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  1. Nine of twelve
    With all due respect to Taylor Rogers, Duffey should be our closer. It's better to have a righty in that role, and Rogers and Alcala can mix and match for the 7th and 8th. Now we just need to find a way to get through the first 6 innings...
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    I tire of reading posts that reference Buxton's injuries as if every one was his fault and that project him to continue to spend significant time on the IL for the rest of his career.
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    It is a necessity to keep him. Bear in mind we are talking about the league MVP for the next 2-3 years.
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    Do not trade a catcher who is ready and able to play in the major leagues. Unless you get a really good offer. And then don't do it.
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    That nuance is a valid point, and I think in retrospect that 2011 and this year probably were more disappointing than 2016. In fact, bottoming out so badly in 2016 probably has a silver lining in that it spurred a complete retooling of the entire organization.
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    No discussion of 2016? Very few people expected an outstanding team but I don't think anyone expected total system failure and 103 losses.
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    My post was not intended to compare Wade and Rooker as players. It was intended to compare their situations regarding the 40-man and the possibility of a trade.
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    This thread reminds me of LaMonte Wade, Jr. He was viewed as minor league depth, we had a surplus of left-handed bats in the outfield, so we traded him for a bullpen hopeful. It seemed like the right thing to do at the time, but how did that work out? I just hope that if we trade Rooker away we win the trade instead of repeating the Wade trade.
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    Keeping in mind the state where this team is based, this makes sense. (And not fashion sense.)
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    Two good and insightful points. Regarding Balazovic gettin pulled, we must keep in mind that the purpose of the minor league system is to produce major league players, not necessarily to win games and certainly not to pad personal stats.
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    Ryan's sample size is simply too small to generate a reliable extrapolation. As an example, back in 2013 Andrew Albers had better results in his first two starts major league starts than Ryan did in his.
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    Another way to say what Nick wrote is that the best-case scenario for 2022 will be to have an average rotation. That means that our offense will have to score a lot of runs--a lot--in order to contend for the post season. And that is also a best-case scenario. There's nothing wrong with being optimistic, but this doesn't sound very likely.
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    I agree. Some well-done extensions would look great.
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    I would argue that in order for a team to succeed the optimal development of every player at every position is critical.
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    In the NL your least-skilled fielder should play LF if he has even a halfway decent arm. In the AL he should DH. I see Arraez as a DH.
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    And at the point in time of his contract extension in 2009 he was the best baseball player in the world.
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    Rooker and Garlick are similar players, but Rooker is younger and better. Why would we want or need to keep Garlick?
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    To expand a bit on Seth's response, it's not injury risk that is the concern and it's not that he needs "practice". He just needs a few games to shake off the rust and get acclimated to playing again. Even the most elite players need that in order to perform at a major league level.
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    Smeltzer's life story is a great one. But in spite of that I don't see how he should outrank younger rising talent. I think he has pretty much peaked. I'm much more willing to let him try to continue his career elsewhere than to risk losing a prospect who is still improving.
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    This game was an example of how a competent manager approaches such games. The goal of the regular season is to win enough games to qualify for the postseason. This means the manager must avoid doing everything possible to try to win the game currently being played if that would run counter to the goal. Had Cash pulled Wacha early it would have totally messed up his bullpen, decreasing the Rays' chances of winning the next two or three games while not significantly increasing the chances of winning last night. This also shows why Pete Rose was rightfully vilified for gambling on his team to win games he managed. Having money riding on his team to win a game makes it very likely that a manager would sacrifice two or three future games while making an all-out effort to win that one.
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    FTFY, removing the sarcasm in the process. (And we also didn't predict Chicago being a division leader.)
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    As others have said, the organization has enough infielders that are ready or nearly ready that we can get by next season with what we have in house. Polanco will be satisfactory at SS for one season until Martin or Lewis can take over there in 2023. Arraez will be satisfactory at 2B until then. (BTW, I think Arraez should be DHing a lot beginning in 2023.) Gordon and/or Miranda can back up. I see the Twins trading Donaldson for whatever they can get after 2022 if not sooner, perhaps at the trading deadline.
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    Moving a few positions in the MLB draft rarely makes a difference. There have been many washouts drafted in the top five and many very good players drafted after that. And it's way different from the NBA where two players can carry a whole franchise. Just make good selections with whatever draft choices you have.
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    If you ask me which is a better game, a 11-10 game or a 1-0 game I'll choose the latter almost every time. Especially if I am able to sit close enough to the infield to watch the pitcher(s) dominate.
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    There are dozens, maybe hundreds, of examples over the years of multiple teams writing a player off only to see him succeed with the team that gives him a chance. I probably needn't remind everyone here about 29 teams disregarding David Ortiz before the 2003 season. The Red Sox signed him to a minor league contract and used him sparingly in the beginning of that season. The Twins get the brunt of criticism about that, but it's a legitimate point to give 28 other teams the same criticism for not making a better offer.
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