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  1. bean5302
    I have it on good authority Luke Keaschall has a terrible attitude and flips people's dinner plates with their food still on it and pees in their Cheerios if people leave their cereal unattended. He also flicks off baristas the entire time they're making his sugar free unicorn, sparklebunny lattes just so they know how much he hates everything. For sure he even texts other players' parents made up negative stuff... I feel like that's enough made up completely irrelevant intangible stuff now. 1B/DH is almost interchangeable in terms of skill set needed because it's assumed MLB players can catch baseballs. Luke Keaschall can't catch baseballs. A first baseman really needs to be able to catch baseballs.
  2. bean5302
    LOL, I just thought of old baseball video games when you take a player and put them out of position. Like put a pitcher in at 2B. It's like watching Luke Keaschall play in real life.
  3. bean5302
    Must be a desperate Twins fan thing to consider this year's deadline a "radically different deadline approach." The Twins traded one prospect at the back of their top 10 and took on like $5MM in salary. The team added a near DFA candidate pitcher and a couple good relievers. I can't imagine the superlatives if the Twins actually made a big trade at the deadline some day. "Twins exploded the entire history of the game by trading for a major asset. Never in the history of sports has a team ever traded a top 5 prospect for a middle rotation starter. The Twins are all in, ALLLLLLLL in and have sold the farm, they're all in, it's the end of the universe <#5 prospect> was going to win the next 12 MVPs in a row."
  4. bean5302
    Luke Keaschall is the worst fielding MLB player I've ever seen in my entire life. It's not 1 play. It's more like 1 play every single game. No matter what position he plays. His outfield play projects at -50 runs... I'm serious -50 runs or -5 WAR over a full season.
  5. bean5302
    definitely. Marek Houston is totally ready! He's been raking over his last 20 games like an MVP! Absolutely dominating. .238/.312/.369 OPS .681 wRC+ 75 .131 ISO 8.5% BB, 25.5% K
  6. bean5302
    Many MLB players disagree with the expert opinion you're presenting from your La-Z-Boy. Then again, I'm sure you researched your opinion thoroughly before your presented it as fact.
  7. bean5302
    I think Larnach should have been done in a Twins uniform last year. He was redundant, especially after adding Bell. With this front office? It wouldn't surprise me one bit if he was back again next year.
  8. bean5302
    Keaschall isn't filling out the lineup card or making the decision to play CF. That's Shelton. If Walker Jenkins came up, Shelton could still choose to play Josh Bell in CF. Assuming Walker Jenkins was called up, he's expected to be a capable center fielder based on instincts, not speed. He's not expected to be a great center fielder, and most scouts think he's a better fit for right field. Think more early Max Kepler, less early Byron Buxton. If the Twins were highly aggressive, and they were to have promoted Jenkins as soon as he had 10 games under him where he was actually looking like he was ready (started 7/28), I think Jenkins' number could have been brought to the Twins for the Orioles home stand before the Field of Dreams game. The Twins are 6-10 since then. The Twins would have probably needed to go 10-6 to remain in the playoff picture. Is Jenkins worth 4 wins on his own in that two weeks? No way.
  9. bean5302
    Center field is the easiest outfield position to play. It's the most demanding from a physical skill set, but it's the easiest to play. Least positional awareness needed, least ball tracking or predicting skills needed. It's basically just run to where it looks like the ball is going right off the bat, open and close the glove at the right time. Corner outfield balls don't fly straight, they hook and slice like crazy golf shots. 50% of the time, you're running directly at a wall.
  10. bean5302
    Prielipp gets f'd again by the bullpen. I think his ERA would be like 4.00 if it wasn't for the bullpen seemingly always allowing every inherited base runner to score when they come in to relieve him.
  11. bean5302
    Teams rebuilt before they went to the World Series. I've done this before. Nobody GAF about deadline trash like middle relievers or relievers on expiring contracts. Jhoan Duran and Carlos Correa were the only two assets moved with cachet. That's it. The rest (including middle reliever Louie Varland were meh) Does the entire rebuild have to happen at the deadline? No. But rebuilds are almost always in the near past for non-elite market payroll teams who make it deep into the playoffs. Diamondbacks. Rangers. Royals, Blue Jays, Astros, Braves. In the case of the Astros, they literally build the tank/rebuild model starting in 2010. It's worked pretty well for them...
  12. bean5302
    He wouldn't have needed to wait so long if he wasn't an absolute moron who refused to learn his lesson about using his thumb as a braking mechanism every time he slides into a base. If there's space on the roster, sure, Emma should be called up so the Twins can confirm his game will play at the MLB level or if the K rate will approach or exceed 50%. I expect the latter, but I think Emma's either an All Star caliber player (early Gallo) or a bust (later Gallo). I don't think there's much in between.
  13. bean5302
    Buxton is sitting today after Tom Pohlad examined him and determined he didn't need to be on the IL yet.
  14. bean5302
    Tom Pohlad talked about the pursuit of Framber Valdez, but it's not like there were any numbers tied to it so it's hard to gauge if the Twins were making legitimate offers. I'd wager the answer to that was "no" considering there were other targets available and the Twins didn't sign anybody or making any significant changes to the payroll after that point. https://www.si.com/mlb/twins/onsi/minnesota-twins-news/tom-pohlad-claims-twins-tried-to-make-a-splash-with-framber-valdez
  15. bean5302
    REALLY?? Tom Pohlad now calling the shots on whether a player is ready to come off the IL? This is tough reading...
  16. bean5302
    I think Buxton to the IL, call up Jenkins. Option Roden, recall Emma.
  17. bean5302
    If the Twins had moved Buxton, Lopez, Ryan and Jeffers on top of the bullpen trades, that's what a true rebuild looks like. It's totally a valid strategy to maximize value.
  18. bean5302
    I think Buxton is probably headed for the IL again. I wouldn't expect to see him back until mid/late Sept.
  19. bean5302
    Buxton has a few chronic issues. Back, hip, knee, and migraines. When you read about the lengths to which he has gone to try and stay on the field, it's crazy.
  20. bean5302
    Good Falvey? His teams made the playoffs 1 time in the past 5 years. I don't care about the names Falvey signed, I care that his teams were non-competitive. Meanwhile, the Twins were getting the crap kicked out of them by the Guardians who didn't have anywhere near the investment Minnesota did. If "good" Falvey needed 2x the payroll to be competitive, he wasn't that good, was he?
  21. bean5302
    Free agents sign where they get paid.
  22. bean5302
    The Twins are 9th in runs scored, 6th in wRC+ and 11th in positional player WAR. They've been fine in terms of lineup "results" The Twins are 27th of 30 teams in MLB when it comes to left handed plate appearances The Twins are 16th of 30 team in righty plate appearances The Twins are 3rd of 30 teams in switch hitter plate appearances As left handed = 29th in terms of WAR As right handed = 7th in terms of WAR As switch hitter = 4th in terms of WAR
  23. bean5302
    4.02 xFIP. 3.84 SIERA. Low pop up rate.
  24. bean5302
    The Twins do not need a DH. Probably? Who knows, though with the way the front office has built the roster.
  25. bean5302
    I don't think there is any question Josh Bell was signed to be the Twins near exclusive starting first baseman. It was widely reported Bell was going to be the primary first baseman. It didn't play out that way.
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