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  1. DJL44
    I look forward to wasting my time with Stu's articles.
  2. DJL44
    There are several better than Paddack who is currently injured and out for months. The Twins used 38 pitchers last year.
  3. DJL44
    The rotation better put up some innings. Gray, Mahle and Maeda are all free agents to be. No sense saving their arms for whoever signs them next.
  4. DJL44
    "Great" relief pitchers tend to become not great quickly. You're almost always best off buying a cheap reliever (like Fulmer) to shore up the back end of the bullpen than paying what it costs to get a "great" relief pitcher (like Lopez for the Twins or Hader for the Padres) at the deadline.
  5. DJL44
    Can they option Lewis or does he start on the MLB injured list because he was injured in MLB?
  6. DJL44
    He's like 9th in the pecking order as a starter but could be in the bullpen right away. I'm guessing he'd rather be in the bullpen in the majors.
  7. DJL44
    I think they may already have an agreement they can't announce until spring training begins.
  8. DJL44
    You're paying $750,000 for the opportunity to add someone else to the roster. I would be surprised if they never use Canterino's 40 man spot some time next season. You bring up a good point that they could wait until May to use that spot and gain that extra year of service time He's controlled ages 25-30, delaying service time means you get his age 31 season. I'm not convinced Canterino will still be in organized baseball at age 32.
  9. DJL44
    They have two 40-man roster spots (Canterino and Paddack) opening up when spring training begins. If they don't add two pitchers to replace the two injured pitchers they're mismanaging the roster. There are lots of decent relievers who would add depth.
  10. DJL44
    I would trade Sabato for a guy like that.
  11. DJL44
    That's why this is spots 21-30. Anyone who would be a likely everyday starter would rank higher.
  12. DJL44
    I'm not sure MLB wants to work it out. They might be better off bankrupting Sinclair and finding a new partner who actually gets their product distributed to a wide audience.
  13. DJL44
    In 2000 Santana was in the bullpen because they had to keep him on the roster. The second season he was still developing as a pitcher - just like Duran was at age 22. Duran was brought up last season because his stuff was too good to leave in the minor leagues. He reached a level of success higher than Santana in 2002 - which is when they decided to try Santana in the rotation. Santana was clearly ready for the rotation in 2003 but the org brought in Kenny Rogers. Duran 2022 is very similar to Santana 2002. What Duran did in Double-A at age 21 is very similar to what Joe Ryan did in the majors last year. I think that's Duran's floor as a starting pitcher. His ceiling is a staff ace.
  14. DJL44
    Because Santana is an example of a reliever to starter conversion that worked incredibly well for this franchise.
  15. DJL44
    2024 could be the year. They will lose Mahle, Maeda and Gray to free agency.
  16. DJL44
    Saw this in a different thread about this topic elsewhere: If Sportsnet Canada can make it work at that price point it should work here as well.
  17. DJL44
    He clearly has the best stuff on the team and that would probably still be the case throwing 98 instead of 102. I don't know why people are so afraid to try. Imagine what a waste of talent it would have been if the Twins had kept Johan Santana in the bullpen. Relievers get hurt all the damned time; they're not protecting his arm having him throw 102 in the bullpen. Give him 30 starts. Even if he's only "Sonny Gray" caliber he should stay in the rotation. If you get a season like 1974 Rich Gossage move him back to the bullpen.
  18. DJL44
    I doubt it. Bally Sports will continue to produce programming so they can generate revenue. They're just not paying back debtors.
  19. DJL44
    Austin Martin is going to the outfield.
  20. DJL44
    Good article at Fangraphs Diamond Sports Group’s Bankruptcy Could Rock the Baseball Revenue Boat | FanGraphs Baseball There is plenty of revenue here, even as cable subscriptions decline. Everyone knew this was possible and should have planned for that contingency. The business is profitable, but not profitable enough to cover $430M in debt payments every year. I think they can easily ask for $4-5B after bankruptcy restructuring. The best fit for this content is ESPN - they have the cable contracts and the streaming platform already in place.
  21. DJL44
    116,000 out of market fans. Those numbers would certainly climb if in-market fans could subscribe to watch their favorite team.
  22. DJL44
    If Bally goes bankrupt someone will buy the rights. Bally wasn't losing money off the contract, they just can't make their debt payments from the billions they borrowed to buy the contracts from Fox.
  23. DJL44
    They need to replace the revenue with subscriptions AND ads. Ad sales for sports are very lucrative.
  24. DJL44
    TV distribution was a lot different in 2001. That's 6 years before Netflix started streaming.
  25. DJL44
    Not on this team. Kepler and Gallo are excellent defenders. Lewis is unlikely to be better. I think Lewis could be Manny Machado at 3B. You wouldn't put Machado in the outfield.
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