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  1. If every outing for Bundy is like this one or came close to it he would be Cy Young material . Pitchers who can toss 5-6 innings of close no no run baseball are in that discussion
  2. What are people scapegoating Donaldson about in your opinion? He wasn’t a pitcher. He held up his end of the bargain on the field. It may be Donaldson moving on that changed the clubhouse, it may be the other players who left. Thing is that nobody would be blaming Donaldson anything beyond the clubhouse. He was not known to be tactful or positive. If other players were also that way in a losing season that clubhouse would not be a pleasant place.
  3. Back in the day a breakout player was one that exceeded expectations. Perhaps it has become a world of no expectations. Having too much fun here gets somebody else butt hurt, just saying.
  4. Draft position should mean someone thinks you have more talent than the next player. There have been people who look at such statistics. The order in which a player is drafted must matter or be important otherwise there would be no tanking. Drafting position comes into play with prospect ranking. Kohl Stewart and Nick Gordon come to mind. If you have no expectations of a player once signed, that is what it is but it does not appear to be the way the world works, otherwise there would be no player ever labeled a bust
  5. It is not really a breakout if by position that you were drafted in or by signing bonus that is what was expected to happen
  6. The line in the article was that it would take something special. I guess being health all year being special is the new normal
  7. It is only like the Dozier trade when somebody claims insider knowledge of the deal that does not happen. Before that there was the Duensing effect. That is a trade will happen if Duensing was included. Now it is the trade values validation., a third party opinion of what players are worth
  8. I could have sworn the popular stance here was to see things in the worse possible way. Little picture views get popular. Urshela for Donaldson will always be a loss. In the big picture, signing a top free agent may have done the most short term good. It shows they are trying to do what it takes to win
  9. In baseball for pitching good things happen in threes. 3 strikes, 3 outs. For the most part a pitcher also needs 3 pitches, not one. One pitch can lead to the deadly 3 for a pitcher, the 3 run HR
  10. There is no reason to want Upton. He, along with the others mentioned are a hope that they could play like they used to years earlier
  11. Dodgers need him for when Taylor gets injures or Lux fails since they traded their outfielder for Kimbrel
  12. I think the team already has enough light hitting outfielders. Uptown for 28m a year would even be a bigger joke. His best days are gone
  13. Buxton is 2 years younger that Trout. In the next 2 years he can make up the difference in WAR between them one could say he is the greater player for CF. As far as best current player for CF, somebody will come along when Trout starts to fade. The what if will be what defines Buxton
  14. The Dodger and Yankee ifs are not about making the playoffs. Never has been for a long time. Their ifs are about winning WS. The teams still have their ifs
  15. Having very few ifs means nothing because there is always the big IF, if everything goes right. Just ask the Dodgers. Better yet, ask the Yankees
  16. I hope that the scriptwriters are kinder to the Twins than they were to Kenny Jay
  17. A wise old man never worked with humans. This is Fromm one who has It is not credit for trying, but it is not a demerit.
  18. Had they not been traded that could have been Gil and Ynoa
  19. If you count the other 560 PA in 2019, Lewis has a ways to go. Making a judgement on the AFL stats alone would be like making a judgment on his spring training at bats this year.
  20. Everything is temporary. If Lewis is in the majors before September this year I hope Lanarch and Celestino have talked to him about playing above your level. It would also mean bad things have happened. Next year is next year. Things have a way of sorting themselves out. Never forget Correa is a Boras client.
  21. A prospect list is someone’s opinion. Nothing more, nothing less. If a player is near the top of the list it generally means their ceiling as a player is higher. Towards the bottom it means they are in the low minors or have a chance to be a solid player. Bailey Ober was in the 20s on most people’s list. If last year was any indication of talent he could have a long career filling out a rotation
  22. Not only do they need a fifth starter, they need to have a plan for starters 6, 7 and 8 for injuries, ineffectiveness and inclement weather. Balazovic, Duran, Sands and or Stroman will need to progress quickly. If they do not trade for a starter and sign another aged starter the rotation could be Gray and rookies in a quick hurry.
  23. You likely know the meaning of truncated. Paying someone less for a shortened season is not truncating a contract. The Twins agreed to pay Donaldson 40.5 million over 2 seasons. When the season was truncated, the contract was reduced accordingly. However, the contract was not shortened.,
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