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  1. DJL44
    He had surgery a year ago and still hasn’t recovered from it.
  2. DJL44
    Canterino has already been ruled out for all of spring training with a bum shoulder.
  3. DJL44
    Bo Bichette is getting moved off the position by the Mets. He's probably going to play some SS because Lindor is hurt but that's only due to necessity.
  4. DJL44
    Rocco was replaced by his former bench coach who was hired because he is the most Rocco-like manager they could find. Falvey is gone, but he's replaced by Zoll who was promoted by Falvey. Zoll executed the deadline trades last summer. This is literally the smallest amount of change they could achieve after firing Falvey and Rocco.
  5. DJL44
    I liked Molitor on the radio. Who is replacing him there when he's doing TV? I like when they pair a hitter with a pitcher on the broadcast. That adds some natural conflict.
  6. DJL44
    Absolutely brutal offseason. Signing Caratini is the only move I like. Adding Tristan Gray might be the #2 move of the offseason which is just pathetic. They're headed into spring training with James Outman still on the roster and both Travis Adams and John Klein penciled into the bullpen. Trevor Larnach was re-signed for $4.7M even though they have five other outfielders who could be just as good or better making league minimum. They totally mismanaged their tiny budget.
  7. DJL44
    The trade looks really bad for Tampa right now. They added Jax to contend, but this season they're retooling and Jax sticks out like a sore thumb as trade bait on their roster.
  8. DJL44
    It sounds very "gifted 24-year-old male athlete" to me. Many players don't put in the extra work until they get a dose of reality. None of these guys likes losing. Sometimes it takes losing to be willing to put in the work to win.
  9. DJL44
    Bradley is one of the youngest of all the potential candidates for the rotation. He's younger than Prielipp, Mathews, Festa and Woods-Richardson. Only Abel and Morris are younger than Bradley and that's only by a couple months. Bradley has had more MLB success than all of those guys. He has some serious stuff and acknowledged that he needs to learn how to pitch. He admitted last summer that he wasn't doing much for game preparation. He will have more success if he learns how to pitch instead of relying on his coaches and catcher to do that work for him. I worry about a sinker/splitter pitcher moving from Tampa to Minnesota. Those grounders will get through the Twins infield more often.
  10. DJL44
    FYI - Matt Canterino has already been ruled out for spring training due to his shoulder.
  11. DJL44
    A 79-win season would be the absolute worst for this franchise. That would mean they're good enough to not sell at the deadline, but not good enough to buy at the deadline. They would miss the playoffs while squandering the trade capital they have. It would also convince ownership to run it all back again in 2027. There is some hope for improved defense in the outfield if they let Martin, Roden, Rodriguez and Jenkins field instead of Larnach and Wallner.
  12. DJL44
    You're likely to see more of that disconnect this year. FIP assumes average defensive support.
  13. DJL44
    It would be great to get 9 innings from him - that would add 10% to his total minor league innings pitched. The most likely outcome is he retires due to persistent injuries this spring. He hasn't pitched since 2022 and not one inning above Double-A (where he walked 5.8 batters per 9 innings). He's the longest of long shots.
  14. DJL44
    Low strikeout pitchers combined with a bad defense will lead to bad results in the late innings.
  15. DJL44
    That's better than I expect for Adams or Klein and both seem to have a lock on a bullpen spot.
  16. DJL44
    The chronic back injuries certainly can't help his athleticism.
  17. DJL44
    There is also the radar gun that shows his weak arm and the stopwatch that shows how slow he runs. How many games does Brooks Lee need to be bad at SS before we’re allowed to say he’s bad at SS? Is 200 enough or do we have to wait until he’s a free agent?
  18. DJL44
    That's from pitching 12 innings of long relief. Detroit didn't use him as a one-inning reliever. We're also talking extremely small sample sizes.
  19. DJL44
    2026 is an especially unfunny year.
  20. DJL44
    Paddack signs for $4M to pitch for the Marlins. He could have helped the Twins in the bullpen.
  21. DJL44
    They sat on the sidelines when all the minor league free agents in their 20s were signed so now they're stuck signing has-beens with no upside.
  22. DJL44
    How he compares is all about whether he's above or below average at 2B. I think he can make the plays he's supposed to make. That would make him a slightly below average, but acceptable 2B. You're reading my words "below average" as "unacceptable" when those are two very different things. Half the second basemen in MLB are below average.
  23. DJL44
    There is about 100 games worth of evidence they're right.
  24. DJL44
    This is the only reason he's available. Almost all the good teams have a better SS than Abrams already. If they acquired him, they would move him to 2B.
  25. DJL44
    This is why it isn't a big deal if your minor leagues aren't cranking out first basemen. There is always an assortment of older free agents available. Pitchers and skill position players (SS, C, CF) are hard to find.
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