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  1. FlyingFinn
    I disagree. One major difference - stolen bases. From 2021-2023, Martin has 68 and Celestino has 13. Remember, Celestino had major issues with throwing to the right base, hitting the cutoff and running the bases with the Twins. No clue how he did this year in St. Paul.
  2. FlyingFinn
    Agreed and it also enhances the good relationship with Scott Boras. Can't hurt.
  3. FlyingFinn
    No. They can go 7-1, run every player into the ground, and still end up playing in the first round. Get everyone healthy, line up the rotation, pitch guys on their scheduled days like it's spring training. Don't chase the fools gold.
  4. FlyingFinn
    I thought everyone was complaining how Varland gives up way too many homers, which is about the worst thing a closer can do.
  5. FlyingFinn
    Zero chance. The Twins tried out Julien in LF in the minors and very quickly gave up on that.
  6. FlyingFinn
    Attempt to sign all of them to minor league deals. Prato is basically in the same category as Helman, making it no big deal if we lose Helman. I would like to see Bechtold as a full-time pitcher and go to Wichita to start 2024. I don't think Celestino will be on the 40 man when next season starts.
  7. FlyingFinn
    I believe the consensus is that SS is not his position, emergency only. CF, LF and 2B are his best positions. RF and 3B are probably not common but possibilities, only because I don't see the Twins playing him there in the minors.
  8. FlyingFinn
    Curious, where have you heard the vice versa part because I never have?
  9. FlyingFinn
    I listened to part of the game last night. Adding together his stats and some comments on TD, parts of him are clones of Julien. He doesn't swing at those borderline pitches which gives him a lot of walks and a lot of looking third strikes. But when the pitchers bring it in there, he has the power to blast it out of the park. Easier to change him to swing more at 2 strike pitches than to stop a player who swings at anything they can reach.
  10. FlyingFinn
    Happens to Duran and the other top relievers quite often. This one thing is no reason to sit Jax in the playoffs.
  11. FlyingFinn
    Exactly! That's why you get him up to the Twins for a couple bullpen games. If he looks good, put him as that 11th man in the pen or at least get him ready when we add a pitcher for, hopefully, round 2 of the playoffs.
  12. FlyingFinn
    It's not going to happen. Very hard to catch the Mariners and Rangers as well, just because they have 6 game against each other and someone has to win those games.
  13. FlyingFinn
    What do people think about Martin in LF, Lewis in CF and Lee at 3B? And Martin and Lewis have position flexibility to allow for days off.
  14. FlyingFinn
    Ober is one of our ten best pitchers and I would have him on the playoff roster.
  15. FlyingFinn
    Love to hear this about Julien. Certainly have noticed him improving his defense on the Twins. This may hint that he can stick at 2B if he is working this hard at it. Just has to conquer those LH pitchers (though I understand now is not the time to fight that battle).
  16. FlyingFinn
    I'm amazed that the best defensive SS in the minors, BY FAR, can't make the TD top 20 minor league players list. And his 16 defensive runs saved is rated on an MLB scale. Even if they can't hit much, great fielding shortstops almost always make it to MLB in some fashion. What's better is that he is hitting decent these past two months.
  17. FlyingFinn
    Luplow DFA really makes it more likely that Stephonson makes the 1st round playoff runner for his base stealing and defensive skills.
  18. FlyingFinn
    If he's going to be the most valuable SS on the market, wouldn't we want to tender him and trade him?
  19. FlyingFinn
    Gibaut, Cano, and Coulumbe would look really good in our bullpen this year. How did we misevaluate them and let all of them go very cheaply from AAA.
  20. FlyingFinn
    The ultra athletic Lewis is just not in a position to use that at 3B. I would start him in CF. Martin is also on option. Many teams are pushing their rookies to MLB in trying to get that extra early draft pick. Lewis being injured for half the year probably cost us that this year. That's where, combined with a likely decrease in income, you see Lee and/or Martin up at the start of 2024, or very soon into the season. Those high picks are so valuable.
  21. FlyingFinn
    Great article. I just disagree on Ober and think he will be on the playoff roster. Dick Bremer even mentioned that the Twins were planning on having him in the bullpen in the playoffs.
  22. FlyingFinn
    I saw that the Kernels were down 6-5 going to the 9th and clicked to watch the game action box score (or whatever you call it). McCusker hits the 3 run homer to put them ahead (very nice season for McCusker, playing in two different levels). Then Emma Rodriguez hits another homer. He really has power but is mostly a BB, SO, and HR type. That's okay if he can reduce his SO's as his power is tremendous.
  23. FlyingFinn
    And he's not done yet. The Twins wouldn't be including him on the 40 man if he was.
  24. FlyingFinn
    Raya is dominant in his last couple starts. Congrats to Cedar Rapids winning the series. Such a good team this year.
  25. FlyingFinn
    Good job. I've got Ober in place of Funderburk and Stevenson in place of Buxton.
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