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  1. Muppet
    Sorry to Rickys everywhere. Didn’t mean to Randy up your reputations.
  2. Muppet
    To me the problem is that they don't have anyone better as a replacement. Taylor and Gallo are both supposedly great defensively. Taylor's numbers look about the same to me (I'm concerned about 2022 numbers, not career numbers) and Gallo looks like he fills a Sano sized hole. Larnach, if healthy, is too young to be a proven asset (though I hope and expect he will be) and besides, if he fits the bill, he'll probably be in LF. One thing I do wonder, though, is whether it is OK to have a poor defending RF when Buxton is healthy. Can't they afford a RF with less range? Especially if it means replacing the bat with someone who might actually move a runner forward? If that's the case, I put Gordon in right... until Buxton is hurt.
  3. Muppet
    Clearly the strategy is to prevent runs from scoring at the expense of scoring any runs whatsoever. Sounds boring, but let’s hope it works.
  4. Muppet
    Everybody wants a true ace on the staff. And who wouldn't want a John Smoltz or Randy Johnson as the number one guy. But I think knowing that they aren't a rich team (relatively) that they are instead trying to avoid a staff that has any Nick Blackburns or Randy Nolascos. A solid staff made up of all #2 or #3s is more resilient and gets more wins than a staff with a solid #1 that also has 2 or 3 terrible arms. Might be cheaper in the long run too. I don't know how they plan to manage their strategy of only allowing starters 80 pitches/5 innings without a solid bullpen that is also similarly stacked. I'm hoping that is the new trainor's job.
  5. Muppet
    Larnach had an absolute cannon on him. People didn't run for a reason.
  6. Muppet
    Yes. But assuming Larnach is able to play and Kepler is still on the team, I'd prefer to see Gallo on the bench.
  7. Muppet
    Glad I haven’t seen Gallo on anyone’s list. I’m betting it’s gonna be Gallo.
  8. Muppet
    I’d add to that that only Arraez and (gulp) Gordon were the only ones that showed that they could hit. The rest are all just potential (even Buxton). Let’s just hope they all break out next year. That’s the only way the twins are a winning team.
  9. Muppet
    But if Gallo’s 30 hits next year, 15 of them will be home runs. Arraez only hit 9 last year and 15 is more than 9. That math works right?
  10. Muppet
    Changed my mind. This is a good deal. Since Arraez is most valuable when hitting with runners in scoring position, it was unlikely that he would make an impact on the Twins as they would rarely have runners in scoring position when he is at bat. Nor would they have anyone who might drive him in when he's on second.
  11. Muppet
    The way things have been going, that is likely to be Arraez hitting .330 for the Mariners and Lopez spending 75% of the year on the IL.
  12. Muppet
    The best pitchers in the league will still lose games if their team can't score any runs. Last year the Twins were bad at pitching, which overshadowed the terrible hitting. They have not made themselves any better in the offseason. We can now be sure that Arraez will be a HOFer.
  13. Muppet
    Keep one or two of the healthy ones on the roster. Replace out with Polanco next year. Trade the others.
  14. Muppet
    I’d say 3 years for 40 million. If he’s still not injured, he can shoot for his big(ger) payday with some NY team.
  15. Muppet
    I think Gallo was signed to be part of a blockbuster multi-player trade that will bring over Correa from the Giants.
  16. Muppet
    Good thing the twins had a plan E
  17. Muppet
    As I mostly "watch" baseball by way of blue and red dots that appear in or near a square drawn next to a cartoon batter, I can't really see defensive plays happen. "In Play, Out(s)" can imply a fantastic diving summersault and throw to first, or a pop up. That said, the smell test of trading in our (likely) two best infield defenders for two that appear to be... bad, it doesn't look good. Miranda, Farmer, and Polanco will probably be letting a lot of balls through to the outfield this year.
  18. Muppet
    I'd go to more than twice the number of games I go to if they dropped the ticket price by 50%.
  19. Muppet
    I'll put money on 2022 being Correa's last year with solid numbers.
  20. Muppet
    If I ever see a Christian Dior store I’ll just go in and pretend I can afford whatever I want.
  21. Muppet
    Looking at Manaea's numbers. Looks like Twins dodged a bullet there. Same as last year when they didn't trade for him at the deadline.
  22. Muppet
    Not sure how they calculate those comparisons, but today you can win a batting title with a .315 average. Throughout most of baseball, that was a really good, but not great, hitter.
  23. Muppet
    The twins should trade him. They don’t deserve him. Year after year we complain that he isn’t good enough. He’s the best hitter on the team and gets better every year. Won a batting title. Not good enough. Just trade him for 2 years of an average hitter with average defense. Or a pitcher who will have an era of .425 before he blows out his shoulder. Arraez will peak in 6 years when he’s on the dodgers and reliably hits 20+ hrs per year. Arraez might be the only twin that ends up in the HOF.
  24. Muppet
    I'd trade him in a second if it seemed very likely that Buxton and Larnach were consistently playing in Center and Left. Without Buxton it is a lot more important to have those solid defensive corner outfielders. Especially if Celestino is getting time in CF.
  25. Muppet
    Call me a cynic, but ... do we really need starting pitching? I'd rather have Arreaz. First show me that the new trainer isn't going to magically make pitchers break their arms within their first five games as a Twin. For a lot of the season, when the pitchers were great, the offence wouldn't score. Twins have some decent starters already, but they need to give them run support. And innings.
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