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  1. dex8425
    Wait, why didn't we sign Josh Bell again?
  2. dex8425
    I would agree. I've been to several games in Chicago-both ballparks. White Sox fans were great. Cubs fans were...like Boston fans. I don't really find the appeal of either ballpark TBH. Wrigley smells. Us Cellular field/comiskey/guaranteed rate or whatever it is called now is stale and has no character.
  3. dex8425
    What about the Yankee fans that assaulted the Guardians outfielders last year?
  4. dex8425
    I like your analogy.
  5. dex8425
    Wait, how many world series have the Padres won again? Idk, spending just to spend money with no plan is also not something I can get behind. There are only two crazy spending owners imo right now- Cohen and Seidler. The Twins appear to be spending relative to their market size. I can't be upset at that.
  6. dex8425
    That seems about right. Gordon should definitely hit before Kepler.
  7. dex8425
    Yeah, I don't agree. Have to give Miranda and AK a chance at the MLB level this year.
  8. dex8425
    Defensively Gallo is excellent. Dude can run, and has an absolute rocket launcher for an arm. I watched him in Texas quite a bit.
  9. dex8425
    I've wondered about Gray too. No way they trade him. As long as he's healthy this year I see him as a QO candidate, so at least you don't lose him for nothing, but otherwise I think they let another team pay Gray for the back third of his career.
  10. dex8425
    It'll be Buxton or Polanco. I'd hit Polanco leadoff against RHP and Buxton vs LHP.
  11. dex8425
    Lopez would've been the best pitcher on the Twins last year and it's not really that close. I think you're undervaluing Lopez.
  12. dex8425
    It would be interesting to look at other teams' picks from the same time frame and compare. It's really difficult to consistently get MLB value from draft picks, with injury and projectability being significant hurdles. For example: Cleveland used first round picks on Mike Papi (2014, has not debuted, looks to be cooked, sucked at AAA last year), Brady Aiken (2015, out of baseball, never pitched above High-A), and Will Benson (2016, made his debut last year, was terrible in a 28 game sample size, might be decent still). Bo Naylor looks like a good pick, and so does Triston McKenzie.
  13. dex8425
    He's such an asset defensively that if he plays, he's going to play in the field somewhere.
  14. dex8425
    It's mixed. Odorizzi, Joe Ryan and Maeda worked out pretty well. Certainly their trades for pitchers have worked out better than their free agent signing of pitchers.
  15. dex8425
    Yeah, who bats 1-2-3? Buxton, Polanco, Correa? Polanco could hit leadoff too.
  16. dex8425
    Especially if AK stays healthy at first base. Even if he doesn't, you slide Miranda over to first and Royce plays third when he comes back.
  17. dex8425
    Rogers sucked last year so it's reasonable to conclude he may not have helped us at all. That trade didn't help either team. Maybe SDP benefited just by not having Pagan.
  18. dex8425
    I'd get three. Then I'd eat one and feel ill, so I'd eat another one and totally regret it. I'd give the third to someone else.
  19. dex8425
    Well, Kiriloff's wrist better not turn to jelly again this year or this deal might not improve the 2023 club.
  20. dex8425
    The 2019 team had some injuries, not nearly the amount of the 2022 team. In 2019 the rotation was pretty durable, however we lost Pineda for the postseason because of his PED suspension, and Perez had forgotten how to pitch the second half of the year so Dobnak stepped up down the stretch and started game 2 in yankee stadium. Buxton only played 87 games; he actually played more in 2022. Marwin and Adrianza ended up playing a lot because Sano got hurt. Polanco, Kepler and Rosario were durable. Kepler was a monster in 2019. Biggest difference between 2019 and 2022 is the rotation. In 2022, Joe Ryan led the team in innings with 147. In 2019: Berrios: 200 innings, Perez 165, Gibson 160, Odorizzi 159, Pineda 146. Rogers, May and Duffey were all really good.
  21. dex8425
    Should be better. Tyler Mahle and Kenta Maeda are better than Dylan Bundy and Chris Archer. The lineup and bullpen are basically the same on paper. Whether guys stay healthy is the big question mark.
  22. dex8425
    So, you can "stream" ballysports north on foxsports.com if you get bally sports with cable, directv, etc. by logging into your TV provider. Or someone else's TV provider account. BUT, if you live in MN, you will also have to use a VPN on your computer to access the Twins broadcast. You can also do MLB.tv with a vpn. Both routes are clumsy and honestly they both suck. In 2020 I paid for an MLB subscription and used a VPN. It sometimes worked great, sometimes not so much. The MLB app and Express vpn on my TV did work to watch the games. Haven't decided what I'll do this year. Probably just watch the recaps the day after on youtube again.
  23. dex8425
    But he still broke down and cratered the second half of the season. He's getting slower, and the injury issues are not going to go away. He barely limped to getting enough AB's to qualify for the batting title. He was a below average hitter from Aug 1 to October 5th, and played mostly DH. I love Arraez as a player and as a person. He's super fun and entertaining to watch. That said, I understand why the Twins might trade him while his value is high.
  24. dex8425
    Yes. Full no trade clause.
  25. dex8425
    Right. He's the only shortstop to play for the Twins who has ever had a shot at the HOF. He will likely be a first ballot HOF'er if he has six more productive seasons. I'd like to see him get MVP votes in a couple seasons to improve his resume though.
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