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  1. IndianaTwin
    Indeed. Stats on depression and other mental illnesses are notoriously difficult to get. One source names 18 percent of adults being affected each year, but only 37 percent of those getting treatment. It's cliche, but I'm grateful he's willing to share. I'm one of the 37 percent of the 18, and there are certainly many more of us present on TD. But his story is likely to make much more of an impact on people than any of ours will. I'm even more of a fan of him and this signing than I was before.
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    I know there's not supposed to be any math on TwinsDaily, but here goes: Aside from the catcher, 8 other starters are needed in 162 games, less the 9 interleague games in which no DH is used. That equals 1287 starts needed. Say the 5th outfielder and 6th infielder get about 40 starts each. That leaves 1207 for the remaining nine guys. Right now that's Sano, Polanco, Simmons, Arraez, Donaldson, Kepler, Buxton, Cruz, and someone else (perhaps Kirilloff). With the roster flexibility they have, they can distribute them easily and have an average of 134 starts per player. But they won't. Cruz and Donaldson will get a few less because of age and to protect from injury. Spread those extra starts around and it's about 140 for the rest. And then assume one or more will spend some time on the IL, freeing up more starts. Bottom line is that signing Cruz won't keep Arraez from playing 140 games. Assuming he's healthy and hitting, he'll get between 130-150 starts. With Rocco's rest patterns, that's what most of those guys can expect.
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    Wonderful article on Simmons opening up about dealing with depression: https://www.ocregister.com/2021/02/02/andrelton-simmons-opens-up-about-depression-and-thoughts-of-suicide/?fbclid=IwAR0aRh1Kke4nVsVKxO43cnuMFl-gIGBm4x_S5CP785JK1hxs6OvqcSzUfjk
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    This is great. I could use a Vari-Pitch propeller.
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    To Cody or others -- have there been any actual statements from the front office that lead us to the $125M that people keep quoting? Or is just a guess that people have speculated on, based on the notion that teams will spend less this year? I've asked this on a thread or two, but haven't had anyone respond.
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    Seeing Didi’s two-year deal following Semien’s larger one-year deal makes this contract look even better.
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    Concur. And the nice thing about signing Simmons is that that 11th man doesn't have to be able to play SS. With Donaldson's health, someone who features being a corner guy makes sense, which led me to Todd Frazier and would explain the Marwin rumors.
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    In honesty, I'm not that bothered by the notion of Kirilloff starting with a few weeks in St. Paul. I mean, I'm annoyed by the notion employers taking advantage of employees, but I think there's legitimate baseball reasons to do it. This is written without knowing the rest of the roster, and it assumes health on the part of everyone, but: It is true that he hasn't had any AAA at bats. If he's going to stumble a bit in going up a level, I'd rather it be on the east side of the river. It gives a couple weeks to explore whether Arraez can play a passable left field. Or Cave, if he's shown anything in camp. It gives opportunity to pick an opportunity for success for Kirilloff. Rather than opening day against opening day pitchers, and if buys the time they want, they could use the mid-April trip to Los Angeles and Oakland, for example. That's about as low-profile as one could get.Not saying I'd go that route. Just saying that it's defensible. It also does fit the pattern of this FO not tending to assume that a rookie will be a rookie at season start. It's for that reason that I think we'll still at least one, and perhaps two additional starting bats signed, with the idea that opportunities will arise for Kirilloff, Rooker, Larnach, Lewis, etc., when there are injuries and they've demonstrated that they are on top of their game in AAA.
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    Someone smarter than me will hopefully respond, but my understanding is that playoffs don't count toward service time. With a new collective bargaining agreement needed, there's a reasonable likelihood the rules will be changing as well, but I'll not be surprised if they go the "he still needs some seasoning" route for a few weeks.
  10. IndianaTwin
    I'm meeting some guys for breakfast on Saturday, but hoping to get home in time to see “Yeah-Yeah” (Luis Arraez), Timmy and Tommy (Tyler Duffey), “Squints” (Randy Dobnak), “Ham” (Mitch Garver), Benny “The Jet” (LaTroy Hawkins), Smalls (Thad Levine), Bertram (Devin Smeltzer) and Kenny DeNunez (Tommy Watkins) do a reading from The Sandlot. For having to settle for virtual, the lineup actually looks pretty good: https://www.mlb.com/twins/community/twinsfest
  11. IndianaTwin
    This isn't a takeaway, but more of a reminder that this is another example of why we shouldn't be getting our shorts in a wad when we don't see activity in November, December, and January. That's not the way this front office works. Perhaps I'm missing one of the larger transactions, but the average date on which Donaldson, Maeda, Cruz, Marwin, Lynn, Odo, and now Simmons were first acquired via trade or signing works out to Feb. 7. I'm guessing they aren't done.
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    Now they can sign Cruz to play left. Surrounded by Donaldson, Simmons and Buxton, he’d only have to cover about 20 square feet.
  13. IndianaTwin
    With how contracts for relievers have gone, it's hard to imagine Rosenthal or Colome coming this low, but I'd love to see splurging on one of those two in the $5-$6M range and then two from among these in the $2-$3M range: Jeremy Jeffress. Tyler Clippard. Joakim Soria. Mark Melancon. Darren O'Day Brandon Kintzler Along with a flyer on David Robertson and Steve Cishek or Pedro Strop on a minor league contract. While I'm at it, I'd give any of them a $250-$500 buyout on a second year. In my mind, I'd rather get a fistful of those guys for $10M than spend that much on one Hand. Young guys will still get their opportunities in a bullpen like that, but I'd rather not start the season with too many young guys getting their feet wet.
  14. IndianaTwin
    True. Though to be fair, Bauer did a lot more of his learning in the majors. Paxton pitched only three games in the majors before his age 25 season. Bauer's career stats are worsened quite a bit by having thrown more than 360 inning by that point. Compare the last five years and it's a different story, not even taking into account that Bauer was available for 827 innings during that time, while Paxton was only available for 588.
  15. IndianaTwin
    Did anyone from Elizabethton get retained in another position? Just before Thanksgiving, on a road trip through the area, we took a slight detour to drive past the park. Still had the Twins signage, but the only folks present were a couple of city employees doing grounds work. I was hoping to get a bargain basement E-Twins hat on clearance.
  16. IndianaTwin
    Odo, using the $2M saved for a Maeda-type deal with Mike Foltynewicz. If Folty gets the starts/innings to make for a bigger payday, that's a good problem to have.
  17. IndianaTwin
    Are you equating "significant" with "splashy"? Because the Maeda and Odo moves qualify as pretty significant to me. I think the strength of this FO is their ability to make under-the-radar moves. Pineda, Cruz, building up solid bullpens out of nothing, etc.
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    contract

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    First post? Great job -- you've captured the movie well.
  20. IndianaTwin
    As a northern Indianaer, it’s MLB Audio for the radio and the occasional TV game when they play the Sox. (Or all the East coast teams get rained out and one of the networks stoops to having to show one of the Midwestern teams besides the Cubs/Cardinals series.)
  21. IndianaTwin
    From Rotoworld.com. According to Robert Murray of FanSided, the Astros, Red Sox, Nationals and Twins are among the teams interested in free agent right-hander Alex Colome. Murray also notes that each franchise has individual ties to Colome, thanks to the presence of former Rays employees within each organization. The 32-year-old right-hander, who was with the Rays from 2013-2018, recorded a microscopic 0.84 ERA, 0.94 WHIP and 16/8 K/BB ratio over 21 1/3 innings while also converting 12 saves during the shortened 2020 campaign. There's still a chance that he could reunite with the White Sox, but he would be a logical fit as a high-leverage bullpen arm and potential short-term closing option with any of those potential suitors. The market for free agent relievers has been moving at a glacial pace, with very few notable signings, but there appears to be plenty of interest in Colome this offseason. The MLBTR guess is 1 year at $6M. I'm in. He's another guy that I'm more interested in than a 3-year deal on Hendricks, particularly if it comes with an option year.
  22. IndianaTwin
    Even Mrs. IT wanted to give this one a “like.”
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    Concur. I see this and will up it one. A forgotten guy is David Robertson. After being shut down from his TJS recovery in August, the hope was for him to still be ready by spring training. If he's still on target, I'd use a million or so of your savings to sign him, with similar bonuses (on games/innings pitched, rather than games finished) to what they used on Robles, along with an option for 2022.
  24. IndianaTwin
    Completely non-baseball-related, but with two young-adult sons in the mix, we name our cars to keep track of them. "Cory" and "Carl" were purchased from friends with those names, for example, and our current Nissan Murano has been dubbed "Rav 5," because it's a little bigger than the Rav 4 we were looking for. So, you may be interested in knowing that you share a name with one of the vehicles in the IT motor pool. After adding a manual transmission Accord to the fleet, we named that one "Stick." Which made it make logical to dub the automatic transmission Accord "Teflon." After all, it's non-stick.
  25. IndianaTwin
    Though technically, when one consider that "Fingers" is plural, Hand is, at best 2.5 times better. But that's still pretty good.
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