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  1. Hosken Bombo Disco
    Ok so in exchange for Syndergaard, it was rumored that the Mets were interested in Buxton or Lewis or Kirilloff, or some combination of. But now we know for certain that the Mets were interested in Gonsalves. This tells me there might have been a deal to be made this past summer, somehow, and that an extra starter in the ALDS might have made a huge difference. Especially if it had been Syndergaard. I want to see a trade or signing this winter—early this winter— that knocks me off my stool. This team needs pitching, bad. Their cutting Perez is a sideways admission IMO that pitchers can’t necessarily be fixed, or analytics applied to pitchers’ strengths. Sometimes sure, but what really makes a difference is getting pitchers who can pitch, who have that track record.
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    Also, not trying to celebrate the misfortune of others
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    Oh I got one right! Lol Denny McLain yeah, if I had thought about it more, and I guess Curt Schilling never won the Cy Young—finished second in voting three times—and maybe hasn’t been charged with a felony yet either. But one can hope.
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    Ugh seeing the previous post almost ruined it for me... I will guess... Schilling, Gooden, Schilling, Gooden, Schilling. /kidding
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    I wonder if there is some confusion about what the strike zone is. The rulebook is pretty clear: it’s “that area over home plate...” and then, what a strike is, which is when “any part of the ball passes through any part of the strike zone.” The slow breaking pitches the clip the front bottom of the strike zone, are strikes. The “strikes” that wind up in the dirt seem implausible, but I would like to see that graphically presented. But I think it’s possible the sharpest breaking pitches, received by catchers stationed very deep, might actually be strikes, even when they skip in the dirt. If people wanted to change the rule book definition of a strike, and raise the low point to higher than “the hollow beneath the kneecap,” then please say so. I would probably be on board with that, actually. The more important thing to me is that umpires call strikes strikes. We are seeing too many counts go to four strikes, and by extension, too many innings extended to four outs, and that is most certainly not in the rulebook or in the spirit of the game. And yeah what was said above, grade the umpires, offer the good umps incentives to work home plate more, and shut out the bad umpires from ever getting home plate. That would go towards solving the problem too. /rant
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    I can respect that. Is it the sinking breaking pitch that clips the bottom front of the plate that you don’t like? Would you be ok if the rulebook strike zone was changed, so that that pitch remained a ball, not a strike?
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    I guess I disagree, that I do want the home plate umpire to make the final call. If the call can be flashed immediately on the scoreboard, it should be possible to send the call to the ump alone.
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    I have some issues with that Boston U study. For one, I can’t make sense of their interpretation of the two-strike bias. I can’t believe they didn’t have a “baseball” person proof their work. Regardless, we are only at this point because home plate umpires are not doing their jobs as well as they should. I’m ready for automated ball-strike calls as soon as the technology is seamless.
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    Honorable mention: Kurt Suzuki! Granted Garver’s 2019 was spectacular, but what did you think of adding Suzuki? guess the Mauer-Suzuki transition was before framing stats? If I recall, Suzuki was not a good framer. Suzuki’s arm was below average too, but in more recent years it was less a liability with teams running less. But after Suzuki switched bats in mid-2016, his career really came back to life. And I hesitate to say it, but sounds like he was a great teammate. Happy for him!
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    As always I appreciate your opinion, but if true, then the Twins will have a very brief window to capitalize on their advantage before other teams catch up. Maybe the Twins will then be enjoying their next innovation ahead of the other teams, and stay one step ahead, but maybe not.
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    Yasmani Grandal — the better of the two Y.G. catchers (Yan Gomes being the other) Yeah pitching is #1, 2, and 3 priority, but this might make a lot of sense. The lineup will inevitably need to have some turnover, and if Castro disappears, the Twins will need that second catcher. (I do like Astudillo, but just Garver and Astudillo leaves the Twins thin in 2020.) I do half-expect the Twins to make a bid for Castro one more time. Looks like Grandal has an overall favorable platoon split too (career better as lefty batting against right handed pitchers) and if his framing is good as you say, that will help immensely.
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    The call needs to be instantaneous, or the adjustment will be too bumpy. Sounds like AFL had an intermediary whispering in the home plate ump’s ear? Here is a video I found. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=a4bJ-MfC24o Strike zone will be higher, and that pitch at 1:03... hoo boy Gardy will come out to argue that.
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    You can go off of ERA, but lots of posters here in this thread have dug deeper than that one stat.
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    If I recall, Bregman missed on a play just like the one Sano did. I would say hard 100+ EV contact is part of the problem. (Don’t remember which game or which series.)
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    If he is hitting, and there are positional needs, we might see him. Maybe at third, but more likely what other posters have suggested, shifting others around and Lewis at short.
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    This thread has to do with next year, so that’s why I was confused. Sorry.
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    For 2020?
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    I don’t know what happened to Cron’s defense the second half. Maybe his thumb injury lingered. It took Mauer a couple of seasons to really become a great fielder at first base—great post brvama. MarGo played well at first. Cruz comes back as DH for another season but beyond that, who knows. Maybe that’s where Sano is eventually ticketed, but no one else in the org is ready to step in to 3B day to day like Sano, and I’d focus free agency on pitching All which is to say I’d leave Sano at third another season, and then reevaluate.
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    The team’s execution, you say? I’m in favor of that. h/t, football coach John McKay
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    Glad to see that Levine quote. Probably should not have traded Pressly, but reflecting back on past actions is a good habit to be in.
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    I’m still not sure why the Twins didn’t trade for a starter at the deadline, as the Astros have done. Even if it meant offering Larnach or Kirilloff. Maybe something will change this offseason?
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    It’s not hard for me to believe that “everybody knew” the balls were going to be different, but also that no one anticipated the balls would be that much deader than the regular season baseballs. I agree it’s a problem. The Twins maybe would have started Odorizzi in Yankees Stadium, I think, had the Twins known for sure. But I don’t understand in what ways the commissioner is the enemy of the owners?
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    I still can’t believe it. I think overconfidence played a big part, too.
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