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  1. USAFChief
    I have a bucket list item of getting to every major league team's home field. Working on it, haven't been to Pittsburgh.
  2. USAFChief
    Center field tonight, tomorrow, and Sunday. 5 or 6 days a week.
  3. USAFChief
    Might have to knock Pittsburgh off my list.
  4. USAFChief
    Your definition of value has merit, but it's not the BBWAA definition of MVP. Maybe that's the disconnect here.
  5. USAFChief
    I don't know who should be the new hitting coach. But this much I DO know. When -outcomes are this putrid, -the manager goes on a rant about how things have to change, and -the hitters decide not inviting the hitting coach to the hitter's meeting is a potential solution, it's long past time for a change.
  6. USAFChief
    Those were both from Mrs Chief.
  7. USAFChief
    I'm pretty reluctant to cut the FO any slack regarding Kepler and Gallo. I think they're achieving pretty much exactly what SHOULD HAVE been forecast. Maybe even a little more than an honest forecast in Gallo's case, considering his tank jobs in NY and LA. Kepler actually has a slightly higher OPS than last year, as well. He's been an above average hitter in 2019 and 2020s 60 game season. That's it. Nobody in the FO should be surprised. Disappointed, ok. But these outcomes should have been smack dab in the middle of any forecast range.
  8. USAFChief
    Great points...except... I don't think you're getting anything for Gallo or Kepler even IF you pay their salaries I mean, if they can't help THIS offense, which contender has a need for them?
  9. USAFChief
    If we get to wait until seeing the result of a PA before deciding which is best, then I choose homers. They're better than everything else. But if we're talking about PAs that haven't happened yet, and choosing between Ks and balls in play, give me balls in play. As an outcome, they're better than Ks, even if sometimes a ball in play results in 2 or 3 outs. Disagree? Let's have a computer sequence 1000 consecutive random balls in play, restarting every third out, and 1000 Ks, again restarting after every third out, and see which results in more runs scored.
  10. USAFChief
    I'd start by DFAing Gallo. I'd have done that a while ago. .167/.281/.368 since May 1. Yeesh. Not to mention the damage to my blood pressure watching him K 3 times per evening. And I've already had to replace my TV twice (after a Corona bottle somehow "shattered" the screen at 80 MPH following a yet another failed RBI opportunity from a swing and a miss at a shoulder high FB.)
  11. USAFChief
    Gallo certainly has more pop, but he doesn't "get on base" more than Kepler. 2023 OBP Kepler .300 Gallo .302 Gallo draws more walks, Kepler gets a few more hits.
  12. USAFChief
    Agree on the published criteria for MVP. But I don't think Miranda has played enough to be "LVP." I guess you can argue he hasn't played enough BECAUSE he's been so bad, but for my money, Buxton has been "least valuable." He's got the 2nd most PAs, has just 54 hits and has a paltry 34 RBI batting in a production spot all year, all while providing zero defensive contribution. Not a single inning. He's been as responsible for the mediocre W/L record as anyone on the team. Massive playing time, dismal results.
  13. USAFChief
    Goldschmidt. Easy call.
  14. USAFChief
    Chief: "blah blah and be forced to use Varland, Kuechel or worse for 2023." MLR: "why Varland or Kuechel for 24? Couldn't they just sign another FA in 24?" Chief: "I said for the remainder of 2023." MLR: "I'm not focused on 2023." Seriously? I
  15. USAFChief
    Great question. Per BBRef (the greatest website since at least the mid 1800s) 2023 to date: -4 2022: -4 2021: +2 2020: even* 2019: +4 * 60 games, lack of spring tng, bastardized schedules, players opting out etc. tend to ignore 2020 when evaluating history. YMMV All of that adds up to -2, with ~45% of 2023 remaining. Not sure there's much there.
  16. USAFChief
    Agreed, with regard to the Twins. I'm the huckleberry who spent all winter complaining about the lack of hitters in their lineup. The larger issue though, is the theory put forth by some that "k's are just like any other out." I do not concur with that theory. I believe Ks are a problem in and of themselves. Just as I believe Ks are a good thing, in and of themselves, for pitchers.
  17. USAFChief
    So your stance is Giolito isn't taking 1/$20 from the Twins?
  18. USAFChief
    "while throwing Varland, Kuechel or worse into 2023's rotation"
  19. USAFChief
    I don't agree with this at all. Sure, Nobody goes up to the plate looking to K. But clearly someone, somewhere has decided there's not enough downside to K's to discourage them, either. Swing hard, damn the situation, damn the count. And I don't think that's a good way to play offense. Of course we look at outcomes when considering process. Why wouldn't we? Joey Gallo has 3 career sac flies. That's because he Ks too much.
  20. USAFChief
    If Gray's season stats are going to regress why is anyone giving value in a trade? And I'd be pretty good with Gray for the rest of 2023 and a 1 yr, $20m contract for 2024, if he accepts the QO. I'd say there's a high likelihood that's worth more than the prospect(s) you get in return, while throwing Varland, Kuechel or worse into 2023's rotation.
  21. USAFChief
    Thanks
  22. USAFChief
    Won't the Twins be able to extend a QO and recoup a draft pick, as well as get the benefit of Gray pitching through the end of the season?
  23. USAFChief
    Off topic, but can someone find this quote from his agent? Not saying it's not out there, but I can't find it. I do remember the TWINS saying Lewis would be playing 3rd in his rehab, which seemed to be a reaction to Miranda's struggles more than anything.
  24. USAFChief
    Lotta faith in a guy who hasn't gotten MLB hitters out for 2 years now, based on a handful of innings in St Paul and an offseason working out.
  25. USAFChief
    Thank you!
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