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  1. NYCTK
    They're the division winners and vibing. I wish the Twins could bat flip and smirk 😔
  2. NYCTK
    Should we even expect Lee to be Major League ready next year?
  3. NYCTK
    Incredible. Only time in history someone's wanted to see New Jersey.
  4. NYCTK
    Just flipped from the Mets game and, man, the Twins booth really isn't great. When Plouffe is in there it's fun, but otherwise they're so dry and boring.
  5. NYCTK
    I hope Margot is a good person. Because he sure ain't a good baseball player anymore.
  6. NYCTK
    If only Margot had some of that.
  7. NYCTK
    Not a chance. There's a greater chance they trade Pablo than there is they sign ANOTHER $20 Million arm.
  8. NYCTK
    This is a good rule. It limits the manipulation a team can do with their roster. If you don't have depth, making up for it by just having a constant merry-go-round for your bullpen to get fresh arms in there is a strategy, but with limitations.
  9. NYCTK
    The man whose fastball has a 0.504 xwoba? The man with a 50+% hard hit rate? That Ronny Henriquez? Is that man, like, really good now? No.
  10. NYCTK
    Kyle Farmer's option was always a good pickup as insurance against Julien and Lewis. The criticism levied towards him just because he had a minimal contract on a terribly constructed roster was never fair to him and was actually an indictment of ownership and the front office. Can he sustain it? Of course not. He didn't suddenly become an mvp caliber hitter at the tail of his career. But happy to see a good player have a good stretch and have people get off his back for something that wasn't ever his fault.
  11. NYCTK
    Honestly, this feels like the new Moneyball angle. Some injuries are completely freaky and random, but a lot of injuries are not. The Twins injuries fall more in the latter category. Brock, Paddack, Buxton, Lewis, and the guy that had two contracts ripped up due to health concerns getting injured seems entirely unsympathetic at an organizational level. I am absolutely sympathic towards the players and their individual plight, but no one is actually surprised. But to your point, some teams hyperfocus on velocity and RPM in pitchers doesn't seem to be all that beneficial towards the players. But if you're an organization, do you care? If every pitcher is just an asset, it makes sense to treat them like a VC. What does it matter to them if 9 nothing pitchers have severe injury if one can become an ace? The Dodgers are on that list towards the top and I've heard folks saying basically exactly this about them specifically.
  12. NYCTK
    Have you seen the rest of the bullpen?
  13. NYCTK
    No Twin has drove in 70 since 2021. This...is bad.
  14. NYCTK
    With Zebby it's most definitely a bad thing. He's very clearly not ready for the bigs quite yet. Not that anyone starting the season in A should be expected to be.
  15. NYCTK
    He's been pretty unlucky. His fip is sub 4. His babip at home is above 400. Meaning I expect him to go 7.2 with like 2 hits tonight.
  16. NYCTK
    He's probably tired, poor guy. Can't expect a professional athlete to finish strong in Roccos clubhouse.
  17. NYCTK
    More likely over the OF...
  18. NYCTK
    Well, it's good they've got the hot hand up. Opponents only hitting 1.000 ops against him in his last 5 starts.
  19. NYCTK
    I don't know if that's even possible. They would need to trade Pablo or Correa. Trading Correa seems pretty difficult, so...that would require trading away Pablo Lopez.
  20. NYCTK
    I think it's more looking to next season. Next year, all three of those are likely on the opening day roster. Which...isn't good. And if a college bat is going to be an impact player, they're likely going to advance quickly. Case in point, Brooks Lee was in AA by the end of the season he was drafted. Which isn't rare or unexpected. Another example, Paul Skenes might win ROY the season after he was drafted. He's obviously exceptional, but college players, if impactful, should be ready for high level minors basically instantly.
  21. NYCTK
    I'm gonna a curmudgeon old timer and say that pitchers are too soft these days, and every third time out they should expect to need to pitch more than 1 inning.
  22. NYCTK
    This is why the Mets have the best broadcast booth in the league. Plenty of appreciation of the past from the old guard from Keith and Ron, but no sense of smugness about the old way being better. Able to criticize the team in any capacity when they deserve it. And able to call the game fairly without any sense of insulting homerism, as if the employer are the Good Guys and the opponent is in the wrong.
  23. NYCTK
    Well, they won't WANT to, but the fans didn't support them enough so they'll have no choice...
  24. NYCTK
    Reminds me. Canterino should be healthy any day now!
  25. NYCTK
    C: Vazquez and Jeffers - $15 Million 1B: Julien - $800K 2B: Lewis - $3 Million 3B: Lee - $800K SS: Correa - $37 Million LF: Larnach - $2 Million CF: Buxton - $15 Million RF: Wallner - $800K DH: Miranda - $800K 4OF: Keirsey - $800K MIF: Castro - $5 Million Util: Martin - $800K This right here is a roster with no depth and worthy of about 74 Wins. Eventually, they'll depend on Rodriguez to come up and perform well, and he falters because he's a rookie expected to perform well.
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