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  1. Twins GFP
    While I tend to be optimistic, if Ryan and Gray continue to pitch this way for the rest of the year, they would be putting up historic level numbers. Gray's season would be top 45 ever, with Ryan right outside the top 100. We can always dream...
  2. Twins GFP
    Too bad voting doesn't end 1/4 of the way through the season. Very happy Gray and Ryan are off to strong starts. We know there will be some regression, let's hope it isn't too drastic.
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    Not sliding the goalposts, but not 100% sure he warrants the vitriol. Jax, Moran, Alcala have all been equal or worse to Pagan this season, but the mobs do not attack them like they do Pagan. I am all for improving the team. I am not saying that Pagan is the second coming of Joe Nathan. However, I do believe that the amount of hate and vitriol being pushed at him is much more than is warranted right now.
  4. Twins GFP
    Don't bring logic to this discussion. I was looking at the same information. He has essentially had two really bad outings all year, but otherwise has been pretty solid. Lots of vitriol here. I think that Pagan could roll of 25 IP of perfect pitching and most of the fans would still be calling for his head. Lots of Ron Davis vibes here... Anybody know what kind of clubhouse guy he is? Anybody stop to think that innings may not be the only reason he is on the roster?
  5. Twins GFP
    Any team in the majors have "real" bullpen depth past three guys? If so, I would bet that number is less than 3.
  6. Twins GFP
    I don't think there is much to re-evaluate here, just a continued progression. Miranda's 2022 bat earned him an opportunity this year, but there was always a question about his ability to stay at 3B. Farmer was brought in both as a stopgap SS possibility (before the Correa signing) and as a backup plan for Miranda. The Twins have currently have a surplus of upper-end middle infield prospects. Logic dictates that one or more of them will see some heavy reps at 3B to allow some positional flexibility in the future. The discussion of Correa to 3B started the moment he signed here (as he was willing to move to 3B for the Mets). Miranda should not be written out of the story yet, MLB is littered with quality players that bounced between AAA and the majors before sticking. The hope is that he figures it out.
  7. 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.
  8. Twins GFP
    What? Positive comments about the FO? What planet am I on?
  9. Twins GFP
    Considering this is a bench guy thrown into a mainly starting role due to injuries, I am not ready to totally cut bait here. With his recent slump and overall small sample size, he really isn't that far off from what we signed him for (insert Denny Green GIF here). I have bigger concerns about Gordon and how much longer they are going to continue to ride that train wreck.
  10. 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.
  11. Twins GFP
    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.
  12. Twins GFP
    Stop bringing logic to an emotional argument.
  13. 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.
  14. 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.
  15. 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.
  16. Twins GFP
    Ummm.... ok.
  17. 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?
  18. 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)?
  19. Twins GFP
    As others have stated, the 0-4 record doesn't tell the complete story here. Until yesterday, he was pitching pretty well. Barring something major, Maeda will be given more opportunities this year, as he should. The fact that we-as-fans are arguing about which pitchers in the minors should be pitching in the majors is a great problem to have and not one we are used to.
  20. 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.
  21. 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.
  22. Twins GFP
    Optimism is not allowed here. Only doom and gloom.
  23. 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
  24. 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.
  25. 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.
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