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  1. DJL44
    This is getting way too much press. There are lots of defensible reasons NOT to vote for Ichiro. The best reason is if you have 11 players you want to vote for and they only let you vote for 10. It's perfectly acceptable to say, "Ichiro will get in without my vote, I'll vote for the other 10".
  2. DJL44
    Cease and Arraez for Vazquez, Castro, and Festa?
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    The last time he did it was 5 years and two Tommy John surgeries ago. I have little faith that Chris Paddack is still that pitcher. It's unreasonable to expect him to perform at his highest level all the time and never have a bad start. It's especially unreasonable to have that expectation for him and not have that expectation for anyone else on the team. It's a good practice to assume the 50th percentile outcome and make roster plans based on that.
  4. DJL44
    If they don't add another bat, they're going to want to use Jeffers as the DH occasionally.
  5. DJL44
    I'm fine with using Castro there as the starter. Lee and Lewis are both better fits at 3B but I wouldn't want to construct the 26-man roster with Lee having a guaranteed spot anyway. If they give Lewis 2B the hole moves to 3B but they can also move Castro over there just as easily. If they want to keep Castro in the infield full-time they need to add another outfielder who can catch the ball.
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    Yes, if Paddack has the best season of his career and doesn't have any bad starts, he could do that. That is his >90th percentile projection. Do you assume everyone will hit their >90th percentile projection?
  7. DJL44
    The on the field production wins a lot more games than "clubhouse leadership". If you want leadership, hire a manager. If you want a baseball player, get someone who can hit the ball.
  8. DJL44
    What in the world has Vazquez done in a Twins uniform that makes you want to lock him up until he's 36 years old?
  9. DJL44
    Or use your interpreter as a middleman to place bets for you. That was the whole reason they investigated Ohtani.
  10. DJL44
    Pitcher is a position, not reliever. Reliever is a role that allows a pitcher who isn't good enough to start to contribute to a team's success. John Franco owns several of the LH relief stats.
  11. DJL44
    Betting on baseball games comes with the most severe punishment for a reason. It ruins the integrity of the sport. Fans won't watch baseball if they think the outcome is rigged. Rose's off field actions cannot be excused, no matter what he did on the field.
  12. DJL44
    I also don't think they can afford to have that many catchers on the 40-man roster. If they add one they need to subtract one. I would see if Oakland would trade Miguel Andujar for Paddack. That saves $4.5M and gets them their RH hitting bench OF. Andujar has played 3B & 1B as well. Another possibility would be trading Paddack to Texas for Leody Tavares. That would be a career year for Paddack. He's put up a 4.90 ERA over the last 5 seasons. Anything's possible but that scenario has a <10% likelihood of happening. It's roughly as likely that Festa or Matthews would be able to do that.
  13. DJL44
    The team has said on more than one occasion that they emphasize clubhouse presence in their veteran free agent signings. That emphasis on clubhouse presence didn't prevent the team from falling apart in September and missing the playoffs. The Twins seem to continually provide fewer wins than you would expect on paper.
  14. DJL44
    Not the only reason, but one of them. A team with this budget can't afford to miss on their big $$ free agent signings.
  15. DJL44
    Have you ever heard the phrase "throwing good money after bad"?
  16. DJL44
    I'd be fine if they used that money to improve the team's catching situation.
  17. DJL44
    Yes, I was pretty certain the writers were going to make another mistake in Hall of Fame voting.
  18. DJL44
    There are potentially catastrophic consequences of keeping Christian Vazquez. 80 games of replacement level performance might be enough to make the team miss the playoffs.
  19. DJL44
    Is Christian Vazquez a "major league hitter"?
  20. DJL44
    MLB hasn't created a press release with that information in it. For some reason. The only precedent we have is that the Padres put games on cable without requiring a separate subscription. This would be a fantastic question for a member of the press to ask the Twins because we clearly do NOT know "everything we need to know about the new Twins TV setup in 2025".
  21. DJL44
    How to Stream, Watch San Diego Padres After MLB Takeover – NBC 7 San Diego
  22. DJL44
    There is this thing called waivers where other teams release players who are no longer a fit for their roster. If Vazquez is no longer a Twin the team can claim one of those players on waivers to take his spot. Teams are also allowed to trade players with other teams. If Vazquez is no longer a Twin they can arrange a trade for a catcher on another team's AAA roster who they don't value as highly.
  23. DJL44
    The betting on baseball games was an obvious mistake with a penalty that is known to every single player - lifetime ban. You can't say "It's okay to bet on baseball games if you're a really good player, you should only get penalized if you're not very good".
  24. DJL44
    Wagner is an obvious mistake. He's the 5th best pitcher on the ballot.
  25. DJL44
    That isn't how MLB negotiated it with any other MLB team's rights they controlled. Why would they do that for the Twins?
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