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  1. TheLeviathan
    How many people saw that he only started 55 games and thought it was more? I was going to guess he played half the season, but it's a third. Ouch. He stayed on the field after he came back, that was a very promising end. Hopefully they get a very fair contract done with incentives for Buck and protections in case we spend the next 7 years with 50 games played.
  2. TheLeviathan
    How is it uncertain? We have a guy in Jeffers who is 24, showed some great things so far in his young career, Rortvedt is still a guy I think we can count on as a future big leaguer, if only as a backup. So the team has options - keep Garver and let he and Jeffers hold it down another year so Rortvedt can season a bit more in AAA or, if you get a nice offer, deal Garver to plug another hole. But the Twins are in a leverage position, they don't need to do anything.
  3. TheLeviathan
    They're no Andrelton Simmons....
  4. TheLeviathan
    That trailer was phenomenal. "What If..." has been a little disappointing IMO.
  5. TheLeviathan
    I appreciate this conversation and I think this issue is a really difficult one. A few things to point out: * As bad as it has felt, Rooker has a .691 OPS. Now, you might scoff at that but I think we forget that we're in a pitcher dominated year (in part because they are a bunch of cheats) but that OPS is not terribly far from the norm. I'm not making a value judgement on that, merely pointing out that it's fair to point out that he shouldn't be compared to historical examples of what would impress us. He should be compared to his peers now. By that comparison, he hasn't been "bad". Not "good" either, but not bad. * The team drafted way too many guys who can't field. That's the real issue here. If I'm the Twins I give Arraez a 3B glove and give him extensive work there all offseason. That's his new home. Donaldson looks washed, certainly like he's going to struggle to deliver on that price tag. Trade him and move on. That means with Sano getting some reps at 3B as well you have some room at DH to play a guy sometimes. That means Rooker may have some options to play at 1B, DH, or LF from time to time with enough consistency to evaluate him. I think Marten is the future LFer and could be a really good one defensively and offensively but he will need most of next year. The problem for Rooker is he has to fight off Larnach, Sano, Marten, Gordon, Celestino, etc. But as long as he has an option, with his draft pedigree and flashes of potential, I don't make that decision now. I keep him on the 40, I work with him on his defense and improving his approach, and hope he can hold down regular at-bats next year to see if we can find out if he has value or not. We have time, we should take it.
  6. TheLeviathan
    That's one way to squash those pesky USC rumors.
  7. TheLeviathan
    Good thing we kept finding reasons not to let Gordon play huh?
  8. TheLeviathan
    In place of your lord and savior. I'm using b-ref to cite that. Simmons has the highest rate of BOWCN, otherwise known as Being Old While Contributing Nothing.
  9. TheLeviathan
    Nick Gordon should play every day. Every day.
  10. TheLeviathan
    Picking 7th! Play the kids dammit.
  11. TheLeviathan
    I like the idea, just not the fit.
  12. TheLeviathan
    The guy who only cites batting average to defend players is now going to rag on Arraez? I....I mean....Wha?
  13. TheLeviathan
    Worst ever? No, but that click-baity headline forced the discussion in a bad direction. He's been an objectively bad addition to the team. His defense isn't worth enough to have what amounts to a hitter worse than Mike Hampton at the plate.
  14. TheLeviathan
    We really need someone with a good eye for breaking down film to help explain the deception this guy pitches with. Watching hitters, they react like his pitches hopped through a wormhole halfway to the mound. His velocity and movement can't explain that IMO, something about his delivery is frying brains.
  15. TheLeviathan
    I would argue the point is less that the offseason can't win you games as much as you might want to re-examine why you thought that list was an offseason winner.
  16. TheLeviathan
    Is it legal for both your middle infielders to contribute offensively?
  17. TheLeviathan
    Certainly one offseason isn't enough to make the rotation great, but much of the way the White Sox built their rotation can be matched by the Twins. Lynn was a trade. Kuechel was a mid-level pitching deal in FA. Giolito and Cease were prospects acquisitions. Rodon was there for the taking by anyone. The team will need to let their young starters get seasoned next year, but in 2023 they can absolutely be on the path the White Sox took. Just spend this offseason acquiring a Kuechel-like guy and look for a trade opportunity. Then trust your young arms.
  18. TheLeviathan
    Sure, but only because we drop 25M AAV on a shortstop.
  19. TheLeviathan
    I'm not sure I would classify this plan as "good". It's likely far less of a disaster as last year with some upside, but "good" seems highly unlikely. I would like to see Ryan, Ober, Dobnak start the year but there is a good chance they may need seasoning. Or stretching out. To supplement that I'd sign one Happ-like veteran as a filler. Maybe that's Pineda if he comes back reasonably, but I don't think he'll be worth it. Then I'd sign Jon Gray to a five year 70M deal. And I'd trade what we have to for Zac Gallen as a buy-low option. I hate speculating what that might be, but I'd pay it. Gallen-Gray-Ryan-Ober-Dobnak/Pineda/Warmbody Holding a Place for a Young Guy has potential to be good. Still probably not a good chance of it though.
  20. TheLeviathan
    It's all hypothetical, but in the pure hindsight article the best we could do is 72 wins which, yes, is in the WC, but that's best case scenario. I think that assuming not-league worst, but averagish, is more like where Cleveland sits. Maybe you can argue that's WC contention. I don't think I would. Too many injuries and things went wrong this year. I think that the root of those problems may be closer to 2 years old rather than 1.
  21. TheLeviathan
    I can get behind that. Though I'm not sure even with good moves this team was going to be in a better position with Buxton hurt most of the year and just too many things going wrong. I mean, you can't bat 1.000, so even if half the moves they made were better where does that land us? To me, still in a reset/retool position, but maybe I'm just being pessimistic. I definitely agree it seemed to come faster than I would've thought a year or two ago.
  22. TheLeviathan
    Did the Twins organization send out a press release with a headline like "Twins Declare Hard Work for Suckers and Old Fogeys. Team will Play the Game the Wrong Way, with Calculators in their Pocket Protectors" If no, then I guess Frank really kicked the stuffing out of that strawman. Even got you to be his sidekick on that silly fallacy.
  23. TheLeviathan
    Except he then retweeted his wife saying this (shortly after retweeting yet another anti-tech/analytics piece about robot umpires): Leadership begets Leadership... what is the organizational mantra? The Twins of the 80's & 90's were built upon fundamentals, team chemistry, players arrived early and left late because they loved being there. Analytics won't replace hard work & a big heart... ask Kirby Puckett! Ripping analytics was a clear implication and subtext to his post. As if analytics is opposed to fundamentals. It's implying the team doesn't care about clubhouse culture and attitude....despite being the FO and manager who has prioritized that more than any in my lifetime. Your tortured analogy only works if you are complaining about airplanes because they serve french fries. At which point, yes, the two opinions are tied together and I can examine your reasons on both and how you wed them together. He can have those opinions, but then he can be criticized for them as well. Pretending they don't exist or weren't the point is silly.
  24. TheLeviathan
    Both. Things went south and got compounded with poor moves.
  25. TheLeviathan
    I agree with the criticisms to a degree. Want to rip them that everything they did for this team this year was a total failure? Hell yeah. And they were over confident they could just fix anyone. But impugning analytics generally? At that point you're off the rails.
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