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    Dodgers sign Andrew Heaney for 1 year, $8.5 million.
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    Welcome to the forums! BaseballTradeValues.com thinks that Lopez alone would be a value match for the Twins side of the ledger: I'm skeptical that the Marlins would target Buxton as he's getting expensive and very close to free agency, but they do have the starting pitcher depth to make a splash. Perhaps not enough depth to add Meyer to the deal, though, at least not without another piece coming back from Minnesota (Garver?).
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    Of course, if Tingler really does favor the 3-0 green light now, does that put him at odds with our top reliever Willians Astudillo?
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    You are correct. A San Diego columnist recapped a quote from Tingler immediately after the game, and then another updated take from Tingler the following day: Late Monday: “Just so you know, a lot of our guys have green light 3-0,” Tingler said. “But in this game in particular, we had a little bit of a comfortable lead. We’re not trying to run up the score or anything like that.” Early Tuesday: “They’re trying to kick our ass, and we’re trying to kick their ass and win. That’s the bottom line. We can’t sit here and worry about people’s feelings.”
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    John Gant cleared waivers and elected free agency when the Twins attempted to outright him to the minor leagues, off the 40-man roster. (Gant had the right to elect free agency if outrighted, due to having 5+ years of MLB service time.) Gant had been projected by MLB Trade Rumors to earn $3.7 million in his final turn of arbitration this winter; apparently no team wanted to commit to that right now. He made $2.1 million in 2021. Would you like to see Gant back with the Twins at a reduced price? And if so, which role would you like to see him in, starting or relief?
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    Also according to Wikipedia, Tingler speaks Spanish. Tingler was in the Rangers organization as a coach while Thad Levine was there.
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    From his Wikipedia page: In August 2020, Tingler publicly criticized one of his players, Fernando Tatís Jr., who was accused of breaking an "unwritten rule of baseball" by hitting a grand slam on a 3–0 pitch while the Padres were leading the Texas Rangers 10–3 in the top of the eighth inning. Tingler argued that Tatís shouldn't have swung at the pitch.
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    On Miley, apparently he was hurt and awful in September. Officially called a "strained neck" and also described as a "twinge of pain near his collarbone" which might have been enough to give teams pause. Especially combined with the Reds decision to waive him before declining his option, and on waivers, there's no mechanism for reviewing medical information or conducting a physical before placing a claim.
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    Are there many Blue Jays fans complaining about losing Jeff Kent? Borderline HOF career, but that was the price they paid for David Cone en route to winning the title in 1992.
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    Cotton had a good ERA but it was in low-leverage duty (gmLI of .62, similar to the Twins usage of Derek Law, Nick Vincent, etc.). Cotton’s K% and BB% were both worse than those of a league average reliever. His best attribute in 2021 seems to a low HR/FB percentage.
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    I think Simmons could be a good buy-low candidate for a roster with a void in the middle infield, but the Twins have Polanco and Arraez projected for a combined 6 WAR. Yes, we may prefer to keep Polanco off shortstop, but even setting aside our history with him, I don't know that Simmons' upside would be worth it for us.
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    The Reds just waived Wade Miley, after a 5.7 bWAR pitching season (albeit only 2.9 fWAR). Miley has a $10 mil team option for 2022. The Cubs were awarded the claim on Miley. (Not sure if the Twins put in a claim, as they are one spot behind the Cubs in waiver priority.)
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    Had the Twins exercised the option, Colomé would have remained with the team in 2022 at a salary of $5.5 million. Instead, the Twins are paying Colomé a buyout of $1.25 million and he is now a free agent. I believe this leaves the Twins 40-man roster at 39 players, including all of the players who were on the 60-day IL. Undoubtedly, a few more spots will need to be cleared before the deadline to protect eligible minor leaguers from the Rule 5 draft on Friday Nov. 19.
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    Sadly, Wikipedia says his middle initial is "J" and not "S".
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    Looking at Rosario's postseason, his slash line looks incredible but in some ways not unlike his regular season streaks I mentioned in my previous post: 68 PA, 14.7% K%, 7 XBH His first 5 postseason games this year, he had 5 singles (1 in each game), zero XBH, zero non-intentional walks, and only 2 K's. Then NLCS Game 2 he collected 4 straight singles, but pretty much continued his contact approach. Video of all 4 singles here. Two infield singles -- one he barely beat on replay review, and another which could have been an error (off the infielder's glove) -- plus another poked through the left side of the infield to beat the shift. Next game, a leadoff single was followed by two non-intentional walks later in the game, and the game after that, he collected 3 XBH, his first of the postseason.
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    It looks like Rosario was already warming up after a rough start in Cleveland, before he went to Atlanta. Rosario's last 100 PA in Cleveland: 100 PA, .330 OBP, 14.0% K%, 11 XBH Rosario's Sep./Oct. for Atlanta (regular season): 98 PA, .337 OBP, 14.3% K%, 12 XBH Of course, in Atlanta, he got a few more of those XBH over the fence! Which could have been helped by coaching, but also could just be a hot streak.
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    True, although at least the Astros stayed within striking distance for 4 innings or so, and the Braves broke the scoreless tie in the 3rd with a pretty memorable HR: How Jorge Soler's World Series home run ball ended up at an apartment party outside the stadium
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    Didn't see it posted here yet, but Adrianza actually went on paternity leave yesterday and was replaced on the roster. (Not that he was likely to see action in games 6 or 7, anyway with the DH.) He'll still get his ring, of course!
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    Or the Dominican Republic, or Mexico... Or you have MLB.TV which is streaming all of the Dominican Winter League games live.
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    I've got news for you: we were 0-7 in the postseason while the Griffith statue was up. (And we had already lost 9 postseason games in a row when the statue was first installed in 2010 with the opening of Target Field, and we've lost 2 since it was taken down.)
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    I just located video of the Martha Stewart segment, pumpkin carving with chainsaws: Martha Stewart on David Letterman pumpkin carving for Halloween 1991
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    The plexiglass was present on the Dome's left field wall at the 1985 All-Star Game -- see the 19:13 mark of this video where it is discussed: The plexiglass was removed before the 1994 season, as mentioned at the 16 second mark of this news report of the Scott Erickson no-hitter: Maybe the simple removal of the plexiglass caused the curse? In 1994, I remember blaming the Twins awful pitching on the plexiglass removal.
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    Travel day today (Monday) as the series shifts back to Houston for Game 6 on Tuesday night. Atlanta will have a real starting pitcher again in Game 6 (Max Fried), and presumably in Game 7 too if necessary (Ian Anderson). The presumed Astros Game 6 starter would be Jose Urquidy who started and got the win opposite Fried in Game 2, but Urquidy threw an inning of relief (and also got the win) last night in Game 5, on 14 pitches. Luis Garcia is the other healthy starter for the Astros but he'd be on short rest for Game 6 (regular rest for Game 7). EDIT: apparently Dusty Baker has already announced that the Astros intend to start Luis Garcia in Game 6, on short rest. (Which would explain the Urquidy relief appearance last night.)
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    It was generous of Eddie Rosario to let another ex-Twin enjoy the postseason spotlight for a night: Marwin Gonzalez's two-run single Gave the Astros their first lead of Game 5, which they would not relinquish.
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