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  1. Major League Ready
    Right there with you. I have been disappointed with the lack of focus on athleticism for a long time. If nothing else it's just a lot more fun to watch players like Buxton and Bader. Hopefully, that is going to change with Keaschall, Jenkins, E. Rodriguez, Culpepper and DeBarge. Ideally, the guys mentioned above become our core of our position player roster over the next couple of years. If a couple of these less athletic guys become middle of the order bats, that's a good thing to go along with these other players offering speed and defense. The more guys that develop the better. We can always trade guys like Rosario and GG if our OF is filled with great all-around players.
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    I thought Rosario looked really good in spring training, so I was keeping an eye on him. He had a really tough time in April and I was doubting him. Since May 1st, he is sporting a wRC+ of 162. Count him as another guy that is back on the radar along with GG and Sabato.
  3. Major League Ready
    I totally spaced on Gray. My question was qualified with "established and consequential" SPs acquired via trade. Hill and Pineda were free agents and neither were all that consequential. Paddack is also inconsequential. Odorizzi was a steal acquired for nothing He also could have fit into this type of role. Ryan had not thrown a major league pitch. Acquired by trade while still a prospect is very different than signing Pablo Lopez or Sonny Gray. They can change or mold plans for any prospect after acquiring them. I suspect one of the reasons for this approach is to eliminate the need to acquire relatively inconsequential pitcher like Paddack. You also avoided the more important question which is why every pitcher would have to fit into this mold. This discussion is pointless unless we can come up with reasons why every pitcher has to fit this mold if we have some pitchers in this mold.
  4. Major League Ready
    Two questions. How many established pitchers of any consequence have they signed in the past 10 years? Pablo and who else? Why would every pitcher need to follow the same innings strategy? If they have someone that can pitch deeper effectively, why would this strategy prevent a couple SPs from operating in a more traditional way?
  5. Major League Ready
    Culpepper has played 2 games at AA. He is not getting promoted to the ML level in 3 weeks even if he crushes AA.
  6. Major League Ready
    How about Berrios? He was not at all effective.
  7. Major League Ready
    It's not quite as bad as it seems. He only has 3 year guaranteed remaining at 96.5M. His contract after 2028 consists of team options. YEAR AGE SALARY 2029 34 $25M 2030 35 $20M 2031 36 $15M 2032 37 $10M They could eat the remainder of his salary this year and he becomes tradeable for a decent but not great return IMO. The bigger obstacle might be that he has a full no-trade clause. Should they trade him? Probably. As constructed, this team is not a legit contender. They don't need a tear-down but a reboot is looking like a good idea at the moment.
  8. Major League Ready
    They already have 5 OFers. (Buxton/Wallner/Larnach/Bader/Castro) Who is coming off the roster? Should we DH him over Wallner or Larnach? They also have a top prospect (Rodriquez) that is eventually going to get a shot and their top prospect (Jenkins) hopefully here sometime next year. See if he can be taught to play 1B and he might have future value.
  9. Major League Ready
    Julien's last 70 ABs ... OPS 1.148 / wRC+ 200 I think we will see him back with the big club by the deadline if he continues to produce at an OPS over 1.000. Keaschall will be playing 2B so the odds go up if they can get something for France at the deadline. Of course, this assumes they continue to suck or even if they are playing 500 ball.
  10. Major League Ready
    A "good story" specifically about an analytical metric is "run amuck" by including discussion of analytics? There was little focus on the actual analytics and how they are measured. The focus was how our players compared to the rest of the league. Do you have a better way of illustrating how our players compare than providing how they rank in the league? It looked to me like a pretty darn succinct article. Nice job Cody.
  11. Major League Ready
    We have quite a few free agents at the end of the year that could bring back a good prospect but I don't see any 55 FV prospects coming back and probably not even 50FV guys. While we would like to bundle a couple guys for a high value prospect, that's a bad strategy for the buyer so it's unlikely. They would be better off splitting the transaction between two teams and keeping the high value prospect. Hopefully, they go on a run the next six weeks against some good teams and prove they are worthy contenders. If not, establish players like Keaschall, Rodriquez, and maybe Eeles / Cardenas. Give McCusker a shot. Morris and Adams could get an audition. I would continue to watch most games if some young guys get a shot.
  12. Major League Ready
    This post aged a lot better than a lot of recent topics on TD. You nailed this one!
  13. Major League Ready
    It's rather inconsistent to suggest we talk to / listen to these athletes and then when a girl (Riley Gaines) does express her dissatisfaction, you call her a "loser". She is an elite athlete, intelligent and articulate. You are on the 20% side of an 80/20 issue. The vast majority of people understand there is absolutely no question that biological males have a big advantage. Sports are supposed to be a fair competition. If you have not noticed, there have been many polls and overwhelming majority find the solution very simple. Athletes should compete against others of the same biological sex. BTW ... I saw an interview with Sarah McBride where she said pushing this type of 20/80 issue is counterproductive to advancing Trans rights and acceptance that she has championed as a Trans politician.
  14. Major League Ready
    I am thinking in terms of prospects that have been quite ordinary in previous seasons but have broken through this season to perform at the top of their respective league. Another way to look at it would be players that have substantially elevated their ranking within the organization. DeBarge and Culpepper have looked good but they were high draft picks just last year. They were already highly ranked and expected to perform.
  15. Major League Ready
    I guess I am just a little more surprised with Sabato. I hated the pick which has me cheering for him now all the more. It would seem like a gift if he turned into something.
  16. Major League Ready
    If I were to pick the top 3 break-out / comeback position player prospects it would be Sabato followed by Gonzalez, and Baez. Jose Salas gets an honorable mention. He was great at high A but with only has 7 games at AA where he has been mediocre so far. The pitchers are much more debatable IMO. Anyone care to chime in on position players or who they would pick on the pitching side.
  17. Major League Ready
    Vazquez has produced 1.6 WAR since joining the Twins. Jeffers has produced 4.8 over the same period of time. I guess in a world where catchers don't hit, you would have a point. In this world, scoring runs matters. Vasquez is a better defender but so bad offensively that he is considerably less valuable than Jeffers.
  18. Major League Ready
    Why would you give me a thumbs down and then literally say the same thing I said?
  19. Major League Ready
    Should takeover SS from Ben Ross? Ross is 24, a good defender but has yet to show he has the offensive potential to play in the majors.
  20. Major League Ready
    Some of every type of acquisition succeed and some fail. The point that many will fail has absolutely no probative value. If one strategy fails 70% of the time and another fails 90% of the time. Is the 70% failure rate relevant without a comparison? Which type of transaction most frequently contributes to winning.
  21. Major League Ready
    The only way to get a meaningful player is to trade away very good prospects. Doing so for this team is a good way to insure continued mediocrity. What I always notice about the many articles on this topic is that no examples are ever given of teams (low revenue teams) that have built success through trading prospects for short-term assets? If anyone bothers to look at the impact of players acquired as prospects, there are many examples. Most of the Cleveland teams were built by acquiring prospects. The Twins got Duran, Ryan on deadline deals. What did those trades do for Arizona and Tampa? There are many more examples and the biggest part that is overlooked is that Duran / Ryan or the Cleveland players is that that they impact the team for 6+ years.
  22. Major League Ready
    IDK if you were condemning this signing when it happened but the vast majority here supported it. Many insisted upon it with statements like "if this is a serious franchise, etc, etc. When it was suggested here the twins needed to jettison his contract / trade him, again many voiced their disdain at that thought. There is a furious demand for this team to sign expensive players. The problem has nothing to do with injury this year. He simply is not hitting. This hardly a new thing .... by that I mean very expensive free agents not performing. There were several extremely expensive free agent SS available and pretty much everyone here wanted one of them. Only one of them is performing at an elite level? There was also a push here for Trevor Story and Javier Baez. I agree that spending an AAV of 33M will kill any team in the bottom half of revenue but let's not pretend we didn't ask for this or that this type of player is a sure thing.
  23. Major League Ready
    He started the year in A ball and was sent to CPX for an injury rehab assignment.
  24. Major League Ready
    He played his first game for the Saints last night so that question has already been answered. I hated the pick when it was made and I never liked him as a prospect. I would be absolutely thrilled to be dead wrong if he was a late bloomer or found something or whatever and became a productive major leaguer. I would be interested to know what they did with him. It sounds like his plate discipline has improved but is that enough to create this break-out? Not trying to pull everything, maybe? IDK but I would love to see him interviewed on his emergence. It would be nice to have a guy even in a bench role that mashes LHP.
  25. Major League Ready
    Ask me in 6 weeks. The players on expiring contracts are not going to bring back high-profile prospects. However, if their play suggests this team is not ready to contend, this is an opportunity to clean house a bit and audition players that could possibly contribute to a winner even if it's in a bench role. There are a few pitchers (Morris/Adams and possibly Prielipp) that could get a look as well. Coulombe and Bader could fetch a decent prospect. France maybe brings back something if he plays particularly well between now and the deadline but who would we audition at 1B. Someone posted McCusker was taking fielding practice at 1B. That would be interesting. Seriously, his stretch would get you a few extra outs. If Rodriquez auditions well, Larnach could be added to this group. Duran and Jax are not FAs until 2028 so those two should not be considered unless it's an absolute haul.
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