I was thinking about the Arizona Fall League (hereafter referred to as AFL) and how to improve it. I don't like that only a limited number of Twins' players are allowed to participate. My conclusion is to dump the AFL and replace it with the FPL (the Fall Prospect League). The FPL would consist of two divisions (Florida and Arizona) and be based at the spring training facilities of each MLB team.. The players selected for each franchise's 30-player roster would consist of any minor leaguers
I was watching a game today and paid extra attention to the catcher. He is considered one of the worst pitcher framers in the game. He wasn't too fluid in his motions but he also did not have much to work with. How is good pitch framing defined? Is it the number of strikes called by the umpire that technology determined were not really in the strike zone? If that is a true statement, then I think there is an inherent problem. If a pitch is slightly out of the zone and the catcher pulls it
Here is my theoretical letter to the Twins ownership and to the agent for Byron Buxton concerning to current negotiations to extend Buxton’s contract.
A Letter to Falvey/Levine/Pohlad and B.B. Abbott
Dear Sirs:
It is my understanding that all of you are in basic agreement concerning the base salary for an extension for Byron Buxton and that the holdup is the incentives. Because your negotiations are done in private (as they should be), I have no idea what the concerns of each sid
Welcome to the terrydactyls 2022 off-season moves. My decisions had a couple of assumptions.
1. Buxton is extended at a base of $15M a year plus incentives.
2. A trade is made with the Miami Marlins. The Twins trade Kepler, Arraez, Garver, and Wood Richardson in exchange for Sandy Alcantera and Richard Bleier (LHRP). This seemingly lopsided trade was necessary to balance the trade on baseballtradesimulator.com. If the trade can be completed with less assets moving to Miami, that's
Here is one person's thoughts on how to handle the 40 Man roster and the upcoming Rule 5 draft. I obtained the current roster from MLB.com and the Rule 5 eligibles from a Twins Daily article.
There are currently 42 names on the active roster including the 60-day IL and pending free agents. From this list, I would drop the following:
Charlie Barnes
Alex Colome
Ralph Garza, Jr
Griffen Jax
Michael Pineda
Devin Smeltzer
Lewis Thorpe
Williams Astudill
I really hold back what I would like to say about then payroll arguments here. The fact that people don't accept the amount taken in dictates the amount going out requires one of two things. Extreme financial ignorance or fanatical bias that prevents the acceptance of something some basic. I did not change the argument. It's the same idiocy over and over. Do you really want to be on the side that suggests revenues does not determine spending capacity?
At this point in the pre-season, I’m just so happy to be seeing games again, I don’t care about the Twins record in 2023. I think they’ll win it all, unrealistically speaking 🙂