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Non-Twins Off-season news, tidbits and transactions
PseudoSABR replied to ashbury's topic in Other Baseball
That's not always a good thing. Who else did they bring in that offseason they acquired Matt Kemp? Myers? I feel like they've flopped recently in terms of their big moves. -
Non-Twins Off-season news, tidbits and transactions
PseudoSABR replied to ashbury's topic in Other Baseball
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A big piece of the coordination has been revealed; we now have more evidence of motive for quid-pro-quo what with the business deals along with the election, sanctions, etc. For instance, if there's proof that Trump was getting a beneficial business deal, say, in exchange for changing the Republican platform becoming pro-Russia at their convention; proof about the election, while super important, won't be necessary to convict for violation of federal election laws.
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And Cohen pleads guilty to lying to Congress about Trump's business deals in Russia. Been an interesting week in the Mueller investigation.
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I wonder if there's an underlying injury. Has ever been this bad over such a stretch of games?
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Projecting Twins payroll: MLBtraderumors
PseudoSABR replied to gunnarthor's topic in Minnesota Twins Talk
The only way payroll will be that high is if we sign a top tier free-agent, which is unlikely. I think 125 may be a realistic number in another year when there isn't so much payroll coming off. -
I really want to play a well-produced open world video game where the player-character is a dog. Too much to ask?
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Trump won the state by 18 points. Hyde will win by less than 8 points. Not a victory, but demonstrative that even in the deep south, Trump/GOP brand is not nearly as strong as it was two years ago.
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Now this makes me livid.
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I think impeachment is a bad play. I hope he's the GOP candidate in 2020.
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Oh and this story Manafort held secret talks with Assange in Ecuadorian embassy
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I think this analysis leaves out how well Cron hit lefties last year (.307 .376 .553 .930 in 170 PAs) (even with the outsized BAbip), and pretty well in 2017 as well (.233 .290 .500 .790 in 93 PAs) (lower-than-career-average BAbip). Although there's some redundancy between Austin and Cron, I think that there will always be redundancy between 1b/DH; and although a left-hander would have been preferable, that Cron hits lefties well, doesn't make him quite as redundant to Austin as we might think. Every team would like position flexibility, including the DH, but that's idealistic, and given the holes at both 1B and DH, I think the loss of flexibility is worth bringing in a bat with some kind of positive track record. Clearly, not the AL teams with worse records than the Twins (and the Rays) think so, but they may not have two gaping holes as the Twins do. The fear is that this will be the Twins only move or is representative of the moves the Twins have traditionally made throughout the past several decades. That said, I don't believe the new regime is mired in frugality, perhaps as last off season showed (notwithstanding the results).
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Or they decide Cron is worth the over-budget cost in Spring Training. It seems smart to me. I mean you're plan is to bring in no one to compete for 1b/DH...
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That wasn't my point. My point is that he's a low risk, and I don't believe his addition is at all preventive to any other signings, because of the flexibility with cutting him (like Grossman). Keep the players until you have to cut them. How would you have felt about the Darnold signing? If you're this irrate over non-guaranteed 5MM, how about guaranteed 23MM?
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That's now 1B/LF/DH/3B/backup-C. That doesn't sound like any kind of upgrade. Astudillo will be part of the team, one way or the other, but I think it's ridiculous to count on him (and Austin) as regulars.
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So you're literally budgeting zero dollars to 1b/DH? Awesome.
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And you can cut Cron irrespective of Austin. Go figure. We actually have both DH/1B to fill, and so far you're asking us to roll with Austin and who?
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As I just said, I think 5MM is a pretty marginal cost. If the Twins will hand out a big contract say a 100MM contract, this would represent a mere 5%. And again, you can get nearly the savings by cutting Grossman loose.
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What SP worth having is going to get 5MM a year? I doubt 5MM this year will keep the Twins from spending big on SP if they really intend to.
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Cron has shown similar production as Austin in many more at bats prior to last season's "breakout." Basically, we're suggesting there's evidence that Austin can do what Cron did last season, without even having Cron's prior production to last season. In any case, if Cron does prove to be redundant during Spring Training, cut him. There's very little downside, beyond not signing another 1b/DH type (sorry Chief!).
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Indeed they might be. Cron hits lefthanders significantly better than Austin. Want 5M, cut Grossman. And I don't anticipate 5M relievers being difference makers (without a longer commitment).
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There's lots of ways the roster can shake out. The Twins aren't guaranteeing the contract to Cron or Austin. Grossman is probably the odd man out, given Cron's splits and similar cost. Austidillo still has options so he's part of the equation regardless if he's on the opening day roster. And it's worth emphasizing, this will not be the Twins only move.
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Still haven't looked at the splits, I see. And still making a lot of Austin's short showing of the Twins. I don't count on Austin for anything, and because of that, Cron is not redundant.
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Yes, I do. When the difference is between 5 and 20 million, or whatever Cruz will get. What more productive player do you propose for 5 million?
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Austin had far fewer at bats. Cron played more last season than he ever has. If Cron being DFA'd by TB counts as a strike, so does being traded for Lance Lynn. /sarcasm-kinda I doubt Cron prevents us from signing a RHed OFer. Again, we have holes at 1B/DH. We do not have plenty of corner infield bats.
