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But Bader can't hit, so it's the same difference. Except with Lee and Julien, there is a possibility that they actually will hit. Or Keaschall or E-Rod or Martin or which ever of the cheap, optionable internal guys they want to try. -
Screw the defense. Every single year this team fails when they have runners in scoring position. EVERY SINGLE YEAR. And it's because they keep giving meaningful at bats to Baders and Margots and Taylors and Gallos and Vazquezs and Simmonss. They can't keep signing these glove only guys and think things will change. Willie Castro not being able to get to one extra flyball a week pales in comparison to this team having a runner on 2B followed by the next guy at bat striking out then the next one meekly grounding out to end the inning every single game. It's unwatchable baseball. If they can't afford to hire the hitters who will stop doing this, they need to start rostering the guys who they don't know yet if they can't do this.
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Making the playoffs and having a legit shot at winning a championship are NOT the same thing. As evidenced by the teams that continually win the championship. I don't care about making a token playoff appearance. I want my team to be able to put together a squad that has a more than fair chance at winning it all.
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Parity among the top spenders. The mid level and bottom spenders are not part of that parity though.
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Not that I wanted to, but I'd have rather signed a DH. JD Martinez and Justin Turner may be cooked, but at least a guy like that MIGHT solve that yearly problem of never getting hits with guys on base.
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I guess I didn't understand what the panelists were talking about when they said the league had parity. The Royals and Cardinals are the only small and mid market teams to win a World Series in the last two decades and the Cardinals never spent like they were a mid market team and the Royals were 13th in the league in payroll the year they won. Has a team in the bottom half of payroll actually won the World Series since the collusion era? If so, it's the exception, not the rule. I don't think there's parity in this league in any sense of the word.
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I don't want a platoon partner. But even so, it's not Bader vs Martin. It's Bader vs Castro/Martin/Helman/Keirsey/E-Rod/whatever is floating around on the waiver wire. The inflexibility they are causing the roster for a guy who can't help offensively is the issue. And why are the Twins paying him more than Grichuk, Laureano and Hayes? They are all better hitters than him. It almost seems like the Twins once again waited too long and then found themselves in a bind and got taken advantage of because of it.
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We can have a difference of opinion, but you're just being stubborn if you refuse to recognize that half of us think that giving a guy who cannot hit 6M and a guaranteed roster spot, making it that much less flexible, is absolutely not improving the team.
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I'll take Castro over Bader. And I'll take any sliver of potential with Martin, Kiersey or Helman. They can all be sent packing when they don't perform. Those guys never get much leash. Call up the REAL prospects next. If none of them pan out, you only missed out on an unproductive veteran player anyway. I seriously don't care about subpar defense from the 2nd option in CF. I care that this team for years signs these kinds of players and then acts stunned when they are the worst team in the league at driving in runs with guys in scoring position. That is 10x more frustrating than not catching an extra line drive once a week.
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And Martin can be optioned and will be benched if he doesn't hit. Heck, I wouldn't put it past them to DFA him. He's not the only option. Maybe none are attractive, but when the bird in the hand is proven unable to hit, I'll take the two or three or four in the bush.
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But in what way is he competent? Certainly not with the bat? Because that leads to the next question: Is he really going to be a backup? History says he's going to get more PA than Buxton. Just give the PAs to the young guys. Maybe you'll get lucky. There is no pot of gold to be had with Bader though. Playing to the floor instead of the ceiling is what kills this team every single season.
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I'd guess the anti-Bader crowd has a large overlap with the anti-WAR crowd. I'm in that Venn Diagram at least. If you can't find good players, give me players you can option or have no qualms DFA'ing. I don't want bad players, that this team will never cut, clogging up the roster all year. Again.
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He's getting paid 6M. He's going to be more than a late inning defensive replacement. In fact with veteran Max Kepler gone, barring injury, I'd put my money on him having at least the 3rd most PA of any outfielder for the Twins this year. This team does not sign veteran players and let them sit on the bench for more than one game at a time.
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Prior to last year, Margot was a better hitter than Bader pretty much every season. This guy cannot hit. His OPS has been under .660 each of the last three seasons.
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What the........ Unfollow.
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Which is why I didn't care for them to sign any free agents. They didn't have to sign guys just to sign guys. And MAT was not good in 2023. He had a 35% K rate and a .278 OBP. I know many people didn't notice at the time, but he was a huge offensive black hole. It made zero sense why Joey Gallo was such a dog but people were singing MATs praises. They were the SAME player.
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I don't think ownership is an issue in this case. I get that there is a large percentage of fans that want the back up CF to be a glove first player. It's fair, it's just not what I want. But those guys are cheap regardless of ownership's prerogative. Even the Pirates can afford to pay defensive only players. There just aren't enough offensive capable CFs in the league; if you can hit and play a passable CF, you're going to be a starter. With Buxton often injured, I want a guy with a bat to be the backup option, even if he turns the stomach of the defensive crowd. And if you can't get the surefire bat, give me anybody with the upside for a impact bat. So at this point, I'm OK going with Castro as the backup. I don't have high hopes for Martin, but at least there is a hint of potential. Of course the real goal is for E-Rod to be that guy. Signing a vet like Bader is going to significantly reduce that chance.
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The goal shouldn't be to improve on Margot, it should be to avoid putting this type of player on the field. I have no interest in Austin Martin getting 400 PA, but even his bat is a better option than Bader.
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Ugh, well there goes 400 PA to a guy who can't hit. Offense is taking a step back and the offense is what was the biggest concern this offseason.
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It's tough. My kids are going to grow up hating their grandparents generation for setting society back a century, and they're going to hate my generation because we didn't stop it; we're all talk but no action.
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I don't know, if Grichuk is the only example, I don't think that I'd have much to quibble about. Yeah, I can see a Grichuk fit, but I don't see any other position players or starters I'd have any interest in at 5M.
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I really think it has less to do with the defender than the situational offense. I'm sure opposing teams make a cursory study of the defenders, but the 3B coach is going to send the runner based WAY more on the speed of the runner, the angle the ball is traveling, the number of outs, the inning, the score and who is on deck more than he's going to factor in who's in right field. How many such plays are we talking about, two, three dozen a season? We're working off of pretty small sample sizes.
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The Return of a Different Danny Coulombe
nicksaviking replied to Nate Palmer's topic in Twins Daily Front Page News
Agree, but thus far there aren't rules against pinch hitting. Though Baldelli sure seems to be pushing it to the point where the league may WANT to make a rule about it. -
They should do this anyway. Very slim chance he's going to make the 26-man roster at this point anyway.
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Umpire Pat Hoberg Fired for Gambling Violations
nicksaviking replied to Vanimal46's topic in Other Baseball
It will turn out fine. The billionaires will have already milked as much money as they could out of the sports before they collapse. So we don't need to worry ourselves, they will all be OK.
