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  1. Jocko87
    I listened to this and the TV version and I wouldn't read a single thing into it. He's normally very tight lipped and this year he will have absolutely nothing important to say with a sale pending. Lotta folks are going to burn credibility being certain they can read between the lines. I don't even buy the 130 number.
  2. Jocko87
    If there was ever an offseason to tune out, this is it. Nothing important will be leaked and we will know it when it happens.
  3. Jocko87
    Nope. If I'm going to be a caretaker, that means you get the tough love too. Twins Daily is reaching national lampoon levels of stupid clickbait and if we don't say something about it we will all have to go somewhere else. I'll have my say before I watch it die.
  4. Jocko87
    Only Twins Daily would take the most benign managerial speak and confirmation bias their way into this slop of an article. Doing the sensational social posts is chef kiss as well. Stop it. You guys are broken. Like, what the hell else would he say?
  5. Jocko87
    Wut.
  6. Jocko87
    Plenty of ways to go to a game cheaply, starting with eating before you go. It's an easy solution but not in the spirit of the experience. Baseball is meant to be enjoyed with food, peanuts at a minimum. The question here is how to best service the fans without scaring them away. The Falcons model is fascinating to me as they don't have an attendance issue but still choose reasonable pricing. What does that model look like in an arena that always has seats available? Could the Twins make up pricing with volume?
  7. Jocko87
    Dammit! I guess we can get on with the rest of the off-season now.
  8. Jocko87
    Quoting myself from a few months ago. He’s a unicorn but not in the best way. The Padres are a decent fit as all their stars play defense but still limited as a DH.
  9. Jocko87
    But to tie back to the overly-sensational headline, the same thing that kills the numbers with the youngers is the same thing that will destroy the game-namely the TV situation. The youngers don’t consume on the TVs and we see that money going away already. They will just watch the golden batter on the reels or Toks like they consume highlights today. No long form attention means no long term advertising money. More sound bites isn’t the fix if they can’t monetize it. I’m also not to sure the NBA and NFL are good comps for baseball. It’s just different and slow and steady is probably the better way. The NFL and NBA are riding bubbles while MLB has already burst. Don’t chase, don’t pervert the game when there are so many things to try first. I’d rather see the uniform look like NASCAR than this.
  10. Jocko87
    I'm not resigned to anything, and something big is almost sure to happen. I really struggle with having these conversations when the only factor that matters is the sale of the team. We have absolutely no idea what is happening right now and had no idea what was going on the last few years. I get that its not great for a clicky-click business but we aren't going to know a single thing until its announced. The front office and new GM have almost nothing to do with whatever it will be.
  11. Jocko87
    Unless they are blown away Paddack is in the opening day rotation. I always get a chuckle out of the consensus that the Mariners or Marlins have too much pitching only to see the entire Marlins staff hurt. Trading from starting pitching "depth" is mostly a media creation. Both of those teams had huge holes to fill, not an over abundance of pitching. I do like the idea of a Paddack trade but it really feels like an in season move. Let Festa and Zebby dominate AAA for two months and someone with injuries would love to have Paddack.
  12. Jocko87
    Does this trade go on Falveys business or baseball ledger? Don't be forgetting this in future trade retrospectives!
  13. Jocko87
    I, for one, do not miss Luis Gil. Neither should you.
  14. Jocko87
    What infield depth concerns? Infield performance concerns, sure, but what does another mediocre guy do to help that?
  15. Jocko87
    Mateo feels like a perfect piece on the Orioles roster, precisely because of all the young studs floating around. He can plug and play around injury and learning curves without worrying about stunting his development. And a 4-5m reliever seems quite unlikely no matter who holds the purse strings. Getting rid of Castro is a non-starter for me. He's worth his pay on this roster. If the kids play him off the field maybe he can be traded at the deadline. For now, far too many questions.
  16. Jocko87
    Bulldog is the exact word I had in mind watching him as well. I got to see him in person in Wichita on a night he had far from his best stuff. Dude's got a bit of moxie. Kinda reminded me of a Roy Oswalt. Bulldog plays up.
  17. Jocko87
    It's the new marketing department, brilliant! They've planted a seed the new owner can campaign on shutting down. Give them an easy win coming in. Love it.
  18. Jocko87
    They could fire the entire front office including all the minors league staff and save less than mediocre DH money. It just doesn't really move the needle. Assuming this is a bit tongue in cheek but I'm continuously fascinated by the things we think they do that they obviously do not. And that that tweet had an out of focus picture of a letter was just....chefs kiss. Perfection 👌
  19. Jocko87
    It's a timing question really. Innings must be ate, as well. Doubt they can get a decent value for him in this offseason so off we go to the deadline. A healthy Paddack at the deadline has real value and he would have ate many innings on the way. If the worst case is that he lives the second half in the pen, it's not the worst outcome except kinda expensive. Other than more IL time that is. I might look to trade in season but earlier than the deadline.
  20. Jocko87
    I like the player type as a target bit what the heck kinda bougie Whole Foods are you shopping in? He could be had for a decent 20 year old prospect. Tis the silly season.
  21. Jocko87
    You know who else needs a shortstop? The Dodgers. Article already in draft, I'm sure.
  22. Jocko87
    Current year payroll has absolutely nothing to do with the sale of the team. Long term obligations, on the other hand... If that long term obligation is a bad investment, it's bad for the sale. If it's a good investment, it's good for the sale. Correa is a good investment. Of course the New York teams and everyone else is interested in this player on this contract. No chance this would happen with a sale hanging over everyone's heads and its crazy to write this article without giving it much consideration. We have to stop thinking like things are all same old same old. Everything is different under these conditions, as we have seen for the last year leading up to a public announcement. Thinking we have any idea what payroll will be is a fools errand. If I'm buying the Minnesota Twins, I'm buying with Correa. It'd be like filling in the perfectly good pool before you sell the house.
  23. Jocko87
    I reject this premise. Words matter. I reject the premise that they can save money moving a catcher. If there was a youngster beating down the door, sure, but having to spend nearly the same money why would they change the working relationship with a young pitching staff? It's very hard to make the team better by moving either player.
  24. Jocko87
    Man, if only someone had been telling us this was coming for months.
  25. Jocko87
    As expected.
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