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  1. Otto von Ballpark
    Rogers is 31 years old, the Twins' highest paid reliever (and 2nd highest paid pitcher), and a free agent at season's end, So it makes some sense to try to move him.
  2. Otto von Ballpark
    Welcome to the forums! But stay tuned, we may be trading you to PadresDaily.com. By the way, Rooker is confirmed in this deal.
  3. Otto von Ballpark
    BaseballTradeValues.com, as the trade stands now:
  4. Otto von Ballpark
    It is surplus value, in millions. Rogers is making $7.3 mil and is a free agent at the end of the year, not a whole lot of opportunity for surplus value (although he can be useful at that price).
  5. Otto von Ballpark
    Sonny “The Tennessee Stud” Gray, to phrase it as a horse pun. (Gray is from Tennessee in fact; however B-Ref tells me his nickname is “Pickles”)
  6. Otto von Ballpark
    Newly signed MLB free agents (like Bundy) actually have no-trade power until June 15.
  7. Otto von Ballpark
    Padres beat writer mentions interest in Taylor Rogers, so who knows what may develop here (if anything):
  8. Otto von Ballpark
    FYI, more Paddack-specific discussion under Nick's article: REPORT: Twins Working to Acquire Padres RHP Chris Paddack
  9. Otto von Ballpark
    Paddack would be a bit of a project for sure, but talent is there. And it wouldn't surprise me if the Padres failed to maximize that talent. Edit: actually Paddack's K rates haven't been that impressive. His K% has decline from 26.9 to 23.7 to 21.6 the last 3 years. League K% has gone 23.0 to 23.4 to 23.2 those same years.
  10. Otto von Ballpark
    Even if you don't have T-Mobile, but you know someone who does (and isn't using this offer themselves), you can let them log in with your MLB.com account (or create a new one) and redeem this promotion on your behalf. Once it is redeemed, the MLB.TV subscription is not tied to the T-Mobile account or devices. You can also visit the Slickdeals.net forums where T-Mobile users are offering to trade their unneeded MLB.TV subscriptions for $5 Amazon gift card codes. Either way, you have to do it this week, as the promo ends Monday.
  11. Otto von Ballpark
    No! The free subscriptions are pretty much full MLB.TV subscriptions, so you can watch on any device. The only "limitation" is that they may occasionally check if you've accessed the service over a non-T-Mobile/Sprint cell network (like AT&T), and they reserve the right to terminate your free subscription if you have done that. But wifi is fine (as is T-Mobile/Sprint).
  12. Otto von Ballpark
    Yeah, Godoy hasn’t cleared waivers yet, otherwise he would have been outrighted.
  13. Otto von Ballpark
    Seemed that way, but Smeltzer was just sent to minor league camp today.
  14. Otto von Ballpark
    Good point, a lot could change with these. And welcome to the board!
  15. Otto von Ballpark
    Your "and" should be an "or" in that sentence. From Tom's 2021 Sire of Fort Myers Preview: So all of the nonroster guys would be eligible (Faria, Smeltzer, Cave, etc.), as well as any Twins 40-man roster guys who have yet to appear in MLB (Miranda, Winder, etc.).
  16. Otto von Ballpark
    It's technically possible. The Twins could recall Enlow and place him on the 60-day IL right now, and he'd just be ineligible to pitch in the major leagues for the first 60 days of the MLB season (so, until early June). He could still pitch in the minor leagues during that time on a rehab assignment -- it sounds like the Twins expect him to debut for AA Wichita in early May, and that wouldn't have to change with a 60-day IL placement. Even if he was fully healthy right now, it would be unlikely for Enlow to appear in a MLB game before early June anyway, given his lack of experience and the depth chart. It's extremely unlikely if he's not even going to pitch for AA Wichita until May. So the only real cost is the 60 days service time and salary (although it could potentially be more than 60 days if he has a setback or another injury before the 60 days are up). FWIW, there's no need for retroactive IL placement right now, because the day counts don't begin until MLB opening day. During the season, time served on other MLB injured lists (i.e. 10-day IL) can count toward the 60 days if a player is later transferred to the 60-day IL, but time served on minor league injured lists would not count. The Cub Reporter: Injured Lists
  17. Otto von Ballpark
    Before this trade, the White Sox were projected to have Andrew Vaughn and Gavin Sheets both in their starting lineup, one in an outfield corner and the other at DH, with Adam Engel backing them up, then Leury Garcia (who is also their primary backup all around the infield, I think). Pollock raises the floor of their lineup considerably. On the bullpen side, even without Kimbrel (and with Crochet out), they still have Hendriks, Graveman and Bummer who were strong performers last year; Ruiz and Burr, who were competent; plus Joe Kelly is on track to join the team later this month. And their starting rotation is pretty deep (and may provide an overflow starter for the pen). And last summer, in addition to the Kimbrel trade, they made an affordable deal for Ryan Tepera, so they have shown some ability and willingness to upgrade the pen in-season.
  18. Otto von Ballpark
    FWIW, Kimbrel was already a hole in the White Sox bullpen last year (and in the Cubs pen 2019-2020). He’s got talent but the White Sox coaching staff had a hard time getting that talent to come through. Let’s not underestimate the risk there.
  19. Otto von Ballpark
    Smeltzer has looked good this spring, and he is left-handed and capable of throwing multiple innings. That could be really useful during the season’s first month (and potentially beyond).
  20. Otto von Ballpark
    Two other pitchers who could be near the edge of removal are Vallimont and Strotman. We just added both to the 40-man in November, although had we known the Rule 5 draft would get canceled, maybe we would have chosen differently. They are already 25 years old, had rough seasons last year (Vallimont, a 6.03 ERA at AA, and Strotman a 7.33 ERA in St. Paul). And both have been non-factors this spring, and are likely buried on the depth chart for the foreseeable future.
  21. Otto von Ballpark
    Keep in mind, Thorpe had already quietly cleared waivers before we signed Archer — we just didn’t outright him until then. Once secured, waivers are in effect for 7 days at this time of year. So it’s possible that someone like Stashak has already been waived and cleared, in anticipation of possibly being outrighted before opening day, and we just don’t know about it.
  22. Otto von Ballpark
    The complete Fangraphs positional rankings for the Twins: Catcher: 20 First Base: 21 Second Base: 7 Third Base: 17 Shortstop: 1 Left Field: 22 Center Field: 2 Right Field: 8 Designated Hitter: 20 Any thoughts? Some too high, some too low? You can see their projected playing time breakdowns at the links too.
  23. Otto von Ballpark
    Probably nawt.
  24. Otto von Ballpark
    Now the forum software has labeled this back-hair discussion as “HOT!” Great job, everyone!
  25. Otto von Ballpark
    I busted this out into its own topic, since it seems like a fairly big Twins-adjacent move. I know the Kimbrel acquisition was criticized by many — does this news shift anyone’s opinion?
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