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  1. The Great Hambino
    What's going to become of his denim hat?
  2. The Great Hambino
    Bingo In a theoretical vacuum on paper, the value is roughly equal. But the Phillies were desperate for a high-end reliever and should've paid a premium. The Twins had no urgency to move Duran (both in the micro with 24 hours left til the deadline and in the macro with 2+ years of control and no apparent need to kick off a fire sale), and therefore should've been receiving a premium. Neither happened. Plus, I'm not convinced trade grades fully take into consideration the distance from the majors in prospect values. That discounts the value of a return.
  3. The Great Hambino
    I don't know if I'd say the risks are the exact same. A SS has more places to go on the defensive spectrum than a catcher. And I'd say that's not a bad slash for a guy who was literally the youngest player at his level, at least at one point earlier in the year. We probably already knew this, but the A's really look to serve no purpose other than round out the schedule for their opponents until they move to Vegas. Might as well move Rooker too
  4. The Great Hambino
    Interesting to see how this ends up comparing to the Duran trade. Miller has two more years of control than Duran, and the package is headlined by an even younger, even more highly touted position player at high A coming to the A's than what the Twins are getting. Obviously need to see how the pitching lines up
  5. The Great Hambino
    I really don't love the process or timing of the trade that led to someone as far away as Tait being the headliner for Duran, but I hope we remember that that's not Tait's fault. In a vacuum, I like a lot about what I'm hearing about him. Quality catcher depth is something that needed improvement throughout the system, especially since they seem to shy away from catcher in the draft and haven't been producing much of anything by way of international free agency. Again, I really don't love that Duran was the cost of improving that depth at this level of the system, but also again, that's not on Tait. I hope we don't saddle him with that burden during what's surely going to be nonlinear development up the org ladder
  6. The Great Hambino
    If this were Goodfellas, the wild card series was the Lufthansa heist. Today, we're finding Duran in a frozen meat truck
  7. The Great Hambino
    And even if they did have to trade him, why take less than your price before the deadline date? You had another 24 hours. A lot of desperation can set in, especially as other relievers come off the board. This feels like Falvey lost a staring contest. And that’s with me liking what I hear about the catcher
  8. The Great Hambino
    No one cares about the San Diego Giants
  9. The Great Hambino
    Oh man, Rocco challenging that woulda been the cherry on top of this #### sundae
  10. The Great Hambino
    I like it. Try switch-hitting. Let Hank Conger take a hack at it. Treat this game with the respect it deserves
  11. The Great Hambino
    I was kinda hoping Willi would forget the number of outs one more time, for old time's sake. For real tho, they definitely got their ROI on him. I hope he gets a nice postseason moment
  12. The Great Hambino
    Oh. Fair enough. For whatever reason, I never really expected that he'd be getting moved
  13. The Great Hambino
    Eh, it's an off day tomorrow and he's pitched once since Friday. I can live with this
  14. The Great Hambino
    Jarren Duran agrees
  15. The Great Hambino
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  16. The Great Hambino
    Denard: "now a ground ball away from getting out of this inning" Technically true I guess, but not exactly how I'd describe runners on 2nd and 3rd with one out
  17. The Great Hambino
    Jeffers: "Yes"
  18. The Great Hambino
    Replace defensive indifference with offensive indifference
  19. The Great Hambino
    Forget something Jeffers?
  20. The Great Hambino
    What if you get a killer offer for one but not the other? I get that doing both or neither is more definitive in choosing your path forward for 2026, but trading one could potentially open up more paths heading into this offseason, especially if the return includes someone that could be useful next year. They can absorb the loss of one premium reliever if it shores up a different hole in the 2026 roster. All things equal, they have a better chance finding in offseason free agency a diamond in the rough reliever than a diamond in the rough top/middle of the order young RH outfielder, for instance. So I wouldn't fault them for taking that killer offer without unloading the other for a suboptimal one (or worse, passing on the killer offer cuz they can't find the right value for the other) just so they can adhere to a strict both-or-neither approach.
  21. The Great Hambino
    Grandpa may have trained his starters to go deeper into games, but Grandpa also wasn't facing lineups where everyone was a true threat to go deep, so Grandpa's pitchers had more incentive to pitch to contact. Grandpa also didn't have a bullpen full of 98 MPH heaters and gyroscopic sliders waiting to be deployed as an alternative to a tiring starter. He had fewer true relief guys and maybe Wednesday's starter still nursing a hangover available in relief. Also, Grandpa used more pitchers per game at a steadily-increasing rate going back to the dead ball era. This isn't some new phenomenon. Grandpa's pitcher usage evolved over time. He used fewer pitchers than Dad, but more pitchers than Great-Grandpa. There wasn't some static way of doing things for 150 years.
  22. The Great Hambino
    If they were prioritizing the prospect return over salary savings, they wouldn't have included Dobnak. He is negative trade value
  23. The Great Hambino
    I could see the savings being reinvested indirectly in the form of retaining some arb raises that they'd otherwise move contracts to avoid. But reinvesting in new free agents? Not likely. But it's a moot point anyway if the Astros' expectation is that the Twins retain a significant chunk of salary. That defeats the purpose of trading him. I think they've shown with the Paddack/Dobnak trade that they're prioritizing salary relief over prospect return right now
  24. The Great Hambino
    I'm amazed he was able to write something out that long without making it a list
  25. The Great Hambino
    It won't show up in the boxscore, but I think it's notable that the Twins did try to bunt with Willi in the 9th after Keirsey and Gasper got on with nobody out. Turned out that Mr Hicks plunked him while he was trying to give away an out and get the winning run to second. This Twins team just might not be meant to bunt
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