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  1. Twins GFP
    As with most stats in baseball, BA is not an end-all, rather a piece of a much larger picture. You don't look at BA in a vacuum, you look at the other offensive stats around it to determine value. I don't think a "Gallo vs Arraez" type hitter is an either/or argument. Both types of hitters have pros and cons. You wouldn't necessarily want 9 Arraez bats or 9 Gallo bats in the lineup, you want a mixture of both. Runs scored and RBI's are not great indicators of individual offensive value as they greatly rely on the hitters around you.
  2. Twins GFP
    What? Positive comments about the FO? What planet am I on?
  3. Twins GFP
    The optimist in me sees so many underperforming players that you have to think the only direction they can go is up. That is fun to say when you are in 1st place and 3.5 games ahead (albeit in a terrible division). It is interesting how injuries continue to play a huge part in how the offense has rolled so far this year. Kiriloff, Polanco, Kepler, Farmer, not even looking at the pitching staff. So much luck is required to be a viable WS contender. Injuries play a huge part of that.
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    This isn't about lineup makeup or roster makeup. When 10 of your 13 position players hitting below expectations, in some cases drastically below, it looks ugly. Just like last year's injury issues were not really the fault of the trainer, this magnitude of bad offense is not really the fault of the hitting coach. That being said, change for the sake of change may be necessary to provide a scapegoat and provide a new voice.
  5. Twins GFP
    Stop bringing logic to an emotional argument.
  6. Twins GFP
    They will get the tinkering done on strike zone specifics relatively soon. I am surprised that there has been no discussion of wearable tech through this process. Something sewn and visible on the outside of the uniform should make the high-low calls easier to make. The argument against that would be the possibility of cheating, but I think there would be ways around that, especially if you made the punishment extremely harsh (like automatic 2 year suspension first offense, massive fines to the team, etc.). You will neve see public accountability on umpires. It doesn't happen in any of the major sports.
  7. Twins GFP
    Ober is what most of the Twins SP in the minors are looking to be: quality mid-rotation starters. That isn't necessarily a bad thing.
  8. Twins GFP
    And here I thought with Hawk Harrelson out of the picture the White Sox might start pointing themselves in the right direction... Guess not.
  9. Twins GFP
    Ummm.... ok.
  10. Twins GFP
    Positive comments on Gallo and Kepler!!?? Gotta stop, too many heads will explode. Rough month for the offense in general. Gallo, Kepler, Taylor, and Jeffers are exceeding expectations, but their initial bar was so low that really isn't saying much. Slow starts from most everybody outside of Polanco and Solano. How much more rope are Nick Gordon and Will Castro going to get?
  11. Twins GFP
    It is nice to be able to have a positive discussion when trying to make this choice. Lot's of interesting questions on Sonny Gray's future best saved for a different thread, but he is definitely blowing it out of the water so far this year. Just enjoying the ride... Not really hearing much about Sonny Gray in the clubhouse, but I wonder what type of impact he is having on the Joe Ryan's of the world (positive or negative)?
  12. Twins GFP
    I think where Julien sees the bulk of his time could be telling. If they play him at 2B, it tells me that they may be ready to move on from Polanco (after the season?). If they play him at 1B, they are tabling the Polanco discussion and really trying to find him a position that will get him reps this season. There really isn't another "position of need" at the moment.
  13. Twins GFP
    Joe Ryan is looking more and more like the 2nd coming of Brad Radke. Not an elite, but a 1-2 workhorse that gives the Twins a chance to win almost every night. Really fun to watch him coming into his own.
  14. Twins GFP
    Optimism is not allowed here. Only doom and gloom.
  15. Twins GFP
    I really like what the Twins are trying to do. Locking up four of your strongest players for multiple years is a good start. From a core standpoint, it is hard to add to this list right now: Polanco and Kepler are on the back end of their time here, guys like Ober, Gallo, Miranda, are still in prove-it mode. The rest is unproven youth
  16. Twins GFP
    https://www.reddit.com/r/Torontobluejays/comments/pqu2kl/why_is_josh_donaldson_considered_a_locker_room/ https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10849549/Yankees-Aaron-Judge-slams-teammate-Josh-Donaldson-Jackie-Robinson-remarks-Tim-Anderson.html https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=59JPOTMbZ0E&t=8s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2EIIsFTMpmY That took about 60 seconds. I am not going to use the phrase clubhouse cancer, but he does not exactly work himself into the good graces of his teammates.
  17. Twins GFP
    At the time, the Donaldson signing was optimistic. The Twins making a play on an high level player at a position of need. Injuries really robbed the Twins of getting true value out of him as a player, though he was very effective when he did play. Donaldson's clubhouse woes are well documented. The addition by subtraction with Donaldson was very real. Trading Donaldson allowed the Twins some financial flexibility which tipped the dominoes to a handful of moves. I wouldn't really call this a win in the traditional sense, but I do think the signing and then moving of Donaldson opened the door for us to make power play moves like Grey and Correa.
  18. Twins GFP
    Nick Gordon is a 4A player at best. Very replaceable. That being said, I do not think he has reached the end of his rope. But I do think he will go before Kepler. We are starting to get far enough into the season where performance decisions start being made. It will be interesting to see how long they stay the course before making some internal moves...
  19. Twins GFP
    Why do I get the feeling that Pagan could have had 20 good outings, then this one, and people would still be calling for his head. No apologist here, but one outing does not a season make
  20. Twins GFP
    Agreed, but I think some context is warranted. Kirilloff and Lewis need to be viewed a little differently due to injuries. I know there are studies out there somewhere, but it would be interesting to see an updated report on how the Twins match up against all of baseball on recent draft success.
  21. Twins GFP
    I agree, this may be the case. The point I am have been trying to make is I think the proverbial leash on him is longer than other posters in this thread would give him.
  22. Twins GFP
    You said if he is in the minors in July he is basically out. I disagree with that premise. I don't believe a strong decision will be made on him until the end of the year. That includes giving him a wide berth in AAA this season if needed. This could all be moot it he smashes, but the Twins have never been a club to churn through prospects. We may just have to disagree here.
  23. Twins GFP
    That is not the narrative I am referring to. Age is somewhat irrelevant for this discussion. You have a high ceiling guy that has shown (pre injury) that he could be a potential big league player. He has missed extensive time due to injury, had a very uncommon surgery to fix it, and now you are saying that if he doesn't show the goods in the next few weeks he will be jettisoned from the plans? I find that extremely unlikely. He may not be the first choice to be a starting player, but they will not immediately write him off either. This isn't black or white. There are many viable reasons for the Twins to keep him in AAA that do not mean he is out of their plans.
  24. Twins GFP
    I am not a doctor and therefore not able to make medical determinations based on observations. Many, many factors can weigh into his ability to play. Timing, strength, confidence, setbacks. It is not unreasonable to think they will give him a lot of time in AAA, especially if it takes him longer to get back to his "normal" self. Either way, to make the leap that if he spent extended time in AAA this season he would no longer be in their plans is a very large leap to make with a high end prospect.
  25. Twins GFP
    I don't agree with that premise. It may take him a considerable amount of time to get his wrist right, that will be done at the AAA level. That doesn't mean he is out of their plans.
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