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  1. old nurse
    When the Indians can't even draw 2 million fans for a multiple time division winning club then the spending will not be sustainable. The GM was correct in the spending was not sustainable. . Why look any further into a GM's statement when you do not have to. The unsigned free agents are all some sort of proof that teams are being cheap. There is no corresponding analysis showing the sustainability of the long term contracts the players and agents are demanding. When there is you can call fiscal responsibility cheapness.
  2. old nurse
    As justification for his position on the Twins he used DJ LeMahieu or Lowrie should have been signed vs Schoop. 12 or 10 million versus 7.5. Really poor choices to use considering the poor records of LeMahieu away from Coors and Lowrie when not playing for Oakland. The difference in salary is is not all that great. The drum of cheapness must be banged.
  3. old nurse
    There is a correlation to payroll and winning. . 58 correlation is moderate. That has nothing to do with free agency being an effective method of obtaining talent.
  4. old nurse
    Grandal's salary for 2019 is 16 million. He signed a contract with a mutual option and a 2.25 Million buyout. 2/32 is not such a steep drop from 3/39 or 4/50 which the Mets reportedly offered.
  5. old nurse
    Revenue increases over 10 years was half due to the opening of Target Field.
  6. old nurse
    http://www.baseballessential.com/news/2019/01/18/mlb-already-has-a-two-sport-star-in-trevor-may/
  7. old nurse
    Jansen had only 4 BS. Contributing cause, but not really considering his peripheral numbers were not horrid. Chargois also had 4 in 39 IP. Each had 1 bad number 1.63 and 1.11 HR/9 Hader had 5 and thus not the reason the Brewers had less blown saves. Saves, blown saves, wins loses are more a reflection of team. Hader and Jeffers each had 5 blown saves. Each also had sub 3 fip. The teams with the least blown saves also had the starters with the most losses. It is very hard to lose a lead you do not have.
  8. old nurse
    28 BS That is concerning. It is hard to say if it is a bad as you think. The Orioles and White Sox each had only 18 BS. They also as a team lost over 100 games. The Brewers 25 and the Dodgers 26 were near what the Twins had. They were in the playoffs.
  9. old nurse
    Buxton was not fit before? That is a new one. Contusions, concussions, back spasms from hitting walls. I think I missed when he broke a bone hitting the wall. Please, fill me in on when The bodyguard was also the only one wearing a seat belt. It was said at the time if the others in the car were wearing seat belts it was likely they would have survived.
  10. old nurse
    I get that people on this board do not understand migraine or TBI. I do not get that you can not tell people things they do not want to understand. The OP said this "Buxton says he's done so to provide more padding for every time he runs into a wall at full speed or dives for a sinking liner up the middle." With that being said the futility of that statement is part of the discussion.
  11. old nurse
    Buxton's migraines started after his wall collision in 2014. That people on this board do not get the concepts of brain injuries does not surprise me. I have yet to see a picture of Buxton hitting a wall where you could say the head did not touch the wall..
  12. old nurse
    There is still a kind of decent outfielder, ss, lhp and a reliever out there, As the Realmuto trade is still being finalized, trades are still being made.
  13. old nurse
    https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/000/702/918/5bf.gif if your technical wizardry can make the gif appear, it would be useful
  14. old nurse
    The off season is not done. It may be done in terms of free agents, it may not be. It all depends on asking prices Many players still want more than clubs want to pay them, otherwise they would be signed. Player and agents ought to be aware of the Twins financial flexibility. When there are stil deals that could be made the off season is not over.. What is written about the front office needs to be taken with a grain of salt. Look at how many moves were done last year after this date.
  15. old nurse
    I must be ignorant. How does more muscles on the body protect the head?
  16. old nurse
    Writers use logic, fans do not. Fans are here and now, Keen observation is looking at the bigger picture.
  17. old nurse
    For about 5 minutes. When Harper produces less than 5 WAR the complaining will start. When prospects blossom, that were traded for Realmuto who is now long gone, there will be complaining. It is not like the good old days where the team could have traded all of the first round picks between Buxton and Kirilloff plus a couple throw ins and Loria would think he robbed you
  18. old nurse
    Did not say it was 100% elastic. If it were 100% elastic, there would not be a problem. There is a sight increase in mass. That may help redistribute the kinetic energy but it also increase the force in which he hits the wall at. Second of all, all the muscle does not change the effects of sudden deceleration on the brain
  19. old nurse
    Except for Wrigley, ball parks have padding on the walls hence elastic. Barely elastic, but elastic. All the muscle in the world is still not going to change the fact that the head is going maybe 20 mph in one direction then suddenly not. The other thing that does not change is muscle does not like to be hit either. The muscles do get damaged and need recovery, just look at football
  20. old nurse
    running into a wall is an elastic collision. more muscle is not going to change that.
  21. old nurse
    In descending order of size of contract the top 20 for 2017 are: Hosmer, 1.4 bwar, Darvish- out, J D Martinez 6.4, Cain 6.9 Arrietta 3.1 Santana 1.7, Cobb 1.1, Davis 1.1 43 saves, 6 blown ones, Jay Bruce negative bwar, Chatwood 0.0 Cozart 0.1, Mike Minor 3.8, McGee -0.8, Shaw -1.1, Morrow 1.4 , in 35 appearances, Hunter 1.5 in 65 relief appearances Frazier 1.5, Nicasio -1.1, Reed 0.1, Neshek 0.8 in 30 appearances. Lance Lynn was the only player outside of that group to land a contract of more than 10 m/y Last year there were way more misses than hits. In case anyone disagrees, another useless stat from last year. There were 721191 pitches thrown last year. The swinging strike rate was 10.7%. there were 41018 hits. There was way more misses than hits last year
  22. old nurse
    The 2018 San Fransisco Giant win total with a 203 million dollar payroll.
  23. old nurse
    Who cares if you are the most expensive team to win 73 games?
  24. old nurse
    Career ERA first time through order 4.13. Career second time 4.17. If you were going by the small sample size of lust his last year's statistics ast year then his 2.45 ERA as a reliever would say that he could be a very effective pitcher.
  25. old nurse
    boston Sandy Leon was a purchase, Moreland and Nunez were bargain free agents . JD Martinez and Hanly Ramirez were not a bargain free agent. They traded for Kinsler and Pearce, not giving up much. , The rest of their lineup was their own drafted, or international players. Their starting pitching pretty much traded for except for Price. In 2017 Logan Forsythe OPS .786 for the playoffs. Can't blame him.
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