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  1. h2oface
    Maeda's surgery was different than Syndergaard's. Maeda's operation involved the placement of an internal brace in Maeda’s elbow that apparently has a chance to expedite the recovery timeline. While Tommy John rehabilitation typically takes around fourteen months, this procedure comes with a suggested return in between nine and twelve months time. We see that didin't happen, already. https://www.houstonmethodist.org/newsroom/new-surgical-technique-cuts-tommy-john-recovery-time-in-half/ Syndergaard's did not include the brace. There is an additional newer developement other that the original. https://healthcare.utah.edu/the-scope/shows.php?shows=1_5uzyiyly The original involved harvesting a tendon to use from another part of the body. Not sure which of the last two Syndergaard had, as I can't find anything that says either way, but with the time or 12-18 months stated for his recovcery, it woud probably be the original. https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/treatment-tests-and-therapies/tommy-john-surgery-ulnar-collateral-ligament-reconstruction
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    The bigger thing for them this year appears to be resetting the luxury tax and staying under the first tier mark, where the are barely under after Bauer money kicked in. That is why the were going with Lux in the first place.
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    The Dodgers know Farmer well, as they drafted him, farmed him starting in 2013, and he was up and down from AAA in 2018, and filled in at third mostly. He had a homer in the bottom of the 9th with 2 outs in one of the games during the streak that the Dodgers won like 40 out of 45 or something like that, and somebody new every night was the hero keeping the amazing run happening. He was in the organization for 6 years. He was traded to the Reds that off season in December as part of a massive salary dump. "December 21, 2018Los Angeles Dodgers traded RF Yasiel Puig, LF Matt Kemp, LHP Alex Wood, C Kyle Farmer and cash to Cincinnati Reds for RHP Homer Bailey, SS Jeter Downs and RHP Josiah Gray."
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    After how the Twins imploded so many times and ways against Cleveland last year, and they are the defending division champs..... Cleveland.
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    Thanks for some truth. I also noticed that they went 0-9 with RISP. I hope that is not season prep.
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    Twins get rid of their own that are wild, but love to grab those that are the same elsewhere. Can our staff “fix” them, but fail on their own draft picks?
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    Most recent make-up of the committee I can find is dated September 9, 2022. Merrifield is no longer on KC, so that at least needs updated. (For the players, Glasnow (TJ recovery) and Flaherty were either barely on the field or most of the season, and Slater has never had more than 325 PAs in a season (2022) and has a total of 1279 in 6 years, for an average of 213/year. Not that the unanimous vote mattered, as the 6 from the ownership can out vote the other 5 anyway. I think we need a roll call of all the players to see if they really want the zombie runner rule. Only 4 players making the decision leaves a lot unknown. Competition Committee Members The Competition Committee is composed of eleven members: six representatives from the Clubs; four MLBPA Player Reps; and one umpire. MLB Committee Members: John Stanton (SEA, Chair); Bill DeWitt, Jr. (STL); Greg Johnson (SF); Dick Monfort (COL); Tom Werner (BOS); Mark Shapiro (TOR) Player Committee Members: Jack Flaherty (STL); Tyler Glasnow (TB); Whit Merrifield (KC); Austin Slater (SF) Ian Happ (CHC) and Walker Buehler (LAD) will serve as Alternate Committee Members. Umpire Committee Member: Bill Miller https://www.mlbplayers.com/player-competition-committee
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    Better than what they did........ still lazy.
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    The ballplayers and owners like it, they say. It is just lazy. Get paid millions and you can't get it up to finish the game. You know it isn't real MLB baseball when they don't do it in the post season. Get doctored results all season and then when it really matters, don't play fake baseball, but go back to the way it should be, Just lazy.
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    My call is he tanks horribly this year. Last year was it. I wish him, and his performance for the team's sake, well, but I think the jig is up.
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    Mahle has never been a stud. Especially when he broke Buxton's wrist with his horrible control. Now he chose to do nothing to rehab except rest. Good luck to us all with Mahle.
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    We will see. Your finish date is 10 days off, so it will just affect the team coming together a bit in ST, and it is certainly debatable whether it will be a better preparation for the season. Certainly opinion. I still love the WBC, I just had no idea how many of the 40-man were actually participating. Thanks for the amazing compilation summary of the far reaching web of Twins.
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    It is gonna be real tough for the Twins to be ready for the start of the season with so many playing in this tourney.
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    Thank you for confirming. If Gray is getting nailed facing the order for the third time, there is no catch-22. No pitcher that can't get through the order 3 times consistently can be an ace. Giving up one hit in the 6th, even throw a walk in, and then getting pulled with, say, 87 pitches, even though it might be just the third hit given up the whole game, is not considered getting nailed in my book, That is when the pitcher becomes the ace and takes care of the flutter, and the game is not given to a blowpen to give it up.
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    Joey Gallo .......Maintain a .200 average.......... Let's not set our goals too high, eh? These goals may be a bit aggressive, but I feel like these players have a lot to prove in 2023. Agressive? I don't see how these goals make for a team in the playoffs, and certainly not a playoff run. Self fulfilling prophecies need to be set to push you if you want to succeed. Correa is getting paid $33,333,333 this year. He will be 28. Perhaps the primest age for an athlete. If he doesn't have the goal of being the MVP this year, especially after all this contract mess and wanting to prove he is the man, there is something wrong.
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    Can a pitcher ever be an ACE if the manager always pulls him after 5 innings or before?
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    For a dedicated player to get himself in better shape to be considered an organizational thing, or that he was directed to, I find comical. We are not talking Sano or Panda or Prince Fielder here. And since when does loose fat correlate to power more than a thinner but more muscular body? Never. Miranda cares, and is not lazy. It just makes sense for all players to try to be in better shape. They know it. Everybody knows it, unless they are just in denial. Plus, muscle weighs more than fat. One could weigh the same, but replacing the fat with muscle would result in a much leaner looking man.
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    The whole episode of him (alledgedly) pinning the reliable female reporter against the hallway wall didn't help, especially with the other reporters/bloogers that knew her.
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    I guess the future means the past. Going back to playing baseball like it was meant to be played in the field. Sounds good to me.
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    Post of the month! 😇
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    A number 5 overall pick. I keep remembering Tyler Jay (6), and Kohl Stewart (4). This time we traded for him, and he is now a hugh question mark, and heading that way.....
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    Thanks for the article, and educating some of these posters that only know the game from todays angles led by WAR.
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    Pagan!!!!
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    No more Yikes in the likes. This is a double YIKES!
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    I think they should try to find another Lopez. Hell, double down again...... double down on..... a couple Lopezes! Add confusion to the minds of the opposition with Lopez, Lopez, Lopez and Lopez! If they had the same first names as one of the other two - gravy. I mean, it's confusing me already, and there are just 2. Go Lopez crazy!
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