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  1. h2oface
    Ober's consistency carried over from ST. Many claim what happens in ST when a player is not competing for a lineup spot, doesn't matter. But I am in the group that thinks it does. Ober had a horrible ST. Not one clean outing in 5, and 5 homers in 13 innings, a 5.65 ERA, which only takes into account the 9 earned runs he gave up, and hides the other 5 unearned, so 14 runs in 13.0 innings. All while the articles mentioned were positioning him as a bonafide lock to be very very good and consistent. The first outing of the regular season was even worse. So yes, he has still been consistent in 2024, just consistently awful. Was he injured all ST? Color me concerned.
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    There went the run differential, eh? But I would take a 2 wins one loss all year..... 108-54. There was a lot of 'spring training means nothing' going on, but Ober had a horrible ST, too. Not one clean outing in 5, and 5 homers in 13 innings, a 5.65 ERA, which only takes into account the 9 earned runs he gave up, and hides the other 5 unearned, so 14 runs in 13.0 innings. The first outing of the regular season was even worse, but the oft ignored tell tale signs of things to come were staring one in the face with bright lights on them. So yes, he has still been consistent in 2024, just consistently awful. If Lopez is already a 2024 verified ace after his one homer, one earned, 7K, 7 inning first outing (84-61), what does that make Singer, who gave up only 3 hits, no homer, no runs, and 10Ks in his 7 innings (98-64) against a professed better Twins lineup? Sure, Lopez had a much better 2023, but only this season matters now. So I guess they are both verified aces for 2024 😇
  3. h2oface
    And what about pitchers? It is amazing that Pablo Lopez is healthy. All the other pitchers traded for get injured pronto. They really know how to pick 'em. Look at that value for Polanco now.
  4. h2oface
    Triple analytics fail on run scoring play. Intentional walk to pitch to Menendez for lefty lefty matchup. Shift to move Correa out of position. Menendez hits it through where Correa would have been. A pitch right down the middle didn’t help. Best laid plans…….
  5. h2oface
    First Buxton. Now Lewis. Just can’t stay on the field. Snakebit. Sad for Lewis. Sad for the Twins. Normally, I love the sound of breaking glass.
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    Whiteys???
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    Twins Daily Rumors. Being first drives us. Whoops
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    Duh
  9. h2oface
    Not a great time to give up 8 earned in 4 innings yesterday. Against the Tigers.......
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    Well of course you don't mess with a guy like Mauer when he was in his prime. BUT - I will always wonder why Mauer didn't work on evolving when he was moved to first. He wasn't able to hit for averages he had before, and he was so big. A huge guy. A strong guy. A lot of great hitters and pitchers keep growing and evolving with age. It would have been great to see 6'5" Mauer hit 30 and 40 dingers a year (like little 5'11" Dozier evolved), as long as he was only hitting .265 and playing first base. It made no sense to me that he didn't really give it a committed try to evolve and be a different kind of great hitter in his last 5 years. A hitter that hit for power had a great eye. Even little Altuve hits 20 and 30 homers a year, instead of 6-10, and still hits for a fine average and OBP with low Ks and a generous walk rate. I think Mauer is a valid comparison in regards to a seasoned great hitter. Evolving doesn't have to screw a hitter (or pitcher) up. It might have even helped him get into the HOF. Oh, that's right, he did anyway. But still........
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    And yet, unless you are paid the big money, are an inked in "vet" (or even a Miranda resume after a half season last year), or have just been traded for and are pre-ordained to be given a shot, if nothing else but to prove that your FO decision was a good one - ST stats do seem to matter. They are cited on why Willie Castro made the team last year. Because Spring Training WAS a factor! The main factor. So what is the line that makes ST matter? We all hope he is the real deal and has a great year, but has Wallner has earned pre-selected status, already, and St shouldn't be a factor for him? I guess he has. A little soon, if you ask me. Remember Danny Valencia?
  12. h2oface
    Better to have Wallner getting no hits and striking out all April, eh? I think, since all have options, you would do well to let the worst performing player suck in AAA until he warms up and starts hitting. No need to have in left field striking out all month.
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    30 years, eh? How soon we forget. Seems 2005,2006,2007,and 2008 with Mauer and Redmond was pretty damn good, and depending on how you discount stats, even better than last year. 15-20 years ago..... And Mauer was a work horse. Maybe there weren't just 2 on the roster all year, but they were a consistent duo and their production was pretty awesome. Mauer in his prime and Redmond hitting .300/ Morales added some in 2009, too. Vazquez being durable really wasn't a plus last year in a lot of ways. I would rather see Camarago get a shot than suffer through a healthy but deficient bat from Vazquez again all year.
  14. h2oface
    "His 31.5% K-rate would've led the majors in 2003 but ranked fifth on the Twins in 2023; in other words, it's not really an extreme whiff profile in today's game." I don't care how many MLB players strike out over 30% of the time, it will always be an extreme whiff profile. All it means is that there are more players with an extreme whiff profile. It doesn't make it less extreme because more players can't hit the ball as often anymore.
  15. h2oface
    Paddack says "Get her out of the paddock and on the mound. We need females in MLB!"
  16. h2oface
    my comment a week ago from: Minnesota Twins Acquire Outfielder Manuel Margot from Dodgers in 3-Player Trade Posted February 27 The 2021 Five. With Miller being traded, that makes all of the first five draft picks of 2021 trade bait. Chase Petty #26 (Reds/Sonny Gray), Noah Miller #36 (Dodgers/Manuel Margot), Steve Hajjar #61 (Reds/Tyler Mahle) , Cade Povich #98 (Orioles/Jorge Lopez), and Christian Encarnacion-Strand #128 (Reds/Tyler Mahle). David Festa, the Twins Lucky 13th selection, #399, is still hanging in there. Great article! Thanks for filling the rest in. 😇 Come on, TDers. Please get Paddack out of the horse pen. It is probably gonna be a tough task. One of the posters with the most comments ever still hasn't learned to spell Kirilloff! 😇
  17. h2oface
    I'm sure the new additions can be coached into the new "Twins Way" and increase their K's. Give them a month or so.
  18. h2oface
    The Twins can't afford not to keep Vazquez, because if they traded him, they would have to pay him to play for another team, anyway, or a least a good share of his $. No other team was or is inclined to pay $30 million for 3 years, or $20 million for the next two. Only the Twins decided to. At this point, Vazquez owes us at least one good season, and by the contract amount, 2. So you have to bet on Vazquez, I guess, at least for this year. Hopefully he can climb out of the hole he dug offensively (and his offense was a big part of the reason for the original contract) and perform at least up to half the value he is being paid, and give the Twins a season at the plate, too. $10 million for Vazquez defense half the time is not a good value. (Jeffers $2.425, less than 1/4 of Vazquez). I would think Lewis could handle short to back up Correa. He looked fine when he played there before. I think it's a good idea to keep him in the mix just in case. The only reason he isn't there now is Correa blocking him from the position. Unknown how good he could be. DPCC is a big expensive question anyway right now, after last year. Lee could probably handle 3rd, at least soon, but Farmer, for sure. Like Farmer says ".... an easy way to cut payroll is by not keeping me, but I think that shows how much they like me.”
  19. h2oface
    Good luck to DPCC. The last 2 seasons, he has had pitiful starts. Even worse for what they cost.
  20. h2oface
    For me, Kepler is our guy in his prime (even though many doubted him for some subpar performance), not a visitor for a year or two, and wasn't and isn't a block out of the blue. But I agree, there are a lot of trade happy GMs.
  21. h2oface
    The 2021 Five. With Miller being traded, that makes all of the first five draft picks of 2021 trade bait. Chase Petty #26 (Reds/Sonny Gray), Noah Miller #36 (Dodgers/Manuel Margot), Steve Hajjar #61 (Reds/Tyler Mahle) , Cade Povich #98 (Orioles/Jorge Lopez), and Christian Encarnacion-Strand #128 (Reds/Tyler Mahle). David Festa, the Twins Lucky 13th selection, #399, is still hanging in there.
  22. h2oface
    If there was a transfer portal in MLB, half the farm would sign up. To block guys that are 25,26,27 for a mediocre player like Margot that gets paid 5 times they do (in Twins money, 10 times total) ....... why stick around if you didn't have to. And another first rounder (kinda anyway, CB-A #36 overall 2021) in Miller that basically was a waste of time now. Development, eh? Yawn. This is the year for very unexciting moves. Uber rich people are not like us. They are the cheapest people in the world until they want a friend, or have a passion. Obviously, owning the baseball team and wanting to give the fans a consistent chance of winning is not a passion for Pohlad(s). Dodgers signed Kiké for $4 mil, less Twins $ than we will pay for Margot, and with no trade.
  23. h2oface
    I hope Buxton learns how to slide. Watching him bounce and face plant head first, misjudge the distance and slide over and past the base, and feet first, too. Really needs to perfect sliding safely to stay in the game.
  24. h2oface
    Hendriks won’t be playing this season as he is now recovering from TJ surgery last August. His 2 year $10 million contract is really for 1 year of play. Here’s to you both. Life can be cruel, and who we become is more about the courage and grace with which we deal with what we are dealt, than what we want. Thanks for sharing you story.
  25. h2oface
    Some owners of professional sports teams in the major leagues with comparable wealth of the Pohlad family like to spend, and aren't that concerned with their profits. If the team they own, which is not how they made their fortune, breaks even, or even loses some money now and then, they don't care. Well, they care, but they don't own the team to get richer, necessarily, but to have fun with their life and wealth. They bought the team to try to win it all, and they will spend to do it. If they win, then they will make more money, and they will like that as well. Market Smarket. We don't have that kind of owner. Profit is king. That will not change for the Pohlads, it seems, even as the younger family members take control. The biggest lie came with the new stadium and getting the money from the City back more than a decade ago. Not tanking the payroll for the money share still applies. That lie is mostly forgotten with time, and ongoing. The spend strategy didn't work so well for the Mets, though.
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