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  1. yarnivek1972
    .562 OPS vs LHB. I’d call that impressive. Don’t blame Duke because his manager misued him. He is what he is.
  2. yarnivek1972
    All I’ve ever seen from Busenitz is an inability to miss bats. That’s not likely to improve with an extended stint. Indeed, it’s likely to expose him and he’ll get lit up like a Christmas tree.
  3. yarnivek1972
    I think the defense bar is already low. Errors are almost never called.
  4. yarnivek1972
    As indicated above, most likely DeJong.
  5. yarnivek1972
    The only guaranteed contracts I am aware of are Castro, Reed and Pineda at a total of under $25 mil. Add on $1.25 mil for the buyouts for Rodney and Morrison. Not sure where you are getting $ 32.7 mil. I get about $ 26 mil. Arb players: Gibson is in line for probably $6 to $7 mil. Odorizzi, IF he is tendered, maybe $ 8 mil. Grossman, also a non-tender candidate, maybe $3.5 to $4 mil. Adrianza maybe $ 2 mil. Rosario could go as high as $2.5 mil. I think it’s been determined that Sano will make the arb cutoff. But I don’t see him getting more than $900 K. Ditto for Buxton and Kepler. Rogers about the same. Maybe $1.25 mil tops if he finishes well. So, that adds up to a max of $28 mil. So $54 mil combined for 12 players. 13 more at an average of $ 600 K is just under $ 8 mil. So, that’s $62 mil. The Twins could spend $60 mil on new acquisitions (which would include Mauer) and still be under their 2018 payroll.
  6. yarnivek1972
    There were an awful lot of people calling for both, especially Buxton, to be extended LAST offseason. How would that be playing now? We still don’t know what kind of player either will be.
  7. yarnivek1972
    So much math. My head is going to explode.
  8. yarnivek1972
    Didn’t the Yankees sign Sabathia and Mark Teixiera in a single offseason? That would take the equivilent of $70 mil in today’s salary world.
  9. yarnivek1972
    Exactly. A trade requires two willing participants. Duke should be easy enough to trade. I’m not at all sure any team would want Dozier, Morrison or Rodney. Lynn maybe. A healthy starter is usually tradeable at any time.
  10. yarnivek1972
    Because it would be difficult for LEN to ask Escobar to confirm or deny? Does Escobar have any reason to lie?
  11. yarnivek1972
    Morrison is the obvious answer there. Escobar was the second most productive hitter in the lineup. I know many of us (myself included) criticize Molitor’s moves. But he’s not THAT stupid. Escobar would have played somewhere at least 6 games out of 7. Pressly too has arguably been the second most reliable bullpen arm. Teams that are trying for it this year don’t trade off key pieces.
  12. yarnivek1972
    The Twins will basically be remaking their entire bullpen in 2019. Hildenberger is the likely closer. Keep in mind there was some wonder if he should have made the team out of ST at all and he struggled the first couple weeks. He’s really the surest thing the Twins have. Rogers is a good loogy, but he hasn’t been as good against LHB as in previous years. After that there are a whole boatload of “if”s and “maybe”s. Sound like the bullpen of a legitimate contender to you? Free agency? How did that work out this year? Trades? Teams that are planning to contend aren’t going to trade bullpen arms. Non contenders probably have either kids they won’t trade or has beens no one wants.
  13. yarnivek1972
    Nor have they been since early May.
  14. yarnivek1972
    Murderer’s Row middle of the order. 0 for 10, 4 Ks. Season OPS’ of .710, .660 and .646.
  15. yarnivek1972
    I suppose he’s the type of guy other teams might want. Relatively young, controllable. Position flexibility. But he’s also a guy I’d think a contender would be extremely hesitant to trade away.
  16. yarnivek1972
    Pitchers’ reluctance to throw strikes to Robbie Grossman never fails to mystify me.
  17. yarnivek1972
    I believe this was mentioned elsewhere, but it appears Sano has gone from not being able to hit breaking balls to not getting good swings on fastballs. That’s not what I call progress.
  18. yarnivek1972
    6 pitches. Niiiiiiiiiice.
  19. yarnivek1972
    Only org apologists would truly believe that Escobar was traded to get Sano back in the lineup. Taking your second most productive hitter out isn’t what a winning team would do. They would figure out ways to get him in more.
  20. yarnivek1972
    Berrios is likely done after 4. He’s going to be close to 100 pitches already. Edit: If he makes it out of the 4th.
  21. yarnivek1972
    Eovaldi 30 pitches in innings 2-4.
  22. yarnivek1972
    8 pitches. Way to make him work.
  23. yarnivek1972
    Thome struck out 2500 times in over 10,000 plate appearances. His career rate was less than 25%. And he had a 5.9% HR rate. Sano’s career rate is 36.4%. His career HR rate is 5.3%. Thome struck out considerably less and went deep more frequently. So, yeah Sano isn’t Thome. That’s not GOOD news. Because that is kinda what the Twins need him to be.
  24. yarnivek1972
    Going to be an awful lot of bullpen in this game. Almost 50 pitches combined in the first.
  25. yarnivek1972
    I was actually refering to Cuddyer. I think I was posting at the same time you were mentioning Dozier. I didn’t quote because I’m lazy and didn’t figure anyone else would be up at 8 on a Sunday.
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