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  1. Greglw3
    I checked not too long ago and Keirsey hits LHP just about as well as RHP. I seem to recall he had a very high OBP vs lefties.
  2. Greglw3
    I like the article and attention on one of my favorite players! One note, Keirsey isn’t 28 but only turned 27 in mid-May, born in 1997. He’s just coming into his prime. I’m betting on your article being "prophetic"!
  3. Greglw3
    Homework time. He is 27 yrs and 3 months old born in May of 1997. 0-3 means nothing, He has a chance to be a quality MLB cf. Just coming into his prime.
  4. Greglw3
    Given Correa’s extensive unavailability, You’re probably right. I think Lee would also be good at short. SO far, we don’t know who either Lewis or Lee will be offensively. I’d love to see Lewis come out of his deep slump.
  5. Greglw3
    I've long wondered what Levine really does because I think Falvey controls, ultimately the trades and signings, even if they may work together sometimes. Also, aside from the one season that they actually really tried on free agent signings with Cron, Schoop and Cruz, they are averaging about 3 to 3.5 games above .500 per year. The player development is the strength (credit Sean Johnson?). The trade deadlines have been positively abysmal going all the way back to 2019 as they detailed, season by season on the SKOR North Twins Show with Declan, Phil Mackey and Judd. Lots of bad trades and signings Happ, Shoemaker, Sam Dyson, Mahle, Archer, Lopez, Dylan Bundy, DeSclafani, Topa, Keuchel, Pagan, Jake Cave, Donaldson, Gary Sanchez, holding on to an ineffective Kepler for so long. Positives are Correa, SWR and Martin for Berrios may be about even or in the Twins favor. I consider Rocco to have gone from an initially badly overmatched manager to an average to slightly below average manager who at times pulls it together in certain games and manages a very strong game. I base this strictly on alll the other managers I’ve seen in my lifetime and how he stacks up. He’s made several embarrassing mistakes lately, costing them games. Right now, the ownership is a big part of the problem. When Declan made his responsibility pie chart on the Twins show the other day, he assigned a 55% responsibility to Rocco and ownership combined,, 25% Rocco and 30% ownership. For me, give me a front office like the Royals this past year or the Padres - aggressive and knowledgeable difference makers.
  6. Greglw3
    I agree, I think Mauch, Martin and Mele all massively better than Rocco with Mauch the best manager the Twins have ever had. A brilliant tactician, Molitor deserves credit, too. I think it was really dumb to fire him, one of the elite Hall of Famers with great instincts for the game in many areas. SO let’s go with alliteration in Mauch, Martin, Mele, Molitor! And Kelly, even though he had players that most any manager could win with deserves credit and definitely better than Rocco. I fail to understand the logic behind even suggesting Rocco might be the best ever. It would be like suggesting Max Kepler is the best Twins hitter of all time.
  7. Greglw3
    Not even close. I can make a much stronger argument that he’s the worst. Gene Mauch was the best, Sam Mele, Billy Martin, Frank Quilici, Tom Kelly, Billy Gardner. Paul Molitor all better. Huge mistake firing Molitor!
  8. Greglw3
    I agree on Jax that he’s the Twins best reliever, that he’s elevated the team mightily through his reliable and often brilliant pitching. He’s also impressively elevated his own game to a place I sometimes doubted he would ever get. But here he is. Without Jax, maybe 5-6 less wins as a guess. The other player that I would put neck and neck with Jax for Twins MVP is Carlos Santana. He has been the glue, keeping the Twins as a high level team, with highly professional at bats, consistently, and an unbelievable amount of clutch performance ability. And there’s no doubt that he deserves the gold glove and maybe platinum glove for his unreal work at 1B. I could see the Twins being about 5 games above .500 now without both Jax and Santana. The guy that was on his way to winning the award for team MVP was Carlos Correa but he’s probably disqualified after missing so much time.
  9. Greglw3
    I think they could get a very good return for Keaschall but I would have Zebby as an untouchable right now. He’s been so phenomenal that he could be a #1 starter unless scouts suggest that’s not possible.
  10. Greglw3
    In the past, I would have been interested in Kiermeir but not now. The only one of the group that looks like he could help is Yimi Garcia.
  11. Greglw3
    Yeah, it’s almost like the fan vote has an inverse correlation with reality.
  12. Greglw3
    That's a very good point!
  13. Greglw3
    I'd love for Keirsey to get called up ASAP but I keep looking for info on his return from the 7 Day IL (about 3-4 weeks ago) and I can’t find anything.
  14. Greglw3
    Personally, I’d start Martin ahead of Margot and Miranda ahead of Larnach even vs righties. I think Miranda is a better hitter now than Larnach.
  15. Greglw3
    Deserving are Correa (total no brainer) and probably Lewis. And quite possibly Joe Ryan.
  16. Greglw3
    When I wrote that, I had Margot and Farmer in mind but Margot has looked better lately.
  17. Greglw3
    Good guess!
  18. Greglw3
    I agree with you and recall too that they almost ruined Austin Martin by insisting he produce more home runs until he went back to his old line drive approach. `When will the Twins braintrust ever learn?
  19. Greglw3
    Ha ha!!! He’s been read his rights!
  20. Greglw3
    With Lee going 4 for 5 at ST. Paul and Lewis healthy, I’d say it’s time to call them both up now. And I’d call up Keirsey as the main Buxton backup and 4th OF while I’m at it. Keirsey had .400 OBP s OPS about .846 vs lefties last I checked.
  21. Greglw3
    Good idea!
  22. Greglw3
    Keirsey is out hitting Wallner by a landslide. Same pitchers. Outhitting Severino by a landslide too and Prato and Hellman.
  23. Greglw3
    The eye test is far superior to these infant stage def metrics in the 170 year history of baseball. It’s not just eye eye test either, I listen to the opinions of those I respect, like Tom, who is more than knee deep into the Twins farm system. There’s a reason why the eye test was used by scouts in baseball for 150 years before these absurdly counter intuitive def metrics came out, I just saw someone mention that Carlos Correa is below average in 3 main defensive metrics. In fact, he is a superb defensive shortstop, without peer, by my eye test and many others who have played the game. The point is too that the average CF could never make those plays that Keirsey is making. Do you think Delmon Young would make them? How about Margot. Zero indication. Larnach, never. Andrew Benentendi? Buxton yes. Billy Hamilton Yes. Michael A Taylor Yes.
  24. Greglw3
    Anybody that covers the Saints/Wichita like Tom Froemming or anybody with two eyes and has watched the myriad YouTube highlights knows that Keirsey is an outstanding center fielder. Check out the YouTube highlights and do some research and you’ll see and hear that Keirsey is a phenomenon as a defensive center fielder.
  25. Greglw3
    L/R splits for Keirsey this year, the bottom row is vs lefties but a .400 OBP and .847 OPS aren’t bad.:
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