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    Them too
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    I think that having CF on your resume when you are a free agent out on the market would increase your ability to get signed. So to me it doesn't make a lot of sense, I can't imagine a player absolutely saying no. So I have a feeling that Kepler is holding up the company line, even if he did say that.
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    Yeah, he didn't even play full time with the Royals. But yeah I agree, Kep should move to CF. However, the one thing that I've been harping on for a couple of years now, especially when people want Rocco fired, etc.... etc.... etc.... Is that I believe that this front office makes all of the decision, 100%. I mean if Rocco gets fired they'd just bring in another Rocco who will do exactly what Rocco is already doing. I mean it just feels like everyone in a leadership position on the twins just sits there and waits until the big guys tell them what to do. I really don't feel like anyone has any decision making ability whatsoever throughout the organization. I mean if guys like coaches and whatnot were sitting around thinking of ways to change things up don't you think they'd try Kep in Center, I mean just a few times to see if it works out? But no, all of the sudden he can't even attempt to play there, that sounds like a decision from up top of you ask me. Just my feeling.
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    For some reason I thought he was down in Miami at some point in time?
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    He's not going to retire with a contract in hand.
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    The question has been asked a few times. Does anyone exactly know what's wrong with Byron's knee? I know I heard Arraez's knee was always hurt too? But I haven't heard that this year while he is down in Miami? I mean is it cartilage? Is it a ligament? What's wrong with it? Does anyone know?
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    https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/team_compare.cgi?request=1&year=2023&lg=MLB&stat=WAR I think the WAR stat is cool in theory, but I feel like it's not calculated the best. Something in the stat is wrong, I mean I know Aaron Judge had a tremendous season last year, but how does he have a higher WAR than a guy doing two people's jobs such as Ohtani? So if you look at the current team WAR on baseball reference the Twins are, according to WAR, the 5th best team in baseball? Idk, there is some sort of flaw in the WAR stat. How are the twins the 5th best team in baseball? I know Atlanta is 2nd, but how are they not 1st? I mean Tampa is great, but after their 29 - 7 start they've been 1 game under .500, so I have to think Atlanta is a better overall team, right? But how the twins slide in at 5th and no one can hit is beyond me.
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    That's more than they play against the other divisions correct? So they don't get to play against Minnesota, Cleveland, Kansas City, Chicago White Sox and Detroit 32% of the time, the teams that don't score a whole lot of runs. I mean anyone gets 6 more games against KC should be in a little better shape, right?
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    I'm not weighing in on who won whatever trade. However I think credit needs to be given where credit is due. I know most people are not necessarily fond of Berrios any longer, kind of like an ex girlfriend or something. We all kind of knew he probably wasn't going to return to the Twins anyway so I can understand where the fan base can be a little disgruntled about him. However, when considering his putrid first 3 games or so, he has been very consistent. I mean his over all numbers are very similar to Joe Ryan's numbers and Berrios pitches in the AL East. There is no worse place to have to pitch on a daily basis than the AL East. Last year he definitely struggled. Had a winning record but he pitched for a superior team last season that kept him in games that wouldn't have happened in Minnesota. But this year, he has looked good, and again when you consider how poorly he started that means he's even done better than his current numbers show because he was coming from such poor numbers in the first place. I hope SWR wins 20 games for the Twins next year. I hope Martin becomes the next Luis Arraez. So by no means am I saying the Twins lost this trade, I'm just saying give some credit where credit is due. Berrios has looked sharp this season after that terrible start.
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    If you look at his baseball reference page and look at his minor league stats he really only had 1 exceptional season and that was 2021. Other than that he has a few seasons of .250 averages. Usually .250 .260 in the minors doesn't normally cut it in the majors. Not always, but it seems that as they come up the hitting goes down a little.
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    The way we are really going to see it is when they lose Gray, Mahle, and Maeda at the end of the season and what they come back with? Do they trade Royce Lewis to get another Pablo Lopez type to add to the rotation or do they bring some guys up from the system and they don't miss a beat? That will determine it. Now it looks as though Varland might be ok but they will need to have another couple of dudes step up to be the 5th and 6th guys behind Ryan, Lopez, and Ober. Hopefully SWR? Hedrick? we will see.
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    I was just going off of the original post about how Kepler doesn't have as high of a DRS as high as he used to. So I just made the point that Buck has no ability to even play out there anymore. Yeah Buck has a new contract, that is huge and now has less opportunity to help the club. But anyway, hopefully Buck can get his knee fixed in the off season and can roam the OF once again next season. Hopefully Kep and Gallo get hot and help the Twins to a division title. We will see. Hopefully Wallner keeps playing well.
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    I was wondering when all of the hate is going to start to be directed at Byron Buxton? I mean by no means am I defending Kepler or Gallo, but. Through 164 AB's Kepler has 10 HR's and is hitting .207. Through 218 AB's Buck has 13 HR's and is hitting .206 and Buck is now incapable of playing defense. So who's performance and salary are really weighing the Twins down? I remember people complaining about Joe Mauer and his empty .300 batting averages, his salary and inability to play catcher was the doom of the Twins. Now we have a guy making a Butt load of money and can't even play 1B? Don't get me wrong, I love all of the Twins players and would love to see them all hit 30 bombs and hit .300. but it's not happening. It just seems like Buck gets a pass while these other guys get crapped on and these other guys really don't make any money, so easy to move on from. Carlos Correa needs his fair share also, again making a truck load of money and has completely stunk.
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    What's interesting to me is that I totally understand all of the Kepler hate, but in 164 AB's he's hitting .207 with 10 HR's. in 217 AB's Buck is hitting .207 with 13 HR's and Buck can no longer play in the field. So I don't quite understand how Buck gets a pass and Kep gets all of the hate. I don't live in Minnesota, grew up in that area, but I live in Cali and everyone I talk to, (who are obviously outsiders looking in because they know I'm a Twins fan), say the stupidest thing that they all think the Twins did is resign Buck to a big contract. None of these outsiders, (non Twins fans), even talk about Kepler. They all talk about how Buxton is holding the Twins back, now he's a DH who hits .200 and can't cant play the field. These are reputable baseball people too, many of the people I deal with on a daily basis are college baseball coaches. So yeah, Kep has not been good this year, but neither has Buck, but I don't really hear any negativity towards him from this board. But people who are not from the Twins area are saying that Buxton is sinking the Twins ship? Most of the people I talk to say that Correa was a dumb signing too, especially with Lewis in the fold, but I get that Lewis is from Cali and many of these people are pulling for him.
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    Well if I had unlimited money I'd pick Carew for sure, but I had to save money somewhere. Carew actually played most of his games at 1B, that's why I took the liberty of moving Harmon over to 3B so I could get Morneau in. Plus Dozier actually won a gold glove at 2B once so that helps too. But yeah I'd much rather have Carew in my lineup over Dozier. For that matter I'd rather have Nathan over Reardon and id rather have Mauer over AJ. But I had to get it to 33 dollars. My best attempt at putting together a winner. Personally, I think it's an ok lineup
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    At what point do the Twins get back to total system failure and start over? I know he was supposed to be the pitching pipeline guru because of his tenure with the Guardians. But it seems that they keep producing pitchers even with Falvey gone? So I'm guessing there is someone else in that organization that is producing the pitching, maybe they are being coached better at the lower levels? Nonetheless, how long do we let these guys run this out? I mean everyone who are looking for Baldelli's head have to realize that if Falvine is left in charge that they will hire another Baldelli type and really nothing will change. Hopefully the Twins turn this around, but they will need a player to be a clubhouse leader and light a fire under this team, like Torii used to do.
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    C AJ 1 1B Morneau 3 2B Dozier 2 3B Killebrew 5 SS Guzman 1 LF Hunter 4 CF Puckett 5 RF Olivia 5 DH Winfield 2 SP Santana 3 RP Reardon 2
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    Although Lewis and Kirillof both started the year in the minors. So maybe those guys left them alone a little bit down there. I guess there is no way to prove that this is caused by a team hitting philosophy, but just like you said, some of these guys have hit differently for different teams, why does it seem like everyone has the same or similar approach at the plate? Now I'm not even going to say that the approach is always bad, for certain hitters. I think these analytic nerds only get it wrong when they try to make everyone do the same thing. I have always felt that when you do things or coach that way you make your team really predictable. When you are predictable, then other teams can employ strategy that counters that predicability. My feeling is always that you need different approaches within the same lineup. Having a Gallo or two in a lineup surrounded by a couple of Arraez types I think takes advantage of both the pure power guys and the on base guys. I mean how much more of a problem is Gallo when he comes up with guys on first and second all of the time? But when the two guys before Gallo punch out or hit a solo bomb and Gallo comes up with no one on base so frequently then pitchers don't have to be afraid of him when they pitch. I think the problem with the analytic nerds is that they think everyone needs to do the same thing all of the time in order to be good. I think when everyone does the same thing over and over again all of the time they become predictable and that's when teams can better plan on how to beat them.
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    It's definitely an organizational philosophy. It's really not working and everyone needs to be fired who are responsible for it, batting coaches, etc .... Everyone who is responsible for it, this team is wasting a great pitching staff overall.
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    It's definitely an organizational philosophy. It's really not working and everyone needs to be fired who are responsible for it, batting coaches, etc .... Everyone who is responsible for it, this team is wasting a great pitching staff overall.
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    To me, part of Buxton's overall value is his ability to change the game from the defensive side of the game. So I really believe the twins wouldn't have signed Buck to a long term deal as a DH only. So when Buxton was struggling at the plate, he would always provide value on defense. Now that's not happening so as a result people are looking at him as flawed. Or negatively affecting the game sometimes. Whereas in the past he could hit and when he wasn't he was still positively affecting the game. That can't happen DHing 6 times a week.
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    I don't think there was any intent from the Cleveland pitcher last night. Had there been intent with that pitch to Buxton then I would like to think the Twins pitchers would have defended Buxton, but I really think that one was just an accident.
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    Hopefully it's just a coincidence, but it seems like Pagan pitches better when the Twins are behind.
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    Looks like Pagan might be hurt for awhile.
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    This exactly proves my point. The OP said that batting average is the worst offensive stat in baseball. Everyone who is defending that point brings up the fact that HR's are so so so much more valuable than just being a good hitter. But when I bring up a guy who hit 442 HR's everyone is saying that he sucks. He was an All Star 3 times. He got MVP votes with the Giants, Mets, Cubs and A's. All stadiums except for Wrigley are pretty bad hitter parks and he still ended up with 442 home runs, but he ain't worth nothing when I compare him to an all around hitter that hit like a total of 90 HR's in a 20 year career. So being a good hitter is way more important than hitting HR's
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