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  1. DJL44
    Zebby exceeded rookie thresholds in 2024 (>45 days on the active roster). Eeles was listed at #22. Perhaps you missed the first article in the series.
  2. DJL44
    That's fine, as long as you give them credit for turning Willi Castro into an All-Star.
  3. DJL44
    Why do the Nationals want to trade Tena?
  4. DJL44
    If they actually had a great pitching pipeline there would be more than 7 pitchers in the TwinsDaily top 30 prospects.
  5. DJL44
    It's an argument that there should be very few relievers in the Hall of Fame. Pitcher is a position, not reliever. Pick the best pitchers. I don't see a reason to keep making a mistake just because we made that mistake several times already. A Hall of Fame with Johan Santana excluded and Billy Wagner inducted is just stupid. I agree that WAR is not a great metric for evaluating relievers for the Hall of Fame. It systematically overrates them.
  6. DJL44
    The trick will be finding a defensive position where he can contribute. He might have enough bat for 1B/LF which would be nice.
  7. DJL44
    Did you miss this entire paragraph?
  8. DJL44
    Varland faced 83 batters and had a 9.87 ERA as a reliever with a .859 OPS against. He was horrible, even worse than he was as a starter. Henriquez faced 82 batters had a 3.26 ERA with a .716 OPS against. He needs to improve his pitching vs LHB but was otherwise quite good. If you want a larger sample size, Varland's numbers in AAA are also significantly worse than Henriquez. Is stand by my assertion. Varland was clearly worse than Henriquez in 2024. It's not even debatable.
  9. DJL44
    Varland was clearly worse than Henriquez last season. It's not even debatable.
  10. DJL44
    And yet he ends up with 27.8 WAR (tied for 338th all-time) and 16.5 WAA. Those numbers are inflated by the leverage index WAR gives to relievers and they're still absolutely pathetic for a Hall of Fame candidate. His best season (3.8 WAR) isn't as good as Johan Santana's 7th best season (4.1 WAR).
  11. DJL44
    It reminds me what a bargain Willi Castro is at $6M.
  12. DJL44
    I'm still trying to figure out Billy Wagner's narrative. Is it "Choke in the postseason and then trash your teammates and blame them for your poor performance"?
  13. DJL44
    He was a 24-year old rookie last season and should be the youngest pitcher in the bullpen. He's younger than Mathews, Festa, Canterino, Varland, Travis Adams, and Christian Macleod. He's a few months older than Prielipp and Lewis. He did just fine in AAA and the major leagues. His youth and success last season mean it would be silly to cut him. If he gets just a little bit better they'll keep him for 6 more seasons.
  14. DJL44
    I would keep Topa in the big league bullpen over Funderburk but I also don't think depth chart speculation matters much. It's nearly impossible to keep the 8 guys at the top of your depth chart all healthy at the same time. I expect more than 1 pitcher on your list will be injured before the season even begins. I agree that the glaring need is a competent LHRP.
  15. DJL44
    I think the problem is they have already fallen too far down the slippery slope. They are overlooking literally dozens of better starting pitchers to induct fairly successful relief pitchers. I want the ceremonies honoring guys like David Cone, Kevin Brown, Dave Stieb, Bret Saberhagen and Johan Santana instead. Billy Wagner is a pathetic joke of a candidate compared to Johan Santana. I would vote for Roy Oswalt, Mark Buehrle, Tim Hudson, Felix Hernandez and Kevin Appier before I would vote for Billy Wagner.
  16. DJL44
    It's just 6 years. The extra 12 years of high performance for Rivera matter a LOT. I am not a fan of electing relievers. My list of Hall-worthy relievers is Wilhelm, Gossage and Rivera. Eck and Smoltz get in because they were also excellent starting pitchers. If you're not better than Gossage then I'm not interested.
  17. DJL44
    Ramon Laureano would be a fit in the outfield.
  18. DJL44
    Ramon Laureano is also available now.
  19. DJL44
    I would rank them Morris, Raya, Soto, Hill but they'd all be in my top 10. I would trade Cory Lewis (for example) to get another Soto or Hill.
  20. DJL44
    Austin Hays non-tendered. He could be a fit as a RH corner outfielder.
  21. DJL44
    Because $1.3MM is chicken feed when the minimum is $760k. I like Topa as a reclamation project better than Josh Staumont or Jay Jackson. It's a low risk bet with a medium reward payout.
  22. DJL44
    Topa has options. He doesn't have to take up any room on the 26-man roster. The bullpen will have Henriquez, Stewart and Tonkin as pitchers without options. They can stash Topa in AAA until the first injury.
  23. DJL44
    The roster as-is doesn't have a starter at 2B/3B (depending on where they play Royce Lewis) or a 4th OF. They need Castro more in 2025 than they did in 2024.
  24. DJL44
    High risk, high reward. They've had some bad success rates on their prep arms (Enlow, Balazovic, Gonsalves, Kohl Stewart) but everyone has bad success rates on prep arms.
  25. DJL44
    717 OPS is good for a 102 OPS+. He had a 105 OPS+ the season before. He has an average bat and plays above average defense at 2B, 3B, LF. He gets labeled as a utility infielder but he's an everyday player for the Twins, clearly one of their best 9. He was named the team MVP for 2024 and made the All-Star team. If they can't afford that for $6M then they have completely mismanaged their budget. He has more than $6M worth of value to 20 of the 30 teams in MLB. It is a no-brainer to tender Willi Castro.
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