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Jake Cave's replacement in St. Paul......

I've seen him pitch several times and i've never seen his fastball come anywhere near the upper 90's. If he really has that in him, make him a reliever and let him go with that in shorter stints. I do like his curveball.

I just banged on my laptop and tried new ear buds until I read the comments.....😅

I didn't even know you had an Ulnar Collateral Ligament in your thumb. My UCL is torn but it's in my elbow 😳

I remember when Jason said Ryan LaMarre was the next Mike Trout after hitting .400 in spring training several years ago.......😉

The AVERAGE MLB fastball last season was 93.9 MPH........there just isn't a lot of starting pitchers in baseball anymore (outside of some lefty junk ballers) who throw a 91 MPH fastball. Think Dylan Bundy.

I frankly don't understand the desire to get more catching. We just signed Vazquez to a 3 year deal and Jeffers is still very young for an everyday or backup catcher. We are in a win-now era....are we not? I'd rather see them get back a major league caliber relief pitcher. What would it take to get Graterol back???? Or Hudson?

That's not always the case.....a college buddy of mine who I played baseball with (he's 6'3" about 225) was sitting at a bar (I was two seats away).....a girl asked him if he would buy her a drink (she was wasted) and he declined. He didn't do anything but say "no thanks". Next thing you know, he got sucker punched by her (i'm assuming) boyfriend. Broke his orbital bone. The guy was tiny. He took off too. Eventually, he was found and convicted of substantial battery. I'm just saying.....it happens.

You took the words right out of my mouth.....you look at his size, the speed, the positional flexibility and then you see that switch-hitting swing, and he appears to me to be a clone of Jorge Polanco, and that would be a very good thing.

Two things: Miller---agreed on what some have said about him. He's one year removed from playing high school baseball in Wisconsin (which due to weather usually amounts to about 20 games). He was the primary shortstop in his first full year of pro ball and by all reports is a very good defender while still being over 2 years younger than the average player at that level. Way too early to say he's a bust. This will be a big year for him. Enlow---I think he has a big year. Speaking from experience, that first year of pitching post-TJ surgery is rough. You have to get over the mental hurdles that the arm is healthy while trying to get the feel back of all of your pitches. Hopefully, he now knows he's healthy and can let it loose. I've always thought his curveball was perhaps the best in the organization . Fingers crossed.

That's a real possibility.....hadn't heard if the hip was a chronic thing or not. His arm seemed to hold up pretty well.

Is Archer a possibility for the bullpen? Would he accept that role? IDK....but he seems like a guy at this point in his career that could be valuable throwing an inning or two in relief. He seemed to do well the first time through the batting order and than his stuff would go away. It would seem his fastball velo might tick up a bit if he knew he was only throwing an inning. His FB/Slider combo seems more suited for the bullpen anyway. Finally, he seemed to be a really sharp guy who got along well in the clubhouse. Just a thought.

There aren't 100 better prospects in the game than Royce.....I don't care what Law has to say.

I read that the physical part of the leg has already been completed so there is nothing to hold this up...... https://twitter.com/JonHeyman/status/1612865685289406486?s=20&t=0MZQRHZ6LdWloYVRNtCryg

I'm sitting here with my mouth open........there is NO FREAKING WAY!!!!!

I'd rather have Wacha than Bundy or Archer......

I thought Ron Davis was going to be the best closer in the MLB.........?

Greinke? Did you watch him pitch this past season? He is basically Dylan Bundy at this point in his career. Maybe worse.

Pivot......Pivot.....PIVOT!

Somebody please talk me off the ledge........

https://twitter.com/JDL_87/status/1602736331117002758?s=20&t=GHVsRN1RzkaYwR-v6bEECg

Arraez is the reigning batting champion and was a finalist for the Gold Glove at 1st base.....doesn't that (perhaps add Balazovic) get you Lopez (not an ace, but solid #2-3)? I think we vastly underrate Arraez.

If you have a delivery that isn't easily replicated in the first place........and then you add in a knee issue and back pain (first i've heard that with him), it's no wonder he struggled. You start to over-compensate to alleviate pain in one place and it causes another. Step one in "fixing" him would be to try to quiet his motion to lessen all of the moving parts. His windup is all over the place and it's not hard to see that he's not consistent.

It ain't gonna happen......but this is exactly what would have been said last offseason about the Twins signing Correa......