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  1. rv78
    Looking good. Would be a position of depth to use as trade bait.
  2. rv78
    I think Marwin was considered a super utility guy. He never played CF or SS for the Twins, did he? I've never believed in having super utility guys as being that important. If you've got a backup outfielder that can play CF then he's more than qualified to play LF and RF. If you've got a backup SS he should be able to play 2B. If you've got a backup 3B they can usually play 1B. If you've got those 3 backup bench players you've got the super utility guy covered. Throw in a backup catcher and what more do you need on the bench? It is so easy to shuffle guys from AAA to the majors anymore I don't see the need for a super utility guy.
  3. rv78
    Marte wouldn't be much of an upgrade over Arraez in fielding. He has more pop in his bat but for the money I'd much rather they keep a cheap Arraez and use the money for some other position or pitching. I'd also rather have a Pillar than a Villar or a Puig. As for Story, if you want another basher that strikes out a lot then have at him, but I think the Twins have more than enough of that already. Sure he's an upgrade defensively over Polanco but I think Poo will have a bounce back year offensively in 2021 and with Story costing an arm and a leg the money would be better spent elsewhere. Start by resigning Cruz. Hope Donaldson returns to form in 2021. Let Kirilloff fill Eddies shoes. I'd be more inclined to try to trade Buck and Kepler than anybody. Have Larnach/Rooker take Keplers spot, and get Pillar and have him fill CF. I can live with Sano at 1B if a trade there is out of the question but he's only got 1 more year to improve or bye bye to him too. These guys that the Twins have been counting on for the last 5-6 years have got to start showing improvement. Batting averages of .230 or only playing half a season due to injuries just doesn't cut it. I'd be interested in spending that extra money not on Story or Marte but on Tanaka and Wood. That's a shutdown pitching staff right there. Add a couple quality arms for the pen, maybe Rosenthal and Clippard and piece the rest of that with returning arms should be good. You'd have a rotation that shouldn't need a lot of top arms in the pen.
  4. rv78
    Arguments can be made about who is ruining the game. The Players, the Owners, the Commisioner. I would say they are all to blame. But don't forget the Agents. Greed kills in more ways than one. The players and owners both deserve to get their fair share of revenue but what is really fair? How many players reach Free Agency and sign with the team that gives them the most money? In turn what does that do? In a way, it forces higher prices for those hotdogs, beer and TICKETS. How many Kirby Pucketts are there anymore that have the opportunity to go elsewhere for MORE money but say they love playing for their current team and stay for less? Players are greedy too. Is the $324M that Gerrit Cole signed for a good thing for anyone other than him? The ramifications of contracts like that doesn't help the game and Agents like Boras are to blame just as much as anyone. How many expensive contracts have caused Owners to raise prices? I'm not saying they had to, but to maintain their revenue they raised them to help cover it. It's a domino effect. Why do hotdogs cost $6 and not $4? Why does cost beer $8 and not $5? Why are ticket prices for a lower level seat by 1st or 3rd base $80 and not $30? Why does the baseball package on cable cost extra to add it to your package? Why does the public have to help pay for new stadiums for the owners? Why are casual fans turned off to all professional sports anymore? It's not because the game is slow or the Commisioner can make a decision on goofy rules. It's GREED!
  5. rv78
    1st base shouldn't be a problem with or without Sano. Garver and I think Kepler even played a little there. With Kirilloff and Rooker that makes 2 more options. I wonder if Arraez would fit there with a Sano move to DH, a Polanco move to 2B, and a new shortstop or Lewis promotion?
  6. rv78
    Not interested. 1.Too old. 2.Salary is too expensive. 3.Would cost too much in trade to acquire. 3 strikes and you're out!
  7. rv78
    Do they really need 2 more guys that swing for the fences and are limited defensively? Seems to me they have enough of those type of players already.
  8. rv78
    Member 225 posts Posted 15 November 2020 - 08:55 AM Just a couple more observations: Story is not just a "slightly better" hitter than Polanco.He's epically better. Sorry TopGunn but he IS NOT EPICALLY BETTER. In 5 years he has a .277 BA to Polancos .278. His OBP is .343 to Polancos .335. Yes he has hit more HR but he has also played in 100 more games and he plays half of them in Colorado. He's also struckout 726 times compared to 340 for Polanco. HARDLY EPIC!
  9. rv78
    This! There are a lot of options to fill CF if Buck would be traded. I like Springer or Brantley or Pillar. All Free Agents. So if you go that route to replace him then you almost have to think a Pitcher would be acquired in a return trade for Buck. Yeah, do it.
  10. rv78
    No reason why both couldn't be on the opening day roster. If they depart ways with Rosario AND trade Sano or Kepler or both. Am I the only one here who thinks Kepler is over-rated too. Both Sano and Kepler are a drain on the lineup. Between Sano's K's and Kepler's career .237 batting average both need to be replaced. I'd be taking a look at the bats of Kirilloff, Larnach and Rooker. Unless we want to continue the playoff futility we need to find some guys that can HIT!
  11. rv78
    #1 Definitely NO. Polanco is 1 year past(2019) a .295BA 22HR season. He made 2 Errors in 53 games in 2020. Sure his range isn't great but with Story at $18.5M and only 1 season at that it is not enough of an upgrade IF Polanco can comeback in 2021 with a season like he had in 2019. Don't forget, defense is NOT what lost the playoff games in 2020. It was hitting and while Story may be a slightly better hitter than Polanco it isn't anything great enough to warrant a change for that purpose and that kind of money. They'd be better off throwing that money at Nelson Cruz. Besides Polanco is signed thru 2023 with options for '24 and '25. I don't envision the Twins making him a utility player. #2 Will never happen. Sure the Twins were able to pry Maeda away from the Dodgers only because the Dodgers were already loaded with top pitchers. Milwaukee isn't. Woodruff would cost a whole lot more than you suggest even without Hader. Period. #3 Not interested in super utility guys. I'm fully committed to a Polanco and Arraez combination up the middle and I'd rather see the Twins pursue someone like Kevin Pillar as a 4th outfielder. He'd easily replace Buck in CF when he gets hurt. The Twins need to improve their hitting and Pillar would give them a major upgrade over Cave.
  12. rv78
    For the last time, move on from Eddie. He's become too expensive. His defense is not what it used to be. He likes throwing to the wrong base. He swings and misses at too many pitches above his head. He runs the bases with reckless abandon. There are at least 3 other CHEAPER prospects waiting for their chance to play, that will probably play SMARTER than Eddie. (Kirilloff, Larnach, Rooker).
  13. rv78
    If the front office "knows their stuff" and were willing to show confidence in him why do they wait until the playoffs to bring him up? Surely he would have given the Twins a boost over a Cave batting average of .221 or a Marwin average of .211 or Wade Jr at .231? Want to take it a step farther? How about a weak Kepler batting average of .228? Plenty of opportunity there that they missed out on.
  14. rv78
    If the hitting coach can get them to quit swinging for the fences every time that would make them better. Trying to replicate 2019 in 2020 was the mistake. All 4 of the Garver, Polanco, Sano and Keplers struckout or hit lazy weak fly balls way to often for that very reason. It's great when it works but it shows a glaring weakness when it doesn't. 9 singles, a couple of doubles, some sac flies and bunts and 1 home run will win many more games for you than 3 solo shots.
  15. rv78
    Moves like this is why the Twins fall on their face in the Playoffs. Is it their goal to win Minor League Championships? It would be really good to move away from the Terry Ryan theory of Hope and A Prayer acquisitions.
  16. rv78
    I think the one thing that is continually over-looked with players that left the Twins and became successful after doing so, no matter the circumstance, is that a new coach or manager or fellow player maybe helped them become better. Maybe the Twins organization didn't have what they needed to succeed, no matter what that was. I have commented previously about Sano being compared to Ortz. Ortiz may have never become the player he turned out to be had he stayed with the Twins. Honestly the Green Monster turned him into a different hitter but someone probably told him to hit the ball off that wall and he found success doing so. It doesn't take much for a successful player in high school or college or the Minors to fail at the major league level if they don't make adjustments or just plain ol' simply don't get the help they need. Sometimes it takes someone in a different organization to find it. How many Hitters would be great instead of pathetic if they would get 3 hits every 10 at bats verses 2 hits? That could be something as simple as bunting down the 3rd base line when a shift is on. Yet 99 out of 100 hitters won't do it. If your talent is limited to hitting the ball one way and only one way then you are hurting yourself and your ballclub. Players today need to get better and smarter. I guarantee you if Pete Rose or Rod Carew were playing today they'd make any shift put on against them their lunch.
  17. rv78
    There isn't anyone that can/will replace Cruz at DH. If the Twins don't resign him they will go backwards in production at that spot. Of the players you list for the outfield, I like Brantley, Springer, Bradley Jr, and Pillar. Unfortunately only Pillar will come at a cost savings over Eddie. He'd be a good fit even if it's only for piece of mind knowing you have a centerfield replacement for when Buxton breaks a fingernail and has to go on the IR for 2 months. I still say it's time for the youth movement of Kirolloff, Larnach, Rooker, add Celestino and Wade Jr as backups.
  18. rv78
    Sorry, I don't understand the continuous camparison of Sano to Ortiz. They are hardly the same players. For #1 Sano is a dead pull right-handed hitter. Ortiz was a lefty that hit to all fields once he went to Boston. In Sano's 1st 6 seasons, he had 2256 plate appearances and struck out 834 times. Ortiz in his 1st 6 seasons which got him to 2202 plate appearances he struck out 422 times. Almost half as often. Will Sano ever learn to hit to the opposite field? To use the short Green Monster wall to hit opposite field HomeRuns and doubles like Ortiz did when he went to Boston? I would guess NOT. I don't see any ballparks with a Green Monster in right field. If you don't think the Green Monster changed how Ortiz hit then you are mistaken.
  19. rv78
    I wouldn't make a move for a catcher. With Garver, Jeffers and Astudillo(emergency use only), there are other positions of greater concern. As far as utility guy, if money is an issue then you have to go with the youth movement now. I know everyone says Lewis needs another year in the minors but he can play multiple positions and will be the cheapest option. Maybe the Twins should quit babying their prospects and let them learn at the major league level. Other teams do it. My bench would include him with Blankenhorn, Gordon and Wade Jr. Larnach, Buxton, Kirilloff/Rooker in the outfield. New 1st baseman or Rooker/Kirilloff, Arraez, Polonco. Donaldson in the Infield. Resign Cruz for DH. Trade Sano, Kepler, Cave, Let Rosario, Marwin, Adrianza walk.
  20. rv78
    I'd unload Duffey, Buxton, Rosario and Rogers. Time for a youth movement as the present core of players have proven they can't get it done in the playoffs when it counts. I'd also try to trade K-Sano, Kepler and Cave. Don't resign the highly over-rated Marwin or Romo either. This team needs to look a lot different next year if they ever want to get to the next level.
  21. rv78
    Question is... how many chances do you give him? At some point you have to determine he is what he is and, if it isn't what you want or need then it's time to move on. I think it's that time. If anything he regressed this year. Everyone is saying how a lot of players had a tough season due to the circumstances of covid. But there were a lot of players that didn't too. I'm tired of the excuses. When you're getting paid millions you need to perform at your best no matter what. If we have seen his best, we won't miss it if he's traded.
  22. rv78
    Sure, maybe the Twins can’t shed the idea that they can’t develop starting pitching. But they don’t really need to. They’ve decided instead to focus on making safe bets on veteran starters and improving internally only when the situation calls for it. They have made other teams expend the energy needed to weed out successful pitchers and then they plunder who they want. It’s a proven system of success and the team has no reason to abandon this plan for the immediate future. This last paragraph says a lot. Yes the Twins have had success doing this. The most notable is Jack Morris taking the bull by the horns and winning Game 7 in 1991. Since then the success has fallen short, so is it really THAT successful? The biggest problem I see is that the Twins won't go the extra mile to sign the ACE they need to win a playoff game. Course, when you have to throw a shutout to win because your offense disappears like Harry Houdini maybe it's a moot point.
  23. rv78
    I'm tired of the mistake calls. It use to be that Umps stood directly behind the plate thus giving them a better perspective of the entire plate. Now they stand over the inside corner and can't see the outside part of the plate, so they guess. I would venture to bet that 90% of the wrong calls are on the outside part of the plate. Too bad they can't move back over 1 foot so they are centered behind the plate like they use to be. As for being biased we only have to look back to the playoffs this year where the 1st base ump called 2 consecutive Astros runners safe at 1st base only to have both calls reversed on replay. Take your "human factor" and shove it you know where. If the umps aren't going to be held accountable then it's way past time to go with computer technology. When the announcers and the fans can tell within an instant after the pitch crosses the plate if it was a strike or ball then there is no excuse NOT to use it. Something as simple as a red and green light on the scoreboard, red for ball, green for strike, that lights up after each pitch could be used by an Ump sitting behind a monitor screen/TV making the call. The homeplate Ump would only have to work the plate like the other base Umps work the bases. Problem solved.
  24. rv78
    Yelich is a career .296 hitter. So, yes his .205 season this year is an anomaly and he will probably spring back next season due to a full 162 game schedule. Kepler is a career .237 hitter so his .228 season this year is right on par with his usual. To suggest it is a down season is false. Instead it is what can be expected. I would love to see him traded for an upgrade at any position. Package him with K-Sano and take what you can get. Rooker and Kirilloff can perform as well or BETTER than a .237 hitter and the strikeout King.
  25. rv78
    Kind of stings a bit when Maeda wasn't left in the game long enough to make a difference in his only playoff game this year and Graterol is in there at the time when it does make a difference. Managing 101?
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