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  1. Riverbrian
    Time we have wasted on the way.
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    Derek has my full support. He is the manager of my baseball team. With that said... Not worrying bout the morrow is what got us here because the morrow arrived unprepared. I agree the day can be evil enough and he doesn't need extra burden. But... If he is a Book of Matthew guy... Keep reading to the build your house on rock... not sand part. Because in the future, the rain will come down, the streams will rise and the wind will blow. Rocco's house of sand is gone... Falvey's house of sand is on the brink. May Derek Shelton read Proverbs 22:6 instead or at least listen to Crosby, Stills and Nash.
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    I generally agree with this. I'm not sure this is what they will do but I think this is what they should do.
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    Too funny. I'd give him until June next year. That's the end of my rope. IMO... If it was just a two month audition that cost us Brock Stewart. I wonder why he didn't immediately go up to the majors after the trade. He was called up on August 16th when Rodon got hurt. Rodon was ahead of him in the pecking order. To work on something specific in St. Paul? 16 days should do the trick? When is AAA numbers are solid does additional AAA time do him any good? There's a lot of confusion over the trade. And rightfully so.
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    I won't argue any of this because I don't necessarily disagree. These following points will sound like arguments but they aren't. The post-age-30 decline isn't inevitable. We'd like 5 years from a player but we don't need 5 years from a player to be worth it. Once he hits arbitration it's always a case by case basis. His performance worth the money. If Outman has a great 2026. The Twins are one player closer to contention. If Lewis returns to form, we are two players closer to contention. If the Twins don't contend... (most people are betting on this) His trade value rises. We might get something more than Brock Stewart in return. Again... not arguments. Just squinting and seeing a reason for it.
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    I agree that it isn't crazy to take a shot with Outman. People will think that we are crazy for not thinking it's crazy. As it currently stands... we have 6 (Buxton, Wallner, Larnach, Martin, Outman and Rodon) outfielders for hard consideration for what is typically 5 OF spots coming out of spring training. If Outman stays and I think he will. Someone else will have to be traded, released or sent down to the minors where they will join 3 (Erod, GG and Jenkins) other outfielders knocking on the door. Outman has the potential to force someone out the door. Myself personally and many disagree with me. I'm reluctant to part with Larnach until someone out performs him because he is one of 5 hitters (Lewis is not one of the 5) on the current roster performing at least average or above average. I just don't believe that Larnach is where you start when it comes to the clean up. I can see a scenario where Outman forces someone out. All in all, I think there is strength in numbers and I'd like to see the club pour as much talent through the filter as possible.
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    My sincere apologies. I agree 100% that civility is necessary.
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    Thanks for the parameters. When I get a chance I'll read through it because it looks interesting. It's from 8 years ago but I'd imagine it's still relevant because there are X amount of players that play in a given season and only X amount of ways that they enter into professional baseball and I assume the overwhelming majority are through the draft with IFA's taking up the majority of the rest.
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    That person was me. And I fully understand what I was saying. You don't understand and your lack of understanding is obvious with every elementary point you make as you consistently prickishly respond with elementary garbage rooted in your lack of understanding. Step up your game. If you can't step up your game... I'd learn to post without the insulting adjectives but you don't want to do that. You are just an internet bully with nothing to back it up. There are tons of you out there and they all vote on November 4th. God help us.
  11. Riverbrian
    That's what your elementary brain interpreted falsely and you belligerently responded to what your elementary brain could absorb falsely. Now you are grasping at elementary points. I'm in no Tizzy... I'm just acting like you.
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    Again... Elementary Garbage. I'd have that discussion with people who don't realize that baseball players placed in a lineup can contribute. Is this all you got? You need to step up your game.
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    I repeat... That's all you have to offer? That's it? That's all you got? Bader improved from a .622 and .657 to .796 and you pump your chest thinking you are offering something substantial with your powers of player assessment on one player. That's all you have to offer? Posters like Jorgenswest and others are way beyond this elementary crap you spew. Yet, you spew it so belligerently.
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    Again... It's not Harrison Bader. It's Henry Mendez and Geremy Villoria. The net result of your victory lap. We paid about 3 million for Mendez and Villoria. If either of them pay off in 2027. Take your victory lap. Until then shut up. I used to own a 2015 Dodge Dart. Had the car for about 6 years. It was a good car but every winter there were moments that I was stopped at a stop light with about 4 cars behind me. The light would turn green and I would spin my wheels going nowhere while the cars behind me honked. Eventually I realized that I needed a different vehicle with all wheel drive in order to stop spinning my wheels going nowhere. Maybe... Just Maybe... It's not an issue with Bader himself. Maybe it's Winter. I've tried to tell you that but you are too "incredibly stupid" to get it.
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    I'm not questioning your sources. There are obviously parameters set on the data that produces the number you quote. I had to count for myself. I did a rough count... I may have missed a name here or there, I certainly didn't double or triple check for accuracy. I literally tried to count as quickly as possible in order to not spend a lot of time on it. I probably included players who were drafted and didn't sign in 2019. I didn't take note of length of time in the majors... but I counted 196 players from the 2019 draft that have played in the major leagues. Let's say I over shot or under shot by 20 we are still quite aways from the 45 players on average per draft that would represent 1.5 players per team. If true. 1.5 players per team per draft will take on average 17.3 Years to staff the 26 man rosters of all 30 teams. There has to be parameters that need to be investigated. I'd guess that a bell curve probably needs to be implemented to the 1.5 data you are quoting because 2019 would probably be a peak draft year reflective of the peak of a typical ballplayer. In other words... there are probably more players in the major leagues from the 2019 draft than players in the major league from the 2025 draft or the 2005 draft.
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    That's all you got? That's all you have. You are nowhere near Jorgenswest level. He's trying to be polite with you. And this is all you have... this... attempted Harrison Bader victory lap. Once again... you don't understand the point. BTW... It's not Harrison Bader... It's Henry Mendez.
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    I don't see a Bader here. Who is going to play CF in 2026? Have you ever worked with a budget... What happens when you run out of money? Don't use words like "Stupid". Especially when you are too stupid to understand what stupid means. BTW... Don't answer the questions I asked. I'm not interested in anything you have to say.
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    My opinion... which is going to meet resistance because it offers some support for Outman and people will have none of that sort of thing. My opinion... The Dodgers spit out higher quality garbage. You have to consider the context of the team that isn't providing him playing time. The Dodgers have a lot of talented context. Outman's debut with the club is going to be delayed because they have an expensive roster full of talent every year that won't yield opportunity. Outman got his debut at 25 and he went on that extended run and got the playing time. His next season... the Dodgers were counting on him and he struggled... bouncing back and forth for 156 AB's. These would be short little bursts of attempts to see if he could do it. Last year would have been his third season with LA and he only got 44 AB's with them and they were not good but there wasn't a lot of them and of course not because the Dodgers are stacked. The Dodgers had a lot of different choices but they were still trying to translate that AAA performance to the major league in case it worked. In both of those down years... His AAA stats in Oklahoma City were really really good. Power Speed Defense. The Twins want to give it a shot. OK... Fix him. I don't worry about age. I worry about 300 AB's committed to a .147 batting average in the attempt to fix him with Jenkins, Erod and others sitting in St. Paul watching him. I worry about releasing the subject of this thread just to give 300 AB's to a .147 batting average.
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    Baseball Games are games that involve multiple pitchers. You dig up interesting stuff. That's what I appreciate about you.
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    Just assumptions... that is all I've got. The Dodgers had a lot of roster shuffling and a pretty impressive list of 40 man roster options throughout 2025. In short... Injuries and the recall of injured players is going to create roster pressure. The Dodgers could have released Outman at any time prior to the deadline. They didn't. I assume the Dodgers had a sense of his value to other clubs. Teams would be waiting for him to spill out the back end. Just assumptions. Perhaps the Twins were the only team calling. But I assume someone was.
  21. Riverbrian
    I appreciate it. It's a big math project and I was just asking in case you had the answer in your pocket already. You are right... In the end... it won't matter much because 15 starts and 25 games is going to be a small sample on both sides of the coin and probably the most likely explanation. Sample size is why I asked the question and it planted a question in my head. The question. If you only looked at games where lefties started. How does the AB's breakout vs Right Handers and Left Handers. We would naturally assume that there would be more AB's against left handers but I think right handers will end up being the dominant. Most of the damage would have to have been done against right handed pitching replacing the starter because the swing between .775 and .608 is quite large and something has to drive it up .167 points. It's good food for thought and what it does show is that there more to this than the cumulation of stats one AB at a time.
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    The Dodgers probably had roster size issues that needed some trimming in order to add Brock to the roster. Now... the Dodgers could have traded a 17 year old for Stewart and then they could have just cut Outman to make room. The only assumption that I can fathom is that the Dodgers knew that teams (Plural) were interested in Outman and they didn't have to let him go for nothing. The Twins were absolutely without question one of those teams because guess who walked away with the prize by providing a reliever that could shore up the pen if he remained healthy. The Twins wanted Outman. They negotiated his acquisition.
  23. Riverbrian
    In those games started by lefthanders. Do you have the breakdown of how many AB's against Right Handers compared to left handers in those games?
  24. Riverbrian
    By all means sign him. Lee can take a backseat. Let's see if we can get France back as well who is also playing in the World Series. I'll book my hotel now so I have space reserved for the 2026 parade in celebration of the 2026 Twins World Series win.
  25. Riverbrian
    His OPS against left handers would rise accordingly and not sit in complain about it territory. Read his post again and think for once in your life.
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