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  1. IndianaTwin
    Yes, to the request for captions. And if that's Mays, it has to be from early in his career. Later, he used a Wilson.
  2. IndianaTwin
    If Lewis is on the list, should Canterino be as well? He’s on the 40-man, whereas Festa, Raya and Lewis are not.
  3. IndianaTwin
    Amen, @Nashvilletwin. All offseason, many have been honked off that the Twins stated last fall that the payroll was going down. As armchair accountants, many of us have claimed that it didn't need to, blah, blah, blah, without truly having an understanding of their finances and where they are going in years to come. It may or may not have needed to go down. I don't know about that, but I generally trust people who have more information over those who have less. But if they were going to choose to have it go down, it makes total sense to name that to the public in advance. It's a truism of public relations that you want to be transparent when presenting bad news. Look at it another way, folks. If they hadn't announced that spending would be down, the natural assumption on TD is likely that it's going to increase. If it was $159M last year, folks here would be assuming that this year would be $165M or more. Can you imagine how freaked people would be at this point if they were expecting $165M and we ended up where we are now?
  4. IndianaTwin
    All food needs to be sold in plastic helmets, because let's face it, all food tastes better when it's served that way. Seriously, these are great ideas. The kids free suggestions provides a challenge in that they need to be ticketed in some way, but the ridiculous bargains of old ($28 gets four tickets, four sodas, four dogs, etc.) would go a long way.
  5. IndianaTwin
    I'm not doubting that Tampa Bay had a great bullpen and used it effectively, but I'm not convinced by the stats that this was their intention. The reason they only had one starter over 120 innings is that Glasnow and McClanahan only made 21 starts each due to injury. Give them another 10 starts like Eflin had, and they are also in the 160-180 inning range The three of them averaged 5.6 innings in the games they did start, not a particularly unusual number. Additionally, a key reason they were low in the innings per start category as a team is that they used an Opener quite a bit. All you have to do is take out the 14 games started by Jalen Beeks and Shawn Armstrong, where they went a total of 26.2 innings and their 4.8 innings per start becomes more than 5.1. It looks like they had other guys who were used as Openers on occasion as well. As to the Twins, Lopez threw 194 innings and Ryan and Ober were each over 160 last year, if you count Ober's minor league starts. If they are healthy, there's no reason to think they won't match those. If you're saying that it's good to have a strong bullpen in case your Nos. 4 and 5 starters don't go as long as the top three guys, that doesn't seem particularly novel.
  6. IndianaTwin
    I'm not sure Boras's willingness to do an extension on a nearly 34-year-old player with 13 years of experience is a helpful comparative indicator.
  7. IndianaTwin
    Add me as a PNC raver. It's been a few years since I've been there, so I don't know current ticket prices (though given that it's the Pirates, they shouldn't have increased too much!), but it's the one place where I splurge for a higher-priced ticket somewhere behind home plate. The view from there is worth the extra Bucs (see what I did there?).
  8. IndianaTwin
    Rones are red, Violets are blue. White Sox suck, That’s all that comes through.
  9. IndianaTwin
    People see 2024 Paddack and 2023 Maeda and consider it a wash, because both are coming back from TJS, but there are three significant differences. Paddack is eight years younger. More importantly, he’s four months further removed from his TJS, and his rehab went well enough that he actually pitched at the end of last year. Said another way, on Opening Day, Paddack will be just over a month short of the second anniversary of his surgery. Based on what we saw last year, I think Paddack is going to much closer to full strength on Opening Day than Maeda was a year ago. Will Paddack make it the full season? Who knows, but through his first four starts with the Twins (before the short start that led to the surgery), he had a 3.15 ERA.
  10. IndianaTwin
    Kansas City: I prefer https://www.arthurbryantsbbq.com/ over https://gatesbbq.com/, but you can't go wrong with either. There are others on the scene that are trendier, but these are the earliest entries in the John Deere vs. Farmall-type discussions. Also, Arthur Bryant's is right around the corner from the Negro League Baseball Museum, a must-see if you haven't been there yet (and worth a revisit if you have). As stadia go, I give Kauffman major props for having modernized in a way that doesn't detract, but rather adds, to the ambience. I hope to make a return trip there this summer to commemorate the Golden Anniversary of my first major league baseball game as a kid. Alas, the Royals are on the road July 13, so I'll have to choose an alternate date. Milwaukee: Folks on TD have mixed feelings on this park. I will say that of all the MLB parks, I have found this one to be the most accessible for someone with a physical limitation/mobility challenges. If that's a factor for you, know that you will be in good stead here.
  11. IndianaTwin
    The difference is a stop-and-start in the two inning appearance, along with an extra warmup time with an additional eight pitches. It's been 45 years since I've thrown anything but a batting practice pitch, so I can't speak from experience, but teams seem to consider that factor seriously and try to avoid it. Only going from memory, it seems like when outings last from one inning to the next, it's much more often that they have finished and inning and then get a full inning (and probably on less than the top end of your 5-9 range) than it is to pitch even a short full inning and then go back out to start the next. They seem very reluctant to send out a pitcher (other than perhaps a starter) without the plan that they will pitch the full inning.
  12. IndianaTwin
    What's the purpose of the internet if not to speculate on things without complete information? /s
  13. IndianaTwin
    Correct -- someone can be put on the 60-day at the beginning of spring training, but the 60-day calendar itself doesn't start until Opening Day.
  14. IndianaTwin
    Of note is that the 48 games from Headrick/Sands/Winder produced 82 innings, so it's not really fair to compare that to Lopez's 37 games that produced 35.1 innings. Rather than calling someone a "stretch" reliever, I prefer to think of him as No. 8. The reality is that there's always going to be games when the bullpen is relatively tired and/or the game has gotten out of hand, so you want someone to pitch the ninth and/or eighth who isn't going to negatively affect the next game or two. The No. 8 role also has another function, which is to audition for the No. 7, 6, 5... role. Whether you talk about Duran, Jax, Stewart or Thielbar, none came into their current role immediately. They worked themselves up the food chain. The place to start is No. 8. Prove yourself and you can become No. 7, 6, 5... Even if you look back at Duran, four of his first seven appearances went 2.0 innings and nearly all were pretty low leverage. He moved up the ladder quickly, but he started out on a low rung. Others have followed the same trajectory, even if they didn't move as quickly or as high as Duran. Sure, the preference is to have eight lights-out guys who could all step in to pitch two shut-down innings, but that's not going to happen. There's always going to be an eighth guy in the pen. What the Twins have done in pursuing depth is put themselves into position to have a better No. 8 than they have had in the past. (Also, aren't indications that Canterino and Woods Richardson will be in St. Paul, working as starters, knowing that they need a No. 8, 9, 10 on that side as well?)
  15. IndianaTwin
    So what you are alluding to is that Miami will skillfully and cunningly avoid making the playoffs? But you think they are being delusionary and will make it anyway?
  16. IndianaTwin
    Five, actually. 3, 6, 28, 29, 36
  17. IndianaTwin
    Splitting hairs, but Farmer’s is a mutual option, which is rarely exercised by both. Also, add Dobnak’s $3M. I agree with what I think is your overall point, however, that the decline this year is reflective of significant increases next year.
  18. IndianaTwin
    I heard the reason it was rejected was that the heft required to publish the book brought concern it could be a dangerous projectile.
  19. IndianaTwin
    Not to mention that, if I understand it correctly, any guy they picked up on waivers has already made it past a bunch of teams once. Times can change and a team could reconsider, but for the most part, they are just needing to sneak the guy past a few of the teams, teams that in theory are stronger teams.
  20. IndianaTwin
    Are you referencing the Twins 60 day opening up? If so, who? It seems like the first time in a few years that we don't have someone headed that way as soon as needed.
  21. IndianaTwin
    And Randy Dobnak. 😀 I do suspect they'll sign another body or two. Even if they don't pull a Keuchel and earn a callup, they are needed to keep the "real" prospects on schedule in terms of days off, etc.
  22. IndianaTwin
    To summarize... Duran Jax Stewart Thielbar Funderburk Jackson Staumont Duarte Topa Alcala Balazovic Winder And a lot of those have options. I get that relievers are volatile, but that's a lot of possibilities that have had some level of MLB success, plus a couple at the end who seem to have potential. Beyond that... In looking at this list, I'm not too hung up on exposing Balazovic to waivers if it comes to that. I don't see how you add Varland to that list when doing so currently means SWR as the No. 6 option as a starter. Related, have we had any AAAA starters added on minor league contracts yet?
  23. IndianaTwin
    I guess I'm not understanding the need to search for a RH batting outfielder. I mean, yes, if you look at the roster, Buxton is the only pure RH hitter in the outfield listing, but the infield can easily be all RH if they want to play platoon, and we know the C will be as well. With only 13 position players, you need a lot of switch hitters to create an entire platoon lineup. Ain't gonna happen. And given the preponderance of right-handed pitchers, if you're going to err, err on the side of having too many LH batters. Facing a lefty, all you need to do is put Farmer at 2B and the switch-hitting Castro in one of the corners, and you've got seven righties: Jeffers/Vazquez (c), Santana (1b), Farmer (2b), Correa (ss), Lewis (3b), Buxton (cf) and the switch-hitting Castro (lf/rf). That leaves two from Kepler, Wallner, Kirilloff (or even Julien) to have the other corner outfield spot and DH. And shucks, if it's Vazquez's day to catch, you could even use Jeffers as the DH and have eight righties. (To anticipate the question, what about Buxton getting hurt? Well, Castro plays CF against lefties, so you might have three LH batters in the lineup, rather than just two. But if's that big of a deal and Martin is pounding the ball, he's also an option to bring up.)
  24. IndianaTwin
    Waiting is not allowed on the internet. One must make a strong and immediate opinion and then yell it loudly. /s
  25. IndianaTwin
    Or they think it’s more likely they can sneak Jensen through waivers than Balazovic. After all, a good number of teams have already passed once on Jensen.
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