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  1. PseudoSABR
    Bob Nightengale ‏@BNightengale 44s 2B Eddie Rosario of #Twins becomes latest minor leaguer to test positive for recreational drug use and gets 100 games Mike Berardino ‏@MikeBerardino 8m Eddie Rosario receives 50-game suspension for "second positive test for drug of abuse," MLB announces. #mntwins
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    Well, there's really no way to determine that.
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    I can sift through Kluwe's self-aggrandizement (I doubt his advocacy had much to do with his dismissal or Priefer's comments) and see that there's a legitimate, persistent and probably ubiquitous homophobic environment in the NFL that are fostered by verbal derision. Priefer's supposed comments seem all too believable, and I don't think Kluwe would have to embellish to make a great big stink about homophobia in NFL. Sure he's a bit of a punk for doing this after he's been fired and so has much of the coaching staff, but that doesn't mean he isn't pointing to a legitimate concern. The measured discussions of this issue rarely seems to come from players nor get much publicity. Sure, I'd prefer that, but sometimes the only spokesperson you have is someone whose likely to be a douchbag.
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    Is Kluwe bombastic, self-righteous and pretentious? Sure. But that, imo, signals the kind of personality that it takes to speak against the good-ole boy club that is the NFL.
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    If you're only willing to define 'change' as the payroll surpassing some high percentage of revenue, you're missing out on the real progress the Twins have made so far this offseason. If we had polled the community and asked whether spending 84 million on free agent pitching constituted a change for the Twins, I imagine the poll would result in an overwhelming yes. Some how acknowledging the new approach to free agency is being conflated with believing the Twins have done enough to compete for championships in the near-future. No one is suggesting the latter, but the Twins have used an otherwise ignored resource (free agency) to unequivocally improve their product (the team we tune into watch and go to the ballpark to see).
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    But he has changed regarding the particulars of this thread--in spending on free agency. Whether that demonstrates a totalizing change in strategy who can really say, but it IS a change in tactics. What exactly is your measure of 'change'? You've characterized this offseason as same-ole same-ole which seems obliquely unfair.
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    This is how I see it too. We're an organization that's known to covet and pay for promotion within, yet we've done such a poor job of drafting/developing/promoting for such a period that free agency has proven a necessity (whither our ****ing payroll). And let's face it. The Twins are actually buying low on every one of their acquisitions. From Nolasco to Gilmartin. The downside is the Twins get what they paid for. The club needs innings. And if Nolasco played in the nineties (when we were less pitching starved) we might have called him Radke. Hughes and Pelfry are both safe and bold bets. The bet of one year is safe, but the Twins are bold in committing three years to each pitcher (staggered by a year). Indeed, that the Twins payroll remains such a small percentage of revenue, speaks to the deft, if subtle, improvement to the current roster, and what room remains for the future one.
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    Near record? Propably not. But you're right to remark that not many players on the current roster (beyond Mauer) deserve lucrative, long-term contracts. That's an indictment of the past, not the present, and certainly not the future. You might continue to tell me that I should not be encouraged by the Twins' offseason, and I will continue to contend that it's perfectly reasonable (and very pleasant) to be encouraged by the Twins' offseason. I don't mean to patronize, but dismissing the 'Good' for the 'Perfect' remains a horrible judgment.
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    While it may be true the Twins aren't spending a higher percentage of their financial resources on their payroll, it's unequivocally true that the Twins have far and away spent more on free agency (both in terms of overall dollars and of percentage of payroll/resources) than at any point in the clubs history--which, of course, is the point.
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    http://video.foxnews.com/v/2990402022001/top-pitching-prospect-spends-offseason-substitute-teaching/
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    Additionally, most people don't have to take their work home with them, and when they do, they actually get paid for it. Of course some teachers are lazy, but to do the job right (or even just competently), probably means working more hours than you're paid to work.
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    Darren Wolfson ‏@DarrenWolfson #MNTwins official on Tanaka: "Long process & very difficult to know where it stands." Nonetheless, Twins, like many teams, are interested.
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    Well, you get what you pay for. That teachers are a dime a dozen speaks to our cultural cheapness, not the ease of which the job requires.
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    He'd make an intimidating classroom presence, given his height....
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    These are the kinda of players that may not hamstring the budget as of now, but they would likely prevent us from signing similar or better players at their respective positions in the future. If they preform below their career averages from here on, I'm not sure they give us the competitive advantage now or in the future. I'd only sign them if they demand less than four years. It's hard for me to imagine Drew playing SS well at 35. I didn't think Morales was necessarily worth the qualifying offer, much less additional years. Also something to consider: if Sano can't stick at third, he'll have to share first base with Mauer and that means both DH.
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    He served it last season.
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    That the Twins threw him into the AFL, shows what they think of him. Yes they wanted to give him more at bats, but they probably knew he had maturity, if not the skill level, to compete with the AFL talent.
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    Petty corrections are indeed worthy of scorn. Referring to the college baseball playoffs as the College World Series is pretty common, as that's how ESPN sells the product. Danny may have been 'correct,' but he certainly appears pretty small in my view.
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    I like that Glen replied with some subtle snark to Valencia's petty correction.
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    I saw that too. Is that Buster's opinion? Or does he have a source? I hate ambiguous tweeting.
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    It's a great move, because Doogie is implying that Doumit is not worth his contract--that the Twins were able to obtain anything at all without having to kick in cash (whether they needed to for budget reasons or not) is an obvious win. Not quite as good as the Butera trade, but still some excellent gamesmanship by trader terry.
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    I wasn't implying that, so much as suggesting that you're overvaluing Doumit's worth however much you think Gilmartin is a failed prospect. I, for one, didn't think the Twins could give Doumit away. Gilmartin might turn out to be nothing, but perhaps the Twins see some value in back of the rotation innings over the next couple years (as he's not on the roster, and no options have been used), which the Twins have had historically awful depth lately.
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    Have to think maybe Albers and even Diamond are on sketchy ground, after the Twins acquired a non-roster clone...
  24. PseudoSABR
    Darren Wolfson ‏@DarrenWolfson 8m Confirmed: #Braves taking all of Doumit's $3.5M. This is a great move by the #MNTwins.
  25. PseudoSABR
    Sure, but if the Braves just traded Doumit and his contract back to the Twins for Wimmers, you'd certainly be hyped the Braves obtained a buy low former first rounder, no matter how remote that ceiling is or how distant that prospect status in the past.
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