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  1. Riverbrian
    If you look at 40 man balance which I believe has to be looked at. Arraez for a starter is going to require additional moves. Currently 23 Pitchers and 17 Position Players make up the 40 man. Trade Arraez for that frontline starter and it's 24 pitchers and 16 position players. That may be a little out of balance. Out of those 24 pitchers... 16 are considered starters and 8 are considered bullpen. Make it 15/9 if that Alexy guy is moved to bullpen exclusive. That may also be a little out of balance. So... If you trade Arraez for a starter. We will have to turn around and trade some of our starters for a position player for roster balance and we will also be in the position of really really needing to replace Arraez's offensive production somehow and with 24 pitchers on the 40... pitching is what we would be able to trade. In a nutshell... We will immediately become what Miami is right now after such trade. Miami needs to trade pitching for offensive talent. Trade Arraez for pitching and we would need to trade for offensive talent to replace him and have to trade pitching for it. I offer this for everyone's consideration.
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    My theory would be that it comes from being left with no place to put the disappointment and powerless to do anything about it.
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    I'm not knocking the importance of Buxton and Correa but in my opinion... the success of this team probably depends more on the bad performance at the bottom than the great performance at the top. If Gallo and Kepler are the same as the past two years and still get plenty of playing time... we will struggle no matter what Correa and Buxton do. Buxton and Correa can't carry this team just like Trout, Ohtani and Rendon couldn't carry the Angels.
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    I don't get it either but there sure is a lot of it hanging like a cloud over every sports team across the fruited plain. In my opinion, it isn't unique to the Twins or Minnesota. Conditions are attached to fandom and loyalty in all major sports. I don't get it... the level of perfection demanded by some fans or the expectation that those in charge do exactly what they think or they are obviously idiots is probably not something they demand of themselves in equal measure or from the people they are responsible for. If they demand the same of those around them in equal measure, there would be massive amounts of children in the streets, tossed out of the house (Fired) for getting a B or C in Algebra. 😀
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    Although, perhaps too much weight was placed on the meaning of the Carlos Correa signing. This article stills gets a 10 from me.
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    Will one playoff win do the trick? Will winning just one series get you interested? Do they have to win meaningful games in October every year? Whatever the answer... we will see you later I guess.
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    Sorting out the OF is pretty easy. A fair open competition for playing time. Let the players decide with actual performance on the field. Don't double down on Gallo (or Kepler) if they are the same player they have been the last two years. They can't be allowed to block potentially better play by getting their name in the lineup everyday despite consistent bad play. The nightmare scenario isn't paying Gallo 11M. The nightmare scenario is paying Gallo 11M to play poorly and not letting someone else have the job. Signing Logan Morrison wasn't the mistake. Those types of mistakes happen. Playing Logan Morrison every day when he wasn't good. was the mistake... not giving anybody else the chance to be better was the mistake.
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    I assume that Correa would have taken that over what he signed for. So No They did not.
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    So you've found a contingency with my post. My post is still real.
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    If this rumor is true it surely does tell us a lot. If McCutcheon would have signed with the Twins. There would have to be a next move and there isn't really a comfortable player to move off the current 40 man. 40 man balance would suggest that we would be a little over stocked with OF. It's got me getting prepped for trade in the future.
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    The Giants offered 13/350 and backed away from that - This means that the Giants DID NOT offer 13/350 The Mets offered 12/315 and backed away from that - This means that the Mets DID NOT offer 12/315. It is quite possible that the "Circumstances" are this: When it comes to REAL offers. Carlos Correa signed with the Twins.
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    Choose your favorite: 1. I woke up disappointed because I used to Dream of Jeannie as a young man. 2. And I was sleeping in med school in that high school detention dream.
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    I was sleeping in med school so my opinion is also FWIW. Yes, it is a different position with more ground to cover... Speed is without a doubt important with OF play. However, I don't believe that you were more inclined to injury in the OF in comparison to the middle infield. Infield requires much harder work on the knees. Bends, quick stops, dives, twists, turns, hard leg plants, throws and changes of directions. I just don't believe that position had anything to do with the injury... It was just the position he was playing when the injury occurred.
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    Every time the rooster crows..., the sun comes up. The Rooster must be very powerful.
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    41 on the 40 when Correa gets added Pitchers 23 (SP 15 - RP 8) and 18 Position players This will need to be dealt with by either trade or DFA. From a 40 man balance standpoint. We are top heavy in starters.
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    Obviously you have to play until the final whistle in baseball.
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    I hate to ask the obvious question but I will. If you are not watching games any longer. What value are your thoughts?
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    Must have been the Phillies planning that one out. ?
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    Thank You. Much appreciated. Hard to say what the exact number is but on that 2nd link you provided. Just head counting the best I could, If you factor in the coaches and scouts throughout organization that don't appear to be listed. It looks like over 100 employees on the baseball operations side of things. I wonder what they all do? Does whatever they do go somewhere or does it just sit on a desk never to be reviewed? It is being suggested by some that they don't have a plan. If they don't have a plan, I'm really concerned about that. 100 employees that would be tripping over each other without a plan. Multiple people working on the same projects while other things get ignored. If they don't have a plan... they should come up with one quick.
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    Yeah... I was at the Alamo last August. San Antonio has no problem with me returning.
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    Does anyone know how many assistants, coaches, scouts, analysts are employed by the Twins? How many people work under Falvey on the baseball operation side? Does anyone know? If nobody knows exactly... I'll take a ball park estimate. I'd absolutely like to know. Hopefully someone can help me out.
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    I hope Gilberto gets better year by year and day by day. I will not bet against him. However... He must start next season in AAA and play his way into a roster spot when his chance comes. It wasn't his fault but he was a long way from what we required of him last year.
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    That was Ozzy in 1991. Here he is 1980: "Don't look to me for answers, Don't Ask Me... I Don't Know" Back in 1970: "Can you Help Me... Occupy my Brain" When I face decisions in my personal life.. I often ask... What would Ozzy do? ?
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    Wait a sec. Is it possible that the information that we read about is purposely released and possibly used as manipulation? If so... If we then take this information and then draw conclusions based upon it. Is it possible that we have been manipulated? If so... is it possible that Wheaties is only claiming to be the "Breakfast of Champions" because they want us to think that? Is it possible that All State wants us to believe that we are in Good Hands? Are we being manipulated? If any of this is true? I might have to think about what is making me angry and how my anger is just feeding the manipulation machine? Insert ? Smiley Face Here
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