I, for one, am glad to see the Twins sell high on a controllable asset (esp. a bullpen piece). What's the old saying: better to sell to early than too late.
As fan, you never will. We're guessing at the return, and Chief, in his guess, suggests he'd keep Gibson. I'm inclined to agree. Gibson is awesome now, but his track record isn't encouraging and will effect his return.
Sure, that's true. But the Twins have an exclusive opportunity to extend him, not much money on the books, and a keen need for top and mid starting pitching. There's more value in keeping then you're letting on.
If the Twins are blown away by an offer for Gibson, I'm fine with trading him. But beyond that extending him over the offseason is looking pretty palatable. I wouldn't want to go very long in years. But something like 3/40 would be awesome, but probably too light.
Polanco should have been exempted from the poll; as he didn't really play in the first half. Any production--even average production--will make such soothsayers seem correct.
As soon as I'm challenged to suspend disbelief, my mind goes "challenge accepted" and I can't help but look for all the reasons why I shouldn't suspend disbelief. What's wrong with me? Do others have this problem?
I was thinking that the scene with William indicated that the present story line was taking place further in the future than we realized. As he looks like he just came back from blowing up his hand confronting Delores. I'm just not sure I care any more about the show. I thought BSG played out the worthwhile philosophical underpinnings of human v. robot/cylon/host; and Westworld confuses convolution for depth--the immortality for humans angle had potential, but it got buried in all the brutality and look-at-me cleverness.
Agreed. It's a bit slow going at first; and the characters take a while for them to warm up to you. But it's just excellent. Great narrative direction, pacing, writing. Complex characters. Complex world that's believable and rich. (I still like BSG better, even with its missteps in the final season).
Do you think his statistical profile to date suggest otherwise? (I.e. that if not for his supposed poor clubhouse presence he'd be worthwhile to the club). These kind of assertions need to be support with facts.
The Twins have every reason to wait until as close to the deadline as possible. We're still six weeks away from that. This regime has shown it won't hold onto the false hope of compensation, but it also has shown it will add to its chances until the last moment. How they dealt with Jaime Garcia proves both points.
I do too. Nonetheless, if speech like that actually has significant consequences (unlike for our President) maybe we see a lot less of that kind of speech.