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  1. Thrylos
    The Twins need 2 starters better than Berrios to compete in the postseason. These are not it. I hope that the days of getting the Nolascos and Correias and Pelfreys and passing them as improvements are gone.
  2. Thrylos
    Bit of a technicality, but a huge legal one: It was not a dismissal. All minor league coaches have annual contracts. His contract expired. The Twins chose not to tender him (and the rest) a contract for next year. Nobody got fired or "let go". They were free agents.
  3. Thrylos
    They won 101 games. Second best ever for the franchise. Really. The regular season pitching and defense was not the problem. What would had made the difference against the Yankees? Better defense or better pitching? The Twins are contenders during the regular season. To make the next step forward and be contenders during the post season they need pitching. Not defense...
  4. Thrylos
    2019 Twins: ERA 4.18, FIP 4.03, xFIP 4.27, SIERA 4.22 These are all pretty much significantly the same number, which I take to mean that pitching and not defense is the major driver as far as runs allowed went...
  5. Thrylos
    Or add 2 starters better than Berrios, sign a potential proclamation project to fight the kids for the end of the rotation spots and call it a day. Odorizzi is just like Berrios as far as performance goes, just older and more expensive. A number 3 in a post-season competitive team. I'd rather see them save the $ and spend it towards top of the rotation and end of the bullpen guys.
  6. Thrylos
    This is the reason that I don't think that they should re-sign any of their FA SPs or pick up Perez's option. If they get 2 starters better than Berrios (who can be a fine 3) 2 of the above can fill at 4 and 5 better than Perez and Gibson (Fact: Dobnak was better than Gibson and Smeltzer was better than Perez in 2019 and they are on the better side of the bell curve than the 2 players who will replace.) Pineda comes with major baggage and issues and I was probably one of the very few people who did not care about the signing because of those issues back when that happened. Odorizzi averaged 5-1/3 innings per start. This is not a starter or number 2 material. He is pretty much an older version of Berrios and Berrios is cheaper. I'd rather see them invest that $ towards a true #1 and #2, and they might have to get one of the 2 via trade.
  7. Thrylos
    I don't understand why people want Pineda, Odorizzi, Perez, and Gibson back. At some point one has to realize that if they do things the same way, the results will be the same (0 for the postseason.) This pitching staff needs major overhaul, and the biggest elephant in the room is that Berrios has not improved in 3 major league seasons... I hope that the new regime realizes that and makes drastic changes. They need 2 pitchers better than Berrios to compete in the postseason. Cron was third in the majors in xwOBA-wOBA and not sure that there are any cheaper better performing free agents or that any of the farm solutions are ready for a postseason contender.
  8. Thrylos
    Give him a 4/50 extension and call it a day. Got to extend that window of competitiveness. Nobody with his power in the Twins' system at this point. Matter of fact, Sano leads the majors in HR/FB FWIW...
  9. Thrylos
    Easy: Likely he did not pitch in the single Alderson-Broaddus College game that the area scout attended..
  10. Thrylos
    Castro will go anyways. He is a free agent after the season. Telis has appeared in 122 MLB games and has a slashline of .207/.258/.241 with an OPS+ of 56. Hitting AAA pitching does not mean you can be a major leaguer. Astudillo will likely be the back up, unless the Twins sign a low cost defense first free agent to keep the spot warm for Jeffers who is about a year or so away
  11. Thrylos
    Can definitely Lyft the Twins this postseason
  12. Thrylos
    Those are always fun. Here is my vote (with notes regarding the differences than the above consensus) : C Tomas Telis (had the best season of any minor league catcher. Not a prospect, but this is not about prospects) 1B Weil 2B Blackenhorn 3B Wander Valdez (short season performance should count and he was the best 3B in the minors) SS Gordon OF Rooker, Larnach, Luke Raley (need to have a centerfielder) RHSP Bailey Ober, LHSP Juan Pichardo (I draw the line for players who were in the minors all season; otherwise Arraez and Duffey should be in the list; Smeltzer and Dobnak will likely make starts in the MLB post-season...) RHRP Gomez, LHRP Neff
  13. Thrylos
    How about watching the games from his couch? That's the most fitting role. Career 1-6 with 6.75 ERA in 10 games against the Yankees.
  14. Thrylos
    Depends who they are playing. If they are playing the Yankees with a bunch of LHSP, I would like to see LaMarre over Wade. Wade cannot hit lefties, and all 3 of the rest of the OFs are left handed. If they play the Astros Wade is fine, because even their pen is very RHP oriented.
  15. Thrylos
    a. Polanco is better with the glove (and arm) than Lewis at SS (Wander Javier is better, but likely seems like a 3B guy) b. No respect for Arraez? These 2 will be the Twins middle infield for the next 5 seasons...
  16. Thrylos
    This year, Sano is leading the majors in HR/FB. It is a matter of reps before he leads the league in HRs.
  17. Thrylos
    Did you mean that's more valuable that anything we've seen from Buxton so far? Sano has a career OPS+ average of 122 and this season he is at 139.
  18. Thrylos
    IMHO, the Twins should trade Buxton (in a package or not) for a front line pitcher, start 2019 with Kepler at CF, and keep him there until Lewis is ready. The window for the Twins to compete is wide open right now and if they do not have top of the rotation pitchers to equalize matchups with the Astros, Yankees, and Dodgers they will not go far. Maybe that's why Lewis is playing CF (and the fact that the SS position is taken for 5 more seasons in the bigs.)
  19. Thrylos
    Career win probability added: Sano: 4.45 Buxton: -2.27 I'd take door number 1.
  20. Thrylos
    Agree 100% with those twelve. Another argument in Perez's favor is that he owns the Astros. He is career 7-4 with 2.70 ERA in 12 starts against them. And he was scoreless this season in his only game against them. Also he has a 2.97 ERA in 5 starts at Houston. I'd start him if they play the Astros, in the pen (with Dobnak and Smeltzer the starters) if they play the Yankees
  21. Thrylos
    I think that you answered your own question: They will find #5 guys within the organization (Smeltzer, Thorpe, Dobnak, Jax, etc.) for minimum salary or better #4 outside the organization (Bailey, Chacin, Gonzalez, etc) for half to 1/3 his price (about 3/$36M.) I think that the Twins should stop spending that much $ for bottom of the rotation types and start using it to sign top of the rotation types they really need. Not the Gibsons (career 4.53 ERA with the Twins,) Correias (4.49), and Hughes (4.61) of the world. For some reason I do not remember cries of re-signing Correia after a very similar season (4.94 ERA, 1.461 WHIP for Correia then, 4.88 ERA, 1.430 WHIP and worsening for Gibson now.) This team is a competitor and better start behaving like one.
  22. Thrylos
    8-0, 0.69 ERA, 0.814 WHIP, 11.4 K/9 and 11.1 K/BB are video game numbers. Not sure how the guy who put those numbers up, Bailey Ober, does not win this award. Nobody else came close.
  23. Thrylos
    Migraines are yet another reason for him not playing every day, and yet another reason for the Twins to start thinking their future without him. Whose bat hit that foul ball off his toe? Unless someone else flailed at it, is a product of his play.
  24. Thrylos
    I can see them signing Wheeler from that list. Corey Klubel will likely be a free agent. He has an option for $17.5 M, which I don't see the Indians picking up. They will give him a QO instead for the same amount. The Twins should stay away from Pineda, Gibson and Odorizzi. They can sign someone like Jhoulys Chacin and get similar production for less $. They need 2 pitchers better than Berrios at this point. They can pick one as a free agent and trade for another.
  25. Thrylos
    Never is a big world. In 1991 the Twins signed 7 free agents. One of them (Morris) was the highest paid free agent of the class in 1991, and a second (Davis) among the top 5.
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