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  1. AceWrigley
    All the metrics love Kepler's defense. Even over at fangraphs he's the best fielding RF in the AL. Yes he got snubbed. The major component of selection is managers and coaches. Being mostly cynical of all things these days, I'm not sure how robust their effort is in making their selections or if there is back room shenanigans going on. Sometimes effortless excellence gets overlooked. Snubbed I say, snubbed.
  2. AceWrigley
    So did you ever locate JB or is this now a cold case file on Investigation Discovery?
  3. AceWrigley
    I went to the 1st game ever played there, an exhibition game on April 3rd, 1982. Pete Rose got the 1st hit in The Dome. Wanted to get Pete's autograph but it didn't happen. It felt both weird and kinda cool playing indoors; a Guthrie Theatre for baseball. From the 2nd deck the Blue-Green effect of the field and surrounding walls and stands could play visual tricks on you. And getting "swept" out of the park after the game by the air pressure was unique. Now, where did I park my car again?
  4. AceWrigley
    I'm advocating a position of cost-effective competitiveness. Fill the pipeline with high quality pitching prospects, help them develop confidence and figure out how to get hitters out and move them up. If you need a veteran pitcher to fill a hole or leadership needs, then sign him. I don't think a free agent signing or 2 is really going to rescue the Twins next year enough to put them in the post season.
  5. AceWrigley
    No, the previous poster had said it's nearly impossible to trade for exceptional young arms and I was just using as reference that the Yankees in 2018 (3 years ago) acquired just that for a reserve outfielder to boot. I never said it was an overnight process, just that you can acquire and/ or develop a stable of possible aces to populate your starting rotation. The percentage of payroll that a free agent ace will cost is too great a risk for the Twins. Heck, even the vaunted Yankees had to play a single-game playoff this year, started their $36 million-dollar-man, and still lost. No matter how good you are, the post season is still kind of a crap shoot. I think it was Roger who posted earlier that a rotation of #2's and #3's can carry you a long way both during the season and into the post season, and be affordable year over year. And yes, you better have a decent bullpen.
  6. AceWrigley
    Luis Gil.
  7. AceWrigley
    Too bad the Diamondbacks picked up Edwin Uceta when the Dodgers designated him from their roster during the playoffs. A young drop and drive right hander who looks pretty athletic with a repeatable delivery. Average fastball, good overhand curve and good feel for the change. Might get some starts but will probably end up in the bullpen. I was hoping the Twins would have a chance to pick him up as he has options remaining too.
  8. AceWrigley
    Trading for a few young exceptional arms is probably the better route.
  9. AceWrigley
    You cant use "overpay" and a "Pohlad owned business" in the same sentence. Not gonna happen.
  10. AceWrigley
    Tell that to Danny. ?
  11. AceWrigley
    Knebel.
  12. AceWrigley
    You still don't want to ignore league wide changes/influences.
  13. AceWrigley
    Half the players drafted by a MLB team out of Concordia U are named Varland. Louie in the 15th round in 2019 by the Twins. Gus in the 14th round in 2018 by the A's. The other 2 "non Varlands" in 2009 and 2012. No major leaguers . . . yet.
  14. AceWrigley
    Good work. Another thing to consider is league batting averages have declined significantly too. JD's line drive rate was down and flyball rate up. Still, an OPS+ of 127 was higher than Polanco (125) even. JD at 3B-DH for the Twins next year is not a problem that needs fixing.
  15. AceWrigley
    Agreed. A few of his starts were complete ineffectiveness. Don't know if he's just having release point problems or if the year layoff is affecting him (walks have been up all over the minors). He'll probably be invited to MLB camp next spring so it will be interesting to see how he develops.
  16. AceWrigley
    Thanks Tom for sportin' us some curves. ?
  17. AceWrigley
    The Saints played less than saintly. Bummer.
  18. AceWrigley
    Byron Buxton should play for one team his whole career, and that team is the Minnesota Twins.
  19. AceWrigley
    Not bringing back Colomé would be addition by subtraction.
  20. AceWrigley
    Colomé's performance makes me think kindly of Ron Davis.
  21. AceWrigley
    If I go to the doctor next week and he prescribes heart medicine, I'm sending the bill directly to the Twins front office.
  22. AceWrigley
    At the Academy we learned to fly high. ?
  23. AceWrigley
    I am more than disappointed. Why call up a career minor leaguer at the end of a dead season and not play him? He doesn't deserve a chance to start in a MLB game? He's injured? So he has to sit at the end of the bench and do what, pine for the fiords? WTF. I'm not really a Rocco fan but I haven't jumped all over him . . . until now.
  24. AceWrigley
    Gardy would start new guys brought up right away. I always liked that.
  25. AceWrigley
    I agree with Roger as the Florida State League has historically been a tough league to hit home runs in. I know some guys can't WAIT to get promoted out of the "deep-fly-balls-go-to-die" league.
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