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  1. Nine of twelve
    As I have said before, in free agency the player chooses the team. And I agree that the five teams listed above are by far the most desired FA destinations at this point. Falvine's primary objective is to build an organization that enables the major league team to consistently contend for a World Championship, and it's still very early in that process. If they succeed in that goal we will also become a desired FA destination. Here's hoping they can succeed in that sooner rather than later.
  2. Nine of twelve
    You can't have winning without profit. Where do you suppose the money comes from to pay the players, the tooth fairy?
  3. Nine of twelve
    That wasn't context you added, that was a guess.
  4. Nine of twelve
    Free agency is the anti-draft. The player chooses the team, not the other way around. We didn't pass on Darvish. He passed on us.
  5. Nine of twelve
    Keep in mind that they made Puckett the highest-paid player in baseball. For a few weeks, anyway, until Baltimore surpassed that with Ripken.
  6. Nine of twelve
    I could see a 9-figure extension for Sano and/or Buxton if Sano and/or Buxton have big years in 2018 and/or 2019.
  7. Nine of twelve
    Might be interesting to see the Twins win a game or three then.
  8. Nine of twelve
    It should also be mentioned that the baseball is not as good as MLB.
  9. Nine of twelve
    I'd amend this to say that hard working Americans (and Canadians, Dominicans, Japanese, etc.etc.etc.) willingly spend a ridiculous huge amount of money for a silly game.
  10. Nine of twelve
    I'm a baseball fan, and the reason I prefer MLB is because that's where the best baseball is played. It's like the difference between hearing the Minnesota Orchestra and the Minnetonka Orchestra.
  11. Nine of twelve
    The players are entitled because ultimately they are the ones who bring in the revenue.
  12. Nine of twelve
    If the AL played a balanced schedule I think 81 would be close, maybe even slightly high with Santana's situation. But I still look at 57 games vs KC, CWS and Det and think they could get to 90 with a little luck and a couple better-than-expected seasons by the right players.
  13. Nine of twelve
    Not for five weeks!
  14. Nine of twelve
    It would be informative to know a swing-and-miss percentage outside the zone and to know how batters fared when making contact with a pitch outside the zone.
  15. Nine of twelve
    For low-level FA's that will be a factor. For high-level FA's playing time will be the same everywhere.
  16. Nine of twelve
    Colon signs a minor league deal with the Rangers. Guess that means they won't have to pursue Darvish now, eh?
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    I have no disagreement with any of the players chosen. One thing I would have probably considered would be going with a 6-man bullpen. I realize 7 has become the minimum these days but with that rotation 6 should be plenty. I don't know who I'd leave off but that would allow another position player to be added.
  19. Nine of twelve
    That means three 90-loss teams in the division. If that's the case the Twins should be able to hit 90 wins simply by playing .500 baseball outside the division.
  20. Nine of twelve
    You are entitled to feel the way you do as long as you heap even more disdain on the owners. They are the ones who control the money that we spend on baseball.
  21. Nine of twelve
    It's not so much the timetable for free agency as it is the salary schedule. The minimum salary could be made more equitable with a significant increase in the minimum salary for low seniority players with arbitration eligiblity beginning in year two. Edited to add: Reading shimrod's post I agree in principle with performance-related payouts if there is a fair and accurate way to evaluate performance. However, how one quantifies a player's contribution to his team's performance is a subject that is much debated among sabrmetricians and others. And if you factor in the significant money that would be riding on that it becomes even more challenging to define. Nevertheless, I think it's possible that something like that could be woven into a CBA with conscientious statisticians involved on both sides of the negotiations.
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    But the public money that goes to sports is a very small percentage of the overall revenue, and it's mostly for infrastructure, in other words stadiums. I think it's OK for taxpayers to contribute some of the money for stadiums because having viable professional sports contributes to the overall liveability and vibrancy of a large metropolitan area.
  23. Nine of twelve
    It's easy to gripe about how much the players make but there's no reason the owners should get a huge payoff either. Nobody complains how much money Tom Hanks or Paul McCartney has made and the players are entertainers just like them. The reality is that we fans contribute huge sums to the sport and the players are the reason we do that. Hence, the players should get most of the dough.
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    I think the timetable on free agency is probably about right and I think the players are entitled to at least as large a share of revenue as they currently receive, but I think the revenue sharing system needs to be adjusted. It's a recipe for apathy in half the country for the highest-revenue teams to continue to have a large advantage in the free agent market. Owners need to be aware that for the sport to maximize its total revenue every team should have a reasonably similar chance to sign top free agents.
  25. Nine of twelve
    OK, so then let's expand this and try to mitigate any other aspects of the game that are unfair. Why should the strike zone be the only part of the game that varies from one player to another? I've already mentioned base size and mound height. There are other things as well. Outfield fences could have adjustable heights based on the height of the outfielder or moved in or out based on the speed of the outfielder. The distance between bases could be altered based on the speed of the base runner. The distance from the pitcher's mound to home plate could be adjusted based on the speed of a pitcher's pitches. Ridiculous? Of course. So explain to me now why the strike zone must be required to be based on a player's height and stance?
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