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  1. Vanimal46
    Ober for Goldy is a good toss up. I think I would turn that down for the Twins… If the injuries are behind Ober, there’s nothing stopping him from ramping up to 180 innings per season. I really like his upside as a starter.
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    Mariners legend Taylor Motter
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    In Sonny Gray starts this year, the Twins have a record of 8-10. He will make at most 14 more starts the rest of the season. How many is some games replacing him with an arm from AAA? 2-3 games?
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    If we do shop Gray at the deadline, and I think it’s an excellent idea to do so, he will have multiple suitors willing to trade for him. He’d be the 2nd most coveted arm to trade for, behind the great Ohtani. I would guess some teams won’t even pursue Ohtani and spend their time acquiring Gray or Giolito instead.
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    Yeah, a solid top 3 there. Will be interesting if they trade within the division. I’m rooting for chaos and Baltimore going all in this year.
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    More information about "Sonny Gray, “Wouldn’t shock me if I didn’t play anymore after this year”"
    In this interesting article from Do-Hyoung Park, Sonny Gray talks about his future in baseball and doesn't have immediate answers. That may seem strange given that Gray is having perhaps the best season of his career but he mentions how ten years is a long time and what he sometimes felt was an endpoint to his MLB career. Poised to make tens of millions of dollars in an extension this offseason, any talk of retirement seems shocking. A quote from Sonny himself: “Wouldn't shock me. Do I want to? Do I think I can? Absolutely. And I can at a very, very high level. It's not about the money. It's whether you still enjoy it, and does your family still enjoy it."
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    In this interesting article from Do-Hyoung Park, Sonny Gray talks about his future in baseball and doesn't have immediate answers. That may seem strange given that Gray is having perhaps the best season of his career but he mentions how ten years is a long time and what he sometimes felt was an endpoint to his MLB career. Poised to make tens of millions of dollars in an extension this offseason, any talk of retirement seems shocking. A quote from Sonny himself: “Wouldn't shock me. Do I want to? Do I think I can? Absolutely. And I can at a very, very high level. It's not about the money. It's whether you still enjoy it, and does your family still enjoy it." View full rumor
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    The Twins have scored 2 runs or less in 36 out of 91 games. 39.56% of the time!
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    Neither of those guys would start a playoff game. If Gray is traded there are 3 good starters left for a series - Ryan, Lopez, Ober. Maeda around as the 4th option/bullpen guy.
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    You’re right. The system is pretty depleted as it is. There’s a reason why we’re all rooting for Julien to do well. He’s the only option.
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    Yep. How much improvement? Not enough IMO. My thoughts on this are still the same as a couple of weeks ago. I have little to no interest in supplementing this team further trading prospects for veteran talent.
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    That will be pretty darn expensive to acquire 2 top of the order bats. The pitching staff will still be quite good, probably good enough to win a playoff game, even without one or more of Sonny Gray, Kenta Maeda, Caleb Thielbar, or Emilio Pagan.
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    You’ve seen the offense, yeah? That may help you understand why it’s being expressed.
  14. Vanimal46
    My row of peas never took off this year. Little did I know it was because 2 volunteer tomato plants were sprouting in that space instead! I’m going to be loaded with tomatoes now… Looks like it’s going to be a good pepper season in Minnesota as well!
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    I support trading Gray if the value is there. I will also be rooting for the Twins now and long after Sonny Gray’s playing days are over. You are correct, the Twins are in playoff contention. It won’t take much to remain in contention thanks to a dreadful AL Central division. There is no team to fear. No one is saying to trade Gray for anything you can get. They will need a return with more perceived value than a competitive balance pick in the 40s overall. With Gray likely being the top SP trade target, I think they would get a lot more than whoever they draft in the 40s.
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    Is there any doubt Sonny Gray would be #1 on that list? I’m more interested in Bellinger as a free agent target this winter than a rental trade target.
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    It was a fun game to see live. Excellent tune up game for Maeda. The Royals only had maybe 4 hard hit balls all game. Buxton sure looked healthy yesterday. Good to see him beat out a slow roller to SS, and get a stolen base.
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    I hope Rocco sees this headline and invites you over to his 4th of July BBQ.
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    A different voice might kickstart things. It’s still going to be the same philosophy/approach set by the FO. If Popkins is fired today, they’re not very likely to hire someone who is unemployed at this time. It will be one of the 2 assistants named as the interim. Or one of the minor league coaches. I just don’t see the move making much, if any, impact the rest of the season. That being said, it’s absolutely a move I make in the offseason.
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    I don’t disagree with the moves, but I’ve got to ask… What do people think is the impact of replacing the hitting coach right now? I highly doubt it’s going to change the direction this team is heading.
  21. Vanimal46
    These stats tell me all I need to know about the Twins and their playoff hopes: The Twins have scored 2 runs or less in 13 out of 26 games in June. The Twins have scored 2 runs or less in 31 out of 82 games. Since May 1, the Twins are performing at a 90 loss per 162 game pace. Aaron Gleeman tweeted something like this recently… Who knew the slow offensive start in April would be the high point of the season?
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    Give the Mahle trade time to cook, and it could end up being an all time bad trade in team history.
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    Pressly will always stick out to me as a bad trade at the time and still a bad trade 5 years later. To be fair, let’s evaluate the trade that was made the day of, and not include his extension years. Astros got 1.5 years of control with Pressly. During that time, Pressly in 76 appearances generated 3 bWAR, an ERA+ well over 200, FIP in the low 2’s. Meanwhile for the Twins, Jorge Alcala has 0.6 bWAR and mostly injured the last two seasons. Gilberto Celestino has 0.1 bWAR, whose development time has been sacrificed because we didn’t have another useful CF on roster.
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    Nothing wrong with starting to sift through the upcoming Rule 5 eligible prospects… Lawyerson, Funderburk, Schulfer, etc. I wouldn’t be opposed to adding Enlow back to the 40 and giving him a shot in the pen.
  25. Vanimal46
    Yeah there is not an obvious call up to make I’ll give you that. I put that issue squarely on Falvey. He did not add to the pen over the winter, and the assumption is he thought there was enough talent in the minors to cobble a good bullpen together. As @chpettit19said, let’s start looking at talent not on the 40 man roster. They made a pretty quick decision to add Brock Stewart this year after 7 AAA games when his stats in recent years suggested he’s not worth the look.
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