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  1. prouster
    He stopped hitting fastballs, which is a pretty big red flag. If you can’t hit fastballs, MLB pitchers will eat you for lunch. Hopefully he finds his stroke again. We’ll see what happens with him if the ball is indeed deadened, as the league says it will be.
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    This is the sticking point.
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    You mention the Maeda trade, but apparently that doesn’t count. The guy just put in the best performance they’ve gotten from a starter since Johan. Short season caveat, of course, but holy cow. Some people can’t be satisfied. Also worth noting they gave up a shortstop who flamed out in A-ball for Odorizzi. He’s not Syndergaard (everyone would complain about the stupid trade for an injured starter if we acquired him), but he was an All-Star and pitched very well in the 2019 ALDS. Falvey is a really good POBO.
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    The team lost 100 games in 2016. By then, Buxton had made his catastrophic rookie debut, Sano had raised serious questions about his ability to not strike out and actually tap into his immense raw power in live action, and there were no obviously good pitching prospects other than Berrios, who had just made half a season's worth of starts at the MLB level with an ERA over 8. This was unambiguously not the rosy situation you remember. In only a couple of years, Falvey and Levine have completely overhauled the team's player development system. They have modernized their approach to acquiring and developing pitchers. They have signed and traded for multiple impact players—Maeda, Colome, Donaldson, Odorizzi, and Pineda probably being the most notable. The majority of their transactions have indeed been unremarkable, but that's true of all 30 MLB teams. No one makes major transactions the majority of the time. Not one single team. There are only so many superstars to go around. Nonetheless, Falvey and Levine have built a consistent winner in Minnesota, and they've done so largely by raising the team's floor. This is a good team, and I'm sorry you aren't looking forward to watching them. Yes, it can all break down if certain players under perform or get hurt. But I guess I'd be angry as a Yankees fan if Cole, Judge, Stanton, etc. got hurt. I might believe Cashman didn't do enough during the off-season. I'd probably be wrong, though.
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    Correct. They haven't been "dumpster diving," especially if we acknowledge that previous off-seasons also exist.
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    I’d say it may hurt Cruz the most by default. He was signed basically to hit home runs. If that ability diminishes, then it will be hard to see what (on field) value he would even bring. I guess he could become a prolific doubles hitter.
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    Well, on the day I’m making this post the Dodgers didn’t sign anyone. Cheapskates.
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    This was a major point of leverage for the front office. The point of the article seems to be that they had good awareness of the situation and used that awareness to negotiate a pretty team friendly contract.
  9. prouster
    Too bad Bert retired. It would’ve been fun to see what kinds of mispronunciations he would have inevitably come up with.
  10. prouster
    Galen would be great, but I think they missed their bite at the apple when Arizona traded for him.
  11. prouster
    This is a good point.
  12. prouster
    Street racing? Scott Erickson has been too old for crap like this for at least twenty-five years.
  13. prouster
    I bet several teams wish they kept Nelson Cruz. The Angels might wish they kept Simmons. The White Sox and Colome . . .
  14. prouster
    Good signing. I’d like to see them bring in another starter to bolster the back end of the rotation.
  15. prouster
    I’d be really surprised if he made the All Star team, but you never know. At the very least, the better infield defense should help him be a quality back end starter.
  16. prouster
    The Twins have Arraez and Polanco who can both play second base and hit as well or better than Schoop. As far as Rosario goes, I'm a little sad he went to Cleveland, but I'm glad he was able to get a decent salary.
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    The confusion is that it's not at all clear what stat you're using.
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    This is the correct answer.
  19. prouster
    This is about the most pessimistic, distrustful take on these various signings, and it’s really not grounded in the actual performances of these pitchers. I guess whatever makes baseball fun for you...
  20. prouster
    Yeah. Happ isn’t the most inspiring addition they’ve made.
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    Pineda and Maeda are written in ink. We’ll see what happens with Odorizzi. My point is that they have a very solid history of doing the thing you are critiquing them for not doing. As far as this year is concerned, the Padres are the only team that has made any significant pitching moves. It feels late to be adding, but that’s how the market has shaped up in a very strange year.
  22. prouster
    Odorizzi, Pineda, Hill, Maeda, Clippard, Reed, Romo, Wisler...
  23. prouster
    Fangraphs has published their updated list and summaries of the top Twins prospects: https://blogs.fangraphs.com/top-39-prospects-minnesota-twins/. A couple surprises at the top. They rank Kirillof as the no. 1 prospect, and Lewis’ profile reminds me more of Joey Gallo than Derek Jeter.
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    With all due respect, I cannot imagine any GM giving up more for Garver than Buxton.
  25. prouster
    An on-field product that people want to pay to watch.
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