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  1. Shaitan
    The Santana trade was brutal (should've just kept him for a year and taken the pick, given the unique contract demands of the situation) but at least Gomez because an above average MLBer (post-Twins). I still shake my head at the Garza/Bartlett/Young/Harris/Pridie trade.
  2. Shaitan
    Option 4: another pitcher is injured/covid
  3. Shaitan
    I also don't think the team planned to acquire Paddack, but they jumped when the opportunity arose. Meaning, they have more depth than expected. (Certainly a good problem to have.)
  4. Shaitan
    Or they don't care to have a closer at all and will use pitchers in different roles daily, based on matchups, availability, etc.
  5. Shaitan
    Also, who cares? Jeffers has had four bases stolen on his watch in 2022, and has thrown out one runner, for a CS% of 20%. Yadier Molina is at 29%. Base stealing has become such an irrelevant part of the game that this area of weakness is inconsequential. I agree with the main point, but not "who cares." Any free base can haunt, whether via walk, error, or allowed stolen base. But it's not a super useful measurement in such small sample size, not to mention other variables such as the pitcher and defender.
  6. Shaitan
    If Winder is on an innings limit, maybe he's the closer toward the end of the year. Also, I'm just making stuff up. Because that's what we do here. Good game, good win.
  7. Shaitan
    Given potential injuries and that it's early May, I'd guess 2-4 more starts like others have said. But there are a few other issues. 1) This FO isn't "traditional." Closer by committee, openers and, now, a 6-person rotation. 2) The inning limits we'll see on young arms. Those two factors make it hard to predict. I personally think the team will stick with a rotation of 6 as long as possible to limit innings. But if Winder is on a strict limit, he may end up in the pen regardless of performance. Or perhaps SP to bookend the year with a switch to RP midseason to limit innings and then build back up for postseason.
  8. Shaitan
    Stick a fork in him.
  9. Shaitan
    I thought they got rid of the 7-inning games?
  10. Shaitan
    I can just picture (retired) Gardie turning red as that Detroit defense plays.
  11. Shaitan
    My takeaway from these two discussions is twofold. 1) 28 is too big a roster, as I don't care who is sent down. Several are worthy candidates. 2) This team is fun, but needs to improve because several are worthy candidates. But, really, I imagine we'll see 40+ players in MLB on the Twins this year. It's a long season and there are always moving parts.
  12. Shaitan
    "Initially, the fear was he would be out for a whole, but when an MRI came back that it was “just inflammation...” This almost feels like an intentional typo, given his injury history. ?
  13. Shaitan
    With a 28-person roster and 27 pitchers on it, that's just the way it's going to be.
  14. Shaitan
    You forgot to mention that Rincon used performance enhancing drugs.
  15. Shaitan
    Smith is like 100 years old in sports years. He can pitch back to back games.
  16. Shaitan
    While I like the analysis, The Rays developed Ryan, not the Twins. The control pitcher concept is interesting, given that all their waiver wire RP pickups seems to be the opposite. Maybe it's coincidence, maybe that's what you get on waivers, or maybe they have a different RP philosophy.
  17. Shaitan
    Because even league action SP is much harder to acquire. Rogers is replaceable. He's above average, but not elite. If they're in contention later, they can add RP with deadline deals that cost marginal prospects.
  18. Shaitan
    Exactly. And it's hard to hit when it's this cold. Bats will warm up. Hopefully the pitching is for real (vs looking better in the cold).
  19. Shaitan
    Except rookies aren't arbitration eligible. That comes on year 3 or something (don't know the exact details).
  20. Shaitan
    It used to be a workaround because recently drafted players couldn't be traded. Now, I'd guess to keep the Padres under the luxury tax in some way. There's a bureaucratic reason for everything that makes no sense.
  21. Shaitan
    I expect something of value, given that the Twins are eating $6m in the deal too.
  22. Shaitan
    3 years of SP for 1 year of RP. Seems like a no brainer. You can always rebuild a bullpen (see 99% of deadline trades). Most SP will cost a prospect SP or CF in return. And Rooker finally has a spot.
  23. Shaitan
    So many pitchers. MLB has been trending this way for 20 years but still... And with universal DH, we're near the end of pinch hitting.
  24. Shaitan
    This is not directed at the OP, and I use this phrase too about "how long of a leash." But it's kind of weird how many phrases we uses for athletes are the same terms we use for animals.
  25. Shaitan
    Garver was good. But I won't miss the passed balls.
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