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  1. DJL44
    Mickey Gasper is your leadoff hitter? Ugh. First off, he's 29 years old (turns 30 in October), which means he's almost certainly peaked offensively and is likely to get worse defensively. For reference, Manny Margot was 29 last year. The projection systems are spitting out a .240/.340/.360 batting line for 2025. He's below average defensively at any position other than 1B. He's a below average runner. This kind of player is not an MLB leadoff hitter unless you're an expansion team. If they're going to spend those playing time resources on a player, they're better off seeing if Julien can bounce back.
  2. DJL44
    Somebody needs to block the playing time of Michael Helman, Eddie Julien, Austin Martin, Mickey Gasper and Dashawn Keirsey. Those are AAA depth players, not MLB-caliber starters.
  3. DJL44
    Ah, the famous our garbage players we don't want for your ace pitcher trade. I'm sure they'll go for that.
  4. DJL44
    I would much rather have Lewis at 2B and Julien at 1B (or the bench)
  5. DJL44
    Paddack has negative worth to the Twins. The kids in AAA are probably better. Trading him is addition by subtraction.
  6. DJL44
    They haven't been particularly adept at picking over the leftovers. This year there seems to be a lot of players available in February who can help. Perhaps having an open roster spot will allow them to grab a couple useful players who want to avoid a minor league contract.
  7. DJL44
    Not to mention the "regional" approach makes no sense in our global world. 100% sharing of broadcasting money (video and audio). 0% sharing of in-stadium attendance-based revenue (tickets, concessions, parking). That's the way to incentivize teams to try to put fans in the seats.
  8. DJL44
    If you want Miller back you'll be able to draft him in the Rule 5 draft next December. He won't be protected.
  9. DJL44
    It is important to realize that ZIPS regresses projections to the mean. It assumes that if a player is in MLB that they are good enough to contribute and will rarely predict people to have a negative WAR. Of course, in reality, negative WAR contributors happen all the time.
  10. DJL44
    Umm, no. Larnach and Wallner in the OF please.
  11. DJL44
    It may be as simple as this Vanderbilt coaches: "He's fast, let's put him in the outfield" "He has no instincts, let's try him in the infield" "He's even worse there, move him back to the outfield where he won't do as much damage" Toronto coaches: "He can't read fly balls, better try to develop him as an infielder" "He sucks on defense, try to trade him before anyone else figures it out" MN coaches: "Let's see if he can play SS, he's failed everywhere else" (I've got nothing on this one) "He's not going to be a good enough hitter to hold down a corner OF spot, he's going to need to know more than one position to be a bench player. Let's develop him as a utility player."
  12. DJL44
    For the low, low price of $10.7M
  13. DJL44
    A little more than one season of Berrios is all the Twins traded away, a well-paid season in his last year of arbitration. He would have walked as a free agent after that.
  14. DJL44
    Is this team developing rookies or competing for a pennant? Giving a person reps hoping they turn into a better player is what non-contenders do. Better yet, that's what AAA is for. The Twins are placing several bad bets on players who have low upside even if the bet pays off. High risk, low reward.
  15. DJL44
    They could probably re-brand to TwinsMonthly during the offseason and we wouldn't notice.
  16. DJL44
    You mean the team that finished in 4th place and then lost Kepler and Santana to free agency?
  17. DJL44
    TC Bear and the front office traditionally hibernate from the end of the World Series until just before TwinsFest.
  18. DJL44
    Translating the comments on Brock Stewart "He's a 34-year-old pitcher with a history of shoulder injuries. His arm could fall off loading his truck in the Home Depot parking lot. If he pitches at all this season, we'll be thrilled."
  19. DJL44
    Billy Wagner got 10% on his first attempt. Guess he was a lost cause, we should probably disallow anyone who voted for him this year from ever voting again. Andruw Jones started at 7.3% and now he's on the verge of induction. One-and-done candidates who should definitely be in the Hall of Fame: Johan Santana, Jim Edmonds, Kenny Lofton, Lou Whitaker, Bobby Grich, Bill Freehan, David Cone, Kevin Brown, Bret Saberhagen, Rick Reuschel, Reggie Smith Close enough that they deserved a 2nd ballot: Dwight Gooden, Frank Tanana, Willie Randolph, Buddy Bell Ted Simmons was snubbed by the writers but managed to get the Era Committee's attention Largest increases from debut to make Hall of Fame
  20. DJL44
    Arraez is likely to receive, and turn down, a qualifying offer. He's a free draft pick.
  21. DJL44
    True, which is why I'm asking for a couple in any trade with San Diego. Vazquez, Castro, Paddack, Duran, Julien for Cease, Arraez, prospects
  22. DJL44
    Just breaking down the trades 1) Looks like fair value for a season of Cease and the comp pick but I'm not sure it fits San Diego's desire to compete this season. They would have to find somewhere to flip those prospects. 2) Paddack and Martin have no net trade value so this is really Larnach and Morris for Cease. I could see them having interest in that package if they like Morris. 3) This trade has some possibilities because the Padres seem to like Vazquez but he has negative trade value. If they like Julien they can have him, he has little trade value after his 2024 season. This one boils down to Miranda and Matthews for Cease. It's similar enough to Larnach and Morris from trade #2. I think Larnach is a much better fit for their roster than Miranda.
  23. DJL44
    Dave Goltz next?
  24. DJL44
    No details on that yet.
  25. DJL44
    I don't know what the person did. I was just stating that there are perfectly legitimate reasons to not vote for a player if you have more candidates that you support than spots available. If you go back in time and look at past Hall of Fame ballots there have always been at least 10 future Hall of Famers on the ballot. Some of them took 50 more years to get inducted, but they were on the ballot. Even now, there are way more than 10 players on this ballot better than the bottom 20% of the players who have been inducted into the Hall of Fame. There were at least a dozen players on this ballot better than Billy Wagner and he got elected. Please forgive me if I don't understand the subtleties between "a jerk move" and "a jerk". Those look like the exact same thing to me.
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