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  1. DJL44
    Or Larnach to LF and Wallner to DH.
  2. DJL44
    Miranda is "flexible" as in he can't field at any position very well. I agree with "best bat" in theory but I have no idea if that is Martin, Larnach or Miranda. I don't know if any of them are better than playing Santana every day so they would probably not get DH playing time. Martin is redundant with Margot and Farmer. Larnach is not getting playing time ahead of Wallner and Kepler. Whoever comes up is going to be a pure backup which means the positional flexibility of Martin makes sense.
  3. DJL44
    Under good news - both Buxton and Correa looked healthy yesterday.
  4. DJL44
    Didn't Kepler also tweak something which led to his replacement?
  5. DJL44
    Rocco used the whole bench except for the backup catcher. I think you will see a lot of that this season. The depth is already proving important.
  6. DJL44
    That is an excellent comp.
  7. DJL44
    The management team who really looks bad here is Boston. Montgomery was reportedly interested in pitching for Boston; his wife is in residency at a hospital there. They could have added a good pitcher for a fair price. Instead, they spent their money on the injured Giolito and getting rid of Chris Sale.
  8. DJL44
    The Diamondbacks will be an exciting team to watch this season. Their fans should be thrilled that they are trying to win it all.
  9. DJL44
    There are a number of interesting things happening. Admitting minor leaguers to the union changed the goals of the organization. The gap in TV money between rich and poor teams is growing which is bad for everyone. The union needs to spend more effort fighting for an increase in the MLB minimum salary to force the cheapskate teams to spend more. They also need to fight hard for a change to revenue sharing in the next CBA that shares all broadcast revenue equally and ends sharing of local ticket revenue. This will incentivize teams to increase attendance if they want to increase their profit.
  10. DJL44
    Does anyone have the full story about Kevin Slowey "bullying" players?
  11. DJL44
    The Twins should be interested in a long reliever to move Sands back to AAA and they might find one off waivers but that's different than finding a veteran to put in AAA.
  12. DJL44
    The bench is full of experience at the MLB level. I don't see much reason to clog up AAA with veteran retreads. Let the kids play at that level. AAA has Larnach, Lee, Severino, Miranda, Martin, Camargo, Woods Richardson, Festa, Headrick and Ohl who should all be playing regularly. That's 6 position players and 4 starting pitchers. The AAA bullpen is already full of non-roster invites.
  13. DJL44
    Zach Weiss is not useful if he's injured.
  14. DJL44
    Arm strength 22nd percentile Jorge Polanco Stats: Statcast, Visuals & Advanced Metrics | baseballsavant.com (mlb.com) Noted problems with accuracy How a new arm slot helped Jorge Polanco get rid of ‘that little monster’ - The Athletic Baseball Prospectus | | Eyewitness Scouting Report
  15. DJL44
    The lottery is a tax on people who are bad at math.
  16. 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.
  17. 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.
  18. DJL44
    I love how you can see the photographer's lighting rig in his glasses.
  19. DJL44
    The Rick Anderson way
  20. DJL44
    Julio Teheran is worth stashing in AAA.
  21. 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.
  22. 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.
  23. 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.
  24. DJL44
    That is the first I've heard of this. It makes Paddack the 5th starter and Varland the #4.
  25. DJL44
    Cutting $25-30M out of the payroll was pretty certain to lead to a less talented team.
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