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  1. TheLeviathan
    I have a new favorite player. I love this guy.
  2. TheLeviathan
    I blame the GOP for about 80% of the politicization.
  3. TheLeviathan
    The escalation of politicizing the Court is as dangerous as anything to our democracy.
  4. TheLeviathan
    Just because you don't hear it, doesn't mean it isn't happening. Buxton has high name recognition and I'd acknowledge it's more rare for a player like that. Although, Profar was a high name recognition guy for a long time and Rangers fans might have felt much the same way Twins fans did. We don't hear much of these sorts of things because it's more localized to particular fan bases. The average baseball fan probably heard and cared about the story roughly as much as they did about Vlad Jr. It's only really a big deal here. It's barely getting a fraction of the national attention Kris Bryant did, for example. As for Drury, my point there was to show that the Yankees do care about service time. Even for a guy that most people see as a rotational/bench player. Also, it was suggested that it was unique that Buxton had this happen at this point in his service time, but Drury has had a lot of major league at-bats to be left languishing in the minors in the name of service time. I'd all but guarantee this happens more regularly than we know around the league and even with the Twins. Team control is seen as a highly valuable component to a player's value, it only stands to reason that teams would incorporate it heavily in many of their roster decisions.
  5. TheLeviathan
    Or just less publicized and easier to hide. At the end of the day it's about keeping them down a certain amount of time to protect team control. We only see the surface of how much it is considered and only rarely do teams even come close to acknowledging it. The career starting decisions have a couple reasons for being more widely publicized, but the practice is hardly limited to that. I literally searched "Yankees service time" and got an example from this year that dispelled the notion you were throwing out there. The noted examples are numerous enough, I imagine that is but the tip of the iceberg. And you don't have to do much reading to hear GMs acknowledge it anonymously.
  6. TheLeviathan
    Yeah, the AFC looks like a cakewalk relative to the NFC.
  7. TheLeviathan
    It is fascinating we have a NYT op-ed from the White House basically admitting the President is dangerous and unfit. And yet they keep him there for political expediancy. Yeesh.
  8. TheLeviathan
    The schedule is much harder, but they also added a legit QB and get their RB back. I think OL get hurt at a similar clip to RB. It's why I'm also not going to advocate taking first round RBs. I don't have data to support that, it's all gut feeling, so I could be wrong. Either way, I don't agree you need to address the line early to have a good line, but we've been down that road. What's important is to consider the context - virtually everyone has a bad offensive line. It's part of what is hurting the quality of the league IMO.
  9. TheLeviathan
    Sure, but context is important. Would it make any sense to rip the Twins for not having their starters average 8 innings? Considering no one is doing that, it seems like a flawed criticism. Offensive line play is a league wide epidemic of awfulness. Spending early picks is not a guarantee. The Pats spent one this year and their guy is hurt (injuries tend to plague lines). The Cowboys have used three - they get one injury and they're mediiocre to bad. It's about resource allocation and context. Yes, I wish they were better too, but 99% of NFL fans can say the same thing.
  10. TheLeviathan
    Well your point was another dig at the offensive line. You know how many truly good lines exist? Maybe 1. Maybe. And Dallas is setting up to be mediocre despite investing three first rounders in it. Kalil Mack is ok, but overrated IMO. There are other games I'm far more worried about. Namely Aaron Donald and the Eagles.
  11. TheLeviathan
    Here are the Yankees actively jerking around Brandon Drury over a similar issue. It even mentions how they kept Torres down for similar reasons. The suggestion that big market clubs don't care as much or don't do this is flat out false. Everyone does it. All the time. To all kinds of players.
  12. TheLeviathan
    No, you spoke of how the union would treat Buxton based on whether he was officially a member or not. That's irrelevant. As for the rest, debuts are the most common, but do you really think teams aren't considering that factor other times as well? That they make a July call-up, send the player down, and then just stop considering service time the second or third time they are called up? The debuts just get the most coverage, but service time manipulation is happening constantly to players. And no, we know that all teams play service time games. Not just the small market teams, as Bryant is a glaring example of. Makail Franco is not exactly playing for the Tampa Bay Rays either. And I could go on. Players might feel burned by interactions they personally have with some organizations, but what the Twins did to Buxton matters diddly squat to Machado. Any player that tried to say "I won't sign with a team that manipulates service time" - they'll have to sign with the St. Paul Saints.
  13. TheLeviathan
    He's good, but he's not as great as his contract. Makes that Danielle Hunter deal look freaking awesome.
  14. TheLeviathan
    I simply don't know how you post this with a straight face. I have to ask - are you being serious?
  15. TheLeviathan
    The union isn't battling things whether a guy is officially union or not. They fight based on ownership over-reaches. So I can't see how that has any significance. The Bryant grievance was still filed, whether he had played in MLB or not. This one will be filed just the same. And the result will likely be the same in both. You can argue the circumstances are rare, and I'd agree with that, but service time manipulation is something all teams engage in. That is common, though it comes in many forms and with many lame excuses.
  16. TheLeviathan
    I think the only difference here was the Twins openly citing service time. Otherwise I think this exactly what every other team would do. Sox and Jays are doing it too. Cubs might have the most glaring example ever. Didn't impact them one bit in FA.
  17. TheLeviathan
    Since every team is a bad actor in this regard, would it really matter? Cubs did it with Kris Bryant, didn't seem to hurt them. Just one example of many.
  18. TheLeviathan
    The best way to attract talent is with money. Dave St. Peter said it himself - the vast majority of the time the dollars do the talking. This will have zero impact on FA or any other contract negotiation outside of Buxton. And with Buxton it only matters if he becomes a functional starting baseball player beyond his defensive game.
  19. TheLeviathan
    Somebody can correct me if I'm wrong...but aren't error totals for infielders largely considered irrelevant because the playing surfaces are garbage?
  20. TheLeviathan
    Buxton is angling to be the league's first Designated Defender.
  21. TheLeviathan
    Well, yeah, that's a terrible way to handle that. You know something like that is going to be a blow to the player, you better have the guts to deliver the message yourself.
  22. TheLeviathan
    He's probably done as even a half-season elite bat. His age and position would indicate that the time was coming due soon.
  23. TheLeviathan
    The value of team control is that Buxton cannot walk no matter how good he is. We all hope he becomes an MVP player, but we're a long way off from that. We had two MVP months, let's expand that to 3 or 4 or 5 before we get too far down those roads. Most of Buxton's time in the big leagues has been closer to AAAA player than MVP. And that isn't even discussing the recurring migraines, wrist injuries, and other health concerns that seem to really debilitate his progress. And despite all those concerns, the FO still chose to give up a meaningless September because they believe 2022 Byron Buxton is valuable to the Twins. That's a belief in his future. It's too bad they didn't spend more time saying that.
  24. TheLeviathan
    I'm curious how you think he's a phony? In part, I think the optics look bad because of how open and honest the FO was with the public about the move. I'm not sure they are phonys, whether you agree with the decision or not. They were awfully candid about their reasoning IMO.
  25. TheLeviathan
    I think you're giving fans way too much credit. The bar for angst is much lower. Look no further than the trade deadline, of which you were a part. What would've been different is they would've had a legitimate leg to stand on. I think they should've spent more time talking about how Buxton couldn't even be relied to play every day since the wrist injury - that should've been front and center in their reasoning. We all know service time is a major factor, but so is health.
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