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  1. DJL44
    This is correct. Plus, you would need to assess whether the coaches and players can adjust to a new philosophy if the front office decides to make a change in philosophy. Some players were acquired because they fit the philosophy. Good coaches change the philosophy to fit the players.
  2. DJL44
    You have more confidence than I have that these batters can successfully execute a bunt.
  3. DJL44
    Among pitchers age 30 and younger Berrios is one of the top 10 career performers. Pitcher WAR Alcantara 20.3 Fried 19.2 Gallen 17.7 Bieber 17.6 Marquez 15.9 Ohtani 15.1 Webb 14.8 Berrios 14.4 Burnes 14.3 Buehler 13.5
  4. DJL44
    Not mentioned in the article: Toronto gained the ability to negotiate with Berrios and sign him to a long-term contract. Minnesota lost the ability to offer Berrios a qualifying offer and recoup a 1st round pick.
  5. DJL44
    They might need to promote Rodriguez just so he can get a chance to hit.
  6. DJL44
    So he's adding about 5 pitches per start. Should be ready for an actual starter's workload by start 10. He has a sparkly ERA but his walk rate is awful.
  7. DJL44
    Brandon Belt is still unemployed
  8. DJL44
    You deaden the ball to decrease the number of HR. More balls in play, run scoring kept in check by reducing the rate of HR/hit. That's the choice. Deaden the ball or the Hall of Fame pitcher becomes extinct.
  9. DJL44
    That explains why MLB batting averages are at all-time lows, because the hitters have adjusted so well.
  10. DJL44
    I'm suggesting that innings aren't the cause of the injuries. Maximizing velocity and spin is causing injuries. The training to maximize velocity and spin happens during practice, not during games. I suppose they can try to keep their pitchers from getting injured by never pitching them but that seems counterproductive when the whole point is to find someone who can throw 6 innings. Right now, MLB isn't developing starting pitchers and they're still having loads of injuries.
  11. DJL44
    Checking on single-game tickets now...
  12. DJL44
    I think moving their offense up to the below average level that Austin Martin has produced would be an improvement over their terrible performance so far but it isn't going to win a pennant.
  13. DJL44
    Is it actually preventing any injuries? Pitching injuries seem like they are at all-time highs.
  14. DJL44
    Is this whole argument that the team would be better off if the Pohlads had put an additional $2.75M in their pockets?
  15. DJL44
    If that's the plan he'll be ready to join the team after they sell at the trade deadline.
  16. DJL44
    Yes, I and I was trying to put it in context that league batting average is currently the lowest it has been since the 1968 "Year of the Pitcher". Since the American League started in 1901 the league batting average has only been lower than 2024 (so far) twice - 1968 and 1908. April has been one of the most anemic months for hitting in the history of MLB.
  17. DJL44
    I'll believe in Festa as a starter if he can pitch into the 6th inning in AAA. Right now he goes 4 innings and that's it for the day.
  18. DJL44
    They have to stretch Festa out past 60 pitches if he is going to have any chance to compete for a spot in the rotation this season.
  19. DJL44
    He was released 3 times. He signed a free agent contract each time he was released. He could have negotiated opt-out free agency when he signed (there is precedent for players from Japan). Nobody offered that because he wasn't that good. I seriously doubt anyone would have offered Thielbar $10M to pitch in 2024. Arb4 is usually pretty close to free agent value.
  20. DJL44
    Or just sign Brandon Belt. They're last in hitting but somehow don't have room for a guy who put up an OPS+ of 136 in 2023 (better than any Twin except Royce Lewis) and has a career OPS+ of 124.
  21. DJL44
    I think it is much more reasonable to try to get 2 innings out of Stewart when he relieves than to try to get 4 innings out of him as a starter.
  22. DJL44
    The starters are pitching 4 innings every 5 days. The relievers are pitching 2 innings every 3 days. Not that different.
  23. DJL44
    Thielbar signed as a free agent at ages 25, 31 and 32 because he had been released so he actually reached free agency quite young. He was not very good at age 30, that's why he hasn't made much money.
  24. DJL44
    Will Festa pitch more than 3 innings tonight? There is an opportunity if they let him compete for it.
  25. DJL44
    Overall MLB average is .240
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