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  1. TheLeviathan
    Email seems like a clunky way to keep up with something, no?
  2. TheLeviathan
    Donaldson has several ready replacements. The Twins have bigger needs 50M could be spent on IMO.
  3. TheLeviathan
    I understand more now why Favre, the Packers, and his own family have had it out for him. What an insufferable a-hole.
  4. TheLeviathan
    With this topic revived I would like to ask if there is a way to be better informed when new content is posted? Right now the clubs feel sorta buried unless I consciously remember to check.
  5. TheLeviathan
    The ChiSox were known spin doctors. New rules maybe a factor?
  6. TheLeviathan
    The Braves so valued Rosario they waited until the absolute last minute of the deadline playing a game of "are you going to DFA him" chicken and only blinked when the price was 87 year old salary dump Pablo Sandoval.
  7. TheLeviathan
    Agreed, they get credit for a genuine effort. However, these moves weren't YOLO bombs on 3rd and 20......they were crafty 5 yard screens that busted for 70 yards. Or, in the case of Soler, a 2 yard draw play that he housed for 85. These were low risk, low odds of serious upside that all went absolutely bonkers. Good for them that they took those shots, but the odds of acquiring four guys who ranged from "future contract in Japan" to "He's alright I guess" and turn that into a couple of playoff MVPs and a .900 OPS is just crazy. I get the sense people have that they want teams not to give in. Totally get it. But some posters here bang on their soap box about "go for it" and "be aggressive" and I don't think they're being honest with themselves if they evaluate these moves (as they were in late July) as anything remotely like that. These were Terry Ryan type deals.
  8. TheLeviathan
    Their trades were all nibbles. They traded fringe prospects and players for low end trade commodities. Not a single sane human would call those moves splashy. Soler was a negative WAR player with an OPS in Simmons territory. Rosario was acquired for the corpse of Pablo Sandoval. Adam Duvall was a perfectly league average player. They acquired experienced players other teams were dumping. That's it. They worked and in hindsight were brilliant. Not "all in" or "going for it" or any other aggressive terms. "Not giving up" is not the same as pressing the gas pedal.
  9. TheLeviathan
    Let's be frank: On this board if the Twins were in the position of Atlanta and we came away with a bunch of fringe trades (at the time) like Rosario, Soler, etc. there would've been a lot of complaints. Atlanta didn't "go for it" in the sense we use that term. They didn't make any huge, splashy additions or roster shaking moves. They nibbled around the edge of the trade market and got their team depth. Then they rode a few hot hands (Rosario, Ian Anderson, their bullpen) and won the small sample . I don't think this is a blueprint as much as yet another example that there isn't one way to do this, the best teams don't always win, and just try to give your team a good shot with depth and a fighting chance.
  10. TheLeviathan
    I would seriously consider tuning the Twins out for an entire year if Andrelton Simmons is our plan in 2021. I want absolutely no part in that. If a defensive placeholder is all you want than sign Galvis. But I prefer we swing big. Whomever it is, even if they are an all field/no hit shortstop....it just can't be Simmons again. I can't watch another year of disgusting at-bats.
  11. TheLeviathan
    Quarterbacks even get soft treatment from league rules off the field!!! Seriously though, this season is just such a mess. It's laughable right now.
  12. TheLeviathan
    How so? It's hard for me to judge Dan Campbell because that Detroit roster is hot garbage.
  13. TheLeviathan
    It's the best argument I have against him too.
  14. TheLeviathan
    The worst part of this is that a year ago was the time to reset this roster. Now we've got lots of dumb contracts.
  15. TheLeviathan
    I endorse this for the same reasons @chpettit19 did - this is an offseason to be bold, not complacent. I don't love non-tendering Rogers or the OF defense this team would have, but I appreciate going the bold direction. This team needs to be aggressive as hell at shortstop, reliever, and starting pitching. And if they move Donaldson and another couple chunks of change they have more than enough money to do them all. This plan, and mine which has many similarities, demonstrate just how aggressive that could be. It'd be fun to see.
  16. TheLeviathan
    I might suggest an alternative. Maybe he's just done falling on his sword for bad coaching decisions.
  17. TheLeviathan
    Agreed. The Wilfs seem to favor consistency over all else. I think we've reached the point where that is a negative.
  18. TheLeviathan
    This. Our talent is continuing to put us into positions to win. Our coaching continues to turn that into losses. That's really my takeaway at this point. That tells me it would be justified to let Spielman stay, but the coaching staff happened under his watch so he takes blame there too. I'd be accepting to the idea of keeping him, but I'd rather see the whole thing blown up.
  19. TheLeviathan
    Cousins "knowing" it is illegal is utterly irrelevant to whether or not the guy who actually made the mistake did it or not. What was he supposed to do? Telepathically predict Zimmer being a moron, run down the sideline, and restrain him? Calling a spade a spade....what kind of asinine logic is this?
  20. TheLeviathan
    Most coaches want to have that control because they have more information and more immediacy to a ref. I don't think it's a good idea to put multiple different individuals in charge of clock management. That's a recipe for disaster. Zimmer should be the one calling timeouts. Cousins is absolutely right to put that question on his coach. That's where it belongs. You don't ask the ST coach why the offense is dink and dunking to Ham. You ask the person accountable to the issue. Clock management is squarely on the HC. We can criticize Cousins without inventing reasons to do so.
  21. TheLeviathan
    Yeah...coaching has been a serious problem. The Cowboys were gifting you a win and you blew it. Time to reset the organization.
  22. TheLeviathan
    If Baseball Trade Values thinks Max Kepler is worth Meyer straight up.....I think we ought to stop referencing that site. Or at least heap some serious salt on it.
  23. TheLeviathan
    Really good player. Shop him and trade him if you can get a good pitcher.
  24. TheLeviathan
    I don't see any scenario where the Marlins say yes to deal Alcantara for those players. You won't get an ace for spare parts.
  25. TheLeviathan
    I like how your prices all seemed very cognizant of being fair and not homerish. I'd have liked to see you lay out the roster after all your moves along with the salary bottom line. My biggest plus there was the Arraez trade idea (does STL need a 2B?), but I'm worried about Chris Taylor as an every day SS.
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