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Sorry I didn't wanna start a new thread, but I would like a general baseball thread, not just a forum. I wanted to post, watching MLB, that SF had signed Longoria AND McCutcheon. Missed that. Not thread worthy, but would like a low-impact thread to post such tidbits.

 

Perhaps it exists already, but didn't see one in my initial look.

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This kind of thing has been brought up before, and it never seems to get traction. I confess to being unsure what is really wanted. When you say General Baseball do you mean MLB, or would topics like the St Paul Saints be included? A MLB-only Transactions thread? If so, how do people comment on an interesting transaction, without a single thread getting all tangled up with clutter if the discussion becomes heated? Other things MLB-related besides transactions probably are of interest too, so how do they fit into a single thread?

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Sorry I didn't wanna start a new thread, but I would like a general baseball thread, not just a forum. I wanted to post, watching MLB, that SF had signed Longoria AND McCutcheon. Missed that. Not thread worthy, but would like a low-impact thread to post such tidbits.

 

Perhaps it exists already, but didn't see one in my initial look.

We do have an off-season transactions thread for things like that here http://twinsdaily.com/topic/27809-2017-18-non-twins-mlb-off-season-transactions-thread/

 

Both those were off-season trades.

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Thanks Carole,

 

Those signings were just an example - not worthy of a thread of its own, but of interest. The couple other sports forums I visit and post have such threads: a place to post general, non-team specific stuff not really thread-worthy but of temporary interest.

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Thanks Carole,

 

Those signings were just an example - not worthy of a thread of its own, but of interest. The couple other sports forums I visit and post have such threads: a place to post general, non-team specific stuff not really thread-worthy but of temporary interest.

Yeah, we've had threads like that in this forum for years, both in and off-season, discussing whatever. But if someone wants to start their own thread on a specific thing, they are welcome to it. Threads like the one you suggest is good, but sometimes they get long and there are some who'd rather not wade through it all. So, we have both. A general thread and topic threads.

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There is a whole non twins baseball section at the top of the page or in the forum section there is a link as well to post non twins transactions and such.

 

 

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There is a whole non twins baseball section at the top of the page or in the forum section there is a link as well to post non twins transactions and such.

There was a thread that was for off-season news ... was that the one?

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Josh Donaldson is dealing with a bit of dead arm right now...

Just nipped the speedy batter, in that clip. :)

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Otani makes his MLB regular season pitching debut today at 3 PM CST.

Hope it goes as well as Darvish's ... ;)

 

(yeah, that was mean)

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Remember when people here were glad the twins dodged the bullet of signing a 23 year old, with elite stuff?

 

 

No

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Remember when people here were glad the twins dodged the bullet of signing a 23 year old, with elite stuff?

For the money involved, did anyone seriously have this opinion? Sure, there were differences of opinion about how Ohtani might shake out against MLB hitting but for the price, one would have to be insane to think it wasn't worth a shot at the guy.

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For the money involved, did anyone seriously have this opinion? Sure, there were differences of opinion about how Ohtani might shake out against MLB hitting but for the price, one would have to be insane to think it wasn't worth a shot at the guy.

Was literally posted last week on this site, yes. Literally those words.

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Fortunately the Twins have their own 23 year old with pretty electric stuff.

And teams are limited to one each of that type of pitcher...

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For the money involved, did anyone seriously have this opinion? Sure, there were differences of opinion about how Ohtani might shake out against MLB hitting but for the price, one would have to be insane to think it wasn't worth a shot at the guy.

 

Was literally posted last week on this site, yes. Literally those words.

Wasn't "dodging a bullet" right here in this thread, but regarding Jose De Leon? Is there some other reference you have in mind? Why conflate two pitchers?

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Ohtani looked pretty good today! What a difference from spring training...

I was reading a story (SI baseball issue, I believe) about the Yankees going after Stanton when they decided they had no shot at Ohtani.  The story claimed that Cashman "knew" that Ohtani wouldn't sign with any team that was in a city east of the Mississippi (so not Minneapolis, barely) or that trained in Florida (dang).  I don't remember ever hearing that before.  Was that a common understanding that I missed?  

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Wasn't "dodging a bullet" right here in this thread, but regarding Jose De Leon? Is there some other reference you have in mind? Why conflate two pitchers?

 

Nope, it was 100% Ohtani. I even argued with the person. I'm not conflating them at all.

 

 

It really doesn't matter, Ohtani is going to be great, everyone knows this, even if they for some reason don't want to believe it.

 

I hope he is. It's good for baseball to have great players.

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Gerrit Cole was dominant in his first start with Houston.

 

7 IP - 2 H - 1 ER - 3 BB - 11 K

 

He was my man crush all winter once it was known he was available for trade.

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Gerrit Cole was dominant in his first start with Houston.

7 IP - 2 H - 1 ER - 3 BB - 11 K

He was my man crush all winter once it was known he was available for trade.

 

Ya, trading McCucthen probably doesn't matter, but Cole? Ouch. Houston looks good.

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Was literally posted last week on this site, yes. Literally those words.

 

 

By one guy, or two? ;)

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