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  1. yarnivek1972
    I thought Kyle Lohse was. I could be wrong.
  2. yarnivek1972
    I really don’t see the logic of committing $50 million plus to Byron Buxton and then taking a wait and see approach as to whether he will play. If he doesn’t, that extension looks pretty foolish.
  3. yarnivek1972
    Meh, 48 SB in the era of Rickey, Raines and Coleman is like 20 now. Of course, Kepler doesn’t have that for his career yet...
  4. yarnivek1972
    25 is no longer considered young in MLB. Look at today’s stars. Mookie Betts just turned 26. He’s a 3 time all star and possible AL MVP this year. He’s at least sure to finish top 6 for the third consecutive year. Sano and Buxton need to stop being coddled and they need to start performing or their careers are done. The time for excuses is over. If they aren’t good enough, move on, period.
  5. yarnivek1972
    You said in the post that your intention was to DRAFT a rule 5 player. Not look at who’s there and make a decision. You clearly stated DRAFT. Try to contend or don’t. Don’t try to do both. It doesn’t work.
  6. yarnivek1972
    Pressly was drafted in 2013, to a team that lost 96 games. Johan in 2000, to a team that lost 93. No problem trying to find a diamond in the rough under those circumstances. But teams trying to contend can’t do that. And these authors are throwing around big name free agents like Adrian Beltre, etc is clearly an attempt to contend. Being wishy washy is a proven failed strategy. A wise philosopher once said: “Walk left, safe. Walk right, safe. Walk in the middle, you get squashed like grape.”
  7. yarnivek1972
    I fail to see the logic of adding a rule 5 player and then adding pieces in an attempt to contend. IMO, those moves are contradictory in an era of 12-13 man pitching staffs. Unless the guy can play an actual role, it’s a waste of a valuable roster spot. Guys that good aren’t usually available. The Twins tried it each of the last two years and it was an abject failure.
  8. yarnivek1972
    FWIW, Rosario’s fielding percentage at 2b isn’t much worse than it is as an OFer in the minors. .975 vs .969. Thing is, OFers usually have a far higher pct than middle infielders. Like I said, FWIW.
  9. yarnivek1972
    I don’t want to swing too far off topic in this thread, but I don’t think we’ll see a game reduction until the owners are scrambling to keep the league alive. As I said, 10-15 more years of declining attendance and ratings might do that. But 10-12 games is not going to move the needle. A 100 game schedule would eliminate the weekday games that see lower attendance.
  10. yarnivek1972
    I’m not sure we can assume having 13 position players. I’d wager the Twins had 12 more often than 13 from April through August.
  11. yarnivek1972
    Shorten the season. That will help with player focus and likely reduce fatigue related injuries. IMO, somewhere in the neighborhood of 100 is plenty to discern which teams are contenders and which are pretenders. Will it happen? Well, if ratings and attendance keep trending down, yes. I think it is inevitable. Soon? Probably not. Doing so would kind of be a desperation move to keep the league alive. They aren’t there yet. If the numbers continue to go south for another 10-15 years, owners might be ready to try more drastic measures.
  12. yarnivek1972
    He won’t start 100 at this point. And THAT is the problem. You STILL need a first baseman for at least 1/3 of the seaason and in an era of 12 and 13 man pitching staffs, there’s no way a team can carry two guys that only play first base.
  13. yarnivek1972
    I suspect most fans care more about winning than who the manager is. Falvey has his guy as he should have from day one. No more excuses. Time for results. Molitor probably didn’t deserve MOY last year. The Twins were a mediocre team in a mediocre league. The 4 AL teams that continued to play after the Twins were eliminated were all light years better - and still are. The rest of the teams in the league were all much worse, and most still are. They finished exactly where most felt they would. Also, don’t blame Falvine for the necessity of hand holding millenials. That’s a nation wide problem. They are absolutely right to hire someone who gets that.
  14. yarnivek1972
    You must mean the 40 man. Because I think the most position players the Twins had active all season was 13 except for the first couple weeks of September I think they had 15 or 16. Falvine have a lot to prove IMO as well. Having only 12 healthy active position players for the last 10 days or so of the season (3 of whom are primarily catchers) is inexcusably poor roster management.
  15. yarnivek1972
    I don’t know if saying Molitor was “mostly healthy” is accurate. Later in his career, yes. But in his 20s he was listed in the dictionary under “injury prone”. From age 21 through 30, he appeared in more than 125 games just 4 times. From age 31 to retirement at 41, he appeared in more than 125 games in all but two seasons, one of which was strike shortened. Actually, two were strike shortened, but he appeared in 130 games in 1995. He was also active during the 1981 strike. He played just 64 games, far fewer than the 109 the Brewers played that year.
  16. yarnivek1972
    Falvey’s been working in baseball for more than 10 years. Levine almost 20. How is that “inexperienced”? Andy MacPhail had about 8 years in baseball when the Twins hired him. Young minds, fresh ideas. EXACTLY what this organiztion needs.
  17. yarnivek1972
    Meh, overated IMO.
  18. yarnivek1972
    ... right now. Over me.
  19. yarnivek1972
    I believe he already re-upped with the D-Backs.
  20. yarnivek1972
    Since it is relevant to Kepler’s future, what do you (or anyone) mean by Buxton falling on his face? OPS+ in the 70s?
  21. yarnivek1972
    In the era of 12 and 13 man pitching staffs, a strict platoon with two players only capable of playing one position is simply not feasible.
  22. yarnivek1972
    I don’t see the relevance of offensive production while playing a particular position as a reason as to whether or not he should play there. The issue is if his speed is wasted at 1b. Obviously, the Dodgers don’t feel Bellinger’s is. I don’t think anyone is saying that Kepler is as good a hitter as Bellinger. But, along that logic, wouldn’t the Dodgers lineup be better with Bellinger OPSing in the 900s or better at cf and some big plodder at 1b? Obviously the Dodgers don’t feel that way. Further back in history, Darin Erstad was a very good (and very fast) fielding centerfielder who moved to first base to make room for Jim Edmonds. My point is that the Twins shouldn’t be afraid to try something they haven’t done before just because they haven’t done it before.
  23. yarnivek1972
    I think the issue is that Kepler’s floor is probably 95ish OPS+. We really have no idea what Cave’s might be and we saw how ugly Buxton’s floor is this year.
  24. yarnivek1972
    If true, it would be the first time the Twins hired someone as manager from outside the organization since Ray Miller in 1985. He would be just the third “outside” managerial hire since the Twins came to Minnesota. Gene Mauch and Bill Rigney were the only others not employed by the Twins when named manager.
  25. yarnivek1972
    Agree. Those articles suggest he’s actively trying to hit more line drives, which is what he needs to do. The last thing he needs is to get under more pitches for more pop ups.
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