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  1. jkcarew
    Boy, the FO sure seems to have been right on the Castro signing…and me wrong. Probably no more useful than Gordon defensively…which is to say VERY useful…but actually younger than Gordon, showing consistent signs of being near league average offensively, and a switch hitter. Arb eligible.
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    Regardless…bless her heart for trying. My mother and grandmother were HUGE Twins fans. I’m not at all sure if they would have even tried to engage today’s technology, however.
  3. jkcarew
    Unbalanced schedule. 25 of the losses against winning teams came against Braves and Mets, division rivals that were super legitimate and made the Phillies a stronger team. It’s not the same as racking up wins (or losses) against Cleveland. That would be my point. Look, I have no problem with the ‘get there and anything can happen’ view point. That’s fandom, and it’s technically true. I just don’t ascribe to that as a plan. I’d rather see the club take the 2023 opportunity to rebuild/reload and simultaneously compete for a division. This year it’s not an either/or, IMO.
  4. jkcarew
    Doing the same for me. Have tried refreshing the connection about a dozen times…still shows zero runs for the Twins.
  5. jkcarew
    Look at the division they compete in. Their 87 win last year would be about the equivalent to AT LEAST 95 in the ALC. The ALC central is 6-22 in playoff games since 2016. It’s not an accident, and it’s not going to ‘normalize’ until it starts fielding true contenders. And this year it’s worse than ever. Usually I’d agree that the pitching gives you a punchers chance. But you have to have punchers…and the week division provides a unique chance to sell and accelerate the rebuild…AND still ‘compete’ for a playoff spot.
  6. jkcarew
    I’d rather try to build a complete team…one that would have an actual chance in the playoffs.
  7. jkcarew
    So…this is the year? Nothing about the offense or the losing record against everyone not the Royals, or the failing and about-to-be-past-their-prime core? Letting Gray walk makes sense to you? And if you DO think this is the year…a left-handed swing-man to maybe spot start for a specific playoff scenario is exactly something this club could use. Playoffs don’t care about regular season averages. They care about today’s game.
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    We can’t know that he wouldn’t wave it for the right (to him) situation. Maybe, in this theoretical situation where a good team WOULD let him play CF, etc. never say never.
  9. jkcarew
    Kep will have SOME value at the deadline. Polanco will have more (his option will not vest). What about Buxton? If (and only if 😉) FO has DECIDED that he’s no longer a center-fielder…ever…they should start shopping him hard now. On the other side of it, does playing Solano at 2nd instead of hoping Polanco returns to form (ever) make us worse in the 2nd half? Does DH’ing Julien instead of Buxton over the next 5+ years make us worse? (Not to mention how that money could be used.). Heck, Kepler’s defense might be the biggest loss among those names with regard to 2023. Admittedly, it would crush 2023 depth. And, of course, the Polanco and Buxton moves could (and most likely would) wait until the offseason. But, fwiw, along with Gray, this is where I’d rather see the FO’s collective heads.
  10. jkcarew
    Yeah…I don’t think it makes sense this year, either.
  11. jkcarew
    Sonny Gray… To anyone that breaks the bank (relative to rentals). Not interested in buying (rentals). If this division means anything to anyone, it can be won by standing Pat or even selling. Last year Cleveland walked away with it after standing Pat with the youngest team in the majors ( to eventually lose to the Yankees, who got demolished by Houston). We,re a relatively old club and we’re average. Precarious spot to be in. If I thought the Twins were legit, I’d go after Snell (thinking playoff matchups), and Turner for 3B with Lewis moving to CF.
  12. jkcarew
    Four….with Pat Dobson. That was in 1971.
  13. jkcarew
    Tough losses for St Paul and Wichita tonight. To be fair, the results probably would have been better if they, too, had gotten to play the Royals. Nice to see Jose Salas do some damage with the bat!
  14. jkcarew
    If Clark is there, take him. If it’s Jenkins, I would be so tempted to go Teel or Dollander.
  15. jkcarew
    I think the 1970 staff would give this one a good run for it’s money… Jim Kaat, Jim Perry (Cy Young winner) Burt Blyleven, Luis Tiant, and a spectacularly underrated Tom Hall….and in an era where you used a 4-man rotation. Tiant and Hall were pulling up the bottom of the rotation. You had two hall-of-famers backing up the Cy Young winner. Then had to chose between Hall or Tiant on the 4th day. The only staff better that year was the historic Baltimore staff of Palmer, Cuellar, McNally, etc…and not by much.
  16. jkcarew
    1 for his last 25…and K’ing at a 46% clip over the last 9 games. Bottom line, I don’t think he’s helped or hurt his prospect status this year. Very young for A+ ball…and spectacularly uneven in his performance. He’s the kind of guy for whom I would expect opinions to vary significantly. Wouldn’t surprise me if he flamed out completely, wouldn’t surprise me if he was an mlb All-Star.
  17. jkcarew
    Only 9 behind Johan for complete game shutouts. And only 59 behind Blyleven.
  18. jkcarew
    Either way, it’s all about sequencing.
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    Not that there’s anything wrong with that.
  20. jkcarew
    Both of these teams are at the very top of the league in terms of quickest average games. For obvious reasons.
  21. jkcarew
    At least it was a decent time to be stretching a lead and thinking stolen base. The boys apparently think base runners are cheap when playing the Royals
  22. jkcarew
    Got picked off while NOT looking to steel, you say? Then he was in full REM.
  23. jkcarew
    Don’t like Castro getting all base steely with one out and Gallo batting. Wait to see which of the three outcomes happen…and attempt with 2 out if you get the bad one.
  24. jkcarew
    Not me. But on behalf of the future winner and local retailers everywhere, I’d like to thank those that did.
  25. jkcarew
    Someone forgot to tell Pablo that Perez is not allowed to K against us.
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