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  1. bighat
    I think Smeltzer's not even really a consideration anymore. Had a shot, impressed a bit his first season but wasn't blowing anyone away in the metrics department. Didn't make the team out of ST last year, got recalled and then was put on the 60-day DL in May of 2021. Got outrighted off the 40-man over the winter and is now pretty much just trying to hang on to his professional career. Sounds rough but that's the way the cookie crumbles for 90% of professional baseball players. I'd be totally happy if the Twins gave any of the other 4 guys you mentioned a shot. The Twins may be forced to play their hand if they don't come up with anyone via trade of FA soon. I'm all for it, frankly. Let's see 'em.
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    If we can see it, Falvine can see it. They're obviously working on it, and clearly the asking price is too high (Royce Lewis & Luis Arraez for Frankie Montas, for example). Are you saying the Twins should literally give up the farm for a guy like Montas - a 29 year-old who has only played 1 true full season as a starter and only had 1 decent year?
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    Alas, as a powerful half-human daemon, Boras has the ability to hide the horns & tail. Most nights he transforms into a làbh-allan - a type of evil Scottish water-shrew - and feeds on the blood of cattle and other livestock. Quite a sneaky guy and extremely difficult to catch while in shrew form. As for the captions, it was probably just an oversight. Every once in a while on places like TD, you'll see signs that maybe not all of the writers spent 4 years in journalism school or worked as a reporter before starting here. Frankly, that's part of the fun - you can have real discussions with managing editors, authors, and other staff members (Reusse's not writing you back, is he?). Overall they do a VERY solid journalistic job, any mistakes are usually corrected quickly, but they are usually very minor. They also put up with us obnoxious commenters bickering about things like WAR, BABIP, OPS+ and players' shoe sizes, so we all cut 'em a break and don't sweat the small stuff.
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    Aside from last year, Montas had never started more than 16 games in a season. He went 13-9 last year with a 3.37 ERA. That's a nice arm to have in your #3 spot in the rotation if you're an elite team. But those aren't "ace" numbers. And he just turned 29. Do the Twins really gamble away Martin or Lewis on someone like that?
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    Agreed. It's like the "trade Polanco" crowd who crawls out of their caves every year. These aren't prospects, they're established, legit big league players in their prime. They could bat in the top 3rd of the order in any MLB lineup right now. I realize you have to give something up to get something back, but if you can give up a Larnach instead of a Polanco/Arraez, you do that every time.
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    Played 148 games last year and had 630ABs. From a Twins' fan perspective, that's not an "injury prone" player. We know what that phrase means, and Correa ain't it. He's going to play more games than Donaldson this year, I'm betting.
  7. bighat
    He has redeemed himself. Correa hit 279/.366/.485 with a career-high 26 homers in 640 plate appearances this past season.
  8. bighat
    Nice to wake up to this news! I'm shocked, thought Correa was as good as gone to the BoSox. Thrilled to see the Twins jump in and make this move, this season's outlook just got much brighter!
  9. bighat
    Fair enough. Rortvedt batted .169 last year, just in case you or anyone else here needed a refresher on his offensive capabilities. Sanchez might be more of a natural DH in my opinion.....so maybe without having to catch much he'll be able to focus on hitting only. Maybe he DH'es for the Twins 4-5 days a week and catches once every couple weeks. With Jeffers and Godoy sharing most of the duties behind the plate we might be just fine at the C position.
  10. bighat
    I know, it's bizarre. We lost our 3rd string catcher and people are acting like the Twins have forsaken their future at the position for years to come. Maybe it's just the culture of the internet now? There seem to be two options: you can be super excited or angry and bitter. If you don't love the trade, that means you HATE the trade. No middle ground. Also, many people think that if the Yankees wanted Rortvedt, he must have potential, and us poor Midwestern rubes just got swindled by some big city slickers. Relax everyone. Twins traded their 3rd string catcher, we signed a guy off waivers who has some experience to take care of things. The end, let's move on and talk about the pieces that matter.
  11. bighat
    Agree. The hand-wringing is out of control IMO. It's strange to me how people here look at Trevor Larnach's numbers and think "I hope this guy is our left fielder this year", but when they see Sanchez' numbers they think he should be demoted to AA and never see the pro field again. How about we just relax and see how everyone does? Larnach might improve with some extra batting practice, fielding practice, and some film study - why can't Sanchez do the same? He's only 28 years old, and he's been an All-Star TWICE already. And A-Rod once referred to him as a "hybrid of Manny Ramirez and David Ortiz". I think this feeling so many people have right now is simply due to the fact that we made a trade with the Yankees. We picture humble, hard-working, naive Minnesotans going into the big city, only to have their money stolen on a crooked game of 3-card monty. Relax everyone. Let the next couple weeks play out and see where the rest of the chips fall.
  12. bighat
    I was down in Fort Myers in late February. Alas, all I could do was drive by Lee County Stadium a few times and sigh in frustration. You'd think being in Florida it would be easy for me to go back down there, but it's a 5 hour drive from my location. You can fly direct from Minneapolis on Sun Country in less time. Yankees, Phillies, and Tigers are all about 2 hours from me. I've been out to Phoenix a couple times for Cubs Spring Training. Someone mentioned "baseball overload" and it's even more evident there. Most team sites are all within a 20-30 mile radius of each other. You can go to several stadiums easily during a week-long trip. Fun stuff.
  13. bighat
    I agree. I'm not sure how dropping $160 Million on a 5-year contract for a guy like Story - who is 29 years old and has played half his games in Coors Field for his entire career - helps the Twins. Even worse, maybe they give him a 7 or 8 year deal. Sure wish they'd have spent that money on pitching, but that ship has sailed.
  14. bighat
    About 20 teams in MLB would be happy to have Sanchez splitting time at the C position on their teams. Having a catcher with 30+ HR power who can DH on off days - along with a blossoming Jeffers - isn't exactly "blowing up" the position. That's my opinion, at least.
  15. bighat
    Good grief. If the Twins would've kept him, as soon as Donaldson pulled a calf muscle this year everyone would be sitting here complaining that the Twins didn't get rid of him when they could have.
  16. bighat
    Anyone consider that maybe the Twins simply don't think Donaldson has much left in the tank? Or they believe his injuries are only going to get worse? Or both? If someone told you that Donaldson would play 90 games this year, would you take the over or under? It wasn't just Donaldson's contract the Twins were unloading. Josh is an aging superstar who is both extremely vocal and injury prone. What I'm saying is, maybe unloading Donaldson didn't "downgrade" the Twins lineup as much as you think it did. At least consider it.
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    Worth clicking this link - it's cued right to the starting point you want to hear:
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    Dude that's my exact thoughts! I was really pumped about getting 2 years of IKF and thought he'd be a fantastic addition to this team. Sonny Gray made me even more enthusiastic. And now....this? WTF is going on. Initial thought is that I don't like what we're getting in returns here. Gary Sanchez is kind of a punchline at catcher. Gio Urshela is 30 years old, and coming off a 14-HR season as an every day 3rd baseman. We start to build for the present, then - boom - big salary dump.
  19. bighat
    MLB Network thinks so.
  20. bighat
    Guys, the Twins didn't trade the 2019 version of Mitch Garver for the 2021 version of IKF - this was a trade for the 2022 version of both players. The Twins clearly think that the 32 year-old catcher's best years are behind him. His trade value is at its peak right now. They also think IKF's best years are AHEAD of him, and that his numbers will improve as he hits his athletic prime. Plus they got a AA arm that they think has potential to contribute next year. How can you hate that idea before we even see what happens? They were never going to get a #3 starter for Garver. Obviously they tried, and nobody bit. They got the best they could and it was for an on-the-rise guy that fills a hole at a key defensive position. In short: Jeffers takes a step forward, IKF takes a step forward, Henriquez takes a step forward, while Garver takes a step backwards. That's the idea. Is that all so unlikely? Would you still hate the trade if that all happens?
  21. bighat
    I think it's too early to say that. In fact, this trade indicates that the Twins are going to spend their remaining $$$ on pitching. Johnny Cueto and Michael Pineda are going to be signed.
  22. bighat
    "Best bats"? Whaaa? All of a sudden everyone is moaning like Garver is Johnny Bench. Why? He had a great year during a juiced ball season. He's a slightly above-average hitting catcher with slightly below-average defense. The end.
  23. bighat
    Yes but the Twins aren't the Yankees, Dodgers, or Red Sox and they never will be. Signing Trevor Story or Carlos Correa just isn't something we Twins fans can expect to happen. Especially when the best starter on the team is a rookie who's tossed a grand total of 20 MLB innings. This is what we get. Now this trade isn't exactly a blockbuster but it's certainly not "disappointing". Garver had a great year during the Juiced Ball experiment of 2019, otherwise he's a very average player. And he's getting old without much in the tank. The Twins flipped a one-year wonder for a 27 year-old Gold Glove infielder who can bat in the middle 3rd of the order and play 162 games. The downside of course is that you have to believe Jeffers is going to hit .250 this year, but it's spring and this is baseball, so we can hope. Free agency's not done yet, and the trading has just begun. IMO we should be happy that the Twins are active and fixing holes.
  24. bighat
    Cool. I just moved back to the USA last year after living for 7 years in Guatemala, so I recognized it right away!
  25. bighat
    Your profile picture looks like Lake Atitlan in Guatemala?
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