Andy Dufresne: Are you bullish on Correa exceeding his projections now that the foot (and septum) are fixed?
Avatar Dan Szymborski: Mildly so? I tend to be skeptical over “OK, this fixes the injury thing for good” things
If he's one of the top pitchers in the game, he's worthy, and that what the top pitchers do, pitch 150 innings.
The article wasn't even about elite, it was about typical...... And I merely pointed out there's nothing typical about 200 innings, or even 190.... Or even 150.
apparently it is in the Vikings best interest to sign Kirk before valentine's day, due to cap considerations (if they are signing him). So, if that's really true, we'll know soon what the plan is....
Which young guys? Wallner, Julien and ? Buxton, Kepler, CC, Vazquez, Farmer, Santana are long time vets. Jeffers isn't young in terms of MLB experience and has Vazquez. I'll give you AK also.....
On the pitching side? Ober and ? are young?
200 innings? What year was this written?
Only 15 pitchers pitched more than 190 innings last year. I have no idea why this is a thing at all in people's minds anymore.
Only 58 pitchers pitched 150 or more innings. Really. I just don't get this idea that 200 is any kind of target at all.
Now, had you said even 120 innings, I'd nod and say "ya, that's a good question" at this point.
Me? I'm betting he goes 4 innings a start, give or take, to start the year. He finishes the year in the major league bullpen for the last month and playoffs.
Not quite as rosy..... You should pay attention to the caveat....
https://blogs.fangraphs.com/the-2024-pre-spring-training-zips-projected-standings-american-league/
How many leaders do they need? Outside Wallner and Julien, who is young and not a leader? Because we're told Lewis is one.
I'm not downplaying the importance of mentors, I've been pretty clear about their importance my whole life....I just wonder if that's why these signings are happening. I think Santana is here because he's always healthy and a potentially league average player.
They project the Twins as average, but more likely than not to win the division
https://blogs.fangraphs.com/six-takeaways-from-our-2024-playoff-odds-release/
There's a zero percent chance we'll agree on this, and I no longer argue for the sake of arguing on social media, so I'll just bow out of this conversation.