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  1. DJL44
    Did they switch divisions this offseason? The White Sox are going to be terrible again in 2025. All they need to do is win more games than Kansas City, Detroit and Cleveland.
  2. DJL44
    Disagree. They won 82 games last season and they only players worth a darn leaving are Santana and Kepler. They have some young talent that underperformed last year (Lewis, Julien, Duran) and some more who could contribute in 2025 (Festa, Matthews, Rodriguez, Keaschall, Brooks Lee). They're not that far off.
  3. DJL44
    Did they give him an offseason raise? He's getting #2/3 starter money, not ace money.
  4. DJL44
    Why would someone trade a better, MLB-ready pitcher with more team control for Ryan or Ober. That's what it would take to make sense. Detroit would have to call and offer Skubal for Ober.
  5. DJL44
    I agree that they should be able to move Paddack, they want to move Paddack, and they likely will move Paddack. That said, if you're a team looking for pitching aren't you going to wait until all the free agents have signed before you settle for Chris Paddack? The Twins have to make a trade to free up the budget, but they don't have much to trade that anyone else would want. Paddack and Vazquez are nobody's first choice. They don't want to move Willi Castro, but they probably will if someone overpays in December.
  6. DJL44
    Wait until the draft is over and trade for him if he's undrafted.
  7. DJL44
    Another pitcher being paid more than Pablo Lopez
  8. DJL44
    Possibly, but that's dumb. The best way to maximize Keirsey's value to the team is to use him in CF when Buxton is injured. There's little reason to call him up to play LF/RF when you could use a better bat instead.
  9. DJL44
    Ty France has indicated that he's interested in moving to catcher. His bat doesn't play at 1B anymore, but it would be fine for a catcher. I would be willing to put him in St. Paul and give him that opportunity.
  10. DJL44
    The first filter on catcher defense is pop time to 2B. If you can't get your pop time down to a reasonable level, then every runner who gets on base makes it to 3B. This is one reason why position-switching in WAR as a basis for catcher replacement level doesn't work. People who can play C can often defend elsewhere but the reverse is not true. If you move your 1B to catcher, then every leadoff walk is a leadoff triple two pitches later. The second filter on catcher defense might, ironically, be how well they hit. If a player can really hit the ball, he will be moved off catcher to a less demanding defensive position so the team can have the bat in the lineup every day. The third filter is handling the pitcher - game calling, blocking, framing. You can offload pitch calling to the coaching staff if needed but not blocking pitches and keeping the runners from advancing. If we see automated balls and strikes you will see catchers change their stance to help with blocking and pop time. They won't care about framing low pitches anymore.
  11. DJL44
    Eventually they will need to acquire a catcher. Even the 2nd catchers on the market are making $6-7M.
  12. DJL44
    I don't understand shooting for 78-82 wins. Either add good players and try to win or trade veterans and rebuild.
  13. DJL44
    Them not doing a DFA of veterans is an entirely different issue. Their likelihood to DFA depends on how bad the veteran is and how much they paid for him (showing that they don't understand sunk costs). I would prefer they added a GOOD outfielder to the roster. I don't want bad veterans OR bad rookies.
  14. DJL44
    Even Casey Blake debuted at age 25. Keirsey is likely going to get a shot, get the holes in his game exposed (like all rookies), go back to AAA to improve, get another shot if he does and get cut if he doesn't.
  15. DJL44
    Agree on Wallner. I hope Larnach does well enough to get traded for something good and Walker Jenkins takes his spot for the next 5 years.
  16. DJL44
    A contender is a playoff team who has a hot streak in October.
  17. DJL44
    Canha doesn't block any of them. They're all starters even with Canha on the roster. Canha makes sure Julien isn't the everyday DH.
  18. DJL44
    And completely lost at the plate last season. Are you willing to bet the season that he bounces back? On the current depth chart, he's the everyday DH. Lee is looking at 450 plate appearances and as you say, we don't know anything real yet. Martin was awful last year and he's also looking at 450 plate appearances. This team is not far from being a playoff team and every win is going to matter. They can't bet on low-upside rookies to carry them to the playoffs.
  19. DJL44
    Playing Julien, Lee, Helman, Keirsey, Prato, Martin, McCusker is just giving up. That's a AAA team.
  20. DJL44
    On the current depth chart Miranda is 1B, Larnach is LF, Julien is DH. Lee, Martin and Helman are your bench. Canha can be a better DH than Julien and a better corner OF bat than Martin. Personally, I think they can do better than Canha, but they're not wrong that he makes the team better.
  21. DJL44
    There are only three young guys who have upside higher than 1 WAR player - Rodriguez, Keaschall and Lee. Everyone else above AA has -0.5 to 1 WAR upside.
  22. DJL44
    I think Keirsey and Rodriguez can both cover CF and they're available in AAA whenever Buxton hits the IL. Buy a bat.
  23. DJL44
    I also don't want a sub-par veteran (though Margot is probably still a better bet than McCusker). I want a decent veteran baseball player. Give me Donovan Solano, but an outfielder. The Twins have a boatload of playing time to offer a free agent acquisition and if not, they have potential trade chits. There is no reason to throw away 2025 and start rebuilding. If they add a couple veterans to the roster there will still be PLENTY of playing time available for whoever earns it in AAA.
  24. DJL44
    Who has rated Keirsey's defense as elite? Please cite sources. The scouting reports I have seen believe his CF defense would be adequate but not close to elite. He's a downgrade on Buxton in the field and Buxton isn't a gold-glover anymore.
  25. DJL44
    That sounds like a great strategy for a rebuilding team and a great way for this team to miss the playoffs.
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