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  1. Nine of twelve
    I think there's a spelling error. I'm sure he would have spelled it "Maurer".
  2. Nine of twelve
    I can learn to love a good player received in trade too.
  3. Nine of twelve
    About a year after my first colonoscopy I happened to encounter the gastroenterologist who performed the procedure. I introduced myself and told him how I knew who he was. He said he was sorry that he didn't recognize me because he was not very good at remembering faces. (His emphasis, not mine.) I'm sure that having a sense of humor is helpful if you are a gastroenterologist.
  4. Nine of twelve
    The solution to this perceived dilemma seems obvious. The history surrounding these and other cheaters can be acknowledged by the museum without inducting them. And as long as I'm writing, stating that Bonds and Clemens were "tied to steroids" is not the way to approach the matter. They USED steroids, purposely and willingly breaking the rules, to give themselves an unfair advantage. No player who did that deserves the honor of HOF membership. IMHO, of course.
  5. Nine of twelve
    That is most likely to happen when the five teams in the division are all below average but similar. If there's a disparity within the division it increases the chances that at least one team will stay over .500.
  6. Nine of twelve
    Right, but remember that it's also gone for everyone. That means there should be no difference in the chances of winning the division, although the Twins' overall win total will probably be less than it would have been with the old schedule.
  7. Nine of twelve
    This is the crux of the matter. If he pitches perfectly he does well, but he has essentially no margin of error. If he's the least bit off he is extremely hittable.
  8. Nine of twelve
    This is way too much work for me to do, but I would like to look at a graph of career major league WAR (or something similar) for each draft position over the course of time. This could be done year by year to see if front offices improve their picks as time progresses or on a collective basis over the course of many years. It would be interesting to see how well scouts predict performance and to see who the outliers are, both early picks who do not succeed and late picks who do well.
  9. Nine of twelve
    So what term would you use for Celestino, since he throws L?
  10. Nine of twelve
    I like it in principle, but I believe MLB rules allow a shuttle between OF and P only once per game.
  11. Nine of twelve
    Like you, I tire of reading and hearing comments insinuating that Rocco and Falvine rely too much on analytics and don't truly know baseball. (And some of those comments originate in my own home.) Regarding Buxton in particular, Twins insiders know way more than we fans do about his health. I have every confidence that their strategy has always been to have him in games, especially in CF, as much as possible. And I don't agree with those who say he should be given days off only in road games. Of course I want to see him on the field when I am at Target Field--who doesn't?--but what I want more is to have him (and for that matter all players) contributing optimally. If what works best is to give him a day off for a home game then I support that.
  12. Nine of twelve
    I like him at a corner OF spot against LHP with Buck in center.
  13. Nine of twelve
    This is a bit of a nitpick, but I don't think it's fair to say that a player was a disappointment. The way to think about it is which draft decisions were disappointing.
  14. Nine of twelve
    I agree with Mankato, that there will be multiple players DHing, which to me is a good thing. Among the many factors are: who needs a day off from playing in the field, and/or who in the lineup is least-skilled as a fielder, and/or whether a LH or RH DH is desired, and/or whether a particular player does well against a particular pitcher. This all means that it's pretty insignificant which player happens to wind up as DH on opening day.
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    I respectfully disagree. Teams didn't shift Arraez so as a batter he'll be facing the same fielding positioning in 2023 that he did in 2022. If anything the new anti-shift rule will probably work against him because range will be significantly more important for infielders, especially second basemen, and that's one of his shortcomings.
  16. Nine of twelve
    Yep. Although it's much more likely to happen to a player who is 38 years old than, say, one who is 25 years old.
  17. Nine of twelve
    I suspect it would have taken more than a bit more to get one of the other pitchers.
  18. Nine of twelve
    A bit of arcane trivia--the Twins of about 1964-65 occasionally played a "glass infield", with all four players wearing glasses: Mincher, Frank Kostro, Zoilo Versalles, and Rich Rollins.
  19. Nine of twelve
    I get frustrated every time I see "Arreaz". One of the things I like best about this trade that I won't be seeing that as much in the future. Now if I can just get through the next few days...
  20. Nine of twelve
    Probably Dobnak, 2 years ago.
  21. Nine of twelve
    Marlins would have said no.
  22. Nine of twelve
    I love Patrick's writing and baseball knowledge but everyone throws a clunker or two.
  23. Nine of twelve
    I'll reserve judgement until 10 years from now so we can find out what happens to all four players involved.
  24. Nine of twelve
    Then you must not have been reading these forums for the last couple weeks.
  25. Nine of twelve
    I'll disagree. There's a team in New England that has more financial resources than the Twins and a gaping hole at shortstop. If Correa wanted to play there I'm sure Boras would have involved them, but their absence in the pursuit of Correa was conspicuous. My take on that is that Correa wanted nothing to do with playing for their manager based on previous interactions and that this was communicated to the team very early on. I think if Correa had expressed interest that their offer would have been higher than what he signed for with the Twins.
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