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  1. mikelink45
    Let's not repeat the Colome - Pagan saga. If they want to fix him don't do it in meaningful innings. He is 29 and has had one half of a good year.
  2. mikelink45
    The psychology of baseball is not measured on the stat sheet. Closing is something that players have grown up hearing about and they know the value of that position. I do not mind having a six out closer (I like it), but I mostly want someone I trust finishing the game and I suspect the starters like that too.
  3. mikelink45
    You hit on it. 162 games with a minimum of 3 relief pitchers each - 486 innings of work. No BP can handle that load. And unfortunately that is the minimum. After writing that I went and looked at the actual innings pitched by relievers - 635 and that is only from those on the 40 man - it does not include Winder, Duffey, and others we cut or have injured. Ryan had the most innings as a starter 147 - if every starter on a five man rotation matched him it would total 735 innings, but that is not the case. Bundy was second in innings with 140, Sonny Gray had 112. Bundy is gone, Ryan and Gray anchor the rotation - how many innings will Mahle be worth? Can Ober hold up? Is Maeda the pitcher we had for the very short 2020 season and can he hold up on his return? Does Paddock come back late with an innings limit? Do we turn lose any of our rookies?
  4. mikelink45
    In November all those "former" starters look like they will give us a great pen. But in April they need to show they are dependable, can stand all those daily calls to the BP, have the control they need for critical outs, can warm up quickly, and have adjusted to the new role. I am not on the bandwagon, just in the crowd watching it go by.
  5. mikelink45
    I fear that you might write this article about Graterol and the trade for Maeda in a few years. It is a sad, but excellent article. Your writing makes me think you will be a future Athletic writer - you really do a good job, even when I don't agree I enjoy your essays - of course when I do agree, like this one they really standout. Thanks.
  6. mikelink45
    ". The base rate for relievers is that they don’t last — when viewed over four-year periods, they either get hurt, lose effectiveness or both." Law on the Athletic talking about the Diaz contract, but it is something we need to consider. We signed Pagan thinking we could fix him, we traded for Lopez because he was hot and we hoped it would continue. RP are an issue. In this era we overuse them and a good year is often follow by a bad one. We do better to develop a RP (we have a lot of minor leaguers who will not be in the rotation) and avoid the veteran trap and I think that is true of going backward for relievers we have had in the past. Move on.
  7. mikelink45
    It was never in question, but has he talked to Rocco about how he wants to be handled?
  8. mikelink45
    Of course he does. He probably wants Mauer back too. It is easy to say these things. But then we are in the verbiage portion of the year.
  9. mikelink45
    Note that Vasquez had a single to drive in runs in the game clincher for the Astros - the bat does matter. I do not see Houston letting him go. Pitch framing or not - those Astros pitchers were dealing this series and they should get the credit for their control and their quality pitches. You can't frame pitches that are going to the backstop.
  10. mikelink45
    I love the article and agree with the others who remember Earl Battey - great catcher! But as I read this and think about other articles I wonder how we judge the ability to call a game - I think it is top of the list and Vasquez is getting lots of kudos for the no-hitter.
  11. mikelink45
    I enjoyed this - that does not mean I agree, but I like your logic and approach.
  12. mikelink45
    How do you support him calling a good game? It cannot be based on win or loss.
  13. mikelink45
    I just do not think much of defensive metrics - the eye is still the best. Interesting to me how Houston got the SS rating after Correa left. Is Correa overrated? Polanco so low at 2B after being so low at SS - maybe he just is not a good defender.
  14. mikelink45
    What are our real options - Contreras sounds good, but if not do we resign Sanchez or Leon? What will the larger bases do to Jeffers ability to control the run game? His 674 career OPS is 88 OPS+. That is pretty weak. I see Tim Laudner as the third comp for him on BR Behind Danny Jansen and Carson Kelly (who are they?) at age 25 and Taylor Teagarden career stats. Not great company. He has 1.9 WAR for three years. Sandy Leon is the most affordable and got us a -0.5WAR last year with an OPS+ of 48! And a total of 1.2WAR for 11 years. Not him. Gary Sanchez 0.9 WAR last year. OPS+ of 89 - he is not the answer either. Rortvedt in the minors had a 218/311/394 slash line for three minor league teams in 22 - we don't need him back either. Time to be creative.
  15. mikelink45
    I would love to have him. Figure out our young roster and trade the excess. Minor league ratings mean nothing if they are not moving into the majors.
  16. mikelink45
    How many need to be framed? If the pitcher is hitting the zone we do not need to fool the umpire. And I hope the teams start running wild.
  17. mikelink45
    I can accept low batting averages, but not Mendoza lines
  18. mikelink45
    The team really knows how to liven up the off season. How about new Twins underwear?
  19. mikelink45
    I think he is because we have no other option, but his bat has to come back or we do need another solution. I am not confident.
  20. mikelink45
    I hope the SB is back, but please not Buxton - he could be our best, but he could also be hurt - again.
  21. mikelink45
    How to fix the Twins BP - Hendriks, Pressly, Graterol - oh what could have been! I know we can't look back, but your article brings up the what ifs.
  22. mikelink45
    Unless he is related to Perez or Molina
  23. mikelink45
    Keith Law had this to say about Contreras "He’s an athletic catcher with a strong arm, but is a below-average framer "   Our front office is big on pitch framing (although they took Sanchez). Contreras is the only Catcher FA worth looking at and he would be a big upgrade at bat and with his arm. None of our minor league catchers have that much promise so this could be a significant move.
  24. mikelink45
    When I think of Jeffers stats and reports from his minor league days and the drop off in MLB - none of these prospects look like more than back ups.
  25. mikelink45
    Theses three pitchers do nothing for me yet and I cannot see any of them in 2023. But at least you have added the first two to my attention since I knew nothing about them.
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