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  1. DJL44
    The positional adjustment is 10 runs higher at 3B than in LF. If Lewis' defense is average at each you're throwing away 1 WAR per season playing him in LF. Teams haven't been putting slow footed sluggers at 3B. They've been putting a second shortstop at the position (Bregman, Arenado, Machado, Chapman). Jose Miranda is a below average defensive 3B and there are several good fielding LF on the team. That means the Twins would actually throw away 2 WAR putting Lewis in LF and Miranda at 3B.
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    I hope this is the catalyst that ends local blackouts.
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    I think you're underrating how range can help a third baseman. It makes no sense to me to play Jose Miranda at 3B if Royce Lewis is available. SS, 3B, CF, 2B, RF, LF, 1B in that order and I'd probably trade him if I only had room to play him in RF, LF or 1B.
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    He'll get one ball a game in LF and you don't need an arm there. He's too good of a defender to be put out to pasture.
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    It would be a waste to use Royce Lewis in LF if he can play the infield. Better off trading him.
  6. DJL44
    To be fair, the writers didn't elect Baines, that was the Era Committee - mostly former players and executives.
  7. DJL44
    Just wait for them to end up in breach of contract. The problem is they won't find another option as lucrative. The Twins need Sinclair as a bidder - otherwise it's just NBC/Comcast and AT&T who are left. It would be great if the Twins were the first team to drop cable and go directly to streaming, though my dad might not be able to figure out how to access streaming.
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    Yet somehow Billy Wagner, who wasn't half the pitcher of Santana, is on the cusp of election. Seriously, Santana has 7 seasons better than any of Wagner's.
  9. DJL44
    JT Snow or Eric Hosmer are good comps for Mauer at 1B. Mauer is 0.5 wins above average in the time he spent as a regular at 1B. That doesn't really contribute much to his Hall of Fame case. Will Clark could hit the crap out of the ball. Twice as many HR as Mauer. It helps Mauer that he looks better than Posey and Molina. JT Realmuto is the only active catcher who looks like he has a chance at the Hall of Fame and he needs a few years to catch up to Mauer. Adley Rutschman had a nice debut but it's one season. If the Hall of Fame doesn't elect Mauer they might just stop electing catchers. That would make for a less interesting museum.
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    What's left? Are any of the free agent relievers available better?
  11. DJL44
    And his issues with management. And his awful defense.
  12. DJL44
    There are dozens and dozens of players who "coulda been" Hall of Famers if they had only stayed healthy.
  13. DJL44
    All teams use the 40 man roster to shuttle pitchers up and down in order to maximize the number of healthy pitchers available. Twins pitchers with options: Lopez 2, Ryan 3, Paddack 2, Ober 2, Woods-Richardson 3, Varland 3, Balazovic 1 Duran 1, Jax 2, Thielbar 1, Alcala 3, Moran 2, Megill 2, Winder 2, Henriquez 2, Sands 2, Headrick 3. Enlow 2, Ortega 2 I don't expect them to option Lopez, Ryan or Duran and Paddack will be on the injured list but any of the rest could be optioned back and forth to allow for flexibility in the pitching staff. You wouldn't think of 36 year old Thielbar as someone with options but he still has 2 seasons left before free agency.
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    Batters in the #3 slot are usually pretty good. Most of them OPS 900 or better against the league.
  15. DJL44
    Sheffield took steroids. He would have been elected already otherwise. Andruw Jones got 58% of the vote and looks like he will get elected. He'd be in already if he'd stayed in better shape in his 30s. He also ranks lower among CF than Rolen does at 3B.
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    You're looking at the wrong stats. OPS+ of 109, 116 and 126. He's a well above average bat in those seasons and still an excellent defensive player. It wasn't an accident that he made the All-Star team in 2010, it was an All-Star worthy season. For a number of reasons it is much harder to find players who can hit well and handle 3B defensively than it is in the outfield or 1B (hard to find lefthanded batters is #1). Rolen is a no-doubt top 10 career at his position. He ranks higher among 3B than Puckett does among CF (not in the top 25). The Baseball Hall of Fame has been way too stingy inducting third basemen. They have only elected the guys who would have been elected even if they played 1B plus Brooks Robinson and Ron Santo. Santo had to wait until after he was dead. Hopefully Rolen's election makes it easier for top 3B talent to get recognized.
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    It should help Mauer that he's about as controversial as buttered toast. Catchers are rarely elected on the first ballot but Mauer should be elected by the writers eventually.
  18. DJL44
    You really couldn't be more wrong. In Rolen's last seven seasons he has one clear All-Star level season (2006) and three that are well above average (2008, 2009, 2010). People treat 3B like it's the same as 1B or LF. For defensive value it's closer to CF and 2B. Rolen was an elite defender with a really good bat - one of the 10 best careers at his position.
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    You left off Chase Utley from the deserving players who become eligible next year.
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    Runs created - Wikipedia
  21. DJL44
    I looked up last season. Opening Day April 8, first transaction 4/12. 4/12 - Recalled Jax, Alcala to IL 4/13 - Larnach and Derek Rodriguez up, Kirilloff and Cotton down 4/14 - Garlick up, Rodriguez down The Opening Day roster lasted 4 games.
  22. DJL44
    Ober is the 6th starter and will likely need to be used in that role in April. Winder should be in the bullpen. I don't think he has the stuff for the rotation but could throw harder in shorter outings.
  23. DJL44
    They didn't give up any prospects. Gallo signed as a free agent and Taylor only cost non-prospect minor league relievers.
  24. DJL44
    I am expecting the Twins to add two relief pitchers when they are able to put Paddack and Canterino on the 60 day DL. Those two relievers will head north replacing 2 of Alcala, Moran and Megill.
  25. DJL44
    Has an Opening Day roster ever lasted a whole week? Most times by game 4 there's been a transaction to change the roster.
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