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  1. old nurse
    Unfortunately I don’t think the television contracts are tied to inflation. Wages in baseball are tied to revenue streams, even if they are not worth what they once were
  2. old nurse
    I am getting the impression the Twins are adverse to long term contracts for pitchers. Of those listed as remaining Rodon for a 2 year contract seems like a Twin thing to do. They would have familiarity with Boyd I think is FB and change up guy, not a slider. If they think they could improve his slider significantly he would make sense
  3. old nurse
    No. The career greatness was cut short. See Olivia, Tony
  4. old nurse
    Class of 1936 was much better.
  5. old nurse
    The ultimate spite would be to put them in after they die
  6. old nurse
    The question becomes did he do enough as a DH. A career Fwar of 51 might not be enough for some voters. Only playing bat might not be enough
  7. old nurse
    Hughes contract was much larger than Caves. It seemed like just last season the Twins were picking up somebody off the waiver wire. If Larnach, Celestine or Rooker look like they are ready Cave will be cut
  8. old nurse
    Even if the team signed a top free agent pitcher, extended Buxton, traded for another starter, released Jake Cave and signied a short term shortstop before a potential lockout, there will be people ripping away. All of that still will be forgotten by many because the lockout, if one occurs, would be the last action.
  9. old nurse
    Even at that my comment was 100% accurate.
  10. old nurse
    The context of the exchange was about signing free agent. That you think it was about the labor agreement is your opinion
  11. old nurse
    On an either or situation Cave at least gives you a CF when you have an oft injured one. As needing them for full time starters, neither. As 4/5 outfielders, who cares
  12. old nurse
    3 pitchers signed, One to the team he played for, one on a one year build value contract. Neither will anchor the team. Two play a waiting game The teams and the players,. The Rodriguez signing shows that either he wanted to play in Detroit or the market is not going to be as high as people seem to think. The latter may be confirmed by what Berrios signed for. If the market is not going to be as hot the players will wait.
  13. old nurse
    What is about to materialize? IDK and neither does anyone else. 2 arms coming off injury signed. Rodriguez is quality pitching. The need is for higher than that….
  14. old nurse
    Chicken Little articles before Thanksgiving, Months to go before the season starts. As Morrison once said “We want the world and we want it now”
  15. old nurse
    The issue is mitigated in large part due to the playoff structure. Right now only 2 teams have no shot at the playoffs There is hope until late in the season. Not so in baseball. A quick turnaround can happen in football with a good draft and a few acquisitions. That does not happen in baseball. Very few draftees can play in the majors within the year after they were drafted. Relatively cheap signings that have an impact in baseball are the bounce back players like Robbie Ray.. Football has the Linval Joseph type contracts, relatively cheap, huge impact. The differences how they operate incomparable for a model for business
  16. old nurse
    You just shot down your own proposal. Nice job.
  17. old nurse
    Spending money does not always make for a more competitive team. Telling them to spend more money is not going to fix anything. The leagues with salary floors do not see a parity. Mediocrity as opposed to very bad does not improve revenue.
  18. old nurse
    It is debatable that it really works in the NFL. The Lions continue to do poorly while the Patriots have won how many titles?
  19. old nurse
    There is an incorrect assumption that players sign simply for the max money. Ignore all of the under slot signings. It assumes players will go for the highest amount of money. That has not been the case even in free agency, Winning organizations will draw more and better talent than the have nots. The rich will get richer. Try looking at attendance for teams as it relates to winning, There are outliers like Tampa, but there usually are outliers in anything.
  20. old nurse
    One thing that will not change is the ultimate flow of money. Like college football, the rich get richer in your proposal. Why not call for there to be the dozen wealthy teams and let the rest wither and die
  21. old nurse
    The Twins were nowhere near a revenue floor and still were on pace for a hundred loss season. Then they got rid of much of what they spent money on. Salary floors working is male cow dung
  22. old nurse
    For every Harper there is a bust. With the second pick it gets worse. Alleged tanking is no guarantee of anything other than chasing fans from the stadium. The KC Royals lost 1.2 million fans by the 4th year of losing. Their revenue per fan is over 50 a person. Losing does not replace scouting, nor is it profitable
  23. old nurse
    Given what happened last year the club may keep as many of the prospect pitchers as they can, hoping they can sign the gems they found last year to minor league deals, That could be as many as 6.
  24. old nurse
    It is not just adding the prospects, it is also making room for the pitching and position player adds in free agency. It would not be unreasonable to think which one of Garlick, Cave or Contreras does the team keep. The 5-9 starters ends up a debate. Barnes, Dobnak, Jax, Smeltzer or Thorpe. Will it be reasonable to think Balazovic or WInder will be ready and better than 2 on the list. Are Cotton, Coulumbe, Garza, Minyana or Stashak indispensable. Can or do you move one of Sano, Larnach, or Rooker for a pitcher? Have we seen the last of a Turtle? There are a lot of decisions to be made. It is likely half of these players need to go somewhere
  25. old nurse
    Nothing said it was an all or none proposition for the team. No one advocated that. A 3 inning good pitcher should get the team further than a bad starter.
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