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  1. Major League Ready
    Garlick against LH pitching is way more valuable than having Sano around unless of course he comes back much better than when he went down. I would not be surprised if Twins have already started shopping him so that interested teams can send scouts to monitor his progress. Hopefully, there is a team who believes he is the Jorge Soler of 2022 and takes him off our hands.
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    Moving someone off the 40-man is easy. Making room on the 26-man means Miranda or Kirilloff need to go down. They have a dilemma if he crushes it for 20 days in AAA. However, do you want to swap Kirilloff or Miranda for him if he looks anywhere near as bad as he did when he got injured. This is going to be interesting. My guess is that he is leaving the organization at the end of his rehab stint. Under what terms depends on how well he plays during those 20 days.
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    They don't have much choice. Teams willing to trade good RPs are going to wait until the deadline where the bidding will be fierce unless they get a drastic overpay. It sure would be nice if we knew what they knew about Alcala's progress. I hate to say it but Danny Columbe would look pretty good about now. Megill too.
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    Good point. I would think Beckham would be more valuable than Cave and more likely to find a home. Hopefully, these guys have a great July. The twins have some redundant pieces on the ML team too. It would be nice if they could turn these current assets into A ballers. Tatis Jr when he was traded for Shields might be a bit much to ask but some guys with reasonable upside would be a good deal.
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    Berrios has an ERA of almost 6 so he is a VERY long way from an ace at this moment. As a matter of fact, he has a negative WAR. We will see how the remainder of his contract goes but Bundy has been better than Berrios so he certainly would not have helped getting us to the playoffs this year.
  6. Major League Ready
    You would think a team looking for help to cover up some outfield injuries would be interested in Cave.
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    I was an advocate of the trade but I think we are a couple years away from a meaningful take on the trade that is based on more than projection.
  8. Major League Ready
    Sorry, I disagree. It is quite normal for the defender to be focused on the ball instead of the runner. Announcers calling games reference the infielders "internal clock" quite regularly when describing these plays. In other words, the defender should be well aware of who is at bat and also know instinctively how much time has elapsed and therefore the relative need to speed up their actions and/or how hard they have to throw.
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    I keep thinking the same thing. These 7-10 year deals that take players into their late 30s almost always are horrible for the team. I keep thinking teams will quit doing them. Yet, Lindor, Seager, and Semien got them last year. The 2nd point you made regarding demand might be more influential than the previous failures. The demand will be tempered by Bogaerts, Turner, and Correa being available and the big market teams being set at SS. The Yankees top 2 prospects are SS and even the Yankees value inserting quality / low-cost players with 6+ years of control. I could see them playing out IKF's contract and transitioning to Volpe at some point next year. The Astros have replaced Correa. The Dodgers will likely sign one of the big 3 but you have a point that a lot of teams are set at SS so buyers will not be as plentiful as normal. It will be interesting to watch playout.
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    No doubt .... History supports your point that high dollar RPs are the worst possible use of free agent spending. However, the Twins are going to be in a unique position next year. They are going to have a great deal of low cost starting pitching for the next few years. They are also going to have several prearb position players. Therefore, they will have very few needs that need to be satisfied via free agent spending. This will make it more feasible for them to make the risky investment in RPs. That said, I would not look for them to go get a bunch of RPs or spend at the very top of the market. My guess is that they make a trade before the deadline for a RP with more than 1 year of control. If they add just one good RP in the off-season, they will have Duran / Jax / Alcala and the two additions described above. These 5 RPs should all be high leverage RPs. They can fill-out the rest of the BP among Stashak / Dobnak / Maeda / Megill / Moran / Hamilton / Cotton and perhaps Canterino / Sands.
  11. Major League Ready
    Who is to say that was Steer's max velocity? Perhaps he recognized the needed velocity and threw accordingly. Math is rarely the failure in analysis. It's faulty assumptions that devalue this type of conclusion.
  12. Major League Ready
    I am pretty sure their gameplan was not to walk a couple guys and then throw a wild pitch.
  13. Major League Ready
    I have been wondering how they will use Steer and if he is adequate to play SS for 1/2 a year. Palacios has been hitting better since his brief call-up. He definitely has what it takes to play SS. This will be interesting to watch the remainder of the year.
  14. Major League Ready
    A lot of fans believe they are "very astute" observers and also think they know how to manage better than the guy who has the job. The fact is none of us are remotely qualified for the job and there is a whole lot more to the job than BP management. Believing we know better is absurd but exceptionally common among fans. I would bet, you would not be impressed if someone with minimal qualifications came to your office and suggested you don't know what you are doing. BTW ... I am guessing they would not pay multiple millions in salary to top managers if an astute fan could do the job. There are thousands of astute fans and 30 MLB manager jobs. Supply and demand.
  15. Major League Ready
    If you are correct, we should be sellers not buyers. I would add the last thing we need is a 1B. We have a fantastic young 1B and Arraez as a back-up.
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    Interesting idea. Sounds a little like when KC got Wade Davis although I don't remember what they did that made such a big difference with him. Our own Griffon Jax will hopefully be a good example that backs up your plan.
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    If my memory is correct some people said the same thing about the last series with the Gaurdians. It's a 162 game season and no 5 game stretch defines the season. The Gaurdians are a good example. Started slow, then played great, now they have a 5 game skid. The Dodgers had a bad stretch and so did just about every other team. The Orioles have been playing quite well and the reds are much improved. That's baseball.
  18. Major League Ready
    By 2023 when Gray’s contract ends, they will have Ryan, Winder, Ober, Smeltzer, Paddack, and Dobnak. It’s also reasonable to believe a couple of Balazovic / Canterino, SWR, and Varland will be ready for the ML level. Dobnak goes to the BP or gets traded and the others will provide depth at first and eventually take full-time spots. They should also have a couple others knocking on the door between Raya, SGL, Festa, Povich, Hajja, Heterick and Medina. So, it makes absolutely no sense for them to extend him at this moment. I would much rather they take a hard run at Musgrove / Taillon / Rodon next year and have one of them plus Gray and Ryan at the top of the rotation. If they don't sign any of those FAs and none of the prospects pan out, they can resign Gray at the end of 2023. Doing this would also allow them to put Maeda in the BP next year or trade him.
  19. Major League Ready
    I was thinking the same thing. Every pitcher we have has better stats with the exception of Bundy. Much prefer we get a back of the BP guy.
  20. Major League Ready
    Who goes to make room for him? He is a downgrade unless he is much better than he was prior to the injury.
  21. Major League Ready
    I would imagine Fangraphs is not 100% reliable but it's easy to miss. I thought Isola was next year and he is eligible at the end of the year. He is interesting and I would have to think they need to protect him. I also missed Palacios who definitely needs to go on. He has really stepped up since getting a taste of MLB. He is hitting 316 with an OPS of 888 over the past 5 weeks.
  22. Major League Ready
    According to Fan Graphs he is eligible at the end of this year.
  23. Major League Ready
    These 8 prospects are candidates to be added to the 40-man, IMO. Simeon Woods-Richardson Spencer Steer Matt Wallner Louie Varland Sawyer Gibson-Long Blayne Enlow Brent Headrick Edouard Julien The 7 players below are on the 40-man but could be dropped at the end of the season depending on how the rest of the year goes for them. Yennier Cano / Jharel Cotton / Danny Columbe / Ronny Henriguez / Trevor Megill / Jovani Moran / Jose Godoy.
  24. Major League Ready
    I was really excited about all the great performances at the Milb level earlier this year. Not so much lately.
  25. Major League Ready
    There is no way he is here next year so let's just move on, especially if it's true that he is badly out of shape. Give him 20 days at AAA and hope they can trade him. If not, release him. I would much rather see Kirilloff or Arrez get the playing the time.
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