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  1. DJL44
    We will see how good 36-year-old Seth Lugo is at the end of his contract but he has been a good signing for Kansas City so far. For me, the answer was to bring back Sonny Gray. It is telling how he specifically mentioned the Cardinals organization as a draw to sign there as a free agent.
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    Only if you can get someone else to pick up the contract on waivers.
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    That, and adjust at the deadline if needed. It's not a plan with a high likelihood of success. I also don't think the dollars they spent on the veterans at other positions were enough to actually bring in a good starting pitcher. Those guys cost closer to $100M in long-term commitment and they don't have the stomach for it. Given the fact that they didn't even give the young, cheap players team friendly contract extensions I don't see this team spending any future money until their TV broadcasting revenue is solved for the long term. Then they're morons who don't understand anything about hedging a bet and shouldn't be entrusted to run a baseball organization. Fire them before they make trades at the deadline and hire someone who knows how to manage risk. It would be gross incompetence to expect DeSclafani to put together a completely healthy season at this point in his career.
  4. DJL44
    He's been dealing with injuries for two seasons and averaged 12.5 starts and 60 innings pitched over those two seasons. Why would they expect him to go from providing 12 starts a season to 35 starts? They had to expect him to spend time on the injured list this season. They were just hoping it wasn't the entire season. Likewise, if they're expecting 35 starts from Paddack this season they're fools.
  5. DJL44
    I agree that if they're not good after trying SWR and Paddack the cupboard is bare and they need to look at trades but the trades would be selling rather than buying at that point. With the poor performance of their short-timer veterans I'm not sure if the Twins have much to sell that anyone else would want. There's no Nelson Cruz to trade for the next Joe Ryan. Getting Max Kepler going is a priority.
  6. DJL44
    If anyone in the Twins front office actually believed DeSclafani would take 20% of the starts this season they should be fired. I think they acquired him to be 10% of the rotation.
  7. DJL44
    They seem to do well on this every other year and bomb out entirely the next season (Logan Morrison). Can't they roll sevens instead of snake eyes and box cars? You would expect one or two of these veterans to go bust but not ALL of them.
  8. DJL44
    He was giving up a lot of home runs when he threw 94 and the trend was getting worse rather than better. Adding movement, rather than velocity, is probably the right answer if he wants to stay in the rotation. Movement pitches are going to be harder to throw for strikes. Varland seems to have stuff that plays up in a relief role where the extra velocity makes up for his tendency to miss his spots.
  9. DJL44
    He's swinging less often in pitcher's counts and even counts. That could mean that once pitchers get ahead on him they throw the ball in the river and he's not chasing those pitches. I agree that they may need to move him up to AAA to get at-bats against pitchers willing to challenge him.
  10. DJL44
    Pitchers often need to work on both at the same time.
  11. DJL44
    The dropoff from Sonny Gray to Louie Varland has been very steep.
  12. DJL44
    It's probably a good thing that they negotiated a TV deal with a channel nobody has access to. This is not the team to roll out to a broad audience.
  13. DJL44
    Pitching decent in 17 of 32 starts is not solid, it's pretty bad. That means half your starts your team is trying to overcome the starting pitcher giving the game away. He had a 2022 season that was basically no value at all and he was paid $11M to do it.
  14. DJL44
    Yes those newfangled analytics of hits and runs allowed.
  15. DJL44
    His FIP is 3.63, so you're probably right.
  16. DJL44
    Would you really have given Berrios a huge contract extension after his -0.6 WAR 2022 when he led the league in both hits and earned runs allowed?
  17. DJL44
    Conversely, then they should get credit for what actually DID happen. Berrios was awful the next year, tanking his trade value at the next season's deadline and making it unlikely the Twins would tender a qualifying offer. Toronto is only getting any value back from that trade because they were able to negotiate an extension. If Berrios had gone to free agency the Twins would have been the clear winners just by not having to pay for Berrios that following season.
  18. 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.
  19. DJL44
    You have more confidence than I have that these batters can successfully execute a bunt.
  20. 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
  21. 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.
  22. DJL44
    They might need to promote Rodriguez just so he can get a chance to hit.
  23. 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.
  24. DJL44
    Brandon Belt is still unemployed
  25. 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.
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