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Perhaps they have talked to him, and said they would add him once they are able to get Hill on the long-term IL. One would assume he would find the opportunity to play for the Twins appealing.
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Nice work. I’ll take the over on 272 homers. Weren’t there posts about this time last year speculating on whether the Twins could hit 200 homers?
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How about Led Zeppelin “Fool in the Rain”? And I'll run in the rain till I'm breathless. When I'm breathless I'll run 'til I drop.
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I think we can all agree that if that option gets exercised, we all will be happy.
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What’s funny is the reports of the Twins making an $80-$85mm offer, and also a $100mm offer...were both accurate!
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I think this signing is the biggest free agent signing ever by the Twins by....40 million.
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(Other than being bad at math,) nailed it.
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Excellent. He made 23 last year, 23 the year before, and 4/92 is 4x23.
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One thing I noticed about both Kepler and Garver last year was how they both seemed to elongate their follow-through forward through the point of contact. Instead of a natural spinning/wraparound follow-through (Sano is the classic example of the wraparound rotation on his follow-through), they seem to extend their hit plane up and forward. Rosario does it in an exaggerated fashion (always has), and Buxton seemed to do it a lot last year too. To me it seemed like these four guys were all trying to lengthen the amount of time that their bat stayed on the same plane through the hit zone. Am I imagining this, or is this something that others noticed as well? Edit: Kepler: Garver:
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Fun exercise. Thanks for doing this. In my view, if you are talking about most valuable assets to an organization, service years factor large. Therefore, I don’t think Nelson Cruz, at age 40, signed for one season, should be in this list. He could put up the same numbers as last year, but it’s unlikely. Odorizzi falls in the same realm—although if he were signed to a Jose Abreu-like extension, he could easily turn into a much more valuable asset. I think I’d view Lewis Thorpe and Keoni Cavaco as more valuable assets for the organization. Honestly, take a look at Thorpe’s last three years. 10-11K/9, under 3 BB/9, FIP of 3.7 or under. And this is with high BABIP. I think he should be in the rotation to start the year, and could stick. Cavaco is obviously a wildcard, with a rocky small sample first year. But if he has a good year, he shoots up their boards (while Cruz and Odorizzi are gone.)
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Didn’t see that, thank you.
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Hmmm. Fair point.
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Just want to note that 4/92 is closer to 100 than 85. Donaldson made 23 each of the past two years, and 4/92 is 23/year. Also, the Nats could have a higher dollar offer with lots of money defered. (This is assuming everything in that report is accurate.)
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You read that in a different thread, an anonymous, random tweet from an account called “AtlantaBaseballInsider”, who insisted that Donaldson had agreed to the deal Friday afternoon, and it would be announced Monday evening after Donaldson returned from vacation. It doesn’t seem to have held water, considering the fact that it is now Tuesday evening, he isn’t signed, and various reports are saying the Nats and Twins are still somewhat in the mix.
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Might want to read Doogie’s tweet a bit closer, as it said the opposite.
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Certainly seems more focused on the money than his preferred destination, that’s for sure. Perhaps they should just go ahead and show him the money.
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I think Donaldson should bat leadoff.
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You had me at “Yankees contracted.”
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Oh, I forgot: 3. Sign Donaldson.
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Two points: 1. Homer Bailey played his whole career with Cincinnati. He was lousy from 2016-2018, posting ERAs over 6. However, his BABIP was 452, 350 and 331 those seasons. This past season was his first season with a new team, first with KC and then with Oakland. He changed his pitch mix, adding in nearly 25% splitters. When he got to Oakland, both his fastball and his splitter were above average pitches. This is notable for a few reasons; one, his fastball had been terrible for the five previous seasons in Cincinnati; two, new pitching coaches obviously had some new ideas for him in terms of pitches and pitch mix that worked; and three, Wes Johnson could have additional new ideas to help him with velocity and pitch mix. The fact that he was targeted by the Twins might mean they think there is some upside. 2. Does Rich Hill get his incentives if they are reached during the playoffs? Might be significant if he isn’t back until post All-Star break.
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This seems pretty reasonable, although I would see 25/20/15 rather than 30/20/10.
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I definitely don’t see them signing three SPs. I am skeptical that they would even sign two of these guys. However, it seems quite reasonable to expect them to sign one of them, likely either Walker or Wood (my preference, as stated on the Taijuan Walker thread, is Walker). I also think that signing would go nicely with either a Donaldson signing or a trade for David Price.
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Front Page: Twins Sign Tyler Clippard
AlwaysinModeration replied to Seth Stohs's topic in Twins Daily Front Page News
My initial reaction was pretty negative, but after reading a bit about his numbers and his ability to get lefties out, I’m more optimistic about it. -
Thank you. Glad that you could get that take care of.
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To elaborate, Price has been very good for a long time, when healthy. Playing in Boston in the AL East is tough. Last year he was unlucky with batting average on balls in play. So some reasons to think he can be better this year. I’d say he’d be worth a flier. If the Sox pay some of the salary, and throw something else in (a prospect would be good), they should go for it. I don’t think he’d be good for all three years left, but he could be for 1-2 years, by which point, the Twins will have several of their prospects ready to move into the rotation.
