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  1. Also, preventing passed balls and wild pitches. Gotta keep those pesky baserunners from advancing.
  2. The only closer I would pick over Nathan is Mariano and his freakin' cut-fastball buzzsaw.
  3. If David Ortiz doesn't make the Hall of Fame then the Hall of Fame isn't really worth much anymore.
  4. Steven Matz to the Cardinals, 4 years $44 mil, could earn up to &48 mil.
  5. Had Vic Power on my paper route in Minneapolis when I was a kid. Mrs. Power always handled collections. I always made sure there were no rips or tears and all inserts were there. I was bummed when they moved away. ?
  6. Who would you rather have, Jake Cave or Clint Frazier?
  7. Another Tampa Bay shortstop that could be available is Taylor Walls.
  8. What are we, the New York Mets?
  9. Don't forget our AA shortstop Jermaine Palacios who is currently smacking the ball around for Lara in the Venezuelan Winter League. Looks like he's getting reps at SS, 3B & LF. Interesting.
  10. My hunch is he gets a spring training invite and if he shows well, we'll probably see him in a Twins uniform at some point in 2022.
  11. I believe Whitefield signed a minor league deal with the Angels last week.
  12. In the perfect condition of 3 sets of 3 pitchers and 9 inning games, each pitcher appears in 54 games and pitches 162 innings and all could qualify for league leaders. Interesting symmetry.
  13. The Rays GM Erik Neander's take on Jermaine Palacios when they acquired him from the Twins in 2018: “This is somebody that, by our own work and by our own information, what we see here is a lean, wiry Venezuelan shortstop who has had plenty of offensive success ... He’s someone we think has some offensive upside. He can play shortstop and play it well. All reports on the makeup are very positive. This is someone we think can grow into more physical strength ... might have another gear up from here. You look at what he’s accomplished to date on the field, combined with the tool set, along with the makeup, we think that this is a really exciting player to add to our system.” Not sure if the Twins view him as a Major League piece, but I've read worse player reviews and it was his struggles with the bat in the Rays organization that led him back to being with the Twins. He hit pretty good at AA last year. Possible Twins SS for 2022?
  14. Agreed. As fans we want who we want and don't have the time or inclination to figure the math. The kicker to trying to do outside analysis is "real" team value and the fact that some of the owners are ludicrous wealthy and really could spend as much as they wanted to if they wanted to. Kudos to the guys over at MLB Trade Rumors as they really do a good job when they deep dive player and trade values and costs. Also, we don't always know if a team covets certain players that might add a premium to their spending targets. 2021 opening day payrolls: The Dodgers at ≈ $235 mil were six and a half times more than the Pirates at ≈ $36 mil. The Twins at ≈ $121 mil were a hair above the MLB average of ≈ $120 mil. It makes a difference. Let the rotometrics begin!
  15. I'm not trying to prove anything, they're just a couple of sources of info about the finances of baseball that anyone can try to decipher. Maybe the only thing we can conclude is that it's hard to tell how much a team is willing to spend unless you're the one doing the spending.
  16. and . . . he looks good in powder blue. ?
  17. Ohhhhh, a Mickey Hatcher sighting. One of the great pranksters of all time. Don't let your pants out of your sight and keep an eye on your shoes. ?
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