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  1. IndianaTwin
    Do you know why the Star Wars came out in 4-5-6-1-2-3 order? In charge of scheduling, Yoda was.
  2. IndianaTwin
    After a long day at work, I love the distraction of being able to get on Twins Daily make the world go away.
  3. IndianaTwin
    Rooting for promising Twins pitchers has been the bane of my existence since I was a child.
  4. IndianaTwin
    And unfortunately, a few of our hitters are still dealing with projectile dysfunction.
  5. IndianaTwin
    Pretty much agree with all you've said, with a subtle adjustment. I think he's earned the right to be at the top of the pecking order as the 14th man, which is why it's significant not to burn his option this year. As in, plan the roster so that you don't need Castro, but recognize there will be very few days when you don't have at least one player on the IL. If you plan with Castro as your No. 13, he will most often be your 12th or 11th. I think he fits the "long-term plan." As in, the Twins emphasis on position flexibility means that their long-term plan will almost always include a place for a Castro-type in his Arb years, preferably with an option. A guy like this is disposable, not in the sense that he is bad, but in that that he will be disposed of when he reaches free agency, replaced by someone with a similar profile. For 2024 and maybe even 2025, he's the leading candidate for this role, but he'll be replaced by Castro 2.0 in a couple years.
  6. IndianaTwin
    Whew. I feared the headline was leading us to something about E.D.
  7. IndianaTwin
    You’d have a lot of nickels.
  8. IndianaTwin
    It’s an easy match, except for the whole part of them wanting something of value in return. And they particularly want MLB-ready pitching. So no, not really an easy match.
  9. IndianaTwin
    I'd put Polanco and Lewis at the top. Points to Polanco for stability and presence and to Lewis for upside. Tiebreaker to Polanco for his likely being available sooner. If it's 2022 Jose Miranda, I'd slot him next. They'd be followed by the two relievers, though I appreciate @GKuehl's reminder on Paddack. Not really sure that Gordon adds much to the mix. Topping them all would be the healthy return of Buxton.
  10. IndianaTwin
    In agreement, and to summarize... Twins likelihood of trading Correa > Cards likelihood of trading Arenado or Goldy
  11. IndianaTwin
    Nick's also correct about Goldschmidt. He has another year, and they are planning to compete next year. Their truly expiring contracts are six -- Wainwright, Montgomery, Flaherty, VerHagen, Stratton and Hicks. In order, that's a legend they won't trade, two starters we don't need, a below-average reliever on the IL and two guys pitching just under the level of Oliver Ortega's small sample size. If very cheap, sure, talk to them about Stratton and Hicks. With their starters, they are a nice trading partner for somebody, but probably not the Twins. If they are going to trade arbitration and pre-arb players, it's because they've got a glut of position players, perhaps even more than the Twins do -- DeJong, O'Neill, Edman, Carlson, Nootbaar, Gorman, Burleson, Walker, etc., with Winn and others on the way. There's some really attractive pieces in there. Again, probably for another team. Frankly, St. Louis is probably a better match for Cleveland than they are for us.
  12. IndianaTwin
    I had a similar thought after @jorgenswest's excellent point above and after looking at the schedule as well. Give him Friday or add him to the roster and Friday and give him Saturday. Either way, it gets them through that window and buys them most of two weeks to see how things play out and what it means for IL stints and the trade deadline.
  13. IndianaTwin
    No. On the basis of a reflective comment from a thoughtful dude who just reached a significant career milestone? Likely lose the clubhouse? Not to mention the fanbase? With the only team that has the potential to run away from the division? You're right that you don't make these decisions in a vacuum. Which is why you don't get worked up about a single comment from someone, particularly when the team knows him better than the reporter does. No.
  14. IndianaTwin
    Also, don't look now, but Buxton's has also surpassed 100 recently.* *Note that I didn't specify a direction in surpassing.
  15. IndianaTwin
    And don't look now, but Correa's OPS+ is approaching 100. He's batting .367 from the leadoff spot since "The Meeting." PS: For those frustrated with Correa's year to date, you should hear my friend the White Sox fan talking about Tim Anderson: Yesterday marked the one-year anniversary of his last homer, though he's only played 85 games in that stretch because of injury.
  16. IndianaTwin
    To enumerate Chief's comment about the bullpen being the difference... They went 13.0 innings with 7 hits and 3 walks (0.759 WHIP), giving up 2 runs (1.38 ERA) while striking out 11. I was on the radio, but I'm told one of hits, and thus one of the runs, was on a catchable ball.
  17. IndianaTwin
    I say, "No." From the OP... "...Jorge López smoothly ended the sixth with a first-pitch double-play lineout, but the seventh wasn't as kind. He walked a man, eventually giving him 2nd off a wild pitch. Then Zack Gelof plopped a ball between a galloping Kepler and a flailing Kirilloff, chopping off the all-important luxury run with one fortunate swing. "And so entered Jhoan Duran. He pitched on Friday and Saturday, but Rocco Baldelli decided to call upon his reliable workhorse for a third straight game." Missing is that Pagan cleaned up the mini-mess Lopez was in and pitched a spotless eighth. He also picked up Maeda in Friday night's game, with a walk and a whiff in 1.2 innings. It could be argued that he was the most outstanding member of an outstanding bullpen over the weekend
  18. IndianaTwin
    Will be interesting to see how they handle Keuchel. If the opt-out is indeed the 21st, and given that this is the 16th, can they throw him on Friday and then pick up the option after the game?
  19. IndianaTwin
    IT’s mom: “We’ll cross that bridge when we get to it.” Polanco only started his rehab assignment today, and they’ve said that it will be “lengthy.” By the time he returns other transactions will likely have happened, whether injury or trade that will open up the at bats needed.
  20. IndianaTwin
    I also noted that all nine hitters got on base at least once. Farmer with the McBat (Missed Cycle By A Triple).
  21. IndianaTwin
    I know it's Oakland and that the Twins followed up a sweep of KC with the Baltimore debacle, but that's 15 runs in two games out of the break. It's also 9.1 innings with five hits and three walks (0.857 WHIP), one run and nine whiffs out of the bullpen. The starters struggled in the two games, obviously, but given that that's the strength of this team, I like the two-for-two start. It's nice to get a couple wins when it's the offense and bullpen picking up the starters. EDIT to add: We're not the only team struggling with Baltimore right now. They've won seven straight.
  22. IndianaTwin
    He was already hurt and had only played in two of the last four games before the break. Apparently several days off didn't do the trick. Also from https://www.mlb.com/twins/news/twins-injuries-and-roster-moves: "The Twins' skipper said it's a continuation and flare-up of the shoulder soreness that originally presented in Spring Training and kept Miranda out of the World Baseball Classic."
  23. IndianaTwin
    From https://www.mlb.com/twins/news/twins-injuries-and-roster-moves: "Rocco Baldelli said after the game that Miranda will be placed on the 10-day IL. ... Though the Twins have not made any official indication, the expectation is that outfielder Matt Wallner will join the Twins in Oakland on Saturday."
  24. IndianaTwin
    Call it an ugly win, but it was pretty beautiful that Pagan, Balazovic, Moran and Jax combined for five shutout innings when it was vastly needed, There was nary a threat on a hit and two walks against four strikeouts.
  25. IndianaTwin
    Matthew Boyd is also on the 60-day IL. I think he’s done for the year.
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