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  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. dex8425
    Well, Kiriloff's wrist better not turn to jelly again this year or this deal might not improve the 2023 club.
  5. 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.
  6. 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.
  7. 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.
  8. dex8425
    Yes. Full no trade clause.
  9. 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.
  10. 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.
  11. 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
  12. 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.
  13. 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.
  14. dex8425
    I think they will put Gallo in center to cover for Buxton, based on comments from Derek.
  15. 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!
  16. 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.
  17. dex8425
    Wow, these responses are harsh. Cleveland Browns and NFL fans sure seem to be welcoming to 30 sexual assault lawsuits Deshaun Watson. Not that I personally would want Deshaun Watson on the vikings either but there's a double standard from what I see.
  18. dex8425
    What playoff team traded him away when he was their #1 pitcher? The Guardians had Bieber and Clevinger in 2019, both of whom were better. They also had Kluber in 2019, a 2 time cy young award winner. The Guardians also traded Lindor, and Clevinger so I guess by that logic teammates didn't like them either?
  19. dex8425
    Well, except for the people that weren't born into wealth and actually worked hard to make themselves wealthy. Your narrative creates a sense of entitlement and people looking for handouts. There's no "pick yourself up by the bootstraps" mentality anymore.
  20. dex8425
    Kepler vs Gallo is arguable. Kepler has the higher floor, Gallo has the higher ceiling. Personally I'd think Kepler has more value, but 11 million dollars says Gallo has value too.
  21. dex8425
    Cleveland has also been very successful in winning games over the past decade. Since 2010, Cleveland has the 7th most wins in MLB. Twins are 21st out of 30, behind the White Sox, Phillies and Mariners and just ahead of the Reds.
  22. dex8425
    Dang, he was really good in 2021. Posey and Gausman were solid too but you're right he was the best player on the team that year.
  23. dex8425
    65 million short is not really a "competitive offer."
  24. dex8425
    Josh Donaldson for Gio Urshela was a steal for the Twins. Unloaded that contract and got better production.
  25. dex8425
    The Royals went to TWO world series in the last decade and won one. Nobody even thinks about the Twins other than Minnesotans. "Does Joe Mauer still play there?" So yeah, Pirates, Reds, Rockies, Mariners are similar.
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