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  1. DJL44
    Even if a pitcher profiles as a reliever long-term I want him starting in the minors to get more innings. Maybe they only go 3 innings per start (like Raya) for 90-100 innings a year. That's more than the 60 innings they would get as a minor league reliever.
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    It totally changes the location on your breaking ball if you throw it 2 MPH faster. It takes repetitions to refine command.
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    I am ready to cut bait on Canterino and acquire a pitcher who can actually play baseball. Before people pencil in Varland for two-inning stints they should make sure he can pitch effectively in a one-inning role. I'm fine with letting Prielipp begin the season in the minors as a starter. He's not going directly to MLB. If he's doing well in Double-A, then I would have no problem moving him to the major league bullpen for the last half of the season.
  4. DJL44
    Correa is the short and medium-term SS for the Twins. Long-term isn't usually worth planning for in baseball except "acquire as much young talent as you can".
  5. DJL44
    Well played. I hope POBABO sticks.
  6. DJL44
    I think he might return more at the deadline. His positional flexibility means just about every contender would have a spot for him on their roster. Half his salary will be paid down so he will fit into every team's budget. It has been a seller's market the past few trade deadlines. That's not a big gap and Castro's speed closes that gap. There isn't anyone on the Twins 40-man roster with his mix of speed and defense. Brooks Lee is versatile but slow. Austin Martin has speed but can't field. You can piece together his contribution from 6 different players but that would take up 6 roster spots which means you can't actually replace him in aggregate. I would be open to trading Castro but I would want more than the Twins got for Polanco. He's a better player and costs half as much.
  7. DJL44
    Would you say no to Jax to Boston for Teel?
  8. DJL44
    I think the Yankees field is still being considered. There might not be any appetite to spend hundreds of millions on a baseball stadium in the Tampa Bay region. The hurricane caused billions of dollars in damages. The reasonable long-term move for MLB is one team in Orlando. Tampa Bay is going to keep getting hammered by hurricanes and most of Miami is going to be underwater in 40 years. If the St. Pete council votes down funding a stadium we may see the Omaha Rays.
  9. DJL44
    A young catcher
  10. DJL44
    Plus, he hasn't hit well enough to earn a callup to AAA. If he was ready for AAA, he'd have an OPS well over 1000 in the AFL.
  11. DJL44
    Not a good idea. Prielipp is the pitcher you want to face the best lefthanded hitters. Making him an opener would take away his leverage and let the opposing team stack the lineup with RH hitters.
  12. DJL44
    I agree, he's stalled out. For prospects it's improve or go home and he's not getting better very quickly. I don't see a reason to add him to the 40-man roster to protect him because I don't see a team wanting to play with a 25-man roster for an entire season.
  13. DJL44
    If you think of ranking prospects in terms of "I would trade this guy for that guy" then Dasan Hill should he higher. I would trade Rosario or DeBarge for another Dasan Hill in a heartbeat.
  14. DJL44
    I agree that the deadline might be the best time to move him. If you are a believer in sell high, buy low then selling high on Jax isn't a bad idea.
  15. DJL44
    Zoll is 3 years younger than Preston Mattingly.
  16. DJL44
    It is funny that he is so unknown that there isn't a picture of him in the database. He might be the youngest GM in MLB. This will probably be the friendliest article written about him in the next 3 years.
  17. DJL44
    I agree that he needs the endorsement money from a larger market team to make the financial decision pay off. The Dodgers are in a large market but it's a very team-friendly media market that is currently in a post-championship honeymoon. I posted a thread elsewhere that the Twins could gain by facilitating the deal. They have a lot of international bonus money and that can be traded. They could trade some of that money to the Dodgers for actual prospects. This would allow the Dodgers to have the highest offer. It would be pretty sweet to trade the ability to spend money for actual baseball talent and not actually have to spend the money to get it.
  18. DJL44
    Keeping Castro is the difference between a playoff team and an also-ran. If they can dump Paddack so they can keep Castro they gain a couple of wins. If they can add a LH reliever there's another one. An outfielder who moves Larnach to DH adds another win.
  19. DJL44
    Henriquez was a trade. They've done okay but it looks pretty bare at the moment. I think Mathews was up too early because there was nothing else to try. Only a desperate team gives innings to Randy Dobnak. AAA - Marco Raya, Andrew Morris, Cory Lewis, Travis Adams AA - CJ Culpepper A+ - Connor Prielipp A - Charlee Soto, Adrian Bohorquez Rk - Dasan Hill The gap is in AA/A+ where those 2023 college draftees were supposed to help. Maybe Tanner Hall pans out. Half of the guys listed above will probably fall short of helping the big-league team. The Twins only acquire pitchers by trade, draft or when they're dumped from some other team's roster. If they're not drafting well, then they're stuck mostly with castoffs.
  20. DJL44
    If there's any upside it's that you're -22 and +27. Maybe 87.5 wins (+/- 24.5) is your true median but it depends on the best players playing a whole season.
  21. DJL44
    Last year he was "cleared for 100 innings" and wasn't able to step onto the field at all.
  22. DJL44
    I am sure he will be called into a lot of meetings. Any potential new owner is going to want to know the state of the organization and that's Falvey.
  23. DJL44
    Tampa and Cleveland come closest.
  24. DJL44
    Assuming they're trading their veteran pitchers because they're too expensive then they need to fill nearly all 20 spots on the 40-man roster with pitchers having 5 or fewer years of service time. Pitchers get injured at a much higher rate than position players. They don't sign free agent pitchers. They have to produce a new starter and a new reliever every season.
  25. DJL44
    To remain competitive with a $130M payroll they need to graduate 2-3 guys every year.
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