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  1. Linus
    Front line starter right handed outfielder catcher 2 bullpen arms.
  2. Linus
    Yea I think Jorge is under appreciated. If you made me choose between him and Arreaz I would take Jorge every time. He’s a really good fielder at second and a pretty complete hitter who is a switch hitter. Chances also are all the prospects everyone loves will never be as good as Jorge
  3. Linus
    Happy medium is exactly what the Twins need to avoid in all their acquisitions going forward. Bogaerts would use up too much of the free agent budget without elite long term performance. I am also not crazy about using prospect capital to trade for a one year solution. If Lewis is on schedule I would bring back Urshela and tell him and Gordon that they can battle it out to be the starter until Lewis comes back.
  4. Linus
    Celestino is not a specialist. He is not a mlb level player. Perhaps after a full year at AAA
  5. Linus
    It’s basically Lewis. Martin couldn’t even play SS for his college team. He should be rotating between 2nd and cf. let’s give him a chance to be really great at one of those positions. Same thing with Lee. Stretched at SS he can be an elite defender at 3rd. Let’s get him there now as he may be in the bigs faster than any recent prospect. If Lewis develops we could have great infield defense going forward. sheesh Cavaco is really looking like a bad pick.
  6. Linus
    A few young redundant arms? Are you referring to the Twins?
  7. Linus
    Yea now that I think of it I don’t even want the player they could get in trade unless it was a total low A flyer
  8. Linus
    My guess is the Twins will try to trade before arb deadline. If they can’t non- tender.
  9. Linus
    I think you are spot on with all of this. An extension of this would be all pitchers would be conditioned multiple innings at every outing. No more one inning and I have to sit down stuff.
  10. Linus
    Good to know that Celestino has a lot of mustard on his throws. Makes them travel farther when he overthrows the cut off man.
  11. Linus
    Enlow to me is an example of prospect love. He’s never really pitched that well at any point in the minors.
  12. Linus
    It is strange that they didn’t try him at long relief. I mean it’s not like they didn’t have a spot or four to upgrade in the pen.
  13. Linus
    Jim Bouton had a great take on this in his book Ball Four. If anyone on these boards hasn’t read it they have to. He developed a reputation as a kook because he had the audacity to question the usual BS. If he gave up a hit the pitching coach would ask him why he gave him something to hit. If he walked a guy the coach would tell him to throw strikes. Hilarious book.
  14. Linus
    This is spot on particularly about Celestino. Experienced shortstops throw the ball as hard as they need to.
  15. Linus
    So you are liking Alcala and Celestino for Presley?
  16. Linus
    You can configure your pitcher usage any way you want. What it boils down to is how good are your 13 pitchers because they are all going to get used. If 3-4 members of your bullpen aren’t very good you got problems.
  17. Linus
    I believe last year at this time many of us were saying 2022 was the make or break year depending on the success of the vaunted pitching pipeline.
  18. Linus
    Probably read this article last year at this time. Their “system” has produced an underwhelming amount of pitching, a slow plodding group of players, many of whom are subpar fielders and basic fundamentals worthy of Legion ball. Ability to adjust course is a necessary requirement for success.
  19. Linus
    This is very close to what I would do. I assume that Lewis would take over SS when ready. I also love Kiriloff at first the new outfielders and Celestino in the minors. What I like best is a top of the rotation starter.
  20. Linus
    I hope that was a really good player ?
  21. Linus
    I enjoyed watching him play. His throwing alone was worth tuning in for me. It’s too bad we didn’t put together a pitching staff to go with him.
  22. Linus
    I love Arreaz but the MVP has to be Correa and it ain’t even close. Arreaz does one thing really well - Correa does everything really well.
  23. Linus
    If you finish under 500 in the central well yea it’s a poor year. Plus they play incredibly sloppy baseball. So yea I don’t think any of this looks good on the FO.
  24. Linus
    The guy was phenomenal. Most people think about his velocity but he has 3 good pitches and he commands them all. The other thing is he consistently drew the toughest situations and still put up these numbers.
  25. Linus
    I’m surprised. As poorly as this team performed in nearly all phases and none lose their job? From an overall perspective they were fundamentally poor in most phases of the game and the same coaches are supposed to clean that up? I don’t get it other than this is FO hubris. They have the secret sauce and are sticking with it. If we have another poor year in 2023 the whole lot of them should go.
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