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  1. TheLeviathan
    I think the lingering doubts about Hughes play into that thought about having a viable long man. But I agree, if the FO likes Haley's future, toss the Sox some cash or some meh prospect. Don't jack with your roster. It reminds me of JR Graham. He largely just held a spot his rule 5 year only for us to dump him unceremoniously a month into the following year.
  2. TheLeviathan
    Yup, I own that. And sometimes he vindicates me and sometimes he makes it valid. I worry we'll wish we could have anything close to DeLeon for him by July.
  3. TheLeviathan
    Honestly, with how erratic he is, anything from 20 to 40 is defensible. But I'm a pessimist about him, but that may just be because I fear he'll binge again and then get a totally awful contract extension. I think I need more time away from Terry Ryan to center myself.
  4. TheLeviathan
    I think that's pretty damn close. Anyone who thinks the Dozier of the last three months will now just magically do that for 6 months hasn't paid much attention to him the last few years. Let's just hope pumpkin Dozier shows up after the deadline, but I really fear the worst with this. I hope I'm wrong.
  5. TheLeviathan
    I could take or leave Tony Sipp. My problem was not signing someone like Feliz. While it's great we can cut bait with guys like Belisle, i'd much rather have some upside to look forward to.
  6. TheLeviathan
    The Adrianza thing I can accept, but I'm not convinced his spot actually went to Santana. I think Santana was the 24th man. The 25th was Duffy over Adrianza. Just my gut feeling.
  7. TheLeviathan
    If a better roster will be available on April 15th....why the hell are we waiting two weeks exactly? I keep getting stuck on that argument. That makes zero sense to me. August 15th...ok, I get that. April? WTF?
  8. TheLeviathan
    Actually, that's precisely what I said and you took issue with it. And I'm not convinced Chargois ever had a spot to lose. This roster feels intentionally older and more floor-oriented than ceiling. That's the exact opposite of the approach I'd like to see a 103 loss team take.
  9. TheLeviathan
    Sort of blows your theory out of the water though....doesn't it? Sometimes, a guy can't just "take it". Apparently.
  10. TheLeviathan
    So some of you need to explain to me how if the explanation for Chargois is that he "didn't take it" (meaning his roster spot)..... Just what in the hell else did Park need to do to "take it"?
  11. TheLeviathan
    Ironically, Tonkin may be the best bet after Kintzler. And yeah, I was trying to be nice and not trigger any PTSD with a Jepsen mention....
  12. TheLeviathan
    I'm far less concerned that Tonkin is on the roster as I am that Kintzler is our closer.
  13. TheLeviathan
    Ugh.
  14. TheLeviathan
    I feel like this requires we ponder some suggestions. Maybe switch "Awfully Versatile" around and call him "Versatile-ly Awful"?
  15. TheLeviathan
    And yet if you've every watched a Twins broadcast, you'll hear an old-school guy deride the very existence of bullpens. They are for the weak who can't finish what they start after all. I think the real truth is everyone sort of holds bullpens and their stats in a slight degree of contempt. Mostly because it's easy to pin defeats on their poor performances.
  16. TheLeviathan
    I'm going to predict the Twins finish ahead of the Sox, but I would be far short of shocked to find out the Sox finish ahead of us in the end.
  17. TheLeviathan
    Legion got a little more comic book-y than I expected. It's about as close to canon X-men story as any movie or show has been. But the black and white stuff was absolutely bonkers. So awesome.
  18. TheLeviathan
    I'm not hung up on whether they are a 1/2, I'm hung up on how many guys are anywhere near being viable contributors to the big league rotation in the next 2 years. Prior to this move it was Gonsalves, Romero, and Jay. (Stewart is a ways off, if even worth talking about) We're down 1/3 of that already. And another 1/3 of that is having a shoulder flare up. We are burning service time on some of our best young players and that is our situation for young pitching. I'd say the angst is appropriate.
  19. TheLeviathan
    The SC would be fighting the Obama Administration's policies on that. I agree with you, but many of these things were spurred on by the former President's administration. When things like this happen, I would hope it would shine a giant spotlight on how these laws are actually counter-productive to their objective. We need to support and seek justice for sexual assault victims, but this changes the focus completely away from that. And actually makes more victims out of people rather than achieving justice.
  20. TheLeviathan
    All the optimistic spin you put on these guys echos the optimistic spin others were putting on Jay and how he'd take things to the next level this year and confirm his future as a starter. We had limited bullets in our gun already and we just took another one out. That hurts. I too hope other guys step up, but it's still a setback.
  21. TheLeviathan
    That whole thing was a freaking mess. It should make anyone who sides with the laws that got it there take a serious look in the mirror about what they support. There are better ways to solve sexual assault on campus then debacles like this.
  22. TheLeviathan
    I don't disagree, but that's just one guy. We need more than that.
  23. TheLeviathan
    In terms of future starting pitching, why can't both concern me? I can acknowledge Jay might still be valuable and still regret what this does for our future SP options.
  24. TheLeviathan
    I never said it would dry up the well. Like any budget - and payroll is a budget - you have opportunity costs. Signing a giant 7 year 200+ contract has the cost of signing two smaller FA deals like Ervin Santana. It's not that they can't afford to, it's that (for me) the cost of doing is likely too great. Just because you can do something doesn't mean you should. I wouldn't dive into those waters unless I thought I was putting the cherry on my World Series sundae. I'd prefer to trade or dabble in the tier one below that where the years and dollars are not nearly so cumbersome to my budget.
  25. TheLeviathan
    That's simply not true. A large deal does eat away at available resources. Any time you are handing 1/25 of your roster 1/10 (or more) of your available payroll, it absolutely has side-effects that can be negative. This is where people lose me. I get it, it's easier to spend someone else's money and demand they spend to whatever degree you deem is ok, but that's not reality. Do I think the Twins can spend more? Yes. But I also know that their payroll is mid-market at best, possibly much less given their own bungling of their cable contract. And a team in that market range has to be very careful about handing out 20M+ per year deals because it will have ramifications for other spending the team has to do.
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