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  1. KirbyDome89
    I'm cringing at almost the entire rotation to start the year. The Twins are banking on A LOT of things to work out in their favor. Scary....
  2. KirbyDome89
    FWIW Chargois isn't hurt. When the Twins placed him on waivers the prevailing sentiment was "can't pitch from the trainer's table, the guy is always hurt...." It's true, he has dealt with injuries for a good chunk of the past few seasons, but right now isn't one of those times. MN tried to sneak him through and they got caught. IMO that's a mistake. There are others on the 40 man who are infinitely more expendable.
  3. KirbyDome89
    Burdi and Chargois. As the 40 man stands now there's no reason Chargois had to go, and Burdi wouldn't have even needed to be added back until the end of May.
  4. KirbyDome89
    Injuries. Nobody wants to see them and there's no such thing as good timing but they're inevitable. I would love to see some of the young arms have a chance to throw some MLB innings before they're 26 y/o fringe 40 man decisions. Obviously all development rates are different, and injuries in the minors can halt progress. However, you never know how long an arm is going to last, and having young, live arms on the major league roster gives the Twins the best chance to maximize the return on their investment.
  5. KirbyDome89
    Oh for sure, I don't think anybody thought Dozier was going to hit 40+ HRs again. Idk if the FO is banking on Morrison hitting 30+ HR this season, but they must think he's going to be significantly better than he was the 5 seasons before this last one.
  6. KirbyDome89
    In terms of potential value this seems like it could be a good deal. I'm not sure they needed another DH/1B and I was hoping the bat they added would be a RH OFer. It might be an unpopular opinion right now, but I think they could've got production out of Vargas similar to what we could expect from Morrison this season, but for a whole lot less $$. If Morrison mashes again this season he's a clear upgrade over Vargas. If he has a season similar to any of the previous 5 seasons before this last one I'm not sure he's much of an upgrade.
  7. KirbyDome89
    A solid rotation?
  8. KirbyDome89
    If you're talking about the FO making comments about Sano needing to get back to game shape this ST following offseason leg surgery then we're in agreement. The Twins and Sano should be focused on that. There was no way he was going to be able to show up to camp in the condition either side would have liked. This FO hasn't made any comments about what a healthy weight for Sano is, and they certainly haven't touched on whether he'll be able to continue producing into his late 20s and early 30s. That was your addition to thread, and that was what I objected to.
  9. KirbyDome89
    The timing is very convenient. It's curious that the criticism is often heightened when he is most vulnerable, i.e. unable to defend himself with his performance on the field.
  10. KirbyDome89
    This is the crux of it for me. I don't care for the obsession with his weight, especially when numbers are thrown around with no basis. That in and of itself is irksome, but I think you touched on the larger issue, which is that those assumptions about his weight are then used to question character.
  11. KirbyDome89
    You're moving the goalposts. Are we really going to pretend like he was going to be a long term fixture at 3B? The guy has had documented issues fielding the ball almost since MN signed him. That wasn't the point though. The point was that you're professing to know what a healthy baseline for Sano is, and then you're using that to forecast the future. That is pure conjecture but it's being thrown around this thread as if it's fact.
  12. KirbyDome89
    This is exactly why I called his weight a boogeyman, EVERYTHING negative is attributed to it. We're stretching back years now to associate a hamstring pull, a very common injury amongst all athletes, with his weight. His weight, not the fact he was playing severely out of position, is why he struggled in the OF. Also his weight is the reason his 2016 season wasn't a continuation of his torrid 2015 call up. No athletes in other sports have reported out of shape after being laid up for months following surgery? What? There is no history, and there are no comparisons; we're talking about an individual person.
  13. KirbyDome89
    The only thing that has limited his mobility to this point is his shin injury, which again had nothing to do with his weight.
  14. KirbyDome89
    Body mass isn't an accurate measure of health, especially for an athlete. For reference I'm 28 yo, I work out 5-6 days a week, and I have a body fat % that's considered "lean," and it shows, yet I'm considered overweight according to my body mass. The one size fits all approach of determining an acceptable weight based only on height doesn't work. I'm not saying everything Sano is packing on is muscle, but athletes (power hitters in particular) tend to carry much more muscle than the average person. If some schmuck like myself is "overweight," just imagine how skewed those numbers are when measuring real athletes. Again, all these ranges mean nothing. Neither you nor I can possibly say that between weight X and Y is a healthy range, yet we're certain he can't play at 280?
  15. KirbyDome89
    I would argue that assuming to know a healthy baseline weight for Sano is obtuse... Who is to say that 280, where he checked in last season, and where he can easily get to after moving around this spring, isn't a healthy weight? Are we certain his body won' allow him to play into his 30s at that weight?
  16. KirbyDome89
    Yeah I know you're not saying he needs to be 230 right now, the point was that if he was already that weight as such a young age it shouldn't be surprising that he's in the upper 200s as he has continued to physically mature. IMO 260 is arbitrary. It's no different than the 10 lbs the Twins complained about a couple years ago. If/when his weight actually impacts his performance in a negative way I'll care. That hasn't happened, so right now Idc whether he weights 260 or 280.
  17. KirbyDome89
    He's 6'4" and he's coming off leg surgery. I'm not surprised that he put on a few pounds in the offseason, nor I worry about him shedding those once he starts running and moving around on the field. If the numbers are to be believed he weighted 230 lbs at age 19. How often do you see kids that size at that age? We keep trying to assign conventional weight standards to a guy that is anything but normal.
  18. KirbyDome89
    That and the fact that NOBODY maintains their weight from their late teenage years. Physical maturation is a funny thing...
  19. KirbyDome89
    Sano was never considered a great defensive prospect, his ability to stick at 3B was questioned through the minors too. He has a cannon for an arm but he has always had some difficulty fielding. IMO the weight is an easy target for a guy that was going to have struggles defensively at the major league level.
  20. KirbyDome89
    He'll mash some homers, continue to get on base, and everybody will silently wait for that first bad week either in the field or at the plate. It'll come, without a doubt, and we'll be treated to more genius Ruesse rants and diagnoses, but thankfully that will fade too. His weight is the honestly the biggest boogeyman since Mauer's contract.
  21. KirbyDome89
    Not only that, but even if they make it to the midway point within reach of contention, the primary focus of the FO seems to be finding great "value." That's going to be tough to come by if they're buying at the deadline, especially if the player is a rental. They weren't willing to make any big moves this offseason, I'm not sure why there is any faith in them acquiring a front end starter at the deadline.
  22. KirbyDome89
    I'm as pissed as anybody about how the offseason went. IMO Sanchez has no chance to contribute in any meaningful way, but he's a flier so what are we really expecting? Odorizzi is a wild card. He might bounce back a bit, or he might be the guy that he was last season. You could argue he's a flier too. I'm not going to determine the competency of the FO based on a couple low upside guys. They aren't off to a great start; they did nothing last offseason, and they haven't done near enough to address the pitching this offseason either. That's a failure. As tired as I am of being told to have "patience," with the FO (and trust me I am,) I think rebuilding pitching organization wide is going to take quite a bit of time, so they're getting a mini pass here. I realize the opportunity the current club has, and I've been harsh in criticizing the FO for not taking advantage as of now. However, I think the long term development of pitching i.e. drafting and development is just as much a part of enlightenment, and so I'm not going to dismiss their aptitude for pitching altogether just yet.
  23. KirbyDome89
    I'm not certain it's fair, no matter what kind of results are delivered, to measure the FOs enlightenment based on either of these two.
  24. KirbyDome89
    No quibble here; for what the Twins paid, Odorizzi is worth the risk. I don't think he's near the pitcher others are convinced he is, but this is a better move than signing Sanchez. Baby steps.....
  25. KirbyDome89
    He hasn't been good for years so unless the Twins have discovered a time machine, I'm not sure I see what upside Sanchez has. It isn't that I'm high on anybody you mentioned, it's that I'm down on Sanchez. He has proven for 2 years now that he isn't a major league pitcher. You're not wrong that that anybody you listed is a backend guy at best, but I think Jorge, Enns, and Slegers can at least give you what Sanchez has the past few years and if nothing else they haven't demonstrated that their arrow is clearly pointing down. If you want to argue that Kinley will be the odd man out I'm fine with that. I don't think either one of them should be on the roster but I think Sanchez has the better chance of being cut loose soonest.
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