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  1. Twins GFP
    Baseball isn't baseball unless you pitch a complete game every third day... sorry 1920 Baseball isn't baseball unless you pitch a complete game every 4th day... sorry 1950 Baseball isn't baseball unless you pitch a complete game every 5th day... sorry 1990 Baseball isn't baseball unless your starter goes 7 innings... sorry 2010 The game changes and evolves. The goal for every manger should be to win. The goal for every pitcher is to do what they tell you to do in an effort to win. If that means you go 5 innings, you go 5 innings. SP pitchers want to pitch more innings because SP that pitch a lot of innings get paid more.
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    I thought we had moved past the "Sonny Gray needs to pitch more innings" argument. Numbers don't lie. The third time through the lineup, Gray's ERA jumps from something like low 3's to over 10. Gray has pitched well the last few years because the Twins have protected him. Period. If you want to infer he is talking about the improved pitching staff around him, great. Getting 5 innings from your starters instead of 4 will make a huge difference. If Lopez is one of those guys that can be effective into the 7th, then fantastic.
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    Injuries to Buxton, Polanco, and Kiriloff are not the things that worry me. Sure we are better with them healthy, but the Twins have done everything the could to mitigate the injury risk of those three by bringing in higher-floor backups. I am more concerned with Miranda, Gordon, Ryan, Ober. The risk of them regressing from last year is real. Put Maeda and Mahle on that list due to injury returns as well. (Love the depth all you want, but it is mainly unproven). If Miranda, Gordon, Ryan are able to repeat last year, Maeda and Mahle come back something close to their former selves, good things will happen. If not, it could collapse pretty quickly,
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    My comments were not meant to be made as a reflection on your article, more a marketing ploy made by MLB and the owners. Owners will publicly make things look as dire as possible to either make themselves look like martyrs to the fans or poor to the players looking for more money. I do agree that based on relatively known information, such as media contracts, revenue sharing, ticket prices, and memorabilia sales, we have an idea on the where the Twins fit in the grand scheme of things (small market). But profitability is a whole different beast that is easy to manipulate
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    This is all bookkeeping mumbo-jumbo. Do you really think a public entity is going to know the internal mechanisms of a private company? If the Dodgers and Yankees do not earn a net profit of at least $100m every year, I will eat my shoes.
  6. Twins GFP
    Stu, I have donated a couple of ACL's to the cause. Do they have some sort of tracking system in place to see where the ligaments ultimately get used? I would love to know if they were used in Kendry Morales' home plate or Brian Anderson's iron.
  7. Twins GFP
    Easy to critique in hindsight. If Polanco didn't have injury issues, he would probably be considered top five 2B in baseball right now. Mondesi was very young, what if he turned the corner? What if OHearn worked his way into becoming a better defender? What if Kubel didn't blow his knee out in the minors? We can do this all day. Bottom line is that teams make decisions based on skill, age, prospects, and money all the time. Some work, some don't.
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    All of the comments here about Polanco's health is 100% conjecture. All we know about Polanco's injury is that it is his knee. That's it. Most players sign off on letting the public know what is going on, but HIPPA is still a real thing. How quickly the tides turn. Here is one of the most important Twins players of the last 5-7 years, everybody sees an injury and is ready to drop him without any knowledge of what is going on. Why am I not surprised...
  9. Twins GFP
    Stop bringing logic to an emotional discussion.
  10. Twins GFP
    Adam, Shame on you. You should know better than to post an article portraying positivity. This is Twins Daily, the home of doom, gloom, and complaining about every which way the wind is blowing. This article should have been written by Randball Stu. Every body here knows the front office needs to be fired, the manager needs to be fired, every FA signing is bad, and everybody needs to be replaced by somebody in the minors. Shame on you for trying to be positive.
  11. Twins GFP
    I wonder if David Ortiz has learned how to bunt yet. He might be able to slide into that 1B role...
  12. Twins GFP
    Option #6 - Kiriloff does not look ready, the Twins make a trade for a 1B 1B appears to be a bit of a revolving door at the moment, Gallo, Solano, Miranda will all probably see some time there. Decent 1B are readily available throughout the league. The Twins make a move to solidify the position with a CJ Cron type player.
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    13 minor league teams? I wonder how they avoid conflict of interest...
  14. Twins GFP
    You pretty much hit it on the head. We knew going into ST that, barring injury, there was very little question on the opening day roster. Basically everyone you mentioned is headed to AAA. I believe Magill is more of a lock to make the roster than you, but that is one man's opinion.
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    Thank you for the honesty Doc. Considering how there were SO many people arguing against this signing, those voices have gone eerily quiet. I was for this signing since the beginning for the exact reasons we are seeing now: offensive potential, positional flexibility, great defense.
  16. Twins GFP
    I think a Mahle extension is a given, with the dollars and term really based on health and performance. Your numbers are not outlandish, but probably on the high end of an offer. There are still a question on how much Gray truly wants to be here. He will likely be able to name is 2-3 year contract with just about any team. Maeda could be interesting. If he has a solid year, and wants to continue as a SP, will the Twins bite. I do not think the effectiveness of the young guys will have a huge impact here. With pitching trending towards having a whole bunch of four inning pitchers, you really can't have too much quality.
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    Pitchers are always such a high risk investment. RP even more so. I am as high on Duran as anybody, but I do not believe there is a huge rush to lock in his years right now. He is not going to sign a Dobnak-like contract. Let the next year or two go by, then buy out his arbitration years plus a year or two if he continues down this path. If he continues to be a rock star, the Twins will still be getting a discount on the contract (albeit a lesser discount then now).
  18. Twins GFP
    This could also be a culture/mentor move as well. Every team needs players in the organization that are "seasoned" minor leaguers. Beyond the organizational depth piece, could be he is also there to help some of the younger guys.
  19. Twins GFP
    You beat me to the punch. If our worst position is a 2 WAR, this is going to be a fun season.
  20. Twins GFP
    Here is the games caught leader list for 2022: J.T. Realmuto, PHI [C] 133 Sean Murphy, OAK [C|DH] 116 Cal Raleigh, SEA [C] 115 Martin Maldonado, HOU [C] 113 Jose Trevino, NYY [C] 112 Jonah Heim, TEX [C] 111 Jacob Stallings, MIA [C] 110 Will Smith, LAD [C|DH] 109 Christian Vazquez, HOU [C] 108 Keibert Ruiz, WAS [C] 106 Austin Hedges, CLE [C] 105 Elias Diaz, COL [C] 104 Austin Nola, SD [C] 101 Carson Kelly, ARI [C] 100
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    This is such an important part of team catching analysis, I am surprised this was not addressed in the article. Context and comparison. The days of having one starting Catcher are over. Having an awesome 2-way catcher is exceedingly rare, with the better hitters being moved out of the position to protect their health. The Twins appear to be better off than most teams at the major league level, especially if Jeffers can settle into the offensive side.
  22. Twins GFP
    I am going to join the party and voice my pre-displeasure at Edmond Juilliard being called up in July, hitting .480 with 5 HR over 8 games, and being sent down to AAA to learn how to bunt.
  23. Twins GFP
    Look! Out in the field! It's a third baseman! It's a second baseman! ... It's SUPER PUNTO!
  24. Twins GFP
    Dodgers are not looking for a long-term replacement, so you can rule out the kids. The Twins didn't sign these guys to move them right now. Depth and redundancy is good. As with just about everybody, you answer the phone on trade proposals. But I imagine it would take a pretty healthy overpay by the Dodgers to get someone like Farmer from the Twins. Not because Farmer is a world beater, but because he plays an important role right now.
  25. Twins GFP
    The silliest? Really? I have seen some doozies... FWIW Morneau was drafted as a catcher (them Canadian hockey players think they can stop everything)
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