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  1. Hosken Bombo Disco
    Good stuff — welcome to Twins Daily!
  2. Hosken Bombo Disco
    I remember last summer saying that I wanted to see Calvin Faucher promoted to MLB, give some unheralded guys like Faucher a look for 2022, since the bullpen was so bad last year and I figured they would move on from a bunch of guys. As it turns out, Tampa Bay got Faucher in the Cruz deal and now he is on the 26-man roster tonight for the Rays! Not saying this guy is going to light the world on fire, but still, nice to know I wasn't completely insane at the time.
  3. Hosken Bombo Disco
    That’s where my mind went as well! My list would be: 1) Lewis, 2) Arraez, 3) Polanco, 4) Correa, 5) Larnach
  4. Hosken Bombo Disco
    I’m not taking a side on this, and don’t know how Buxton reaggravated his knee, but according to the article it’s a lingering issue from last season? As mentioned by @Rosterman and @Chachi — Buxton’s performance incentives — my understanding is that they don’t kick in until next season. With this new load management program, if this is how it’s going to be going forward, I have to wonder if Buxton will have trouble reaching even the lowest bonus step of 502 PA even when he’s healthy for a full season, which puts serious MVP considerations (his other pay incentive) pretty much out of reach, which means… I have no idea what any of this means. We need him on the field, for sure.
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    It seems a little contradictory given that Woods-Richarson’s stats are not too bad, but as part of any future deal he would be an over-traded prospect at that point. (Drafted by Mets, traded to Jays, traded to Twins, traded to next team.) So unless there is a team or scout out there still in love with him from his amateur days, I would think his status as being traded multiple times would raise questions on a negotiation call.
  6. Hosken Bombo Disco
    Berrios will be fine. Another way to frame it is I think Toronto still does that trade 10 times out of 10, with the talent they have the next few years, and their window. Exactly the kind of trade the Twins would benefit from, in my opinion. It’s just too bad for Toronto that the Yankees are off to such a a torrid start this season.
  7. Hosken Bombo Disco
    If you recall, the season has been backed up a week, so if you could be more lenient about how late in November..
  8. Hosken Bombo Disco
    Duran came in the 6th to face the top of the Detroit order. For those scoring at home, that means the top of the Detroit order would have also come up in the 9th (or 8th). So while there’s an argument to be made for using Duran while the game is close, there’s also the argument for saving Duran again for the higher leverage innings at the end. A one-run lead in the 8th is higher leverage than a one-run lead in the sixth. But anyway. Let’s all throw our support behind Chai Chai Gonzo-LAY (WKRP reference) getting the start tomorrow in Toronto. go Twins!
  9. Hosken Bombo Disco
    How far can they go? Two playoff games plus three quarters of the third game, is about all, unfortunately. I feel bad for you all who are diehard Wolves fans. You don’t deserve the same crap that Vikings and Twins fans endure year after year.
  10. Hosken Bombo Disco
    Also, I guess I was looking forward to Alex Meyer and José Berríos off the top of my head but yeah the pitching pipeline has been extremely thin the past 10 or 5 years if that’s what you mean by most exciting in history.
  11. Hosken Bombo Disco
    Internal, meaning inside the Twins front office?
  12. Hosken Bombo Disco
    I love Sano but my epiphany on him came a few years ago, in a plate appearance against Chris Archer in fact. All of us had already seen the same streaky Sano by that time, either locked in or zoned out. Sano was in one of his slumps, and Archer worked him to 1-2, then 2-2. Then I thought “yup, here comes the high outside fastball waste pitch, followed by slider low and away on 3-2, for swing and a miss,” and... that’s what happened. I’ve only seen one game so far this season but I assume Sano still hasn’t changed much, otherwise this thread wouldn’t be here. I think Sano is fine, there’s nothing really “wrong” with him, but he just doesn’t see the pitch out of the pitcher’s hand as well as the average MLB-er. So it takes Sano that extra moment to recognize the spin, get his body in motion, and by that time, it’s too late. So, knowing all of this, he makes up his mind to swing a tiny bit earlier than he should (also accounting for all the check swings we have seen over the years). Anyway that’s just one idea.
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    Just to fill in more context: Duran threw 115 innings in 2019 as a minor league starter (about 5 innings per start), he threw an unknown number of simulated innings in 2020, and was down to only 16 innings at triple A in 2021. Have the Twins announced an innings limit for Duran for 2022? Seems like there will be one, granted, not all innings are alike. Is 50 to 70 a good guess? That’s a light but okay number of innings for a typical big league reliever over a full season. As a starter, 50-70 innings won’t get you to the All Star break unless the starts were very short. The big league bullpen seems like the right place for Duran. I don’t see the point of shipping Duran to AAA right away.
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    Welcome back!
  16. Hosken Bombo Disco
    Damn! I cannot say I am displeased with the starting 9. This signing certainly gives context to this goofy cryptic Tweet from yesterday:
  17. Hosken Bombo Disco
    Well you were right they did trade Donaldson! i really thought Kiner-Falefa was going to be the full time short stop for the next year or two until Royce Lewis was ready for his chance, or Martin. There was some logic to that move to acquire him. But now Kiner-Falefa gets traded right away again to the Yankees. So What do I know?
  18. Hosken Bombo Disco
    It’s just us. Although, Texas, Cinci and the Yankees have been involved in some recent moves as well.
  19. Hosken Bombo Disco
    I was looking forward to watching our rag tag bunch of misfits from last year oh well. Go Twins!
  20. Hosken Bombo Disco
    Agree. Garver is the better guy to have than Sanchez.
  21. Hosken Bombo Disco
    Sunday Bloody Sunday
  22. Hosken Bombo Disco
    You are in mid-season form already. I love it!
  23. Hosken Bombo Disco
    I can’t explain it. “Larger bases for you players, so that fewer of you get injured.” It’s a weird bargaining chip and the evidence for it seems dubious.
  24. Hosken Bombo Disco
    Indeed, if the Twins front office carried a player on the big league roster for ten years but never put them in a game, you might find a way to praise them for smart roster management! The rest of your post is the usual pro-owner, anti-player stuff, and we’ve all went circles on this so many times, and few of us have any desire to engage anymore.
  25. Hosken Bombo Disco
    Actually, for the times we are living in, that doesn’t sound like a far-fetched scenario to me (except for the last part).
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