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Fans always underestimate how much it takes to trade for a piece like Montgomery. Are you ok with the Twins trading Marco Raya, Zebby Matthews and Kody Funderburk for 3 months of a Starting Pitcher that would slot in as the Twins #3? That's still probably underestimating what the Rangers traded for Jordan.
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Why even pretend the Twins had a chance at Burnes? Were we seriously going to trade Brooks Lee for a season of Corbin Burnes, because that's the only prospect that stacks up to Joey Ortiz in terms of talent and major league readiness. I still think they screwed up by not signing someone like Lorenzen, but not because he'd be better than our internal options, but because he's better than internal option C, or D. And that lack of depth might turn out to be pretty crucial.
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Quite honestly, the umpiring these days is so much better than it was 20 years ago, which was so much better than it was 20 years before that. Check out the strike zone in Game 5 of the 1997 World Series and imagine if that happened today. The worst umpires we see in the game are the leftovers from generations ago. Wendelstedt is a nepo baby that entered the league in '98. CB Bucknor debuted in '96. Angel Hernandez '91. Conversely, the newer umps we see have been trained with the same pitch data as the hitters and pitchers in the league and have been able to improve as they made their way into the Bigs. That Yankees strike zone? That's pretty consistent if not large, and Aaron Judge was rightfully tossed. Every big leaguer knows you can respectfully disagree with a call but if you call the ump ******** you're gone. Bichette, a bit of a gray area. Equipment violations are subject to being tossed. That being said, a Ball/Strikes challenge system IS coming as we see it being tested in the minors. It's not going to be robo-umps and frankly, I don't want that.
