Attendance in 2023 would say that even with a higher payroll ad a competitive team, the fans did not come out, so indeed the fas are getting what they paid for
Rocco to front office would be like Deron Johnson and Dave St. Peter as senior advisors. Rocco is part of the plan. He excites the plan. Any manager this FO hires would be the same way. That is why it would be pointless to fire him. The plan now seems to be play certain players as much as possible to see if you want them for next year. A whole lot of relievers have already been jettisoned. Funderburk and Topa seem to be getting high leverage situations to see if they are a keeper. Sands is not getting those chances. They appear to be confident with him
If you are questioning the veracity of what somebody else says like the post I responded to, the perhaps the poster should include where he found the quote because after all he was just another person on the Internet
The architects of the team have not gone anywhere. Several have been promoted. To think Baldelli is going anywhere is ignoring these same architects gave him the extension. The only reason they would fire him is if he criticized the acquisitions. He has not done that. For Baldwin to go anywhere Jim Pohlad would have to fire the whole organization., including Joe. That is not happening until maybe after the next CBA is done.
What did they see in Outman? More of a chance for success than any other player offered? Why did they trade Brock Stewart? The insurance premiums were higher than his salary.
Other is listed as .80 million. Sportrac has the Twins retaining 10 million, The other could be the salaries of anyone on the 40 man roster who are in the minors who have played in the majors as their salaries are higher and count in luxury tax computations. Or it could just be anticipating a rookie making the team
I see league average stats used to say if a payer is good or not. They are worthless for assessing a player’s skill. Look at the sheer number of poor performance by minor league call ups, backup catchers, half of the regular catchers and the player on a contract that the team plays because they feel that they have to and you can see a very large population of players. Sort stats by position for batting until you get that 30 that have played the most. The median player will be far better than league average
The Johnson boys should have been replaced long ago. It is on Falvey that they still have a job.
Noah Miller is not knocking on the door to MILB, more like a barely audible tap. Every mediocre batter is hoping he will become the full time SS for the Dodgers. League averages for everything would drop
The author used a theoretical number. The x-stats are also the theoretical numbers. Using babip as a predictor is theory. Nobody ever has a reason why the player is meeting the theoretical threshold. .
Yup, the Phillies sure are a losing organization. They have been selling Painter as the next great pitcher.
yup, 3 years minimum, Skenes still should be in the minors, as should Dylan Crews, Wyatt Langford, and quite a few others from the 2023 draft
When. The Twins had options of developing relievers and position players in what amounts to fall instructional league they picked up every bad reliever they could. Erasmo and Urena were not bad enough so hey we’re DFA. Of course it is. A tank
Well, he has the second lowest BABIP for players with 300 PA. Maybe he is an unlucky dude. People here say an extreme BABIP is a measure of luck. Savant has all sorts of nice numbers on his page https://baseballsavant.mlb.com/savant-player/kody-clemens-665019?stats=statcast-r-hitting-mlb I don’t know why the twister in chief did not include those numbers. I looked at Savant because when I looked up his BABIP, I had to see if the .236 was the worst. , Wallner’s was only slightly better and I had to see if Clemens was as slow as Wallner. He is not.
The 2023 team spent money. They were in first place in the division all year except for a couple of days. Their record at the end was exactly the same as the 1987 Twins. There was an increase of about 2000 fas per game, still about 18000 empty seats. The fans sent a clear message to the Pohlads
That people do not understand that pitching harder is more stressful on the body does not surprise me That people don’t understand that human bodies are all a little different and hence some people’s tendons are not as strong as others are doesn’t surprise me. The tendons are what they are and there is not a whole lot you can do about it. It is what it is. There is no system problem That pitchers had to get faster with pitch’s to counteract hitters getting better should be a basic concept. Pitching slower would not be the solution Merril Kelly is the outlier for right handed pitchers with a mid 90s FB.
The promotion of players won’t do a thing for attendance. I was there more fans out to watch Ryan pitch? How about when Keaschall came back.? I early June when the Twins were playing great after starting slowly were there any more fans? Yes playing a pile of AAA and fringe major league players will not and should not draw fans. Hometown players, big contract players, and all stars were not drawing them in, either