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  1. PopRiveter
    I think our best hope is that he comes back hot and helps fuel a pennant push and stays as a playoff contributor. Power plays in the postseason and a hot Sano would be a HUGE asset. It feels like a longshot today, but his hot streaks are dominant when they happen and they actually happen. Remember? We can complain all we want right now, but this decision has to be made on the basis of 2022, not the future. In 2022, rolling the dice on Sano has a chance of a much higher payoff than what could be hoped from Celestino, and honestly more than what we could hope from most bats that could become available on the trade market.
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    This situation wouldn't be nearly so intriguing if it weren't so wildly uncertain. It is so amplified since he's (potentially) coming back to high-stakes baseball as we enter a pennant push. I can equally imagine him sinking the ship or absolutely turbo-charging this lineup. Either way, I sure am a lot more interested than I was at this point last season. Isn't it cool that we arent't stuck this year just anticipating what sort of return our losing team may get for trading away productive veterans? 2022>2021
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    This is definitely the most interesting storyline at present. I’m not as convinced as you that they are actually going to give Sano a shot. I’d be shocked if they just dfa him, but I’d bet they are shopping him hard for any feasible bullpen arm. The Kepler injury cracks open a door that every healthy player has been really good at holding shut. Trading Urshela really seems like a shrewd move to me from today’s vantage point. I am so curious to see how this shakes out. Trade season is usually the only part of the baseball season I don’t enjoy (unless you count the off-season), but this has really made things intriguing.
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    I am 100% convinced the Twins need to give Sano some PA’s to see if he has a run in him. I am 100% convinced they may not do so. I am 100% convinced he could hit .100/.100/.250 if they do. I am way more interested in watching this play out than I am seeing whatever happens at the trade deadline. I know they need relievers. Blah blah blah. That is just so boring.
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    Bless the Detroit Tigers.
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    Wow. I'm surprised. I expected the opposite of this:
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    I'd consider handcuffing him to Archer. Let Archer keep preparing to start inning #1 and have Winder prepared to follow him in every 5 days with the goal of pitching the balance of the innings. I doubt you'd need much if anything from the rest of the bullpen for those games. He'd stay conditioned much like a starter and pitch a lot of innings with maybe a little less pressure and attention.
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    I'm really only thinking about 2022 and I found it enlightening to look at those OPS+ splits by defensive position. From that vantage point, the offensive production from catcher has not been bad, and the offensive production from DH has been excellent (though Jeffers' stats as DH are horrible.) Arraez has already corrected the deficiency at 1B. LF stands out as the weak spot where an upgrade would be most impactful- and Kiriloff might be on his way to fixing that.
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    This got me to look into the splits since a lot of Sanchez PA’s and some Jeffers PA’s have been at DH. Twins catchers’ stats combined (when catching): .205/.273/.390 .662 OPS 346 pa, 19 2b, 13 hr, 41 rbi I hate that batting average, but the power helps. Overall those numbers seem fine to me for the catching position. So what does sOPS+ think? sOPS+ 101 That’s almost exactly average. Not a strength, not a weakness.
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    Yeah I find it hard to argue any same four players were part of the core of both the ‘87 and ‘91 teams. Teams just morph so fast, but Cody picked the same 4 names that jumped to my mind. However, check back in a month and I bet at least one of those four will swap out. Good thing it’s not a 4-man roster.
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    He doesn’t pitch right? When I consider it today, I just don’t see how that acquisition would address a need for the Twins. However, it could look very different a couple weeks down the road. A baseball season can humble me repeatedly.
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    I'd dance with the girl what brung me to the party. If Correa is just a one year player, let's squeeze all the juice we can from 2022. Who knows, maybe he decides he likes winning as much as he likes money and there is more of a chance at a future together than any of us think is possible right now? Then again, Scott Boras is Scott Boras, so I won't hold my breath. Having an elite SS for a one year push is not my idea of a problem.
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    Perhaps your best headline yet. Had me laughing even before I started reading the article. Well done!!
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    mikelink45 for the win!
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    I remember guys making that kind of argument a some years back. Saying Ichiro's batting titles meant little because he was just a hollow batting average and so on. However, it feels like we've arrived at a more balanced, mature understanding and appreciation of stats today. Discussions have become more respectful and nuanced and you'd be hard-pressed today to find any baseball lover who would claim a .350 batting average could be hollow.
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    The first thing I learned to admire in a hitter was a .300 batting average, but even as little kid reading the backs of baseball cards, no one used batting average all by itself. In my experience, it never was a standalone stat, even before analytics we knew that Tom Brunansky was a more impactful hitter at .245 than Greg Gagne was at .254 Batting average never was a stat indicative of true performance in and of itself -but it is a useful measure. The arguments from analytics enthusiasts seem to be based on a perception that users of old school stats don't understand this. Not true. We do. I like to use classic and modern, advanced stats. Somehow though, there is a romantic nostalgia for describing a player's performance with the measures I learned as a young fan and I still admire a batting champion. I want Luis to stay strong and productive so we're still having this conversation at the end of the year.
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    I think the author seemed awfully careful to point that out repeatedly throughout the article. Makes a fella want to stand up and cheer Rod Carew again when you watch a player performing this way for part of a season, then consider that Carew averaged that over 18 years. What a player!
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    I can't lie. I miss my guy.
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    By keeping Kepler, Pagan, Thielbar and Megill company.
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    I thought they created a problem the moment they moved Garver but I've been so positivley impressed and surprised by Sanchez. I've been so impressed that the FO was able to unburden the team of Donaldson while getting similar catcher production with that swap, that I've totally ignored Jeffers. He's been a disappointment, but now that he's the backup catcher... Eh. How much does a backup catcher matter? There should be a replacement-caliber player available by trade or on the waiver wire at some point this season. If not, Jose Godoy is holding a golden ticket.
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    Ouch. I've been kind of ignoring him and letting him fly under the radar, but when you lay it out like that makes me want other catcher's names in the plans. In the short term, I'm grateful for Sanchez (really didn't expect I'd ever be saying that back when he was acquired.) Maybe this is the spot they should be look to upgrade when trade season arrives.
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    I still think with proper management and usage, Oswaldo Arcia could have been a real force in this league. I can't call it a win to give up that talent for cash considerations. He was raw and never put it together, but I am still convinced there was so much more juice there to squeeze if they only knew how.
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    I didn't hate bringing Duffey in as much as most fans seemed to hate it, but it sure went poorly. I just have more residual confidence in Duffey than his 2022 results have earned. My peers proved more right than me. Beyond that, I believe it is foolish to apply the same game management theory when squaring off against the elite teams (like the repugnant Yankees) that you apply when squaring off against lesser competition (like the lowly Royals.) Yesterday's score was within striking distance and looking back, I think it would have been wisest to go full-steam ahead, guns a-blazin'. We maynot find that favorable a situation for the rest of this series. Did they pre-emptively decide to reserve the top bullpen options because Cole Sands was assigned to start? Is it really a better strategy to not use your best pitchers? I don't like it, but I still hope they vanquish the foes tonight. Go Chris Archer!
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    I'm with you man, I like him so much more than I thought I would.
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    Not sure I agree. If a HEALTHY Buxton does not play against the Yankees, the Yankees chance of a sweep increase. He's not contributing much lately and I can't concretely know why not, but injury seems most reasonable. Celestino could conceivably have a better series in center than a hobbled Buxton. I think the team needs to do whatever is best to get Buxton back on track in the long run rather than base his usage on the team's current series.
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