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  1. dex8425
    Isn't Archer's contract innings and incentive-laden too? He might be upset if the Twins appear to be financially motivated and move him to the pen. That said, I'd be surprised if Archer starts any postseason games since you really only use 3 starters. I assume that will be Ryan, Gray, and whoever is pitching better/healthy between Paddack and Bundy. I don't think Archer is going to throw more than 100 innings this year.
  2. dex8425
    He actually seems like a guy who wouldn't want to play in NY. Boston, Cubs, Angels could be fits and would do a long-term big $$ deal. Bogaerts is gone after this year and Story would continue to play 2nd. Cubs will need a SS. Perhaps St. Louis too? There aren't THAT many teams Twins would need to outbid, come to think of it.
  3. dex8425
    He's saying all the right things. What do we expect him to say? "I wanted a 10/350 deal from the Yankees but the lockout and shortened time made that impossible so I settled and signed with a poor team and I don't really think I'll be here after this year because it's freaking cold in MN and the fans don't show up anyway." He does seem to be a good clubhouse addition and I don't doubt his bat will warm up. I still think he's here only this year but he knows he can't alienate any fan bases.
  4. dex8425
    It was defensible. When the guy on deck is hitting .350 and even better against righties, you don't intentionally walk the bases full to face that guy. Buxton had already struck out three times. Granted, it was a terrible 3-1 pitch. Hendricks didn't have control all night. Seemed like he was landing funny.
  5. dex8425
    Arraez is batting .350. He's is at least as good as we expected, probably better. Although his defense is so bad it's hard to play him in the field anywhere. Urshela and Sanchez have also been about what I expected. If urshela OPS' .700 while playing great defense at third that's a very valuable player.
  6. dex8425
    It was the longest walkoff HR in the statcast era. (since 2015)
  7. dex8425
    If he had played on better teams throughout his career, we're talking about a guy with a decent chance at cooperstown. Radke is one of the most underrated pitchers of his era for sure. 45 WAR!
  8. dex8425
    Well, I guess that's a reason to not bunt
  9. dex8425
    Insurance run would be really nice...
  10. dex8425
    Dylan Bundy would be up there for me as well.
  11. dex8425
    Yeah I'd bet Duran gets another inning then Pagan.
  12. dex8425
    Haha, Salvy wanted and was expecting a heater there. Nope, see ya.
  13. dex8425
    Oh yeah...He DH'ed yesterday.
  14. dex8425
    Remind me why Jeffers is DH'ing again?
  15. dex8425
    Mondesi did have a bunt single RBI in the game yesterday. But yeah, it's very rare.
  16. dex8425
    Yeah nothing other than a perfect throw gets him there. Gordon's arm isn't as good as Buxton's out there, but it's good enough. Benintendi isn't slow.
  17. dex8425
    That's why you look at park adjusted stats like OPS+ when comparing players from different teams. Especially Red Sox and Rockies players (hitters parks) but also Oakland players (pitchers park). Sano was quite a bit less valuable than Cron last year (131 OPS+ to 113 OPS+) even not considering Sano's awful defense.
  18. dex8425
    Well Cron's OPS+ in 2021 was 131, which is park adjusted. Sano was good for 113 OPS+ last year. So...Sano's numbers would be worse than CJ Cron...?
  19. dex8425
    That would be ideal.
  20. dex8425
    This is Sano's last year as a Twin. I think he has a 14 million team option next year or a 750k buyout? Right now that decision is easy. I'm rooting for him to suddenly become 2017 Sano again but that seems more unlikely than Larnach continuing to hit. Larnach and Kirilloff will get plenty of chances-look at Brent Rooker. All first round picks.
  21. dex8425
    Easy. Kirilloff plays first base. Larnach plays left. Sano should not be playing every day right now.
  22. dex8425
    Sano himself was actually talking about his hitting approach this spring, during a ST radio broadcast. He says he was talking to Nelson cruz every day and trying to think right-right center and keep his hands farther forward to create a shorter swing. Clearly his adjustments worked in ST and haven't been working so far in games that count. Sano knows what to do, and so do his coaches, but hitting is pretty hard.
  23. dex8425
    Sano is absolutely terrible right now.
  24. dex8425
    Watch the Twins come back now.
  25. dex8425
    So, what would have happened if they let Kershaw pitch? We'll never know, now. Stupid.
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