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Took some guy I’ve never heard of. Does someone mind messaging next?

Yeah ideally he's also training with those guys' offseason hitting coaches.

Added Derrick White.

lol @ not viewing Turner, Castellanos, and Schwarber as albatross contracts. Realmuto is also incredibly expensive, has a lot of mileage as a catcher and just had his worst year across the board (offensively, defensively and baserunning wise) in his career with 2 more years left to go. A few dingers in the postseason shouldn't make you believe that paying > $60M for less than 4 WAR in the regular season, where you still need wins to make the playoffs, is a worthwhile trade.

Actually I was mistaken. It was FTD who was up before me and I just checked and I did get an email from him, just missed it. That's on me, was busy at night and didn't bother to check before bed.

Yeah I didn’t want to take him but it was too tempting 3 rounds in.

Harsh to Bo who provided 80% of that.

Not that it matters, as I should’ve been checking, but I didn’t get an email or PM or anything. Added Ben Simmons.

It’s me, I got it. FTD is up, will email.

Michael A. Taylor probably had more of an impact with his defense than any other position player Twin not named Royce Lewis. An average CF, or worse, a bad one, and the Blue Jays could easily come away with game 1. Essentially a 2-run, game-saving catch. A guy like him is more likely to make an impact like this than at the plate, but in the playoffs you'll take those runs in any way you can get them. https://streamable.com/m/taylor-flashes-leather-in-game-1

Added Tyus Jones. TCA up, will PM and email.

Genuinely could not find how to set my keepers. I'll keep Poeltl over McCollum, the rest look good.

I feel like the most likely of the FAs to come back (of the ones anyone actually cares about anyway) might actually be Chapman? He was dogshit with the bat from April onwards, but on the whole his numbers over the season are basically identical to last year's. Everyone keeps saying "he's not the defender he was once", which is probably true, but by every metric available he was actually a better defender this season than the last. His avg EV was excellent (98th percentile), barrel rate and hard hit rate were elite (98th and 100th!! percentile respectively), he didn't chase much, and both his sprint speed and baserunning value were once again good. Maybe you hope he takes the QO, or try to offer him a 1/20-22 pillow deal, where he'll spend all offseason getting rid of the ******** opposite field approach and come into Spring launching bombs to the pull side, with some regression happening during the season, to once again put up yet another 3-4 win season. There's basically no reason to believe Chapman will be a < 3 win player in 2024, his mean is exactly that of 2022-2023, which were practically the exact same season on the aggregate.

Good call, I feel like this makes releasing him even more of an almost no-brainer decision. Cabrera has 1 remaining according to fangraphs, everyone else that's relevant (Pearson, Espinal, Biggio even) have at least 2.

I think Richards is such a volatile relieve that at this point I'd just release him. He started out the season on fire, but in classic Trevor Richards form he completely blew up near the end of the year, to the point where you'd want him nowhere near a mound in a tight playoff game. The Ks are great, when the changeup is working it's one of the best pitches out there, but the fastball is a terrible pitch, his command is shaky, and he has a terrible tendency to give up some absolute bombs in bunches. Barely above replacement his whole reliever career. Spend the $2.4MM on a collection of league min relievers from the farm throughout the year, one of which is bound to produce similarly or better. Use the savings in conjunction with other money coming off the books to make an upgrade elsewhere. Espinal at $2.5MM is okay I guess but also not someone you should be giving much more than the league min. to. I'd consider seeing if he bites at a cheaper one year deal, or consider non tendering him altogether.

Where have you seen that Smith might be moved from the catching position? He's one of the best catchers, offensive and defensively, in the sport, and he doesn't hurt you on the bases. The Dodgers also have Freddie Freeman at first, so where would he even be moved to?

The offense were given multiple chances lol. Gausman didn't have it in the first game, but the bullpen locked the f*** in and blanked the Twins the rest of the way for 4 innings. Game 2, Kikuchi BLEW UP...to the extent of 2 runs, and that was it. The bullpen following him yet again completely shut down the Twins for another 3.1 IP. What did the offense do? The pitching or controversial Berrios to Kikuchi decision didn't lose us the series.

So, you want Atkins fired because of the state of the team and org. But if it was AA instead in his position with the exact same results, it would be unreasonable if people would want him fired as well? You think people who defend Atkins are doing so because of his stunning good looks, dripping swag, and charismatic interviews?

Dude Chapman just hit a ball 401 feet. I don’t know what else you think Davis Schneider, or just about anyone, could have done better.

Jansen being injured basically makes it so that they have to carry Cam Eden at all times for whenever Kirk gets on base late in games. Also what's the status on Jansen's injury? Is he due back at any point in the playoffs?

It's been a whole 2 years since he last pitched for them. In any case, you can see his career # against them, pretty much in line with career numbers with a couple of big time K/BB performances, one clunker (peak 2022 Berrios) and one wild but effective start. https://www.statmuse.com/mlb/ask/berrios-career-record-vs-twins https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/split.fcgi?id=berrijo01&year=Career&t=p#oppon_extra

Bichette has an uncanny ability to foul off any pitch no matter how nasty, and just continue doing so until he gets one that he can actually do something with. Insane hands and coordination.

Good to see him lean on the breaking ball more.

Margot is not their regular CF, Siri is and he’s elite. Margot is having a nightmare of a game but he’s also not nearly this bad.