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  1. TheLeviathan
    A perfectly cromulent fan perspective. Not so much for a front office, :)
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  3. TheLeviathan
    All transactions are bets on future outcomes. Given that we largely get outscored and are staring a big, fat -36 run diff in the face.... I know where my money is, :)
  4. TheLeviathan
    We may need to just have all our authors use this image as part of their byline from now on.
  5. TheLeviathan
    Yeah, contention to me is winning your division or, I don't know, being above .500. Call me old school but I don't think you can have a serious conversation about being a contender when you've spent less time above .500 than the Vikings have spent in pads this year.
  6. TheLeviathan
    Well, in my case, I'd have used the stretch run to answer some questions about players in AAA or in their mid 20s that we need more information on for future decision making rather than pretending this team is a contender. So dealing him wouldn't have been an issue for me.
  7. TheLeviathan
    Agreed, Abreu wouldn't have been the type of target I'd have had for that deal.
  8. TheLeviathan
    For me the issue is that I think this was the sell high moment on Larnach. He's a corner guy with limited power and bad defense. This was the time to cash that chip. But you're right, he represents an ongoing problem we have of a 26 and 40 man roster bloated with low flexibility or low upside or both type of guys.
  9. TheLeviathan
    Good thing it was an elbow! Everyone knows we like our damaged goods relating to shoulders.
  10. TheLeviathan
    Woof.
  11. TheLeviathan
    C or D. Lean D.
  12. TheLeviathan
    Why not both? It's hard in the sense that there is such an uphill battle to climb and the vast majority of people who used to pay attention are tuned out. Which is why words and a flimsy deadline are a silly thing for us to have four articles gushing about the Pohlads and the deadline. Most fans don't care. Which is also why here, on TD, it seems to be easy. We've got multiple ongoing threads that are gross as hell falling all over themselves to be happy about this. Thing is....the folks who want to be all sunshine and rainbows right now would have been right there in front of their TV, or sitting in the stands, whether the team bought or sold. The venn diagram of "happy we didn't sell" and "wouldn't have done anything to hold the team accountable either way" is a perfect circle.
  13. TheLeviathan
    Cool. Get back to me in February when we see how much this was actually delivered on. If Vegas let me bet on this I'd still take the under on 130 million.
  14. TheLeviathan
    Kremer B- eh?
  15. TheLeviathan
    Man, baseball needs to consider a late July/Early August transaction window where teams can move players around to each other so that teams with a redundant roster could move parts to better fit what they're trying to accomplish and plug holes. We really could've used one of those.
  16. TheLeviathan
    Did I miss the "bold" upgrade to our rotation? Are we counting "bold" like....stepping out of a plane without a parachute here? Help me make sense of how Dean Kramer helps earn that adjective.
  17. TheLeviathan
    It feels like whatever fan goodwill is supposedly created by this "buy" is going to be evaporated really, really quickly if this team buries itself before September.
  18. TheLeviathan
    I'd have an easier time finding some satisfaction in this without these articles. I'm so glad @The Great Hambino has weighed in on these threads with more straight-forward, well-articulated thoughts than I would. I got second hand "eww" reading this. This is some seriously gross PR for a deadline that was pretty "meh"
  19. TheLeviathan
    I don't understand how we're serious contenders AND playing a guy who has never played CF.....in CF. He's a LF or he's not on this team in the future, it's that simple from where I sit.
  20. TheLeviathan
    Do these moves feel forceful and decisive? 2022 felt decisive and forceful. This felt....fine. Isn't that what a half-measure is? Why are we falling all over ourselves to be happy with this? Here's the thing: there are a bunch of people telling us they are happy we didn't sell because it sends the right message. It's cool to think that. Why do we have to pretend it's anything more than that? This is a half measure. It's not some ground-breaking investment. It just wasn't selling. That's it. The most forceful thing about this deadline is the folks here who want to heap praise on these actions.
  21. TheLeviathan
    Skubal also went full villain in proclaiming how the Dodgers are the great gift of the baseball gods.
  22. TheLeviathan
    I think Lee has proven himself. We found his spot and I expect to see him grow. Keaschall I can handle as an OF but we have to see the bat come around again a bit more. I think it's time to cut bait on Lewis. He's just not hitting enough to justify holding down 1B
  23. TheLeviathan
    Even spending a lot of money isn't a guarantee. See: Mets. However, as you imply, it is heavily correlated with winning in baseball over the last several decades. I think the "right" answer really depends. It seems to me the Astros are doing the "don't ever let a rebuild happen!" mentality and they are just dying a really slow, painful death. The flipside is the ever-rebuilding Rockies. At some point they may have to give the beer away for free to get fans in the stands. I think the Twins are in a weird spot. They SHOULD have pushed in after 2023, they did the opposite. That decision forced a reckoning that should have resulted a rebuild. Falvey's deadline, to that end, appears to be mostly fruitful last year apart from The Trade That Shall Not Be Named. I still believe that path was the right one and should've been finished off at this deadline before turning the page after the new CBA. The only reason it hasn't been is an unprecedented level of sucking in the AL as a whole. I think the author here is right, we are dealing with the fallout of a series of half measures which is probably the worst path you can take. Full rebuilding last deadline, then an ok/not awful "buy" at this deadline with a roster that badly needs reconstruction is going to lead to some unfortunate outcomes IMO.
  24. TheLeviathan
    Immediately signed to a 450 year, 6 quadrillion dollar contract. Deferred payments until the sun goes nova.
  25. TheLeviathan
    It's also a net benefit thing. Jeffers is good and trading him will hurt....but he doesn't play everyday. Adding the two bullpen arms, pouncing on a hot catcher market, and adding one more guy could be a better team with a better overall roster composition
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