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    Do you really think Maeda is going to pitch as well as he did last year for a whole season? It seems most are just assuming 2020 is what he will be from here on out, when, so far, it is a bit of an outlier. If this team is going be a World Series Team, the pitching better be a lot better than it is now. Or was last year.
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    Cleveland sure didn't demand much.
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    Another example if you are not on the Twins and your 2020 sucked, that you have all hope and rebound in your future. Compared to if you are on the team already and your 2020 sucked, you are toast (like many feel about Garver). Funny how that works. I don't buy it. I can't believe the 3 pitchers that have been signed to take up a roster spot so far...... Robles, Gibaut, and Waddell.
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    DJ LeMahieu is thinking big (and we settled for Jonathan Schoop 2 years ago when we could have had a bargain, and my bet is the Dodgers will be the ones thinking big this off season). Trevor Bauer is thinking big. Semien? Think Brian Dozier's best season and even Twins' fans were still wanting to move him the next year. Semien's 2020 is excusable and still makes him desirable, but Garver's 2020 negates his total progress through 2019? Go figure. Semien, Simmons, Hernandez..... all good fill and any could break out again. But then, so could Royce Lewis. And so could a healthy Polanco! To me, this is thinking status quo, which right now is not bad. But I don't get a thinking big feeling from this possibility, at all.
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    Hole at back up catcher? Watch for a Garver/Jeffers tandem to have the best catcher output in MLB in 2021.
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    Yup. Luke Sims. We have him to thank for hitting Buxton in the head with a 92 mph fastball, giving him a concussion, and taking him out of the lineup on September 25th. Just what we needed. Thanks. But no thanks. I would pass on all of them.
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    With only 35 on the 40 man....... there is plenty of room for surprises.
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    With only 35 on the 40 man.... Romero would have not been an immediate burden at all, I would think. They were done with him, and made the 300K.
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    Other than an injury prone bizarre COVID season, Garver has done nothing but work his ass off and improve. He was rated below Turner, and has had massive sceptics even as he rose, until they could only embrace him in 2019, as he was not to be denied. That let them easily willing to sellout on him in 2020. I bet he is back with a vengence in 2021.
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    Ha.... stat box now hidden as a download attachment? Funny. Now it is just Download attachment: Twins Minor League SS.JPG and no picture. Maybe it is just my computer..... the picture was there yesterday.
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    A whole stat block of shortstops that can't hit. Damn. Looks pretty bleak. Talk all you want about tools..... the results suck. That's not fair. Lewis has hit... just not in the stat box year.
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    Wasn't there an issue with the size of CHS stadium? That it didn't have enough seats to qualify? Maybe I am misremembering. The mimimum requirement of AAA staduims is 10,000, and CHS's is only 7210. Was there a waiver issued? Does it have to be expanded?
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    "the blows the Twins bullpen has received. With Trevor May, Matt Wisler, and Sergio Romo all gone"..... I wouldn't call them blows. The FO wanted it that way. They let it ALL happen, for various reasons.... but it was in inside purposeful job. Clippard too. They could all be here if that is what the FO wanted. Personally, the only one I thought important to keep was May, and I was relieved that Romo wouldn't be back. I look forward to youth in the system. For a starter, too.
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    If it isn't Cruz, the Twins don't need one. Definitely not a Kyle Schwarber and Michael Brantley. I like to see good players get paid. Too many give their best years as a young player, and get paid a fraction of what they are worth, and ownership is never one to reward them with a special performance bonus in appreciation when that happens. So I am not one to gloat about how cheap the very rich can be and get away with paying someone less to do the same job.
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    Bauer absolutely lucked out (odd thing to happen and say in the covid era) and only had to shine for 2 months. His next four months on the mound could look that the end of 2019, or he could start good and tire in the final 2 months of a 6 month season. Or he could have just found it and stay at the high level. People are ready to annoit him the next best pitcher for 2 months of recent history, and pay him like Verlander or Kershaw or Cole..... yet they look at two months of someone like Garver and assume the same two months are a permanent downfall. I think someone is going to overpay big time for Bauer, and it will be a big mistake. Or.... Bauer will actually mean what he says, not be a flake, and sign a huge one year deal. Berrios has had a 2 month stints that looked as good or better than Bauer's. Bauer has really lucked out in his free agent timing. Risk abounds always. For the player and the owners. I would be more interested in signing Berrios long term than Bauer, but love to have Bauer for one or two high dollar seasons.I hope they do and give him a chance to pitch every 4 days, and give the other starters a rotated extra day (6 days rest) about every 5 weeks.
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    "Outfielder Akil Baddoo was selected with the third overall pick in the Rule 5 Draft. He will join the Tigers organization after missing nearly two full seasons of competitive play. He underwent Tommy John surgery in 2019, but he is expected to be healthy for 2021." Good. Now I can stop reading about a prospect going into his 22 year old season that has never played higher than 29 games in high A and coming off TJ that can never hit that much being a top prospect team prospect. Looks like Falvey didn't think so either, as we only had a 35 roster spots taken going into the draft. I guess the Tigers are hoping he can now miraculously make the show for a complete year. Good luck. You never know, I guess. And look at the bright side - there is still Javier to write about. He can't hit either, but oh those tools!
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    Kiki can step up in big games. He did it a bunch I LA. AND in the postseason. That's more than I can say about the current Twins. I like Enrique Hernandez.
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    The whole team played worse (whether by actual performance or being on the field) in 2019 than in the total of the shortened 2020 (except Maeda, who wasn't on the team in 2019 - does Jeffers count? no MLB experience to compare?). But yet, none of the prospects were given a shot to supplant them during 2020. When you are in first, or so close to it, it is hard to make that move, but yet, they put Kirilloff in cold IN THE PLAYOFFS! So go figure. The whole team needs to rebound.... or we just saw the open window's counter weight break and now it is closed.
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    Rotate players through the DH that at their best projections and performances regarding left/right are significantly worse than Cruz. Sure. That is a great idea. I am totally sold by all the arguments. Make room for extra at bats that will perform signigicantly worse. Yup. That is a better fit, for sure.
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    Was there any starting player from 2019 on the Twins that had a better year in 2020? But they are keepers, nontheless, and most should be. I wanted DJ LeMahieu two years ago, and I want him now. That is a prize. I'm not buying on Arraez as the best direction at second - I like him in a utility/back-up role. And when it comes to rotating bats that perform well below Cruz in the DH spot, just to get them at bats..... I hate that stategy.
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    An apologist, by definition, is one who speaks in defense of (not one who is apologizing for). So I am not suggesting Falvey needs much apologizing for, at all, and I agree with you. I was noticing your defense of him, when I was meaning to speak in general, and had not even accused him personally. I am a proud apologist for many people and things and ideas, and don't apologize for it at all. I also embrace being a baseball nerd. I am even a baseball nerd apologist.
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    ....and I didn't hear a thing!
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    It was meant to be a general observation. Not personal. But I have no problem with a Falvey apologist. I don't know how the decision will turn out, and I am not advocating for Wisler or Falvey. I had taken a bit of a break from the boards..... I guess I forgot how the internet works.
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    could be..... could be "a person whose views or actions have great influence over trends in social behavior." "an arbiter of taste" could be used to descibe other nuances. Perhaps not the most concise analogy.... I hope you understood the point.
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