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  1. USAFChief
    Truer words have never been spoken, Master Chief. I wonder how many times I'll need to learn that lesson.
  2. USAFChief
    Relax. I'm on board as a silent partner and, don't wanna brag, but I bring another 2 or 3 thousand liquid cash to the table. Provided, of course, Mrs Chief doesn't catch wind of this.
  3. USAFChief
    Yes.
  4. USAFChief
    Until MLB establishes a firm salary cap, ensuring league wide ability to compete, it'll continue to bleed customers. If it takes breaking the MLBPA to do it, so much the better.
  5. USAFChief
    Ah, the "pitching pipeline." Never gets old.
  6. USAFChief
    AVG/OBP/SLG are irrelevant to FWAR. A pitcher who gives up 10 runs on 12 hits in an inning, with no home runs, but ends up with 3 Ks and no walks, is considered to have pitched a perfect inning by FIP. Regardless if the defense is good, bad, or indifferent, by the way.
  7. USAFChief
    Right. But they aren't reflected in FIP. Because fWAR ignores defense. (Except for infield pop-ups, for some reason .) So, while I agree the Twins were a poor defensive team in 2024, that's irrelevant to anything fWAR related for pitchers. FWAR doesn't care if Colorado turned 1 million double plays and the Twins zero. And just another reason fWAR is a really poor way to measure pitchers.
  8. USAFChief
    False. fWAR for pitchers ignores defense. Completely. That's kinda the point of FIP. Except, of course....for infield fly balls. Which fWAR treats as strikeouts. For some odd reason. Of course...when just calculating regular old FIP, they DON'T treat infield fly balls as K's. Weird, to be kind. Like I said, fWAR for pitchers is...a poor measure. https://library.fangraphs.com/war/calculating-war-pitchers/
  9. USAFChief
    bWAR for pitchers uses RA9.
  10. USAFChief
    fWAR is intended to be a backward looking measure. Using "Ignore what actually happened. This is what we THINK should have happened" seems to me like a poor method of measuring what happened. And that's fWAR for pitching. "What we think should have happened."
  11. USAFChief
    fWAR is a ridiculously poor way to measure pitching.
  12. USAFChief
    Not a HOFer, but easily one of my all time favorite Twins. A winner. The kind of player you need, and the kind of player I happily pay to see.
  13. USAFChief
    It's become really difficult to carry a rule 5 catcher on the 26 man roster. Any position player is difficult, because the guy has to play. You only have 13 spots. You can get away with that if the guy is a spare outfielder, or maybe a middle infielder. Carrying 3 catchers for any length of time is just too hard. They're not losing a C, particularly the low talent ones left unprotected.
  14. USAFChief
    Raya and Travis Adams added. Nobody else.
  15. USAFChief
    Like everything Twins related lately, even Randball appears to be phoning it in with a half hearted attempt at remaining relevant.
  16. USAFChief
    4th?
  17. USAFChief
    His contract is guaranteed either way
  18. USAFChief
    Wow. Might be the all time worst trade proposal* in TD history. *non Brian Duensing category
  19. USAFChief
    The trade made the 2024 Twins weaker. That much cannot be refuted. As I and a few others said at the time.
  20. USAFChief
    I don't understand the love for Miranda as a regular first baseman. What is the best case scenario there? .750 OPS? That's gonna get us back into the postseason??
  21. USAFChief
    Martin is extremely unlikely to ever have much value in the big leagues. He has no defensive value, and isn't never going to have an impact bat. He can and probably will be a part time bench player for a few years because he'll be cheap and roughly equivalent to a couple hundred similar guys floating around the margins of pro ball. Not the type of player who actually drives any kind of long term success. Just another example of why "top 50 overall prospect" is way overrated by many fans.
  22. USAFChief
    A few teams always ending up with the best players is GOOD for baseball? Holy cow that's a bad take. Incredibly bad.
  23. USAFChief
    Can they get the roof replaced in time for opening day, even if they start now? That seems to me like more than a six month project.
  24. USAFChief
    Losing Kepler is the least of the Twins issues. Not even worth this article.
  25. USAFChief
    March to May and September through November are the busiest times in Vegas. But it doesn't really matter. Baseball will do great in Vegas.
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