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  1. DJL44
    Play Miranda at 3B when Lewis is the DH, at 1B against RHP and at DH vs LHP. There will be plenty of opportunities for Santana to enter the game in the late innings as a pinch hitter against LH relievers and take over at 1B for defensive purposes.
  2. DJL44
    Narvaez has somehow been worse than Vazquez and only a little bit cheaper. Vazquez is still worth the MLB minimum because most AAA catchers are worse at defense and just as bad at hitting which is why you don't just cut him. He's not worth $10M a season but there is no "undo" button to press.
  3. DJL44
    I think they get routinely burned so badly in trades that they are very shy about making them.
  4. DJL44
    That was bWAR. For fWAR Woods Richardson is at 0.9 in 2024 and Berrios total for that 1-1/2 years was 2.8. What Berrios is doing in 2024 is irrelevant because the Twins did not control him past 2022.
  5. DJL44
    I doubt you will get the certainty you desire. We are in a time of rapid changeover and the "regional" broadcasting of sports is ending as is the all-inclusive cable bundle. I expect the new Venu service to bid for the baseball contract but there will be other bidders (Amazon Prime) and keeping the games on MLB.TV / MLB Network is always an option if they don't get the terms they want. I have no idea if there will be service for both cable and streaming or if you will have to pick next season and I think that it will change several times in the next few years as companies merge and new companies are started. I expect the exclusive 1 game a week contracts with Apple and Roku will continue and it will probably fragment even further which means nobody is going to be able to subscribe to ALL of the Twins games with just one service. I would guess that you will find out sometime between January and July of 2025 how to get Twins games for the 2025 season. Hopefully there is no in-season instability next year like there is this year.
  6. DJL44
    Didn't have the details handy on how MLB decided to run the playoffs this season but the Twins absolutely want the playoff windfall. That's the whole strategy - make the playoffs and profit, preferably spending as little as possible to make the playoffs.
  7. DJL44
    The Twins have now received more WAR from Woods Richardson (1.0) in 2024 than Toronto received from Berrios (0.9) in the 1-1/2 years the Twins traded them.
  8. DJL44
    I agree. They will want the windfall from the one wild card playoff game sellout.
  9. DJL44
    I disagree. He's having a great season and he's pretty cheap. Atlanta, for one, would love to add Kepler right now. Seattle was interested before and I'm sure they would love to make Haniger a platoon player in RF. Santander is struggling for the Orioles. Castellanos has been bad for the Phillies. Yastrzemski is having a bad year for the Giants. That's 5 playoff teams with a hole in RF.
  10. DJL44
    Juan Soto leads the pack. Teoscar Hernandez and Cody Bellinger might be available again. Tyler O'Neill and Anthony Santander are also options.
  11. DJL44
    Don't leave out that Polanco is currently on the injured list with a hamstring problem.
  12. DJL44
    The internet is great at providing people to second guess decisions after the results come in and then claim "they knew it would be like that all along"
  13. DJL44
    If they're willing to spend $22M on Max Kepler they can also afford to replace him in free agency. Kepler has no reason at all to accept a 2/$30 extension from the Twins when free agency is this close. I don't think this has anything to do with whether or not people like Max Kepler. It's predicting what this front office will do.
  14. DJL44
    If the Twins are still in 3rd place at the trade deadline it would be smart of them to move Kepler.
  15. DJL44
    I think the recent offseason with the Ohtani deal pushed the QO up above $22M. That's a lot for one year of Max Kepler. The Twins are going into another offseason of "uncertainty" with their television contract which leads me to conclude that we will have another offseason where they cry poor in November and spend a windfall on whatever leftovers they can find in February.
  16. DJL44
    Atlanta just lost Acuna for the season. Do they have much depth in the minors?
  17. DJL44
    Yes, Statcast has him in the 82nd percentile in fielding and 12th percentile for hitting. He can still field. That is a good reason to use him as a late innings pinch hitter against LH relievers and keep him in the game for defense.
  18. DJL44
    Best comment in this thread. I wish I could upvote more than once.
  19. DJL44
    Jeffers is a borderline All-Star. Miranda looks good now that the shoulder injury has healed. Kepler has taken a leap forward in production that nobody predicted 5 years ago. Willi Castro has performed much better for the Twins than he did for the Tigers.
  20. DJL44
    Every year this trade gets better. It might go down as one of the top 5 trades the Twins have ever made. They dealt a below average veteran DH with no future on the team for a top of the rotation starter. That's like the platonic ideal of a trade.
  21. DJL44
    I agree to some extent. There is a balance here. I'm sure Brooks Lee will eventually earn a promotion but it won't be because he went 3-4 in one game. He needs to show success (OPS > 900) for at least two months, probably longer, and even then he will probably need to wait for an injury to give him an opportunity. People want to find a savior in the minors but there's usually a good reason a player is still in the minors. It's kind of like people who think the backup QB will solve all the problems for a football team. Another thing that seems silly in this thread is the idea that every player who is struggling was "screwed up" by the Twins batting coaches who are completely incompetent and every player who is doing well is doing it completely on his own by actively ignoring his coaches. Total malarkey.
  22. DJL44
    I think you need to go down another layer to figure out what's happening. Chasing 3% more often is sample size noise. I have a feeling this is about pitch location. He has a hole down and in, knows it and doesn't like to swing at pitches down and in. Now the pitchers know that as well and he will need to adjust. Even the photo you have above shows him swinging late on a pitch down and in. To pull that pitch for power he needs to make contact in front of the plate.
  23. DJL44
    He's been bad against RHP, decent vs LHP. Miranda has been much better vs RHP and should be getting more starts at 1B when Lewis returns. Kirilloff could also get more starts.
  24. DJL44
    If they want to move Castro to the outfield then they have enough outfielders.
  25. DJL44
    The Twins already have to bump someone off the roster to add Royce Lewis. They're not going to bump someone else this week to add Keirsey.
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