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  1. drivlikejehu
    Span is a very solid player at a premium position. This is definitely not a great return on paper. A 1-for-1 trade for an MLB-ready guy is one thing, but this is someone who hasn't pitched above A-ball. The Twins need guys like Meyer in their system but Span was one of the few assets they had and one interesting but flawed prospect isn't good enough.
  2. drivlikejehu
    I just don't think it makes sense for the Twins under any realistic scenario. The club is a business and the move would alienate a lot of customers. There is no way the Red Sox or any other team would offer enough talent to make up for off-the-field negatives. Even coming up with a trade on purely baseball terms is hard to imagine, because Mauer's contract isn't exactly a bargain. If teams are calling, it's because they think/hope the Twins want to be rid of the contract. But I think that's a bridge too far even for the family that tried to delete the team.
  3. drivlikejehu
    He's not very good. Adding guys like Guthrie does nothing for the Twins... the Royals can have him.
  4. drivlikejehu
    Well home field matters, but beyond that additional wins don't "matter." No one argued that they did, certainly not Aaron on the podcast. But they still tell you something about how good a team is. It's fair game if you are evaluating front offices, since every team wants to win, and they have varying degrees of success.
  5. drivlikejehu
    This wasn't what you were arguing with Aaron about. His point was just that a team with more wins, in a tougher division, is a better team that one with similar or fewer wins, in a much weaker division. That is obviously correct proposition, so on the podcast you were trying to change the topic a bit into something about whether getting more wins matters (a completely separate issue). Your new topic is bogus for several reasons, but the most obvious is that teams can't predict the regular season outcome with specificity. They don't know exactly how their players will perform, who will get hurt, and how other teams will do. So the dominant strategy is to attempt to build the best team budgetary constraints allow.
  6. drivlikejehu
    The whole thing smells. Sounds to me like Arizona is worried his arm isn't going to hold up (reading between the lines of course), or maybe just to send him a message. Regardless, you don't trade someone like Bauer because of his pitch selection or a little immaturity. Arizona is either bluffing or sees a torn labrum in his future.
  7. drivlikejehu
    Yep, Boras is included too. Obviosly, we'll need to be even-handed. If the point was that Boras screwed up big time with Mark Appel, that's legitimate. If the post is "Boras is a greedy SOB" that might be deleted and maybe earn a warning. Why do you need to be even-handed? Say, for instance, a player on another team made negative comments about the Twins. By this logic, the comments policy towards him should be identical as that with respect to Joe Mauer. That doesn't make any sense. You have no legal or ethical duty to be "even-handed." It's different with a site that isn't tied to any particular team. Then there would be an issue of favoritism. In this case, there is supposed to be favoritism. I think you borrowed rules without really considering important differences between who consumes/comments.
  8. drivlikejehu
    I don't foresee a world where we get too upset about something getting frustrated in a game thread and posting "Jeff Gray is garbage". Technically, it is against the rules. It's also a heat of the moment game thread written by a frustrated poster after Gray just gave himself whiplash watching a pitch go over the wall. As with most things, keep it in reason. Everybody gets mad and posts stupid crap. It happens. But most posters filter those posts in between dozens of worthwhile posts that are much calmer and rational. We're all fans here. We understand the pain of watching Jeff Gray take the mound. Although I would say that we could say that "Jeff Gray is pitching like crap... again!!" and that would be just fine... By all accounts, Gray is a tremendous person, a great teammate, and obviously a pretty good pitcher - in context - so to call him 'garbage' is just unnecessary. That's fine, but what about, I dunno, Scott Boras? Should it really be an offense to insult him, sans foul language? It's not *necessary* of course, but that just seems like an overly broad restriction that wouldn't actually be enforced. In which case it's really just the same as "stuff we don't like." Which is fine except there could be cases of actual misunderstandings (as opposed to known violations that are objected to after sanctions).
  9. drivlikejehu
    Anyplace with comments needs a policy. The only one here I question is #1, as it relates to people other than commenters/post authors. Obviously, there shouldn't be tolerance in those cases. But, a rival team? How does that work- we wouldn't be able to say "The White Sox are garbage"? I mean, I get that it's not intelligent conversation, but this is sports. So long as it isn't vulgar, I don't see the problem. What if there's a true hack journalist out there- would it be allowed to point that out? People directly connected to the Twins are a gray area, where I see the need for some rules but still think it is a different situation when compared to actual posters on the site.
  10. drivlikejehu
    Relievers are the weakest asset in baseball, with the least upside, consistency, and trade value. The Twins should have taken projectable high school pitchers with at least 2 of the picks that went to Bard, Melotakis, and Chargois. I'm not a scout, but other teams have them- apparently better than the Twins at selecting pitchers- and they valued a number of high-school pitchers in the early rounds (that signed for slot). Options instead of Bard included Matt Smoral, Collin Wiles, and Walker Weickel. Options instead of Melotakis and/or Chargois included Duane Underwood, Mitch Brown, and Chase DeJong. The Twins should have taken whichever HS pitchers they liked best and worked to develop them. I do like some of the college pitchers they took later on, but that's the point- go for upside in the first few rounds, then pick up guys like Duffey and Baxendale later.
  11. drivlikejehu
    Well they aren't going to fire Vavra just to promote Brunansky. I wonder if there is some kind of promotion they could give him, like a minor-league wide coordinator or something. It does seem like a waste right now, in that AAA teams have more journeyman than young prospects.
  12. drivlikejehu
    Throwing hard isn't enough. And it's also a lot easier out of the bullpen. Boer has only average velocity as a starter, Summers below average, etc. The Twins lag in every respect behind almost all other organizations. It is a complete disaster zone and no one should think otherwise.
  13. drivlikejehu
    Or he could blow out his arm. That's the trouble with young pitchers- you need a lot of them to compensate for inevitable injuries.
  14. drivlikejehu
    I don't think Law meant that Sano actively was dogging it out there. I took it is a situation where Sano clearly doesn't enjoy playing defense and doesn't look comfortable. If someone isn't enthusiastic about learning something, it's a problem even when they technically do what is expected in terms of practice and effort.
  15. drivlikejehu
    Blackburn made far more money than most players who reach the Majors. It's not exactly a sob story. The guy can't pitch, so he was dropped off the 40-man. Pretty straightforward situation that happens all the time. His contract just delayed the inevitable.
  16. drivlikejehu
    The Twins' pitching situation, throughout the organization, is beyond terrible- and Antony or anyone else in the front office shouldn't be anything other than embarrassed.
  17. drivlikejehu
    The guy can't pitch, end of story. We know it, they know it, he knows it. They may as well stick him in the bullpen and see if he could be a semi-serviceable 12th pitcher, because that's his absolute ceiling at this point. He doesn't even make sense for that role except for the contract.
  18. drivlikejehu
    There are differences between the franchise sales that make them difficult to compare directly. For instance, media deals, surrounding properties, the particulars of how the ballpark was financed, etc. The Twins are worth quite a bit, that much is certain. The taxpayers of Minnesota say, "you're welcome." Oh and, thanks for cutting payroll- nothing shows appreciation more.
  19. drivlikejehu
    He's not really a catcher is the problem. Not a good enough hitter for DH. So he's an organizational guy basically.
  20. drivlikejehu
    I couldn't care less about Rochester or its AAA team. So long as the Twins' AAA affiliate isn't an extreme run environment like Las Vegas, then I don't see what difference it makes to Twins fans. I grew up in a AAA town, it's fun to go watch a game, but the standings at the end of the year just don't matter. Anyone pretending otherwise is just embarrassing himself.
  21. drivlikejehu
    Law's point on Berrios is that his stuff is already good, so it's not surprising he would do well at the low levels. So even though he doesn't have as much 'projection' as many young pitching prospects, that doesn't mean he has a low ceiling. The main concern there is whether he can handle a starting workload.
  22. drivlikejehu
    Parmelee just isn't fast enough to be a good outfielder. There's nothing that can really be done about that. It is odd how similarly the Twins' first picks from '02, '04, and '06 progressed. I don't see much that can be taken from that, but interesting nonetheless.
  23. drivlikejehu
    I'd be OK with him as the 12th man, basically a long reliever and spot starter. He's probably better than Manship or the other fringe guys that might fit in that role. Control is something that realistically can improve for many pitchers but I'm skeptical with Deduno... he's 28 and it's basically been the same story his whole career.
  24. drivlikejehu
    Well, actually, the remains of the reserve system do make a player's labor the property of the team for six years (though 3 or 4 of the years are subject to arbitration). Of course, no one technically has to play Major League Baseball, but realistically it will be the best option for almost any player (maybe in a handful of AAAA cases Japan would be better). So, to the extent most players are concerned, MLB has an effective monopoly on pro baseball and dramatically limits the labor freedom of the players. For those subject to the draft, they really can't choose what team to play for. Then, the hurdle to reach free agency (other than stinking and getting cut) is extremely high- 6 years. The average career is what, less than 2 years? And once a player is on a 40-man roster, even getting cut often doesn't lead to free agency, because the team first waives the player, who can then be picked up by another club (again the player has zero say over any of this). So, putting aside the fact it's literally insane to say Bremer was being racist, and in fact only reveals something about the person making the insane accusation, the term "property" is actually pretty appropriate for the team-player relationship in most cases.
  25. drivlikejehu
    I know how it works, I'm just not seeing where some of your numbers are coming from. BR says the Mariners opening day 2008 payroll was $117.67 million, but your spreadsheet says $95.77 million? I checked a few others that were OK, but they also don't include mid-season acquisitions. And another site has a different number for the 2008 Angels.
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