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Even the Albatrosses are trying to warn the Twins!!!

Are the Twins the only team that looks past all the red flags instead of seeing them for what they are?

Sometimes a trade is like a DFA , like Nick Anderson to Miami for 3B Brian Schales (who?, that's the point), and it is hard to know in the transactions I find if there was a DFA and the trade was during the 10 days, so the transaction becomes and trade and the DFA is not mentioned (or maybe I just don't know where to find the more complete data in looking back.) Anyway, Nick Anderson turned into something,...... whether it was a DFA or a forced trade for anyone wandering around the Miami farm for 4 years at all because they would have DFA'd him. Enlow sure got a lot of hope for potential for many years. So much print to kiss him goodbye.

We need a long term questionalble albatross contract. And a self admitted cheater being the clubhouse leader. Just what this team needs for a decade.

Did "Matt Wallner force his way into the big league outfield by season’s end," or was it that all the options were gone, injured, outfield decimated, and he was the next up?

Total dream.... and it is over.

???? Why would Duran try to "throw the way he did" if he was a starter? You know the game well enough to know he would pitch like a starter, adjust his velo and have the "verlander" +5 mph anytime he wanted, another tool, and adapt. The Twins could seriously be limiting his lifetime earnings if they don't even explore him starting, and they don't own him. He will find a team, eventually, if that is what he wants. "Never" gonna happen? Funny how absolutes aren't.

Byron Buxton........ sigh

Duran, if allowed to start, could very well be the most valuable asset this team has! But I guess a lights out closer can never be as valuable as a mid rotation starter that can't stay on the mound. Best to keep him were he is less valuable, therefore he won't be so coveted that this FO trades him like Pressly this mid season when the roster they built tanks and they want to get the most value for prospects and hope for the future........ rinse repeat........

Ober a more valuable asset than Duran? or the next five coming? I'm out of here.

I am sure the Twins can give up too much to get him if they want to. They are much better at making trades that don't work out much than signing good free agents. It has been a long time since our farm was highly rated. No need to stop now, 6/7 years in. My bet is they will wait for Lewis at this point. May as well.

I guess that means the players with the OPS are striking out and not making contact after he gets on base, maybe the guy hitting .163 and striking out 40% of the time, and the guys in front of him more of the same, and not on base to take advantage of the hits and be driven in to score. Bummer. I think it includes scoring, driving in runs, and getting lots of hits and walks - great defense, base running, and accurate throws, and great pitching. Lots of great pitching, because it happens the most in every game. Pitching the ball. All important. None empty. Anything but an out from the batter, and GIDP. I'll take any hit any time. The more the better. Doubles, triples and homers are gravy. Will take them as often as possible, too. Not fond of a low average ever. I try not to make excuses for it.

That's where baseball is at now? A place where the best batting average can be championed as "empty numbers"? Where a base hit is subject to disdain? But Ks and rare hits are accepted for the occasional solo home run? SMH.

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Absolutely. Baseball fan first. Teams come second. Of course there is a favorite. It ususally is the childhood first team. The Twins are mine. But I love baseball and often find myself disgusted with the Twins, especially as strangers are bought as a FO to be the ones that make all the decisions, get rid of favorite players, and make my favorite team a team of strangers and 5 inning starters. l like to follow favorite players. I like other teams, and follow about 5, especially when they play great baseball, steal bases, have pitchers that pitch deep into games, etc. I feel sorry for the extreme fans that put their "team" above "the game". There are so many reasons to become ambivalent about the fav. It is great to go to a game with no favorite and just enjoy the game without emotion. Batter up!

OKAY then. I will keep TRYING. THANK YOU.

Is EGO an acronym here for something I am not aware of, or should I just shout it everytime I read it? Just because someone freely spends their money.... and gives their city and fans something to cheer about... seems that is more in the selfless arena than conceit. Giving away and even losing $ to make others happy? I could use more of that ego. Excuse me now..... I'm getting tired and need a nap.

"They would benefit highly from a guy by the likes of Luis Arraez. Heck, any team would. " Like the Twins.

".... richer than God", eh? Pohlads could do the same thing. So could Dolan of Cleveland. So could most owners. They just whine about baseball being a business. But may there be more owners that make baseball their favorite hobby and an avenue to spend the money that can't be taken to the grave, money that they got lucky to get. Money for money. Spend it. I have more a problem with the billionaires that won't spend it, than those that do. One could say the ultra rich that don't spend are ruining the game as much as the reverse presented here. Spend, Baseball is a game. Stop making it a business. SPEND SPEND SPEND. Personally, I like a guy that wants to have fun with his wealth rather than pinch pennies, or millions. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1125149/wealthiest-mlb-teams-owners/

"And to reiterate, Rogers was NOT GOOD this past season. At no point was he a reliable late-inning fixture resembling his prime years in Minnesota. " Well, for his first 12 appearances of the year he had given up no runs at all. 11 saves, 4 hits total, one walk and one HB. He finally gave up one on May 10th. Thru May 27th - 20.1 innings, 20 appearances (4 times the dreaded back to back days that he always had trouble with on the Twins), 17 Saves in 17 opportunities, 23 Ks, 4 walks, 3 HB (2 in the game he gave up a run but still got the save), 9 total hits, 1 run, .132 BA against, ,44 ERA and .64 WHIP! That is Cy Young votes in 2020 for a 2 month season, the kind that made some declare Maeda an Ace! As I was paying attention to it happening, I thought they were using him too much, and that might be the case. But I would say for 2 months, and not "at no point", that he was "a reliable late-inning fixture resembling his prime years in Minnesota", and it might have even been the best consecutive 2 months of his career. The last 4 months were definitely NOT GOOD, but the first 2 months made Pagan look even more horrid, if that was possible. And the trade for Hader at the end of July (both Hader and Rogers had a magnificent first 2 months and had strugged since).... Hader's July was even worse than Roger's! So it seemed that both San Diego and Milwaukee were betting on each of them returning to form before the end of the year. The market is overpaying everyone this year. So much for collusion theory....

Syndergaard for me. I can't see him as another Shoemaker or Bundy. Many times, the second year past TJ is the velo year, and the pitcher reclaiming his feel. But alas, it is not speculation about where and why he chose to sign.... https://www.mlb.com/dodgers/news/noah-syndergaard-dodgers-deal

Thanks for the offer. It is some of the mysterious unexplained censorship (comments that just disappear with no explaination or penalty or warning) that deters me from being a caretaker. I truly appreciate the offer and your love of your work and amazing detail to your analysis, even if I sometimes struggle to interpret your complex graphs etc. as much as I try. Many things I enjoy most in life pay nothing but I invest much time and work for the love of it, and give much for free. It is always nice to get paid for it, too, but sometimes it also changes the motive and taints the whole process (ex: coaching/mentoring newer committed skydivers for free instead of being a paid staff of the drop zone to do the same thing).

If I had a vote, I would vote for him. If he had retired after he couldn't play cather anymore, he would be better off for the HOF vote. Playing at first to draw the rest of his salary and performing very non-hall worthy those years only hurt his case, and many will use those years for their reason why he didn't get their vote.

And Grandfathers REALLY REALLY don't like Gallo!