Jocko87

I predict Helman will debut in the outfield.

Santana shorts are officially short enough to annoy me now.

Nice work Ronny. Hate seeing so many fastballs so high they become waste pitches.

They have a long term approach but it doesn't feel like patience is a huge part of the plan. They just write a check when the time comes. When something breaks, they write a check. It's a different approach. Although they did exercise good patience sitting last year out in free agency so they could drop a cool billion this year. I'd almost enjoy watching Falvey work with that budget. It has an equal chance of being amazing or a complete disaster.

Neither were the Rangers at this time last year. Funny game.

Right handed. But infield capable was probably more important. Castillo the designated DFA guy. Probably another move coming in short order.

Wait, they have an all-star and a proven vet to back up Lewis? Seems pretty solid to me. This is also an odd statement considering the value you are placing on all-stars in your other nonsense. At least be consistent. If you separate the front office from ownership, and you should, you can't possibly make a case that they performed horribly this year.

OK, make your case that all-star game selections are a measuring stick for a front office. In the era of one mandatory all star from each team. Make a fact based case that the Falvey has more money than Ryan did. Don't forget inflation. Ad hominem usually equals surrender in a debate but the user doesn't realize they have surrendered. I'll give you another chance.

https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/40953681/sources-angels-gm-perry-minasian-reach-new-deal This seems a better comparison than random discussions of fbWar and all-stars. We are not talking about baseball, we are talking about the business of baseball. Who or what is a replacement level player has nothing to do with this discussion. The Angels are a fascinating comp as without knowing what Arte Moreno wanted with Shohei and Trout we can't know how well he worked towards his directives. An extension would suggest that he is at least on the owners side for now, although a two year deal is kinda short.

Also chalk up two outs to the shifting.

Some nifty middle infieding there. Winner!

Royals getting no hit by Framber thru 6 on like 72 pitches.

Look at us, manufacturing runs!

Bunt time!

Blue Jays Daily game thread.

That portion of the Jays lineup reads more like a law firm than an AL East powerhouse.

There is something odd about the Minnesota sports fan that just makes being a fan hard. Expecting the worst somehow always comes true, no matter how good things actually are. Everybody loses, every year. Your heart will go on.

It also illustrates how slim the margins are. The Dodgers have chosen their path and it's a heavy commitment. The manager is good for a couple wins or losses a year at best. I'm not really into spending a billion dollars for 8-10 additional wins and having to take huge swings every year. The long term approach is almost always better but having the patience to execute is rare. We have it good and should recognize it.

I'm beginning to think this is a prime-parody account. Our current "middle of the pack" farm system would like a word. (#2 MLB, #4 ESPN, #4 Bleacher Report, #7 Fangraphs, #3 Baseball America, #16 USA Today lol,) I would say you have a point about the farm in 2015-2016 but being the worst team in all of baseball for years will tend to get you that. I'd say that any idiot could get a great farm with high first round picks but then I looked to see the likes of Levi Micheal, Alex Wimmers, Kohl Stewart, Nick Gordon and Tyler Jay etc. Kind of a "paper tiger" farm system if you will. Being ranked due to draft equity is not great. They earned their firing on the basis of first round picks alone. Farm system rankings being the crapshoot they are, it all comes down to long term results. All-Star games are just about the last possible metric I would use, personally. The mandatory All-Star selection was how many of your list? There are two players in the entire organization that this FO doesn't own completely, they literally threw almost everything in the trash and kept a few choice pieces. Having taken out the trash, we now have an almost entirely homegrown roster that can absolutely compete for championships and 6 top 100 prospects to boot. You never had that in all of Twins history, certainly not under Smith and Ryan. The turnover and turnaround is exceptionally impressive. As for payroll, comparing 2015 money to 2024 money is pretty silly. They have roughly the same payroll levels by all actual metrics. It's easy to be unimpressed if you don't know what to look at. This is a top 5 front office in baseball. Gleemans 2016 prospect list is in a tidy format for a trip down memory lane. Yikes.

I can't either, but I can find the exceptions for injury and doubleheader. I think the only change is the number of players, everything else is the same.

But losing a player for 40% of the season vs 8% is a different calculation. There is more value in 10 days of Julien or Martin than getting an extra day of Lee. If no injuries come, they will be stuck with bringing someone else up Sept 1st. They could end up stuck with Carmargo. And to be clear, this is only a question for players with options. If it was Farmer they could do it any time but its pretty obvious they aren't going to do that right now. It might be different if Correa was 100%.

One day of Lee isn't worth losing another player for 10 days. It's exactly backwards of how you describe it. In May it would have already been done.