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  1. IndianaTwin
    That's incomplete information. Line 36 explains why you would not ask for the entire amount to be refunded right now. For some people, it's going to make sense to have all or a portion of the refund applied to the following year's estimated taxes. Which I think is the primary gripe that some readers have with the OP -- it makes declarative statements without all the information. The OP might be an accurate read. It might not be. But we don't have the information to say "Cutting payroll matters more than building for the future."
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    I would simplify the summary... By definition, trading two or so months of expiring contracts in a losing season didn't really cost them anything of value. Unless I missed one, the only future years of control they traded away were a year of Berrios, a year of Pressley and two years of Faucher. For that, they received Ryan, Duran, SWR, Littell, and assorted riffraff/fillers like Martin, Celestino, Alcala, Smeltzer and Forsyth. Two pieces of the riffraff (Fraley, Sisk) became part of trades that netted Maeda and Taylor. Seems like the Twins have been overall winners when they were in sell mode. (I'd even go as far as suggesting that their overall success in sell mode has been much greater than the cumulative losses incurred when in buy mode.)
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    I’d guess he saw something and went on his own. Veteran smart players get the trust from their manager to take a shot when they see something.
  4. IndianaTwin
    With some outings like this scattered in, it will be interesting to see what kind of contract gets if he remains healthy.
  5. IndianaTwin
    I’m guessing someone has.
  6. IndianaTwin
    Ober-Ryan-Matthews-SWR-Paddack. They’ve rarely (if ever) skipped guys to keep someone on four days rest, though if you were going to do it, Ryan is the one to do so with.
  7. IndianaTwin
    That would be a good feeling.
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    He pitched on Friday night and is not listed as the probably for either today or tomorrow in St. Paul. He hasn’t been on the IL very long. Given the circumstances, I suspect he’s activated for Friday night off of just one rehab start.
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    Ober pitched on Friday, so if they deem him ready, I’d think they give him Friday and then have Ryan on Saturday and Matthews on Sunday. Why hold Ober off until Sunday and have Ryan and Matthews on four days rest with Ober on eight when you can have Ober on six and Ryan and Matthews on five.
  10. IndianaTwin
    Or vice versa in this case, if the next batter had hit the 2-run jimmie-jack, the runs that scored on Lewis's ball would have been earned, but no one gets the RBIs for them. Lewis's would have been still been unearned, with that batter getting two RBIs.
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    With the bullpen usage of the last two nights, one wonders whether Adams has been called up in part to cover a potential short outing from Paddack. I also see that Ober is not listed as the starter for either today or tomorrow in St. Paul, leading me to think that his rehab assignment may be just the one start he made on Friday.
  12. IndianaTwin
    With the exception of Lewis's second fielder's choice, which was a fight-it-off-and-get-out-of-way doinker up the 1B line. 😀 But he hustled down the line, which was a factor in the pitcher throwing it away. It would have been easy to not run or to give himself up and get tagged.
  13. IndianaTwin
    The bases were loaded. The first run would have scored on the out at first, so it was earned and Lewis got the RBI. The two additional runs scored because a) the second baseman backed up the throw too closely and b) the right fielder didn't bother to back up the throw and had to chase the ball down in the corner. Those runs were unearned and Lewis didn't get RBIs for those.
  14. IndianaTwin
    Fielder's choice, bases-loaded walk, fielder's choice. The first fielder's choice was a fairly hard shot to the 3B's left that could have been ruled a hit. The second was a dribbler with the bases loaded that the pitcher threw away. Three runs scored on the play, but he only got credit for one RBI.
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    The Royals will be his 14th team. The article says it's his 23rd season, but he debuted in 2005, so this is his 21st season. Looking at his baseball-reference page is pretty fascinating. He's played 20 years, but only had a bWAR above 1.6 on three occasions. He's been a starter the vast majority of the time, but only 90 career wins, primarily because he's been healthy enough to start more than 16 games in only nine of those seasons. Six of the seven seasons in which he started at least 20 games came at age 36 and later. He's had some seasons when he's been the ultimate LOOGY, including one year when he pitched in 16 games and totaled 16 outs (5.1 innings). That year, in 4 of his 16 games, he didn't get a single out, including a day when he pitched in both ends of a double header. In Game 1, he gave up a hit and two walks to his three batters and in Game 2, he walked his only batter on five pitches, one of which was wild. That was his only day with the Angels. They dropped him and the Yankees picked him up, where he managed to plunk the only batter he faced in his first outing with the team. In 16 games, he faced 29 batters. In eight of the games, it was just one batter. His transaction record says he was "Granted free agency" on 14 different occasions. In his first 10 seasons, he had a combined bWAR of 3.7 and he still got 10 more seasons after that. Oh, to be left-handed and breathing.
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    In addition to photos like the one from above, I’ve also gotten some amazing sunset photos from the upper deck in right field. And yes, I’ve also gotten lower level seats in the RF corner and spent the evening looking into the sun.
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    All in all, guys that DON'T need fixing don't tend to be available for $50-$100k in cash considerations.
  18. IndianaTwin
    Probably not. See https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/MIN/2025-lineups.shtml With the players in the Twins system right now, the only "regulars" at any position are: Buxton will play CF almost every day he's healthy. Correa will play SS almost every day he's healthy. Vazquez and Jeffers will alternate at C. Lewis has a long leash, but for now, will play 3B almost every day he's healthy. Beyond that, there are eight players to play five positions. Aside from France, all of them play at least one position and none of them (including France) has demonstrated that they are so far above everyone else that they will play nearly every day at one spot. France was seen as deserving of a bullet in the previous list, but with him declining some and Clemens playing better than expected, it seems likely that 1B will be a shared role or that France will reclaim the nearly full-time role. They can't afford the roster spot of having Clemens as a full-time 1B if it means that France is a full-time backup, given that he doesn't play anywhere else and they haven't DHed him. (And note -- this may or may not be my preference, but it reflects the reality of the current roster. As LAV notes above, the scenario changes with Keaschall's return. As it does with any injury or return from the IL.)
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    Benny Agbayani. In 2000, the Mets played the Cubs in one of those early season Japan games. Agbayani hit an 11th-inning pinch hit grand slam to win the game. We had our fantasy draft on the night before the “regular” season started and had decided that the Japan games would count for stats. Late in the draft, I picked him up for the grand slam. After the first week I waived him, since he wasn’t expected to play. He ended up playing quite a bit and finished with 15 homers and 60 RBIs, which in our pretty deep league is a solid showing for a fourth or fifth outfielder. May Bruin similarly exceed expectations. May the Twins not give up on him too quickly.
  20. IndianaTwin
    Add Clemens and Sands as Arb 1. But Paddack, Vazquez, Castro and Coulombe take nearly $27MM off the books. Correa gets a $5MM pay cut. Bader has a $10MM mutual option, but those are rarely exercised. Topa has a $2MM team option. That’s not much, but at this point, I’m not sure that he’s earned having it picked up.
  21. IndianaTwin
    Don't know how many kids you have, but you need more. And start celebrating half-birthdays as well. (And if it wasn't your own kid, you need more friends with kids.)
  22. IndianaTwin
    He’d pitched in 43 career games when this screen shot was pulled last night. I think you are misreading the format. The 41 games in the first line and the 41 in the second line are the same games. And then in 33 of those games he’s at least started through the lineup a third time and one time got to a fourth time. (Which also refutes the theory that Rocco “never lets SWR face a batter the third time,” given it’s happened more than 80 percent of the time. I assume that his two relief appearances were as a bulk pitcher after an opener, since he got to the third time through in both of those as well.)
  23. IndianaTwin
    Puckett was picked in the January draft. I suspect this is only looking at the June drafts. It would be interesting to see what other picks from the January draft have been significant. Best pick in the late rounds is Hrbek in the 17th, and you could say that even if you defined the "late picks" as starting in the fourth round. At worst, he's their third-best pick ever, behind only Mauer and Blyleven (with the caveat of not counting Puckett's January selection).
  24. IndianaTwin
    The Autumnians have been more successful in October.
  25. IndianaTwin
    Ricardo Olivar likes me on holidays. Last year on Mother’s Day in South Bend, I saw him triple in the winning runs in the top of the 10th. This year on Father’s Day, I saw him homer in Wichita.
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