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  1. TheLeviathan
    And I stated there is no such case to be made. The team has ample budget room relative to past budgets they have authorized. This free agent class is ripe with players that would dramatically help this team and address organizational weaknesses. If the Twins are unable to sign a player the number one reason is unwillingness to sign that player to a term or contract value that exceeds their competitors. Whether that is ownership's fault or not I don't care, but there is simply no reason this team can't spend 40-50M this offseason. None.
  2. TheLeviathan
    If they start cutting payroll they are pocketing fan money. I don't care how long the deals are, the amount of money they are taking in from fans isn't going to radically decrease. I'm not sure what your goal is here unless your last name is Pohlad or you're on the payroll. Seriously, this line of questioning doesn't make any sense. As fans who contribute to the team we are absolutely entitled to expect them to spend money on the product. It's literally the least they can do.
  3. TheLeviathan
    Well....at least those of us that want them to actually, you know, use it.
  4. TheLeviathan
    Only if I'm looking to make excuses. And I'm not. They can spend. Sometimes you invest to turn your product around, not wait for it to magically happen.
  5. TheLeviathan
    Actually, it's our money that we choose to give to them. Plus the stadium they profit off of that we paid for. And, best of all, I'm only holding them to the spending amounts they have authorized in the past. Not even an increase. If they won't spend their fan's money to improve their product....they don't deserve fans.
  6. TheLeviathan
    There is absolutely no reason they can't give out 40M in allocations for next year. Personally, I think it's more like 50.
  7. TheLeviathan
    True...but that was too close. Joseph needs it on the other hash, his kicks drift to his right.
  8. TheLeviathan
    Would prefer we play for 7.
  9. TheLeviathan
    There's the Vikings I know: snatching defeat from the jaws of victory.
  10. TheLeviathan
    This game is a classic example of one of the things I dislike the most about Zimmer: 2nd and 20 and you just let them have 12 yards on dump offs.
  11. TheLeviathan
    Or.....the tired routine that no one likes is not supported by evidence. Every market I have lived sings this song....from Chicago to Phoenix to Minneapolis. Offer the best deal with the most earnings potential and you get your guy nearly every time.
  12. TheLeviathan
    Kenny Clark is eating him for lunch.
  13. TheLeviathan
    If you trust the near ready players this team has (boatload of arms plus Miranda and Martin) then there is plenty of reason to load up. Especially in a FA class that fits organizational holes. IMO there is no reasonable case against opening the checkbook.
  14. TheLeviathan
    You mistyped 99%.
  15. TheLeviathan
    Mason Cole doing a Bradbury impression!
  16. TheLeviathan
    Kansas City's BBQ.
  17. TheLeviathan
    Yes...baseball has other challenges. The contract issues could be mitigated by a cap and floor. Which is all I suggested. No magic cure, tanking is here to stay, just mitigate. NFL has tanking too. Just less nonsense because there arent 200M payroll differences between teams.
  18. TheLeviathan
    Um....no. Perfect parity isn't the goal. The NFL works because good (or bad) management is the largest determining factor. Teams rise and fall moreso on the basis of their choices than league structures. That's the best that can be hoped for. Teams still tank in the NFL too, but the issue is better mitigated there.
  19. TheLeviathan
    No league can fix perpetual mismanagement through their system. Nor can they (or should they) limit success if you draft a GOAT in the 5th round.
  20. TheLeviathan
    The threads I've reviewed today have really only one solution: This organization needs to do something significant, soon (and not Jake f-ing Cave), so this fan base knows whether to freak out or be excited or whatever it might be. Everyone is super emotional and anxious because all the paths forward - aggressive, tear down, whatever - are plausible.
  21. TheLeviathan
    The Twins have openly stated they don't carry money forward. So you sign free agents when you have 50 million available.....because you have 50 million available that your organization chooses not to bank. It's really that simple.
  22. TheLeviathan
    For you BYTO folks: Covid 19 >>>>>>>>>>> Jake Cave For the rest of you peasants: Open 40 man roster spot >>>>>>>>Jake Cave
  23. TheLeviathan
    Teams are definitely trying to lose. As long as there are structures in place to help teams with poor talent improve their state (and there has to be) there will be incentive to lose. Too many leagues try too many things to eliminate this behavior in mostly gimmicky, ineffective ways. The only thing you can do is have a salary cap and a salary floor and hope for parity. That's the NFL model and it works.
  24. TheLeviathan
    I think this needs to get pointed out more often. Those that want to sign Buxton to the contract numbers floating around (to which I am included, I put mine at 7 years, 119M)....it's simply not fair to anyone in these discussions to frame 80M as "cut rate" or "lowball". Given Byron's injury history it really isn't that far off. We're talking a couple million a year, not half what he wants. The Twins need to stop tip-toeing around contract negotiations looking to get big wins and meet players at the table without all of the "Death by a thousand cuts" negotiating. It may have been a factor for Berrios, it may be a factor now with Buck. But it needs to be repeated.....80 million dollars guaranteed for a guy with his track record is not an insult. Clearly it favors one side, but it's in the ballpark of discussions. In fact, Buxton's side has acknowledged this through the media in back channels. Now the Twins just need to put on the big boy pants and finish the contract.
  25. TheLeviathan
    I defended the deal on the basis that Berrios was intent on FA. It appears he was just intent to get a long, rich contract. I still like the deal from a talent perspective, but the organization needs to answer why they couldn't have inked this contract. Berrios is great value for Toronto at this price. Either Jose wouldn't sign that same deal here (which is a huge indictment) or we refused to offer it (which is also a huge indictment).
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