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  1. TheLeviathan
    The best way to attract talent is with money. Dave St. Peter said it himself - the vast majority of the time the dollars do the talking. This will have zero impact on FA or any other contract negotiation outside of Buxton. And with Buxton it only matters if he becomes a functional starting baseball player beyond his defensive game.
  2. TheLeviathan
    Somebody can correct me if I'm wrong...but aren't error totals for infielders largely considered irrelevant because the playing surfaces are garbage?
  3. TheLeviathan
    Buxton is angling to be the league's first Designated Defender.
  4. TheLeviathan
    He's probably done as even a half-season elite bat. His age and position would indicate that the time was coming due soon.
  5. TheLeviathan
    The value of team control is that Buxton cannot walk no matter how good he is. We all hope he becomes an MVP player, but we're a long way off from that. We had two MVP months, let's expand that to 3 or 4 or 5 before we get too far down those roads. Most of Buxton's time in the big leagues has been closer to AAAA player than MVP. And that isn't even discussing the recurring migraines, wrist injuries, and other health concerns that seem to really debilitate his progress. And despite all those concerns, the FO still chose to give up a meaningless September because they believe 2022 Byron Buxton is valuable to the Twins. That's a belief in his future. It's too bad they didn't spend more time saying that.
  6. TheLeviathan
    I'm curious how you think he's a phony? In part, I think the optics look bad because of how open and honest the FO was with the public about the move. I'm not sure they are phonys, whether you agree with the decision or not. They were awfully candid about their reasoning IMO.
  7. TheLeviathan
    I think you're giving fans way too much credit. The bar for angst is much lower. Look no further than the trade deadline, of which you were a part. What would've been different is they would've had a legitimate leg to stand on. I think they should've spent more time talking about how Buxton couldn't even be relied to play every day since the wrist injury - that should've been front and center in their reasoning. We all know service time is a major factor, but so is health.
  8. TheLeviathan
    All the same issues plagued him even when healthy. I had bought shares in Buxton taking the next step too...but injuries are not the only thing that derailed him. Old habits and a bad approach seemed to rear their head too.
  9. TheLeviathan
    I agree the messaging has been poor. I advocated shutting him down after the wrist as well, this was a lost season then. Though I think leaving him no chance to rehab might have lead to the same angst of today.
  10. TheLeviathan
    He was also not walking and striking out a bunch. Those are much better indicators of a sustainable performance than slapping some singles around. Sorry, he was not dominant. His 150 ABs down there have yielded a .765 OPS and a 42-9 strikeout to walk ratio. That's a player who still hasn't figured it out.
  11. TheLeviathan
    So you want the Twins to hand him CF next year? People, we're losing our minds here.
  12. TheLeviathan
    Money is a factor, but team control means he can't walk away because of money. You can plan on him being on your roster, that has far more value to the organization than the dollar amount attached to his name.
  13. TheLeviathan
    Dozier is still not hitting well. Why, and at what price, would you want to extend him? You kept telling us his binge was right around the corner and he's running out of time for it.
  14. TheLeviathan
    Also, yes, New Mexico is awful, but a lot of good teams looked bad the first week. The Gophers won with a bunch of true freshman and looked pretty good. They won't make real noise, but it's definitely a positive. But holy crap New Mexico, I've seen Pee Wee teams tackle better. That Winfield return was a clinic in awful tackling.
  15. TheLeviathan
    He had two great months. He has had many more lousy months. If we have to trade him because he's so awesome and won't resign here - I'll take that problem. Right now he's filler in a trade at best. His career numbers offensively are simply not good. And the sample is no longer small. These are facts. Facts I hope change, but facts.
  16. TheLeviathan
    Gaining one year of service time is actually extraordinarily valuable if Buxton becomes a competent to good major league hitter. The problem, of course, is that we have very little evidence so far that he will. What we have is a bunch of us wishfully thinking our plan with him will bring that Byron out for 162 games, but none of us know with any certainty what would work. I hope this plan works. And if it doesn't, I hope the next thing we try works. There is clearly talent there, but there are now over 1,000 PA that indicate he may be a bust. Let's hope this strategy, and whatever they do in the offseason, reverses that.
  17. TheLeviathan
    Unless he's had a broken toe for the last four years, I don't really buy it. And it doesn't explain why AAA guys are striking him out like crazy. People keep trying to blame the broken toe but Buxton's hitting issues long pre-date that. And have continued since.
  18. TheLeviathan
    None of us know what will help, but most of us (all?) that are ok with this are banking on this factor. Hell, all the arguments being made have some wishful component of what will help. So your prior criticism can pretty much be applied universally and with similar skepticism.
  19. TheLeviathan
    Want to expand the sample size? It doesn't help. Want to look at his k rate in AAA? Also not helpful. I'm ok with people being frustrated by a service time decision, but let's be real here: the vast majority of Buxton's MLB time has been awful. So let's save the excuses please. Buxton has done himself no favors.
  20. TheLeviathan
    Buxton will be mad at the FO and has some cause to be. He also could have, you know, hit his way past a .383 OPS this season and helped with the decision. .383 OPS, look at that again.
  21. TheLeviathan
    The factor you aren't including is what is done between now and then to improve the confidence in him going into 2019. Cave is nothing special, but at least you have three viable OFs on the roster not including Buxton and there is certainly the financial room to add someone like Marwin Gonzalez (or some other non-lefty OF) to help supplement. My confidence is low in the short term, but I haven't given up on him in the long-term. If I'm the Twins I spend the next 7 months doing anything possible to turn his talent into production. What that is....I don't know, it's beyond my pay grade.
  22. TheLeviathan
    If this thread is any indication? Pitch Ryan LaMarre.
  23. TheLeviathan
    Some reports indicate the wrist is still an issue. And while he may not be struggling, he is far from dominating. He hasn't forced the Twins hand and the games are meaningless. There is no good reason to call him up IMO. All the reasons listed are about keeping up appearances. Nuts to that.
  24. TheLeviathan
    If the question comes down to "is he a major league baseball player"? I'd say the majority of the evidence says "No" At least not yet.
  25. TheLeviathan
    I guess I think the reason to not call him up is rather straight-forward.... His play has far from demanded it.
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