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  1. terrydactyls
    I think that any team that has an Ace, would not trade him unless the Ace were nearing retirement. But with a strong starting pitcher staff, they might be willing to trade a strong number 2 (with a chance to become a number 1) for the right price. Please refer to the brilliant comment above from Terrydactyls for an example. (Oh, wait a moment. That comment came from me!)
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    I would offer the Marlins the choice of any two out of Kepler, Arraez, and Polanco for Cabrera - as an initial position. If they ask for more, offer all three. Still not enough? Start adding surplus LH OFs until they say yes. The Twins would have to give up a lot but they also would not be depleting the farm system.
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    I have no problem with that!
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    I call b.s. on this. Have you never seen a SS run full speed for a pop-up in foul territory and end up wrapped around a guardrail? And I don't care if it's a pop-up or a screaming line drive. Running full speed and jumping for a ball remain the same. And just who were the "ample amount of capable OFers"? Garlic? Gordon? Larnach?
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    With Trevor Story going under the knife, the Red Sox have no shortstop. Kyle Farmer just went up in trade value.
  6. terrydactyls
    Enlow was dfa'd January 6th. Has he gotten through waivers unclaimed? If so, did the Twins sign him to a MiLB contract?
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    I looked around the internet for information about where the Marlins have weaknesses and the consensus is OF and 1B. (They only have one outfielder that hit over .225 in 2022. Kind of makes Kepler more interesting, eh?). So I propose Arraez, Kepler, Larnach, Balazovic, and Gordon for Cabrera or Luzardo, and Fulton. Then bring back Fulmer to confuse people and the off-season is over.
  8. terrydactyls
    I wasn't going anywhere. I was just curious how actual payroll is calculated.
  9. terrydactyls
    Question for John Bonnes Is this the exact same article title that you used last year? Sounds very familiar.
  10. terrydactyls
    Use either a crockpot or braise the crow. You always prepare a tough cut of meat slowly. And it goes well with fava beans and a nice chianti.
  11. terrydactyls
    I'm assuming the Twins will have some sort of insurance in case of a career-ending injury. So the impact would only be an overstated payroll. For example, if the Twins have a payroll of $130M for active players, their on-paper payroll would show up as $166.3M with insurance paying $33.3M (or less). I guess that's one way to increase payroll without actually spending any extra money. Regardless, I think it's a great signing with the least amount of risk.
  12. terrydactyls
    I have a question for those of you that know more than I do about the weird-a$$ financial/payroll rules using Correa as an example. If Correa were to suffer a career-ending injury in year 3 of the contract, the Twins are still liable for the remaining $33M/year until the six years are complete. This is correct, isn't it? But does that $33M still count towards the luxury tax even though Correa is no longer in baseball? (I understand that the Twins will never have to worry about the luxury tax. This just a question for a curious mind.)
  13. terrydactyls
    I live in Maine. You would think that would not be considered a Twins region. HOWEVER, I bought the single team MLB TV package a couple years ago and I was blacked out several times because of "regional" conflicts.
  14. terrydactyls
    Thanks for man-splaining what I said. But what I actually said was that they weren't a serious playoff contender. And, as for extensions, how about Miranda and Duran? And if Lewis, Kirilloff, Larnach, etc. prove to be solid, extend them before next season.
  15. terrydactyls
    My simple point is why should they spend nearly 25% of their budget on one person even though he probably still won't help the Twins make the playoffs? And to answer your last question, why do they have to spend their remaining budget on additional players? How about following the Atlanta model and offer extensions to players they already have?
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    Along these same lines, bringing back Correa essentially means the 2023 Twins will be the 2022 Twins plus one different catcher and a redundant LH outfielder. The Twins need career years and good health from a lot of players in order to be a .500 team. I'm starting to wonder if the desire to sign Correa shown by many on this site is fueled more by the "glory" of signing a big free agent than the hope for playoff success? The team has a lot of weaknesses at the moment and Correa doesn't solve most of them, and leaves the Twins with very little money and a mediocre farm system as tools for filling the holes.
  17. terrydactyls
    Out of curiosity, I gathered the height and weight data for all MLB shortstops who had 300 or more plate appearances (I used MLB.com and baseball-reference.com). The average height of this sample was just a shade under 6'1" and the average weight was 195 pounds. Brooks Lee seems to me to be an average size MLB SS.
  18. terrydactyls
    From Baseball Reference..... Brooks Lee:. 6'0" an 205 pounds Carlos Correa: 6'4" and 220 pounds Cal Ripken:. 6'4" and 200 pounds Alex Rodriguez: 6'3" and 230 pounds
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    Lee is smaller than Cal Ripken and Alex Rodriguez. They both did okay when they were in their 20's.
  20. terrydactyls
    When cherry picking stats from June 5th (or 6th - you used two different starting points), you state that he put up "stellar" overall numbers of .252/.343/.427 and against LH pitchers a "whopping" .245/.345/.479. First, I would say that neither of these slash lines is "stellar" or "whopping" and second, to me it seems that these numbers show a lower batting average against lefties, statistically the same on-base %, and a little higher slugging percentage (probably three to six additional XB hits). I fail to see any superiority to Garlic.
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    Question for Nick (and I really only want his opinion). In your write-up on Lee, you say that he is showing defensive ability that will allow him to play some SS at the major league level. I've read on this site many comments about his defense and they usually are just the opposite of yours. I have never seen him play (except for short clips used to prove a specific point). Have you actually seen him play enough to support your statement? I'm not disagreeing with you. I am just trying to find an informed evaluation of his ability rather than an opinion based on "I've heard that" or "many people say" reasoning. Thanks in advance.
  22. terrydactyls
    Why not? It only takes a minute to review your work. And we don't have to guess what you are trying to say.
  23. terrydactyls
    Is Kepler going deaf?
  24. terrydactyls
    Since the chart shows the Yankees getting the "goldilocks" ball from August to the end of the season, they only had 34 home games.
  25. terrydactyls
    This article raises questions about it's methodology and validity. They claim the "goldilocks" ball was only used in Yankee games. How did the Yankees get them into their road games? I think that the home team is responsible for providing the balls. If both teams provide balls, how did the Yankees get them into the game only when they were hitting? If the article meant at Yankee home games, wouldn't both teams get the benefit of using a non-dead ball? And if both teams use the "goldilocks" ball, how is that favoring the Yankees? While the usage of different balls is appalling, I don't think the Yankees received any help by this on the field. It may have helped the ownership a little if there was an increase in attendance because of the possible increase of offense; although the article does not mention what impact there was because of the usage of the "goldilocks" ball except to hint that the ball travelled further. And even then, the article doesn't provide any data on how much further the ball traveled. The usage of multiple types of baseballs by MLB is stupid but to say the Yankees benefited is unfair. And I haven't liked the Yankees since Yogi Berra retired.
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