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  1. KirbyDome89
    MN was Correa's 3rd choice at best. If he passes a physical in SF he's a Giant, ditto for NY.
  2. KirbyDome89
    Wow, what a POS. Ethics and all else aside, I'd love to know how LA is protected, i.e. allowed, to use the exempt list this way. It feels like a classic case of abusing the system here. If there was ever a time for the MLBPA to get involved (and mine some good will) this would be it.
  3. KirbyDome89
    Looking at his career, a half season in CF is probably his ceiling. He hasn't done that in 4 years now. I mean, if we can't be skeptical at this point, can we ever?
  4. KirbyDome89
    Yeah, this feels like a typical "best shape of their life," kinda offseason article. I'm not sure what "fully recovered," even means in this context, or at this point for Buxton. The word chronic was used frequently last season was it not?
  5. KirbyDome89
    Eh, he has a slightly less than 0 WPA over those two years. 2022 was an absolute disaster, and despite last season not coming to close to that level of awful, the team still had to bury him near the bottom of the pen for a large portion of the season and essentially spoon feed him low leverage innings because he struggled with runners, inherited or allowed, and high leverage. Idk if I'd say he was a net positive during his Twins tenure.
  6. KirbyDome89
    He is a bargain, but that's relative. IMO it's unlikely another team sends a great pitching or catching prospect in return for him, that doesn't mean he "isn't worth playing."
  7. KirbyDome89
    I guess if you ignore all context, i.e. the length of his contract, his age, the needs/budget of the team trading for him, the 2B market in general, ect.
  8. KirbyDome89
    If you're parlaying him into a Gray replacement I'm open to the idea of a swap. Moving Polanco hurts this offense, and if you're going to deal from an area that isn't a strength, returning impact talent is about the only justifiable swap if the goal is to improve upon this last season.
  9. KirbyDome89
    What team is giving up a good to great pitching or catching prospect for 2 years of Polanco in his 30s? That seems like a pipe dream to me. Figure out what you're doing in CF. Are you bringing in an actual, everyday CF'er and relegating Buxton to full time DH, or is Buxton playing regularly in CF until he' inevitably lands on the IL. To me there's no in-between. Starting a backup in CF for 120+ games while Buxton clogs the DH spot while also trading one of the better bats from an already inconsistent lineup is terrible roster management. Sure, and I don't disagree, but there's a way to trust your young guys without weakening your team.
  10. KirbyDome89
    .223/.376/.369 with a 32% K rate. That was Julien from August through the end of the year. He has to be able to stick defensively and show he's capable of handling LHP too. This isn't a slam dunk.
  11. KirbyDome89
    Are they getting a legit starting CF'er and not a backup/4th OF'er type? Clogging up the DH spot and penciling in an offensive black hole in CF daily seems like a much poorer asset management strategy. Julien's ability to hold down 2B at even a passable level defensively is still a massive question mark. There are plenty of ABs in the DH role and 1B for him alongside the occasional starts at 2B. I don't understand why we're in a hurry to move valuable depth on the IF in order to make room for what is likely much less valuable depth in the OF.
  12. KirbyDome89
    Exactly. If an actual blueprint existed somebody would've cracked the code by now.
  13. KirbyDome89
    This is just one part of the equation that the "be the Rays," crowd doesn't want to acknowledge. If it was that easy to replace established talent with cheap, young players and maintain or improve production, every team would do it. Every. Single. One. The line between TB and those Pittsburgh teams of the early 2000s into the 2010s is razor thin. Idk why anybody would prefer the Twins operate like TB when, as has been pointed out across this thread, the funds are are there, i.e. available, if MN wants to spend. You're fighting a losing battle. Not because you're wrong, it's just impossible to "win," an argument against an internet GM. I can't believe the credentials card hasn't been played yet.
  14. KirbyDome89
    Was he? I thought the rationale was he'd bounce back with the bat, i.e. a HR obsessed FO thought they found a reclamation project capable of mashing nothing but HRs. You can squint and understand that gamble. $11M for a glove first corner OF'er? Yikes.
  15. KirbyDome89
    This. Aside from the oblique and hamstring injuries, everything seemed to break right for Lewis this year. The grand slams, "clutch," hitting or at least the perception that he delivered in big moments, the HR binge, game one of the WC, the BAbip, on and on. A lot of it feels unsustainable, and that's ok, because he can still be a very good or even great player, but this season is going to be the standard for a while, which means some people are going to be disappointed.
  16. KirbyDome89
    This isn't even remotely true. I mean c'mon....
  17. KirbyDome89
    Yeah, a grain of salt is important here. These are organizational coaches talking about players in the organization. The corpse of Dallas Keuchel was starting meaningful games and a handful of formerly young arms from the minors took turns flaming out at the back end of the pen while the Twins waited for Brock Stewart of all people to return from injury and stabilize things, but "depth," is being touted. No bar too low I suppose. FWIW I'm not trashing Culpepper, or the article, I'm trashing the idea that a 22 year old who hasn't thrown a pitch outside of A ball should be passed off as an example of FO ingenuity.
  18. KirbyDome89
    This article could be written 30 times by 30 different teams. A 22 year old "depth," piece with zero time spent outside of A ball is the crow you want to serve? Smh....
  19. KirbyDome89
    Honestly I chuckled at Varland's penchant for giving up dingers being downplayed in the article. He struggled keeping the ball in the park as a starter, and that didn't change as a reliever, albeit in a very SSS. You can't be a "weapon," particularly in the pen, if you're giving up homers roughly 2x as often as the average MLB pitcher.
  20. KirbyDome89
    Well, if he's ripe for regression his production this season isn't really what you're replacing, so I can see the argument for moving him if some other team is convinced 2023 is repeatable. Idk, I wouldn't say I'm strongly opposed to moving a part time player, and decreasing offensive output at a position that demands it the least if the Twins could solidify CF.
  21. KirbyDome89
    The idea that you take your beatings early on and then rise up is a fallacy. If "small steps," were a thing, guys like Kepler, Polanco, or even Buxton would've been carrying this team offensively in the postseason. There were plenty of piss poor performances outside of the matchups you cherry picked.
  22. KirbyDome89
    Liked because I also think there's zero chance Jeffers is moved. If MN could fool some team into giving up a solid, starting CF'er I'd consider the swap, but that's not happening so.... Conversely, I'd be shocked if he's a top 5 catcher in baseball next year, even if he's starting a majority of the games behind the plate. I really doubt he's going to OPS in the mid .800s vs RHP moving forward, and he likely isn't going to rock a BAbip pushing .400 on the season, which is fine because he doesn't have to, but this season seems like a pretty far departure from what Jeffers looked like his first 2 full seasons. Maybe he just took a giant step forward, but color me a bit skeptical.
  23. KirbyDome89
    We must've been watching a different pitcher if you're suggesting that the Twins W/L record in Gray starts was remotely reflective of his regular season performance, or that Varland can replace him without the rotation skipping a beat.
  24. KirbyDome89
    This is the correct answer no matter how much people don't want to hear it.
  25. KirbyDome89
    Idk why 3:00 pm October starts would've been a consideration during planning. That's such a niche "issue."
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