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  1. raindog
    I’ve always heard girth is more important.
  2. raindog
    Calvin’s father, Clark Griffith, was a former MLB player, manager, and owner who truly loved baseball and never moved a franchise from it’s city. And as far as I know, wasn’t an avowed racist. Calvin was a racist who inherited his daddy’s franchise and got rich off it. P.s. removing a statue that was built 10 years ago isn’t “erasing history”. Neither is removing statues built in the 50s to intimidate the Civil Rights movement. Honoring and whitewashing the deeds of awful humans with statues is erasing history.
  3. raindog
    Would you like it to remain a distraction for him and the team? What else can he say? He took part in it. His apology seems sincere. Time to move on.
  4. raindog
    That’s all nice, but it still adds up to a career ERA+ of 105, and he’s entering his age 32 season. That doesn’t scream ace to me.
  5. raindog
    Why not package Graterol along with other prospects for a SP with higher upside? Even if there isn't one available right now, there will be during the season. They can still make that trade, but they have one less prospect to do it with. I just don't see how Maeda significantly moves the needle. I already had faith we had enough of a rotation to win the division. I don't think we have the rotation to compete with the Yankees in the playoffs and we still don't.
  6. raindog
    I'm all for taking risks and making a "win now" move. I just don't see Maeda as someone you start in the playoffs and feel great about. You just feel ok about him as the number 3 or 4 in the playoffs. Not worth it for losing Graterol.
  7. raindog
    When he's healthy, yes he's worth that much money. And if the's not..that's not what they're paying him, so who cares? I don't have a problem with the Hill signing. I don't care for Bailey, and I don't care for the lack of other moves.
  8. raindog
    I like this idea. Not what I wanted going into the offseason, but it’s probably the best option now. They would then still have payroll flexibility and prospect capital...enough to go after Nolan Arenado, perhaps.
  9. raindog
    Anyone think Cruz could make it to the HoF? I think if he has a 2020 like the projections say, and another decent year after that, it's possible. He's at 401 HRs...if he manages to have 3 more good years, (probably a stretch), he could get to 500. I think that's probably the only way he definitely gets in. There is the steroid thing, but that doesn't seem to get brought up a lot with him.
  10. raindog
    It's concerning, but the fact that he's 20 years old and has such a good makeup makes me optimistic. Which is basically what the Fangraphs write-up said. I reallllly hope he becomes a good defensive SS, though. We need that.
  11. raindog
    I like goofy MiLB team names and mascots, so I like this. That font could defnitely be better, though.
  12. raindog
    Someone watched Moneyball. Just about any MLB player can handle first base. Especially a passable third baseman. Not that he's going to be great there, but he'd be fine. Plus, he has played 223 career innings at 1B.
  13. raindog
    I'm all for getting Chapman, and giving up the farm to do it. Don't know why we would trade Buxton to do so. If we want better defense, let's not trade our best defender for it. He's to the point where he's going to start getting expensive, as well, so it doesn't make sense if the A's are trying to shed payroll. The trade would start with Kiriloff AND Lewis and I would absolutely be interested in doing that.
  14. raindog
    The crazy thing is that he's not even the 8th best player ON HIS TEAM. He ranked EIGHTEENTH on the Twins in WAR according to Fangraphs. I don't care if you aren't that big of a believer in WAR, you can't think it's that off. And if you do, look at the players ahead of him: https://www.fangraphs.com/warleaders.aspx?season=2019&team=8 Do you think he was more valuable then those guys?
  15. raindog
    We may have had a glut of "SS" prospects but none of them turned out to be a plus defender there. Royce could get better there, but he's not very close to being ready for the majors. If I was in charge, I couldn't stomach another year of Polanco at SS and Arraez at 2B. Arraez doesn't have the traditonal power of a third baseman, but hitting .320+ makes up for that. His arm there isn't ideal, but I think that's probably comes into play less than we think. His range would at least be ok there.
  16. raindog
    I think infield defense needs to be a huge priority this offseason. But I have a different solution for it. Move Arraez to 3B where he actually had a positive UZR in 130 innings. Move Sano to 1B. Polanco to 2B where he goes from a negative defender to likely a plus defender. And aquire a plus defender at SS. Jose Iglesias on a 1 year deal? A trade? I think think if they did this, the defense would improve immensely. And if Buxton's recovery goes well, all of a sudden you have a very good defensive squad all-around.
  17. raindog
    Y'all. Imagine Matthew Boyd going from Rick Anderson to Wes Johnson. With his stuff, and a legit pitching coach, he's going to be great. Especially if MLB goes back to a normal baseball, which would help with his biggest weakness. Not that we can count on that.
  18. raindog
    For the love of God, they can make him playoff eligible. Just like Graterol if they want.
  19. raindog
    Franconia
  20. raindog
    Except he provides more power even in a down year, with the potential to bounce back to previous levels. And Grossman should be no more than a DH so position flexibility doesn't give him an advantage, either.
  21. raindog
    He gets on base a ton, even in a down year. The Twins need that. Cron isn't going to provide it.
  22. raindog
    I think you are right in general. However, Machado and Harper are special cases. They've hit the market at a young age and should have a great 5 years or so of production. Then you have to deal with the backend of the contract and that's not great. But the goal should be to win a World Series in those 5 years. And that would make it all worth it. The Twins aren't going to sign one, unfortunately. But I think they should. They have the money.
  23. raindog
    I’m definely excited by the Wes Johnson hire but slightly nervous that the players won’t respect him. I like the outside the box thinking though.
  24. raindog
    Some of these takes are absolutely hilarious.
  25. raindog
    I find it incredibly sad that people want the Twins to jerk Buxton around, considering it's mostly been a lost season due to injury. He plays his ass off. He's got a great attitude. Reward that - don't worry about the Twins maybe having to spend more money to keep him if he ever becomes what we hope. The ONLY people that should be worried about that are the Pohlads. And they have all the money in the world to keep him when that time comes around.
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