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  1. old nurse
    I was looking for a reason as to why they should keep him. Notice I typed If. One thing that I figure on is a few of the people here are good with easily finding the answer. Thanks for knowing where to look
  2. old nurse
    If a part time catcher makes the choices that makes the starting pitchers 0.25 war better they are worth their 10 million dollar contract. As much as people have tried to forget, one shouldn’t ever forget that Doumit scrunch the strike zone so much that Glen Perkins said he felt that he had to pitch to a strike zone the size of a postage stamp when Doumit was catching.
  3. old nurse
    This front office’s late first round picks thus far have not produced that kind of player
  4. old nurse
    Warp does put a new perspective out there as does the presentation of it here
  5. old nurse
    Anderson played a 123 games on a dreadful team that was long out of the playoff race. If Anderson was injured and affecting his play there was absolutely no reason to play him. As far as the injury bug goes, Anderson came down with a case of the loser blues would have been a fine answer what ailed him last year. It is also why to avoid him.
  6. old nurse
    If the 26th pick keeps the trajectory he may well be a valuable pitcher. When the 36th pick busts because they picked another college batter the howls will be loud
  7. old nurse
    If Adell is out of options, has not performed well. He would be available as a DFA at some point. A swap of Gordon would be enough. The Twins probably had similar in Celestino. The top 5 prospect ranking reflects just how much stock to put in prospect rankings
  8. old nurse
    Why would a chronically starved starting pitcher team trade a starting pitcher ? If you are counting on them making a mistake the you hope they would take a trade of SWR, Balazovic, Winder and Sands
  9. old nurse
    The Pohlads built their fortune off corporate raiding with Irwin Jacob’s I think they understand maximizing profit. I would think as bankers they understand debt.
  10. old nurse
    Yes I know the facts. Why are you distorting them. Don’t bother responding as there is a mute feature. Good riddance
  11. old nurse
    2022 revenue was 256 million according to Sportrac Cots listed Twins payroll at 156 million. Twins in the past have said they would spend 50 % of revenue on players. To all but probably you it would look like they invested in the team. It netted a couple hundred thousand more fans and people like you who say a division winning team is a bad team not worth watching Your argument was the Twins should produce revenue like Atlanta. My point was the Twins fan are different than Atlanta, spend different from Atlanta so you cannot expect the same results as Atlanta. If you are expecting the same results as Atlanta you can first look at ticket prices. To match your standard set by you for the Twins in revenue generation the team would have to dramatically raise prices. The point that escapes you was you asked for what was an impossible thing. I did not ask for fans tto spend money first. I have said that they have to be patient and wait for a core to develop,
  12. old nurse
    Revenue went up before they added. Sorry that ou can’t look before you mouth off
  13. old nurse
    You don’t know where they will rank until everyone is done with their rosters Revenue uncertainty will cause the clubs in the middle to be more cautious. The White Sox are shedding payroll. Milwaukee shed payroll Kansas City added payroll when they were a player or two away from contention. The Twins right now do not have what KC had when they added
  14. old nurse
    Ticket prices tend to be a very capitalistic thing. Your question at best is weird considering the Twins are entertainment not a product you use.
  15. old nurse
    King has also been their closer. Even if the do sign pitchers it would probably be ab overpay rather than a bargain to get Cortez
  16. old nurse
    The trade for Gray looks good now. What they won with it makes the trade palatable. There still isn’t the faith in the front office to know what they have in minor league players. Petty with his performance last year could have been 4 years of great down the road.
  17. old nurse
    https://www.statista.com/statistics/193673/average-ticket-price-in-the-mlb-by-team/ Perhaps the Twins should boos ticket prices to march Atlanta. On a 2 million attendance that should more than cover what you think they should be making.
  18. old nurse
    The Twins rank team wise as the 17th largest market as there are multiple teams in the large markets. Payroll amounts they have slotted 16th. OOOPs that would appear as the Twins do as you ask.
  19. old nurse
    Which way did thier revenue go?
  20. old nurse
    Atlanta has had 6 years in a row of playoffs. When it started their payroll was 115 million, which maybe was league average. They drew about 2.5 million fans which was about their usual numbers. They did not go to the higher payroll overnight . It built through that accumulation of talent. The talent came first, then the money and attendance. The first winning team was mostly homegrown talent. Continued winning allowed them to do more. And more. There are no shortcuts to the top. Austin Riley at 21 million is cost controlled compared to a Betts or Correa contract Acuna at 17 million is an even bigger bargain
  21. old nurse
    There are plenty of sources that show revenue of baseball teams. The notion that is being propagated is that that they should be spending more than they take in as they are billionaire owners. Nice retreat on your part from that proposal. Pretty much other people of a loyal fan base say that people only come out if they are winning consistently , Considering that 4 playoff appearances in 7 years is considered less than mediocre the bar is set pretty high. So what incentive is there to add beyond when there isn’t a consistent core? If you want to be rude an insult others, go right ahead. When you have to resort to insults it shows you for who you are
  22. old nurse
    Any trade of a minor league pitcher is one where everyone but the team trading him thinks there is a high ceiling. SWR is a perfect example of that. The trade the Cardinals made for Ozuna is why you do not want to make a mistake. Trades involving Polanco or Kepler would be to a team that is contending looking to fill a hole until the prospect comes up. Trading for either of them means there was not a better stopgap available as a free agent or they are basically a sweetener to get the deal as an overpay for the prospect. So if you think neither Festa nor Raya is going to be a high quality pitcher the team should trade them while they still have value
  23. old nurse
    Then you build as Atlanta has done with a solid core of homegrown players augmented with cost controlled players, discounted free agents.
  24. old nurse
    Which team that lost money has won the World Series?
  25. old nurse
    The combined attendance at Vikings, Wild, and Timberwolves games is less than what is needed for the Twins to reach the standard you set. Comparing what one team does in a different sport is apples and oranges argument
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