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Who really expects MLB to not cash in huge on this?  $$$  Currently, because BSN is bundled in with my cable, the cost is spread across lots of subscribers, many of whom pay for it without using it.  I now expect to have to pay for whatever MLB comes up with and do not expect my cable bill to drop because of the loss of BSN.  Greed will, of course, be the big winner.

Excellent article!  Sadly you used the term economics and too many will be confused by the lack of a lazy, false  argument about 'cheap Pohlads'.

Excellent article!  Sadly you used the term economics and too many will be confused by the lack of a lazy, false  argument about 'cheap Pohlads'.

Excellent article!  Sadly you used the term economics and too many will be confused by the lack of a lazy, false  argument about 'cheap Pohlads'.

Excellent article!  Sadly you used the term economics and too many will be confused by the lack of a lazy, false  argument about 'cheap Pohlads'.

Excellent article!  Sadly you used the term economics and too many will be confused by the lack of a lazy, false  argument about 'cheap Pohlads'.

Excellent article!  Sadly you used the term economics and too many will be confused by the lack of a lazy, false  argument about 'cheap Pohlads'.

I'm not a fan of this FO, but I love this trade, selling high on Arraez for good pitching.

Why would you think about trade any asset for a 4th outfielder when you have a glut of outfielders (even if you trade one)?  If you make any outfield trade, it should be for a quality starting right handed bat without discounting the young outfield talent.  Treat the youngsters as real talent.  If you don't get fully valued in a trade do not do it.  Or trade for a quality pitcher???

Absolutely wrong on too many levels to even try and respond to.

This is such an uniformed lazy take. I don't even like how Rocco has managed but he constantly makes decisions that aren't "from a spreadsheet"

Who does he replace?  Arraez / Miranda at 1B, Kepler in RF or Larnach in LF?  What's the gain? 

Doesn’t the GM make that decision?

He is the WORST.  "Back in my day...we did everything better."  

NOOOO!  ANYONE but Jim Kaat.  I missed the beginning but bet it took him less than 2 1/2 minutes to tell us how badly pitchers are handled.  I turned it in in the 4th inning and 4 minutes in he was telling us that pitchers do not train their legs the right way.  The only way for pitchers to train their legs is to pitch.  Because that is "how we did it 50 years ago".  And pitchers now don't throw as many pitches...blah, blah, blah...   Please Bally Sports?  You got rid of Burt who had toned down his "back in my day" rants.  Can we retire Kaat?

The weather has been mostly miserable.  Personally, I was ready to write off baseball with the off-season labor crap.  They did absolutely nothing for months.  They saved it for me by beginning the season at a date that makes more sense than the recent start dates.  But the health effects of the delay on players seems to be larger than I thought it would be.  Players, owners and officials do not seem to grasp that they are losing audience or are clueless about how to reverse that trend.  There is nothing more boring or agonizing than watching a pitcher walk around the mound or the batter rearrange every piece of clothing after every couple of pitches, if not sooner.

1.  Awful damn weather, though they had 20,000 in yesterday's cold rain!!
2.  COVID carry over/Disappointment of 2021 season.
Fear of crime?  If you are afraid, you can park in ABC right next to Target Field and walk to your car with 10,000 other people.  Just like always.
Inflation fears?? maybe...  I have not heard people talking about making major changes due to inflation.  Just talk about the price of gas.
Wolves and Wild did obviously take away attention. 

The weather has been mostly miserable.  Personally, I was ready to write off baseball with the off-season labor crap.  They did absolutely nothing for months.  They saved it for me by beginning the season at a date that makes more sense than the recent start dates.  But the health effects of the delay on players seems to be larger than I thought it would be.  Players, owners and officials do not seem to grasp that they are losing audience or are clueless about how to reverse that trend.  There is nothing more boring or agonizing than watching a pitcher walk around the mound or the batter rearrange every piece of clothing after every couple of pitches, if not sooner.

Rogers was way more important to this team's 2022 chances than Paddack and Pagan.
 
Even most of those defending the trade at the time were pointing to the "years of control" rather than actual value. Pagan is a throw in, as is the minor leaguer.
This was all argued at length at the time. For now, I hope surgery proves unnecessary, Paddack recovers quickly, and he pitches well. That'll make the trade less damaging to the 22 Twins.

Paddack is not going to the pen.

Its a smart long term move.  Sorry to see Rogers go, but he had a much better run as a dependable reliever than most as a Twin.  Good luck to him.

a simply 'no' would have been easier than the few hundred words you pushed out here.  Better yet, how about not doing comparisons between players that have very little in common.