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  1. DJL44
    When all the Saints batters destroy a team for a week that tells you more about the opponent than it does the batters.
  2. DJL44
    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?
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. DJL44
    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.
  6. 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.
  7. DJL44
    Or some other free agent is signed. But you don't make a deadline deal for next year's outfielder.
  8. 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.
  9. 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.
  10. DJL44
    I would be shocked if they optioned Jeffers to bring up Camargo.
  11. 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.
  12. DJL44
    There are very few teams who are completely out of the race and those teams are bad for a reason.
  13. 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?
  14. 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.
  15. 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.
  16. 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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  18. DJL44
    Is #2 catcher better? Teams need 2 catchers like they need 5 starting pitchers and 8 relievers. I doubt they are getting what they hoped for offensively when they signed Vazquez. His paycheck doesn't figure into whether or not he's worth keeping now. They can't find anyone better unless they trade for a different team's #1 catcher. Everyone available on the waiver wire is worse.
  19. DJL44
    Somebody bought on Nick Gordon. 🤷‍♂️
  20. DJL44
    Interesting. It could also be that he doesn't have the same finish on the pitch. If he lets go of the ball earlier it will spin less and locate higher. It might also explain the increased velocity. A pitch that "rises" is experiencing lift which means it is spending some of its thrown energy pushing air. We're talking about fractions of a second on the fingertips.
  21. DJL44
    No, not really.
  22. DJL44
    His value could be even lower next spring.
  23. DJL44
    Catchers mostly don't hit and in this low offense environment it's even worse. Vazquez is 51st in OPS among catchers this season. There are 60 roster spots which means there are 9 teams getting less offense than the Twins out of their backup catcher. Many of those teams are also getting less defense from their backup catcher which is reflected in Vazquez' WAR of 0.0. If Vazquez can provide an OPS the rest of the season in the 580-600 range (like his past two seasons) he would finish the season in the mid-40s for catcher OPS which is a pretty good bat for a backup catcher.
  24. DJL44
    Mazara is certainly more likely than Bryce Harper. If you look at Kirilloff's comps on baseball reference the top 3 are Jason Kubel, Mitch Moreland and Todd Benzinger. Moreland was a good fielding 1B so he's probably optimistic.
  25. DJL44
    True, but it could mean Kirilloff is traded at the deadline if they think he has no future with the team.
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