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  1. DJL44
    The Reds are selling. Brady Singer, Pierce Johnson, Brock Burke and Caleb Ferguson will all be available.
  2. DJL44
    Jeffers won’t be a Twin next year unless they pay him more than any other team is willing to pay him.
  3. DJL44
    Prielipp and Rojas might learn something from Ray.
  4. DJL44
    I think “make good trades” needs to be the strategy. If what they get is worth more than they give up, and it helps make the 40-man roster better, make the deal. They could sell Jeffers for high end prospects and buy Gausman or Robbie Ray for prospects they like less. The 40-man roster has too many outfielders and catchers and not enough pitching. Time to fix that.
  5. DJL44
    50/50 is a reasonable chance the ball gets caught. Bell made a mistake rounding third. He should have played station to station baseball and been content with third base. He forgot he was Josh Bell for a minute. Lee needs to look at where the other base runners are and not try to run into them.
  6. DJL44
    Gonzalez needs to hit, because he doesn’t have all that much more to offer.
  7. DJL44
    There isn’t a starter who will cost that much. Only 1/3 of the season remains so a $24M salary player only costs $8M. That’s the best part of trading for high salary veteran rental players.
  8. DJL44
    Bell sat on 2B because there was a chance the ball would get caught. In baseball jargon they call that “tagging up”. He took too big of a turn at 3B and got burned for it. Most baseunners do not try to run with their head down to an occupied base ahead of them. That’s just dumb. Lee had plenty of time to get back to first base when they ran Bell down.
  9. DJL44
    Bell rounded third too far, but a mistake means he can score. Lee rounded first base too far and the base ahead of him was occupied.
  10. DJL44
    He has options one more season so he has plenty of time. He’s a 4th outfielder just like Austin Martin.
  11. DJL44
    Don’t bother. It is a total garbage stat that does a terrible job of assigning credit to individual players. Just look at the chart and ignore the assigned player values.
  12. DJL44
    You don’t need an analytics department to tell you the defense is bad when it is that bad.
  13. DJL44
    Interesting that they have built up this offensive talent while filling their draft with pitching. It helps a LOT to hit on your first round picks.
  14. DJL44
    Not making the moves - lots of people saw the need to improve the defense. He deserves all the credit for getting the players committed to making the moves. Moving Royce Lewis off 3B has worked a lot better for Shelton than it did for Baldelli. Shelton knows the job is about managing people, not filling out the lineup card.
  15. DJL44
    It is a shame because it is a great opportunity to promote the new talent and introduce them to a larger audience. Instead they seem completely uninterested in the players. Philly fans paying $1000 to boo All-Stars was another weird moment.
  16. DJL44
    It was great to watch a baseball game where the focus was on the baseball game. I found myself bored with the All Star game but I’m convinced that it is due to how they cover it. I don’t want in-game interviews, skits about the Sandlot or moments of silence about cancer that last way too long. I want to watch baseball players play the game.
  17. DJL44
    If you really want to limit his innings, give him a full reset. Two weeks off with no throwing at all. Gradually build back up in AAA like spring training. Bring him back in August and start counting innings at zero. Mechanics are much more important than total innings. If he is fatigued and his mechanics get sloppy, bring in a reliever. If he’s doing well and repeats his delivery consistently, let him pitch.
  18. DJL44
    I think they need to keep Paredes stretched out for the rotation. They have no depth beyond him. Send him to AAA to be the 6th starter. They don’t have a 7th starter at the moment.
  19. DJL44
    I like the idea of using Caratini or Jeffers as a pinch hitter on their day off rather than using them in the field. With Kreidler in the lineup it gives them a pinch hitting opportunity every day. If Gray starts and Jeffers is on the bench you plan on using Jeffers to pinch hit and replace with Kreidler on defense. Caratini is a great strategic pinch hitter because he switch hits. That means the opposing team won’t pull their reliever for the platoon advantage. Having the third catcher in Jackson gives them the opportunity to let Jeffers and Caratini get at least one plate appearance every day.
  20. DJL44
    Nobody should ever worry about a roster squeeze because all the pitchers are simultaneously healthy. It never happens.
  21. DJL44
    “Lewis can't make a strong case to play over Bell” Lewis has a massive advantage in defensive value.
  22. DJL44
    Besides Lackey, Wachsmann is the key to this draft.
  23. DJL44
    Camilo Doval might get squeezed out of the Yankees bullpen if they decide to acquire someone. It would cost the Twins very little to acquire him. Doval was great for the Giants, throws 98 and is only 29. He seems like a good project for Maki like Yoendrys Gomez.
  24. DJL44
    No thanks. Too much.
  25. DJL44
    Matt Wieters was 2 years. Rutschman was 3 years but one was Covid. Zunino was a year. Buster Posey was up in a year for a week in September.
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