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  1. Nine of twelve
    As with everyone, if he does the job he'll get the ball. I agree with many that he seems to be emerging as a good major league reliever.
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    When this issue comes up it makes me think of the 2017 Dodgers. They finished with a record of 104-58, but they had a stretch of losing 16 of 17 games overlapping August and September. It has to be one of the most incongruous stretches of play in baseball history. I wonder how things would have gone for them if they opened that season 1-16.
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    Nitpick: Let's Make A Deal debuted in 1963.
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    Not directly. But if you do that consistently you'll be in a much better position to get them.
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    Is Mexico City one of those places? I don't know, just asking an honest question.
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    There's not enough money in PR or the DR to support a major league team. As you said, Asia is out of the question due to travel logistics, as is Europe. Even if the political/sociological issues in Venezuela were to be sufficiently resolved it would be a stretch to consider that option. Mexico City is the largest city in the western hemisphere so I expect an MLB franchise could be supported financially, but I would think any potential ownership group and MLB itself are pretty skittish about committing to expansion there.
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    How many times has any team ever extended a player who has played zero major league games? This was intended as a rhetorical question but after I typed it I reread it and wondered if this has actually occurred. Does anyone know?
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    I don't think teams put much stock, if any, in spring training stats. If a player really stands out, either in a good way or in a bad way, the manager and front office will know without looking at a stat sheet.
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    I hope it's a one-horse runaway for the good guys.
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    What I would like to see is to have two or three major league success stories like these every year.
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    Pitch framing? I suppose it does play a part but I hate that it does. If Jeffers is better than average, good on him. But automated pitch calling will be happening; it's just a question of when. So this skill will become a non-factor soon. Stolen base percentage? He threw out 7 of 38 baserunners in 2022. It's my understanding that the average catcher will have a caught-stealing rate of 25-30%, so that would have meant throwing out about 9-11 of 38. How much did the difference of 2-4 successful steals make during 2022? My guess is little to none. Now, I realize he was on the IL for a significant amount of time. And of course it's good for a catcher to have a strong arm. But I don't think Jeffers' arm is a major concern, rule changes or not. I am most concerned with a catcher's blocking skills. This is far more important than stolen base percentage because pitches in the dirt with runners on base are far more common than stolen base attempts, especially when a runner is on third base. It seems Jeffers needs to improve in that area if possible.
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    This is my philosophy as well, so I don't bet on sports. But I'll still take a position on these lines: Buxton: over Correa: pass (meaning my guess is right about where the line stands) Lopez/Ryan: over on both Team wins: over
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    I think someone pointed out that Duffey's drop-off in performance happened at the same time as the crackdown on grip-enhancers. Correlation does not imply causation, but the timing is noteworthy.
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    I think it's been established pretty clearly that he is the REAL DEAL. He is already one of the most dominant relievers in MLB, and he could progress to the point of being the most dominant by a large margin. Whatever we can get him to sign for now will be dwarfed by what the market will pay him if he stays with one-year contracts until free agency. Of course there are risks, but in the long term this looks to me like it's a good, cost-effective investment for the Pohlad family fortune.
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    Remember that we also received a catcher in those trades. Even so, it's certainly a risk trading an established catcher.
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    The catching supply will always fall short of the demand, so selling could take place only if we are in the highly unlikely position of having a never-ending supply. The hoped-for goal is to develop catching and pay the salary required to keep the developed catcher.
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    Some are saying to trade for a good catcher. That would be nice, but no team with a good catcher would trade him unless offered a significant overpay, and then they'd still say no. Some are saying to take the best catcher available with the 5th overall pick. OK, but then don't be angry when the player taken #6 becomes a star. We were so spoiled by having one of the five best catchers in history playing for us. Now we are seeing how difficult it is for catching to be a strength. While we should always strive to improve in every facet of the game, when it comes to catching we need to be satisfied with satisfactory.
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    In today's game Miranda hit a home run in the second inning. It was his 3rd dinger in 3 consecutive at bats. Maybe the author is onto something here.
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    There is probably only one situation, maybe two, in which it matters which of a team's starting pitchers is considered to be its best starter. That situation is the first game of a postseason series. The possible second one is opening day, but since that is just one of 162 regular season games it's really not that important. To me it's silly to fret about having "an ace", or "a number 1", whatever the definition of that is. Just find your five best starters and put them in the rotation. If there is an opportunity to add a pitcher who is better than at least one of those five then do so if the price is acceptable.
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    Google Billy Martin Hotel Sofitel.
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    My Grampa was a Hercules Cortez fan.
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    FTFY.
  23. Nine of twelve
    My assumption is that he has quite a few siblings and cousins who could have been under consideration over the years to be put in charge of this portion of the family businesses. My assumption is also that he was identified fairly early on as the most capable successor to his uncle. He has his position in part because he's a family member, and I suppose you could refer to what he has done during the last 20 years or so as "being groomed", but I prefer to think of it as working to acquire as much knowledge and experience in both the business of baseball and the game itself as he can in order to be able to handle this responsibility as well as possible.
  24. Nine of twelve
    The three most important things in baseball are pitching, pitching, and pitching.
  25. Nine of twelve
    Brock, thanks for your comment.
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