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  1. I know this post is about Canterino and Paddack, but if the team can't get 160+ innings each from Lopez, Ryan and Ober, it won't matter who fills the #4 & #5 spots in the rotation.
  2. Twins ERA in innings 7-9 was 2.55. The slash line was .233/.317/.402 (.719 OPS). I don't think the bullpen was the weakest link most fans remembered.
  3. It's official - https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2023/12/blue-jays-kevin-kiermaier-reportedly-closing-in-on-reunion.html
  4. Not according to Baseball Reference. FanGraphs also shows him with only 2 minor league options left. But right now I pencil him in as #5, first to go to AAA if the team signs a "better" option, first to be recalled due to injury or ineffectiveness.
  5. So, Helton and his 2 DUI's doesn't get your vote, nor does Jones and his domestic assault, but Sheffield does. If you are going to sit on your high horse casting judgments you at least need to be consistent. Per Wikipedia: In 1986, Sheffield was arrested alongside his uncle, Dwight Gooden, and fellow Tampa baseball player Vance Lovelace and charged with resisting arrest with violence and battery on a police officer. He pleaded no contest in January 1987 and was sentenced to two years probation.[35] In October 1987, while still on probation, Sheffield was arrested and charged with driving while intoxicated and related offenses. Those charges were eventually consolidated into one reckless driving charge. His probation was extended for an additional 18 months.[36] On December 5, 1993, Sheffield was arrested after being clocked driving a Ferrari Testarossa 110 miles per hour (180 km/h) on Interstate 4 in Florida and failing a breathalyzer test. In May 1994, he pleaded no contest to reckless driving and was sentenced again to nine months of probation and 40 hours of community service.[37]
  6. He built up his body pretty good doing that rehab though...
  7. Jorge Polanco - 2021 (145) & 2019 (150) Only one player, but 2X The team did have 4 players start 52 of 60 (140/162) games in 2020 - Rosario, Polanco, Sano, and Cruz. Plus Gonzalez started 51 of 60 (138/162).
  8. Well his 162 game projection is 39 HR, 132 RBI and a slash-line of .307/.364/.548 (.913 OPS)... I think 30-35 HR, 100-110 RBI and slash line of .300/.400/.500 (.900 OPS) is a fair projection, maybe a little high, but fair.
  9. Yeah, so far it looks like there are some real ***-clowns who have been given HOF voting status. 1 used his ballot to to vote solely for Beltre, 1 used his ballot to vote for Manny and ARoid, and 1 used his ballot to to vote for Beltre, Rollins and Utley. 1 voter named Hunter on his ballot, but not Mauer (sorry Torii).There is also another voter who used his ballot to solely vote for Beltre and Mauer, but at least he's on the right track. And let's not get into the Manny and ARoid voters...
  10. He has a No-Trade clause....and then he gets 10 & 5 rights. He is not going anywhere unless he approaches the team for a trade to a team of HIS choice, and that team would then have to be willing to give the Twins what they want.
  11. Well, there's that pesky no-trade clause to work around, and after it expires he will have 10 & 5 rights...
  12. Correct. According to FanGraphs 2.0 fWAR is worth roughly $16 MM.
  13. I would say 130+ games played in the outfield, doesn't even have to be in center field. An easy goal to achieve for most players. There were 39 MLB players who played 130 games in the OF last season, 26 who started 130 games in the OF.
  14. He's back.... https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2023/12/twins-sign-niko-goodrum-minors.html
  15. The Dodgers should be kicked out of baseball No, MLB needs to institute a salary cap with a hard floor and a hard ceiling. No penalty for spending over $XXX, you spend somewhere between the two numbers, period. Maybe MLB should fix this ridiculous TV situation as well, but that's a conversation for a different topic...
  16. The Twins got two very good years of Ken Landreaux as part of the Carew trade, but agree with the rest.
  17. One thing that has not been brought up is that Hoskins is a Boras client. Boras will keep him (Hoskins) on the market until he (Boras) gets the best deal available. That being said, I see Gallo signed around this tie last season, so maybe a Hoskins signing is imminent somewhere.
  18. This team does not need a full-time DH, too many good bats to try to find PA's for. The Buxton experiment last season also proved this.
  19. I am in the don't trade Jeffers camp, but to add Luzardo I think I would rather lose Jeffers (and Julien) than any of the prospects still in the minors. Vazquez grades out well defensively, and a cheap C could be gotten from FA to placehold until Camargo is ready.
  20. Close!! I had looked these #'s up earlier due someone suggesting that the whole team had hit better after the AS break; Pre AS break slash - .232/.309/.400 (.709 OPS,) MLB OPS Rank #22 Post AS break slash - .258/.346/.463 (.809 OPS) MLB OPS Rank #3 So it was a team effort, not an individual player
  21. Twins record - pre AS break 45-46; post AS break 42-29....
  22. Wallner struggled in the play-offs, but slashed .354/.456/.646 (1.102 OPS) with 3 HR, 12 RBI and 16/8 K/BB ratio over his last 17 games. He has also shown a willingness to work on his weaknesses, as he became an acceptable defender last season and was constantly working on fixing his swing after the league started exposing a weak spot. Kind of the player a team needs...
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