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  1. dex8425
    Yeah, I don't agree. Have to give Miranda and AK a chance at the MLB level this year.
  2. dex8425
    Defensively Gallo is excellent. Dude can run, and has an absolute rocket launcher for an arm. I watched him in Texas quite a bit.
  3. dex8425
    I've wondered about Gray too. No way they trade him. As long as he's healthy this year I see him as a QO candidate, so at least you don't lose him for nothing, but otherwise I think they let another team pay Gray for the back third of his career.
  4. dex8425
    It'll be Buxton or Polanco. I'd hit Polanco leadoff against RHP and Buxton vs LHP.
  5. dex8425
    Lopez would've been the best pitcher on the Twins last year and it's not really that close. I think you're undervaluing Lopez.
  6. dex8425
    It would be interesting to look at other teams' picks from the same time frame and compare. It's really difficult to consistently get MLB value from draft picks, with injury and projectability being significant hurdles. For example: Cleveland used first round picks on Mike Papi (2014, has not debuted, looks to be cooked, sucked at AAA last year), Brady Aiken (2015, out of baseball, never pitched above High-A), and Will Benson (2016, made his debut last year, was terrible in a 28 game sample size, might be decent still). Bo Naylor looks like a good pick, and so does Triston McKenzie.
  7. dex8425
    He's such an asset defensively that if he plays, he's going to play in the field somewhere.
  8. dex8425
    It's mixed. Odorizzi, Joe Ryan and Maeda worked out pretty well. Certainly their trades for pitchers have worked out better than their free agent signing of pitchers.
  9. dex8425
    Yeah, who bats 1-2-3? Buxton, Polanco, Correa? Polanco could hit leadoff too.
  10. dex8425
    Especially if AK stays healthy at first base. Even if he doesn't, you slide Miranda over to first and Royce plays third when he comes back.
  11. dex8425
    Rogers sucked last year so it's reasonable to conclude he may not have helped us at all. That trade didn't help either team. Maybe SDP benefited just by not having Pagan.
  12. dex8425
    I'd get three. Then I'd eat one and feel ill, so I'd eat another one and totally regret it. I'd give the third to someone else.
  13. dex8425
    Well, Kiriloff's wrist better not turn to jelly again this year or this deal might not improve the 2023 club.
  14. dex8425
    The 2019 team had some injuries, not nearly the amount of the 2022 team. In 2019 the rotation was pretty durable, however we lost Pineda for the postseason because of his PED suspension, and Perez had forgotten how to pitch the second half of the year so Dobnak stepped up down the stretch and started game 2 in yankee stadium. Buxton only played 87 games; he actually played more in 2022. Marwin and Adrianza ended up playing a lot because Sano got hurt. Polanco, Kepler and Rosario were durable. Kepler was a monster in 2019. Biggest difference between 2019 and 2022 is the rotation. In 2022, Joe Ryan led the team in innings with 147. In 2019: Berrios: 200 innings, Perez 165, Gibson 160, Odorizzi 159, Pineda 146. Rogers, May and Duffey were all really good.
  15. dex8425
    Should be better. Tyler Mahle and Kenta Maeda are better than Dylan Bundy and Chris Archer. The lineup and bullpen are basically the same on paper. Whether guys stay healthy is the big question mark.
  16. dex8425
    But he still broke down and cratered the second half of the season. He's getting slower, and the injury issues are not going to go away. He barely limped to getting enough AB's to qualify for the batting title. He was a below average hitter from Aug 1 to October 5th, and played mostly DH. I love Arraez as a player and as a person. He's super fun and entertaining to watch. That said, I understand why the Twins might trade him while his value is high.
  17. dex8425
    Yes. Full no trade clause.
  18. dex8425
    Right. He's the only shortstop to play for the Twins who has ever had a shot at the HOF. He will likely be a first ballot HOF'er if he has six more productive seasons. I'd like to see him get MVP votes in a couple seasons to improve his resume though.
  19. dex8425
    Correa is projected to be the 17th most valuable position player in MLB this year. Ahead of Freddie Freeman, Francisco Lindor and behind Nolan Arenado and Jose Ramirez. I'd call all those guys superstars. Don't like projections? Okay, last year he was tied for 44th overall in MLB for most valuable player regardless of position with some guy named Max Scherzer and Dylan Cease. You'd have to have a pretty narrow definition of superstar for Correa not to be in there. If your definition only includes the traditional 200 hits, 30HR, 100 RBI guys, then there was literally no one who fit that definition last year.
  20. dex8425
    Actually his speed is below league average. Has been for the last two years. https://baseballsavant.mlb.com/savant-player/carlos-correa-621043?stats=statcast-r-running-mlb
  21. dex8425
    Props to the FO. I'm stoked. 6/200 for Correa is a steal compared to what Seager, Turner, Bogaerts, Lindor, Machado, etc. are earning at their ages.
  22. dex8425
    Gallo and Kepler are both athletic and sprint at similar speeds. Kepler has a higher floor, while Gallo has a higher ceiling (4.2 WAR in 2021). I think that's the reasoning. Whether you like the higher floor or higher ceiling is a matter of opinion. I tend to agree with you that I'd rather have the higher floor (Kepler), and I would've spend the 11 million somewhere other than Joey Gallo, but hopefully he proves us both wrong.
  23. dex8425
    I think they will put Gallo in center to cover for Buxton, based on comments from Derek.
  24. dex8425
    Most rich people I know didn't/don't have rich parents or come from family money. All of them are smart and driven though!
  25. dex8425
    Yeah, it's a double standard for sure. I guess you could say Watson didn't do anything wrong on the field, while Rose did. (yeah, he said he only bet while managing, not playing, but there's no way to know whether he did or didn't) Cheating on the field, or the perception thereof, seems to be a locked door to Cooperstown. Watson should be in jail, not playing football. If Watson is allowed to play football than Bauer should be allowed to play baseball.
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