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  1. old nurse
    They more or less have as Falvey has his duties
  2. old nurse
    15 million for what Buxton provides when he plays is cheap
  3. old nurse
    The announcement does not mean that anything happened suddenly. After 30 some years they might have figured out that everything has to fall just right to go out on top. There are many factors that could cause them to want to sell. Many in the family not being interested is one good excuse put forth, The future of baseball as a cash cow for the family is another. The eventual failure of RNS being the large profit center for mid market teams could be a good reason to sell. Could there be other business losses to cover? Possibly. Possibly they see a better return for the money elsewhere. Owning a business valued at over 1.5 billion and have people pillory the family for wanting a profit from it is probably not enjoyable.
  4. old nurse
    The people here do not seem to understand that concept.. the lack of contracts did not appear to make the Royals or Orioles more valuable.
  5. old nurse
    The notion that having contracts on the books is a bad thing is a false premise. Having bad contracts on the books is a bad thing for a mid market team regardless if there is a sale or not. A long term contract is a risk reward kind of thing. Correa’s contract is through his age 34 season. That is not an unreasonable length of time. There is always the risk for injury. Trevor Story has had his share of structural injuries Wrist fracture, elbow then labrum in each of the last three years. Those are unforeseeable occurrences. . That is part of the risk of baseball, not bad contracts Stanton has also been part of injuries affecting his career. Bad contract is paying a corner outfielder 75 million without having a recent great reason, the Cano contract that was to be into his 40’s when the aging curve for middle infielders are done by 35 The absence of contracts of players that are going to be part of the core going forward actually costs the new owner money. They can depreciate the contracts over time. Unlike the depreciation on the team, there is no paying later when the team is sold. The maximal tax rate is what? 30% ? On 100 million 30 million gets paid by the taxpayer.
  6. old nurse
    Yes, some fans need to have trades for the sake of trades. It becomes a new person to mock, hate or cheer for. The people then can lament for years how great the player traded was while complaining about the replacements
  7. old nurse
    I have said it is difficult to replace the 7-8 best shortstop. There is a perfectly reasonable way to clear money in Correas contract to sign players that won’t cost the Pohlads a dime if they are going to sell the team.
  8. old nurse
    Not never is not all of the time. The better en d of a deal. Lose a player in free agency and get a comp pick or trade and get something the team really likes. There is more factors than just player x was better than player Y. The the traded away player was a better player than what they got only works for fantasy baseball teams. There are more moving parts than that In regards to other teams figuring out their players better than the trading for team, Joe Ryan is an example, Cano would be another.
  9. old nurse
    CC Sabithia netted them Brantly Lindor netted them Gimenez, Cliff Lee netted them Carasco Alomar never had a decent season after being traded Colon netted them Brandon Phillips, Cliff Lee and Grady Sizemore I gave up oozing at the rest. I don’t think Cleveland lost any trade for a player who would soon be a free agent
  10. old nurse
    Not never, the scouts have to be better at assessing talent than the other team. Then the GM has to play the other team’s win now mode
  11. old nurse
    Go back and read you words. Go **** yourself is about as clear as I can make it.
  12. old nurse
    So now you want to make it a personal attack. Okay. Your premise on scrap heap players all being bad is a false one. That was a black and white premise on your part. Mid tier plays. Gallo was considered a mid tier player at the time, as was Vazquez. Saying that mid tier free agents would solve the problem of the Twins is black and white thinking Now if you want to attack my nursing you can just **** off
  13. old nurse
    I think yu have a section for that called just for fun. Not front page news
  14. old nurse
    Stating the obvious in an article does not inflame the base, there used to be a little discussion on nuance of baseball by the writers. Now it is flame bait
  15. old nurse
    You complained about the Twins signing scrap heap players I pointed out 3 players who were failures and were picked off the scrap heap that did fine. There is something that you do not seem to understand here. Ho, they are not now scrap heap players, but they were at one point in their career. What is so hard about understanding that? Still waiting on the proof that mid tier free agents are the panacea to all baseball problems
  16. old nurse
    Taylor was signed after being cut by the Giants, Muncy was cut by the A’s. The Dodgers signed the as scrap heap players Success levels. Of mid tier free agents. Perhaps you would. Like to prove it is a commonplace success story for franchises before insisting on it
  17. old nurse
    So the Dodgers signing. Max Muncy and Chris Taylor off the scrap heap as well as the Twins with Castro were hopeless moves,
  18. old nurse
    The obvious answer to the question is it depends on who is healthy enough to play,. The problem is that it would be a sidetracking comment.
  19. old nurse
    The bread that sat in the fridge for moths might have a mold
  20. old nurse
    How convient of you to not als post OAA, DRS, and UZR 150. You are picking cherries
  21. old nurse
    Your stats would suggest he is a league average CF
  22. old nurse
    Kepler was not traded in his walk year probably due to one of two factors. 1. No contender or pretender needed a little below RF. 2. What was offered were lottery tickets that were not worth even a ok see to see if they were developable. Bennentendi had a better pedigree than Kepler and was traded a couple of years ago at the trade deadline. KC got filler in return. Some trades are just not worth making
  23. old nurse
    7th or 8th best SS is replaceable. Unlike the 37th or 38th best SS, it is difficult to improve from 7th or 8th best SS
  24. old nurse
    What you posted has absolutely nothing to do with Castro being a free agent after this year. At the major league level the last 2 years Wallner has not has a fielding error so it isn’t the glove that is leaden.
  25. old nurse
    Last year it took 3 injured pitchers and a prospect failing to get Zebby playing for the twins. I would hope that would not happen this year. As it appears to stand now after 2 current straying pitchers are either injured or ineffective, foe another straight through the system in a year would mean that Nowlin, Raya, Adams, Lewis , and Ohl all failed at developing further. Going from riding a bus in the upper Midwest to MLB is a great story. I just would rather hope it doesn’t happen again
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