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  1. TheLeviathan
    With the way we know middle infielders age....I'd be really wary of a deal in the 7-10 year range. But I doubt any team locks in him in with less term than that. I'd happily pay him 3 years and 45M per, but I don't think he goes for that either. Which leads me to believe an extension just isn't in the cards. Baseball can't get a salary cap soon enough.
  2. TheLeviathan
    Twins have the 3rd most wins in the AL, 4th best win %. Sometimes you just have a crummy game of ABs.
  3. TheLeviathan
    The same poster said this. So your "trust" mileage ought to be very minimal.
  4. TheLeviathan
    This. The Twins got a few bad breaks, couldn't get a big two out hit, or didn't execute with the bases loaded. Just one of those games when things didn't bounce their way. (And then a bunch of fielding blunders)
  5. TheLeviathan
    Part of the problem is that if you use that crew, you get compared to TNG. And that's a high bar. Even Season 1, which was good, never felt like it touched what I loved about TNG. I too will give Season 3 a shot but I'm not coming in with much enthusiasm. I have to give SNW a shot, I've been meaning too but Picard soured me pretty hard.
  6. TheLeviathan
    I definitely agree as a team building strategy!
  7. TheLeviathan
    The Braves hoarded mediocre outfielders, not relievers. I agree adding to the bullpen should be a priority but some of our narratives don't match the facts.
  8. TheLeviathan
    MCU fans don't have that 40 year old servitude to adhere to. They said right off the bat "Nope, we're doing our own thing, come along or don't" I think Star Wars fans are their own worst enemy. They demand fealty to ideas/tropes/storytelling that has always held the series back. They complain if they aren't there, they complain if they're there and nothing is new, and they complain when they get bold, new takes. The entire recent trilogy of Star Wars is a microcosm of those problems. Only the Mandalorian has risen above those problems and, surprise, one of the MCU's main guys is behind it.
  9. TheLeviathan
    How many TD accounts do Fred and Terry have combined? Right now 85% of posts are being made by them....
  10. TheLeviathan
    I'm going to get things thrown at me for this....but as I've tried to help give my kids context for Mandalorian, Obi-Wan, Star Wars Rebels, etc.....I have not come away warm and fuzzy about Star Wars. We've tried several of the movies and I don't blame them for losing interest. Most of the plots are sorta bad. They float between boring and listless and meandering and then sprinkle in some action. I still appreciate them but damned if I didn't have an existential crisis about whether I appreciate them purely as nostalgia or something more. *ducks*
  11. TheLeviathan
    Man, the ball just explodes off this guy's bat. He's got this compact, vicious swing. I'm trying to figure out who he reminds me off.....almost feels like a less roided-Bagwell.
  12. TheLeviathan
    First, I wasn't speaking to you in the first place and you interjected yourself so I responded. If you didn't want to start a conversation, you didn't need to interject in the first place. Second, my response was completely respectful. Fallacious is not an insult, it is an adjective to describe reasoning that is out of whack. A billion people can think Baldelli is bad at his job and it adds no actual weight to criticisms if they can't stand on their own. I suggested an alternative for people who have a problem with Baldelli. Coming into every post-game thread for generic Baldelli ripping is old. Specific criticisms of in-game actions? Sure, makes total sense. The poster I quoted had no detailed or meaningful criticism to offer. So I took issue with "Baldelli sucks!" as a constant minefield in every thread. It's borderline trolling and I merely pointed that out to another poster who you rushed to defend.
  13. TheLeviathan
    The team is 30-21 with a 5 game lead while their best player has been in a month long tailspin, their second best player has been in and out of the lineup due to injury and now covid, their third best player is in the midst of a rough stretch, the pitching staff has been decimated by injury, and Covid has added a nice touch just to keep things interesting. I'm personally of the belief that managers are largely irrelevant, but people need to take a breath and perhaps contemplate the full array of facts. I mean, you're trying so god damn hard to have your belief that you're literally cherry picking out Garlick to make points. Maybe, if you have to try that hard to make a point, there's something wrong with your point.
  14. TheLeviathan
    Then have a Baldelli gripe thread. This is a single game article where people discuss the goings-on of one game. Turning every one of these into a (often) baseless Baldelli whine-fest is obnoxious and unnecessary. Also, the idea that "lots of people think it!" is justification for it being valid is fallacious reasoning.
  15. TheLeviathan
    These takes are just so bizarre. A decimated squad has a bad game of ABs and we rush to complain about Baldelli? The hell?
  16. TheLeviathan
    With Cole Sands pitching I didn't think the reason we lost was going to be a totally inept offensive showing. The pitching was pretty damn good today and we were just pathetic offensively. After Wentz left, Peralta couldn't throw strikes and we kept bailing him out swinging at bad pitches.
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    This explains so much.
  18. TheLeviathan
    Don't tell the game threads that. It's a dumpster fire of loud, bad takes. Correa was sent back to the team hotel with symptoms, they tested him, and he came back positive. I hope he's back by the end of the week!
  19. TheLeviathan
    Good to know that Correa was out due to Covid-19 protocols, there were a lot of assumption made about rest time. It looks like they're just grinding right now severely undermanned. They can't blunder on defense and win in that case. They need to execute, get outs, and help their pitching staff out. They didn't do that today - Garlick had a good shot at robbing a HR, Miranda botched two plays that should've ended innings, and they ran into a out. Hopefully we can take two tomorrow.
  20. TheLeviathan
    Do tell? His numbers are ridiculous. I hope he finds success in St Paul and we see him soon!
  21. TheLeviathan
    I agree with you, but given the way this team is resting players and relying on a short bench.....I'm not sure they can let go of Gordon. We basically need our 2-3 man bench to be able to play everywhere. I'm 100% with you on Steer, but Gordon's ability to do IF and OF is something this team needs to have. (Also why I think we're at a point where Lewis has to stay up)
  22. TheLeviathan
    As others have noted, especially in light of Kepler's injury, I think the answer is "we need both". Plus, I think it's time to start talking about Steer being a guy in this mix as well.
  23. TheLeviathan
    Right, this guy was completely off my radar but reading recent minor league reports and watching highlights.....this guy obliterates baseballs. The swing is pretty and the ball explodes off his bat. This guy sure looks like a player.
  24. TheLeviathan
    I've gotten into the books lately. I know this sounds like a high-brow, derivative comment....but the books really are much, much better than the show. I find the show pretty good, but the pacing and plotting in the books is far superior IMO. And, for the record, I don't always say that. For example, the LOTR is WAY better as a movie series. The Shining too.
  25. TheLeviathan
    Worth noting: the FO and Baldelli have stated that they work in concert. Each of Baldelli's decisions may be micro, but the reasons behind them are generally decided on a macro level. Taking issue with them is certainly fine, but remember that anything we say about what he "should" have done is arguing a counterfactual. We'll never know if what we think is better would have actually been better. Also worth noting.....considering the team's record, it certainly appears that the vast majority of his decisions are working well. Putting in Megill over Smith. Or Duran over Duffey. Or pulling X guy here. Take your pick in any of our W's so far this year. We all have the tendency not to count all those positive, micro decisions in our moments of frustration. Given the team's record, I think it's fair to say maybe he deserves some credit there....no? There will always be a human element and that element will always be subject to mistakes. Hell, baseball has a ton of randomness to it, no amount of computing or guts can perfectly navigate that minefield. All you can do is look for advantages and analytics, IMO, helps eliminate noise and bias for teams to do that. How we use it can certainly be subject to mistakes and criticism.
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