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  1. Brock Beauchamp
    I have no issues treating the writer's ballot and the veterans/golden era/whatever ballots differently. I was very much against the Baines induction on the writer's ballot (I'd go as far as to call it stupid) but would have little issue if Harold is inducted in 20 years on a later ballot. Celebrating past eras of baseball and the players who played is a bit different from the 5-15 year induction process (which I consider more of an inner-circle ballot for the players whose Hall of Fame credentials are obvious).
  2. Brock Beauchamp
    Perhaps the biggest "what if?" in a season full of "what ifs?" And welcome to Twins Daily!
  3. Brock Beauchamp
    Great news for both of them, I’m glad this was done while both are alive and can celebrate their achievement!
  4. Brock Beauchamp
    And also, there is a huge fight being waged over what is revenue. Over the past decade, owners have discovered that building huge multiplex facilities around the stadium reap huge rewards but don’t want to share that revenue. It’s a common theme in baseball over the past 50 years; owners claim every new revenue stream is outside the scope of baseball, players rightfully disagree.
  5. Brock Beauchamp
    Well said.
  6. Brock Beauchamp
    I think this is a pretty good third signing for the rotation. The problem is the front office forgot to sign the first two guys. Especially in the wake of Stroman signing for only three years. Yuck. This front office had $50m to spend and has spent $5m of it while almost all the good players at positions of need are now off the board. Massive, colossal failure.
  7. Brock Beauchamp
    That’s where things can go sideways, though. Two years from now, Semien will be 33. And if it takes three years, then Semien is 34… Totaly get and support the Seaver signing and some lower profile stuff, I just don’t get trying to do everything at once and show-horning multiple shortstops into the same off-season.
  8. Brock Beauchamp
    It has a little to do with timing, too, as the Rangers won 60 games. They need +30 wins YoY to make the postseason, which is close to impossible. But more than that, it’s the way they spent their money. Buying a couple of high profile guys is great but even 5-7 players cannot compete in MLB. They would have been better off buying two high profile guys and then several lesser guys to round out what is a really bad roster.
  9. Brock Beauchamp
    No, I don't get buying *two* shortstops on multi-year deals at the same time, neither of which is particularly good at actually playing shortstop, which means in 2-4 years from now, the Rangers are going to have some really awkward decisions to make in the field. Their entire strategy seems to be "spend the money" without a lot of foresight into planning how and where to spend said money for sustained success. The Rangers are a big market but they're not the Yankees or Dodgers; they can't just decide to eat $100m in contracts at once. If you look at the Padres, all their moves made sense, even if they were a bit over the top. The Rangers feel as if someone gave a drunk person a black card and set them loose on eBay at 3am.
  10. Brock Beauchamp
    I also don't get it.
  11. Brock Beauchamp
    To be fair, the Pohlads are pretty run of the mill owners. Frustrating for sure but pretty much in line with most of the sport, for good or bad. Nutting is probably the worst owner in the game. I don’t understand why the Pirates have a single fan at this point.
  12. Brock Beauchamp
    Seriously. WTF. At minimum, that administrator should have been suspended immediately.
  13. Brock Beauchamp
    I agree with all of this in a typical year but right now, this team is so upside-down with pitching that I'm willing to take more short-term risks to shore up the 2022 and possibly 2023 pitching staffs.
  14. Brock Beauchamp
    Agreed, though I'd strongly consider two years at a high AAV if that's what it takes. The options are going off the board in a hurry and we have no indication the Twins will EVER hand out a 5+ year deal to a pitcher.
  15. Brock Beauchamp
    With Rodon, I’d be more interested in overpaying in AAV and cutting down years and given his peak performance level, he may want that as well.
  16. Brock Beauchamp
    Except if you trim Buxton's numbers to the past three years - after he stopped tinkering with his swing and went back to being the guy he was when drafted - his OPS is .900. That's why he's getting paid and at that point, Billy Beane wouldn't care about his OBP in comparison to the rest of his tools.
  17. Brock Beauchamp
    Yeah, there are, what surprised me is that they start at 500 PAs and not something like 300 PAs, which definitely favors the Twins over Buxton (like pretty much everything in this contract does).
  18. Brock Beauchamp
    Buxton, and it’s not close.
  19. Brock Beauchamp
    It means Buxton cannot be traded to anyone without Buxton's approval.
  20. Brock Beauchamp
    That's an absurd amount for Semien. Hard pass on that, for sure.
  21. Brock Beauchamp
    I'm surprised about so many of the aspects of this contract. First, that the Twins were able to convince him to accept big MVP bonuses and not plate appearance bonuses, ensuring that performance, not health, will escalate the contract. Second, no opt out or anything, full no-trade clause (good for Buck!). Remember, Buxton *should* be a free agent *right now* but the front office hosed him very intentionally. Byron appears to be a very forgiving man and we should all be thankful for it. This is a very team-friendly contract.
  22. Brock Beauchamp
    I don't care if the Twins get value, I just want to see a healthy Byron Buxton on the field in a Twins uniform. How much he's paid doesn't matter much to me.
  23. Brock Beauchamp
    It's a Christmas miracle!
  24. Brock Beauchamp
    We all assumed he’d be on the line and wow, that was close.
  25. Brock Beauchamp
    That’s part of what’s so discouraging. I haven’t heard a substantial rumor about the Twins being in on anyone. I wonder if they just planned to sit out until the lockout, which I find pretty infuriating.
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