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  1. mnfireman
    Re-read what I said, maybe you need to relax a bit. Or maybe you are as much of a douche as I think you are. I was not getting pissy about the authors POV, I was making a light-hearted joke about the '87 team being able to beat the '65 team because the guys from '65 would be too old to compete with them. Like they say, jokes are less funny when they have to be explained...
  2. mnfireman
    Buck says he's ready to go... all BS aside let's agree and let him go play.
  3. mnfireman
    If you can seriously say that a championship winning team is not among the best of all time in a franchise's history, then I have no words to describe your doucheness. The '87 team would of course beat the '65 team because most of those guys would have been in their late 40's and 50's, clearly past their baseball prime...
  4. mnfireman
    Walker Jenkins DOB - 02/19/2005; 19 years old in a couple of weeks.
  5. mnfireman
    https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2024/01/byron-buxton-planning-to-return-to-center-field-in-2024.html
  6. mnfireman
    Gray and Maeda pitched 288.1 innings at a combined ERA of 3.31 that needs to be replaced. IF Ryan can pitch 25 more innings than last season, Ober 30 more innings and Paddack can pitch 125 innings (I'm hoping he's closer to 150 IP) that covers 180 of them. IF Varland can pitch 100 more innings than last season that covers the lost innings. Headrick may be stretched out for long relief/spot starts, there's been talk about stretching out Duran (we'll see) and there are also arms waiting in AAA & AA (Canterino, SWR, Festa, Raya). There will also be non-roster ST invitees (oh dread). Another arm would be nice, probably necessary given how common injuries are to pitchers, and may happen, but Falvey and Levine are delivering the pitching pipeline.
  7. mnfireman
    Possibly my favorite Mauer moment....
  8. mnfireman
    Cuzzi called the double foul, not out, Mauer did single in the AB. Still cost the team at least one run though.
  9. mnfireman
    He's in!!
  10. mnfireman
    213 public votes counted (55.5% of total), Mauer sitting at 83.6% (178/213 votes). He needs 110/171 remaining votes (64.3%). Trending very much in the right direction!!
  11. mnfireman
    This came across my FB feed - not saying to sign or not sign him, just thought I would share. https://www.facebook.com/reel/1057887268755381
  12. mnfireman
    But not even close to Lewis, let somebody else have him...
  13. mnfireman
    It only makes sense if Kepler is traded and Kirilloff moves back to the OF. Moving Polanco doesn't open a spot for Hoskins and the FO has publicly stated they aren't moving players solely for salary relief. This move would significantly weaken the defense though; Wallner and Kirilloff on the corner OF spots and Julien/Polanco and Hoskins on the right side of the infield. On a side note, I think TD needs to make a Captain Obvious badge of some sorts and award it to posters that only come on here to bring up injuries, use it as that person's profile pic and deduct reputation points. We all know who's been injured, what type(s) of injuries they have had and how many games they have missed.
  14. mnfireman
    How about a big NO to Hicks.....
  15. mnfireman
    Presley is 35 and a FA after this season, they may ask him to accept that role or they may try and trade him to get something instead of just letting him walk (he absolutely accepts the QO if offered, highly doubtful they offer it though).
  16. mnfireman
    Jeffers was considered below average as a pitch framer by metrics, but was above average overall defensively using the same metrics. Automated umpires will make it all moot anyway.
  17. mnfireman
    Yes, he had a groin injury that he didn't tell the team about and tried to pitch through.
  18. mnfireman
    No. Just. No.
  19. mnfireman
    I doubt he does that deal, he's going to probably get the $12 MM he asked for in arb this season, he's guaranteed a raise next year, more than likely $5 - $6 MM over this season, lets call it $17 MM, and the QO would be on the table here (probably not in Miami), lets call that $21 MM. Using those numbers, he's looking at about $50 MM over the next 3 seasons as a starting point for an extension, 3 x $12 MM won't get it done.
  20. mnfireman
    MLBTR predicted $10.8 MM, Arraez filed for $12 MM, Marlins countered at $10,6 MM, next year will be even more. Out of the Twins price range.
  21. mnfireman
    Some teams use their starting pitching prospects in the BP early in their careers to acclimate them to MLB in low leverage situations, setting them up for success so to speak. Most of these types of players have nothing more to prove in the minors, and are then stretched back out to be a starter again the following off-season. I think Varland may be counted on to be a starter this season, but I think Canterino, SWR, Balazovick, Headrick and later in the season Festa, Lewis and maybe Raya could be tried in this role. Some of them have already been given a shot and some of them may be counted on this season, but that is the route I would try. It may or may not work out, but sooner or later these guys have to show what they got.
  22. mnfireman
    MAT, Donnie Bats, Gallo, Keuchel, Fulmer, Leon, Odorizzi & Eddie Rosario
  23. mnfireman
    Ober must have either gotten tired or suffered from some sort of dead-arm period last season: April 23 - July 23: 16 GS, 94.2 IP, 10-6 W/L record, 2.76 ERA, 90/18 K/BB ratio, 11 HRs allowed July 29 - August 27: 6 GS, 28 IP, 0-2 W/L record, 6.75 ERA, 30/8 K/BB ratio, 8 HRs allowed Sep 4 to seasons end: 4 GS, 21.2 IP, 2-0 W/L record, 2.08 ERA, 26/3 K/BB ratio, 3 HRs allowed Removing the 6 bad starts before being demoted to AAA, could have just used "dead arm" and placed him on the IL, his season might have been even better than Ryan's: 12-6, 2.63 ERA, 116/21 K/BB ratio, 14 HRs allowed, 20 GS, 116.1 IP. Let's hope this is the Ober we get in 2024 over 32 GS and 185 IP.
  24. mnfireman
    Ryan started falling apart after his second start in June, I don't remember exactly when he was injured, but I seem to recall hearing during the Atlanta start at the end of June: Before the Atlanta start: 8-4 W/L record, 2.98 ERA, 100/15 K/BB ratio, 8 HRs allowed, 15 GS, 93.2 IP Atlanta start to end of season: 3-6 W/L record, 6.62 ERA, 97/19 K/BB ratio, 24 HRs allowed 14 GS, 68 IP including 1-4 W/L record, 8.63 ERA, 52/10 K/BB ratio, 17 HRs allowed in 7 starts, 32. 1 IP from the Atlanta start until going on the IL after his August 2 start. Hopefully this was just a case of an injury affecting performance, if you remove the Colorado start to end his season his slash line upon returning from the IL was 2-2, 3.82 ERA, 39/8 K/BB ratio, 4 HRs allowed over 30.2 IP covering 6 GS. Removing the injury plagued starts and the Colorado start, Ryan had a very respectable, even Cy Young consideration worthy season, if carried over the whole season: 10-6, 3.26 ERA, 139/23 K/BB ratio, 12 HRs allowed, 21 GS, 121.1 IP. Let's hope this is the Ryan we get in 2024 over 32 GS and 185 IP.
  25. mnfireman
    Twins post-All Star stats 2023 - Kepler and several others drove the success as much as or more than Julien....
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