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tigerfan4ever
Don Kelly Baby! LOL
marmaduke
Don Kelly rocks!
tigerfan4ever
The hot foot that JV gave him was epic!
SamFuldsFive
That line for Kelly isn’t “modest” its awful.
CompanyAssassin
Modest is usually used in this context as a nice word for bad.
TheMichigan
Batting lines don’t matter when you are the best player on the field.
TheMichigan
(And yes, this is sarcastic)
JA L.
Welcoming to hear the Twins have joined the 21st century.
jd396
Almost a fifth of the way into the 21st century, but better late than never I guess
jdgoat
I thought analytics was only for “fantasy baseball” though. How on earth can team admit that they use them
davidcoonce74
Every team has a pretty huge analytics component now. For example, there’s this team in the NL Central that has a huge analytics department. The Chicago Cubs. They seem to have had a good season last year. The last two teams to incorporate analytics into their front offices are the Diamondbacks and the Phillies, each of whom were doing terrific before incorporating advanced analytics into their evaluations. Every team has an analytics department now, and most of them are hiring people from the same websites you think aren’t “real” baseball.
tylerall5
Pretty sure everyone in the NL central has a massive analytics department. Whole reason why Cutch batted second last year, and why he’s moved to right this year.
jd396
Okay Dave Stewart
A'sfaninUK
Gordon in center? So Lorenzo Cain is getting traded by opening day then?
tecjug
That’s a pretty huge leap in your logic. Let’s review the offseason OF moves: Dyson traded away, Soler obtained in trade, Moss signed as FA.
Last year, when Cain was hurt or needed a day off, Dyson filled in for him. Who’s going to do that this year? It would behoove KC to find out if Alex can do that during ST before they have to figure out their 25-man roster. Otherwise, they have to use a roster spot on someone who can only be a backup CF, like Gore. If that’s the case, they’re carrying someone who can’t hit, which makes them worse.
Matt Galvin
Billy Burns or Bubba Starling as backup CF or even Whit M.
TheMichigan
Whit probably isn’t going to be seeing any time in CF. They would throw Billy Burns out there as the 4th OF
Maybe, just maybe they give Bubba Starling a shot, but that’s very unlikely.
djsims10
I believe this whole thread is forgetting a certain Orlando, Paulo
stryk3istrukuout
Possible, but not likely. He could however be gone by the trade deadline or a month into the season. A team like the Cubs with a fairly obvious hole in CF could call on him
lesterdnightfly
The Cubs have Almora and Jay platooning in CF. Gloves very good; bats not Trout-level, but CF is not an obvious hole. Also have Szczur and Heyward who have played well there with above-average gloves. They’re not going to trade for someone like Cain, as good as he can be, without a rash of OF injuries causing drastic change.