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  1. DJL44
    Josh Bell is the DH - he's the 4th best fielding 1B on the 40-man roster. Yes, Outman is actually Twins Territory's least favorite left-handed hitting outfielder. There is nothing wrong with Larnach, except the fact that the Twins could replace him with Roden, Rodriguez or Jenkins and not miss him. Austin Martin should be the everyday LF - he gets on base against both LH and RH pitchers and plays better defense than Larnach. Looking at Statcast - he struggled against changeups and splitters. That might be the best information about when to sub for Martin.
  2. DJL44
    I am going to guess that adding the $100k as a mutual option has some sort of luxury tax ramifications. There is a 1% chance both sides would pick up that option.
  3. DJL44
    Mr. Burns: You! Strawberry! Good effort today. Take a lap and hit the showers. I'm putting in a right-handed batter. Darryl Strawberry: Pinch-hitting for me? Mr. Burns: Yes. You're a left-hander and so is the pitcher. If I send up a right-handed batter it's called playing the percentages. It's what smart managers do to win ball games. Darryl Strawberry: I've got nine home runs. Mr. Burns: You should be very proud. Sit down. Simpson! You're batting for Strawberry. Homer Simpson: I am?
  4. DJL44
    I am sure there will be many more opportunities for the Twins to pick up other teams discards on the waiver wire.
  5. DJL44
    Based on last year I'd have Lopez, Ryan, Woods Richardson, Bradley and Abel in the rotation with Festa, Prielipp and Ober in the bullpen. Matthews becomes the 6th starter with Morris, Rojas and Culpepper as starters 7-9. I think there's still room to bring in another arm to keep Klein, Adams and Raya stashed in AAA to start the season. We'll see which players show up healthy and performing in a month and it should sort itself out.
  6. DJL44
    This is exactly why I don't like the Taylor Rogers signing. Another example of blocking the rookies with low upside, marginal veterans.
  7. DJL44
    To pencil in a plan, I think I'd move Ober and Prielipp to the bullpen to bump out Adams and Klein.
  8. DJL44
    Bailey Ober should get some consideration for the bullpen. If he pitches as he did last year then he isn’t one of the top 5 starters on the depth chart. Moving to the bullpen could bring back his lost velocity and along with it his effectiveness.
  9. DJL44
    I think converting a free agent starting pitcher to relief is a higher upside play than signing one of the remaining free agent relievers.
  10. DJL44
    I thought he was already in.
  11. DJL44
    Trading prospects for relievers seems like a worse idea than using the prospects as relievers. That is pushing the “undo” button on last year’s trade deadline. They might be able to get a reliever for Larnach, but not a good one. They have been obsessed with “raising the floor” this offseason and have made one move that raises the ceiling: Caratini. Improving a 65 win team to a 75 win team isn’t helpful.
  12. DJL44
    The "short sides" never end up being short. They already have too many outfielders on the 40-man roster. Just bring up Emmanuel Rodriguez - he doesn't need a short side platoon.
  13. DJL44
    Thumbs down for using AI to make your argument. I have no interest in discussing baseball with software.
  14. DJL44
    Gosh I hope not. I don't want Fedko to block Jenkins.
  15. DJL44
    I don't get this move. They must be really confident they are going to get Jackson through waivers. Julien and Outman are still on the roster.
  16. DJL44
    I am predicting Fedko as sire of Fort Myers
  17. DJL44
    With Dominguez gone, there are no RH RP remaining with a projected WAR above 0.3. Their best options to raise the ceiling for the bullpen are a) convert a prospect starting pitcher b) convert a free agent starting pitcher
  18. DJL44
    Baseball pervert seems accurate
  19. DJL44
    I wouldn't call myself a Funderburk supporter. More of a Taylor Rogers skeptic. Rogers had an awful end to the season. I don't want either one of them to block Connor Prielipp from a bullpen job.
  20. DJL44
    41 innings for Funderburk, 50 for Rogers. Funderburk was better.
  21. DJL44
    And yet, Funderburk pitched better than Taylor Rogers did last season. If they want to win in the playoffs, they need 4 or 5 of them.
  22. DJL44
    I'm worried about the opportunity cost here. If they have Funderburk and Rogers as their lefties, then they probably won't add Prielipp because the pen would be "too lefthanded".
  23. DJL44
    I hope all the thumbs-downs are from Topa fans who are upset that I compared him to Rogers. Topa performed much better than Taylor Rogers last season.
  24. DJL44
    FIP WHIP H9 HR9 BB9 SO9 SO/BB 4.38 1.382 8.3 1.2 4.1 9.4 2.30 3.35 1.512 9.7 0.4 4.0 8.8 2.22 The difference between Taylor Rogers and Kody Funderburk is Rogers gives up more dingers. Statcast has Taylor Rogers with a 8th percentile fastball, 20th percentile for hard hit. He's a sinker/slider guy now and his sinker gets hit really hard (.403 WOBA). It's an upgrade on Genesis Cabrera, but I don't want Taylor Rogers anywhere near a close game in the late innings.
  25. DJL44
    Adding another Topa-level arm to the bullpen. Another "floor" move that doesn't help the ceiling.
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