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  1. tarheeltwinsfan
    Your theory on aging. starting pitchers is sound. Eovaldi will be 33 this February. He is a bit too old, according to this aging pitcher theory. I suspect. I have long thought that the Twins needed to promote starters/relievers from the minor leagues sooner, rather than later. Now based on your article, I see that promoting pitchers earlier from the Twins minor leagues might work better. Get some good smart veteran catchers to call the pitches and get some heat throwing young pitchers who can throw the pitches where the smart catchers tell them to throw the pitches. Sounds like a plan. And get Chase Petty back. This article is why the Twins should stop trading good young pitching prospects, who are like a box of chocolates, you never know what you are going to get.
  2. tarheeltwinsfan
    Arraez has played 4 years in the majors. He has a career batting average of .314 with an average annual OPS of .784. Carew's career batting average after his 1st 4 years in the majors was .310 with an average annual OPS of .798. Notew: I figured OPS by adding each OPS for the 4 years and divided by 4. I realize this is not accurate but is close enough to make my point. In this figure, Carew's OPS the first 4 years is skewed upward, because in his 4th year he only had 191 AB's with an OPS of .931. Therefore Carew's actual OPS (if I knew how to figure his OPS for his first 4 years) would be even closer to Arraez's OPS. Arraez has 14 home runs and Carew had 21 his first 4 years. Both seem to be hitters who can and do hit to all fields. Neither hits for power. One difference is that while Carew had struck out 262 times in 1,624 at bats his first 4 years, Arraez has only struck out 131 (exactly half of Carew's number) times in 1,413 at bats. Carew had 111 walks during his first 4 years and Arraez has 137 walks. Carew had 91 doubles ( with 200 more at bats) and Arraez has 77. All in all, these figures seem to suggest that at the same stage (first 4 years) of their careers, Carew and Arraez are very similar.
  3. tarheeltwinsfan
    Or maybe Rod Carew.
  4. tarheeltwinsfan
    I absolutely love that kind of baseball.
  5. tarheeltwinsfan
    I have chosen a sentence in the above article by author Matt Braun as MBTDS 2022 (Most Beautiful Twins Daily Sentence of 2022). I challenge you, dear readers, to read Matt's award winning sentence out loud, and enjoy the depth of literation rarely witnessed in sports writing these days. Matt's sentence is as follows: "The Great Carlos Correa Question, remains unanswered, and until his pen touches paper once again, the Twins' shortstop position will operate with split-pea soup haziness." Mercy, that is some fine writing.
  6. tarheeltwinsfan
    Excellent analysis Doc.
  7. tarheeltwinsfan
    Good point. I wouldn't bet against him winning another batting title next year. He is a special player and person.
  8. tarheeltwinsfan
    Excellent post.
  9. tarheeltwinsfan
    I'm not too interested in any OF signing or trade, unless it is Aaron Judge.
  10. tarheeltwinsfan
    Sorry but I must say Noooooooooooooo to this. Luis is a fan favorite, and the Twins fans need him to stay in Minnesota.
  11. tarheeltwinsfan
    Seth, Thank you for this great article. Also thanks for listing the minor league all stars from previous years. There were some lean years but then the position players started improving and now I can see improvement in pitching. You do an awesome job reporting on the minor leaguers in the Twins system. I highly doubt any other major league team has such an effective reporter covering their minor leaguers.
  12. tarheeltwinsfan
    Those Severino stats are incorrect.
  13. tarheeltwinsfan
    Excellent article Nick. You present quite the conundrum. Spring training should give us some initial answers. But April will give us more answers. By the middle of May, we should know a lot more about where Maeda stands. I really do enjoy watching Maeda pitch a baseball game. He is an intelligent pitcher with excellent control. I hope for his sake and for the Twins' sake that 2023 is a huge success for Maeda.
  14. tarheeltwinsfan
    I would say to the FO that any chance to trade for Elvis has "Blue Bayou". So "Don't Be Cruel" to us fans. Sign Carlos Correa because "It's Now or Never".
  15. tarheeltwinsfan
    As if the Twins should be trading "pitching depth" to the Mets. LOL
  16. tarheeltwinsfan
    Good move. Awesome utility player. He's even a third string catcher. Sign Correa.
  17. tarheeltwinsfan
    I am pleasantly surprised by the Twins farm system high ranking (number 6). I noticed Petty was ranked a tier 3 and Steer was a tier 2 for the Reds. Even though Cleveland had success with the youngest team in the majors last year, the Cleveland team still ranks better than the Twins with their farm system. Tigers looked pretty good, but not the other AL Central teams. And don't get me started about the Dodgers. That's just not fair. By the way, I wonder if it is the Twins policy to not grow catchers in the Twins farm system? If so, why?
  18. tarheeltwinsfan
    Pagan may be undaunted by his failure, but it daunts the hell out of me.
  19. tarheeltwinsfan
    He runs and throws faster than Willians Astudillo.
  20. tarheeltwinsfan
    I agree 100 %.
  21. tarheeltwinsfan
    Did you realize that Farmer has player 19 major league games at catcher? His was a good fielding infielder at SS the last 2 years. The man can play just about anywhere.
  22. tarheeltwinsfan
    TD makes the off season fun. Thank you to all the posters and writers at TD. We can all play like we are the GM for the Twins. This is better than Gilligan's Island reruns.
  23. tarheeltwinsfan
    Falvey is no clown. You may disagree with this move, however many posters here, including me, have praised the move, as a wise money move to help the Twins hire more help at positions which are more bare for the Twins than 3B.
  24. tarheeltwinsfan
    Hmmm. Interesting. Plus Miranda is training with Correa this off season.
  25. tarheeltwinsfan
    Yes and no.
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