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  1. DJL44
    No, 3B is much more like SS than 1B. Polanco can't throw very well. Infielders who can't throw play at 2B and 1B.
  2. DJL44
    This spring is showing the importance of adding bullpen depth. Thielbar and Duran were pretty important last year and without Okert and Jackson the Twins would be relying on Headrick and Sands for innings.
  3. DJL44
    I love how you can see the photographer's lighting rig in his glasses.
  4. DJL44
    The Rick Anderson way
  5. DJL44
    Julio Teheran is worth stashing in AAA.
  6. DJL44
    And a top 100 prospect. The top of the Twins order should be Julien, Correa and Lewis - Polanco wouldn't be hitting 3rd except for injuries to someone else. As mentioned by someone else, Polanco would have the 8th best projection of the Twins hitters. You are also assuming good health from Polanco and he's missed half of each of the last two seasons. Other than overestimating Polanco's likely contribution and completely ignoring the value of a top 100 prospect you have it correct.
  7. DJL44
    Making Polanco the everyday 1B was certainly an option. It worked pretty well with Arraez. That's Santana's role right now because Kirilloff has been a bad enough infielder that they want to hide him at DH.
  8. DJL44
    They would have had Polanco but still would have needed a 1B, a reliever and another starting pitcher. Nobody was going to offer a good, cheap starting pitcher in return for Jorge Polanco. Starting pitching is scarce, second basemen are not. It could be worse - they could have traded Polanco for prospects, avoided signing Santana and signed Giolito to take the spot in the rotation. It does make me sad that the two free agent pitchers I would have gladly signed for the contract they received were Sonny Gray and Kenta Maeda.
  9. DJL44
    That is the first I've heard of this. It makes Paddack the 5th starter and Varland the #4.
  10. DJL44
    Cutting $25-30M out of the payroll was pretty certain to lead to a less talented team.
  11. DJL44
    Polanco is pretty expensive for the 80 games you can expect him to play. There isn't much excess value beyond his actual contract. That's why there was only one bidder. There's even less value to a team with Edouard Julien in the majors and Brooks Lee in the minors. They added Gabriel Gonzalez which is a net improvement for the talent in the system and an improvement on your alternate scenario. You can find someone like Staumont for the money they're paying Topa - a reclamation project coming off injuries - but if you want someone who is healthy and was as effective as Topa was in 2023 (155 ERA+) they would need to pay more than $6M a season over multiple seasons. Topa would have been the 2nd best reliever on the Twins in 2023. That's the real value in the Polanco trade - 3 years of Topa and Gabriel Gonzalez.
  12. DJL44
    An ERA below 5 will be okay for a 5th starter.
  13. DJL44
    An expensive heart of the order hitter for a cheap, good reliever and cheap, bad pitching depth. Cutting salary was the top priority in the Polanco trade, not getting better. Cutting payroll was the priority of the whole offseason. The only reason they exercised Polanco's option at all was to trade him. Julien is clearly their choice for 2B. If Topa is actually a cheap, bad reliever then they messed up big time.
  14. DJL44
    DeSclafani only cost $4M. Starting pitchers you would actually want in your rotation get $12M. Keuchel forced Varland out of the rotation, so he actually did.
  15. DJL44
    DeSclafani was pitching depth. All teams need 8 starters to get through a season. They were willing to put the better pitcher in AAA (Varland) in order to stockpile depth at the beginning of the season. They did it the previous season with Ober. I see trading for DeSclafani the same as adding Keuchel down the stretch last season. Nobody expected Keuchel to contribute in the postseason but he ate innings and gave Ober and Ryan each a chance to rest and recover. The Polanco trade was not a short-term move to improve the team in 2024. If Topa is a flash in the pan they're going to lose the trade. He was the 2nd most valuable asset.
  16. DJL44
    The alternative is the Twins front office is stupid.
  17. DJL44
    That's a pretty good season for Joe Ryan
  18. DJL44
    You could have stopped after #1. All of these pitchers have to pass a physical to get traded in the first place. Is Duran an injured pitcher acquired in a trade now that he has had an injury?
  19. DJL44
    Lots of depth but I have no idea what the pecking order is.
  20. DJL44
    Someday Detroit may talk about Willi Castro the same way Twins fans talk about David Ortiz.....
  21. DJL44
    Plus, they might get to add another former CYA for the postseason with Robbie Ray.
  22. DJL44
    I doubt the Twins would put in a bid for Montgomery that is higher than what the Red Sox have already offered.
  23. DJL44
    No team ever has enough pitching. I like the Twins 7th starter better than what I see from Detroit or Kansas City.
  24. DJL44
    Calm down. The Twins are the only team actually trying to win in their division. They also have lots of trade capital to acquire rental players if needed.
  25. DJL44
    I don't see any evidence that Brooks Lee would be better than Willi Castro this April.
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