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  1. Unwinder
    It's not actually that hard to get people to go to ballgames. I don't think of myself as an "influencer," but I posted some comic strips on Twitter where a guy goes to a St Paul Saints game, and some people went and checked out their own local MiLB teams because of it.
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    Sano related moves.

    Unwinder commented on Doc Munson's blog entry in Fantasy GM

    Man it's a downer to see Sano go out with a whimper, would have loved to see him go out in style with some fireworks before ceding the Twins Slugger throne to Jose Miranda.
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    I would take pretty much any of Sano's previous seasons with all the ups and downs if I knew for sure that's what we were getting, but there's no way to tell if the next slump is just another temporary slump, or if he's truly cooked this time.
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    I've said this before in probably these exact words, but Twins fans are so beaten down by so many years of playoff failure that when they finally land a star free agent, all they can think of is what they can get for him. They're scared to even make a playoff run until the team is completely unbeatable.
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    I believe I saw an article somewhere on the Athletic that said the White Sox have the trade deadline advantage of more glaring weak points that can be upgraded for cheap, while the Twins' weak points are more mediocre than bad, and are in areas that are more expensive to upgrade (they see starting pitching as a big one). So I think the trade deadline outcome is a huge factor in how the rest of the season plays out for the ALC.
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    Small sample size against a bad team so it probably means nothing, but it looks like the all-star break recharged some pitchers who needed it. It's a relief to see Ryan and Gray come back strong, not to mention a good inning from Smith. Also: it's almost hilarious to see Kepler get injured just when Sano needs a spot. These roster decisions really have a way of taking care of themselves.
  7. Unwinder
    I hadn't thought about this complication before. Obviously it's rough for the Twins to have stiffer competition for trades, but if expanded playoffs mean more contenders, and more contenders mean more buyers, and more buyers mean that the sellers get a better haul, then bad teams that sell at the deadline get stronger sooner. Could it be that expanded playoffs are (gulp) good for baseball??? (for the record, I hate expanded playoffs)
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    I've been to five Twins games this year, and all five have been Twins wins, who wants to buy me tickets?

  9. Unwinder
    Hey, anything can happen. He is raking in St Paul. Usually when he sucks he's just as bad in the minors.
  10. Unwinder
    Yeah, there were plenty of empty seats for sure. I assume the announced "attendance" is based on ticket sales? I know they routinely sell more group tickets than actually get used, plus there are always plain old no-shows. I was down in section 112 and there were only six seats occupied in my row.
  11. Unwinder
    I took the day off yesterday and biked down to Target field - Glad I didn't drive, I was able to chain up my bike to the parking space marker right across the street from gate 34. I bought my ticket at the box office, good thing it wasn't sold out yet. It was really fun to have a crowd with a lot of opposition fans present. Lots of applause for almost every play. With so many Brewers fans closer to Minneapolis than Milwaukee, the Twins could sell a lot more tickets if the divisions were realigned to put Minnesota and Milwaukee in the same division.
  12. Unwinder
    Remember during the offseason how people here kept projecting that Austin Martin was going to become "better Arraez"? No offense to Martin, but it doesn't appear likely that anyone's going to be better than Arraez at being Arraez anytime soon.
  13. Unwinder
    I'm sure this is statistically easy to disprove, but I feel like the quality of opposing starting pitching is almost completely irrelevant to the Twins' success or failure. I'm off work tomorrow and going to the Ryan game, really hoping to see him return to form.
  14. Unwinder

    Sano Situation

    Unwinder commented on Doc Munson's blog entry in Fantasy GM

    I think the writing is on the wall for Sano as far as the 14 million option, The problem is, even if he comes back and hits 30 home runs, we still have no reason to have confidence in him next year because we know how streaky he is. If he had been able to play well from June until September, we might be able to say he'd turned a corner, but he can't prove anything in half a season that we don't already know,
  15. Unwinder
    I think better starting pitching changes the equation, just not by very much. How many times have we seen the Twins shell proven aces this year already? And how many times have we seen them shut out by mediocre guys? It's always going to be a game of chance, and I think the best we can do by upgrading starting pitching is tweak the odds by a few percentage points. That's worth a handful of good but redundant prospects to me, but not guys I see as the future core.
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    Yeah, I just don't think that the available starters are going to make that much of a difference with our starters already being one of our strongest points. I think the only reason I'd consider selling the farm for another starter is injury insurance. We do have an entire half-season before the playoffs, a lot can happen.
  17. Unwinder
    Kirilloff and Larnach are not allowed to be good at the same time.
  18. Unwinder
    The only reason I get the Tony O is because I love a Cubano. It's a serviceable iteration and doesn't try to get cute. Obviously not as good as Victors 1959 Cafe.
  19. Unwinder
    Coaching seems like a pretty obvious market inefficiency, I'm pretty surprised that guys who have as much success as Wes aren't paid more competitively.
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    I think the best-case scenario for getting value out of Sano is that he clobbers a few big home runs in St Paul on a rehab stint and someone trades us an OK middle reliever for him.
  21. Unwinder
    I'm pretty attached to Miranda and would be bummed out if he were traded. But that's why I'd make a terrible front office executive.
  22. Unwinder
    I feel like that would actually completely make the pain of the playoff losses go away for me.
  23. Unwinder
    I was at this game! And I was about ten feet from where the first Buxton homer landed! Very fun game to be at. I'm guessing Smith got the nod today to keep as many arms as possible fresh for the Chi Chi Gonzales start tomorrow.
  24. Unwinder
    I was expecting this series to be tough, and had very low expectations for the Bundy/Cole matchup, so it's pretty easy for me to focus on the silver lining here. I think it's a very good sign for the Twins' future that the offense was able to dismantle Cole, Cortes, and Taillon. With a couple of better bullpen pieces and some of our better starters healthy, these games were all winnable.
  25. Unwinder
    He's not the most valuable trade chip, he's just the best balance between value and expendability.
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