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  1. Riverbrian
    I'm sorry... I moved off of the big name shock value Ohtani. I'm on to random theoretical outfielder (let's call him John Ashbury) who has an .850 OPS and 51 median value. Or Let's call him Bryan Reynolds... Let's make him an OF with Pittsburgh. Fault - Your Serve - 15 Love
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    Understood and I'm not in full argument. However... in partial argument. I'd say the gain from .750 to .850 over more games is a greater addition compared to .650 to .750 in less games. Because of the more games/less games thing and because you are making an addition to the theoretical top of the order compared the theoretical middle. More importantly though. In the context of our current Twins, comparing Murphy to an outfielder's bat is absolutely relevant since we have outfielders that would start in RF tomorrow that are producing at the plate similar to Jeffers. So it isn't a .100 point jump in the OF. It's a 200 point jump in the OF for the same price of a .100 point jump at catcher so I''ll get the bigger bat and improvement plus I'll keep my young catcher who hits like most catchers do across the league and hope that he grows with the bat until he is valued at 51 in baseballtradevalues and then I trade him for a package like the A's will receive for Murphy. Your serve. 15 - Love ?
  3. Riverbrian
    Pohlad is aloof... Rocco is an idiot. These type of statements used to express disappointment over 78-84 record is such a complete waste of time and space.
  4. Riverbrian
    I understand all of this. The Pirates are also highly unlikely to trade Oneil Cruz even if you paid the price. The comparable value names I listed were for shock value to illustrate the potential cost. Lot's of care free let's go get this Murphy guy posts. The condition of our farm system in the aftermath of such a deal would make me shudder.
  5. Riverbrian
    I find baseballtradevalues to be very close to accurate when you plug trades that actually happen into it. The Twins have no one in the Sean Murphy value ballpark. Baseballtradevalues has Sean Murphy with a median value of 51.3. Shohei Ohtani has median value of 52. Sean Murphy: 2022 - .250 18 HR's. OPS .759 2021 - .216 17 HR's - OPS .710 Shohei Ohtani: 2022 - .273 34 HR's - OPS .875 2021 - .257 46 HR's - OPS .965 Please look at the offensive numbers of Mr. Murphy - .250 18 HR's and .710. How many outfielders are feeling secure they will keep their jobs with numbers like that. Please don't over pay for catching. Don't ever over pay for catching. For the price you over pay you could acquire a SUPERSTAR. Oneil Cruz would be cheaper to acquire. You get Shane Bieber for that price. I have a better idea... if the catching prices are inflated and they are and they have been for a long time now. A better idea would be to... IDK... Develop your own and then trade that incredible inflated value to someone else. Of course,.. it's hard to build that young catcher into inflated value when you are buying his replacement at the inflated price instead. ?
  6. Riverbrian
    I want to apologize for getting bugged over the string of pitching articles. Now that it has moved to a string of catching articles... It appears that Twinsdaily is beginning to take us on an off-season tour position by position and that I was being impatient. Carry on
  7. Riverbrian
    Cool... Hope they sign him. However... If the process goes deep into the off-season, which has been known to happen with Boras. This could really hamstring our pursuit of other free agents due to the clock running out. I assume they would have to hold the necessary funds for the possibility of signing Correa and can't spend it while courting him. Going for it and losing him late in the off-season could leave a 35 million dollar unrealized hole. ?
  8. Riverbrian
    If it is your plan to DEVELOP Ryan Jeffers into a short side platoon player. Go ahead and severely restrict his experience facing right handed pitchers because Ryan Jeffers future with the club will no longer matter once you make that decision. Starve him of AB's against right handed pitchers and let's see how he does against right handed pitchers in a couple of years when he hasn't been allowed to regularly face them while the Twins are trying to decide if he is worth the Arb Money. Ryan Jeffers will be a free agent in 2027. If you have already decided that he can't and will never hit right-handers. There is no reason to roster him in 2023 because he will have no future value. Just humanely kill him now instead of slowly painfully PURPOSEFULLY putting him to sleep. By releasing him, you will give him a chance to join another organization that will give him an actual chance to become something... while you take that roster spot that you decided to NOT DEVELOP and give the roster spot to someone that you believe might DEVELOP into something. Your choice... you can DEVELOP a roster spot or you can put it to sleep with a pillow. There are only 26 and 40 of them. If you feel that the platoon advantage trumps what I am saying above... go ahead... but let me add that, it is also possible that Omar Narvaez will get hurt in September during a pennant chase and you will need Ryan Jeffers to all of a sudden spring to life against something that you have kept from him. If you decide to sign Narvaez so you can set up a platoon with Jeffers. Please sign another decent lefty swinging catcher that can play in September in case Narvaez gets hurt.
  9. Riverbrian
    We might as well get used to the young arms. 40 Man roster limitations will make the veteran reclamation project harder to roster as the farm keeps producing more lettuce. This is why I remain optimistic about the direction of the organization. You have 40 spots on the 40 man to work with. At minimum 13 of those spots need to be position players because 13 are required on the 26 man. That leaves 27 spots for potential pitching. Make it 22-23 or 24 spots available because you need young talent that can be called up to perform at IF and OF when injuries occur and we all know they occur. The 40 man is tight and the 26 man roster will most likely not have the space for veteran innings eater types because there are 9 potential starters for consideration on opening day as the roster stands now.
  10. Riverbrian
    Avoid over paying for catching when resources are limited.
  11. Riverbrian
    Having the best at any position is supposed to be helpful. Realmuto is good. In the other dugout... The Astros are finding other positions being helpful.
  12. Riverbrian
    I'll continue to "waste my summer praying in vain... that a savior will rise from these streets". Until then I will "Show a little faith, there's magic in the night". "You ain't a beauty but hey you're alright... and that's alright with me". Gotta listen to the Springer... Even if he plays for the Blue Jays. These two lanes will take us anywhere.
  13. Riverbrian
    Someone correct me if I'm wrong but I believe Boras represents Correa, Turner and Bogaerts. So if Boras is playing the Dodgers card with Correa... What Card does he play with Turner?
  14. Riverbrian
    Josh Hader was on that rumor mill for a while before they eventually shipped him to the Padres. The Brewers didn't want to pay that 13 or so million to Hader in that final Arb year (2023). Woodruff and Burnes are both 2nd year Arbitration in 2023 so... cashing out wouldn't be completely out of character. There is no way that I would do it. I'm supporting that rotation. I'm not selling off for parts.
  15. Riverbrian
    I haven't heard that chatter. If it is sourced out of the Brewers front office that would be sad news for Brewer Fans. They have that rotation that everybody else is trying to get.
  16. Riverbrian
    I'm wondering why Milwaukee would trade Woodruff? Is the new guy Brad Arnold about to tear it down?
  17. Riverbrian
    Just like everybody went from the 1st to 3rd on Ben Revere's arm.
  18. Riverbrian
    Kepler's defense wouldn't have helped that either.
  19. Riverbrian
    You see, this isn't going to work with me. Sadly, Kepler's fielding ability didn't produce enough runs for our offense. Celestino also couldn't defensively put runs on our board. ? The Phillies have a supposedly bad defense. Seems to be working OK so far. You can put an extra "very" in front of "very important" but right now... I'm struggling with "important".
  20. Riverbrian
    I've been as hard on Kepler as anyone and I agree with you. He should get a roster spot to see if he the shift helps him. I don't believe he will fetch enough in return to justify shipping him out of town so we might as well give him a roster spot. However... I do not want the Twins coming out of the off-season with the attitude that we have Kepler so we are covered in RF. Bring in a solid bat and let Kepler compete for playing time with Larnach, Kirilloff and Gordon. Give him more playing time if he does what you suggest is possible. I do hold out hope that it is possible.
  21. Riverbrian
    Once while Bowling I rolled a 272 in the first game and followed it with 64 in Game Two. My stroke came and went. Also could have been the beer.
  22. Riverbrian
    Another Starter Pitcher Article. In my opinion... We need a big hitting OF'er more. If we spend that kind of money. Might as well go for Judge.
  23. Riverbrian
    Wow!!! This happens in other organizations?
  24. Riverbrian
    And his results this year reflect that. That is a statement about Cole Sands TODAY and not the entire development system. It also has nothing to do with tomorrow when it comes to Cole Sands. Cole threw 30 IP with a 5.87 ERA and that is certainly not a good look. The Jose Berrios debut year in 2016. He threw 58 IP with a 8.02 ERA... which was a worse look. Jose was much better in 2017. Players can and do get better... Sometimes they arrive with the lights on and sometimes they have to bump shins on coffee tables until the light switch is found. And sometimes players get worse. Only Khris Davis with Oakland produced the same results every year. ? All in All... I'd be pretty disappointed in John Smoltz if he was attempting to predict the future of Cole Sands based on a couple of innings of watching him from a booth. I will give him the benefit of the doubt that he wasn't. Now... If he was making a statement about Cole Sands at that moment... it was probably an astute statement and his numbers reflected that. Would Smoltz say the same thing about Ober or Winder? Or Jose Miranda?
  25. Riverbrian
    These type of pitchers are like McDonalds. They can keep you alive while killing you at the same time. They can't be sent down so they stay in the name of depth.
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