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  1. Otto von Ballpark
    Under the current rules, the Twins would not lose the #8 pick for signing Ray. See the draft pick compensation rules here: Which Draft Picks Each Team Would Forfeit By Signing A Qualified Free Agent So at worst, we'd have to forfeit our 2nd round pick (and that's only if we receive a competitive balance pick between rounds 1 & 2). And even if there's a new CBA soon, I doubt that would change much for the Twins (and I suspect any new rules may not affect QO comp picks until next offseason). FWIW, every team's highest first-round pick is exempt from forfeiture under the current CBA. And the previous CBA (2012-2016) protected the top 10 picks.
  2. Otto von Ballpark
    I was wrong about Sunday, though — the Astros are using traditional starter Framber Valdez to start game 5 today. Not sure how I overlooked that, Valdez started game 1 so he is on normal rest for game 5. Of course, Valdez has starts of 4.1, 2.2, and just 2.0 innings so far this postseason, although due to ineffectiveness rather than any strategic decision. (To be fair, he also has the longest start of the postseason at 8 IP.) Atlanta would counter with their game 1 starter Charlie Morton if not for that whole “broken leg” thing, so Atlanta will indeed have another bullpen game. Drew Smyly and Tucker Davidson would be obvious candidates to go some length for Atlanta, but a wild card is AJ Minter, normally a short reliever but he did go 3 innings, 42 pitches in a “start” during the 2020 NLCS, and he didn’t pitch in game 4 Saturday night.
  3. Otto von Ballpark
    Turns out Greinke went 4 innings last night and Kyle Wright went 4.2 for Atlanta, so this “dueling bullpen game” didn’t look much different than the average modern start.
  4. Otto von Ballpark
    Rosario hit a one-out double off a lefty and came around to score Atlanta’s first run in the 6th, but as mentioned above, it was his catch to end the 8th that will get the most attention: Eddie Rosario’s running catch Announcers said that ball (distance/angle) would have been a HR in 26 out of 30 parks, including. Houston. Wasn’t quite going to be a HR in Atlanta but could have put the tying run in scoring position for the Astros, if not for Rosario.
  5. Otto von Ballpark
    Looks like dueling bullpen games for Saturday and Sunday? Zack Greinke is listed as the nominal starter for Houston tonight, but he's only pitched 2.1 innings across 2 appearances so far in the postseason (and didn't pitch much the last month of the regular season), so I doubt he goes very deep.
  6. Otto von Ballpark
    Friday October 29 World Series Game 3 Houston Astros vs. Atlanta Braves Time: 7:09 PM Central Standard Time SP: Luis Garcia (Astros) vs. Ian Anderson (Braves) Venue: Truist Park, Atlanta Broadcast: FOX Odds: Braves -111, Astros +101
  7. Otto von Ballpark
    Fresh off his infamous 10 inning shutout performance in game seven, 1991 World Series MVP Jack Morris appears on Late Night with David Letterman. Presented in partnership with TC Media Now. View full video
  8. Otto von Ballpark
    Fresh off his infamous 10 inning shutout performance in game seven, 1991 World Series MVP Jack Morris appears on Late Night with David Letterman. Presented in partnership with TC Media Now.
  9. Otto von Ballpark
    Spoken like a true Wiener Winner.
  10. Otto von Ballpark
    Not sure when exactly it started, but my first "student nights" at the Dome were $5 for lower deck LF, which was still $10 general admission. That section became reserved seating around 2004, I believe, with student tickets moving to the outfield upper deck, although with a price cut to $3 (half the normal price of $6).
  11. Otto von Ballpark
    For whatever reason, I never minded night games in the Dome. The only bummer was day games, when you'd see the sunlight making the white roof very bright. Although that was balanced a bit by a few rainy days spent inside the Dome too! Or even snowy days, especially for TwinsFest and Gophers baseball. Edit to add: also, I enjoyed the day games on very HOT days. Actually went to a few games at the Dome just for the air conditioning!
  12. Otto von Ballpark
    Twins 3B coach Tony Diaz is the manager for Tigres del Licey. In addition Celestine, Toros del Este also has ex-Twin Pedro Florimon. Gigantes del Cibao has Adalberto Mejia (and 2019 Twins AAA catcher Wilin Rosario). Leones del Escogido has the ageless wonder Fernando Rodney.
  13. Otto von Ballpark
    You're right, and I didn't mean to be too harsh on him. He'll be starting somewhere, I just don't know if anyone will give the Twins value in return for the privilege. Sano is a good MLB hitter, but he puts the Twins in a tricky position, because he's not great but he's also not a great value. I think most teams will go internal, aim higher, or aim for better value before they'd give the Twins something decent for Sano. I see NL teams like the Mets already have their DH -- Cano is coming back, plus they have stone-glove JD Davis on the roster. The Giants have Ruf and Wade plus older players to rotate through. Then there's teams like the Brewers or rebuilding clubs who might be looking for value, like their Vogelbach/Tellez 1B solution. On the open market for bats without much defensive value, there will be Cruz, Soler, Schwarber, possibly JD Martinez and Castellanos if they opt-out. Also guys like Belt and Canha who can play the field but are getting older.
  14. Otto von Ballpark
    If anyone is interested, Celestino is playing for Toros del Este in the Dominican Winter League now, and MLB.TV just added live streams for all of those games.
  15. Otto von Ballpark
    MLB.TV now includes live streams for every Dominican Winter League game. No additional subscription is necessary, any active MLB.TV subscription from 2021 will work. When the games are live, the streams are available in the "Featured" section of the website or app (same place they had their "Big Inning" show on weeknights this season): https://www.mlb.com/tv Complete league schedule here: https://www.mlb.com/live-stream-games/lidom/2021-schedule Twins fans might be interested in watching Toros del Este, with Gilberto Celestino on the roster -- looks like he started for them yesterday.
  16. Otto von Ballpark
    And they were all from the NL, without the DH!
  17. Otto von Ballpark
    I wonder what kind of pitching we could get for Arraez? He reminds me a bit of Nick Madrigal, whom the White Sox flipped for two reliever rentals (Kimbrel and Tepera).
  18. Otto von Ballpark
    Donaldson's never really played first? 8 innings since 2013, it appears.
  19. Otto von Ballpark
    Sanó is due $9.25 mil in 2022 salary, but he is also guaranteed a $2.75 mil buyout for 2023 too (or a $14 mil team option). So it's really more like one year at $12 mil, or 2 years at $23,25 mil. I don't know that the universal DH helps Sanó's trade value all that much. A lot of NL teams already have a guy or two they'd like to slot in at DH (or do a DH rotation), and if not, there are enough defensively-challenged slugger types in MLB that guaranteeing ~$12 mil for one isn't much of a bargain. And Sanó just wasn't good in 2021: 0.9 bWAR, 0.5 fWAR, in pretty much a full season of action. Per B-Ref, he would have only gained about 0.3 WAR from trading his negative defense (-8 runs Rfield) for full-time DH duty (an additional -5 or so runs Rpos). I guess someone might take his salary, hoping for a 2019 bounceback and flipping him, especially if there is some kind of team salary floor implemented in the new CBA, but it's hard to see us getting any player value back for him.
  20. Otto von Ballpark
    To be fair, I think Rosario threw a one-hop strike to the exact correct spot, but apparently some infielder neglected to cover it?
  21. Otto von Ballpark
    That was a good one! Wasn't too hard to find in the MLB Film Room either: Rosario's game-ending throw (Sep. 5, 2019)
  22. Otto von Ballpark
    Add an outfield assist for Rosario too! Video link
  23. Otto von Ballpark
    Tuesday October 26 World Series Game 1 Atlanta Braves vs. Houston Astros Time: 7:09 PM Central Standard Time SP: Charlie Morton (Braves) vs. Framber Valdez (Astros) Venue: Minute Maid Park, Houston Broadcast: FOX Odds: Astros -135, Braves +125
  24. Otto von Ballpark
    As part of a special broadcast, WCCO follows the pandemonium of fan celebration around the Twin Cities area in the wake of the Twins winning their first World Series since moving to the state in 1961. See the full broadcast here. Presented in partnership with TC Media Now. View full video
  25. Otto von Ballpark
    As part of a special broadcast, WCCO follows the pandemonium of fan celebration around the Twin Cities area in the wake of the Twins winning their first World Series since moving to the state in 1961. See the full broadcast here. Presented in partnership with TC Media Now.
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