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  1. Nine of twelve
    If I were to make a current power ranking that's about where I'd put this team.
  2. Nine of twelve
    Do not concur. If this were 1967 there would be no superpower teams like this year's Yankees, Dodgers, Mets, and Astros. Squeaking into the postseason then meant only having to win 4 games to become champion. This team can not, IMHO, be repaired to the point where getting 13 postseason wins against this year's postseason competition is even remotely likely.
  3. Nine of twelve
    Because this year's reality, frankly, sucks. We have a highly flawed team that is nigh-on impossible to de-flaw. Because we have at least three juggernaut teams to contend with if we even make the postseason. Because the possibilities of the next few years, while not "sure to be there", are still significantly more likely to produce a World Champion than this year's reality. Because trading away the future of the franchise for maybe a couple more postseason wins this year should be a fireable offense. So we'll just have to agree to disagree about me being right and you being wrong.???
  4. Nine of twelve
    OK, fine. But keep in mind that really, the Twins are in about 7th place when you look at the AL as a whole. And if you add in the the NL that puts us in about 14th place out of 30 teams. Now what was it you were saying?
  5. Nine of twelve
    If his knuckler truly is legitimate that's just as good as having a slider or curve or change-up as a third or fourth pitch. Maybe better.
  6. Nine of twelve
    If a player is capable of playing SS at the college level he is almost certainly capable of playing 2B and 3B. That can be sorted out by the player development staff, assuming they know what they are doing.
  7. Nine of twelve
    Isn't that exactly how drafting should be done?
  8. Nine of twelve
    I get it. But I think it is still best to choose the player whom the committee thinks is the best overall player. Trades can be made from a position of strength for a position of need.
  9. Nine of twelve
    Your request has been approved.
  10. Nine of twelve
    A good major league team needs 4 full-time outfielders. In the case of the Twins, I see their outfield in the next few years as Buxton, Celestino, and two of Larnach, Kiriloff, and Kepler. That gives us 2 RHB, 2 LHB, and three (including Kepler) who can play CF. Keep all five, and Kiriloff also becomes part of a platoon at 1B with Sano and gives the team a good overall rotation at DH. That said, go ahead and trade anyone if the price is right.
  11. Nine of twelve
    You all should realize that it's extremely unlikely that the ASG starting lineups will include the most deserving players. Fan voting is an incredibly poor method in that regard. As long as that is in place we have to simply accept the results. The voters get who they want the most. Even the selection of reserves is tainted by the 1-player-from-every-team constraint, among other things. In order to make it a game with truly the best players an impartial algorithm based on something akin to WAR or WPA would need be used.
  12. Nine of twelve
    NIce one. I'll bet you fooled some people. He's a detriment to their pitching staff. 28-16 in games when he appears is far worse than the Yankees' record in games in which he doesn't appear (31-7, 132 win pace).
  13. Nine of twelve
    Disagree. You assess any and every trade by comparing the total outlay and the total return. And we don't know the total outlay or total return until the players involved retire, are released, or leave in free agency. Or are traded, in which case the outlay and return in those trades have to be factored in.
  14. Nine of twelve
    If possible.
  15. Nine of twelve
    OK, name his replacement.
  16. Nine of twelve
    He's not what this team needs.
  17. Nine of twelve
    One of the things that I think is so cool about baseball is there are so many things that can happen, and something new can still happen even though the game has been played for over 150 years.
  18. Nine of twelve
    Athletic departments don't want to keep up with the Joneses. They want to be better than all Joneses. I'm sure the LSU athletic department did a search and found that Johnson was far and away the best fit for their program. Moreover, I'm sure they realized very quickly that other programs would soon make the same finding. Hence they realized that it was in their best interest to act very quickly and make an un-refusable offer before someone else did. Kudos to LSU.
  19. Nine of twelve
    Johnson was hired by the Twins in November of 2018. This is the time of year when college baseball coaches are in the middle of preparation for their season, which begins in February. That means workouts and practices are underway or close to beginning. This would be similar to a pitching coach leaving an MLB team in January, while spring training is being planned. I don't recall any hue and cry about Johnson leaving his position at the University of Arkansas at a critical time.
  20. Nine of twelve
    I'm sure money isn't the only issue. But if the difference is 400K per year as was mentioned above I would think money is a very significant issue. I will also make a guess--and it's only a guess--that after nearly 4 years in MLB he has found that he prefers working in a college setting rather than in the professional game. There have been scores of coaches who have found that they are better suited to one more than the other. Moreover, this looks to me like it's one of the best college coaching positions in the country. Rather than assuming there's something shady I choose to give all parties the benefit of doubt and believe that this move is simply a career shift for Johnson.
  21. Nine of twelve
    If he's available at a reasonable price, OK, I suppose, what the heck. But I certainly wouldn't give much in money or in prospects to get a so-so pitcher who's 34 years old.
  22. Nine of twelve
    Based on runs scored during this series (Cle 17, Min 16) the outcome we had (Cle 2, Min 1) is the most likely one. It's not a throwaway saying that it's not just whom you play, it's when you play them. The Twins flattened the White Sox earlier this year when we were the team on a roll and they were struggling. Considering the roles were more or less reversed here, disappointing though it was, the Twins held their own against a team on a roll. Let's hope we can build from that.
  23. Nine of twelve
    Mega-thanks to Lucas and Heezy for lending their professional expertise (free of charge, no less!) to the discussions. Not just this one but numerous orthopedic injury threads in the past (and, we hope, the future). Contrary to what we sometimes see in discussions about medical matters on this site, posts by people who have reliable, factual knowledge of the subject matter at hand is SOOO valuable and SOOO highly appreciated.
  24. Nine of twelve
    In other words, framing is about faking out the umpire into thinking that a ball is a strike or reinforcing the umpire's thinking that a strike is a strike. In either case, framing should be part of a major league catcher's skill set until the inferior system of pitch-calling currently in use in MLB is eliminated.
  25. Nine of twelve
    I would think almost every pitcher shows a drop-off during the second and third times through the lineup. How do Archer's numbers compare with the MLB average?
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