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  1. gil4
    I like TD because we talk about a lot of different angles. Has the trade been a disappointment so far? Sure. Am I glad he took the time to write about it? Absolutely. It seems others agree - we're now on page three of talking about "nothing." I do agree that, while the trade doesn't look great now, it's far from settled. If we could undo the trade, would I? I don't know. The offense hasn't been very good, but I think pieces are there to turn it around. I'm still not sold on Arraez long-term, and I think Lopez will be better, unless he gets hurt (which is always a bigger risk for pitchers.) But having Arraez at the top of the order would look pretty good right now.
  2. gil4
    We need to send that link to the front office in Toronto in case TBD Little Leaguer gets grounded for staying up too late playing video games.
  3. gil4
    The 1987 had one outstanding starter (Viola), one very good starter (Blyleven late in his career), one marginal starter (Straker, in his one decent season). In the bullpen they had Reardon (who was just OK at best during the regular season, although he was more important to the team than his stats would indicate) and Berenguer (who was pretty good). Their #4 and #5 starters were worse than anything we put in those slots last years. The rest of the bullpen would have been released by now if they were on this year's team (except Atherton.) They won with front-line young talent (Hrbek, Puckett, Viola), solid second-tier talent (Gaetti, Gagne, Brunansky), veteran leadership and credibility (Blyleven, Reardon), and a playoff format that helped hide the lack of pitching depth (Viola and Blyleven pitched 57.1 of the 104 total postseason innings) In the games they won, Blyleven, Viola, Berenguer, and Reardon pitched 55.2 of 63 innings.
  4. gil4
    Let's hope Ryan never gets the conga line going like Radke did
  5. gil4
    In the photo at the top (Travis Adams?), I was wondering why they have a picture of Marvin the Martian (from Bugs Bunny) on the side of the uniform. It turns out he was just twisted funny and those are just flowers and leaves there. That was disappointing, because that would have been the only redeeming part of those hideous jerseys. Edit to add: They don't have a lot of great options: https://windsurge.milbstore.com/collections/jerseys
  6. gil4
    It's tough to replace a legend.
  7. gil4
    Not even close. Duensing had about 3-4 years of it (plus a couple of years of "maybe we can re-sign him and add him to the trade" after he was gone. )
  8. gil4
    I agree - the first thing he's going to have to do as the new owner is write a check for $140M. I hope he has a lot of change in his sofa cushions.
  9. gil4
    Nope.
  10. gil4
    All pitchers have that same floor, and all of them are one awkward pitch away from reaching it. Some guys have been healthy for a long time, but that usually means they are that much closer to the big one that shuts them down for a year. I will grant that having a shoulder injury without a specific diagnosis that was just treated with rest has a pretty high chance of recurring.
  11. gil4
    My youngest daughter is 18 and would rather go with her friends, so I'm safe.
  12. gil4
    Yeah, they are almost as bad as their boneless "wings". I live in a town where the top fine dining options are Applebees and Whataburger. We don't eat out very often. But Chick-Fil-A is coming! I might be able to write my own version of this article next year.
  13. gil4
    It looks like the main point is he can beat anyone as long as he isn't pitching in Miami. That problem is solved. Of course, we really don't know the cause of those weird splits. Maybe it isn't the stadium, maybe it's home life and will follow him. Maybe he has a lumpy bed and doesn't sleep as well at home. Maybe he has too many distractions at home and can focus better on the road. Maybe it's small sample size and will even out. I didn't check his game log, but maybe the split was caused by one game where he pitched 1-1/3 innings and gave up 10 runs, which this year will happen on the road instead. Maybe it is the stadium, but he will hate Target Field too. Or maybe the stadium in Miami is the problem and his road numbers will stay the same and his home ERA will be 2.00 instead of over 4.00, and he will win the Cy Young award and game 7 of the World Series. (It's February. We're allowed to hope for unrealistic things.)
  14. gil4
    I was there for one of the games he wasn't perfect, and it looked like batting practice. (at Texas) I wish him the best and hope he can stay on that tightrope he walks.
  15. gil4
    That article is right here: Twins Make Boring, Necessary Trade for Michael A. Taylor
  16. gil4
    The can definitely measure things like merchandise sales. I'm sure they have a lot of market research data on many topics. I'm not sure how many individual guys move the needle that much, though. Correa and Buxton are probably the only ones worth mentioning now. An ace starter (or one who starts throwing like one) can do it. But most guys, if you move them in an attempt to get better, that won't move the needle at all. (Now if they start dumping salary, that will.) Edit to add: Arraez might be a little different, because his style reminded so many people of Carew and we love our batting titles. I think any impact will be short-lived. The main purpose of a no-trade clause isn't to prevent the player from being traded. Mauer might have been an exception there - he might have said (if asked) that this is home and I'm not waiving that no-trade clause for anything. But most guys will waive it if the team is struggling, they can go to a contender, and maybe get a bit of extra cash out of it They just don't want the risk of of being shipped off to Pittsburgh if they don't want to there.
  17. gil4
    If he does that for too much longer, some major league team may give him a chance in their system. Lefties with a pulse and an arm attached to the body usually get chances. He might need to bump up that K/9 to have a real shot.
  18. gil4
    Drafting 4-5-6 over three years and producing one utility guy from that is disappointing.
  19. gil4
    We can only hope. As the saying goes, hope is not a plan.
  20. gil4
    I am glad he was on the Twins, and I'm glad he came back after he left, but I wouldn't vote for him. He was one of the best defensive CF of his generation. Ozzie Smith was one of the best defensive SS of all time, possibly the best. That's not a small difference. While SS and CF are both considered premium defensive positions, SS is far more premium. (SS= Ruth's Chris. CF=Texas Roadhouse) Also, while OPS and OPS+ are useful estimates of a player's offense, they tend to undervalue guys who generate most of their offense from OBP rather than SLG. Ozzie and Torii didn't have a huge gap in OBP (career .337 to .331), Ozzie's was higher. If you compare their oWAR over the course of their careers, they close. If you compare their dWAR, they aren't. (dWAR might be flawed, but not THAT flawed. 44.2 to 4.0 career dWAR).
  21. gil4
    You managed to see more Twins games in person in a year than I have seen in 58 years. I have only seen about a half-dozen home games (two in the dome, the rest in the old Met) so I'm usually in enemy territory (Fenway and old Yankee stadium when I was younger, three Texas stadiums after that.) Twins fans are usually well represented in Arlington, and the Texas fans are usually pretty friendly. I need to make it to Target Field. (I also want to hit KC - it's about 8 hours away.}
  22. gil4
    By that standard, I hate this signing.
  23. gil4
    It took me at least a month to hate that one.
  24. gil4

    the Anti- Correa move

    gil4 commented on Doc Munson's blog entry in Fantasy GM

    I agree, The Yankees' bubble never seems to burst, They just wait a couple of years and make a bigger bubble.
  25. gil4
    And a unicorn. We need the unicorn.
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