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  1. beckmt
    You might be able to do the hitting route with a shutdown bullpen that can go 4 - 5 innings a game. But you will never be able to outhit the current Yankees, so that does not look like a plan. Just to give you an idea, I ran the simulation in a stratomatic baseball league with a set of cards in the mid 2000 range. (The league still exists by the way). Bullpen was Scott Shields, Octavio Dotel, Bill Wagner and Eric Gagne all with one of their top 2 - 3 cards). The Kansas City team that won the world series was close to that type of 4 inning a game pen when needed. But the Twins would have to upgrade their bullpen a lot to get close to that team, so pass on the idea.
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    Don't know if this is true, didn't I hear Cuellers for the Astros threw 24 consecutive curve balls to the Yankees in game 7 and they did nothing with them.
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    One of the items that has me believing this is that Jake Mauer left the organization. Maybe there is something to this that Joe has heard internally that he will not be back next year. Just my opinion.
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    As I have commented in other posts, It is harder to find starting pitching then to find outfielders. By the time the potential ace or aces are here we are at the end of this group of core players except for the ones we extend. We still need pitching, outfielders can be found for a reasonable price or maybe Wade can work out starting next year to be a full time player, do not view Granite as one. Rest are at least a couple of years away so let's find some pitching.
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    Houston also has Brad Peacock in the same area, and he might be more valued that McHugh.
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    Is McHugh much better or much worse than Lynn. Elbow worries me, but as a cheap deal for a couple of lottery tickets might as well go that route. I believe Lynn and Cobb both carry QO issues, so that would cost you your #2 pick next year plus some international cash.( I am not sure on this). That could be worth more than 2 lottery tickets. If Houston want more than that you always have another plan.
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    Sort of like the above plan. We would be better off and outfielders are easier to acquire than front line pitching.
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    I am more than aggressive and hoping for 2020. Depending on his third pitch, move him up fast.
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    Problem is where do we reallocate the money (and we should spend it given what is coming off the books at the end of the year). Santana is unlikely to trigger the automatic extension, so you may assume at least $45 million will not be on the books for 2019. This was the perfect chance to raise payroll, so where do we go from here. If we sign one of the FA's I hope it is Cobb, do not like it, but this is the best chance of having the contract work out. We they need to sign Buxton and Sano to a long term contracts. If Sano refuses or is not interested, I would make him the feature piece in a trade for Archer. There are ways to do this, let's make it so.
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    I think now it is how the Twins spend the offered money. If they sign Buxton and Sano to long term deals and invest in some more decent pitching I can live with it. If they trade for another decent starter, fine. If they just do little but put bandaids on the starting staff and save the money, I have my pitchfork at ready.
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    I am hoping to be there in late June, so will hope that Lewis, Javier, Kiriloff ,Baddoo are there with Gastrol, Enlow, and Moran as part of the pitching staff. Should be interesting.
  12. beckmt
    I hope the Twins are willing to forgo the comfort level. Even though it could well backfire, I am now in the place with Santana's injury of giving the 6th year. Japanese pitchers seem to ago better than most others, so I can see the risk/reward here. Now I am looking at 6/$160
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    I do not like it as much, but outfielders are going to be easier to replace than finding front line pitchers.
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    I was hoping a little more toward Kirby Puckett. Still a good comp. Thanks.
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    NO!!! Please aim high.
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    I also feel the Twins need to sign 1 top flight starter and a flyer or two. Things may work out, but squadering the chance is not good.
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    Rortvedt seems too high, but will need to see the rest of the list to be sure. Depends on where a lot of the relievers fall, seems like many of them have fallen off the map in the last year (Burdi, Bard gone), (Reed ,Chaigos, Melentakos, and several others who were projected here two years ago are no longer on the list). It may just be that relievers are hard to read, and until they make it not all that valuable.
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    I feel that Twins could have many more on these lists next year. Too many of our higher ceiling prospects are too far away to have a good judgement on them (Baadoo, Enlow, Gastrol) etc. And yes I am spelling blocked on some of these.
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    You will never get the owners to agree to a revenue sharing, you will never get the players to agree to a hard salary cap. Something has to give or we are looking at a major workstopege when the current contract runs out. Some of this is on the owners, some of this is on agents like Boras who always seem to find an owner to give into his demands. What you are seeing is an adjustment period, and the players do not like it. I had wondered how long it would take the teams to realize the small quality difference between the average position player and the top flight of youngsters coming up. And this verus the dollars between the two. Players have played the owners for being stupid. Payback looks like it is coming.
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    Still want Darvish. Sortof agree on the rest. Cobb may have more upside, but not worth the extra money.
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    The only way you can justify letting players reach FA earlier is with a hard salary cap and total revenue sharing. The Yankees make more off of their local radio/tv contracts them most clubs make a year in total revenue. You need to balance the system.
  22. beckmt
    Then you might as well go back to 16 major league teams, most of the other 14 will be no more than farm systems most years.
  23. beckmt
    Nice and interesting set of players. Thanks for the post.
  24. beckmt
    I feel the bargain theory is correct, plus not a lot of top line talent here. Major league players are already feeling the heat and talking strike (cannot happen until after 2021), so there is a feeling out there that something is going on. Most of what I see is that the younger talent is better and better coached, and the players on the wrong side of 30 are being forced to play for little.
  25. beckmt
    White Sox are the only team that could be below .500 and not lose 90. Twins have a chance with this division to win between 45 - 50 of the games played in the Central. That is a very good base and with a couple of east teams maybe tanking after June it will depend on when and where we play the other teams. Yes with a major pitching upgrade this team should win 90. Just worried that without it we may win 85 - 87 and be on the outside looking in and wasting a year of our talent.
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