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  1. Nine of twelve
    I'm optimistic--we'll trade a doomed prospect for one at the deadline.
  2. Nine of twelve
    I think that one of the reasons Correa accepted the Twins' offer is that the players, the front office, and the on-field staff all were consistent in establishing good will with him. Not all teams work that way, for example the Vikings under Zimmer.
  3. Nine of twelve
    This is not a major deal. Keep in mind they are getting the 2023 Johnny Cueto, not the 2014 Johnny Cueto.
  4. Nine of twelve
    I'd say this is essentially true but an overstatement. There have been millions of times in the world where someone has a job that they like but want to see if something else is available. So they shop around a little bit, maybe get an interview or two, maybe get an offer that later falls through. So they go back to the original job, maybe getting a pay raise from that employer who is glad for them to stay. I don't think Correa and Boras are dense enough to think that people don't know the situation here, so I hope and expect them to be straightforward about it. And my guess is that Correa genuinely did and will continue to enjoy playing here. If he didn't want to come here, even if it's not his first choice, he wouldn't have agreed to terms.
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    FWIW, Phil Miller of the Strib reports that the talks between the Twins and Correa have become serious. https://www.startribune.com/minnesota-twins-carlos-correa-new-york-mets-contract-scott-boras/600242137/
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    I am not a lawyer, but my understanding of the law in this regard is that the medical facility where care was provided owns the medical record. This is protected information and may be shared only with the patient, with anyone explicitly authorized by the patient to receive that information, or with anyone associated with the medical facility as needed to provide further care or for related purposes such as billing.
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    I posted this on the other thread and I'm going to post it here as well. Maybe that's true. Maybe not, I don't know. But thousands of people sign contracts every day proscribing conduct that is not illegal. Several U of M football players were expelled several years ago because their conduct, while not illegal, fell outside the terms that all students agree to abide by when they enroll. I don't know the detailed ins and outs of the MLB CBA, but I expect that Bauer's conduct fell outside the terms he agreed to when he signed his contract. And I don't care about any other concerns. I don't care if he's the second coming of Nolan Ryan on the mound. If I were running an MLB front office I would never sign him to play on my team.
  8. Nine of twelve
    2-5 all bat left handed. (So do Kepler and Gallo.) We need a decent-hitting RH bat for the outfield. I think Celestino will be that player within the next year or two.
  9. Nine of twelve
    This would move the Twins up to second place behind Boras. Boras always wins. The only question is how much he rakes in.
  10. Nine of twelve
    Weirder things have happened. Ever since the Mets started getting cold feet I started to entertain that glimmer in my mind. If the Twins do sign him (still a BIG BIG if) I expect all the people who bashed the front office for apparently letting him get away to apologize. It may turn out that Falvine were timid like a fox all along.
  11. Nine of twelve
    Exactly what I said: few to no players. Anyone can name a very small cohort of outliers, but I won't go through the bother of listing the thousands of players for whom what I said applies.
  12. Nine of twelve
    The idea is to get the most out of a player over the course of a season. Few to no players will be optimally productive in September after playing 150 games. It's a difficult balancing act to know exactly how much to rest a player in order to get optimal production.
  13. Nine of twelve
    Easy to understand that. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Georgia
  14. Nine of twelve
    Obviously better, arguably better, and about as good according to who?
  15. Nine of twelve
    From 1986 to 1988 I went to about 35 games each year. I was single and lived within bicycling distance of the dome so I went to almost every game that did not present a conflict with work or other activities. I would typically buy a very inexpensive ticket from one of the independent brokers who could be found on sidewalks near the dome. I knew how to get past the usher stationed at the top of the stairs from the upper deck to the lower. It was always quite easy to find an unoccupied seat near the infield. I usually kept book, partly because I enjoy the act of doing that and partly because it helps me see more of the nuances of the game. Those were fun seasons.
  16. Nine of twelve
    I concur.
  17. Nine of twelve
    I journeyed to Kauffman Stadium this past September. It was my first time there for a game. I thought the stadium was good but not great. The second deck is massive and there are a lot of really bad seats waaaay up high. In addition to that, those sections are very wide so it means a lot of inconvenience. The field itself was very good, I liked the waterfalls, and if one's seats are in the first deck it's a very good place to see a game. I am probably a bit spoiled, but compared to Target Field the food and beer options were pretty ordinary. The former Drury Inn is now the Lotus Hotel. I stayed there and it worked well. It's an easy walk to the stadium. Didn't have time to do the Negro Leagues museum but that will definitely happen on a future visit. I wanted to go to a small mom-and-pop type BBQ place so I chose LC's after a small amount of internet research. I admit I'm pretty easy to please when it comes to BBQ but I was very satisfied with what I ate.
  18. Nine of twelve
    That's fine. But by saying "its best players" you are saying that you still have a personal set of criteria for induction. You just set the bar lower than others might. So you'll still be having the "well, but he wasn't THAT good" discussion. And it's going to be even more difficult to set the bar "properly" when it's set lower.
  19. Nine of twelve
    Well, actually something has changed. As most of us know, MLB teams carry insurance on contracts, especially large ones. An insurance company would be much less willing to cover a 10-year contract in a case like this than they would a 3-year contract. The Twins would have found that out had it gotten to that point with Correa.
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    I would be interested to read an opinion from Lucas and/or Heezy regarding fibula fractures. As others have said, it seems increasingly likely to me that the holdup is insurance companies being unwilling to provide coverage for the contracts that have been offered. In two separate instances, no less. I'd be curious to know what types of complications can occur and how those would impact one's ability to play baseball.
  21. Nine of twelve
    I think the original intent of the HOF was to honor extraordinary players, and I also think that's how it should be. But, as is probably inevitable, over the course of time a number of good-but-not-extraordinary players (I'm not going to name names) have been inducted. And then those players become the threshold for inducting other players. (If player A is in, then player B should be in as well, as should player C, etc.) It has become a slippery slope that has cheapened the honor of being inducted. Mauer meets my threshold of extraordinary and deserves to be inducted.
  22. Nine of twelve
    The biggest travesty I can think of was Bert Blyleven. When he retired he was third all time in strikeouts. Repeating for emphasis: BLEEPING THIRD!!! There was never anyone more deserving of a first-ballot induction who did not receive that honor.
  23. Nine of twelve
    Or this:
  24. Nine of twelve
    And for at least one year (2009) he was the best baseball player in the world.
  25. Nine of twelve
    Keep in mind that free agency is not an auction where the high bid automatically wins. I expect that none of the first four subjects of this thread would have considered coming to Minnesota so discussion there is moot. And Syndegaard? Well, maybe, but signing this the type of pitcher in the past has resulted in many commenters vilifying the front office. And he'd be out the door next offseason anyway whether he succeeded or failed. So I don't fault the FO for staying away.
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