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  1. USAFChief
    The reason Santana will get plenty of ABs against RH'd pitching is, the Twins are short one bat. Whether Kirilloff is at 1st and Santana at DH, or vice versa is irrelevant. Both are likely to play most games against RH pitching. Santana wasn't signed just to play 1st against LH pitching.
  2. USAFChief
    You seem at odds with yourself.
  3. USAFChief
    FTFY
  4. USAFChief
    Death, taxes, and MLR whining about spending. Inevitable.
  5. USAFChief
    I think you might have that backwards, Mike. You can have the stars align and win big for a season or two without spending in the top 10-ish. Even win a WS. But "sustained success" takes a big payroll. By sustained success, I mean years-decades-of good teams, almost every year. The Yankees haven't had a losing season record since 1992. Dodgers twice since 2000. Houston, Atlanta. To be good, long term, you need to pay for players. It's next to impossible to consistently develop enough young talent. Tampa possibly being the exception that proves the rule.
  6. USAFChief
    "Carry" Paddack for 2 weeks while not pitching him? Why would they voluntarily play with effectively a 25 man roster?
  7. USAFChief
    Maybe take your own advice.
  8. USAFChief
    My guess is Joe Pohlad (not "the owner" BTW...the "executive chair") got his ears boxed for spending too much in 2023, and the family took back more profit for 2024.
  9. USAFChief
    Agreed, with one minor sticking point. Carl Pohlad bought 94% of Minnesota Twins stock in 1984 for ~$43.5M, not $32M. Calvin Griffith got $32M for his 52% share of the franchise, a group of Tampa Bay investors got roughly $11.5M for their 42% stake.
  10. USAFChief
    The Pohlad family bought the Twins franchise for $44M. It's now worth roughly $1.5B. And some here want to claim they're not regularly making pretty decent profits? I don't believe it. And I don't believe there was a single reason the Twins "needed" to drop ~$40M from the payroll this year. The TV money is down less than $10M. Actually much less, more like ~$5M, since half their local TV money goes to MLB, where it's combined with all 29 other team's local TV revenue and then redistributed back to the 30 teams. That's right...the Twins get part of the Dodgers (and every other team's) local TV money. And the "BAM money" canard is just a clumsy attempt to explain it all away. That was a 1 time windfall payment that had zero effect on 2023 payroll.
  11. USAFChief
    I guess practices could have changed, but the Twins have repeatedly stated budgets are year-to-year.
  12. USAFChief
    I'm a grandparent. My question: if you're spoiling the grandkids somewhere else, why not spoil them at a Twins game? And some friendly advice: the family section concession stands in CF. You don't need to spend $50 per kid. $10 will do it. Also, buy one souvenir plastic soda cup...free refills FOR THE ENTIRE SEASON at every concession stand in the stadium. The grandkids can share one, and drink to their heart's content.
  13. USAFChief
    You keep on using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.
  14. USAFChief
    I'm not ok with the idea of dedicating a pitcher who only pitches when Paddack pitches. That's what you're proposing. As an aside, if a pitcher needs that, routinely, he shouldn't be in your rotation anyway.
  15. USAFChief
    No, I made the claim there isn't room to "piggyback" starters. Two guys who share a start, and only pitch every 5th game. It's an idea you read here from time to time. There isn't room. Nobody does that. It's unworkable.
  16. USAFChief
    Carrying reliever(s) who you don't want to actually use is silly. There is no need for a "long reliever." Similarly, there isn't room for this silly notion that you can "piggyback" a starter with another starter. You don't have enough players to dedicate TWO pitchers who only pitch every 5th day.
  17. USAFChief
    I agree...someone definitely gets one of those 13 spots!
  18. USAFChief
    Great series, Matt. Really well done. Thanks! Personally, I'd put the '65 team at the top, and I'm inclined toward the '69 team over 91, but that's just me. Once again, GREAT series.
  19. USAFChief
    I'd say, barring injury, Santana took away just about any chance Miranda had of opening the season with the Twins. There's only 13 spots. Farmer, Castro, Santana and Vazquez are locks. Kirilloff, Julien, Correa, Lewis, Jeffers, Wallner, Buxton, Kepler. One spot left. I don't see that going to Miranda.
  20. USAFChief
    Best use of Gordon. Well done.
  21. USAFChief
    Actually, per linear weights (the basis of much modern offensive theory), a HR is not worth twice what a double is. At least not in 2016, the latest I can find. A HR was worth 1.65 times a double. https://library.fangraphs.com/principles/linear-weights/ The math is indeed extensive. Just not always instructive. I do like, and agree, with the notion not all OBP is created equal. Walks are worth less than hits. Even singles.
  22. USAFChief
    I wish I had thought of that.
  23. USAFChief
    Another way to tell them apart: one is old enough to have been at Woodstock. ... Actually, forget that. Doesn't work.
  24. USAFChief
    I'm going to stick my nose into this kerfuffle just long enough to say, you arguing for Joey Gallo, post after post, using one arcane "stat" after another, only accomplishes one thing: It just proves how poorly they can measure success on a baseball field. Gallo was a disaster for the Twins lineup. A massive sinkhole that cost them daily. Arguments to the contrary do not belong in posts calling for others to be taken seriously.
  25. USAFChief
    I'll say 86. I agree with Mike. I like the floor more than the ceiling.
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