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  1. dex8425
    Completely unrelated from the thread, but I have mowed my lawn after dark with a headlamp before. I have also walked across the street to get my neighbor's mower and mowed my lawn with his mower (we're long time friends). Sometimes you need to get things done, so you do.
  2. dex8425
    We're not creating the market all by ourselves here because there are so many other buyers who need pitching too. The Cubs, Yankees, Astros, Dodgers, Red Sox, all need pitching help as well. At least we've added somebody. Yankees rotation is bad. Think about how scary good they'd be if they'd added Stroman, Thor, or Ray.
  3. dex8425
    Count me as one who isn't sure the Indians got better from this deal. Puig would have the lowest OPS in the Twins lineup and Reyes is basically a DH who has been worth .4 WAR this year and has Sano-like injury concerns. This will expose the Indians pen even more and their pen is not very good.
  4. dex8425
    I'm flabbergasted the Yankees haven't added starting pitching yet. Their rotation sucks and there are few holes in the rest of their team. I'm happy with this deadline if I'm a Mets fan. They got Stroman for hardly anything and clearly there is a lot of demand for Thor and Wheeler. They also rid themselves of Jason Vargas.
  5. dex8425
    Please no. I don't want him for two more years after 2019. Hard pass.
  6. dex8425
    Totally agree. I'd even do Lewis or Kiriloff plus anyone else (including Graterol) in the organization for Thor. But not both. The pitching scenario you describe would work in September when the roster expands, but it's hard to carry that many "starting pitchers" now. Especially with Adrianza and Gonzalez and Arraez and Schoop all on the 25 man.
  7. dex8425
    Conforto's catch in CF and Schoop's error ended up mattering a whole lot. Too bad.
  8. dex8425
    You mean players like Luis Arraez?
  9. dex8425
    Please win one. I'd be thrilled if we win two.
  10. dex8425
    Plenty of data on baseballsavant re defensive metrics, especially catcher framing. Castro is having a very good year. Garver is much, much improved from last year. Astudillo's strike rate is still higher than Garver's though. All three are better than average in pop time but Castro's arm is the best of the three catchers. https://baseballsavant.mlb.com/catcher_framing Buxton is leading all of MLB in outs above average.
  11. dex8425
    Um, Mike Trout?
  12. dex8425
    Schoop is better defensively than Arraez and much better defensively than Sano. Arraez has options left. Sano only has one left, which hasn't been used this year. Are you saying you'd dump Schoop permanently because Arraez has been really good at the plate through his first not even 50 plate appearances? That's idiotic.
  13. dex8425
    No need to give Schoop or Cron a long term deal. They are both replaceable by guys in the Twins system already; Gordon or Arraez, Kiriloff or Rooker.
  14. dex8425
    Perez has had four bad starts in a row now, and two of those four were really, really bad. I say keep Poppen and Stewart lengthened out at AAA, although I really like the idea of Poppen's stuff out of the pen. We have had no starter injury problems thus far but if anyone goes down the depth at AAA will keep us from overpaying to get a starter via trade.
  15. dex8425
    If his OPS is .850, I absolutely am okay with a 50% strikeout rate. I suppose that is mathematically possible but maybe not actually possible.
  16. dex8425
    Yes. People hated Joe "because he didn't hit home runs and has that contract" even though he led the team in obp and led the league in batting avg. with RISP. People hate Sano "because he strikes out too much" even though the dude has an .OPS of 850. I would say it's unbelievable, but MN sports fans seem to hate more than they "fan." I think they get it from Ruesse, Barreiro, Dan Cole, etc. who make more if they whine than if they fawn.
  17. dex8425
    I don't like the Joey Gallo comparison because Gallo is super athletic, can play center field, isn't a liability on the basepaths, etc. while Sano is not exactly a gold glove in the field. Gallo is legitimately an MVP candidate right now. Sano is not. Sano hasn't even played one full mlb season because of injury issues either. They are only comparable because both are 3 true outcome hitters. Yoan Moncada is another.
  18. dex8425
    Did Jake Reed pitch today or yesterday? We need to give him a look.
  19. dex8425
    Not to mention you're putting arsenic and other literal poisons in your mouth. Performing as a professional athlete means you should care about what you put in your body every day. That's why teams have sports nutritionists and dietitians on staff. Sano and buxton dip. I know Grossman and Tyler Austin always did. Cruz did when he was with the Rangers but I haven't seen him with anything in his mouth recently.
  20. dex8425
    You wouldn't trade Royce Lewis for Max Scherzer?? We're talking about a future hall of fame pitcher, one of the best starting pitchers in the game controlled for what, 3.5 years? I'd do that trade in a heartbeat. Prospects are prospects. Big contract, and I don't think Washington would do that anyway, but I absolutely would.
  21. dex8425
    With signing Kimbrel though, all it takes is $$. He's still a more than competent relief arm with good stuff. The movement on his FB is there. I'm still all for adding relief pitching depth, and Kimbrel doesn't cost prospects. Never heard about the knee issue; that concerns me though.
  22. dex8425
    Correct. You want to "walk away from your hands." I've noticed Buck is staying back much better this year by watching his head--it doesn't dip immediately when the pitch is thrown and he commits to swinging. Notice the movement of his head in the 2018 vs 2019 shots-his head is much more stable in 2019.
  23. dex8425
    Similar thoughts to Doc and others: If we contend in 2019, it will be because Sano and Buxton are 5-7 WAR guys. There's no way to have a contingency plan, and we aren't going to get fair value out of either by trading them. It's more unrealistic to expect us to contend without them than it is to expect them to perform at 5-6WAR level. Honestly, if they perform at all-star level, we're not far from Cleveland at that point. Just need bullpen help and a middle infielder.
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