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  1. DJL44
    Executives are paid to say one thing and do another. At the moment the salary dump alone is a win for the Twins. I wasn't joking when I said Polanco for DeSclafani was a net win and we haven't even seen the best two players in the deal (Topa and Gonzalez) contribute yet.
  2. DJL44
    Ditto for Larnach.
  3. DJL44
    Looks like Kyle Farmer is actually healthy which makes his April look even worse. I was hoping he would head to the injured list when Correa returned. I don't expect Martin to be stuck in AAA very long. He's the next man up when someone else gets injured.
  4. DJL44
    I already took out all the pitchers. Taking out players who spent time on the IL is nonsensical - you can't be a full-time player if you're stuck on the IL. That would make Byron Buxton a full-time player in 2023. There were 23 players who missed less than a week of the 2023 season, less than one per team. 13 position player spots * 30 teams = 390. 23/390 = 6%. If I add back in the pitchers and all of the position players who played at least one game we're at 23/1457 or 1.6%.
  5. DJL44
    6% of the players play > 156 games. 94% of the players don't. The average is less than one player per team. That's not "plenty" but then we're back to trivial nitpicking again.
  6. DJL44
    I guess my point is, who cares if a player is "full-time"? Nobody plays 162 games anymore. If a player is "full-time" and not productive that's way worse than a player who is "part-time" and extremely productive.
  7. DJL44
    The Twins only had 5 players with more than 75% games played in 2023. Correa led the team with 83% of games played. Did they not have any full-time players?
  8. DJL44
    I am hoping Kyle Farmer has been playing through an injury which would partly explain his struggles to date. I think the pitchers would be back already if they were desperate for relievers. They should wait it out with Topa to see if someone else gets hurt before they have to bring him back. Topa has an option if they need to use it. If not, it's probably Bowman.
  9. DJL44
    Delmon Young is the only one I can think of.
  10. DJL44
    You wish I wouldn't quote you in my response? Separating the SS as the position and the hitter would make sense if this was fastpitch softball and there was a FLEX position where you could use someone just for defense. It isn't. When people talk about prospects they're talking about the player's entire contribution. Miller is all-glove, no-bat and he's hitting worse for the Dodgers repeating A-ball than he did for the Twins last season. His ceiling is futility infielder. It is easy to find guys like that at the league minimum as free agents. He was also signed out of high school which means he'll probably be a minor league free agent before he makes his MLB debut. As a prospect he has almost no value to an organization.
  11. DJL44
    He's a .200 hitter in A-ball. That won't play in the major leagues no matter how good his glove is. He's nowhere near the best SS prospect in baseball. Would you trade Jackson Holliday for Noah Miller?
  12. DJL44
    Jax was a bad starting pitcher who revived his career in the bullpen. Stewart is old and has never been durable.
  13. DJL44
    Sure, they can option him to the minors and start their standard build-up program for starting pitchers. He'll be ready in 2026 or 2027.
  14. DJL44
    Topa, but it wasn't a win-now move. They didn't make any win-now moves this offseason.
  15. DJL44
    Polanco has 106 plate appearances. That's 20% of a season for him.
  16. DJL44
    No general manager in baseball would have traded Gabby Gonzalez straight up for DeSclafani. Gonzalez was clearly the best piece in the trade.
  17. DJL44
    Seattle had better hope so because at this moment the Twins win the trade if it is just Polanco for DeSclafani.
  18. DJL44
    Pretty much everyone wants that in a trade. Polanco wasn't worth that. Based just on his April production he wasn't worth the return the Twins received. He's at 106 plate appearances and Polanco has produced like a waiver wire acquisition while getting paid a pretty good salary.
  19. DJL44
    After they've used up all of their options
  20. DJL44
    He might get more innings if they moved him to the bullpen
  21. DJL44
    That would put Farmer into his familiar role as the platoon mate for Edouard Julien. However, I am seeing less reason to use Farmer in that role. Farmer's defense has declined and his hitting has been terrible while Julien has taken a step forward offensively and defensively. Farmer should play as little as possible until he's seeing the ball better. The best scenario is he's playing hurt and goes on the IL when Correa returns. Then he can get healthy and get some rehab at-bats in AAA.
  22. DJL44
    An injury like that could definitely have an effect on his vision, which would explain zero barrels this season.
  23. DJL44
    Kepler was playing hurt.
  24. DJL44
    They can option Topa until someone else gets injured. Sands is pitching great right now.
  25. DJL44
    It is important to acknowledge that even though Farmer may have been a slight overpay this past offseason there is no reason for anyone to have expected him to perform this poorly. Unfortunately, due to injuries the Twins have little option but to play him regularly hoping he breaks out of this slump.
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