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  1. tarheeltwinsfan
    I read this article and found the stats for Abreu's past performances to have been very impressive. But I have doubts about his future performances. Also the Twins promising young players need experience and can't get much of that by watching from the bench or playing in St. Paul. Therefore I am not interested in attempting to sign an aging veteran DH, who only hit 15 home runs last year and who won't play in the field, but if he does, can only play at the one position where the Twins have three (3) promising young players, all of whom need to play on a regular basis. Plus the Twins would be paying a high salary based on Abreu's past performances, which appear to be declining. Sorry, but I can't see the justification for this proposed signing.
  2. tarheeltwinsfan
    A catcher and a shortstop. What is the difference. Cardenas is a promising prospect at catcher. But unfortunately he may be the only one in the Twins system. Noah Miller is an interesting prospect at shortstop, and he is one of four really highly ranked Twins prospect shortstops (Lewis, Lee, Martin and Miller). I posted earlier that the lack of catching prospects may be intentional by the FO. The FO may feel the catchers are too injury prone or unpredictable to waste high draft picks on them. I feel sure that the wealth of shortstop prospects is intentional by the FO. Possibly the Twins lack of catching prospects is not a coincident. Perhaps it is intentional. If a player can be a good SS, then he can play other, less demanding positions, such as 3B, 2B, 1B and probably OF. So it is good to have lots of SS prospects. But it is rare for a catcher to be able to play other positions, with Josh Donaldson and Justin Morneau coming to mind as rare exceptions.
  3. tarheeltwinsfan
    Good point Mike.
  4. tarheeltwinsfan
    If, as reported, there was more interest in Pagan, than Urshela, then please FO, trade Pagan for some young prospects.
  5. tarheeltwinsfan
    I agree Mike. Jeffers is one answer, but the Twins need two more catchers (one on the major league team and one at AAA, besides Farmer, who can catch in a pinch. I noticed the Yankees young catcher, Antonio Gomez was left off the Yankees 40 man roster, making him available to be claimed by the Twins. His arm is rated as a 70. He also has a very quick delivery. His single A hitting stats are average, but he struck out way too much (100 times), but he is only 21. Teach him to bunt and he couldn't be worse than Sandy Leon. But he would not have Leon's experience behind the plate. He only played single A last year (hit .252 with 8 HR OPS .701), but is 6 foot 2 and 210 so he should gain power as he matures. One article I read stated he was the best catching defender in the Yankees system. Since this is a huge weakness in the Twins farm system, and on the Twins major league team, what are the arguments why the Twins should/should not grab him?
  6. tarheeltwinsfan
    Congratulations to Luis Arraez for a well deserved honor. I am so glad he is a Minnesota Twin.
  7. tarheeltwinsfan
    I'm thankful for Twins Daily and for spring training at Ft. Myers.
  8. 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.
  9. 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.
  10. tarheeltwinsfan
    Or maybe Rod Carew.
  11. tarheeltwinsfan
    I absolutely love that kind of baseball.
  12. 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.
  13. tarheeltwinsfan
    Excellent analysis Doc.
  14. tarheeltwinsfan
    Good point. I wouldn't bet against him winning another batting title next year. He is a special player and person.
  15. tarheeltwinsfan
    Excellent post.
  16. tarheeltwinsfan
    I'm not too interested in any OF signing or trade, unless it is Aaron Judge.
  17. tarheeltwinsfan
    Sorry but I must say Noooooooooooooo to this. Luis is a fan favorite, and the Twins fans need him to stay in Minnesota.
  18. 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.
  19. tarheeltwinsfan
    Those Severino stats are incorrect.
  20. 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.
  21. 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".
  22. tarheeltwinsfan
    As if the Twins should be trading "pitching depth" to the Mets. LOL
  23. tarheeltwinsfan
    Good move. Awesome utility player. He's even a third string catcher. Sign Correa.
  24. 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?
  25. tarheeltwinsfan
    Pagan may be undaunted by his failure, but it daunts the hell out of me.
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