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  1. TheLeviathan
    Safe to say you have missed the point. Go Sano!
  2. TheLeviathan
    What is disingenuous is believing you know anything about his fitness level. You were among those quick to jump on him based on rumors. Rumors that photographs quickly squashed, yet the crowing about his weight continues.
  3. TheLeviathan
    No, but he can be adequate like last year and thats just fine. Yes it is. Our FO seems to agree since they just gave a 1B/DH a two year deal. Thats rather damning to your implied demise of Sano at 3B. As for your weight questions, I dont have intimate knowledge of Sano's health data to assess what he "should" weigh. Any bold assertions to the contrary require a hefty amount of layman medical hubris. I hope he is healthy and focused on being a force. I hope the organization is holding him to account on that. Im happy to see the organization remaining comitted to him at third. And I hope he kicks some serious butt this year.
  4. TheLeviathan
    Right, you aren't even aware that there were conditioning concerns there. You should go look back at some excerpts of Jack Morris on Barreiro's show. Morris rips Sano, but he also ripped Perkins so I can respect his consistency and fairness. I can't say the same for everyone else ripping Sano. If injuries are your concern, I expect you to start a thread soon about how Buxton can't stay on the field either. For whatever reason, Sano ripping seems to be something of a sport for some fans. I just don't get it. This kid is one of the best talents we've seen in our uniform in decades and it feels like we're trying to run him out of town.
  5. TheLeviathan
    No threads here blasted Glen Perkins like this. Certainly not with the intensity and frequency. Nor did our favorite local Sano basher. (Reusse) And his move from 3B seems entirely driven by speculation of TD posters, so Im not sure what value that really has other than a self-created reason to attack our best player.
  6. TheLeviathan
    We all want this for all of our players, but only Sano gets villified to such a degree. I appreciate those in this thread who point out the three simple facts that matter: Sano is a ferocious power hitter, the team needs his ability, and he has been a capable fielder. Some who want him to be Villain #1 might be wise to remember that.
  7. TheLeviathan
    I preferred Cobb, but I love this move. It was needed.
  8. TheLeviathan
    Give him a 1 year deal for 15M.
  9. TheLeviathan
    Learn how to pitch. Especially with your left hand if possible, I'm sure someone will!
  10. TheLeviathan
    No one is faulting them for not overpaying. They are welcome to walk away from Lance Lynn and what it would take to sign him. Just don't extend a needless offer with no chance of success before you walk away. If you're interested enough to talk to the player, that can't endear them going forward.
  11. TheLeviathan
    A fair point, however there is some precedent for low offers for power hitters and I'm guessing the teams exchanged numbers closer to what was agreed on. By the swiftness of the denial, it seems the Twins either badly misread what Lynn wanted or went ahead with an offer despite that. Not sure either is a good thing.
  12. TheLeviathan
    Why would he ever take 2/20 in March? It's an obvious lowball with no chance of being accepted. Unless you secretly want to make Lance Lynn feel bad about not signing his QO, I don't see any point to it.
  13. TheLeviathan
    Why not just say "not interested, we're not prepared to offer you what you are asking for". Giving that offer seems insulting.
  14. TheLeviathan
    I can't imagine they spit-balled something like that. There is no upside to an offer that obviously doomed to fail. I kind of hope the reporting is wrong. I like a lot of what they've done this offseason, but this will make the second bizarre contract offer to a pitcher. Starting to become too much of a trend for my liking.
  15. TheLeviathan
    2/20 seems like a rather non-serious offer IMO. Not that they have to sign him or anything, but I guess I don't see the point in even offering that.
  16. TheLeviathan
    I like Dozier, he's proven me wrong with his improvements in consistency, but I'd be really hesitant to give him more than 3 years. Also, this offseason makes it really difficult to predict next offseason. I'd put the odds at resigning Dozier about equal to a work stoppage and just about anything in between.
  17. TheLeviathan
    Of course it's all about the pitching. But you don't need your "ace" to be the one that pitches that way. For as great as Kershaw has been, he's largely been a playoff dud. Whereas other, lesser, pitchers have thrived. And from year to year things are pretty erratic. 5%? C'mon. 50% of the teams in the last 6 years haven't had an ace. That's just the last 6, your 5% is sort of silly on the face of it. Even if taken as hyperbole. And much of your point is unrealistic about how available and plentiful actual aces are. I believe we missed a chance at one this offseason (and was highly critical of it), but there aren't enough aces to go around. And those that have them rarely let them go. And sometimes when you have one you still get beat. (See: Johan Santana's run here. Or Chris Sale last year. Or, again, pretty much every time Kershaw has pitched) You should always go get great players when you can. But you don't need an "ace" any more than you need "at least 40 homeruns" from your 1B. You need as many good or great players you can get and you need them to show up when the small sample kicks in.
  18. TheLeviathan
    I hope Garver is the regular starter by July 1st. That'll be a very good thing for this franchise if he earns that spot.
  19. TheLeviathan
    Well, after years of being here I feel pretty confident saying that is the consensus. We just had people taking issue with Darvish being called an "ace" a few weeks ago. (Darvish is a much better pitcher and did it in the AL no less) Of course our definitions all vary to degrees, but we seem to be consistently high in our expectations for what each slot in a rotation should look like. We did this for years when we called Scott Baker a #4 and Radke a #3. We don't have any damn clue what a #1 is or a #5 is. We all arbitrarily come up with definitions and the vast majority of them are in a fantasy land of expectations. For me this question comes down to the way it was phrased: Do we want an ace to help win a WS? Absolutely. And there is ample evidence to support it. Do we need (implying we cannot win a WS without one) an ace to win? Absolutely not. And there is ample evidence for that too. Best to add as many good to great players as you can. Which is why LoMo and Odorizzi were great moves. And why the Twins should make Lynn or Cobb happen tomorrow if they can.
  20. TheLeviathan
    I guess SF depends on how you feel about MadBum. I think he's clearly an ace and pitched that way in the playoffs, so I wouldn't count them. But when you can point to 3 of the last 6 teams and say "no ace", the whole idea you need one gets thrown out real quick. Personally, I view Cueto as an ace and maybe even Lester as well. My standard for "ace" is a bit more reflective of what you posted and I'd say Ervin did pitch like an ace last year. But I believe what people mean by "ace" is a level of dominance the vast majority of teams simply don't have. And the ones that do don't win the World Series every year. Multiple teams of recent note have shown how depth and surprise performances are far more important than the names you pencil in to start. And really.....is that surprising? The playoffs are nothing more than a glorified small sample size - we should expect a great deal of randomness. You insulate yourself from that from getting as many good and great players on your roster as you can.
  21. TheLeviathan
    What you need is for guys to pitch like aces. And that isn't always your ace. The 2015 Royals did not have an ace. (I guarantee you this board would have called Cueto a "good number 2 despite what any numbers he posted say) 2013 the Red Sox "ace" was Jon Lester 2011 the "ace" was the husk of Chris Carpenter Those are three examples in just the last handful of years. None of those pitchers would have satisfied people here as "aces".
  22. TheLeviathan
    I don't think ace = good pitching. You can have an ace and four terrible pitchers and not have a good staff. I'm a big believer that depth and luck wins World Series.
  23. TheLeviathan
    From statistical models, Dozier's skill set might be even more productive hitting in other spots in the lineup. Assuming, of course, that his production is the same regardless of his position in the lineup.
  24. TheLeviathan
    Sometimes managing people requires you to give in a bit. If Molitor hits him 4th and he sulks through it we can all agree it's 100% Dozier's fault, but will that save Molitor's job when the Twins lose a bunch of games? Doubt it. Then we'll blame Molitor for not getting Dozier to accept it. I know the stats show a "clear" path for the lineup, but people and their emotions are a variable we can't yet account for.
  25. TheLeviathan
    It's amazing the guy couldn't get a stable run here as a DH. Whether fair or not, he always seemed to get yanked at the most inexplicable and unfortunate times. Maybe he would have been nothing, but I always hate to see a guy that flashed some potential let go without ever getting the kind of opportunity to prove things one way or the other.
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