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  1. 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
  2. old nurse
    Then you build as Atlanta has done with a solid core of homegrown players augmented with cost controlled players, discounted free agents.
  3. old nurse
    Which team that lost money has won the World Series?
  4. 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
  5. old nurse
    In theory they should make more money. The reality from sales tax receipts is that the fan base. Does not spend money at the park. That has been a consistent pattern of the fan base.
  6. old nurse
    One of the Pohlads was involve with media. They took the easy way out by signing with a network. They may well have to do it themselves.
  7. old nurse
    The Mets are a gamble.for Cohen. If he can make the Mets as relevant as the Yankees there is a lot of money to be made in the New York market. Not so much with the Twins Cohen tried with the big splash. He made one. Unfortunately for him it was a bellyflop. It looks like the people inside convinced him that they nee the prospects first, then the splash. Ed Visteurs wrote a book called no shortcuts to the top. It was about getting to the top of the mountain. Ed was right.
  8. old nurse
    The return on the money spent is always going to be the fan spending on the team.. It is an aggregate of the team, not the individual player
  9. old nurse
    “Investing” did not help the Yankees, Padres, Mets nor Boston. There is no “investment” that pays off consistently. Strings of World Series championships are non existent. The what about consistently making the playoffs can be answered with asking people to remember all the complaints of the streak. The team invested in Mauer and Morneau,, the pages here would seem to indicate it really didn’t get them anywhere. The team invested in Polanco, Kepler, and Buxton. If the team magically got a dollar for every trade Kepler or Polanco comment here the team would not need a television contract. The fans are fickle. In a sport where failing 2/3 of the time while attempting to hit the ball is considered exceptional the fans have no tolerance for being just merely average at what you do. Gallo in this past season, hisOPS +, WRC+ were both as league average, Gallo will forever be vilified as a horrible signing because of bad hitting. So why doesn't the Pohlads “invest” in the team? They are investors. Give them credit for at least understanding investing. They invest when there is a chance for a return. They invested in a number of players over the last few years. Being in first place most of the season did not bring up attendance to the final years in the metrodome. There was a chance, the fans spoke
  10. old nurse
    The notification for this wiped out what I was typing..
  11. old nurse
    It seems like every year there is the same conversation about spending.
  12. old nurse
    Chase Petty says hello to all the good folks. By the time anyone figures out if the Twins last the trade it really will not matter anymore
  13. old nurse
    They need a replacement for Gray and Taylor, they need a late inning reliever. They need a spot fr the minor league with an invite to spring training reliever, most people would be ery happy if that was filled by Woodruff as he would go to the 60 day list the minute it was available If they had intentions of DFAing anyone they would have already done it. Hoping for bounce back player is not something that is going to not going to help this team unless they clear out (sell low) their own current players that are bounce back or developing players. That there are far too many of.
  14. old nurse
    There are 2 40 man spots open. One would hope that there would be a better use than this list.
  15. old nurse
    Why a would a player not sign with a big market team is because living in a big market is not their idea of living. There have been numerous players whose performance went down in New York.
  16. old nurse
    Patience at the plate I think would be difficult when one has had success with swing. If the swing is not an ideal swing it will probably take a lack of success to get him to change.
  17. old nurse
    Renaldo Ghirardelli, signed off the San Marino National team. The report is that he has a sweet swing
  18. old nurse
    Prospect lists are like long range weather forecasts
  19. old nurse
    It is also laughable to call Sonny Gray expensive at 13 million for his production
  20. old nurse
    Severino could be a cheaper Gallo in terms of hitting. People here just raved about his hitting this year. Severino thought would not be Gallo’s glove. No Severino will not be a cheaper Gallo
  21. old nurse
    Debut versus regular player. There is a difference. To have 11 players over 3 years is not an unreasonable hope. They might not all make it for some reason, like an inability to hit a major league off speed pitch.. There may be some who lose time to injury.
  22. old nurse
    There always are going to be 1 year filler players. At least this year there were no washed up over the hill infielder playing in the outfield. As far as fans with expectations, the club may acknowledge them but also remember all the fan rhetoric over Mauer’s last years, Buxton’s injuries,. The fans are fickle.
  23. old nurse
    Wish that were true that every first round draft choice was good enough to play in the majors. . https://www.baseball-reference.com/draft/?draft_round=1&year_ID=2014&draft_type=junreg&query_type=year_round That is the firstt round from 10 years ago. Only /4 of them have accumulated 5 bwar 65% did not make it to even 1 bwar accumulated.
  24. old nurse
    Kepler, 1 year rental. I suppose that has some value except it requires a team thinking they can contend and needs an outfielder. A couple players only cost money and not a prospect. Trade possibilities go down 2 numbers not mentioned on Polanco 105 and 80. The team would also need a backup plan for half the season. They are tradable, but it would require a decent prospect to get a slightly better than decent prospect.
  25. old nurse
    A bean counter doesn’t understand sales pitches?
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