mnfireman

Miranda is not going back to AAA, he showed he can hit MLB pitching. Gordon played better in the OF than the IF (surprising since he was drafted as a SS), but is a good enough option at either to be a Super UT type. Wallner was hyped as an offense first OF/DH who was not highly regarded until this year (behind 2 other lefty hitting corner OF/DH types). Celestino has had parts of two seasons to show who he is, and hasn't impressed in either. On either side of the ball (he was touted as above average in the OF).

In the games I was able to watch he looked unsure on which plays to make and which to let go on hits to his right, he didn't leave the base on bad throws on several occasions, leading to errors and extra bases and I saw him have issues with throws in the dirt. The first two issues can probably be addressed with coaching, but Arraez didn't show very soft hands as a 2B or 3B, so the third issue will probably continue.

Twins - 19 of 30 teams in earn runs, 19 of 30 in ERA. MLB average runs allowed 632, Twins 639. MLB average ERA 3.96, Twins ERA 3.98. Don't know where you got your info.

I think it will be interesting to see how SDI rankings will be affected by the elimination of the shift starting next year, or does SDI already take that into account? I will admit to being surprised by Arraez's ranking, he looked very below average to me in the 2 dozen or so games I was able to watch.

Buxton on one leg is still faster than 92% of MLB...... I believe earlier in the season his sprint speed was higher (closer to or right at 30ft/sec) and there were only a couple players higher.

Bogaerts and Correa. Turner is represented by CAA.

The Dodgers have enough money coming off the books to chase quite a few top FA's; Price $16M (Red Sox paid the $16M), Kimbrel $16M, T. Anderson $8M, T. Turner $21M, and Kershaw $17M. J. Turner and Muncy will probably be bought out, saving $25.5M. I don't think it will happen, but they could also not offer Bellinger arbitration, saving at least $17M. Looks like room to re-sign Kershaw and T. Turner, and sign Correa, Judge and Rodon. Not fair!!

https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2022/10/offseason-outlook-minnesota-twins-12.html

My favorite argument

Technically all of the teams starters outperformed Berrios this season. bWAR: Berrios -0.5 Gray 2.3; Ryan2.2; Smeltzer 0.9; Varland 0.4; Paddack 0.2; Mahle 0.1 (2.1 w/ CIN); Ober 0.9; Archer 0.0; Winder -0.1 & Bundy -0.3. Berrios did have 172 IP and took the mound 32 times, so there's that. The Twins may have gotten Berrios' best years, and that says a lot because he is only 28.

Berrios is not an ace, as shown in Toronto this season. I would also include Duran on this list, as several "ace" type pitchers initially began their careers working a season or two out of the BP. If 3 of 5 on this list become solid #2 or #3 starters then this team will be set up for success for the foreseeable future.

The "best" trade candidates would be Arraez and Gordon, if the organization feels Lewis, Martin and Julien are close to being ready.

Unfortunately heart doesn't win games, divisions or titles; talent does. Cruz has been below league average since being traded and Rosario has been dreadfully below average.

I was thinking the same thing. And after Lewis comes back he can become another Super UT player as he plays SS, 3B, 2B and C.

The NBA and NHL champion could play 28 playoff games, or 34% of their regular season schedule. The MLB champion could play 24 playoff games, or 15% of their regular season schedule. I could live with MLB cutting 2 weeks off the schedule, 148 games, with the added wild card round. MLB still only has 6 play off teams per league/conference, whereas NBA & NHL have 8 and the NFL 7.

Sounds to me like somebody is transposing his feelings onto everyone, kind of along the lines of he who argues loudest and longest wins the argument. All sports play six month seasons to determine the champion, and routinely it is not the "best" team from the regular season.

To those arguing the best teams should win the post-season, the 1987 World Champion Minnesota Twins had the 9th best record in MLB, defeating the MLB best Tigers in the ALCS and the NL best Cards in the WS. That is why they play the games.....

Looks like bad bullpens and poor defense are everywhere....

If you are watching the LA-SD game, that is how you manufacture a run. Check your ego. A BB, a bunt and an error, a HBP and a SF: BOOM, insurance run and new pitcher into the game.

Not so much....

But the HR's are still exciting!!

Both teams are trying to end it on one swing instead of manufacturing an inning.... 3 true outcome baseball sux!!

Falvey and Levine have basically been trying to buy time until the prospects arrive, and they have slowly been trickling in. Archer and Bundy were supposed to placeholders, but wound up being counted on at MLB due to injuries and slow development. Same with Happ and Shoemaker in '21. Colome' and Pagan were relied on for too long, with Pagan publicly being outed as resistant to coaching. Perhaps Colome' was also. I believe (and several TD posters disagree with me) that the lost season of 2020 hindered a lot of players development. Pitchers were throwing with no coaching (perhaps leading to injuries in '21 & '22, it can't be proven either way) and many position players were missing valuable hitting and fielding coaching. Also, these players were not getting professional baseball strength, conditioning and stretching coaching/supervision. All a formula for failure. To the eye test (mine anyway) injuries, especially to young players, seem to be up over the last 2 full seasons at all levels. And many of these players would have advanced at least 3 levels over the '20 & '21 Milb & MLB seasons, that's a lot of missed high-level competition. And don't tell me that all of baseball dealt with the pandemic and missed seasons, I know that. It just appears to me that the Twins players being counted on for future development were in the stages of development and at the ages where coaching mattered and they were unable to get it. All this and what team could withstand losing their starting C, 1B, 2B, LF, CF, RF, replacement 1B, replacement RF/LF, 3 starting pitchers (actuaully 6, but Archer shouldn't have been here that long Maeda probably wasn't counted on to contribute much, and Mahle was acquired at the deadline), and various relievers and role players throughout the season?

Never mind, I just did the research, and he had the QO attached last year.

Just saw on MLBTR that the QO is $19.65M. Should the Twins tag Correa with the QO to at least try and recoup a draft choice? Or did the Astros attach the QO to him last year, I don't remember?