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  1. DJL44
    The Twins have prioritized the extra year of control when acquiring pitchers during the season. Twice now they have had that strategy hurt them when the pitcher turned out to be injured and the extra year of control was during that injury recovery. The best deadline deals are usually the ones where the trading team gives up the least. Get someone mediocre with an expiring contract to fill a hole and give up a non-prospect and/or cash. If your roster needs a top-end pitcher you probably aren't a contender anyway. If you want to acquire someone long term, do that in the offseason when costs are lower.
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    Never draft for organizational need, always draft the best player available.
  3. DJL44
    Sunk cost fallacy.
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    The prospects are a sunk cost but an extension isn't a bad idea. Mahle hasn't had a chance to make the big bucks (career earnings of $16M). He's looking at a minor league deal in the offseason now. The downside for the Twins with a contract extension is carrying a player who won't help on the 40 man roster all winter.
  5. DJL44
    Changing the lineup is just rearranging the deck chairs.
  6. DJL44
    Sonny Gray gets called a "solid #2 starter" in this thread but he's pitching as well as anyone in all of baseball - leading the league in ERA and #2 in pitcher WAR. The starting pitching has been very good. For the offense, many people commented that Gallo might be a good piece to pick up if they didn't already have 5 other players with the same skill set on the roster (Kepler, Larnach, Kirilloff, Wallner, Julien). That feels like a bug in the spreadsheet. Lefthanded hitters who can put the ball over the fence are valuable, but having 5 of them is not as valuable as having a mix of different skill sets. If an opposing pitcher can get one of them out he will be able to get ALL of them out. They decided Miranda was their starter at 3B and that decision isn't helping. They knew (or should have known) coming in Miranda's glove would be below average but were betting on his bat. Carlos Correa is definitely underperforming at the plate but I doubt he is this bad all season. Those two (and Buxton) were supposed to provide the RH hitting to balance all the lefties elsewhere.
  7. DJL44
    I don't think this is correct. Roster Resource shows one option remaining for Castro. 2023 Minnesota Twins Depth Chart | RosterResource | FanGraphs Baseball
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    Nick Gordon bats lefthanded. I also really doubt we will see Brooks Lee play for the Twins this season. He has been very good at Double-A but nothing that says he's ready to perform in the big leagues. They don't want to start his clock now and watch him scuffle. I think Castro will go down when Farmer returns - bench player swapped for a bench player. Miranda will keep getting regular at-bats until Royce Lewis is ready to go.
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    The Twins are a below average 19th in OPS and lead the American League in strikeouts but they're 7th in HR. Cleveland is 30th in OPS and HR. That's the difference in offense between the teams - the Twins can hit one over the fence and Cleveland rarely homers.
  10. DJL44
    Mahle to the 60 day is possible
  11. DJL44
    He's one of the 5 best options in the rotation and would be one of the 5 best options for most major league teams.
  12. DJL44
    It would not be a shock to see the Twins acquire pitching at the trade deadline.
  13. DJL44
    Quintana pitched the best few months of his entire career because the Cardinals can make lemonade out of any lemon. Odorizzi was bad. Syndergaard was mediocre. They all cost less than Mahle but they were also impending free agents. The lesson is to buy cheap vets at the deadline because needing to improve the top end of your rotation means you probably aren't a contender.
  14. DJL44
    Interesting. Only interested in Flaming Lips though so I'm out at those prices.
  15. DJL44
    If I was leading the league in ERA I would also want to go through free agency.
  16. DJL44
    If this is one of the worst trades in the history of the franchise they have been blessed with exceedingly good luck.
  17. DJL44
    That makes no sense for Gray. He'd be leaving $50M on the table.
  18. DJL44
    Will Kirilloff play 5 days a week for the Twins? They have plenty of other options at the positions Alex plays. He could easily play 3-4 days a week without figuring in the injury.
  19. DJL44
    Get the best talent is the only priority. If they need to adjust their roster they should do it by trade. Never reach to fill an organizational need.
  20. DJL44
    Mark Contreras is a good benchmark for how well a prospect needs to hit to get promoted. Nobody think Contreras will hit well enough at the MLB level to contribute so Kirilloff and Julien probably need to perform better than Contreras if they want to force a promotion.
  21. DJL44
    An injury means the can call up a player without waiting the full time.
  22. DJL44
    I agree with that, but Ober has been better. They are a better team with Ober in the rotation and Maeda in the bullpen than with Maeda in the rotation and Ober in AAA.
  23. DJL44
    Has anyone ever met a modest, humble Yankees fan?
  24. DJL44
    I'm guessing they option Moran and bring up Winder next. Stewart isn't a long reliever but he's been piling up strikeouts as a short reliever.
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    Ober
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