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  1. wabene
    Right now different sources have him ranked between 7th and 8th among center fielders in MLB. There are some huge salaries in that list. Considering that it seemed possible that Buxton's career was over last year I choose to view him from a lense removed from his days as a top player/prospect. Looking at him just as he is. He is a damn good player. At this pace you are looking at 460 plate appearances and 3 WAR. According to some each WAR is worth 8mm. That puts his value at 24mm well above his salary. Personally I don't agree 100% with that valuation method because a team bought at that level would cost about 320mm, obviously not in the Twin's budget. You need much cheaper players under team control providing excess value. It does, for me, put into perspective what Byron is providing the team. The big if is if he can keep this up this year and for a few more years to live up to the contract.
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    At this point Buxton has an OPS of .769 for an OPS+ of 116. It's important to consider the low bar for a good bat in center field. Even with the slow start he is at a good pace this year. Don't want to jinx him, but the plica surgery was apparently as successful as is expected with this procedure. How many games does he play? He sure looks good right now. That contract was a smart deal that just might work out.
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    Keaschall was playing in college last year and just got the call up to AA. You might want to hold your horses there. If things continue to go well for him AAA could be in the cards next year after starting the year in AA. That would make him a fast mover. As a side note we are well aware you want Farmer gone. It doesn't have to be mentioned in literally every post.
  4. wabene
    The glaring issue missed in the article is the annual Joe Ryan swoon. He does look determined to change that narrative and as mentioned that split sure looks good along with the ever increasing velocity and stamina. I like his chances.
  5. wabene
    They must not have liked the Okert vs Polo matchup. Polo has always been better in the left handed box, but yet they brought in Sands.
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    I cringe every time Vazquez steps into the box, but Carmago has not taken the step forward I hoped for this year. The average OPS in AAA this year is .769. Jair's slash line of .262/.333/.485/.818 would look dang good in the majors, but it is said you can subtract 200 points of OPS from AAA to the bigs. Yes that is still better than Vazquez, but as JD pointed out Vazquez offers value behind the plate. This is a tough situation and I have no idea what they will do next year. This year I would take T&R's advice and hit the fridge when he comes up. Unless there is a situation for a sac bunt like the other day.
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    Ha ha, good one. I think there is some truth to that. On the other hand the Twins were getting plunked at an alarming rate over a stretch of games when the calls for retribution rang out.
  8. wabene
    Jax had 4 days off before that outing. He looked a little rusty at first to me. Definitely not sharp. He got dialed in as the inning went along.
  9. wabene
    Patella tendonitis, Doc. Man that is a whole lot of injuries in the pen.
  10. wabene
    The Twins only have one more year before Alcalá becomes a UFA in his age 30 season. It's looking like we could get about 1.5 years of a back end reliever before he departs. That's if you don't include the 75 games of pretty decent middle relief in 2021-22 before his run of injuries started. He's pitching as well as Pressly was before we traded 1.5 years of him for Celestino and Alcalá. Celestino didn't provide anything. Alcalá could make it a much delayed wash. To bad it took them (the Twins and Alcalá) so long to get him going. I'm guessing they don't sign him to an extension. Yes the Twins could've used the Pressly Houston developed him into for those 1.5 years. They've got 3 more years of Jax, UFA at 33 and 3 more years of Duran UFA at 30. Considering this makes an extension for Alcalá, or really any of them, even more unlikely.
  11. wabene
    C'mon everyone can plainly see that's a guy with huge thighs
  12. wabene
    Unlike last year when the Twins performed well against the elite of the league, this year the opposite is true. There are nearly 80 games left to prove they can change this. I'm rooting for them.
  13. wabene
    The dugout isn't the only place these decisions are made, you know that right?
  14. wabene
    You don't think it was a step in the right direction?
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    100 games? I'd do that! Plus I wouldn't give Vazquez all the plum starts against leftys. Quite the opposite, Vazquez can't hit anyway, why waste those matchups on him?
  16. wabene
    It's a tough situation because you still have 15mm owed to a veteran, now backup, catcher under contract for 1.5 years that Rocco's bosses won't just release. You can't really blame them since the next catcher in line is completely unproven and there is no one ready after him. I never said I didn't think Jeffers couldn't play 2 out of 3 games. I implied that the front office won't play him that much until the stretch run and as you mentioned in the playoffs. I will say across baseball catchers aren't playing as many games as before. I'm not going to die on a hill arguing against this because last year this team was able to play it's best in the playoffs. In the past I remember the Twins limping into the playoffs and having to start guys like Dobnak and Duensing with a quad A outfield behind them.
  17. wabene
    Miranda got himself caught in the middle impacting his throw. Go all out after the advancing runner and you might catch his heel or force the umpire to make the correct call. This call is inexplicably non-reviewable so if they don't rule the runner out for a base running infraction, you've given up the chance for the out at first. In hindsight Miranda should've just focused on the throw to first.
  18. wabene
    Hyperbole, check the facts, look at the records. Plainly false.
  19. wabene
    I was discussing Rocco. If you want to talk about letting Jeffers catch 120-130 games a year, that isn't a decision that is made by Rocco alone. As is said over and over a new manager would use the catcher in the same way. Look at the bright side, we don't roster 3 catchers anymore.
  20. wabene
    You actually have 2 posters who don't rail on the manager questioning Rocco on this one. The defense isn't on Rocco, but the choices made in the 10th are on him. The Vazquez situation is a tough one for Rocco. The front office made the signing which most weren't against, but now what do they do? Rocco has to play him, so I'm not sure Howeda's complaint is valid. Sure this is a tougher series than the last so he could've set it up as Howeda suggests to have Jeffers in 2 of 3 against a tough staff. I don't think they are going to have Jeffers catching 2 out of every 3 games until the stretch run, so as long as Vazquez is here you're going to see him in the batter's box. Tough loss.
  21. wabene
    I'm in the same boat. I'd like to have a journalist ask Rocco to explain this. Just having Martin or Buxton as the dreaded Manfred Man and it's possible they would've advanced on the first flyout and scored on the second. Beyond that with the game on the line, Margot faces a righty and Vazquez faces anybody? Then you have Sands over Staumont which I'd say is a smaller quibble. The bats didn't provide much, but that was to be expected coming into this series, tight ballgames. The defense, however, didn't hold up it's end of the bargain. Vazquez, that ball should've been caught and the guy is out by 15 feet. Miranda's play is less egregious. Santana might usually pick that throw. Beyond that if Miranda went all in on going after the runner advancing to third he might have forced the ump to make the correct call on the base running infraction.
  22. wabene
    Our close game performance is regressing
  23. wabene
    I'll take a pizza with double parfigliano, please
  24. wabene
    Sands Closer®
  25. wabene
    It's not over but $hit
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