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  1. DJL44
    Austin Martin grades out as the worst CF in all of MLB.
  2. DJL44
    Nice strawman you have there. Top 5 Twins pitchers using WAR were Ober 2.9 Jax 2.8 Lopez 2.5 Ryan 2.3 Woods Richardson 2.0 Jax was a reliever so I'm fine giving him an A but the other 4 starting pitchers shouldn't be more than one grade apart from each other. How does Woods-Richardson get the highest grade and Lopez the lowest? Ober B+ Lopez B Ryan B Woods Richardson B- Festa gets a D, Paddack a D- and Matthews gets an F.
  3. DJL44
    They should plan on Varland spending the beginning of next season in AAA. He was terrible in the bullpen in September. Couldn't locate his pitches. Get him in the AAA bullpen and make sure he's effective before promoting him.
  4. DJL44
    He has elite talent and was bad on both sides of the ball. The coaching staff absolutely needs to maximize his talent if this team is going to be successful.
  5. DJL44
    If you're expecting Buxton to play 130 games next year I guarantee you will be disappointed.
  6. DJL44
    The defense behind him is not good. FIP assumes league average defense.
  7. DJL44
    Shoeless Joe is still waiting.
  8. DJL44
    Kris Kristofferson was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2004.
  9. DJL44
    I agree that he's fun to watch, even if he was a less valuable player than Carlos Santana this season.
  10. DJL44
    Do they want to unload Vazquez? I get the feeling once they sign a player, they're hanging with them until the bitter end.
  11. DJL44
    Except when they aren't. It was reasonable to expect Alcala was injured and ineffective yet another season. Based on his actual results he exceeded expectations.
  12. DJL44
    Good luck. MLB hit .243 this season. That means .250 is a good batting average.
  13. DJL44
    With that budget they have roughly $100M to spend to get 40 additional wins above replacement. That means they need players to produce at an average of $2.5M/WAR. I don't understand why they signed Correa at $36M or Vazquez at $10M given those constraints. Correa is not going to produce 14 WAR seasons and Vazquez is not a 4 WAR catcher. The going rate for free agents is $8M-$10M per WAR. At those rates Correa is paid fairly. They might be able to find a large market team where he would be a better fit.
  14. DJL44
    I'm thrilled they traded their no defense, no power, 1 WAR in 2024, batting champ for a top of the rotation pitcher like Pablo Lopez.
  15. DJL44
    Pablo Lopez and Zebby Matthews get the same grade? That makes no sense.
  16. DJL44
    Spots filled: IF: Julien, Correa, Lewis, Castro, Lee, Miranda, Jeffers, Vazquez, Camargo (9) OF: Buxton, Larnach, Wallner, Keirsey, Martin, E Rodriguez (6) SP: Lopez, Matthews, Ober, Festa, Ryan, Woods Richardson, Headrick (7) RP: Duran, Jax, Alcala, Sands, Topa, Varland, Henriquez, Funderburk, RAYA, Moran (9) Maybe keep? Tonkin, Blewett, Helman, Kirilloff, Canterino, Severino, Winder (7) That's only 31 on the "keep" list. They need another corner outfield bat, starting pitcher and two relievers.
  17. DJL44
    Fair enough. If we're grading versus realistic expectations before the season began, then why does Brooks Lee, a 23-year-old rookie with hardly any time at AAA get a D grade? Why doesn't Buxton get an A for his comeback season? My expectations for Buxton were that he would never contribute again due to a chronic knee injury and he blew past those expectations.
  18. DJL44
    I expect 1B (or LF/RF) to be the best hitter on the team. Santana fell short of those expectations.
  19. DJL44
    This is the big problem with development. Contrary to what other posters have said, they actually draft a lot of toolsy shortstops. Royce Lewis should be able to field much better than what he has shown. They need to move people to their best position in the minors and give them a lot of reps instead of turning everyone into a bad utility player.
  20. DJL44
    His offensive contribution was about the same as Royce Lewis. Are these grades of the position player as a whole or just the bat?
  21. DJL44
    If anything, pitcher injuries are up. This is all about maximizing velocity. Velocity gets outs but it also limits the pitches thrown in a game and injures arms.
  22. DJL44
    Zebby and Festa are contrasts on what it takes to get minor league hitters out versus what it takes to get major league hitter out.
  23. DJL44
    Also, after 8 years of your strategy not producing the results you wanted, adjust your strategy. I have a feeling they'll just keep going with the same strategy for 30 years thinking "it's just a small sample size, eventually this will work".
  24. DJL44
    Is Levine going to be the sacrificial lamb? I would love to see a reporter ask Baldelli what he was wrong about this year, what he learned and what he is going to do differently next season. If he gives a rambling non-answer then he should be fired. If he can't learn from his own mistakes he's useless.
  25. DJL44
    Conversely, if this front office couldn't buy 4 more wins for $20M then they probably deserve to be shown the door.
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