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  1. Riverbrian
    If he keeps hitting like this... I will absolutely shut up about him. However... at this point... I am still willing to compare and contrast the 2.5 years of poor offensive production against his current 15 day fantastic stretch. Right now... Play him like he is hot because he is on the roster and hot. Decision dates on Kepler are July 31 and November 10th. If he survives July 31 but does not not survive November 10th. He better play well in his remaining months with the team or he was just a clog in the system.
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    Yet quoted often.
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    Good post... I'm going to argue it but it was a good post 40.1 K% is an abject failure. Harmon Killebrew did indeed strike out 142 times and he indeed did hit 48 home runs in that same year. That year was 1962... Harmon's K% that year was 21.3% I understand the K argument you are making. I wouldn't use Harmon as an example 😉 but I do understand the case you are making. What I don't understand is this: The Twins seemed to have assembled a pitching staff that strikes out batters like the K matters. Yet completely unafraid of the K on the offensive side. You can't downplay the K on the offensive side while searching for the K on the defensive side. IMO -- We strikeout too much and Gallo is the poster boy. The K just won't bring that runner in from third base. In a different response to someone else you also stated: Is the current Gallo really a 'failure narrative?' His OPS leads the team among qualified players. That alone suggests otherwise. Leading the team in OPS among qualified players with a .782 OPS suggests to me a larger problem with the team in general. To me it suggests a problem with playing time distribution.
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    He's been exactly what I thought he would be. Gallo's numbers are a lot more tolerable when you are reviewing his stats and not watching him day after day playing for your team. In other words... that OPS looks decent when he is not playing for your team. When he is playing for your team and you watch him day after day... you don't notice the OPS because Those K's are so painful to witness that you can't see anything else. Offensively he is hurting us. On the defensive side... I like him... He's solid. For those who think he has slipped defensively this year. Put the numbers down. He's the same defensive player he has always been.
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    The players do not make out the lineup card. The players have been incredibly consistent this year. You have consistently stood by that consistency Now you are at your wits end and demanding immediate adjustments to deviate from that consistency but you made no adjustments to what you have consistently done this year with the lineup card. The players don't make out the lineup card.
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    I was unable to watch or listen to the game so I dont feel qualified to comment on the game. I shall be away this weekend. I will say this: I enjoyed the notifications that came across my watch.
  7. Riverbrian
    No need to give it much thought. Its a kink in the system that was designed to... as you said... distribute talent and prevent teams from holding players. Guys like Stevenson OPS 1,000 to deaf ears.
  8. Riverbrian
    I know we are not arguing. However the CBA with the roster limitations set forth is a huge road block for a 29 year old Andrew Stevensom type. I'm not taking issue with the agreement but its a bouncer at a nightclub that keeps the old uncool people out.
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    My question is this (I admit that I don't know the answer): What can a Chris Williams or Andrew Stevenson type player do to get a 40 man roster spot and get called up? Wallner has a 40 man spot... He should already be up in Minnesota. However...for players like Williams and Stevenson. 27 and 29 years of age. Never the bonus baby... hitting the ball that require someone being removed from the 40 man just to be a consideration for call up. What can they do? To me... they appear to be doing it right now but that isn't going to get them to the big leagues and I don't believe it is reasonable to ask them to be even better than they are right now... so... apparently the answer to my question is... There is nothing they can do. It really bugs me that they are lighting it up with no hope of being asked to help and we have guys in the big leagues who are playing really bad and are seemingly entrenched. This is the most unfair part of the CBA.
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    Difficult issue to solve. League Averge K% is 22.9. Only Solano and Kepler are better than average and Kepler... I don't want. The rest of the team... so almost the entire team is below average. How can you fix that? I have no idea. We have 4 players currently over 30% with Gallo leading the way at 40%. In 2022... Only Byron Buxton at 30.4% eclipsed 30% mark. In 2023... The K is like a virus. A bad virus that has spread through everything.
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    I won't argue... we gotta bring the K's down. I'm throwing out names because I'm ready for the raffle drum.
  12. Riverbrian
    HIs defense at SS has been wonderful... I'll give him that. That has value. But on a team that is dying for lack of offense and based on the grand canyon difference between what he should be doing at the plate and what he is doing... Yeah... I'll agree... if you had to point at the biggest problem... Correa would be at the top of the list. I think Kepler and Gallo have been worse but neither of them are a total surprise to perform like they have. They've been doing this for years now. If Correa is doing what he is supposed to be doing, Gallo doesn't hurt as much... So Yeah... Correa is the biggest problem.
  13. Riverbrian
    Offensive output can change quickly if Buxton and Correa just do what they should be doing and if Gallo and Kepler are removed from the equation. You quickly gain a couple of top hitters and shed a couple of bottom hitters. Those two things would be an incredible improvement. Now... bring in a hitter and add to it. This pitching staff is good. Let's help them out.
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    OK... in order to put Pagan in position to succeed. Does he remain in this low leverage role when Ortega is called up to replace the injured Stewart? Does Ortega then get the tougher assignments in order to keep Pagan in low leverage roles to keep him in position to succeed?
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    Exactamundo. This is a pretty important point. I'll let everyone else discuss low leverage. Meanwhile, Pagan just moved up the ladder and with another injury he will move up the ladder again. There is no hiding... If a manager has to hide someone there will come a time.
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    In my opinion... We haven't had much mop up duty this year. If the team is down by a run. That isn't mop up duty. Down by two isn't mop up duty either. Those should be ball games yet to be decided.
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    I think you've nailed the 5 best trades. I'd change the order a little bit. I'd rank #5 much higher. Getting out from the Donaldson deal was huge. I don't believe Correa winds up in Minnesota without that trade. We would probably still IKF at SS. I'd go 1. Ryan Trade 2. Donaldson Trade 3. Escobar Trade 3. Gray Trade 5. Odorizzi
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    That is also my criteria.
  19. Riverbrian
    Humor is a slippery slope.
  20. Riverbrian
    Very well reasoned post. The Yankees gave up a significant trade package to acquire him from the Rangers. Duran and Smith are important players for the 1st place Rangers today. Players like Gallo clearly have value. The Twins paid 10 million so someone else had to be in that ball park. However... When it comes to the Yankees and Gallo... The Yankees got out. Pushed him right out of a moving vehicle. A contending team subtracted him at the trade deadline in order to rebuild the OF. Picking up Benitendi and Bader at the deadline. Giving up a decent starting pitcher just to improve the Gallo OF. I don't see a different Gallo from the one the Yankees cleared off the roster for replacements and clearing him off the roster for replacements is what the Twins should do. Gallo being Gallo works better when he isn't surrounded by guys who are also low batting average and high strikeouts. As it stands... he just the leader of the low batting average high strikeout crowd.
  21. Riverbrian
    The Cardinals would not need an outfielder nor would they need an infielder. They have a long list of major league ready players and a decent list of prospects behind them. The Cardinals would need and most likely ask for pitching in return.
  22. Riverbrian
    For those who are waiting to be better before trying to get better. Our pitching staff is pretty dang good. Getting them some offensive breathing room is a good idea.
  23. Riverbrian
    Release, Release, Call up. Buy. Easy Peasy 😉
  24. Riverbrian
    That first month... The Gallo signing looked brilliant. It wasn't.
  25. Riverbrian
    I will agree that the off-season outfield plan didn't work out. I will agree that McCutchen at 5M is much much much much better than Gallo at 10M. However, Cutch back home in Pittsburgh is what should have happened. Personally, If I'm going to use hindsight on the front office (I'm not). I have to use it on myself in order to be fair. I remember thinking offense was what we needed so I was thinking about the best bats available. The OF that I suggested was Mitch Haniger. He has continued to be oft-injured with a .653 OPS this year when healthy. Haniger would have cost us 43.5 for the next 3 years. I was wrong. The other free agent that I wanted was Brandon Drury. I wanted Drury because of his bat and positional flexibility. He is looking like a bargain 17M for 2 years. I was right. So far needs to be attached to both my right and wrongs.
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