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  1. Dodecahedron
    Yes. The announcers said, diplomatically, that Arraez was "slow to lead off" or "being distracting." That's part of it, but Arraez was staring off into the outfield with his back turned to the hitter, and this after everyone else was ready to go. If Donaldson had a hit, not only would Arraez not be ready to run, but there's the possibility that Arraez would get hit with the ball.
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    Verlander knew this and said he didn't mind giving up hits to Joe Mauer, because they would always just be singles.
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    If the Twins have to throw in Rogers for them to take Cruz, then this isn't the right trade. This would become the very definition of a desperation move, and we'd all point to this trade as a massive error for years to come. Here, take our best hitter and best pitcher. We'll take some of your lottery tickets. Thanks!
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    We have to be careful with our words. Since this article was published, Mason has been committed at Regina Memorial Hospital in Hastings after writing a particularly concerning letter to his neighbor concerning the Twins bumper sticker on his Ford Escort and leading the police on a long chase through the city and suburbs. Reports say that Mason was incoherent and kept saying "Handball! Handball!" but I think we know what he was really saying.
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    The scenarios here are OK if the Twins want to give away gifts. Do we see the goal this year as a chance to jettison talent, or is the goal to jettison salary? Only one of these methods will provide for future growth. We seem to be focusing on the former.
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    It's time to give guys like him a cup of coffee. Does this mean someone is about to be traded?
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    It doesn't sound like these teams can solve each other's problems by doing a trade, considering both teams have the same gap. The Twins have to trade bombas for fireballers, lest they simply prolong their misery.
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    Probably, but the theory is that the offspeed stuff only works when coupled with a bit of heat. Santana's fastballs were usually not anything special, but he was masterful at changing speeds, among the other things he was masterful at.
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    It might be your perception, yeah. I don't remember specifics, but I feel like recent years saw quite a few fastball pitchers being drafted.
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    People still watch the all-star game? I don't think I have ever watched it for more than an inning or two. Be honest -- were you going to watch the game anyway?
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    This is why there is no crying in baseball. Some were very disappointed that Rogers was not initially on the roster, but these things tend to work themselves out. We all knew Rogers had to be on the short list for replacement players, didn't we? And we all know that replacements happen every year, right?
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    Interesting. This is reminiscent of the Twins years leading up the Total System Failure™. I saw a graph showing pitches over 96 MPH by team for some year in the early '10s. The Twins were not only at the bottom of the list, but they were so far below the rest of the league it was like they were playing a completely different sport. We are talking thousands of pitches below the other teams. How this started happening again with a different group at the controls is honestly surprising, but it partially explains the product on the field.
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    So far, the only thing I can say about Steven Hajjar is his name immediately plants the song "Jimmy" by MIA into my mind.
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    The Twins looked like they were having fun this week. PMA goes a long way when you already have the necessary skills and discipline to succeed.
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    I agree that he was good for stretches, but baseball is measured by seasons and not smaller samples. Kyle Gibson was also good for stretches as a Twin. The two of them comp rather well. If you do a deep dive, you will find that most starters pitch well 40-60% of the time. The difference between good and not good is just not that much in baseball. Liriano and Gibson were on the lower end of this, but like with most pitchers who last more than a year or two it's not hard to find good games in there.
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    Berrios comps to Brad Radke, the pitcher with the highest WAR in a Twins uniform. Fans expect HOF numbers out of "Ace" pitchers. There are only a couple of pitchers like that in the league at a time. And yes, Berrios is a known quantity and not a future hall of famer.
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    He wasn't very good, he struggled to keep his ERA under 5, and an ERA over 4 is not even considered good. He was phenomenal in 2006. I have never seen pitching like Liriano in 2006 and I doubt I will see it again. The closest was Scott Erickson's run in 1991, and Erickson's streak of dominance lasted just about as long as Liriano's.
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    Big deal! Sano can make that play at first all day long!
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    That's an understatement. The Twins unloaded during the offseason, which was a terrible idea as they unloaded talent but not salary. Anything they unload now will cut close to the bone. The players the Twins should want to get rid of are the players few teams would want.
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    Rather than saying, "Chris Vallimont? Who?" I will take a different approach: Unfair comparison! Chris Vallimont will DOMINATE the majors when he gets here!* Alright.... Although I question this team's ability to evaluate talent beyond looking at "barrels," I think this is too small of a sample size to be a truly fair comparison. However, I will say that most of us knew that trading Pressly was a bad idea at the time. We fooled ourselves into believing the Twins would just sign him again. Granted, Pressly is much happier now and at the end of the day this sport is about people. Trading Escobar also seemed like a reach, but the Twins did fine without him. Take those two players out and we are left with trades that most of us would have made, or at least not vetoed. *Yes, OK, most likely this would only be after the Twins traded him.
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    The Bomba Squad bombed.
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    Technically true. Here is the exact quote.
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    Good for him. It doesn't matter that he was drafted in the 29th round. Now he is in the same room as everybody else, it's OK that he was one of the last in the door. It's on him now to sweep aside the competition.
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    It's too bad the Twins would not give Santana 8/$125M back in the day. 4/$100M or 5/$125M for Berrios is not much of a consolation prize. Having said that, the Twins should still do it.
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    Help me out here guys. Are these the same thing? This is what you just wrote. "You said: Kepler gets too much value from home runs. I said: Kepler is less valuable when he hits fewer home runs." His "solid regular" v. "not a good player" might be the line you are trying to draw? For what it's worth, and I said this more than once on the forums yesterday, Kepler needs to show consistency to be a "solid regular." He can't keep sucking for months and then power himself back up to a "solid regular" statline. This is why it's important to look deeper at a player. Kepler has been anything but solid this year, his numbers only look "average" because of his performance this week. Generally speaking, people don't like it when you try to put words in their mouths. I would avoid that.
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