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  1. DJL44
    Lewis would be a worthy All-Star except he's only played 12 games. Correa is having a great season but so are several other shortstops so his competition is stiff. I think Joe Ryan has been worthy of an all-star game selection. Griffin Jax would be the representative for several teams but I've always thought they put too many relief pitchers on the roster.
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    I could compare them. As in, Luis Arraez is clearly not as good as Tony Gwynn or Rod Carew. Or, Luis Arraez plays baseball like 38-year-old Tony Gwynn. Arraez is a 1-tool player, a slow DH who only hits singles. If he could play defense he'd be valuable but he's been awful. He's the worst 2B in baseball in Outs Above Average (-8). Santana, for comparison, is tied with Bryce Harper for #1 among 1B (+6).
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    How did Toronto get in there? The All-Star Game is literally a popularity contest. Fans vote for who they want to see in an exhibition game designed for fans.
  4. DJL44
    Did Canterino ever re-appear? Kirilloff is now on the injured list with a back injury. They backdated it so his option didn't actually happen. My guess is he will get the full 20 rehab starts when he's deemed healthy enough to return.
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    Wallner finished last season with less than one year of service time so they have him controlled through 2029 / age 31. They don't need to give him a longer-term deal than that. Better to go year to year with arbitration.
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    You bench Santana and his 680 OPS vs RHP. Santana hits LHP very well but Wallner has to be better than a 700 OPS vs RHP if he wants a job.
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    A few takeaways from this article. The AAA run environment is much higher than MLB. In MLB there are 3 teams with an ERA > 4.8. In AAA that's the median ERA. To translate AAA stats to MLB take 200 points of OPS away for batters. You mentioned the team struggling against Omaha - that's the best pitching staff in the International League. If all the hitters get better all of a sudden it's far more likely the team has been facing a run of bad pitching. If Tony Kemp is crushing it then it's very likely that the pitching sucks.
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    Margot has an OPS > 900 in June (35 PA). Farmer does as well but it's in about half as many plate appearances. I think they should find both of them a new home but they're not useless this month.
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    When all the Saints batters destroy a team for a week that tells you more about the opponent than it does the batters.
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    If they're going to bump a pitcher out of the rotation it makes sense to send them in return. That's depressing. The Twins have the worst local TV contract of any team in the MLB, NBA or NHL and you think they're going to negotiate a deal that's even worse going forward?
  11. DJL44
    If the Twins are going to trade for a rental bat from the Mets, why not rent the best bat? JD Martinez has an OPS+ of 156 which is higher than any Twin except for Lewis.
  12. DJL44
    His teammates are also quite comfortable hitting off the Bats. AAA stats get very skewed by playing the same team 6 days in a row. It makes the stats a lot less random than if they only played 3 game series. You're seeing the relievers multiple times. Rochester is one of the worst pitching staffs in AAA. Syracuse is one of the best. Louisville, Toledo and Iowa are right in the middle. Omaha has the best ERA in AAA and I believe Wallner struggled in those games in May. It's great that he's hitting now but the major league players are performing well so he's going to have to stay healthy and wait for an opportunity.
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    Front-loading the contract is probably how the Twins were able to sign him. It is a financial advantage to Correa, not to the Twins. The time value of money means you're always better off paying $1 ten years from now rather than paying it today.
  14. DJL44
    I think the Twins already have two RH hitting first basemen in Miranda and Santana. Alonso is not enough of an upgrade to give up that package. Straight up for Kirilloff would be fair.
  15. DJL44
    Or some other free agent is signed. But you don't make a deadline deal for next year's outfielder.
  16. DJL44
    I enjoyed Kris Atteberry's story about Kyle Farmer getting ripped repeatedly in the family group text messages by his own grandmother. I'm sure Grandma will let him know about today too.
  17. DJL44
    All it would take is any general manager on any other team calling the Twins and offering to pick up any amount of the $5M he's still owed.
  18. DJL44
    I would be shocked if they optioned Jeffers to bring up Camargo.
  19. DJL44
    They only have a 2 game lead on Boston for the last wild-card spot. They need to get into the playoffs first and adding a rental bat or reliever could help.
  20. DJL44
    There are very few teams who are completely out of the race and those teams are bad for a reason.
  21. DJL44
    Most prospects turn out to be nothing special. It's perfectly acceptable to send a C prospect for a veteran on an expiring contract. Is anyone regretting losing Casey Legumina?
  22. DJL44
    JD Martinez and his 130 OPS+ would fit just fine in the Twins lineup. He doesn't make much money (most of it is deferred) so he would fit just fine in the budget. The Twins have been rotating players through the DH spot but they would be better off handing the job to a professional hitter like Martinez. I like Ottavino as an addition. Veteran relievers with good peripherals and bad results at the beginning of the season are always the best buys at the trade deadline. They cost almost nothing and often perform very well down the stretch.
  23. DJL44
    Good article that shows the Twins coaching staff knows a little bit about baseball. Woods Richardson has been fantastic, as good as almost any free agent pitcher they could have signed. If he keeps producing like this he's going to get votes for Rookie of the Year.
  24. DJL44
    Your quote is empty. I assume you're talking about the platooning comment. Yes, people have been platooning in baseball for over 100 years. Whatever era of baseball people remember from their youth doesn't matter. Platooning has always been part of the baseball you have watched. TK platooned with Pagliarulo and Leius. Gardenhire had the weird Dusty Keilmohr platoon.
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