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  1. Jocko87
    His key has always been power the other way. When he does that he's been a monster. All good signs but I wouldn't be surprised if they waiting a few more days just to see how he feels playing several in a row.
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    Aren't we all 😂
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    Taylor has been a pleasant surprise. I like him much better off the bench where Rocco can set matchups and pitch run or play late inning D. Maybe its how poor the rest of the lineup has been but for the most part he had passed the eye test for me. A solid player as expected. Then I few days ago I looked at his numbers and whoof. I will say I lean towards Buxton going to CF for the mental aspects for him. Agreed that there's no hurry to get someone else ABs. He seems the type that needs to distract himself between at bats and help defensively when he's not hitting to keep on the level. It may get him going but it doesn't fix anything for the rest of the lineup, although hitting is contagious I hear. Looked back at the prime Degrom years with the Mets. I don't remember how touted they were but yuck for hitters for the most part. Stars and scrubs with the stars fading or not developed. There are far too many capable hitters still in the mix here to struggle too long. The up the middle guys will hit-if they don't its a long year all around. Then the corner spots have options that can be rotated based on performance. Its about the best roster construction we could hope for and a really low probability that no one hits. I just hope they aren't as patient as they have been with lower performance but a manager is only as faithful as his options. I believe Rocco/FO will have a quicker hook this year for hitters.
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    Agreed but he can’t say the Twins haven’t given him every chance to start. Now in his last year here the Twins have the leverage.
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    I don't know that he was unhappy in the bullpen, the contract was heavily biased towards starting and he would certainly want to try to maximize that. No one will be able to say the the Twins didn't give him every chance to be a starter but after an excellent short season, a long TJ recovery and now fatigue its time to have the conversation. He has to perform, especially when there is very stiff competition. He can be a weapon out of the bullpen and Ober can get in the rotation. There is no such thing as too much pitching but there can be too much of the wrong type grouped at the wrong time. It puzzles me how the Marlins and the Reds can stink on ice but be like Oprah passing out pitching to everyone. I would be on the lookout for a trade from our starting pitcher reserves somewhere this year. Mahle more likely than Maeda but also Ober, Varland and SWR as the return would be much higher. Hell, throw a couple young starters, Kepler and Gordon at the Pirates for Bryan Reynolds and low prospects. Varland for a Burnes rental? A guy can dream.
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    This is true, but those guys in the 2 and 4 hole have to hit too. He's always hit when healthy at a very high level. If this procedure doesn't work we may be screwed and he may go the way of so many promising prospects before him. Meanwhile, we aren't waiting for a Ben Revere type to bloom. He will probably stay at AAA for awhile and not come up until he's raking again. I'm fine with that as it helps with the roster crunch issue as well. A month from now if he's OPS .900+ and driving the ball to left center we will forget we had this discussion. If not, maybe he's a tantalizing trade piece mid year.
  7. Jocko87
    37 games at AAA with an 1.145 OPS is prime Kiriloff. This is a different class as well. He earned every bit of patience he is getting and winning the bet gets you the L/H 3 hole hitter between Correa and Buxton for the next 4+ years. I'll wait.
  8. Jocko87
    Crazy that this is considered a long term deal but for the Twins it is. They should still be wary of the 7 year variety but this is right in the sweet spot of risk/reward that they should do every time. Had there been someone similar in the org previously we would likely have seen something like this before.
  9. Jocko87
    Highly unlikely that we see Paddack this year. Its his second Tommy John and with the Twins track record for caution plus the below quote from Paddack after signing the extension would all indicate hes not back this year. The depth helps here also, if there are so many injuries that he slots right in the season is probably lost already. Full health to start 2024 camp. “It’s a blessing,” Paddack said. “You put yourself in my situation, it takes a lot of pressure off of me. There’s a lot of weight lifted off of my shoulders. I don’t have to be that hero that has to come back in August or September that potentially could be risking my career [by] coming back early from an injury like this.”
  10. Jocko87
    Even players that only cost money have hidden costs. Now that money can't be used to sign someone else that might fall in your lap. As for Arreaz, its the relative value that matters most. In the Twins org he has much less value than the Marlins
  11. Jocko87
    Probably partially, as others mentioned Joe seems to be in it for the baseball rather than the business, and although he will still need to run a good business seeing the value of this move is probably much more obvious then to Jim as a busy billionaire doing other things. The FO has been trying to do these type things but they were stuck in the dollar store. The change is palpable and while still working hard for good value they are now at least in the Dior outlet store.
  12. Jocko87
    I was just wondering the same thing. There has been a noticeable difference over the past year that could be partly attributed to the Correa/Boras effect but this move seems like all owner. Makes me think Joe has been pretty involved behind the scenes and willing to do what it takes to maximize this window.
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    Very nice, and timely!
  14. Jocko87
    I firmly believe that down the road we will get more of the Mets story and it will make the front office look like geniuses. I would love to have a beer with Falvey and ask him when they figured out what the Mets were actually doing. Short version, Cohen is a hedge fund/asset guy who likes nothing more than a distressed asset that he can get value on. He understands you never negotiate with a distressed asset against the open market. The $315m could have been $400m and it never would have mattered. They were always going to renegotiate in the due diligence process based on the ankle. The poison pills we saw in their offers prove it to me. Plenty of luck involved to be sure but they already deserve a heck of a lot of credit for staying tuned and working it through the holidays. Nobody would have blamed them if they tuned out and took a long Christmas. It makes me think they knew something. There is also plenty that can't be said about the negotiations for quite a while. Lets just say I'll be watching the Mets and Boras clients closely going forward.
  15. Jocko87
    This was also Falvey's pattern in Cleveland for the most part.
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    Very good summation. I posted a while back that they are on the cusp of the good luck/good work multiplier and coming on something really good. They have made a lot of the situations for the good luck as well with the patterns you described.
  18. Jocko87
    Exactly this. They also had to have a good idea that he was extendable prior to the trade which makes me wonder how they were able to keep a straight face asking the Marlins to throw in a couple prospects. Love it!
  19. Jocko87
    And now a Pablo extension, what a week! 😁
  20. Jocko87
    Double ughhhhhhhhh
  21. Jocko87
    I'll take 4 out of 7 against the Astros and Yankees all day. Especially in New York. If they keep pitching the lineup will come around. There are too many talented hitters with more on the way. I have to think we have to be getting close to Buxton in CF. I know he has stated he doesn't like DHing, specifically that if he wasn't hitting he could always contribute with the glove. It could very well be messing with his mind. To me, when Polonco and Kiriloff come back the lineups get really weird with Taylor instead of one of those two. Polanco at least, feels like he would be on a similar plan when he comes back as Buxton was to start the season. I could even see him DH full time for a few weeks. Also Kiriloff has been in the outfield more than I expected in rehab. Like that he is still flexible to play anywhere although I'm not sure I would have Gallo at first with Kiriloff in the outfield. Good news everywhere, even where there are issues the depth is coming through.
  22. Jocko87
    Shoot, didn't see that. What is it for?
  23. Jocko87
    I don't know much about him but its not a bad situation. He's 22 and with Trout, Ohtani and Rendon he should be able to hit low in the order and just play out of the spotlight. Pretty good vets to ask about breaking into the league young too. He was also raking in the minors.
  24. Jocko87
    I wouldn't read too much into comping Neto and Lee, the Angels have nothing at SS holding him back and are in win now mode trying to get Ohtani to believe in the future. Urshela already has 6 starts platooning with David Fletcher at SS and they can't win that way. If Lee was in the Angles org he might have broke camp with them.
  25. Jocko87
    I would be more neutral with Lee. After being very aggressive last year it would have been extremely aggressive to all but skip AA. If he was ready to skip AA he would have been in the breaking camp discussion. They were able to be aggressive last year because he produced, that has to come first. He's right where he should be and if he keeps playing well he will be moving quickly again. I'm quite interested in Prielipp, both from seeing the individual player develop and as a gauge of how aggressive they are willing to be. If they are willing to be aggressive with a pitcher coming off an injury like this there would seeem to be a bit of front office mindset change. If he pitches well, I would not be surprised to see him in Wichita this year, along with E-Rod.
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