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  1. DJL44
    Nobody in MLB is hitting .324. The best MLB batting average this season is .321. It's very gracious of you to "make allowances" for someone who wins the batting title. FWIW - Keaschall's .274 average is ranked #34 in all of MLB.
  2. DJL44
    I read it as crank-and-clank until you pointed this out.
  3. DJL44
    Odds are only one or two of those catchers turns into a big league catcher, and they need two of them to turn into big leaguers. I agree that they need pitching, but everyone always needs pitching. They have plenty of outfielders. They need up-the-middle infield prospects much more. That depth chart is one person deep - Marek Houston.
  4. DJL44
    And last in the American League in fielding
  5. DJL44
    Fangraphs said he's added 20 lbs to his drafted weight
  6. DJL44
    There are several other guys with solid athletic ability in the system who are performing a lot better than Young but aren't on the list.
  7. DJL44
    Assuming a full 162 game season, they have 648 games between OF and DH. I am assuming Larnach, Bell and Wallner will not return. Keaschall 140G, Jenkins 100G, Buxton 90G, Rodriguez 90G, Martin 80G, Roden 80G. That leaves 68 games for Clemens, Gonzalez, Fedko, Mendez, Kendle, etc.
  8. DJL44
    At some point you need to recalibrate your internal value metrics to better reflect market value.
  9. DJL44
    They would be better off if some of their lefty bats could play 2B or 1B. They're all corner outfielders.
  10. DJL44
    You left out Kody Clemens, Matt Wallner, Caden Kendle, Kyler Fedko, and Ricardo Olivar on the depth chart. They are loaded with outfielders. The Twins should be trading old and expensive for young and cheap, or at least allocating their free agent spending on areas of need rather than areas with a dozen options. Please, don't spend $17M to bring back Bell and Larnach while leaving a hole in the infield.
  11. DJL44
    Here are the last 20 Twins pitcher first round picks 2025 Riley Quick 2023 Charlee Soto 2021 Chase Petty 2015 Tyler Jay 2013 Kohl Stewart 2012 Jose Berrios, Luke Bard 2011 Hudson Boyd 2010 Alex Wimmers 2009 Kyle Gibson, Matthew Bashore 2008 Carlos Gutierrez, Shooter Hunt 2005 Matt Garza 2004 Glen Perkins, Steven Waldrop, Matthew Fox, Jay Rainville 2000 Adam Johnson, Aaron Heilman
  12. DJL44
    It reminds me of when they race frogs at a county fair. The frogs keep hopping in random directions until one of them crosses the finish line.
  13. DJL44
    Rojas should be top 5 then.
  14. DJL44
    Same goes for Jenkins and Buxton. Keaschall will probably have a spot in the corner OF for the whole season because it is likely that Jenkins, Buxton and Rodriguez miss a combined 200 games due to injury.
  15. DJL44
    You found the effect of the DH rule in 1973. Once the DH opened up in the AL - 13 of those players moved out of the field while staying in the lineup. Now, with the DH in both leagues there are 30 spots for players who can hit but can't field. There aren't that many more players who are good enough at hitting and bad enough at fielding to fill 30 spots. Really high-end hitters are scarce. That's one reason why we have seen the level of play on defense at 1B and LF increase. When the options are carrying a player with a 100 OPS+ who should DH or carrying a player who can play the field with a 98 OPS+, most teams (but not the Twins) will opt for the player who can play defense. The Twins strategy was to grab as many of those DH-types as possible and take the hit on defense in order to boost the offense.
  16. DJL44
    He has about 400 PA in AAA with an 867 OPS and is considered a good defender. Plus, he's only 23 years old so there is upside beyond that performance. He's going to be on the MLB roster next season because he will have exhausted all of his options.
  17. DJL44
    Meh
  18. DJL44
    The Twins should have Jenkins in LF (CF when Buxton is unavailable) and Rodriguez in RF next year. Both Roden and Martin are also better fielders than Keaschall. He's potentially the 6th best fielding outfielder on the roster.
  19. DJL44
    The problem is how many players there are on the roster that match that description.
  20. DJL44
    There is a big problem with the methodology you used to create your list. oWAR and dWAR count the same numbers (RPos) as part of the calculation. oWAR measures offense plus the positional adjustment. dWAR measures defense plus the positional adjustment. oWAR + dWAR = WAR + RPos.
  21. DJL44
    Usually AA is the level that weeds players out. Kendle should be in AAA, but they have a pretty full outfield.
  22. DJL44
    Ben Ross should be on the list instead of Young at the 18 spot.
  23. DJL44
    He’s clearly outperforming Winokur and Diaw at the same level. A glaring omission, should be in the 10-15 range.
  24. DJL44
    Fangraphs has good depth charts
  25. DJL44
    Buxton has scored three times tonight so far…
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