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  1. DJL44
    He did that once already and they sent him down.
  2. DJL44
    The other half of that is they don’t have money for a really good pitcher because they spent it on Ober and Kremer. You can “raise the floor” into the 70 win range. To break through to the 90 win range, you need All-Stars. There isn’t a “3rd place” pennant.
  3. DJL44
    Lopez, Bradley, Ryan, Abel, Rojas, Ober, Prielipp, Matthews, Kremer
  4. DJL44
    The Saints season will be over September 20. If Rodriguez isn’t up for the final six games of the season then either the Twins have exceeded expectations or they really, really don’t like Rodriguez.
  5. DJL44
    “I don’t fault Twins decision-makers for making the trade.” I will. They’re so focused on “raising the floor” that they spent prospects to bring in a starting pitcher not good enough to win a playoff game. When you have a borderline team, you can’t “raise the floor” into the playoffs. You have to raise the ceiling.
  6. DJL44
    They have basically zero pitchers worthy of “hot list” consideration. That is concerning.
  7. DJL44
    You have to assume that at least one of those five teams has a winning record in Sept. That means the Twins will have to win at least 16 of the next 24 games.
  8. DJL44
    He’s overly focused on the percentage and not the total. If Jeffers had allowed 10 stolen bases and not thrown out anyone this year he would be focused on the 0% and not the fact that he only allowed 10 steals. The median MLB team has 95 steals this season, which is basically what you get when you double Jeffers’ totals. His stolen bases allowed is pretty close to the base rate. That’s why the cost is just two extra runs.
  9. DJL44
    Because the other team pays you to take it and dispose of it. It counts towards the floor but you don’t have to actually pay the player.
  10. DJL44
    6 games under .500 with 24 games remaining. They just need to repeat tonight 16 more times in the next month.
  11. DJL44
    Did you miss the words “more profitable”?
  12. DJL44
    If a team wants to meet the minimum they can take on a worthless contract, get paid by another team to do it, cut the player and end up no better off on talent but more profitable.
  13. DJL44
    “He doesn't quite look like a season-saver” Shohei Ohtani couldn’t save this season.
  14. DJL44
    Runs the catcher costs a team on defense from stolen bases is actually one of the easiest, most objective and most accurate things to measure of all the defensive statistics.
  15. DJL44
    Which has cost the team two runs below an average catcher over the course of an entire season. It’s mostly irrelevant.
  16. DJL44
    There is no way in hell the owners would create a system that has them spending more money than they are spending right now. They aren’t threatening a lockout to open up their wallets and throw cash around. That is a very, very naive take.
  17. DJL44
    I hate hard cap and floor because every transaction is about how it affects the cap and not how it affects the level of talent on the team. Dead weight contracts become valuable because they can be bought out. I also think the Twins front office would be totally screwed if they had to learn how to run a franchise with a minimum spend. They’re bad enough decision makers now. If the decisions become more complicated they will be even worse. They will blow the whole budget on old folks and watch their blocked young talent succeed elsewhere.
  18. DJL44
    Ben Ross? Why not Tristan Gray or Matt Wallner if you just want someone to play cards in the clubhouse.
  19. DJL44
    Jeffers allows less than one stolen base per game.
  20. DJL44
    Brandon Lowe has produced more offense than Bell this season and he has a good glove at 2B. Gleyber Torres can still hit, he just missed time with an injury.
  21. DJL44
    Better than giving those innings to Taylor Rogers
  22. DJL44
    History has also told us that Jenkins and Rodriguez are also likely to miss large parts of the season. Between the three players they will be lucky to cover two spots. Martin and Roden will get plenty of playing time. They have some depth in the outfield to cover for injuries. They have diddly squat in the infield. Adding a starting caliber middle infielder is critical. That frees up Kody to cover several positions as injury depth. Marek Houston should not be part of 2027 plans as a primary or secondary option.
  23. DJL44
    Remember the article about Paulshawn Pasqualotto and him possibly helping the major league team this year? I wouldn’t worry about that. Woof.
  24. DJL44
    Emmanuel Rodriguez was introduced as “Manny” at the Saints game today. Might be time to stop calling him Emma.
  25. DJL44
    Kala’i Rosario looked good today. They might need to protect him from the Rule 5 draft this December.
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