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  1. Wax Kepler
    "What really grinds on me is that first follow-up message. "Not into politics [peace sign]."" That always irritates me too. Don't pay attention to politics? OK, the rest of us will pick up the slack for you. Sick of slackers who are "not into politics." Grow up, Kepler, past time to consider becoming an adult. Thanks for speaking out Nick.
  2. Wax Kepler
    Jorge Polanco has made it mashing righties. This article has him batting 6th against RHP (his strength) and moves him up in the order against LHP. Opposite day!
  3. Wax Kepler
    Hill could contribute in a few ways: as a starter, or reliever because we don't have a lot of southpaws in the pen, and as a mentor with postseason experience to the younger guys like Thorpe and Smeltzer. I'm not as negative on the FO as many are because I believe the deck was stacked against them in free agency. I like what they did re-signing Odorizzi and Pineda and signing Bailey and Hill. There should be good group competing for the back end of the rotation all year with the talent coming up from the farm.
  4. Wax Kepler
    That's very encouraging to hear. Twins should move quick and then they will have more room in the budget for dealing with Boras. Twins could think about adding to their side of the deal to maybe get some impact player. As much interest as he's drawing, it's still likely they won't get anybody who'll be ready this year without upping the ante. I'm alright with them getting not much in return for just Eddie as well. Take a chance on some low level prospect with some upside.
  5. Wax Kepler
    What's crazy is some Twins fans' expectations. Did you read the article above where he talks about how the Twins are out of luck through no fault of their own? I mean, Bumgarner wants to hit and then we hear "down right refuse fo spend money". Wha? You assessment appears to be way off base. They just can't compete with the big markets. Not their fault. "why are we rewarding them again?" They won 101 games last year! Sheesh I hope they dump Rosario! He's not good. Put that 8.9 mil towards pitching.
  6. Wax Kepler
    I'd be OK with 3/75. He's probably the best we can get and we need get one of the best. Place him between Berrios and Odorizzi in the rotation. Cole's out of reach, Strasburg too, I suppose. Ryu is quite better than Bumgarner, most recently. We NEED to land this guy.
  7. Wax Kepler
    If you're cheering for Twins profits, that would probably be reassuring. I disagree with a lot of what you said in the quote. That's not much money. It seems like a lot to a Twins fans, but look at these contract signings. We can't just say, "Oh we can afford to swing a miss on a big contract on a controversial pitcher" (2016 Bumgarner vs 2019 Bumgarner). It seems as though you're arguing that the Twins can be more careless with their future commitments because they have so much money to spend yet THIS year($40m or so).
  8. Wax Kepler
    As far as injury history goes, Madbum was injured in a dirt bike accident and hasn't been the same. Idk that he trumps Ryu there. I think the most recent season should weigh most heavily, and Ryu blows Madbum away. Anybody who throws 2.32 has figured something out. I don't care if it's the NL, that's still very good. I'll take 180 innings of that over 200 of Bumgarner's.
  9. Wax Kepler
    Ryu? But... ... what about Ryu? I thought you were leading to him as the "one candidate". I think the Twins net him soon. 2.32 last year, I'll be very happy if he's 3.32 with us in 2020. I'm still holding out hope for Strasburg, too. $200M
  10. Wax Kepler
    The OP is known to hold a very low opinion of Strasburg. I wouldn't pay much heed. Think about the WS rotation. If Berrios is the #1, we should be looking for a new #1. Strasburg (2019 WSMVP) checks that, idk about Bumgarner (post dirt bike accident).
  11. Wax Kepler
    You said offer 6/170 for Strasburg, and 4/105 for Bumgarner. So about $2M/year difference between Strasburg and Bumgarner?
  12. Wax Kepler
    For 5 years? I'm in. If it's 6 years, it'll be closer to 200.
  13. Wax Kepler
    Shouldn't be an issue, head south for the winter.
  14. Wax Kepler
    Estimated contracts are way low. Strasburg 25/year, lol. I wish for Strasburg and Ryu. I hear the Twins'are willing to meet Ryu's asking price.
  15. Wax Kepler
    Kiriloff, Rooker, Raley, Wiel or someone else in our system will get hot. Don't look for a placeholder, CJ Cron WAS the placeholder.
  16. Wax Kepler
    Good choice. Money for a first baseman is money not for pitching.
  17. Wax Kepler
    I would. Just because I don't want to get into a costly commitment to Zach Wheeler shouldn't lead to make some sweeping assumption regarding a different thing, trades. Every situation is different. I don't know if Wheeler will be as good as Ryu, but he's going be more expensive and cost a draft pick. If it's Cole or Strasburg, though, I don't hesitate to give up my first rounder.
  18. Wax Kepler
    The second round pick alone, no. But the "price to pay" is 5 or more years commitment, 100 or more million. People say he's going to be good. Ryu was the better pitcher most recently. I'd rather have him for less than five years.
  19. Wax Kepler
    Too much money for the easiest position to fill. We got Kiriloff and Rooker coming.
  20. Wax Kepler
    Music to my ears. We're the Twins, we can't afford to give up early round picks with our blockbuster signings. Ryu has no QO attached. Maybe he's the target and interest in Wheeler is feigned. Keep hearing 5 years 100-110 million, but I think that might be the floor. After that postseason, the FA pitcher market is gonna be crazy.
  21. Wax Kepler
    I hope they fill the rotation with free agents first, see how that works. Maybe it goes well, if it doesn't then trade. The advantage of waiting until the regular season is you get to see how well pitchers are performing during the season and target guys who are playing at a high level at the time of the trade.
  22. Wax Kepler
    2/35?! That doesn't seem a realistic assessment for a guy with a 2.96 era prior year. Did you see what Gibson got?! Yeah, he's 33. Kyle Gibson is 32 and had a much worse 2019 than Ryu.... 3 years 30 million. I think it's a sign that this year's free agent pitchers are gonna make a killing. You wanna pay Wheeler 110 million, well would you wanna pay more than that? Just saying, look at that Gibson contract. We might need to throw out the guesstimates.
  23. Wax Kepler
    Why not? First off, he's a better pitcher. Wheeler might take two more years commitment. He might never be as good as Ryu over the course of a longer contract. One thing that might not be as important to you as it is to me, Ryu has no QO attached to him.
  24. Wax Kepler
    Bidding for Wheeler might be to high. Go hard after Ryu. I'd go 4 years $80 million. Some might think that's high. I might have until seeing Gibson's contract. Might not be enough. Then maybe offer Hamels a multi year deal to get him here. He's a lefty who could be still hold valuab as a reliever if he doesn't work out as a starter. With the three batter minimum rule in effect, his starting experience might play well as a left handed reliever used to facing top right-handed talent. Rotation: Berrios Odorizzi Ryu Hamels (Smeltzer/Thorpe/Dobnak)/Pineda I'd prefer Cole or Strasburg at the top of that rotation but I don't have much hope that happens. The upside of this scenario is we wouldn't have to give up a draft pick, and you wouldn't have any 5+ year commitments.
  25. Wax Kepler
    I like the rationale applied to the group of prospects, but Rosario, we should expect little in return for and still go ahead and trade. Sick of his mental gaffes and constantly doing opposing pitchers favors by swinging at garbage pitches. Guys put in good at bats around him and the efforts are wasted when he swings at the first pitch in the dirt. I've seen him work some long counts, so I know he's capable, it's just lack of focus. Getting thrown out at third to end the inning trying to extend a double is inexcusable and shows his lack of discipline. He's not even a good fielder anymore. If I didn't think I could trade him for even a low level prospect I wouldn't pay him his arbitration amount. I'd cut him if you can't trade him. Don't want his bad habits on this team for 8.9 million.
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