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And Mahle can't break his wrist again with his pinpoint control since he is on the same team, now.

Christian Encarnacion-Strand making loud noise. https://www.mlb.com/news/christian-encarnacion-strand-impressing-with-loud-power?partnerId=zh-20230304-844026-mlb-1-A&qid=1026&utm_id=zh-20230304-844026-mlb-1-A&bt_ee=LGfhrWvHCzGp%2BKSiEcD1hNSOsjV%2BwaiMco%2FPmxPC2obVzWyjRjcIm7AFGiHTPvCG&bt_ts=1677940998229

This one is flying over my head. I must be out of the marshmallow loop. Please fill me in on what I am missing.

Same. At least that is Balazovic’s story on record.

They have until the end of the year to establish the number that determines it. All the rest is supposition. Going young is part of the strategy. They have done salary dumps before. It ain’t over yet. https://dodgerblue.com/dodgers-payroll-exceeded-luxury-tax-threshold-before-miguel-rojas-trade/2023/01/15/amp/ "The Dodgers still have until the end of the season to get below the threshold, but it’s difficult to do so during the year, especially if they try to make trades to reinforce their roster at the deadline." https://www.fangraphs.com/roster-resource/payroll/dodgers But you are very well stated. The ship has probably sailed, now. Dodgers Weighing Depth Possibilities In Response To Gavin Lux Injury “The Dodgers themselves were flirting with the possibility of dipping below a luxury tax tier, in their case the $233MM base threshold. The Rojas acquisition put that to bed, however, and Friedman has subsequently affirmed they have no plans to shed money and get under the CBT marker at this point. That doesn’t provide much insight into how much room they have for further additions, however. Roster Resourcecurrently projects their luxury tax number around $245MM, which puts them approximately $8MM shy of the second penalization tier.”

This team will pitch? Well, they all will. "as good of a group as anyone could hope for"? I personally could hope for much, much better, as long as we are hoping, even if the hopes for this group mostly happens. I will believe it when I see it. And not until. This pitching is total question marks. I mean, did you get a load of the incredible stuff Pagan was flashing already, today? Stuff. Ha.

Maeda's surgery was different than Syndergaard's. Maeda's operation involved the placement of an internal brace in Maeda’s elbow that apparently has a chance to expedite the recovery timeline. While Tommy John rehabilitation typically takes around fourteen months, this procedure comes with a suggested return in between nine and twelve months time. We see that didin't happen, already. https://www.houstonmethodist.org/newsroom/new-surgical-technique-cuts-tommy-john-recovery-time-in-half/ Syndergaard's did not include the brace. There is an additional newer developement other that the original. https://healthcare.utah.edu/the-scope/shows.php?shows=1_5uzyiyly The original involved harvesting a tendon to use from another part of the body. Not sure which of the last two Syndergaard had, as I can't find anything that says either way, but with the time or 12-18 months stated for his recovcery, it woud probably be the original. https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/treatment-tests-and-therapies/tommy-john-surgery-ulnar-collateral-ligament-reconstruction

The bigger thing for them this year appears to be resetting the luxury tax and staying under the first tier mark, where the are barely under after Bauer money kicked in. That is why the were going with Lux in the first place.

The Dodgers know Farmer well, as they drafted him, farmed him starting in 2013, and he was up and down from AAA in 2018, and filled in at third mostly. He had a homer in the bottom of the 9th with 2 outs in one of the games during the streak that the Dodgers won like 40 out of 45 or something like that, and somebody new every night was the hero keeping the amazing run happening. He was in the organization for 6 years. He was traded to the Reds that off season in December as part of a massive salary dump. "December 21, 2018Los Angeles Dodgers traded RF Yasiel Puig, LF Matt Kemp, LHP Alex Wood, C Kyle Farmer and cash to Cincinnati Reds for RHP Homer Bailey, SS Jeter Downs and RHP Josiah Gray."

After how the Twins imploded so many times and ways against Cleveland last year, and they are the defending division champs..... Cleveland.

Thanks for some truth. I also noticed that they went 0-9 with RISP. I hope that is not season prep.

Twins get rid of their own that are wild, but love to grab those that are the same elsewhere. Can our staff “fix” them, but fail on their own draft picks?

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Most recent make-up of the committee I can find is dated September 9, 2022. Merrifield is no longer on KC, so that at least needs updated. (For the players, Glasnow (TJ recovery) and Flaherty were either barely on the field or most of the season, and Slater has never had more than 325 PAs in a season (2022) and has a total of 1279 in 6 years, for an average of 213/year. Not that the unanimous vote mattered, as the 6 from the ownership can out vote the other 5 anyway. I think we need a roll call of all the players to see if they really want the zombie runner rule. Only 4 players making the decision leaves a lot unknown. Competition Committee Members The Competition Committee is composed of eleven members: six representatives from the Clubs; four MLBPA Player Reps; and one umpire. MLB Committee Members: John Stanton (SEA, Chair); Bill DeWitt, Jr. (STL); Greg Johnson (SF); Dick Monfort (COL); Tom Werner (BOS); Mark Shapiro (TOR) Player Committee Members: Jack Flaherty (STL); Tyler Glasnow (TB); Whit Merrifield (KC); Austin Slater (SF) Ian Happ (CHC) and Walker Buehler (LAD) will serve as Alternate Committee Members. Umpire Committee Member: Bill Miller https://www.mlbplayers.com/player-competition-committee

Better than what they did........ still lazy.

The ballplayers and owners like it, they say. It is just lazy. Get paid millions and you can't get it up to finish the game. You know it isn't real MLB baseball when they don't do it in the post season. Get doctored results all season and then when it really matters, don't play fake baseball, but go back to the way it should be, Just lazy.

My call is he tanks horribly this year. Last year was it. I wish him, and his performance for the team's sake, well, but I think the jig is up.

Mahle has never been a stud. Especially when he broke Buxton's wrist with his horrible control. Now he chose to do nothing to rehab except rest. Good luck to us all with Mahle.

We will see. Your finish date is 10 days off, so it will just affect the team coming together a bit in ST, and it is certainly debatable whether it will be a better preparation for the season. Certainly opinion. I still love the WBC, I just had no idea how many of the 40-man were actually participating. Thanks for the amazing compilation summary of the far reaching web of Twins.

It is gonna be real tough for the Twins to be ready for the start of the season with so many playing in this tourney.

Thank you for confirming. If Gray is getting nailed facing the order for the third time, there is no catch-22. No pitcher that can't get through the order 3 times consistently can be an ace. Giving up one hit in the 6th, even throw a walk in, and then getting pulled with, say, 87 pitches, even though it might be just the third hit given up the whole game, is not considered getting nailed in my book, That is when the pitcher becomes the ace and takes care of the flutter, and the game is not given to a blowpen to give it up.

Joey Gallo .......Maintain a .200 average.......... Let's not set our goals too high, eh? These goals may be a bit aggressive, but I feel like these players have a lot to prove in 2023. Agressive? I don't see how these goals make for a team in the playoffs, and certainly not a playoff run. Self fulfilling prophecies need to be set to push you if you want to succeed. Correa is getting paid $33,333,333 this year. He will be 28. Perhaps the primest age for an athlete. If he doesn't have the goal of being the MVP this year, especially after all this contract mess and wanting to prove he is the man, there is something wrong.

Can a pitcher ever be an ACE if the manager always pulls him after 5 innings or before?

For a dedicated player to get himself in better shape to be considered an organizational thing, or that he was directed to, I find comical. We are not talking Sano or Panda or Prince Fielder here. And since when does loose fat correlate to power more than a thinner but more muscular body? Never. Miranda cares, and is not lazy. It just makes sense for all players to try to be in better shape. They know it. Everybody knows it, unless they are just in denial. Plus, muscle weighs more than fat. One could weigh the same, but replacing the fat with muscle would result in a much leaner looking man.

The whole episode of him (alledgedly) pinning the reliable female reporter against the hallway wall didn't help, especially with the other reporters/bloogers that knew her.