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When Falvey and Molitor have their rumored season ending conversation the first words Molitor should say is starting pitchers. He has 2. Cleveland have 4 performing well, and a couple not doing poorly

Perhaps as a future article you can go over the different matrices for playing for one run, two runs and scoring in bunches.

Some people put a general equation to a specific situation and think they are being scientific. Some people make a generalization based out of dislikes. Over the three year period that Molitor has been manager he has sacrificed 80 times. American League average over that time is 70. No great departure there. The Indians lead with 101. Falvey worked for the Indians. It might be well possible the Indians did a little more in depth research on that aspect of the game than whatever it is the posters here have done.

I guess when I said nice job Rob people wold understand that it was Rob Antony. He had a month after the season to talk with Molitor about the season they were involved in. The time to talk about the season and digest it is immediately after the season. Falvey was hired on October 2, 2016. He could take the job officially until after the series, when the Indians season was done. In the three months before the season started I would think it unimaginable that they did not have conversations about the past season. Falvey's understanding of the Twins was from afar. His understanding of the Twins is going to come from that and the retained employees. His concern would not be of the season past but the upcoming.

Frandy Torres the closer would also be high on the list

Some guy did some number crunching in an article quite a few years ago. Actually runner on first ,no outs, a sacrifice increases your chances of scoring exactly one run. Molitor is doing a pretty good job in one run games, as someone else on this board called the Twins lucky in that category. Perhaps Moliror might be smarter than some here give him credit for.

If I recall correctly there was an acting GM with only a slim chance of retaining the job. There might have been a long sit down. So far this season it has produced 15 more wins. Good job, Rob.

Right now he ia more valuable for the Twins pitching for LA

Depends if they clinch before the last day. If they do Slegers or Gee will get a start, or maybe even two.

How are the Twins going to enforce a weight limit on a minimum wage worker?

The view outside of the ropes is different than what you see inside the ropes. A bit further out you see the bigger picture. Inside the ropes you can find more detail. The argument that being let inside the ropes makes you somehow less objective, more homerish, in the writing is blown when it is pointed out that Souhan is unfair to players with injuries. The article is older, critical (unfairly) yet Souhan still moves freely inside the ropes. The first piece by Souhan will not win any awards for writing. To make it twist proof would require more column inches than any newspaper would allow. I do not know the newspaper process to know if the editor shortened the piece. The retort piece would have been a little more palatable had he just called out Gleeman and the twitter people leaving comments. The second piece in my opinion should not have made it past an editor unless the editor wanted the attention for the paper. If Gleeman did indeed say that Souhan called Sano fat, Gleeman should be ripped as a journalist for the twisting. That will not be done by the writers outside the velvet ropes. That objectivity appears lost.

Likely college town demographics are a bit different. There can be a mass exodus of the beer drinking party crowd when baseball season starts. Also you do not need a baseball games when there are frat houses and the like for an outdoor party and beer.

Ihis is your statement you have yet to back up It's much more frequent that the city owns the facilities and the team in the minor leagues if the affiliate isn't owned by the major league team. The individuals that own minor league teams are notable because they are fairly few and far between. It's typically something the community owns and runs through a branch of the city council. How you have spun things from that statement is at best entertaining. Please note you are the one that said it is typical for the community to own the team. You come up with this gem In other leagues, they do not even allow for private ownership of a team. When asked to prove it, you can't. Art Silber has owned the Potomac Nationals since 1990, so there is no rule against private ownership that recently changed If you have some sort of institutional access this looks interesting http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/figure/10.1080/16184740500430173?scroll=top&needAccess=true The writer is an economist with an interest in baseball. https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=xApPbi8AAAAJ&hl=en Not something you can look up from a phone ap

It's typically something the community owns and runs through a branch of the city council. That is what you said of owners in post 44. Carolina League/ The new Kingston franchise is owned by the Rangers. Your comment on the Northwest league runs contrary to what you said earlier.

Which starters were available that had passed through waivers was going to make a difference? Which relievers? You can ask for what was not there, but it is not going to do much good. One of the front office wizards was quoted as saying they had put in a lot of claims. Likely it would have been the same for other teams as well to do the same. What would be available are the large contracts like Cueto and Leake, or the mediocre like the guy who went to Texas. Relievers is anybodies guess as to what was available. The back of the bullpen could have been improved, but I doubt that they would be any different than Boshers for what was available.

Metropolitan Houston area is the fifth largest in the US. Their television contract is in the top half. How does that make Houston a small market team?

There was not much traded that was going to make the Twins that much better. Nicosia was claimed earlier this year on trade waivers, so that was not an option. Verlander's statements to Michigan press about possible trades he indicated wanting to win a World Series. The addition of Verlander to the Twins was not going to accomplish that.

Next time you see him, ask Verlander if he rejected a trade to the Twins.. The report was that Verlander wanted to go to the Cubs. He had the choice. That seems to be the hard concept for people to understand or accept. Verlander's quote to Michigan media "I know what it feels like to play for a team that can win a World Series," he said. "It's winning it that has evaded me." really does not sound like the Twins would be on his radar of teams. 3 of the top 11 prospects in a top 5 ranked system. Gorden, Jorge, and Diaz might be the comparable. If you overcome the No Trade Clause or the 10/5 rule there would be serious weakening of the farm system.. Low level in the minors as 2o year olds is not an indictment of their talent. Houston gave up a lot.

Which ones?

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The cities own the stadiums, not the teams. In his lifetime Joe Buzas owned 83 different teams. I realy doubt he kept buying and selling the same teams. You can have opinions on who owns teams, but not any real idea. The ownership of a minor league team is a small but potentially profitable business. When they are sold it is usually done through brokers. Teams do not market the owner nor the players. They market the experience of a game. A show if you will. Mike Veeck was quoted on owning the Butte Copper Kings as a team that lost money every year. No community that has low level baseball could survive that.

3 ER in 6 gives you a chance when your hitters come through. That was the problem with the Twins' playoff teams. The starters could get you that level. Your 3-4 starters need to give you that level also. That ability is really hit and miss right now, with the "hit" rate is below the Mendoza line. Santana could beat the Yankees. Before he could pitch again the playoffs might be over. Hitting seems to be carrying the team right now. That might not fare so well against a Houston team that appears to have pitchers with good seasons.

80% You need to feel like your starter gives you a chance to win against the best teams in the playoffs

Also FWIW Gibson's agent should be well aware of the league minimum and the average value of a AAA contract. That is what he should get if released. He would get released if the initial offer by the FO is rejected. He should not make it to arbitration.

The problem with Gibson is defined in context. They may have to keep him. Bodies and money become the limiting factors. Next year's rotation you have Santana and Berrios. Gonsalves and Jorge are unlikely to be ready for the start of next year given their starts in AAA this year. That is not to say that one of them might not be ready by midseason next year. I think it would be reasonable for them to be considered your back up plan for mid season injury. Dillon Gee starting could be the team's viewpoint on the future of Hurlbut and Slegers. I think those four with Romero and the token veteran reclaim project are your Rochester starters and backup plan. The problem becomes slots 3-5 on the major league team. For better or worse Mejia sticks as the third holdover. Trevor May and Phil Hughes are coming off injury. It would not be prudent to count on them for the start of next year as starters. The team will need a free agent signing. Hopefully an overpay for one of the quality arms and not a Santiago type. It would be unlikely they can sign two given supply and demand. It may be hard enough to even sign one. There is not a large supply. There will be demand. That leaves the 5 spot. Enns has not shown much. Low priced one year contract veterans last year were Derek Holland, Tyson Ross, Bret Anderson, Jeff Locke, Scott Feldman, and Jered Weaver. What might be out there on a similar level this year is likely to perform about the same. Gibson is the devil you know. A low enough contract to dispose of if the minor league players develop. The front office looks less bad keeping him than signing a bad mediocre player. The average increase was 100% in arbitration. Earlier I pointed out the winners. Somebody does not get the big raise. One of those will be Gibson. He got his step up last year, when players get the payday in the first year of eligibility. Not this year. See Shelby Miller. See Caleb Joseph.