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  1. arby58
    I'm not interested in one year of Cease for Ryan or Ober (both of whom are proven starters with far more team control), as he isn't that much better that he makes the Twins a World Series contender. Even Festa would be hard to swallow. When Chicago dealt him, he had two years of team control, and now it is half that, so the 'haul' in return should be less. Besides, the Padres need a catcher. I'd suggest a couple of lower level prospects plus Vasquez.
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    Except the defensive stats aren't all world. I appreciate your opinion, I would just like to see actual stats that match up with the claim. Even an fWAR of 0.8 (last year) isn't all that thrilling, and Jeffer's was more than twice that.
  3. arby58
    Cartaya is young - he was 3.4 years younger than average in AA and 4.7 years younger than average in AAA. He put up a .656 OPS at AA and .686 last year between AA and AAA. Those aren't exactly 'Hedges like' given his OPS has been well under .500 for five consecutive years.
  4. arby58
    Hedges is a pure number 2 catcher - he had 146 plate appearances last year; Vasquez had more than twice that many (315). You can't compare their roles. Same with Leon - he didn't have any MLB plate appearances last year, In 2023, he had 44, and in 2022 he had 86.
  5. arby58
    OK, that was funny. From what I hear, Cartaya is a good defensive catcher. Could he possibly do worse than a 60 OPS+ offensively?
  6. arby58
    MLB calculates DWAR for catchers. Both Christian and Ryan check in at 0.5, which is tied for 25th. Seriously, with a 60 OPS+, you can't be 25th among catchers in DWAR.
  7. arby58
    It doesn't have to be 120, but 100 seems completely reasonable.
  8. arby58
    He hasn't really been afforded the opportunity. He's entering his sixth MLB season - seems like it's time to 'stretch him out.'
  9. arby58
    Fair enough, but we have offensive measures, and there are few MLB regulars, including catchers, that have an OPS+ of 60.
  10. arby58
    I certainly try to agree with you as well, but this is premium hyperbole. When you have a 60 OPS+ as a regular player, you are an incredible drag on a team's offense. The defense would have to be Gold Glove worthy or the rest of your lineup absolute beasts - neither is/was the case. You make it sound like he should have gotten votes for team MVP.
  11. arby58
    I don't know that it is an issue of fairness - you like your Fan Graphs stat, I like Baseball Reference's. In neither case is he going to set the world on fire - and if another catcher handles, say, 60 games a year, I highly doubt it will be catastrophic for the Twins.
  12. arby58
    There is no reason to believe that if Vazquez is traded the second catcher would catch 50 percent of the time. For example, Bo Naylor started 101 games and appeared in 115 at catcher for the Indians. That's not exactly iron man status either - there are catchers that catch more than that. Cal Raleigh started 125 games and caught in 135 last year. Shea Langeliers was 123 and 131. Logan O'Happe was 121 and 127. Etc., etc., etc.
  13. arby58
    He's been below replacement level performance according to WAR both of the last two years. How much worse can it get?
  14. arby58
    Less than replacement level: -0.2 WAR last year. -0.3 WAR the year before. OPS+ of 60 and 64. The Twins offense collapsed down the stretch last year - having practically give away at bats from one batter in your starting lineup is not helpful.
  15. arby58
    Dobnak had been in the minors for 3 years before the Twins added him last year, with unspectacular results. He has a career WAR of -0.2. Margot before being traded to the Twins had a 12.2 career WAR, and 0.6 the year before. They are not comparables.
  16. arby58
    The Twins would have dumped Dobnak long ago if not for his contract. Why would anybody trade for the chance to pay a AAA player well in excess of the league minimum?
  17. arby58
    I prefer your latter approach, but I suspect neither gives Skubal the perhaps head and shoulders edge over any other starting pitcher in the division. The other approach, which you provide at the start, is to just add up last year's WAR - which, of course, is predicting future outcomes based on past results, and every financial product will provide a disclaimer related to that approach. It also does not account for seasons cut short by injuries. Last year, it would have been hard to claim the Royals would have the best starting pitching in the division - some pitchers will emerge. As others have suggested, that may well be Festa for the Twins this year (just as SWR was an afterthought at this time last year).
  18. arby58
    'The lower you are on the totem pole' means you probably can't 'get money to spend' (i.e., loans, credit cards), so I don't see that as relevant. Inflation is a far bigger threat to lower income spending power. In fact, Powell and the FOMC did a great job of bringing down inflation without materially raising unemployment. I think the series on Pohlad is interesting/useful, but this straying into discussions of economic policy is woefully superficial.
  19. arby58
    That is not what it says. It says 'for wage growth to be sustainable' and says nothing about workers having less money. You do understand spending power decreases with inflation, right? Powell is saying you have to get inflation in check to have more spending power.
  20. arby58
    However, reports suggest these deals came at prices below their true value. With interest rates soaring due to Jerome Powell’s attempts to hurt worker power and unionization drives during 2021 and 2022, real estate transactions became harder. Office vacancies remained particularly high into 2023, though a series of punishing return-to-work policies from various companies have attempted to level the playing field for developers. This is nothing but a left-wing strawman (and for the record, I'm a Democrat). There are plenty of exogenous variables that don't fit with this neat and tidy 'beat down the working person and coddle the developers' claim. The series has been illuminating, but this sort of rhetoric detracts from it.
  21. arby58
    The first article is about all balls and strikes, not just third strikes.
  22. arby58
    It was a remarkable season, and the middle of that lineup was fearsome. They just might have won a World Series. I remember when it happened, and the thought process is he didn't get injured, he'll be back in a couple of days. The effects of concussions weren't nearly as well understood 'back then.' Same thing with Joe Mauer - the "M&M boys" were a joy to watch back then before the same type of injury flattened their trajectories.
  23. arby58
    I made the case yesterday for Buxton being on the list, and I won't repeat myself. That said, the near-term 'window' to build a champion has to have Buxton on the list. If this is an exercise in only looking five years out, sure - he likely doesn't make the cut. However, if Correa is on the list this year (age 30, 2024 3.7 WAR, $35 million salary) then how is Buxton not (age 31, 3.6 WAR, $15 million salary)?
  24. arby58
    Second on the team in WAR last year and is not one of their 20 most valuable assets? Hard to figure.
  25. arby58
    If that is the case, I don't get it. I understood it last year - he was coming off a season where he only DHd and had a 0.8 WAR. Last year, though, he played excellent CF and put up a 3.6 WAR - second on the team to Correa's 3.7. If Julien was on another team, would you trade him straight up for Buxton, even with the significant payroll savings? I wouldn't - and I bet no team would.
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