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I think he is using the new grading scale many schools have adopted. 50% is now passing.
I really don't see a need to bring in another OF. Buxton, Kepler, Kirilloff, Larnach, Rooker, Gordon, and Miranda can all play out there. Plus Martin might be ready at some point next year.
Ideally, Kiriloff is at 1B, Miranda at 3B and Gordon is the utility infielder. Neither Rooker nor Larnach has shown enough. Worst case Eddie is a good 4th OFer.
Kirilloff would still probably play OF once in awhile. I still think Donaldson will pay 3B a good amount of time as he's too good in the field not to. Rooker would be in the lineup against lefties. I'd much rather roll with the young guys we have already. Eddie doesn't add much IMO.
I just think Eddie is a good candidate to have a bounce-back season and anything that ensures Divin' Jake Cave is off the roster is a plus. Larnach hit .176 in AAA, he's no lock to make the opening day roster and Rooker isn't either IMO.
Because of all of this, I think it's very unlikely that both Sano and Donaldson are back next year. Especially if they're going to insist on keeping Polanco at 2B and bringing in another SS.
If it were me, the position player roster would look like this to start the year:
Uhm...wanna recheck you math on that one?
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Souhan is stupid.Paying money for a proven closer should be high on Twins priority list
Now that the season has ended, it's time for the Minnesota Twins' bosses to pull on some baby blue doubleknits, slap some pine tar on their laptops, grow handlebar mustaches and pull up their pants legs to show those skinny stirrups.
The New Agers needs to go old-school.
In at least one important way.
Twins boss Derek Falvey isn't an analytics caricature. He doesn't make every decision while tapping on a keyboard with both hands and feet. But he and his team have adopted one new-age philosophy with which I disagree.
The decisions of Falvey and the Twins over the last few years have indicated that they believe in the popular analytics notion that closers are overrated.
It's a logical notion. Why save your best reliever for what appears to be the easiest relieving job — coming in with the bases empty to get three outs in the ninth, sometimes while leading by two or three runs?
Instead of assigning innings to pitchers — setup men work the eighth, the closer works the ninth — use your best relievers in the toughest situations. The game would be won, the thinking goes, in the sixth as easily as it could be won in the ninth.
All of which sounds great, if you're sending robots or dice or computer printouts to the mound. Unfortunately, Major League Baseball insists on humans doing the job.
Paying money for a proven closer should be high on Twins priority list
The decisions of Derek Falvey and the Twins over the last few years indicate they believe in the popular analytics notion that closers are overrated.
Win Twins!!
LaVelle is wrong about baseball. Who isn't surprised?Royce Lewis isn't ready, so Jorge Polanco should return to Twins shortstop
The Twins have plenty of challenges this offseason if they are serious about putting a competitive, contending team on the field for 2022. Finding a shortstop shouldn't be one of them.
But it is.
Their carefully constructed plan to prepare 2017 No. 1 overall pick Royce Lewis to be ready to take over next season was ruined when Lewis suffered a torn anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee during February workouts and was forced to miss all of 2021.
So for the second consecutive offseason, add finding a solution at short to the Twins' offseason goals. Those goals include crafting a quality starting rotation and making another run at signing Byron Buxton to a long-term deal. But one of the premium positions on the field needs attention as well, as Andrelton Simmons, who was signed to a one-year deal, is not expected to be brought back.
Royce Lewis isn't ready, so Jorge Polanco should return to Twins shortstop
Spend the offseason money on pitching and solve the shortstop stopgap internally.
Win Twins!!
Colome was a proven closer. I'd rather spend that money to get a couple of good relivers.Paying money for a proven closer should be high on Twins priority list
Now that the season has ended, it's time for the Minnesota Twins' bosses to pull on some baby blue doubleknits, slap some pine tar on their laptops, grow handlebar mustaches and pull up their pants legs to show those skinny stirrups.
The New Agers needs to go old-school.
In at least one important way.
Twins boss Derek Falvey isn't an analytics caricature. He doesn't make every decision while tapping on a keyboard with both hands and feet. But he and his team have adopted one new-age philosophy with which I disagree.
The decisions of Falvey and the Twins over the last few years have indicated that they believe in the popular analytics notion that closers are overrated.
It's a logical notion. Why save your best reliever for what appears to be the easiest relieving job — coming in with the bases empty to get three outs in the ninth, sometimes while leading by two or three runs?
Instead of assigning innings to pitchers — setup men work the eighth, the closer works the ninth — use your best relievers in the toughest situations. The game would be won, the thinking goes, in the sixth as easily as it could be won in the ninth.
All of which sounds great, if you're sending robots or dice or computer printouts to the mound. Unfortunately, Major League Baseball insists on humans doing the job.
Paying money for a proven closer should be high on Twins priority list
The decisions of Derek Falvey and the Twins over the last few years indicate they believe in the popular analytics notion that closers are overrated.
Win Twins!!
Jim should just not give statements. It's fine to say you still have faith in Falvey and Rocco. Saying you give them A+ is just ridiculous and makes you look like a fool.
100% Correct, LaVelle.Royce Lewis isn't ready, so Jorge Polanco should return to Twins shortstop
The Twins have plenty of challenges this offseason if they are serious about putting a competitive, contending team on the field for 2022. Finding a shortstop shouldn't be one of them.
But it is.
Their carefully constructed plan to prepare 2017 No. 1 overall pick Royce Lewis to be ready to take over next season was ruined when Lewis suffered a torn anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee during February workouts and was forced to miss all of 2021.
So for the second consecutive offseason, add finding a solution at short to the Twins' offseason goals. Those goals include crafting a quality starting rotation and making another run at signing Byron Buxton to a long-term deal. But one of the premium positions on the field needs attention as well, as Andrelton Simmons, who was signed to a one-year deal, is not expected to be brought back.
Royce Lewis isn't ready, so Jorge Polanco should return to Twins shortstop
Spend the offseason money on pitching and solve the shortstop stopgap internally.
Win Twins!!
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Arreaz needs to be in the line-up though.
If they did that (I don't think they will), Polanco would still probably get his fair share of starts at SS. So Arreaz could easily play at least 1/3 of the time at 2B and 1/3 at 3B.
