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  1. tony&rodney
    Please leave all politics (anyone) off of this baseball site.
  2. tony&rodney
    The game is in Duran's hand now. The big man need show.
  3. tony&rodney
    Hopefully Miranda's back loosens up after a good sleep. Miranda sitting with a stiff back shortens up the bench.
  4. tony&rodney
    Keaschall takes good at bats and usually gets in at least one really wicked swing per plate appearance. I'm hoping that Emmanuel Rodriguez returns soon to hit behind Keaschall, which should be a strong duo together in the lineup.
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    Names fly across the page, suggestions of adding this guy or that player. I like Tanner Scott. Watched Chafin a couple of times recently and he looked terrible because he constantly went to 3-2, traffic on the bases, very loud contact, and escaped through poor batting and sheer luck. Question is who Miami wants for Scott. Are they willing to send off Scott for Gabriel Gonzalez and Marco Raya? What is the cost? Tell me who goes the other way and pretend you are the opposing GM/PBO.
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    I don't believe the Twins would consider trading Lewis. The idea was to show the cost of a really good starting pitcher (Tarik Skubel) and get people to write who goes the other way in the moves/additions that are being suggested. It isn't really fair to say we will trade a couple of AA players below our top prospects for a reliable starting pitcher. On a calmer note, Lewis as an MVP candidate for a season is an extremely long shot. I could see him getting hot in a playoff series. 138 games would have been a low barrier at one time but it is hard to see Royce Lewis reaching that for a few years. In parts of 3 seasons Lewis has appeared in 94 games and had 379 PA for an average of 31.3 games and 126 PA per year. We all hope Royce can play a full year or even 130 games but nobody is taking that bet at this time.
  7. tony&rodney
    Not enough.
  8. tony&rodney
    I would agree.
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    Detroit has run into a bit of a wall in efforts to extend Skubel and they need top bats. The Tigers are not shopping Skubel but every player is available for a price (see Juan Soto). A number of sites have wondered what it would take, either to sign him to a long term deal (Detroit) or in a deal with another team. Just talk. I don't have any notion of why you mentioned names like Farmer, Santana, Vazquez, and Matthews. Where did you see mention of these players in trades? I have yet to see anything on any site mentioning these guys.
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    Max once was what Tarik is at this time. I am not suggesting a trade of Lewis for Skubel as much as saying that the cost for a decent starting pitcher would be high. I have no idea what people suggest but I am just saying that Lewis for Skubel is a fair deal. When folks bring up a player they want to acquire it is reasonable to see what they think is fair in return.
  11. tony&rodney
    Well, I like the Twins starters more than most but when one looks over the vast number of comments calling for Falvey to add a top starting pitcher, it is an idea. Lewis is electric, but Skubel can win a game if the offense gives him one run. I don't think Detroit accepts Jenkins, Soto, and another guy. Detroit wants to win too. I also don't believe Jenkins is available but then again neither is Lewis in my opinion.
  12. tony&rodney
    Well, if people are really focused on adding a good starting pitcher we could always ask Detroit if Lewis for Skubel works. Is that a pitcher folks are interested in adding?
  13. tony&rodney
    Solid point. The media fiasco is probably hurting the Twins more than they realize. Attendance is down in 2024 with a team that is more fun to watch .... if you can.
  14. tony&rodney
    Is Julien back with the Twins in August? The improvement has been slow but steady.
  15. tony&rodney
    Nowlin has a ways to go with his command and control but he is grinding this season and slowly improving. Emmanuel Rodriguez has been down quite a while for what was initially a simple hand injury. I never saw anything specific but it seemed like a jammed digit was aggravated from the slide in the game where he came out. Keaschall consistently has good at bats. Carson McCullers is a big athletic guy, one hits the ball really hard.
  16. tony&rodney
    You doubled down on this statement. Apparently you have an insight that surpasses those of the people who are employed to evaluate and sign athletes to MLB contracts or you have fallen victim to data. I'm often confused by your takes. Are you addicted to data in a manner that restricts any option to just watch a game or just simply unfamiliar with the game? I'm believing the former. Data is useful but seems to ruin the game for many people. Using data, you can say that Vazquez is nearly useless and that Pablo Lopez is a poor pitcher. I would suggest that those who make their living at the game would strongly disagree with that view. I get the fascination with data. In the 1990s I used charts, graphs, and self-made systems to manage teams for decades in a manner that seemed representative of what I saw from my teams. There are many such schemes and far more complicated and accurate systems used in the game today. Every team employs people using data, which is transferred as suggestions down to the players. So I agree with the use of data. However, I would suggest that one would get more out of the game from taking a couple of years away from all data and just watching the games. Watching the games can also allow one to avoid falling prey to constant criticism of the athletes thus making for a more positive entertainment experience. Baseball, for those not making their paychecks from the game, is simply entertainment.
  17. tony&rodney
    If you are a good pitcher you don't give a damn about whether or not your catcher can hit. There is nothing wrong with Vazquez and the guys who throw to him would be much more scornful of negative comments about him than any of us ever could be.
  18. tony&rodney
    Totally agree. I have been saying for years that catchers are under-appreciated and that the difficulty of the position is many factors harder than any other spot on the diamond. When the discussions about Mauer for Hall of Fame were ongoing, I found it hard to be civil, but just chose to promote his career on its merits. I pitched into my 50s but found the roughly 100 times spent behind the plate to be the most difficult thing in my sporting experiences. I guess the really good athletes, with a sporadic exception here and there, are pushed to avoid the position. Their knees and legs thank them for decades.
  19. tony&rodney
    Robertson would be a nice addition but I don't believe the Rangers are selling. They have a solid nucleus of position players with a decent chance that their starting pitching will improve. Their September schedule looks favorable. A team will need to overpay to pry away one of the players discussed.
  20. tony&rodney
    I watched Matthews pitch. He threw too many pitches in the 3rd inning and had to come out. The defense was less than stellar. Also, while we always read comments about how a catcher needs to hit at least a little bit, watching Cossetti behind the plate is a reminder of the actual job description of a catcher. Perhaps Cossetti just had a bad day but it was a full on example of how valuable a good catcher is to a pitcher in reverse. Along those lines, I wonder if an organization might have more success developing their pitchers if they only used decent catchers. This also begs the question of why more athletic baseball players don't give catching a try.
  21. tony&rodney
    True, but in addition to arbitration raises there will also be an extra $18.5 million due to Lopez and Paddack. A very rough guess on the arb raises adds somewhere near $15 million. Maybe the budget goes up, but it could go down too. The only way the Twins add a decent starting pitcher is to trade someone that hurts. Who would people ask for if the Twins called suggesting a deal?
  22. tony&rodney
    One thing that seems reasonable is to understand the financial budgetary limits of a organization. We do not need to agree or be pleased but when a team suggests that they are going to stay within an area, it doesn't hurt to take them at their word. Maybe the Twins surprise us and are willing to spend, but for now it makes sense to know the budget is fairly tight. That means not adding anything past .... say $3-6 million for the remainder of the season. Oh I'm all for $150-200 million payroll for the Twins but I'm not writing any checks for the players, so I do pay attention to ownership's wishes. That is not in any way an agreement but just a reality.
  23. tony&rodney
    Sometimes it may be worth thinking about who Falvey (Twins) is willing to trade. If all players in the organization without 'no trade' clauses are in a discussion, the possibilities for adding a strong player increase by quite a bit. It seems unlikely that the team would add a large contract in any event, which does reduce the choices. Thus, Kikuchi is the only potential add from this post. Is he better than what we already roster? Who goes the other way? I guess we get into that after the All Star Game break.
  24. tony&rodney
    Kepler is a good baseball player. I am just enjoying that he is still playing for the Twins.
  25. tony&rodney
    Three cheers for Christian Vazquez .... hip, hip, hooray ..... MVP. Today.
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