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  1. nicksaviking
    That's probably the overall sentiment, but I don't care about making the playoffs, I only care about winning the World Series. I think they need another top end arm to do so. If they can't get to the playoffs without Miranda's slightly above average bat, this isn't a team that I'm going to be overly invested in. Miranda seems like a good fit for Miami, if they can package him with some prospects for Luzardo or Garrett, I'm pulling the trigger without thinking twice. And, no, I don't think the prospects need to be Jenkins or Lee, the Twins got Lopez AND a prospect for Arraez alone.
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    David Festa is actually on my mind as a companion piece to move. The Twins have had next to no luck figuring out starting pitchers with control issues. Miami has though.
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    I like Miranda. But the Marlins need a 3B and a 1B. And they've already announced that they're sellers. I'd be calling them up about starting pitching.
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    Gomez at #3 is a pretty strong argument for why WAR isn't a good stat. Gomez was undeniably the WORST offensive regular on that team by pretty much every metric. Those regulars included Alexi Casilla, Brendon Harris, Nick Punto and Brian Buscher. The even more maligned Delmon Young was a better 22-year-old on that team. If anyone remembers anything about the 2008 season, it was how disappointing the top piece of the Johan Santana trade played.
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    These guys were all drafted during the Twins successful juiced ball era. It's understandable why they thought it was appropriate to continue to churn out those three-true-outcome hitters. The league changed the game on the Twins and by 2021 the Twins had shifted their draft philosophy dramatically.
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    I liked Brent Rooker and his pre-draft articles and scouting reports suggested that he had the make-up to adjust his game to fix his shortcomings. Still, the Twins had and still have too many high strikeout guys in the system. There would have been no room for Julien, Wallner, Buxton and Rooker in the same lineup to open the season. Those 30%+ K rates would have devastated the lineup, even if they all put up .800+ OPS's. As much as we complained about Santana and Margot, those low K% acquisitions clearly showed the team did realize this was an issue. Obviously Wallner and Buxton to a degree have taken themselves out of the equation, but had the Twins not traded Rooker three years ago, they almost certainly would have traded him no later than this past off season. Now they may have gotten a better return for him had they held on to him longer, but the only way I could see him still on the roster is if they for some reason decided to keep him over the younger and cheaper Matt Wallner, who was better than Rooker last year. And that's not even taking into consideration the other internal corner bat options. I just don't see a reasonable scenario where he'd still be on the team now.
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    Doesn't look much like Balazovic to me, Balazovic was never able to miss any bats and he struggled with control. Looks more like Griffin Jax in 2023 when he looked impressive early than from April 21st through May 19th his ERA ballooned from 2.16 to 5.59. For both pitchers the strikeouts were still there, the walks weren't an issue and the FIP says they just ran into a some tough breaks.
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    This team might struggle this year, but I don't see the gloom and doom about the schedule. The Vikings play the worst conference in the AFC and avoid the NFC East. The only teams they play who had more than 10 wins last year are SF and Detroit twice. It looks like they just play a ton of really average teams mostly.
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    I think the defense is going to keep this team out of the bottom ten, and really, outside of the QB question mark, the offense is pretty good too. Still, I agree no trading picks this year. This is not a team that I'm also in no rush to rush McCarthy. However I think elite QBs are like elite starting pitchers, if they can be ruined by early career failure, I don't think that's a guy you want to be commanding your team through the playoffs. The best guys are just wired differently.
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    I was less impressed with the contact during David Well's perfect game.
  11. nicksaviking
    I was pretty reverential about the HOF when I was younger, but it really is just a plaque. I no longer identify with the hand-wringing about who gets in and who's left out. These guys all have or have had memorabilia and exhibits in the museum through the years. They aren't banned from the building, they just don't have a bust. As for the gamblers and the PED guys, it doesn't bother me either way, but I'm not shedding a tear for players who were doing something they weren't supposed to be doing and not getting their day in Cooperstown. I mean, when they were doing these things, they would have known getting caught meant jeopardizing that opportunity. They picked the money that went along with the rule flouting. Seems like telling my kids if they do well on a test I'll take them to DQ, then still taking them even after I find out they got suspended for stealing the answers. If the HOF wants them in now, go ahead, but it's not some crime against humanity if they don't.
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    How they don't realize that two dozen Jay Jackson's will be available on the waiver wire throughout the season is mind-bogglingly short-sighted.
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    They clearly don't hate Alcala. Despite his recurring injury history and lack of playing time the last three seasons, the Twins have resisted removing him from the 40-man each season. What the Twins actually hate is cutting bait on vets on guaranteed contracts. And obviously they hate that more than they like Alcala. For being an analytically inclined group they sure fail to grasp the sunk cost theory.
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    I'm typically not for selling the cheap, optionable options over vets, but we've seen this from Larnach before. I might move him while he's peaking because he tends to nosedive fast. If he can headline a trade for something valuable, I might look to move him ASAP. His profile seems to portend streakiness. But I'm also up for simply axing Margot and Santana.
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    Jeffers 1.014 OPS is currently fourth in the entire league.
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    Max definitely should have stayed on third base. He's old and looking pretty slow, I thought for sure a one legged relief pitcher would have beat him to home plate. He made a risky gamble and got away with it.
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    Can you clarify? While both have been good, Cossetti has shown some tantalizingly exciting offense so far in his career. I'd think he's the better prospect.
  18. nicksaviking
    I'm not the fan of Staumont that others are. His career BB% suggests he's going to get this team into quite a few dicey situations.
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    Jay Jackson was the guy I was advocating cutting lose first upon the return of Duran and Thielbar. He's 36-years-old with next to no track record and his velocity is down 2 MPH this year. Ugh, this team hust has to cling to guaranteed contracts even when they are minimal. There are some sketchy options for the pen, but they don't get much sketchier than Jackson.
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    Probably, but he costs nothing to try him out and unlike Margot, he can be optioned any time the team wants to pull the plug on him.
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    I'm done with these bottom tier vets. He's an inconsistent hitter too and I don't put much weight on 10 games with the White Sox.
  22. nicksaviking
    "Some potential replacements for Margot on the roster, should the Twins decide to go that direction, could be: Tony Kemp, whom the Twins brought in on a minor-league deal and who can play infield or corner outfield Matt Wallner, who has shown some signs of progress at Triple-A since getting sent down DaShawn Kiersey Jr., a promising prospect with the Saints who hits left-handed but has an .882 OPS so far on the season." Or, and this might sound crazy, they could maybe lighten up on the strict adherence that all left handed hitters under 30-years-old never hit against a left handed pitcher. But I'm also all for replacing Margot for Kiersey or Prato.
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    Sounds intriguing, but I don't like the idea of the Twins 'fixing' a college guy's control issues. It's so rarely ever accomplished. They've been way better at adding velocity to guys who don't have control issues.
  24. nicksaviking
    Mugshots are tasteless. Pot shots at Canada are fun: Lay off the guy, north of the border public intoxication isn't a crime, it's how you show up to church.
  25. nicksaviking
    Just re-read the article, still didn't find the "Pros" parts.
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