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  1. DJL44
    Unbelievable. This group couldn't run a lemonade stand. Is there some sort of collusion among owners to make sure prices stay high even when nobody is buying the tickets?
  2. DJL44
    Welcome to Major League Baseball.
  3. DJL44
    The Cardinals are raising season ticket prices 15% amidst a losing season with plummeting attendance. How much will the Twins raise season ticket prices?
  4. DJL44
    The only thing I liked about this season was TwinsTV streaming. Not thrilled to pay double the price for next season.
  5. DJL44
    I cut the cord. My TV provider is an antenna. Maybe they will have a bundle with Disney+.
  6. DJL44
    I can't believe they think doubling the price for streaming is a good idea. Report: ESPN closes in on Twins TV rights with deal that could raise prices
  7. DJL44
    Fangraphs says he's the worst batter (non-pitcher) in Twins history with > 90 PA. He's hitting .116 for his career with 33K against 2BB in 99PA but keep on hoping.
  8. DJL44
    Better question, will anyone be watching? The ESPN TV rumors would make me a radio fan again.
  9. DJL44
    Yes, and the likelihood is less than 40% of those 20 will. They'll find 6-8 guys out of 20 and hope they find another 6-8 guys out of 20 in 2027.
  10. DJL44
    Ownership, GM, Manager, 1B, 3B, C2, SS, LF, SP4, SP5, SP6, SP7, RP1, RP2, RP3, RP4, RP5, RP6, OF4, UT
  11. DJL44
    In order to compete next season, they need three of Rodriguez, Gonzalez, Culpepper and Jenkins to force their way to the majors. I think one of the four might but expecting three to do it is unlikely. They also need Royce Lewis to hit, find a 1B and add three effective relievers. I think they will trade Joe Ryan and probably Bailey Ober as well, but I think they'll keep Pablo Lopez around as a mentor to the younger pitchers. I think Larnach is likely gone. Vazquez only returns if he signs for $1M. Their highest paid players would be Lopez ($22M), Buxton ($15M) and Jeffers ($9M). Lewis ($3M) and Topa ($2M) would be their only other players who make more than the minimum. That's an $82M payroll when you include the $10M they owe Correa. If they add veterans, I hope they add defense like they did with Bader. Lewis and Buxton are the only plus defenders on the roster.
  12. DJL44
    I heard a good interview with Toby Gardenhire about Prielipp. He said his stuff is great and he's getting ahead of batters but having trouble finishing them off. That will lead to higher pitch counts.
  13. DJL44
    No, I just assumed the original poster was using career numbers for everything. I suppose could have figured it out but I have a limited amount of time to fact check posts. I will still stand by my statement that he’s not one of the top 20 problems to solve.
  14. DJL44
    He's had 871 PAs and only had a chance to drive in runners in 58 of them in his entire career? That's crazy low for opportunities.
  15. DJL44
    Development time for your best players. Service time for players who aren't ready yet. Actual players from your organization because you have to cut someone to bring someone else up. If their talent evaluation process becomes "throw players at the wall and see which ones stick" then they all need to go.
  16. DJL44
    Trying to pull every slider away isn't helping Royce Lewis.
  17. DJL44
    To be fair to Clemens, 1B isn't even his best position. A 95 OPS+ is plenty good enough for a utility player, which is what Kody Clemens is. He's only an everyday 1B on this team because they're desperate. On a good team he's your 10th best position player on the roster. The fact that they have a utility player as their everyday starting 1B tells you all you need to know about the Twins offense.
  18. DJL44
    RBI are mostly about whether or not the players batting ahead of you have a high OBP.
  19. DJL44
    That's wrong. He has 27 RBI in 79 games this season. His career average over 162 games is 75 RBI. He's not an all-star, but he's clearly a major league hitter.
  20. DJL44
    I guess if you want to develop one-dimensional hitters, then that's fine. You'll get a Royce Lewis who can only hit opposite field, a Matt Wallner who grounds out to 2B all the time, a Brooks Lee who hits like Julien and a Julien who hits like Brooks Lee. Never mind that you can't punish people into performing better athletically. Lots of coaches will take a player who is struggling at the plate and have them put down a bunt. It's not a crazy idea to have players look at the situation and try to make the most of the at-bat in that situation. I want Royce Lewis to be able to pull the ball when they give him a fastball in, go opposite field on a slider away AND put down a bunt when the situation calls for it.
  21. DJL44
    Keirsey really hasn't hit "very well" in the minors. His best OPS is 850 and he's always been older than average for each level. He's hit "okay" in the minors and was horrible in the major leagues. He only got two or three at-bats a week because his manager was smart enough to realize that he can't hit. I don't see any reason to keep Keirsey on the 40-man roster this offseason. There are dozens of guys just like him in the minors.
  22. DJL44
    They actually have a name for that. It's called the "hot hand fallacy".
  23. DJL44
    Because Roden was bad for a week. If they bring up Fedko and he has a bad first 20 games the same fans will be ready to cut bait on him forever and bring up the next minor leaguer.
  24. DJL44
    I am struggling to figure out why Matt Wallner has suddenly become the whipping boy around here. He's not perfect but he's performing a LOT better than most of the roster (927 OPS since the all-star break). Is it "hate the local boy" like Joe Mauer? Is it people who hate power hitters who strike out and would rather see slap hitters ground out to SS? He's always going to be a low batting average, high strikeout power hitter but we're up around 900 major league plate appearances that say his bat is good enough. Wallner doesn't make the top 20 things wrong with this team.
  25. DJL44
    Late in the game Royce Lewis, who isn't hitting much this season, came up in a classic bunt situation. The announcers doubted he would bunt, because he has hardly ever been asked to bunt in the past. I do not understand this at all. Wins and losses are meaningless the rest of the season. The only point of these games is to develop the players. If you aren't going to ask him to bunt in that situation, where there is absolutely nothing to lose, then you're basically giving up on developing Royce Lewis as a batter. Why in the world would Rocco prioritize winning this game above developing his players in the long term?
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