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  1. DJL44
    I believe this is true. They don't have a dozen guys ready to debut who have MLB starter upside. They have a few - Jenkins, Rodriguez, Gonzalez, Culpepper - and they're mostly outfielders. If they're really lucky, two of those guys will transition well to the majors in 2026.
  2. DJL44
    It's not all the bullpen. They also have a terrible defense and no hitting.
  3. DJL44
    I could say the same about Gasper, Julien, Fitzgerald, Keirsey, Outman, McCusker, Miranda, Pereda, Vazquez and even Brooks Lee. That's 10 more guys on the 40-man roster who have an "upside" of 0 WAR replacement player. Lee is the only one who is young enough to expect more from, but it will have to be at the plate because he's a bad middle infielder. As bad as Clemens has been, he's 5th in WAR among players currently on the roster. Clemens will be around next season because they can't replace 12 guys in one offseason.
  4. DJL44
    We have spent a lot of time talking about how bad the bullpen is, and how bad the hitting has been but we haven't spent much time talking about how bad the defense is. Buxton, Vazquez and Lewis are the only defenders still on the team who rate above average. They may have had the worst middle infield in baseball all season - Correa was below average and Castro, Lee, Julien and Keaschall have been bad. Their best defender in the middle infield was Kody Clemens and they moved him to 1B.
  5. DJL44
    Torii was a late bloomer. He played 11 seasons for the Twins (but only technically, he had 0 plate appearances in his first season) but only 7 of them were productive. Torii's two best seasons were with the Angels, in fact his WAR for the Angels is 20.7 in 5 seasons vs his Twins WAR of 27.1 in 10 seasons. Lining up by best 10 seasons BB 5.0 4.9 4.5 3.9 3.6 3.0 2.1 1.7 0.7 0.3 TH 4.7 4.2 3.9 3.8 3.5 3.3 3.1 0.8 0.2 0.0 Buxton's 4.5 WAR season is now, and it keeps going up. His 2.1 WAR season was the pandemic-shortened 2020. The other thing you're seeing is how much the run-scoring environment matters.
  6. DJL44
    Half of those guys would be on a list of my least favorite Twins of the past 25 years.
  7. DJL44
    He might help them win a game. Can't have that. Better to call up Dashawn Keirsey instead.
  8. DJL44
    Cheap discounted stuff on the clearance rack is a perfect metaphor for most of this roster.
  9. DJL44
    The only consolation is nobody watched them get swept by the White Sox. I feel like I should send the recap writer a fruit basket for having to watch this game. I watched other TV and went to bed.
  10. DJL44
    Plenty of other players have been put into the same situation without becoming the worst hitter to ever play for the Twins. I don't know why anyone would want to give him any more plate appearances. He's been mediocre in AAA and horrible in MLB. I wouldn't even call him a quad-A player. He's a player who has never earned an MLB promotion but somehow has 99 plate appearances in MLB.
  11. DJL44
    I agree, and they have done worse in many seasons. They have several players worse than Kody Clemens on the 28-man roster right now.
  12. DJL44
    I’m guessing he goes by the stat line that Keirsey is the worst hitter to ever play for the Twins (min 100 plate appearances). Plus, he’s at an age where players are more likely to get worse than better.
  13. DJL44
    Now it's Buxton's fault that a leadoff triple and a leadoff double didn't lead to runs? Somehow that makes him "unclutch"?
  14. DJL44
    Still hopeful that Rodriguez can get some big league games this September.
  15. DJL44
    Everyone should be promoted when they have a good game and demoted when they go 0 for 4.
  16. DJL44
    He really hasn't been bad all season. He was perfectly acceptable in a 6th-7th inning role when the manager had someone better to swap in if he ran into trouble. He gives up hits, but rarely home runs. He's not a closer, he doesn't strike out enough guys for that role. The Twins don't have anyone in the bullpen besides Cole Sands to strike out batters. Rocco used Sands in a critical spot but there isn't enough behind him.
  17. DJL44
    Outman came in for defensive purposes in the top of the 8th. He wasn't a pinch hitter. Outman doesn't do many things well, but he does play defense better than Matt Wallner.
  18. DJL44
    The first 10 seasons are just a warm-up, right?
  19. DJL44
    I imagine pitchers from that era smoked a lot more cigarettes than pitchers from this era. Someone should tell Bailey Ober that. His drop in performance this season is directly tied to a 2 MPH drop in velocity. MLB hitters will make you pay if you give them an extra millisecond to pick up spin. Speaking just about Festa, it might be a good idea to move him to the bullpen to limit his innings going forward. I think he can be effective as a reliever, and the Twins certainly need some good arms for the bullpen.
  20. DJL44
    The value for the ticket price just hasn't been there. I have more fun at a Saints game for less money.
  21. DJL44
    Rivas, Polanco and Harris. That's a lot of bad defense at 2B.
  22. DJL44
    Either the standards will change, or we'll stop electing Hall of Famers. The odds that a pitcher starting his career in 2025 accumulates even 200 career Wins is quite low. Jose Berrios is one of the top pitchers in wins for his age and younger and he's at 108 after 10 seasons. Sonny Gray is another leader in wins for his age and he's at 123 after 13 seasons. Today's rookie pitchers would need a 35-year career to accumulate 300 wins.
  23. DJL44
    Right. Morneau's career numbers are 19 for DRS, 23.5 for UZR, 21 for RField. That's an above-average fielding 1B. He's on this list because he played 1B for 13 seasons and also had 190 games at DH. A full-time DH will end up with a DEF around -15 for a whole season.
  24. DJL44
    They're not going from worst to best in one season, but they could go from worst to the middle of the pack. I agree with moving Festa and Prielipp to the bullpen. Festa is older and Prielipp is unlikely to ever provide 150 innings in a season. They should be able to find a couple low cost free agent relievers. It sure would be nice to have Ronny Henriquez.
  25. DJL44
    The ballparks are SO MUCH BETTER. The TV experience is also better. The radio announcers are worse.
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