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  1. Brock Beauchamp
    I mean, maybe, but pretty much everybody not named Cruz was banged up in a significant way during that series. It was an unfortunate few weeks for the Twins leading up to that postseason.
  2. Brock Beauchamp
    Except for that one part where the last time they fielded a 90 win team, they were around 10th in MLB payroll. Besides, should we just let ownership slide when they’re being cheap just because they’ve done it in the past, too?
  3. Brock Beauchamp
    Oh, for sure, but the Twins has a solid lead when Cron missed that hop and the entire series played differently from that moment forward. Never mind how differently fly balls play with Buxton in center. The Twins were outplayed in that series and significant damage was done because they were specifically outplayed on defense.
  4. Brock Beauchamp
    One shouldn’t prevent the other. Even after the Donaldson deal, the Twins basically sit at $140m, including Buxton and Berrios. Give them both a raise and the team still wouldn’t be at even $150m. $150m would have ranked 12th in baseball in 2019 and probably lower than that once the dust settles on 2020. Twins fans really need to de-program themselves from what the Pohlads have been selling us for the past decade. IIRC, the Twins had the 10th highest payroll in 2010 and they should be able to replicate the modern equivalent for a 3-4 year competitive run. That’s about $160-165m in 2020 money.
  5. Brock Beauchamp
    That’s the most likely division but if Boston blows itself up, the ALE could actually be pretty weak for once. Though now that we’re at the midpoint of January, Boston pulling the pin is becoming pretty unlikely.
  6. Brock Beauchamp
    I find it really disappointing that no players were suspended and fined for their cheating. They were the ones who orchestrated it, after all.
  7. Brock Beauchamp
    I'm not so sure the ALC will be the worst division in baseball this season given what Chicago has done to speed up the rebuild. They should post a winning record on the season, which likely gives the ALC three winning teams and two terrible teams.
  8. Brock Beauchamp
    Okay, I’ll bite: What “fan faves” did the Twins get rid of due to Mauer’s contract?
  9. Brock Beauchamp
    I haven't found this definitively yet but it appears the Twins' TV deal expires after the 2023 season. It seems to me that a bunch of wins, maybe even a championship, going into that new deal is worth upping payroll for the next few seasons. Go into negotiations in as strong a position as possible.
  10. Brock Beauchamp
    I’m concerned about health, of course, but not a less lively ball because everyone has to play with it and Twins pitchers could really benefit from a less lively ball with Buxton manning center.
  11. Brock Beauchamp
    The solution to this is for the Twins to stop being a $130-140m team. They’re coming off a 101 win season, for crying out loud.
  12. Brock Beauchamp
    If this lineup remains anything close to healthy, we're going to see A LOT of 4.1 inning starts from opposing pitchers as they slink back to the dugout with an ERA of 9+ for the game...
  13. Brock Beauchamp
    From everything I’ve read the guy is super-competitive and doesn’t have a ring. I don’t think “phoning it in” is something we need to worry about.
  14. Brock Beauchamp
    I’m going to pick nits here but Donaldson has spent most of his recent time in the 140 OPS+ range, which is also where Mauer spent most of his time through 2013, his age 30 season.
  15. Brock Beauchamp
    Mauer had a friggin’ brain injury. There’s no comparison here other than time spent alive on earth.
  16. Brock Beauchamp
    Damnnnnnn. Trueblood is so effing good. The fact he wrote this in like three hours since the signing is amazing.
  17. Brock Beauchamp
    And they’ll be selling to a market that needs pitching every single deadline, which drives up the price. The offseason is when a team needs to wrangle a deal for pitching that isn’t two months of a rental.
  18. Brock Beauchamp
    It’s super lazy reporting and I just laughed it off.
  19. Brock Beauchamp
    Did you watch that first game? It kinda was. One easy scoop and the Twins keep the lead. From there, who knows what happens. Never mind what happens if Buxton is out there for any number of plays.
  20. Brock Beauchamp
    Good MLB players traded for good MLB players approaches unicorn status because it just doesn’t happen.
  21. Brock Beauchamp
    I like Parker. And whiskey.
  22. Brock Beauchamp
    July is when the Twins will be dealing from the greatest weakness, not strength. The offseason is the only time when buying and selling teams are at something of an equilibrium.
  23. Brock Beauchamp
    I still think Wheeler was a good get but not at the price he would have demanded to come to Minnesota (maybe $140m?). In replacement of that, trading some of the farm and getting a good starter + Donaldson is probably the best outcome we could have possibly hoped for given how this offseason unraveled. But now they have to go get that starter, which is a pretty big ask.
  24. Brock Beauchamp
    Anthony Rendon just signed a $245m deal, Josh Donaldson just signed a $92m deal. Yeah, there's more risk in Donaldson because he's older RIGHT NOW but that Rendon deal also carries as much, if not more, risk. Since he won an MVP, Donaldson has played this many games per season: 155 113 52 155 Yeah, he's an injury risk because he's older. That's why he didn't get $150m. Personally, I'll take an average of 120 games from Donaldson and be just fine with it, never mind that Cruz is off the team next season and Donaldson could easily slide into a DH role for the final years of his deal. My point is: don't crap on a deal for no real reason, especially given your personal posting history (which you obviously displayed in your bias about how this affects the Cards, which has **** all to do with this forum or its fans).
  25. Brock Beauchamp
    Without a doubt. I am not complaining about the signing even a little bit.
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