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  1. IndianaTwin
    An alternative way of thinking about your original question is that with teams moving to a 13-hitter roster, and with two of the spots going to catchers, there will be fewer and fewer DH-only types. If a catcher is hitting well enough to be in the batting race, there's a reasonable likelihood they will also be getting a decent number of DH at bats for their team. This year, for example, Sanchez ended up with 471 plate appearances. despite catching only 91 games and batting only .205. With the number of injuries the Twins had, it's not difficult to imagine him getting another 50 at bats as DH if he was hitting .340, particularly if Jeffers had been healthy enough to share the catching load. So, no, there likely won't be many players who qualify for the batting title based solely on their plate appearances as a catcher, but there may still be guys who were primarily catchers who qualify. Additionally, remember that there's the rule that says a player can qualify with less than 502 plate appearances, IF a player's lead in average is sufficiently large that enough hitless at bats can be added to reach this requirement and the player would still have the highest batting title. Tony Gwynn in 1996 is an example of the latter, winning with just 498 plate appearances. His average was .353, but would have only dropped to .349 with an 0-for-4, leaving him ahead of the next eligible player. In Mauer's case in 2009, he beat Ichiro by .013, so Mauer would have probably still won the batting title with around 490 or so plate appearances.
  2. IndianaTwin
    What are your thoughts on a Ron Davis reunion?
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    "Opted for more of the same" doesn't acknowledge that they did something different than most prior years in offering a significant asset (Petty) to get a significant starter (Gray) via trade, which isn't mentioned in the article. They also took a risk in offering another asset (Rogers) for the potential of a significant asset (Paddack). Also, this will get called "making excuses for the front office," but losing two months of offseason last year didn't help their ability to zig rather than zag.
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    How about Correa being one of that half? How about 8/$234.4M? Spread out as $35.1M for the first four years (see what I did there?), followed by two years at at $32M and two years at $30M, with opt outs after four and six years. For the Twins, the price trickles down a little when he hits age 32 and then again at 34. At those points, if he thinks he can beat $124M over 4 seasons or $60 over 2 seasons, he can do it. Yeah, there's Lewis, but I'm willing to let him bang his way into the lineup at another position. And in several years, maybe he takes over at short and Correa moves to third like A-Rod did.
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    According to this... https://www.mlb.com/player/devin-smeltzer-656970, Smeltzer has already opted for free agency.
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    With the arguments that sometimes break out on TD, maybe he signed Judge Wapner!
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    I think he was hurt much of the year, but if he's healthy, bring back Sisco on a minor league deal. With only Jeffers in the fold, and even if they sign a top catcher, you can almost not have too many catchers with major league experience in camp and stashed at AAA.
  8. IndianaTwin
    Maybe searching for Lonely at the Mall of America? ? Great name, Lonely...!
  9. IndianaTwin
    Pretty much the same reason the Sox gave Abreu the day off. And the Tigers Miggy... Quite common for veterans to not play on the last day of the season when the team is out of it. In this case, I don't mind saying, "Hey, Jermaine, we know you played hard this year, even though you struggled. Good chance we'll non-tender you in a couple weeks, but here's a lovely parting gift. And nice job with the homer Tuesday night -- take another whack at it." And kinda cool for him that he did. Two homers in two days is a warm, fuzzy way to end the season.
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    (I'll respond to this one, though several folks have named a variation on this.) But we did... Correa has missed one game since July 8 and just three since coming off the IL on June 8. Miranda has missed two games since June 11. He's started every game since the All-Star Break. Arraez has missed six games since June 9 and 11 since being out a week in early May. Urshela has played every game since August 15. Though primarily a catcher, Sanchez has missed only one game since Aug. 20 (which was essentially when Buxton was lost for the year), though some of those have been as a DH and some as a PH. Gordon has missed only seven games since June 22 and only two since Aug. 20. Aside from an IL stint from June 12-28, Polanco missed two games between May 27 and when he went on the IL and was lost for the season on Aug. 27. Who else that was healthy did we want playing every day?
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    Oops. Written before the dive in the third inning today, right? ?
  12. IndianaTwin
    "...., (Part One)" implies that there will be a "...(Part Two)." I would start that episode with Jhoan Duran. I know they are playing out the string, but last night in the ninth, the White Sox hitters wanted no part of him. Or maybe I'm remembering what the White Sox seemed to be thinking in the eighth against Jax. Make him the next guy in your sequel.
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    It would need a bigger box.
  14. IndianaTwin
    Or it might say something about what many of us would do when offered a position closer to home, with less travel and at twice the pay.
  15. IndianaTwin
    Half the season? He played 20 games. If you mean that they gave him a chance when he came off the IL, it was a no-brainer to see if he was Good Miguel. He wasn’t, he got hurt, and they didn’t push to get him back.
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    Um, I didn’t make any comments about putting Kirilloff, Larnach or Kepler in the 3-4 spots. Also, as you mentioned, the stats don’t lie. Myers, 0.5 bWAR, 95 OPS+ Pollock, 0.3 bWAR, 88 OPS+ Duvall, -0.2 bWAR, 86 OPS+ Profar, 2.8 bWAR, 107 OPS+ Pham, 0.9 bWAR, 92 OPS+ Pederson, 0.8 bWAR, 135 OPS+ Given that Profar’s career OPS+ is 93 and given that Pederson must be pretty bad on defense to have such a low bWAR despite such a good bWAR, I’m not that interested in any of these.
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    Correct. One thinks he’ll have lots of steals because of his speed. But that’s not the case, since he has so much power. Teams play him deep, so not as many balls will get through the gaps. And then, because they are playing him deep, his bloop singles turn into doubles.
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    To clarify, though Larnach has posted 1.2 WAR this year in 51 games and Gordon has posted 1.5 in 118 games and though Larnach is more than a year younger, you’re suggesting that Gordon makes Larnach unnecessary? Help me understand. Cheap depth is awesome and in the Twins budget structure, necessary. With what they have shown, both are more necessary than Kirilloff, but I’m not calling him unnecessary either. Give me an outfield with Buxton, Kepler, Larnach, Kirilloff (also spending time at 1b) and Gordon, with Celestino the next man up, and I’m feeling pretty chipper about that part of the roster.
  19. IndianaTwin
    @Loops @twinfan , my understanding is that a pitcher CAN throw over after reaching the max. It’s just a balk if he doesn’t pick the runner off. So…, while I’m guessing that the lead stretches out a little after the pitcher reaches the max, it’s not like the runner can suddenly take a 15-foot lead, since they’d likely get picked off. I’ve not seen how it has played out in the minors where it’s been experimented with, but I think that’s the intent on how it’s supposed to work.
  20. IndianaTwin
    4 Reasons the 2022 Season is More Frustrating Than 2021 I suppose it's okay to call the season "frustrating" while it's still happening, but I'd prefer to wait until season's end for such analysis. But if you're suggesting that it hasn't been fun in 2022, I'll gladly take the frustration of August and September over the apathy that resulted from playing their way out of contention in April and May of 2021.
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    "What's Next for Twins Manager Rocco Baldelli?" seems like a great title for an article. When the season is actually over.
  22. IndianaTwin
    I'd say that our lineup also needs Joe Dimaggio, but he's dead.
  23. IndianaTwin
    In Sunday's Game Thread introduction, I offered a take on what has happened to the Twins this year. It's here: Read the second comment for updated stats through Sunday. In a nutshell: In prior years, the length of Twins starts was right at the MLB average. In April and May, we tried to use starters in a "normal" pattern, with numerous guys going into the sixth regularly, and even the seventh on occasion. Guys got hurt, so in a 13-game stretch from May 31-June 12, our starters were Smeltzer (3 times), Sands (3), Archer (2), Chi Chi Gonzalez (2), Bundy (2) and Ober (1). That's not a rotation you want to use the rest of the year, and some of them eventually got hurt anyway. Guys came back and have transitioned to shorter starts, largely avoiding the IL in the process. From June 13 through Sunday, our 69 games have had 14 starts from Ryan, 13 from Bundy, 15 from Gray, 12 from Archer and the remaining 16 from a shared mix of Smeltzer (6), Mahle (4), Winder (3) and Sanchez (3). From that, I read that the front office's plan was to use their starters in a "normal" pattern, but they needed to pivot when injuries arose. Rather than pivoting to bringing up AAA and AA material, they pivoted to shortening the starts. It's generally worked in terms of keeping guys off the IL (and note that the primary IL exception is Mahle, who came over after averaging 5.5 innings per start for Cincinnati, a workload higher than any Twins starter year-to-date).
  24. IndianaTwin
    Great memory -- I remember reading about it in the newspaper* after getting home from school the next day. *A "newspaper," for the younger among us, is a printed document reporting the previous day's events. It would show up on your door or in the mailbox each day.
  25. IndianaTwin
    There's a practical reality here... Ryan pitched last Wednesday and is scheduled for tonight. Gray pitched last Friday and could go on Wednesday. Mahle pitched last Saturday, but is on the IL. Sanchez stepped in, but wasn't particularly effective. But because of the number of innings he threw, he probably can't go until Thursday. They are also going to need someone on Sunday (see below). Bundy went Sunday, so he can't go until Friday. So, by using Varland Wednesday night, they give Gray an extra day by pushing him back to Thursday. And now, with the pretty good likelihood of a rainout tonight, they're looking at a doubleheader Wednesday or Thursday. If that's the case, they can make the Varland the 29th man without making any other changes, right? If the DH is Wednesday, it will be Ryan and Varland on Wednesday and Gray on Thursday. If it's Thursday, it will be Ryan on Wednesday and Gray and Varland on Thursday. Then Bundy on Friday and Archer on Saturday. Today's likely rainout does create a problem for Sunday, since Ryan wouldn't be available if he doesn't pitch until Wednesday. So we'll likely still get Sanchez (or a bullpen game, but I repeat myself) on Sunday. There's an off day next Monday to be able to reset. Ryan will go on Tuesday on either five or six days rest, and then they can go to Gray on Wednesday, etc., if they want to. EDIT TO ADD: To carry this out further, Gray on next Wednesday could mean Bundy on Thursday, Archer on Friday. with Sanchez on Saturday and Varland again as the 29th man for the DH on the 17th. But better have the bullpen (and perhaps Gordon and Palacios ?) rested for starts by Sanchez, Archer and Varland in two days!
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