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  1. ThejacKmp
    Mauer should make the Hall, Top 5 catcher of all time.
  2. ThejacKmp
    Sorry to harp on the need for a middle infielder but right now the Twins have the following options for OF: Buxton Rosario Kepler Grossman Garver Adrianza Morrison (emergency) and the following options for middle infield Dozier Escobar Adrianza Rosario? (emergency) They are one nagging three day injury (that doesn't call for the DL) to Escobar, Adrianza, Sano or Dozier to starting a game with Rosario as the backup middle infielder. How is it not a priority to get a middle infielder? How can they even be thinking about another outfielder? What did Erick Aybar do to get cut?
  3. ThejacKmp
    Grossman came out of nowhere too and has been a valuable member of the Twins the past few years. I don't see someone better to keep - Granite should play every day, Vargas doesn't fit any positional need and the Twins evidently feel totally okay with just Adrianza as a backup IF so why not this guy? Odds are no one they pick is finishing out April in the role.
  4. ThejacKmp
    I don't get the need for a 5th OF and I really see a need for a middle infielder. I gotta think the Twins are eyeing someone they think another team might cut.
  5. ThejacKmp
    Is it? Sano gets ejected more often than most and is also relatively injury prone. You've also got Escober, not a spring chicken, and Adrianza, not someone who has played everyday in his career. I don't think it's crazy to think that might happen? The issue is how completely unprepared they'd be then. Like I don't even know who plays third. Mauer? Logan Morrison? Especially when it seems like the reason to keep Granite is to . . . have a pinch runner? The defensive replacement aspect of being a reserve outfielder is unlikely to be relevant. He hits lefty so he's not spelling Kepler against lefties. If Granite solved some other issue, I'd get going light in the infield. It might cost you one game sometime. But I don't see any issue Granite on the roster solves.
  6. ThejacKmp
    They're important but how important. Does the last man in a pen really matter? I'd be surprised if he costs you one game a year. He's there to burn innings.
  7. ThejacKmp
    Also, let's pretend that Sano and a middle infielder get hurt/ejected in a game. Who plays 3B/2B? I think that answer is Eddie Rosario? Sending Aybar down makes no sense to me unless they've got an eye on someone on another team.
  8. ThejacKmp
    Very strange that they're carrying Granite and so little infield depth. Especially since they essentially have six OF with Adrianza. And Logan Morrison isn't an awful 7th OF in a pinch. I wonder if this means that they know Sano won't be suspended?I wonder if this means they'll be bargain bin shopping for shortsop depth as other teams make cuts?
  9. ThejacKmp
    Yeah but how much does that last bullpen guy matter for winning? 95% of the games he pitches are blowouts one way or the other. The 5% are games that go like 14 innings which happen like once or twice a year. Seems like we should all just shrug our shoulders and say, meh.
  10. ThejacKmp
    The Twins top three relievers at AAA are going to be Buesnitz, Moya and Duffey. That's really awesome depth.
  11. ThejacKmp
    It seems almost impossible for Tyler Kinely to make the Twins staff - if Duffey is being left off then no way Kinely makes it. Hindsight is 20-20 but that makes the decision not to protect Burdi (who could be sent to the DL and not take up a 40 man spot until late summer) even worse. They essentially gave him up for nothing. He may not pan out and again, 20-20 hindsight, but that's not ideal. P.S. By my calculations, Duffey has options left since he has only been down to the minors twice since hitting the bigs and is still in his first five years of service time. Can someone confirm that? What a nice piece to have waiting at AAA but tough for the Duff Man. He certainly seemed likely to make the team before this crazy offseason.
  12. ThejacKmp
    I think to get this done you'd have to offer a player option. So two years $28 million with $15 million this year. That way the player is a little protected in case of injury (which is what players want for long term deals) but still have the ability to get out after a year if they pitch super well.
  13. ThejacKmp
    Disagree. For me, things softened because this wasn't the first of seven women to come forward. That's been the pattern in the past and when it's a serial thing, it's harder to think "well he was young" or "maybe he learned his lesson." i hope the league takes it seriously and sano learns from this and apologizes (likely privately). But I'm optimistic that he was young and misread something and made a change after this. Otherwise there would have been others stepping forward.
  14. ThejacKmp
    Other people addressed the defense but even offensively that makes no sense. Grossman has 50 points on Morrison in career OBP vs. LHP. He would be a way better bat. Wade hits lefty. He's pretty redundant unless he really really hits. Granite/Wade should likely be part of a midseason trade if they play well -- they're maybe good players but they don't fit a team that has Buxton in CF and a pair of lefties in the corners.
  15. ThejacKmp
    Take away half Logan Morrison's homeruns and he's a weak hitter. Take away half of kershaw's strikeouts and he's a bad pitcher. Do you have any reason to take away grossman's walks? He's been doing it for two years now at the mlb level - I think it's here to stay. This isn't 1990, we don't think a player has to hit bombs to be good. Walks are great, no one can catch a walk.
  16. ThejacKmp
    I've heard this argument a lot and its a fun one to make because it has a good soundbite. But it's pretty ridiculous. You're not building the best Opening Day roster, you're building the best team. You will almost certainly need both Grossman and Granite at some point during the year - someone's going to get hurt (Buxton) and you're going to go to AAA. If you start with Grossman, you have Granite in AAA to fill in when the Twins need him. If you start with Granite, Grossman gets exposed to waivers and ends up elsewhere because he's a useful MLB player. So let's pretend Granite > Grossman (I would disagree strongly but for the sake of argument we'll go with it). That seems simple but it's really GROSSMAN + Granite vs. GRANITE + Some 27 year old AAAA player. I take the GROSSMAN + Granite side of that everyday. Competing teams don't throw away MLB talent unless the upside is a lot higher than whatever someone looking at Granite through rose shaded glasses sees.
  17. ThejacKmp
    Grossman can play a passable left field. The Twins stand to get eaten up by lefties if they're starting two lefties in the OF and at least one at DH/1B every time they face one. Doesn't even get into that Granite should be playing every day at AAA. If Buxton goes down, as he is won't to do, the Twins should have a replacement ready.
  18. ThejacKmp
    Agreed. Granite is redundant. He does nothing that someone else on the team doesn't do better. Grossman provides something that the Twins don't have (switch-hitting, OBP, right handed PH for a lefty-leaning outfit). If the best new thing Granite brings is the ability to steal a base as a pinch runner, then he belongs in AAA.
  19. ThejacKmp
    Versus LHP: Brian Dozier 2B, Robbie Grossman LF, Sano 1B, Byron Buxton CF, , Eduardo Escobar DH, Eddie Rosario RF, Mitch Garver C, Adrianza 3B. Mauer and Morrison should be getting time off against lefties pretty consistently. I imagine you'll see guys like Escobar, Dozier, Grossman or Adrianza trying on the 1B mitt this spring if Sano looks DL/suspension bound.
  20. ThejacKmp
    I don't think it's platoon, it's about giving guys a day off sometimes. Kepler and Rosario can be sat against tough lefties and Grossman makes WAY more sense than the redundancy that is Granite/Wade. Those guys should be in AAA in case there's a longer term DL issue. The Twins 4th OF is not a defensive replacement. He's a once-or-twice-a-week starter and a bench bat. A switch-hitting OBP guy should take that over a LH bat every day.
  21. ThejacKmp
    Granite gives the Twins things they already have. OF defense is not a problem. LH batting is not a problem. Speed on the base paths is nice but your middle infield backups can provide that. Grossman gives them OBP and a right handed bat to spell Rosario and Kepler in the OF and to be the right handed half of a DH platoon with Morrison early in the year. If they get rid of Grossman (no options) for Granite (who has option) then they are not being smart.
  22. ThejacKmp
    Burdi is the only one of those I really regret. Rosario seems like a LOOGY at best. Palka is redundant for the Twins organization, which has tons of lefties. Turley and Vielma are organizational filler. Bard and Charges could be okay I guess but they seem like fringe MLB bullpen guys.
  23. ThejacKmp
    Granite makes no sense. Wade either. They hit lefty and the twins need a right handed bat. their defense is pretty useless because the twins don't use the 4th of for defensive replacement purposes. And Grossman has no options.
  24. ThejacKmp
    What twins outfielder needs a defensive replacement? Grossman is clearly on over granite - hits righty and has no options. That's just common sense. The twins 4th of is not a defensive replacement.
  25. ThejacKmp
    I miss Mauer the catcher. Take that Brent Gardner!
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