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  1. mnfireman
    Say what you want about the value, many national outlets have accepted it, so it is what it is. I personally don't care for WAR or many of the other "metrics", but the industry uses them. And they can be used to get TD users riled up 😉
  2. mnfireman
    Several publications/websites are out there that have put a $$$ value on WAR, and $8 MM is about the value they have come up with....so yes you can put a value on WAR.
  3. mnfireman
    Playing 6 of every 7 games is 139 games, playing 5 of 6 is 135 games. There are weeks with built in days off (no games) and Rocco has a propensity to go with "get away day" line-ups, but I feel those are the numbers needed for Buxton, 135 - 140 games.
  4. mnfireman
    All professional sports have now fully embraced the sportsbook culture, and placing lines on almost everything is a given at this point. I know this statement has nothing to do with the 2024 Twins, but with this being the new normal, when does Pete Rose get in the HOF??? Otherwise major league sports should not embrace sportsbooks. It's a bad look and, as the NFL is seemingly dealing with, leads to speculation about game outcomes.
  5. mnfireman
    Don't know where you are going with this statement, but yes, Lewis was just 1-18 if you remove his HR's in the play-offs. Watching the games, I thought he was selling out trying to hit these HR's at the expense of just driving the ball and putting it in play. Not to use an injury as an excuse, but he was playing with a bad hamstring and maybe it affected his swing a little and he didn't want to make adjustments during a short series, I don't know. Regular season splits; May 29 - Aug 22( 32 games): .316/.355/.453 (.808 OPS) 4 HR, 17 RBI, 5/34 BB/K ratio Aug 23 - Sep 19 (26 games): .300/.391/.660 (1.051 OPS) 11 HR, 35 RBI, 15/21 BB/K ratio Playoffs (6 games): 5-22 4 HR, 5 RBI, 4/8 BB/K ratio .227/.346/.773 (1.119 OPS) Looking at the numbers, nothing suffered if he made a conscious effort to try to hit more HR's from Aug. 22 on. In fact, except for a slight dip in AVG, his regular season numbers actually improved across the board. By a lot. You can't remove his HR numbers, as a more accurate comparison to Julien trying to work the count deeper would be Lewis trying to hit more HR's, which he did. His AVG suffered in the playoffs and his K % regressed to be more in line with with his pre-Aug 23 numbers, but all other numbers remained in line with his later production. It is a SSS, but hopefully Lewis is skilled enough to make the necessary adjustments going forward so as to not fall into any prolonged slumps.
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    Glad to see most posters talking about defense instead of offense, but Julien's calling card is and will be his bat. And he needs to adjust at the plate or he will fall out favor, much like Miranda; April 12 - July 29 splits (57 games): .300/.388/.539 (.927 OPS) 10 HR, 18 RBI, 25/65 BB/K ratio. July 30 - Oct 1 splits (52 games): .222/.374/.367 (.741 OPS) 6 HR, 19 RBI, 39/63 BB/K ratio. Play-offs Games 1 -5: .214/.389/.286 (.675 OPS) 0 HR, 1 RBI, 4/7 BB/K ratio. Play-offs Game 6: 2-3, 2B, HR, RBI, 1/1 BB/K ratio. He was also often removed from games late for defense and didn't face LHP, including Play-offs. .741 OPS from July 29 until the end of the season was league average (Gallo's full season OPS was .741, which equated to an OPS+ of 101, league average.). Including his first 5 Play-off games, he was slightly below league average over this period, but finished his season with a very good game against Houston. Just looking at the numbers, it would appear he tried to work deeper counts, which resulted in more walks and maintaining a high OBP, but came at the expense of a lower BA, a lower SLG%, and an uptick in SO's. He's young enough and skilled enough to hopefully turn it around (and he's off to good start this spring), but he could also turn into nothing more than a placeholder until Lee or someone else pushes him out.
  7. mnfireman
    Not saying it's better, but (Twins) baseball on the radio is a very viable option to keep fans. I find it way easier to keep a game on in the background on the radio and still be able to do other things than a TV broadcast (streaming and unlimited data plans are making this tougher though...).
  8. mnfireman
    Trade, don't trade/sign, don't sign, but the line-up/possible line-up looks LH/RH balanced - OF is LH heavy, IF is RH heavy. RH - Jeffers, Vazquez, Correa, Lewis, Buxton, Farmer, Miranda LH - Julien, Kepler, Wallner, Larnach, Kirilloff SH - Castro, Santana
  9. mnfireman
    Again, for the people in the back, Buxton has a full no-trade clause...
  10. mnfireman
    Sign 'em both!!
  11. mnfireman
    Bellinger may wind up "settling" for a deal like Correa signed in 2022; big $$, short years and lots of opt-outs (I am not saying that it will be with Minnesota, I'm just saying). He is older than Correa was at the time of that deal, but still won't be 29 until July.
  12. mnfireman
    You're right, it was probably more of a Gordon/Martin argument.... Castro was gonna play no matter what.
  13. mnfireman
    That settles the Gordon/Castro debate many have been involved in...
  14. mnfireman
    https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2024/02/mlbpa-hires-carlos-gomez.html
  15. mnfireman
    I think the Will Smith signing is the bigger news, HE has been in the BP for the last 3 WS champions....😜
  16. mnfireman
    I was Waiting for your "Sign Clevinger for 2 years" comment, and, you sir, did not disappoint!!
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    That is correct for their 2023 list, they have Ortiz at #63 for 2024, Hall, still considered a rookie, is not ranked. FanGraphs had them at #64 & #66 preseason 2023.
  19. mnfireman
    If Lee/Varland was the asking price then the Twins made the right move by not making a move.
  20. mnfireman
    https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2024/01/diamond-sports-group-expected-to-retain-guardians-rangers-twins-broadcasts-for-2024.html
  21. 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...
  22. mnfireman
    Buck says he's ready to go... all BS aside let's agree and let him go play.
  23. 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...
  24. mnfireman
    Walker Jenkins DOB - 02/19/2005; 19 years old in a couple of weeks.
  25. mnfireman
    https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2024/01/byron-buxton-planning-to-return-to-center-field-in-2024.html
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