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if their foresight was the core of the team was marginally better with a year more of experience the adding a pitcher with a career fip of 3.5, a solid workhorse reliever and a player that hit 38hr the year before does show effort.. To think that the 85 win team from 17 could become a ws contender shows neither foresight nor hindsight, merely wishful thinking
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Any realistic scenario that you could come up with that the Twins would be 'going for it" and staying under a 150 million payroll would have still produced a finish outside of the playoffs.
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oops sorry
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Free agents are paid what they are worth is your statement. How was Logan Morrison worth 5.5 million plus the option?
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Nobody is saying to sign a 36 year old, either, so what is the point of your comment?
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pretty much there is no data that would really prove or disprove your point. Basically for position players one study says that 29 is on average when the decline starts. Injuries, play a huge part in the start of the phase. Fielder' neck is the freak injury that derailed his career. Others have had an injury that starts a decline. There is no doubt in my mind that training and lifestyle play a huge role. You can look at other sports and see that. Then there are the genetic freaks. Pucket didn't slow down until the eye. They test for steroids. Athletes learn to beat the system. How much o that is going on I do not know. They do help prolong a career. Machado could be great for another 8 years like Beltre, be like say McCutchen and be merely very good. . Or be like Heyward and forget something after they ink the contract. The odds are likely that he would remain a 30+ hr throughout a 7 year contract. He could stick at short for 2-3 years. What I don't know is what is his drive to be great is, or the passion for the game. If money has been the goal all along, what happens once he gets it?
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About as well as Washington , LA and Detroit
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incorrect on Levine. NBA players make huge deals regardless of where they play. Playing on poor to mediocre Wolves teams Garnett got a great Nike deal
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the Tulo contract extension says yoou are wrong. Cano so far has proved a 5 year contract is good. Pablo Sandoval's was signed when he was still 27. bust. Prince Fielder was an infielder. Bust after 2, signed when he was still 27
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Payroll Problems Biting Baseball
old nurse commented on Ted Schwerzler 's blog entry in Off The Baggy
If Betts thought he could get more then he should have went to arbitration. He set his value by agreeing to the contract Except for one year Harper has been in the 4 range for WAR except for the one year. People remember the one year and forget the rest. Before Heyward signed the contract he had been a 5 WAR player. Heyward at the same age was a consistently better overall player. The point on Heyward that you missed completely is that he got the money then tanked. Sandoval got the money and tanked. They both were still in their under 30 years old prime age.- 8 comments
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Rodney blew six saves and was shipped out to blow more. Ryan Pressly blew 4 and was shipped out and blew 2 more. Duke blew 3 and was shipped out. Busenitz blew 2 and was demoted. The people responsible for half the blown saves are gone.
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Blake Parker Signs Officially; John Curtiss DFAd
old nurse replied to Seth Stohs's topic in Minnesota Twins Talk
Sam Clay was the only reliever drafted who pitched a full season as a starter in the minors. The still-born plan of drafting a college reliever that might get to the majors is reasonable. Any other idea that you have of the Twins intentions when they drafted these players is not born out by how they were used after being drafted. -
Payroll Problems Biting Baseball
old nurse commented on Ted Schwerzler 's blog entry in Off The Baggy
Betts 20 million, Castellanos almost 10 million. Whatever Odorizzi is getting paid. The tired refrain of players being grossly underpaid before free agency is falling apart. The AAV of contracts seems to be doing OK for the players. It is the length that is not there. Why are teams reluctant on Harper and Machado despite their age? Jason Heyward would be exhibit A. To some extent Sandoval and Hosmer who were also young would give one pause to say youth alone isn't a surefire thing.- 8 comments
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Blake Parker Signs Officially; John Curtiss DFAd
old nurse replied to Seth Stohs's topic in Minnesota Twins Talk
2014 draft after the first round has produced Brian Anderson in Miami, Rhys Hoskins and Jordan Montgomery. After the first round everybody is grasping at straws. It is too bad that they forgot about Anderson whom they had drafted out of high school. -
you missed the disclaimer on the table Note that an average wage is an average per worker, not an average per job.
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As most teams dissect the game with analytics it should not be considered the same analytical approach be applied to free agents.
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Do you really want a player on your team that is into the party scene?
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There are people who rave about all things Texas.. Minnesota nor Chicago is Texas. Areas are what they are. They are going to be different. The point you seemed to miss is that a ball player is in town for about 3 1/2 months out of the year. On the road with the team or wherever the off season home is makes the home city of a team less significant
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They play baseball mostly at night. I do not think the nightlife thing matters to him as much being married for the last 4 years. Eating out during the baseball season would not be a big thing, see nightlife.. Even then there are more than enough great eating establishments in this area you could go to a different one every day the 3 1/2 months you are actually here and not hit a bad one.
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Spending the Twins' Excess Cash
old nurse replied to Ted Schwerzler 's topic in Twins Daily Front Page News
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I thought I hit rr oops
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Shane Robinson to Phillies Delois Guerra to the Brewers Tommy Millone to the Mariners Ryan O'Rourke and Hector Santago to the Mets
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Houston non tendered him, Hermann signed with Oakland
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At the end of the play Murray comes up to number 84, 6-2 212 pound wr Lee Morris. I would douubt Murray is anywhere near the claim if the listed size of Morris is correct https://www.foxsports.com/college-football/video/1338409539959
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For Murray it comes down to which sport do you think you can excel at. There are no givens in either sport. Baseball similarities would be Kenny Lofton. Very nice career. Football wise it gets tougher. Brees and Wilson have done great. The inch or 2 taller is not as concerning as the 20-30 pounds lighter. As there are rules to protect the QB in Murray's favor there is also the knowledge in the NFL that rules get broken. What round he gets picked in determines bonus money for football. He is projected first round right now, but you never know.
