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  1. old nurse
    84 games vs 76 games now with teams regionally close. Losing 1 short flight between cities on a road trip and 1 shorter flight with a division rival along with 3 nights of hotel costs is not going to make up for the loss of revenue from full season ticket packages, suite revenue and loss from 6 games from broadcast rights fees
  2. old nurse
    Sounds about right for Carrasco. I did not know that Hector was still pitching.
  3. old nurse
    09 and 10 you could reasonably say they lost because of pitching. Not any of the other series. The tired refrain of pitching costing them series is just not true. There were far too many series where their bats did not come through, or Santana, Reed or Radke had a bad game.
  4. old nurse
    J O Berrios's numbers took a step back at levels. How did that work out?
  5. old nurse
    sibg or sign
  6. old nurse
    Kapreillian and Maeo are minor league players, Fowler being on the 60 day dl is a major league player. Gio Gonzales netted quite a bit
  7. old nurse
    A 3 year deal is not unreasonable. Dozier's value comes from power, not speed. Power goes later than speed. An added year might be dead money, might not. Cano is going strong at 34. Dozier doesn't have an injury history that pushes the age curve down. The jinx of the Twins extending a contract is another matter, as it seems like once they sign an extension the player gets a hard object to the head, arm goes haywire.....
  8. old nurse
    92 to 96 mph fastballs are now soft tossing
  9. old nurse
    I have a suspicion with Grossman being arb eligible, a poor finish to the year, and not much D is that he either accepts a minimal contract or becomes a free agent (and signs a minimal contract elsewhere). In terms of additions to the team, position flexibility is the new thing. Wonder if they can buy low on Swihart?
  10. old nurse
    Bautista either played through an injury or is done.
  11. old nurse
    Wasn't Theo Epstien 29 when he took over as Boston's GM. Talent versus the number on the birth certificate. Too young or too old. Always too something
  12. old nurse
    Hiring Chip Hale was considered a bold move. Hiring Lovello was a necessary move. Considering that most of the preseason predictors, the so called media experts. had The Twins around 70 wins, a team that won 85 games did something right. There were not many changes made. Somebody made spmoe decisions that worked. Hiring a new manager would be a bold move. Likely followed by a necessary one.
  13. old nurse
    So what. What has age got to do with anything? Is Molitor going to drop dead because of age before the contract is over? Senile dementia going to set in? The ability to relate and communicate with people is not age defined, it is personality defined.
  14. old nurse
    If you have the attention and respect of the players why would you need to act out to get results? Labile leadership is usually not a good thing.
  15. old nurse
    Yup, Drombosky will let the person he hires tell him what to do
  16. old nurse
    Willis was likely Drombosky's hire as pitching coach.
  17. old nurse
    Why would the Red Sox not retain him?
  18. old nurse
    At 1-2 million a year the contract is a thank you for this year. Molitor's seat is still hot next year.
  19. old nurse
    If he blows up is a might big if given that he has had over 3 seasons of play. Not really the power for RF, not the defense for CF. A 2-3 WAR player you are stuck with.
  20. old nurse
    Spare change sort of contract when he signs a 100 million plus contract in 2012, which is a far riskier contract than the first one.
  21. old nurse
    Gregory Polonco's contract is a reason not to sign someone long term. Longoria's contract was signed after the 2012 season when he became arbitration eligible. Sano Rosario and Buxton will not hit that until next year. If you believe that Sano will be Edwin Encarnation you should get him locked up now before he proves it. If you are afraid he is going to turn into Adam Lind, then you avoid making the decision. Buxton would be the same ceiling issue.
  22. old nurse
    Molitor grossed 40 million as a player. Whatever taxes, agents, early partying, child support and ex wives took would be anyone's guess. Like many others, being around baseball has been his life. Beeing a competitor, he stayed in the game.
  23. old nurse
    Houston had a 4 year head start at being mediocre, 2 year head start at being really bad. 2 years ago the playofs, last year they missed the playoffs. So, in 2019 the Twins darn well be really good according to the Houston model.
  24. old nurse
    When there are recent responses in the thread it shows up on the right of the main screen under the forums. No notation as to which sub forum it is in to guide a person so as to limit the conversation.
  25. old nurse
    History would also say that over three years Molitor's teams have a net gain of 15 games over the previous manager's last season. Of course that would also imply that a team's record is due to only the actions of the manager.
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