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  1. TheLeviathan
    Why is a 104 wRC+ a point against him? Among qualified players this is where that would rank in baseball: 1B: 17th Best 2B: 9th Best 3B: 16th Best SS: 12th Best (Right behind Polanco if he had a full season) LF: 18th Best (Right behind Rosario) RF: 18th Best (Better than Kepler) That's not garbage. That's not a utility player. That's a guy with a ton of versatility who slots in the middle to upper half of wRC+ for every position he can play last year. Context matters. This reminds me of the "Adrianza sucks" thread where people didn't realize that a .750 OPS is a pretty good ballplayer in 2018.
  2. TheLeviathan
    I would wager on Martinez Gonzalez.....but this was brilliantly done.
  3. TheLeviathan
    He's a capable switch hitter from both sides, he's going to eliminate the need for so many of these kinds of players and provide a lot of matchup advantages for this team.
  4. TheLeviathan
    Excellent.
  5. TheLeviathan
    If they do nothing, they'll have to overpay at the deadline. If they sign Kimbrel and the season doesn't go as planned...you still have one heck of an asset. With the money available, it's malfeasance to do nothing.
  6. TheLeviathan
    This isn't my reason for it....but man I hope he's on the roster from the get go.
  7. TheLeviathan
    I think acquiring this guy will look like a gigantic mistake by June 1st.
  8. TheLeviathan
    Edited for this astute point.
  9. TheLeviathan
    Well, we thought that last year too. Yes, there was an injury, but he looked lost all spring and the handful of at-bats before the injury. I too hope that the service time manipulation serves as a motivator. I'm not sure that helps him hit (read: avoid like the plague) breaking balls, but I'll sure as hell be hopeful about it.
  10. TheLeviathan
    Yeah, my skepticism only kicks in when people try to make the contract too valuable right now and going forward. I think it can be a great value if Kepler starts to hit, but the current Kepler isn't particularly valuable at this price going forward. But a handful of million should absolutely do nothing to impede spending. That impediment starts with a P and ends with Ohlads.
  11. TheLeviathan
    In four years Kepler will be 30 and he might not be the same defensive player he is now. At some point during htis contract he's going to have to have enough offense to offset the fact he is getting older.
  12. TheLeviathan
    I think that depends on whether Kepler improves his hitting. (Which I think he can and I'm in his corner on that) The "value" here isn't going to be determined by a corner OF who gets most of his WAR from defense....it's the bat that will determine that. 2018 Kepler in 4 years, at this price, isn't much of an asset IMO. The flip side, is that his defensive value means any incremental improvements we see on offense will lead to significant value increases.
  13. TheLeviathan
    I would really, really like to keep this kid in the rotation. I get why people are excited about him in the bullpen, but that excitement should get squashed real soon when you think about our rotation options without him.
  14. TheLeviathan
    Low bid....nice.
  15. TheLeviathan
    It's so true. There are pieces that are encouraging....but then you feel like you need to MST3K some of the awful stuff they put in. I have trouble describing it to people, it's like the good parts of the X-men movies with a lot of Batman v Superman "Martha" moments that pop up to keep you confused/irritated/emotions I can't explain.
  16. TheLeviathan
    3M more this season doesn't make me feel all that great about the front-loading aspect and doesn't alleviate the lack of FA action at all. That said, I'm good with both contracts. I hope both players have great runs with the Twins under those deals.
  17. TheLeviathan
    I hear people talking about the front-loading aspect, but I can't find the details? What does the structure look like per year?
  18. TheLeviathan
    Is the newest season on Prime yet? We watched the first....two I think?...but the one that was last aired on Sci-Fi wasn't out yet. I enjoy hate watching The Gifted right now too.
  19. TheLeviathan
    Absolutely has to be tied to revenue, for sure. And a cap floor as well. But something has to be done about the spending disparity. The argument is that any given year small market teams succeed, but over the long haul it's a massive advantage to a few markets.
  20. TheLeviathan
    Well, I'd prefer to see MLB start sharing all revenues and make a large cap number, but it is probably a pipe dream. I don't want to see billionaires make out on all the fan's money, but I also hate the fact that the Dodgers or Yankees can pump tens (hundreds) of millions of dollars more into their product than we can. That advantage is beyond just the 25 man roster, it extends up and down the organizational process of developing talent.
  21. TheLeviathan
    This might be a great argument for the salary cap as well.
  22. TheLeviathan
    The fact that I got all of those comic book references seems like something I shouldn't be proud of anymore. Hang on to the Claremont issues kid, they're gold.
  23. TheLeviathan
    In football the gap between plays is the only "inaction". But you are virtually guaranteed action will happen after every play clock interval. You are not assured the same thing in baseball. From the time the first pitch happens to the end of the at-bat could be several minutes where very little is happening. And if a guy gets on base, you might see even more time that is milked between when he got on base and a baseball play of consequence from the next batter. Football simply does not have that kind of down time. Squeezing those step offs, throw overs, batting glove adjustments, time outs, standing and watching the signs, shaking off, etc. would do enormous good for the game. Whether it makes a sizable change in actual game time or not I don't care, the perception of speeding up the game will go a long way.
  24. TheLeviathan
    Thing is, it's not really "strategy". I can't think of a comparable analogy in another sport, but it'd be like forcing your kicker to play QB for a play and teams punt the play before just to avoid the awfulness of it. That's what most of the vaunted NL strategy boils down to: how do we give up outs or topsy-turvy our lineup to avoid this awful thing that isn't at all like actual baseball.
  25. TheLeviathan
    I'm not sure many people would agree with you that the time between plays in football is at all comparable to the time between action in baseball. If you count a football play vs. an outcome to an at-bat there is FAR more downtime in baseball. If you're trying to count a football play to the time between pitches....then you're unfairly comparing apples to oranges.
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