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  1. DJL44
    If they "can't afford" Pablo Lopez then they will never be able to compete and I have no idea why they signed Carlos Correa (or Christian Vazquez). If they absolutely need to dump $20M in salary the players to move are Vazquez and Paddack. The reason to go Friday is the weather is terrific, Pablo is fun to root for and baseball is almost gone for months. Go out and enjoy a night at the ballpark.
  2. DJL44
    Injuries happen in MLB. The Twins were basically middle of the pack in games lost to injuries by their starting players. The biggest problem wasn't leaning on rookies, it was leaning on bad veteran players (Santana, Margot, Farmer, Okert) and not making any adjustments to the roster when it was clear changes needed to be made. This team refused to adjust from their plan in March even when it was clearly not working. I don't know what the minor league development plan is for the rookies to learn how to play baseball but there are issues with fundamentals and baseball IQ that are not being addressed in the minor leagues. Some of that is developing players to play at one position in the minors, then promoting them to play a completely different position in the major leagues. That doesn't explain problems with baserunning or situational hitting. They have been able to improve the talent of their minor league pitchers, but the position player development seems to be "teach them to hit for power, they'll figure the rest out in the majors".
  3. DJL44
    He's not helping.
  4. DJL44
    Do you think they are going to bring in high-priced veteran talent to keep the rookies in AAA?
  5. DJL44
    I have no idea how Margot survived the entire season on the roster. The Twins have this obsession with keeping "their guys" all season. Someone needs to explain "sunk costs" to this front office.
  6. DJL44
    Season ticket renewals are going to plummet. The fanbase does not want to watch Rocco manage this team anymore.
  7. DJL44
    Do you think professional pitchers just sit all winter without throwing a single pitch?
  8. DJL44
    If the Twins want Polanco back they should be able to sign him this offseason quite cheaply. He was bad this year at the plate and in the field but that hasn't stopped them from signing guys before. Michael A Taylor was also bad this season - cut by the Pirates.
  9. DJL44
    They generally go to college to play baseball. You're not going to see them playing in the Dominican league for teenagers.
  10. DJL44
    Or about what Baltimore paid Craig Kimbrel to pitch poorly for them. That can't be correct.
  11. DJL44
    I'm becoming less of a fan of the Twins and more of a fan of watching MLB in general. I haven't attended a Twins game at all this year. There were a couple times I thought about going but they actually put the Twins on TV that weekend and I watched at home instead. The only baseball game I attended in person was seeing a Cubs game at Wrigley Field on vacation.
  12. DJL44
    Topa has struggled with injuries his entire career. Last year was probably his healthiest season. If you want to have a bullpen with 6 healthy, performing pitchers you need to start with 12 high potential arms.
  13. DJL44
    So many Twins fans are allergic to fun.
  14. DJL44
    Here are the best pitching prospects in the AFL according to this article: Luinder Avila (Royals #26) Eric Silva (Tigers #27) Grant Taylor (White Sox #6) Peyton Pallette (White Sox #27) Jose Fleury (Astros #10) Jimmy Joyce (Mariners #23) Josh Stephan (Rangers #25) Skylar Hayes (Rangers #28) Adam Maier (Braves #17) Hayden Harris (Braves #27) Jun-Seok Shim (Marlins #27) Wen-Hui Pan (Phillies #20) Griff McGarry (Phillies #21) Christian McGowan (Phillies #22) Coleman Crow (Brewers #30) Mike Burrows (Pirates #16) Khristian Curtis (Pirates #27) Connor Phillips (Reds #15) Yu-Min Lin (Diamondbacks #7) Dylan Ray (Diamondbacks #16) Ryan Bergert (Padres #25) David Morgan (Padres #29) Michael Prosecky (Rockies #17) Gabriel Hughes (Rockies #22) That's just 3 pitchers who are in their team's top 10 prospects and 9 in their team's top 20.
  15. DJL44
    Pitchers are going to pitch year-round either in bullpen sessions or in games. There is no magic reset button that happens to innings when the calendar hits January 1. There is plenty of time between the end of the AFL and the beginning of the next season to recover. They already know that Eeles can hit bad A-ball pitching. He has nothing to prove in the AFL.
  16. DJL44
    Everyone's bat should take a step up. There are several top 100 prospect position players but absolutely none among pitchers. Expect high scoring games as good hitters tee off on mediocre to poor pitching.
  17. DJL44
    Santana hasn't really done much since June. .218/.316/.396 since the All-Star break. .661 OPS vs RHP.
  18. DJL44
    AFL rosters announced. I'm guessing this will get a new thread. 2024 Arizona Fall League rosters (mlb.com) No big prospects for the Twins
  19. DJL44
    I have been watching baseball on TV but it's usually the MLB.tv free game of the day, Apple game on Friday or the nationally broadcast games on the weekend. I don't mind substituting any MLB game for the Twins game.
  20. DJL44
    I'm actually impressed by how much productivity Baldelli and Maki have been able to squeeze out of the 3 rookies in the rotation. That has been the silver lining of September.
  21. DJL44
    I believe they call this "counting your chickens before they have hatched". Jax is an elite reliever.
  22. DJL44
    They really want to have a spot locked up before the final game so they can bump Ober to Game 1. Then you would see Ober / Lopez / rookie.
  23. DJL44
    Which I hope means Matthews / Festa / Woods-Richardson instead of the actual bullpen.
  24. DJL44
    It is really weird to go from "Let's give the kid a save chance" to "Let's dump him for Brent Headrick" in a week.
  25. DJL44
    If I'm re-doing Saturday with hindsight I use Irvin in Game 1, which was already lost, and save Headrick for the situation where they used Irvin in Game 2. Irvin is best used soaking up innings when the game is already over but they decided to use Headrick in that situation instead. This means Baldelli trusts Headrick even less than he trusts Cole Irvin. The big problem is it's hard to win games with 6 "low leverage" relievers in your bullpen and only 3 guys you can trust when you have a lead. That's a recipe for a .333 winning percentage.
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