probably the soft skills that separate. Trust, communication, respect that goes two ways. I don’t think any one team trainer is likely to have a monopoly on special or unique technical info that would drive prevention or recovery time improvements any more than on a very marginal basis. I’m not trying to diminish the role…because the trust/communication/respect thing is real and goes a long way. Trainers that aren’t respected (for whatever reason) can be truly toxic in the clubhouse and behind the scenes. But at the end of the day, just give me a person that the players can respect and get along with…and give me LUCK.
  13. jkcarew
    This seems mostly encouraging. First steps first and a fastball with a little more margin of error is very encouraging. But how is a changeup that is 2 mph faster with less movement an improvement? Really small sample…so maybe it was just the adrenaline working against him.
  14. jkcarew
    A guy with a 644 minor league OPS over 1100 PA is going to be an 800 OPS guy in the majors?? If the Twins shared this opinion, I can guarantee you they would not have traded him…not for this guy anyway.
  15. jkcarew
    Maybe. But I’m doubtful. If they like Martin that much in CF, I would have thought they’d went for more of a bat-first guy…a guy with more upside/power offensively. But, I’m speculating, of coarse.
  16. jkcarew
    Yep. But, fwiw, the Santana signing is the one I hate way more. Had options there if Kirilloff doesn’t work out…and I think you had to get someone who is a true CF…with the possibility/likelihood that that spot could need 80+ games.
  17. jkcarew
    This isn’t that complicated, IMO. You have to have a real CF to play 80+ games at the position. And you have to plan on that…you just have to. All Buxton seasons end the same, and this isn’t the first year he’s gone into a season healthy. It doesn’t matter. The bad news is they don’t think Martin can handle that type of exposure in CF. The question is, why not just sign MAT? Losing Miller doesn’t bother me a bit.
  18. jkcarew
    Offensively, the obvious comp is Owen Miller.
  19. jkcarew
    It’s good to have decent upside options with options. And he’s also a reasonable reason to NOT pack the roster with iffy veterans.
  20. jkcarew
    I don’t know. You COULD look at those 4 clubs and say the Twins have the clearest path to the playoffs. And the playoffs have always been his thing, his time to shine.
  21. jkcarew
    202 career post season PA with a 893 OPS. Can still play SS and CF (and 2B). 801 career OPS agains lefties (but falling pretty fast). Martin is the only in-house options that MIGHT check that many boxes by himself. And, in 2024, Hernandez would probably provide a much higher floor in that type of role than any of the rookies. I ‘d love to have that security blanket in the post season, but not sure it raises any regular season bar enough to warrant taking opportunities from the new guys (with whom you can mix and match through the coarse of the season since they all have options…at least if you haven’t already packed the roster with too many mediocre veterans). Maybe more of a guy you would try to get at the deadline if you have lost depth at SS, CF, or 2B, due to injury…and/or performance issues with the young depth.
  22. jkcarew
    The Twins have clearly established a track record of ‘protecting’ him when he’s playing. Not going to cut him loose on the bases.
  23. jkcarew
    I mean…his OBP was 294 last year, career-wise it’s 300.
  24. jkcarew
    I think the conversation was related to sleeper 2024 options for the big club. Jenkins doesn’t figure in in that regard.
  25. jkcarew
    I guess I was in the wrong neighborhood.😳
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