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  1. TheLeviathan
    A salary cap is what allows for equality in talent acquisition. It's like the (much needed) regulations we have that (should be) preventing Apple from leveraging their market share to bully out smaller businesses. That regulation can't solve an overall economic system that pushes 90% of profits towards the big cats. And that's the problem - how they split the pie that determines the cap. The cap itself is not part of that. I hope players win a 70/30 share.....with a salary cap/floor/rev sharing agreement.
  2. TheLeviathan
    Also....the argument that a salary cap is the owners winning is only based on how the players/owners decide to split the overall revenues. Salary caps, by themselves, are a wonderful thing. If they are implemented in a system where revenues are split 80/20 for owners/players....then yeah, the money is screwed up. But the problem is entirely unrelated to the cap itself.
  3. TheLeviathan
    This is such a ridiculous argument. The NFL has parity because of its revenue and talent distribution systems. MLB has "parity" because baseball is flukey as *@$^*.
  4. TheLeviathan
    I agree with this and I'm heavily on the side of "pay players more"....however, there is no denying that the cap/floor/revenue sharing issue has blame on both sides of this debate. The owners want some portions of those things for the wrong reasons and the players want none of those things for the wrong reasons. And we the fans suffer. (Except Dodgers fans)
  5. TheLeviathan
    All true....and I'd still pick the Bears to win the NFC West and NFC South if they moved there tomorrow.
  6. TheLeviathan
    I don't remember any single division in the NFL being as strong as the North is this year in my entire memory of being an NFL fan. (At least by perception before Week 1 hits)
  7. TheLeviathan
    I would bet the "For Sale" sign goes up shortly after the expansion fees get divied up.
  8. TheLeviathan
    I'm really happy to hear this.....but this shouldn't start with 25 year olds in the majors. This begins the moment they hit your minor league system. It might even begin before that when you scout players for their acumen running bases. We heard Brooks Lee had a great mind for the game, but a few years in our minor leagues appears to have wiped this from his brain. This strategy shift should be organizational.
  9. TheLeviathan
    This is where I fall as well. Also....I don't care if Baldelli makes $1 or 10 million.....firing him is burning money. And we all know how the people cutting checks feel about squeezing the blood out of every last dime.
  10. TheLeviathan
    For sure. And with the way they loaded the cap.....I think they believe next year's cap sees a major increase.
  11. TheLeviathan
    Good article, the vibes should be pissed off. It all starts with this ownership group. They employ Falvey. They employ St. Peter. They've been the ones f$@%@$ing up our experience as fans for my entire life. It's hard to have hope for the future when the status quo doesn't change.
  12. TheLeviathan
    Plus a top 5 pick. The last time we had that we netted 2 out of these 3 guys.
  13. TheLeviathan
    Good catch....yeah that's true.
  14. TheLeviathan
    It really closes the book on an awful first draft year for Kwesi. I think we've improved since then, but that really set us back.
  15. TheLeviathan
    They'll resort to Necromancy before they give up on Dave St. Peter so this tracks.
  16. TheLeviathan
    All season long our issue has been offense. I was 100% for blowing up this team at the deadline, but one thing I do scratch my head at is the lack of talent acquisition that centered on position players. I really hope this team uses the offseason to bolster the everyday players around Keaschall, Buxton, and whomever else is still around in the years ahead. The lineup just has way too many gaping holes in it.
  17. TheLeviathan
    We established it about a month and a half before that by my eye.
  18. TheLeviathan
    Twins fans......
  19. TheLeviathan
    You tried really hard in another thread to deny they even had input in Correa. At least we've moved past that I guess. Maybe it's time to take a step back and examine the bias you're walking in with. I don't know why we're protecting the Pohlads from criticism. Truly. Unless you're in the will, it's pointless. Let's just check off some things that shouldn't be controversial to acknowledge: Money spent on payroll has had a high correlation to winning in MLB. It has for many seasons now and that correlation has gotten stronger, not weaker. So....while you CAN (in the strictly logical use of the word) compete without payroll increases, it is demonstrably much more difficult to achieve. Especially for any long period of time. The Pohlads "right-sizing" the payroll started this decline. Their penny-pinching will allow it to fester. The Pohlads absolutely mettle in moves for talent based on financial obligations. They have been doing so since Terry Ryan. Their GMs just understand their role: fall on the sword in public, win their favor, keep your job. Cutting payroll by the margins we're talking since 2023 is a wildly significant talent deficit. There is just no other way around that.
  20. TheLeviathan
    The one thing that doesn't track here from previous Pohlad-run media deals is that these all seem to run through the same provider. Where is the insurance offer for the inevitable, random "Welp....guess your streaming service is cutting you off" eventuality?
  21. TheLeviathan
    And by that you mean.....Go (lost some more games) Twins!
  22. TheLeviathan
    I'm sure all the money they bank next year in the rebuild will be stashed away, ready to pounce as soon as we're contenders!
  23. TheLeviathan
    I think that even if the moves they made have a good rate of pay-off...we're still looking at legit contention after whenever this brutal lock-out/strike/CBA battle ends. I expect Lopez and probably Larnach to be traded. Ideally they come away with someone that can play 1B in the deal. A bullpen arm or two by trade wouldn't hurt either. They'll have to be active on the trade market regardless. But there are a wealth of guys in the minors that we can hope for....it just ain't going to be in 2026. Not unless they pull off some trade miracles.
  24. TheLeviathan
    One day I'd like to live in a world where MLB just shares media revenues and we don't have to keep playing these stupid games.
  25. TheLeviathan
    If they step up and contribute, it definitely helps KAM's reputation for talent acquisition.
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