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  1. Brandon Warne
    My Twins trade deadline primer is up: http://www.todaysknuckleball.com/minnesota-twins/looking-twins-likely-traded/ Love to hear the community's thoughts on my takes....
  2. Brandon Warne
    I just don't agree. You have to prolong the game before you can think about hypotheticals. If there's one out instead of two, I agree. With two outs, you keep the line moving as long as possible.
  3. Brandon Warne
    brutal decision not to bat Mauer for Santana. even if you're down on Mauer, he gives you a hell of a lot better PA than Santana. and beyond that, you're then weighing Buxton v. Santana -- neither a shoo-in -- and the fact that the game is over if you don't get past the first one. I....I just don't get it.
  4. Brandon Warne
    Got away from posting these lately, but here we go again with Ep. 24. Brandon and Tom are joined by Dan Hayes (@CSNHayes) of CSN Chicago for the first half of the program to talk about the upcoming series between the Twins and the White Sox, and in the second half #oldfriend Matt Trueblood (@MATrueblood) of Baseball Prospectus and BP Wrigleyville joined the program to talk about the world-beating Cubs team. All that and more on this edition of Midwest Swing! http://coldomaha.com/2016/twins/midwest-swing-twins-white-sox-cubs-chatter-with-dan-hayes-matt-trueblood/
  5. Brandon Warne
    Stopped posting these for a while and not sure why I did. Here's the latest episode, as we were joined by Dan Hayes of CSN Chicago to preview the Twins-White Sox series and Matt Trueblood of Baseball Prospectus to talk about the red-hot Chicago Cubs: http://coldomaha.com/2016/twins/midwest-swing-twins-white-sox-cubs-chatter-with-dan-hayes-matt-trueblood/
  6. Brandon Warne
    Whoops, confused my regression(s) there on the HR rate. That would be, uh, a positive one. Still, for two years and $10 million I'd have given it a spin I think. Edit: Though, it's not like he put much of anything good together last year. Feels a little hindsight-y to me.
  7. Brandon Warne
    I was all in on Kelley. Cishek would have been fine, and I actually was hoping they'd have traded for him at the break last year. But even Cishek is up and down, with a ton of room for regression this season (walks, HR rate, BABIP AND strand rate).
  8. Brandon Warne
    LOL. None of those guys have the kind of value needed to get Kimbrel. Or Smith, I would venture.
  9. Brandon Warne
    Guys, feel free to name names you would have added. The market this offseason was whack.
  10. Brandon Warne
    What? Kimbrel and Smith? I'm not even saying this in light of how hilarious that would look now, but you understand the assets that'd have been given up for those two guys, right?
  11. Brandon Warne
    Did you read the article, which I wrote, or the headline, which I did not?
  12. Brandon Warne
    I didn't really have an issue with how the Twins conducted business regarding their bullpen in the offseason. Now before you jump down my throat, please read what I wrote for Today's Knuckleball: https://t.co/ViMHWhWH7Y Then we can discuss.
  13. Brandon Warne
    Not really fair to compare strikeouts per nine when considering the difference in eras there. Blyleven's best year of K/9 was 8.0. Ricky Nolasco this year is right around there at 7.8. Times change, yo.
  14. Brandon Warne
    Well, no. The eras were completely different. That was the a. Metrodome and b. tail end of the steroid era.
  15. Brandon Warne
    It's complicated, but I haven't agreed fully with any take I've seen elsewhere, so here goes: http://www.todaysknuckleball.com/minnesota-twins/past-present-future-oswaldo-arcia/#disqus_thread
  16. Brandon Warne
    But you've got a few months between now and then where you really should be figuring that out. That's why I think I'd get him back up here. Can't go into next year not having any idea what he can do.
  17. Brandon Warne
    No I get that. I just mean the track record supports "he can kind of hit" rather than "is this person blind?" I'd give him another shot relatively soon here.
  18. Brandon Warne
    Hot take: I might take a shot on Jason Castro, who is supposedly a good framing catcher who has shown some ability to hit in the past.
  19. Brandon Warne
    Murphy, who is younger than Mitch Garver and -- I believe -- will still get it going offensively. He's now up to .341/.408/.561 in June. I think we've seen enough of Juan Centeno, by the way.
  20. Brandon Warne
    Suzuki has hit much better in June and even dating back to mid-May, and I happened to stumble upon the reason over the weekend at Target Field. I hope you enjoy this as much as I enjoyed writing it and learning about it: http://coldomaha.com/2016/twins/kurt-suzuki-credits-new-weapon-in-recent-resurgence/
  21. Brandon Warne
    Ha, that was my question.
  22. Brandon Warne
    Decided to try figure it out, and came up with this article: http://www.todaysknuckleball.com/minnesota-twins/gotten-robbie-grossman/ let me know what you think, thanks!
  23. Brandon Warne
    Literally no one had Wacha at No. 2 overall. That would have been a reach. And beyond that, I'll still take Buxton's potential over Wacha's. Since his magical rookie season: 3.63 ERA, 7.7 K/9, 3.0 BB/9. Those guys aren't (SHOULDN'T BE) hard to find.
  24. Brandon Warne
    Wacha was never a candidate to go 1.2.
  25. Brandon Warne
    Appel didn't go No. 1 the year Buxton went, either. I'm saying the Twins could have drafted for need (Appel, who went 8th) or went best available, which worked out better for them.
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