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  1. Major League Ready
    Whoa big fella. I had absolutely nothing to say about cord cutters being hypocrites. I said it was not true that the Twins were relying solely on the "sinking ship" of regional sports. More importantly, shouldn't we also consider that everyone currently paying Comcast, DirecTV, etc would have lost access to broadcasts had the team not signed a new deal with Bally's. A streaming option would have been ideal but my guess is there is a reasonable explanation as to why there is not. Why would they turn down the chance to reach more viewers and generate extra revenue? You can assume incompetence if you wish but nobody is that stupid.
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    There is a constant barrage of articles that conclude the organization is cheap. It would be great if just once, someone wrote an article that compared the Twins to other teams in terms of payroll as a percentage of revenue or revenue rank vs payroll rank. Cheap is a relative term. With all of the energy devoted to defaming the organization and its owners, it just seems appropriate that a little effort be devoted to providing the information that would illustrate the relative accuracy of these claims.
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    The only problem with this argument is that the Twins did not rely solely upon Bally's. As Chief pointed out, the product is available from other sources. Also, had the Twins abandoned the Cable model, all of those customers would have had to switch (pay) for an alternative distribution. Should we blame the customers who continue to rely upon an outdated model. I don't think so. I didn't blame people for CDs going away nor did I blame the companies that made CD players. There is always some pain associated with this type product/market transition.
  4. Major League Ready
    Alcala
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    Festa looked very good yesterday. The pitch that got hit out was not a bad pitch. He really did not miss over the heart of the plate and a lot of his misses were very close off the edges. He just might be in the ML rotation at some point this year.
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    That statement was made in the context of insisting Santana was a full-time player and Julien is a part-time player when they have the same number of games played and same PAs. You can come back with a poor phrasing and I would concede my argument drifted. The fact remains the bitching was about Santana being full-time. What's really wild is Sanatana is a 1B. What does that have to do with Julien or Polanco? So what, if Julien is platooned? He is 2nd on the team in WAR and among the leaders in most offensive stats. Would it be better to have Polanco there who is currently playing below replacement level?
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    Well, if you can't argue a legitimate point I guess the comeback is to complain. Are you or are you not ignoring that Polanco has been a negative WAR player? Should we ignore his 167 BA or his .577 OPS? How exactly would this have been helpful to the Twins?
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    My objection was classifying Santana as a full-time player and Julien as a part-time player. Julien has played in 28 games and Santana 25. They are within 2 PAs. To classify one as a full-time player and the other as a part-time player is misguided. Perhaps more importantly, this is being positioned as a problematic for the team. What's the problem if you have other players to match-up against LHP? Granted, Farmer has been bad but he is a significantly better hitter than Polanco against LHP over their careers. Why is it a problem to have Farmer or Castro or even martin play 2B against LHP. Lot's of LH hitters are weaker against LHP. Why is it a problem to match-up?
  9. Major League Ready
    How hard is it to replace a below average hitter (against RHP) and at best average defender? Let me help you out. Not very hard. What does it matter if he is not easily replaced against RHP when we have a much better replacement. You are ignoring the fact that he currently is a negative WAR player. He has not been hard to replace at all. Will that continue? Probably not but the Twins early troubles were not a product of losing Polanco's production which has been poor. The only possible place for him to play is against LHP at 2B over Farmer. Farmer has been poor but Polanco's has also been bad against LHP this year with an OPS of .397 so relying on Farmer is no less suspect than Polanco against LHP given Farmer is the better career hitter against LHP. I will take Miranda at 3B over Polanco at this point. It's quite possible that won't be the case at the end of the season but right now I will take Miranda.
  10. Major League Ready
    It looks like the plan is to activate Duran.
  11. Major League Ready
    Your post is accurate in your opinion. Calling the player on the team with the most plate appearances a part-time player is ridiculous. Then, when you single out a player with the same number of plate appearances (Santana) as a full-time player you are demonstrating bias and the statement has no credibility. You are throwing a fit over losing a player that has negative WAR. Is Julien the better player or not? Is Polanco easily replaced against LHP or not? Address the issues instead of stomping your feet and complaining I am mean.
  12. Major League Ready
    Julien is leading the team in plate appearances so the “he is not playing everyday" argument lacks credibility. Polanco’s primary value is 2B against RHP so yes Julien is the primary justification for Polanco being gone. Julien is the far superior player in that capacity. Against LHP Polanco is a career below average hitter. He is easily replaced in that capacity. He looked well below average at 3B. Miranda is the better choice there right now. Polanco is not a 1B. He has never played the position so the fact Santana is playing 1B has little relevance. Also, Santana has 2 less PA than Julien but in your eyes Santana is a “full-time” player while Julien is not. The bias here in twisting their roles is quite evident. Casto is simply a better player at this point. He was the better offensive player last year as well as this year. He is a far superior base runner and a better (more flexible) defender. That’s why his WAR was higher than Polanco last year and it’s why he has a .8 WAR YTD while Polanco has a negative WAR.
  13. Major League Ready
    Miranda is another guy that was not great in the low minors and then crushed AA and AAA. He is also a good athlete and has played 100+ Milb games in CF. Holland could be a great asset as a super utility guy who can back-up SS and CF.
  14. Major League Ready
    I can see a set of circumstances where Polishuk's opinion would play out but Baldelli is by no means saying Santana is going to be the everyday 1B. He said it would not necessarily be a traditional platoon. It's also a best case scenario where Santana is at least average offensively and I sure don't know what we are going to get out of Santana. If he sucks like he did early on, putting Kirilloff or Miranda at 1B and having the other one of these two DH is the better option. Miranda was not really in the picture when Polishuk offered this opinion. We would have to assume Baldelli opts for a far worse option in a scenario where Miranda continues to play well of Santana is as bad as he was the first 20 days of the season.
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    No doubt there are many full-time players. These arguments can be easily manipulated to fit a scenario. My objection was not the point you made. I was referencing a big deal being made out of Julien not starting some upcoming games because of LH starters. We know that 70+ percent of IPs will be by RHP. It's one of those things that are true and misleading at the same time given Julien will start far more games than coming off the bench. I am not nearly as sure as you where Santana is concerned. Kirilloff has far more ceiling at this point. Why would they start Santana at 1B over Kirilloff now that Kepler is healthy and Kirilloff is not needed in the OF? It seems more plausible that Santana could be trust into any everyday role (as he has) by injuries but it seems like a real stretch to say they signed him intending for him to be a primary starter. I said it at the time. I hope their plan A was not a 38 y/o that has not been good in 4 years.
  16. Major League Ready
    I guess it depends somewhat on if you believe in riding the hot player. Miranda has a 192 wRC+ over the two series where martin has struggled with a wRC+ of 48. If they keep Miranda, Castro plays the outfield and he has also been very hot. They are not cutting Margot for a rookie that is struggling at the moment so keeping Martin over Miranda makes little sense.
  17. Major League Ready
    Nice work. The current injury situation is being used to portray Castro and Santana as something they are not (full-time players). They are playing every day right now because we have a lot of injuries, they are switch hitters and they both hot hitters at the moment. They will be part-time players if injuries normalize.
  18. Major League Ready
    Neither one of them contributed much to the win streak. Nine position players played extremely well these last two series. Martin and Margot were pretty bad. PA wRC+ Edouard Julien 26 304 Trevor Larnach 18 285 Ryan Jeffers 31 259 Max Kepler 21 235 Willi Castro 31 217 Christian Vázquez 17 208 Jose Miranda 19 202 Byron Buxton 19 193 Carlos Santana 31 192 Kyle Farmer 16 97 Alex Kirilloff 21 64 Austin Martin 24 48 Manuel Margot 12 13
  19. Major League Ready
    Would like to see the link confirming what the twins are getting from Bally's. I have not been able to find any report, just conjecture based on what Cleveland and Texas received which is a totally different scenario. They had contracts and needed the approval of a bankruptcy judge. The Twins did not have that leverage in negotiations. You also ignored the $30M decrease in revenue from the BAM money. Are you still not aware of the BAM money after all the discussion or are you simply choosing to ignore anything that contradicts your position? .... You are also comparing this year's starting payroll to last year's ending payroll which of course includes the additional cost to replace injured players. The current payroll is 129.6M. The difference is roughly #23M not $30M.
  20. Major League Ready
    I have been wondering the same thing. All of these points seem likely. I think the wildcard could be them sending down Sands to stretch him out. On one hand, Sands finally looks like he can be a contributor. On the other hand, we are very deep in RPs and it would be really valuable if Sands turns into a decent SP. I am warming up to the idea of giving Sands a shot as a SP.
  21. Major League Ready
    Yet, he is 2nd on the team in WAR. He is going to start against every RHP which should be 70%. You are using a small sample anomaly to misrepresent. this situation. What's worse is you know it's a misrepresentation. If we are going to cherry pick small samples, Julien has a wRC+ of 159 against LHP this year and Polanco's wRC+against LHP is 42.
  22. Major League Ready
    If would appear you define value as "useable" this season. There is no arguing that Topa is the only piece of that trade which will provide value this season. However, if you define value in terms of building a contending team, trading for prospects has contributed over 30% of WAR on average to 92+ win teams for teams in the bottom 17 of revenue since 2000. Trading for proven players has contributed 11% of WAR. These percentages use a very liberal definition of proven player where the player has had 1 season with 1.5 WAR. If you use a measure more reflective of a "proven player", those percentages would be closer to 34% for prospects and 7% for players that have produced 2+ WAR in a season. This type of trade has very clearly been far more influential to building contenders than trading for established players.
  23. Major League Ready
    Correa getting healthy will be a big boost for this team. Castro / Miranda cover 3rd and Farmer will not need to be used against RHP. We will essentially be swapping Correa for Framer in the lineup. The offense should pick-up especially if Kepler hits like he has recently.
  24. Major League Ready
    I was referring to the general sentiment of all posters, not you. I could have / should have been more clear. The point was what people want and what has worked are not the same thing. All the complaining is partially a product of people thinking a given approach makes the most sense without a clear picture of what has worked. Having compiled the acquisition method for every 1.5+ WAR player on every 92+ win team for every team in the bottom 17 of revenue since the turn of the century, that history suggests the most successful practices are not consistent with how many fans want to see things done.
  25. Major League Ready
    Larnach only played in 3 minor league games so he should have an option remaining.
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