Monkeypaws

How hard is it to void a WS championship? From what I understand the players are immune, either through the union or some Manfred deal. But the organization?

I think auctioning off a World Series ring for charity would really say "I'm sorry."

Which would be the perfect approach with Graterol - he's the age of a college junior starting his career in Elizabethton. Still so much time to stretch that arm out.

Smeltzer, Dobnak, Thorpe, Chacin, plus Graterol, plus another 10-20 prospect, suddenly doesn't look so bad to me. May be a case of the best trades are those you don't make.

Does anybody know what happened to Landon Leach? Did he have Tommy John?

Just keep those grubby Red Sox mitts off of Balazovic!

Keith Law had this to say about Graterol over at the Athletic: He also pointed out that the Twins swapped 6 years of Graterol for 4 of Maeda.

Probably the first time in sports history a Brusdar was traded for a Kenta. One thing about Maeda that stands out: he doesn't give up a lot of hits. He gave up 6.7/9 innings last season, and his career total is 7.6.

Marwin is welcome on my Twins squad - there was a stretch mid August last season where he was damn near invincible: August 7-18. 20 for 45, saw his ops rise 50 points, 12 RBIs. I was at the August 11 game, and he was just locked in. Almost won it in the bottom of the ninth with a rope that miss being a walk-off HR by a couple feet. He is a quality ball player. I'm sure his teammates are aware of the shenanigans, and if they are okay with it, so am I.

Factor in balance and speed, I'd put the Twins about 12.

Like the baseball card-like summary at the end there. Hope this will be a regular feature of the "getting to know/catching up with" series.

Hey all, I see a lot of advanced stats flashed at Twins Daily. I was a wondering which among them you all saw as a real improvement over traditional triple crown stats for pitchers or hitters?

I really like what the Sox have done mixing old and new. Twins-White Sox is a great rivalry when they are both good, which is pretty rare, and I look forward to many years of meaningful games.

3 of the top 67 works for me.

One stat often overlooked with Eddie in what he does with RISP - his team leading 109 RBI give a hint (6th in the AL), but his numbers with RISP last season: .340 BA (8th in the AL), .370 OBP, .538 SLG, for a .908 OPS. Clutch. I'm really in no hurry to push him out the door.

Lets help the Red Sox out of a salary jam and give up some of our best prospects to boot for a rental and an overpriced pitcher. No thanks.

Worked for Johan, it can work for Brusdar. Santana spent 4 years, age 21 to 24, working primarily out of the bullpen, while starting more games each year. His innings ramped up from 86 to 158 over that time. Games started from 5 to 18. When he moved over to full time starting at 25, he won the Cy Young. Let him spot start once in a while. May as well be the beneficiary of that arm while he gradually increases his innings.

Like your thinking Doc. Berrios has been pretty much a top 10 AL pitcher the last 2 years as a young guy. I expect more, and likely he does as well given his resistance to extending. Make him an offer he can't refuse. His make-up and work ethic merit it.

After a crushing 100 loss season, this thread gonna look silly. Just kidding of course - premature tho

I like the idea of stripping them of their ill-gotten gains, just like fellow Texan Lance Armstrong lost 7 Tour de France titles. Sure, everybody cheats or tries to game the system, but you got caught!

I can see that expectations have changed here as NOBODY has mentioned or complained about the Twins forfeiting their 3rd rounder in the next draft.

Not a token slap on the wrist this. It will interesting to see what happens to Cora and the Red Sox next.

I had a nice spreadsheet of comparative Berrios stats but I deleted it given the doom/gloom of TD. Safe to say he has been an AL top 10 or just about over the last one or two seasons in just about any pitching stat you could want, old school or new school: ERA, K/9, K/BB, WHIP, FIP, he got it. I think he is criminally underrated for a guy just months older than Kohl Stewart, Stephen Gonslaves, Fernando Romero, or Griffin Jax.

The Red Sox estimated luxury tax payment for 2020 is about 10 million. I don't see why they would dump Price for little AND eat salary when thy could just keep him and pay the peanuts that the tax really is.

One thing all free agents have in common is free-will. They sign where they want to, and not always for top dollar. I can't fault Falvine for that. They made offers that weren't accepted.