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  1. SteveLV
    Vasquez for Jansen is a blockbuster?
  2. SteveLV
    If the Marlins are looking to shed salary, do the Twins make the long move and try to get Alcantara? Will not play until 2025, and coming off TJS, but a STUD prior to injury. If we send Polanco, does that get it done? They get offense and salary relief in 2024 and we get pitching down the line on a reasonable contract. Or part of a larger trade involving other players?
  3. SteveLV
    If ever a time for a ardent Twins fan to miss, it was these last 2 weeks. Perhaps your speedy recovery will coincide with some action by the Twins FO now. They were waiting for you!
  4. SteveLV
    It seems to me that 99% of this analysis will turn upon injuries, or lack thereof. If Correa (God forbid) were hurt, Lee likely to be promoted. If AK goes down, Severino. If Buxton goes down, or can't play CF, Martin. Etc. For the pitchers, spring training performance will also come into play for guys like Canterino and Festa.
  5. SteveLV
    No chance. It would be waiving the white flag forever on Buxton, Bellinger is WAY out of the Twins' budget. He is a somewhat risky signing based on past performance. Big market teams do this. The Twins will and do not. (Now watch the Twins announce a singing in 15 minutes and shock the heck out of all of us!)
  6. SteveLV
    Just a thought: Could Keller be moved to the bullpen? Many guys see a velo spike when called on to pitch relief instead of starting.
  7. SteveLV
    With Kepler, in my mind at least, they really have two sensible options: Either trade him or extend him. It would be foolish to just let him play out the season and lose him for nothing next year, unless he plays so well you will extend a QO he would decline. And in that case, you should have extended him now. His trade value is higher now that at the trade deadline. I would try and extend him if I ran the FO. If his contract demands were unreasonable, shop him. He is a darn good player and should be a valuable trade asset.
  8. SteveLV
    I believe the Twins will also open up room with players shifted to the DL.
  9. SteveLV
    Article says he has 2 options left, so no need to put him through waivers to send to St. Paul, no?
  10. SteveLV
    I wonder if Lee straight up gets Luzardo? Lee plus a lottery pick type player deep in the minors? That would be a tough pill to swallow, but you have to trade good stuff to get good stuff, and Lee is largely blocked on the current roster. Then Polanco and Kepler can be shopped for prospects instead.
  11. SteveLV
    Huge overpay, and the Marlins don't want those 2 Vet salaries. Maybe one, but not both, IMO.
  12. SteveLV
    IMO Paddack would have a heck of lot more trade value on the open market with his contract than any of these other 4 listed players. Pitching is ridiculously expensive and valuable.
  13. SteveLV
    $18M 2024, $19M 2025, $1M option after 2024. For a pitcher who struggled badly last year. Pitching remains exhorbitant. Gray's contract seems a bargain!
  14. SteveLV
    Good find. Couple points. We don't know if he had the rib resection procedure. TOS is notoriously difficult to diagnose. Often times it is a fallback Dx after all else comes up negative. As a result, not all TOS procedures actually address the perceived problem. But I hope they did a great job on this young man and he flourishes.
  15. SteveLV
    Let's be candid: This is a gamble. Gentleman had a good arm, suffered injury, performance lapsed, and he had procedure. Most do not recover from that surgery to return to good pitching form. Fingers crossed for the Twins.
  16. SteveLV
    I don't want a strike. I want a strong commissioner (or other leader) to get the sides together, convince the owners to open the books., negotiate a fair compensation share, negotiate a new structure that puts more money in the players' collective pockets but implements a salary floor and ceiling similar to the NFL so the teams are on equal financial footing. It will never happen, but that is, ideally, what should be done. No, the Dodgers are not guaranteed a WS. But they are 4-1 odds favorites to do so. Twins, which have a decent squad, are 30--1, same as the number of teams in the league.
  17. SteveLV
    Exactly, Vanimal. You are still going to have good and bad teams. But then the differences will be due to managers, management, scouting, drafting and some luck, not who is the richest owner willing to buy teams. I greatly prefer the former.
  18. SteveLV
    We all know he has a no-trade clause. I was looking for good teams with deep pockets that might work for both Buxton and the Twins.
  19. SteveLV
    Pete Rozelle had a vision of a NATIONAL league that would be competitive and balanced. He got it done. MLB has never had a Commissioner with the power or cajones to do the same. The MLB Commissioners have acted as employees of the owners rather than caretakers or stewards of the game as a whole. So unfortunate.
  20. SteveLV
    That is why you need a strong Commissioner to ramrod the changes that are necessary for the long-term success of the League.
  21. SteveLV
    You have to wonder whether a team like the Giants or Phillies might take a flyer on him. Deep pockets, can afford the risk. Don't want him in the American League where he could haunt us. But it seems unlikely he would agree on a trade, but you never know.... So sad to see him struggle with health.
  22. SteveLV
    Good teams in football are good teams, run by good coaches, good FO's and good scouting (and lucky, too!) What good teams in football are NOT are spending more than other teams can spend. Hope that sorts it out for you. Sure, the DBacks had a great year. Just look at Vegas, where the real smart people analyze teams' chances. The Dodgers are +400 to win the 2024 WS. The A's are +30,000 . Just noodle on that a bit. The Dodgers are, according to same very smart people in Vegas, 75 times more likely to win the WS than the A's. You will NEVER see those kinds of odds to win the Super Bowl 6 months before the season in the NFL. And the NFL actually has 2 more teams than MLB.
  23. SteveLV
    The NFL has more parity than MLB. To just use winning percentage is inaccurate. A team could be .400 and be 30 games out of first place. More importantly, you see massive swings in wins and competitiveness in the NFL from season to season. You don't see that in MLB. As far as the money is concerned, I do agree that more money should go to the players, just not all to the handful of superstars. The system should be merit based, but more money should flow to the younger players who are often times performing best of all. A hard FLOOR is the key to the discussion, as well as a set percentage that ALWAYS goes to the players. Because MLB ownership is reluctant to share information on actual revenues, I don't think anyone has an accurate number on what percentage is actually paid to the players. In the NFL it is hard-wired to 51%. I cannot fathom that the MLBPA would balk at a deal where the owners would open their books, the players would get a negotiated set percentage paid to them guaranteed, and the teams themselves have hard caps and floors to level the spending. Then the best teams would be the ones who spend their money wisely and develop the best players and make the best trades. This as opposed to the richest teams enjoying an unfair advantage over small market opponents. Can we agree on this?
  24. SteveLV
    I like watching pro football, but baseball is my first love and I played it for 26 years. It is just a simple fact that the NFL has parity, and MLB does not. I enjoy a level playing field.
  25. SteveLV
    Major League Ready raises an interesting point. Would the individual team revenue (before any redistribution) for the big market teams decline if there was an NFL style hard cap, hard floor for all teams? My hypothesis would be, No. Still big cities with big fan bases that love baseball. Would overall gross income go up for the league as a whole? I believe it would, as fans in the small market teams would feel a vested, legitimate chance to contend and beat anyone that comes into town. As I said in another thread, the old adage of a rising tide raises all ships applies, IMO. Of course this will be a major financial haircut for the big market teams, but they are part of a league and should have a responsibility to make sure the competition is viable. The current arrangement where the big market teams partially subsidize the small teams--and then those small teams have no obligation to spend the money on payroll or stadium improvements or scouting or minor league development is equally preposterous. Who voted for that BS?
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