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  1. diehardtwinsfan
    That's fair, but I think it's right to say that Cron is on the ideal side of that metric. I do agree that he could potentially be upgraded, and if the cost is right why not... but... I would argue pretty vehemently that he's better than replacement. We've seen replacement level (or below) at 1B before. Cron isn't that. He may not be league average for 1B... but that doesn't mean he's a replacement player... if anything, it was a good acquisition for a fairly reasonable price. I'm not really liking our other options at 1B if we didn't have him.
  2. diehardtwinsfan
    WAR stands for wins above replacement, does it not... Anything positive is technically better than a replacement player. I don't have a problem with them looking to upgrade Cron this offseason... You always look for upgrades, but I doubt a minor leaguer walks in and out performs him, and I'm not going to call him a replacement player.
  3. diehardtwinsfan
    apparently, Stroman is a Met.
  4. diehardtwinsfan
    I think a lot of times there are a list of players that they agree to work through... Then again, some PTBNLs turn out good. Liriano was the PTBNL in the AJ trade.
  5. diehardtwinsfan
    Lance Lynn has the second highest WAR of all starting MLB pitchers this season... only one higher is Scherzer. His K rate is up and BB rate is down... everything else is within career norms... I can understand history being a blocker here... but this is about as high as you can aim right now.
  6. diehardtwinsfan
    This deal has the feel of a prospect for prospect swap. In that sense, I don't mind it. Diaz wasn't going to make this team and needed to be on the 40 man. We got some relief there for a couple prospects and happened to get a MLB releiver out of it too... I like the fact that Romo seems to have been pretty good since April... but like others, Romo is a pretty underwhelming add. I hope it's not the only one.
  7. diehardtwinsfan
    It all may have been. We don't know. What we do know is the FO specifically said they wanted to avoid 1 year contracts because of the problems they caused... not sure if that was Lynn, Morrison, or what... but that is something they said... and you're right, it may be scapegoating.
  8. diehardtwinsfan
    They went 14.. hopefully that tires out their pen for a couple days.
  9. diehardtwinsfan
    Interesting. I suppose if they were to give up a top 10 guy for a reliver... this would be the type of move where it makes sense to do it.
  10. diehardtwinsfan
    I wanted him when we signd him last year... It does sound like he was one of the one sulking around when he got his 1 year deal... I certainly don't want him bringing that back to the club house... Flip side is that when he was traded, he was performing (let's not forget that this started while he was still here, he just had an ugly spring that made his numbers look bad overall). I woudln't be against it... Lynn has been one of the best pichers in baseball this year. I'm just hoping there would be no repeat of the locker room issues.
  11. diehardtwinsfan
    Cruz has been a force this year... I'm quite glad the FO stepped up and signed him.
  12. diehardtwinsfan
    good article
  13. diehardtwinsfan
    Diekman doesn't excite me, but I'd be happy with the rest of the names here. We need help. I'd like 2 relievers. I'm not against another starter that pushes Perez to the pen on top of that.
  14. diehardtwinsfan
    I can definitely get behind Kennedy. He should be cheap to acquire, and if Falvey was telling the truth about payroll, this is a good idea. I'm still hoping for more in the likes of Smith, Giles, Yates...
  15. diehardtwinsfan
    I think we should petition Brock to create a bull pen or pitching forum given the attention it's gotten of late.
  16. diehardtwinsfan
    Here's an interesting one: https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2019/07/yankees-trade-catcher-twins-brian-navarreto.html Not that Navarreto has much of a chance at breaking the bigs…
  17. diehardtwinsfan
    I would argue that the 40 man guys (or some of the prospects currently on the 40 man) should be top consideration to move. There's a lot of names that need to be added this offseason. Obviously, we won't be able to trade all of them, but moving a couple guys would be beneficial.
  18. diehardtwinsfan
    Those odds don't look right to me... a 2 game lead should not equate to a 90% chance of winning the division.. yes, Cleveland has a tough stretch coming up shortly and we have an easy one, but with a 2 game lead, I'd call this a 2 team race that either team can win... Bottom line is that the Twins need to get healthy, get some help, and play some better ball (particularly on the defensive side)... we've given away too many games when we should have had our foot on their throat.
  19. diehardtwinsfan
    and it's why we need robo umps. The game should have been decided by correct calls... the ones missed against the Yankees... and that one. Who knows what the final result is, but the calls should have been correct. They weren't.
  20. diehardtwinsfan
    Well, in AAA they are using MLB's "we aren't juicing the" balls this season for the first year ever... HR rates in AAA are up considerably as well.
  21. diehardtwinsfan
    we've been clamoring for him for a while.. I'm sure there's a reason he wasn't called up... and I'm really hoping he proves the FO wrong about that. We need relief help.
  22. diehardtwinsfan
    Realmuto has been out performed this season by Garver, Castro, and Cron. We'd be worse off offensively with him this season (though probably a bit better defensively), and there's zero question about that... and I say that as a guy that wanted him. If he's here, Garver is probably spending a lot of time in AAA, except when Cron is on the DL. Right now, I have to conclude that NOT making that trade was the right thing... It may change next season when Castro is gone and Garver hits the DL for a lengthy period of time... but right now, this team would probably have a couple more losses of Realmuto was our starting catcher.
  23. diehardtwinsfan
    yeah... again.. no question he's an asset. Right now though, our infield defense has been pretty bad and our bull pen is starting to fall apart. Our offense could definitely use a bit more on base, and he's certainly an upgrade over Cave/Marwin.
  24. diehardtwinsfan
    I'm not going to pretend that he hasn't been an asset this year, but let's not use record in games he missed as the evidence. He wasn't the only one on the DL during that timeframe. He's not even the only one on the DL now... Yes, we're better with him in center and Max in the corner.. no question about that. I don't think, however, he's quite as good as implied here.
  25. diehardtwinsfan
    Need a couple resource cards that give us automatic victory points against the Yankees in the playoffs.
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