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  1. Nine of twelve
    I wish people would give up trying to judge trades too soon after they are made. (I didn't even bother to read this article.) For the umpteenth time, a trade can not be properly evaluated until the careers of the involved players have concluded. And if any of the involved players are included in other trades then it's necessary to wait for the careers of players involved in those trades to conclude. In some cases it can take decades to know. As an example, look at the Escobar/Duran trade. Escobar has had some very good years since we traded him, so based on performances up to now, the Twins clearly lost that trade. 10 years from now it would be judged an overwhelming win for the Twins if Duran has a long career as an elite reliever.
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    Without looking up stats, I think of the 2006 staff, after the first 60 or so games and before the Liriano UCL injury. Liriano, Santana, and Radke in the rotation and the bullpen was a brick wall.
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    The Royals were desperate enough to fill their rotation that they are paying him $8.5 M. 2023 would appear to be his swan song.
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    This is a bit of a pet peeve of mine. His last name is Witt. The Jr. is part of his given name. But it has become standard practice throughout sports to erroneously include the Jr. on jerseys as though it was part of the last name.
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    I posted this four weeks ago today: I'd bet almost every MLB organization already has at least one good field/poor bat outfielder somewhere in its minor league system. So no team would give up anything for such a player, much less at Kepler's salary. This is especially true for a rebuilding team; a team like that would be much better off seeing what one of its minor leaguers could do. At this point I'm afraid Kepler is untradeable. And he's blocking better players who are on the rise. There's only one answer for Falvine and that's DFA. Like all Twins fans, I am very happy that Kepler seems to have rediscovered how to hit a baseball.
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    I'm totally in favor of players being recognized for their achievements, both in terms of monetary bonuses and in terms of awards and the like. I think it would be good and appropriate to have bonuses tied to full-season awards, for example an all-pro team, MVP, Cy Young, and so forth, rather than tied to ASG appearances.
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    If a team sucks it's not emulating Tampa Bay.
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    There are too many words in the OP and the thread for me to read all of it. 2twins87 has the gist of the situation. Scouting and player development are two separate functions and both are instrumental in the success of the organization. It's possible that we have developed our hitters extremely well, but that they simply aren't talented enough to do better, which means the scouting system didn't succeed. It's also possible that our hitters are extremely talented but player development didn't succeed in maximizing their skills. I don't know enough about either matter to know where our organization stands.
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    That would hardly cut payroll at all. We would still have to pay out his contract, with a slight contribution from the first team to pick him up on waivers.
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    I don't think we should spend like the Padres. I think we should spend like the Rays.
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    The Mets are not worse than the Padres. The two teams have exactly the same record. And we should also keep in mind that both teams qualified for the postseason in 2022, the Mets with a 101-win season.
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    So ****ing what? The ASG is a meaningless farce that does nothing more than prevent chosen players from getting a beneficial break from games that actually count for something. Actually, that's not quite true. The function of the ASG is to earn take money from advertisers and other sponsors, which ultimately comes from us fans. So I guess from the viewpoint of MLB it's worthwhile. But from my viewpoint it would be just as well if it didn't exist.
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    Glad to see this. Now we wait to see what 2024 will bring.
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    Bummer about Lewis. Big time. But this is a golden opportunity for Miranda to try to capture some of what he had going on last year. Let's hope for good times!
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    Coming out of ST I expected far more games like this than we have seen. As many have already said, if our hitters perform up to their abilities the division is ours, maybe in a runaway.
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    Haven't updated lately. This shows why no Twins fan should give up on hopes of qualifying for the postseason. AL East: +60 NL East: +21 NL West: +7 NL Central: -12 AL West: -15 AL Central: -61
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    I strongly believe that he IS busting it down the line as fast as he can but is being slowed considerably by the PF.
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    Maybe, maybe not. We won't know until the contract is up.
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    I think it goes back to one of the things Tom Kelly is known for saying: put your players in situations where they can succeed. In Pagan's case, it's lower leverage situations. Avoid late and close. He usually does OK as the earliest reliever. Try to limit him to that. We can quibble about verbiage, but while this role isn't necessarily an important one, it's still necessary to have a pitcher who can succeed in that role so that the high leverage guys can be available when needed. I think about LaTroy Hawkins. The Twins knew he could be a good major league pitcher, and they first tried to use him as a starter. That didn't work. Then they tried him as a closer. That didn't work. Then they tried him in other roles in the bullpen. He succeeded. When he went to the Cubs after leaving the Twins they tried him as a closer. Again, that didn't work. But once he was put in situations where he could succeed he wound up having a really good career. I'm not saying Pagan can be the next LaTroy Hawkins. But with the pitches that he has he should be able to fill a role in a major league bullpen if he is used properly.
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    If your team has a big lead or a big deficit WPA underweights good performances and bad performances, especially late in a game.
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    Apparently the FO wants first hand evidence that he's no longer capable of pitching at the major league level
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    No team has ever used a 6-man rotation for an extended stretch. First, your best starters should pitch every 5th day, whether you have 1, 2, or 5. Second, many pitchers actually pitch less well with too much rest. Third, it means the bullpen is one man smaller. Going with it on a short-term occasional basis or using a one-time spot starter is probably beneficial in special circumstances but I think it's bad strategy generally.
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    BTW, I don't think there is a separate "mental health injured list" as there is with concussions. Nor should there be. It's simply the injured list.
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    Same thing, different source. https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/
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    Yeah, I know, bad form to quote myself. And getting a bit off-topic. But I never get tired of watching this fielding play.
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