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  1. 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
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. dex8425
    I think they will put Gallo in center to cover for Buxton, based on comments from Derek.
  5. 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!
  6. 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.
  7. dex8425
    If I had to complain, the payroll and ownership wouldn't be the #1 complaint. Payroll here is higher than Cleveland, Tampa Bay, and Milwaukee, all teams that have won multiple playoff games, have similar markets, and won their divisions in recent years. As long as the Twins are around 140-160 million per year, they're "trying" to field a competitive team. Which is way more than can be said for many, many teams right now. John Fisher is literally trying to tank the team and alienate fans to move the team out of Oakland. He is greedy. Joe Pohlad knows he's not going to improve the value of the team by keeping payroll as low as possible or trying to alienate fans. He knows fans don't engage with an uncompetitive team. Look at the Wolves-if you win games, fans will come, even if the Vikes will always be #1 in this town. My complaints would be more with the front office, and Joe, the new president of the team, has no loyalty to Derek and Thad, so I suspect if the Twins finish third again they will be gone, as well as Rocco. They should have won the division last year, even with the injuries. They needed more bullpen arms and one or two good starters before the season started-that's on the FO.
  8. 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.
  9. 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?
  10. 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.
  11. dex8425
    You're right-focus is on measurable intricacies like exit velo and pitching velocity and spin rate, when non-measurables, like, yes, staying healthy, caused the Twins more losses this year than anything. I do think the desire to throw hard and hit bombs leads to injuries, indirectly and directly. Verlander and Ryan stayed healthy because they didn't throw as hard as they could every pitch. Good video on guessing velocity from historic pitchers-
  12. dex8425
    This could be a great debate topic. I don't think they would be inept, but athletes today are stronger, faster, and more powerful than athletes of 70 years ago and that's not debatable. Look at the track and field, marathon world records, xc skiing speeds, pitching velocity, and lifting world records. Athletes today have access to better training methods, nutrition, etc. Nolan Ryan made headlines because he was one of the first pitchers to regularly lift weights. Coaches told him not to. Now everybody in baseball lifts. I think if you took Bob Gibson and he grew up today, that he could be a great pitcher. But take 1960's Bob Gibson and put him in today's game...it's a different game. I don't think he would be as great now as he was then. In the end that doesn't matter because you have to compare all these players relative to their era. That's why Babe Ruth was the greatest baseball player of all time-he was simply superhuman compared to his peers. Do you really think Babe Ruth would hit 60 home runs in today's game? He faced pitchers who threw fastballs in the mid 80's and played in small ballparks. I do think 1978 Nolan Ryan would still make hitters look silly today though.
  13. dex8425
    Well I'm under 35, drive an electric car, and listen to Twins games on WCCO. Had no idea EV's came without AM radio. If I had an EV without AM I'd probably just pay for sirius XM radio, which is great for road trips-listen to twins games in the middle of nowhere in Montana without cell phone service.
  14. dex8425
    Harder to pile up hits when most pitchers now are throwing upper 90's with wicked off-speed and don't face a lineup more than twice. Pitchers are trained from a young age to throw gas, spin the ball more, and get strikeouts, not to throw sinkers to get ground balls. Can hitters adjust to hitting sliders and top of the zone 4 seamers and if so, will we see fewer pitches designed simply to miss bats? IDK.
  15. 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.
  16. 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.
  17. 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.
  18. dex8425
    65 million short is not really a "competitive offer."
  19. dex8425
    Josh Donaldson for Gio Urshela was a steal for the Twins. Unloaded that contract and got better production.
  20. 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.
  21. dex8425
    It's bad if you have to give up one of your best bats. Lopez is definitely solid, but I thought the same thing about Mahle. I'd rather sign Greinke or Chris Bassitt, although Bassitt reportedly wants a 4 year deal, which would be dumb.
  22. dex8425
    No. Uhhh...Greinke? He was more valuable than any of the Twins starters last year. Sadly. Eovaldi? I'm meh on Lopez. He's not a clear upgrade to the rotation to me other than depth. He's another #2-3 starter and we have three of those already.
  23. dex8425
    baseball trade values says Twins give up 32.7 million in value and get 38million in value. That's not as far off as I thought it'd be. Throw in David Festa and it's a deal. I'd do that in a heartbeat.
  24. dex8425
    Yes, true, Rodon is going to get a huge deal. I'm not sure I'm in favor of signing Eovaldi either. But I don't see Swanson in 2023 as 2-3 wins better than Kyle Farmer, or Royce Lewis once he returns from injury. Swanson is definitely a great defender but Farmer is pretty good there as well.
  25. dex8425
    To be honest I don't see him as a big enough upgrade to Kyle Farmer to make the $$$ worth it. In 2021 they had pretty similar seasons. Sure, Swanson is better, and younger, but you could make an arguable bigger upgrade to the team in pitching with a lot less money. Example: Daniel Robertson or Nathan Eovaldi, or of course Rodon.
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