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  1. whosafraidofluigirussolo
    The Brewers made a pitching change while up by 6 with one out to go; doesn't seem like they were taking anything for granted. I know the difference in these approaches didn't actually matter and never was likely to matter. Just interesting to note the difference.
  2. whosafraidofluigirussolo
    Pinch hitting Kepler for Buxton after pulling Cruz, giving up the DH, and having a position player pitch seems like an odd, though slight, pivot back toward trying to win the game.
  3. whosafraidofluigirussolo
    I'd think it would be another pitcher. Thorpe is the freshest arm based on the chart above, but maybe also the most logical to send down? Of the most recently taxed pitchers in the bullpen, Rogers isn't going anywhere, Alcala may be in line for higher leverage spots, Wisler and Smeltzer don't really deserve a demotion after solid work in the last bullpen game, I don't think Wisler can be optioned anyway and I'm not sure whether Thielbar can be either.
  4. whosafraidofluigirussolo
    Just pulled up Le Gameday. Singer threw 6 pitches in the first inning?! Way to wear 'em down, guys.
  5. whosafraidofluigirussolo
    Has there been an explanation of why, when Adrianza's been starting this year, he's tended to play 3B while Marwin plays 2B?
  6. whosafraidofluigirussolo
    Supposedly Arráez' knee has been bothering him, but he is in the lineup tonight, so seemingly not in need of IL time. I'd think he's earned a longer leash even if he's struggling a bit lately.
  7. whosafraidofluigirussolo
    MLBTR says "Minnesota will make a 28-man roster move to accommodate Vargas’ activation at a later date." The point of a lot of the DFA rules is to keep players from getting stuck in limbo or shuttled back and forth to the minors indefinitely, no? Can the Twins announce the deal and still have a couple days to make room for Vargas if the week-long DFA period isn't over?
  8. whosafraidofluigirussolo
    Someone was bound to write that joke at some point.
  9. whosafraidofluigirussolo
    I'm assuming that some or many of the players who were mentioned as late-first-round candidates and haven't been drafted yet are getting hard to sign at this point and will go undrafted, given that the draft is short, bonus pools are small, and going back to school may be more appealing than usual. But kinda wondering if Beeter will be there at pick 59?
  10. whosafraidofluigirussolo
    A lot of those college pitchers mentioned in the mid-late first round ended up slipping out of the round. It'll be interesting to see how long they last. The Padres' competitive balance round pick was born on 9/11 (the infamous one.)
  11. whosafraidofluigirussolo
    Cool.
  12. whosafraidofluigirussolo
    Incidental note: Man, oh man, the draft is slow in the early rounds. Like, I'm prepared for it to be slow every year I take the time to follow the first round in real time, and I'm still struck by how slow it moves.
  13. whosafraidofluigirussolo
    I know the Twins FO has a pattern of favoring hitters with early picks, and Seth's predictions take that as a strong indication. I know it's always a good idea to take the best player available in the first round, and the current strengths of the Twins system (counting the majors) are probably coloring my preferences. But man...it would be nice to get a pitcher at the top of this draft. It's supposed to be a pitching-rich draft. If there's any fuzziness in the ranking or tiers of players by the late 1st round, seems like a good chance to opt for adding an arm to the overall makeup of the system. Getting Howard if he fell would also be cool. Sabato as a positionless power bat...ehh.
  14. whosafraidofluigirussolo
    Torkelson was just taken and (at least according to MLB.com) announced as a 3rd baseman.
  15. whosafraidofluigirussolo
    Just guessing that one spot still is as good as open for the young guys. With Maeda in the fold, I don't think Chacín's experience gives him any leg up for a rotation spot any more. I'm betting it's an open competition for that last spot and there's a good chance that Chacín doesn't win it and instead latches on elsewhere.
  16. whosafraidofluigirussolo
    Thinking this is as good a thread as any for a tidbit from Dan Hayes, from this morning's roster projection article in the Athletic: Basically, we’re kind of flipping a coin on how the back end of the rotation may look until Pineda returns on May 10 and Hill works his way back into action. But it could be extremely varied. Still, the Twins are high on Thorpe because of his pitch mix and they believe that his ability to eventually adjust to new levels will kick in this season. The team also has some potentially very interesting veteran options coming via yet-to-be-announced non-roster invites to spring training.
  17. whosafraidofluigirussolo
    Or if they had valued J.J. Hardy enough not to trade him for such a puzzlingly light return. Gomez had more good years left after that trade than Hardy, as I recall, but at least he would have been seen as the asset needed to make a smart deal happen.
  18. whosafraidofluigirussolo
    Signing Donaldson and extending Sanó sets a higher floor for the offense for the next several years, even after Cruz and (presumably) Rosario move on. Perhaps a good time to take the risk of offering a top hitting prospect in trade. If Kirilloff or Larnach as a centerpiece would get the Twins a good arm, they should do it.
  19. whosafraidofluigirussolo
    Early in the offseason there was a random rumor about the Cubs inquiring after Arráez as a trade target. I saw that once (from a Cubs site maybe?) and never again, so it probably went nowhere, but purely as speculation I wonder whether Arráez for Quintana might have been a match.
  20. whosafraidofluigirussolo
    From MLBTR; take for whatever it's worth: "Speaking to people around the game, Kaplan [David Kaplan of NBC Sports Chicago] found real skepticism that Bryant remains the foundational superstar he was in 2016." So maybe no one else is lining up to trade a big prospect package for him either. https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2020/01/offseason-notes-nationals-free-agents-rays-cubs-bryant-contreras.html
  21. whosafraidofluigirussolo
    If the Twins did sign two of these guys, my guess is the third would balk at choosing to sign with a team that appeared to have a full rotation. Signing two of them definitely sounds interesting, though.
  22. whosafraidofluigirussolo
    Alex Wood? Justin Smoak signed with the Brewers for $5M. After reading the MLBTR writeup I was yet more convinced that he would have made sense for the Twins at or near that price.
  23. whosafraidofluigirussolo
    Not sure that "Miami is looking for a lefthanded-hitting outfielder" translates to "they want to trade for three lefthanded-hitting outfielders at once"! Or it means that this is the kind of deal that both teams would be just as happy to revisit at the end of the offseason. Marlins would prefer to aim higher for a lefty-hitting OF, Twins would prefer to explore other rotation options first, but there's a framework they could come back to later if needed. (Not necessarily disputing that MIA would want more than Cave in such a deal.)
  24. whosafraidofluigirussolo
    I didn't get any farther with an offseason "blueprint" than drafting it in my head before transaction dominoes started to fall and it became outdated, but I had Smoak in it for just this reason. Also if others outperformed him such that he lost a regular starting gig, being a switch-hitter might give him a bit of extra utility as a bench bat.
  25. whosafraidofluigirussolo
    With Gerrit Cole and Stephen Strasburg seemingly out of the picture (not that they were ever in it), Bumgarner may be the Twins last chance, as Ryu seems unlikely to land in Minnesota. Why is Ryu unlikely to land in Minnesota? Not asking because I have a strong conviction otherwise, but curious what your thinking is. There has long been a perception that most Asian-born players prefer to play on the coasts, particularly the west coast, if they have a choice about where to play. Presumably this perception started from real examples of players feeling this way, but it seems like it gets repeated in many different cases and I wonder how true it really is across the board. On the other hand, the Dodgers seem to prioritize retaining their own free agents and to make it happen when they want to, so if they like the match with Ryu then yes, I'd guess that any other team is at a disadvantage.
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