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  1. SteveLV
    Just to be crystal clear, I am NOT blaming the Dodgers for doing what they are doing. I am NOT blaming Ohtani or Yamamato or any other player for getting a huge contract. I am angry that MLB is getting ruined by the current salary system. The young, great players are getting screwed. The minor leaguers are getting completely screwed. The average MLB'ers are getting screwed. The older Superstars are getting over compensated. The league teams are not on equal footing and it is non-competitive by its structure, or lack thereof. NFL is fair. MLB is not. The owners, players and agents have endorsed a CBA that guarantees it is unfair. But they don't care, because they have been doing it that way for 40 years. Fear not: I will follow our plucky little team and hope against hope they catch lightning in a bottle once every few decades. But I will certainly never follow it all as closely as the NFL, and I actually like the game of baseball better.
  2. SteveLV
    There is not risk in spending money if you have lots of it, and there is no salary cap to punish you for bad contracts. Take a look at the MN Wild right now. They have 2 mammoth contracts for Paresi and Suter, neither of whom are on the team. They took a big gamble, but with the hard cap it cost them in the long run. THAT is risk. The Yankees or Dodgers dumping hundreds of millions is not a true risk in that the franchise can easily overcome spending mistakes. Trading away young players who might be superstars IS a risk.
  3. SteveLV
    chpettit19 and others, what is wrong with the NFL system with hard floor and hard cap, full revenue sharing model? I sincerely want to know the downside of that system adopted by MLB. Original JB, I know next to nothing about soccer but it sounds innovative. But if it encourages disparate spending, I am against it. I don't want to be a fan of a league with have and have nots trying to compete against each other.
  4. SteveLV
    DJL44 beat me to it. Pitching in the modern game is so much better than 50-70 years ago it is not even comparable. Multiple relievers each game throwing over 95 with wicked breaking pitches is just very difficult to hit. I think all of us would rather see the Twins have fewer K's. Get better hitters, or get your existing hitters to hit better. Julien is a terrific leadoff hitter. He should have had at least 10 more walks and 10 fewer K's based upon lousy 3rd strike calls last season. He would greatly benefit from the RoboUmp. Hopefully his reputation as a discerning eye at the plate will start to get him more close calls in the coming years.
  5. SteveLV
    The Twins are looking to trade their good player in the final year of his contract: Kepler. I hope they don't, but that is what is being reported. That is consistent with Major League Ready's post above. Burnes will go to a big market team that can afford to either re-sign him or sign someone else next year for big money instead. The only way the Twins will get top pitching talent is via trade or development. The Coles, Verlanders and Yamamatos will never play for the Twins under the current system.
  6. SteveLV
    The big markets would agree if they wanted to part of a league. Just like Dallas and NY in the NFL. A rising tide floats all boats. If you kill the competitiveness of the league, or the perception of competitiveness, you will lose fans. True parity is one of the reasons the NFL is the King of all sports leagues. Baseball is a wonderful game, but the professional sports league is in real danger.
  7. SteveLV
    Please see my thread "Baseball is Broken, Again". Unless MLB does something to make the playing field remotely equitable, they are going to lose their fans in the small markets, and perhaps they just don't care. I would be like letting Jerry Jones have no salary cap and sign every good player in football and laugh at the rest of the league. The NFL has shown how to have a competitive, fair league. Baseball is completely unfair.
  8. SteveLV
    Well, Battle, the Rangers certainly won the World Series with players they acquired in FA, spending big 2 years in a row and at the trade deadline.
  9. SteveLV
    Exhibit 2: Yamamato contract, $325M, not even including the posting fees. MLB, fix yourself or you are going to lose fans in the small market areas. Maybe you don't care.
  10. SteveLV
    Too rich for one year, and we KNOW the Twins will not extend him just like they refused to extend Gray and Maeda. They don't like paying the second and third contracts for pitchers over 30. Period. So Polanco for Burnes, sure. Adding 2 good pitching prospects, no thanks. If they want something else low value like Gordon or something like that, sure. A big market team like the Yankees, BoSox, Giants or Dodgers will trade for him, not our team, IMO.
  11. SteveLV
    Prime, please. Already have it, millions do, and it is cheap and useful for those who could add it.
  12. SteveLV
    No, because Ohtani is not a pre-Arb eligible player. No, Arb figures are based on their actual salaries, to my knowledge. This is literally a bonus pool of $50M spread out to younger players (who are getting a lousy deal under the CBA, and this mitigates that a tiny bit).
  13. SteveLV
    Yikes, did not realize his contract terms! No thanks. Very good pitcher, but Twins will never do that. If they were willing to, they would have re-signed Gray for less years, similar money, known commodity.
  14. SteveLV
    Seattle is unlikely to trade any of their young pitchers. They are in the same boat as the Twins, financially. We would have to empty the farm system for a pitcher like Gilbert. If we are going to absorb the salary of an injured pitcher, I would prefer Alcantara to Ray. Cy Young, younger, and better stuff prior to TJS. Just seems unlikely the Twins would take on either salary unless several existing contracts are going out the door in the same, or separate, trades. Vasquez as part of trade to Marlins might work? I like getting Luzardo and Alacantara from the Marlins with younger players/prospects/Vasquez, and Polanco to the Blue Jays for prospects, preferably LHP prospects.
  15. SteveLV
    Couple comments. On Winokur, the thing that is unusual about him, given his enormous size, is how short and compact his RH swing is. He has long arms/levers, but still keeps it short and powerful. Very intriguing. On Soto, it is also his size. He is only 17 and could grow taller and certainly will fill out and get stronger as he finishes maturing. He already humps it up to triple digits. Pitchers are high risk, but he certainly has the rare physical attributes. He actually reminds a bit of a RH Randy Johnson with his length and size. FIngers crossed, and sure hope the Twins do not flip him in a trade this spring.
  16. SteveLV
    Certainly nice gains for those guys. But let's get real: 101 guys split up $50M, or 71% of Ohtani's contract with the Dodgers. Yep, system is quite equitable and fair....
  17. SteveLV
    I like Toronto as a match up as a Twins trade partner, but I HATE these actual trades. My goodness, Monoah received the Miguel Sano treatment last year, all the way down to the developmental league in Florida. Plus their 30th ranked prospect? Seriously, for a 3 times All Star on a very reasonable contract? Then, Kepler, who was the 3rd best hitter in baseball after the ASB last year for a 30 year old ok reliever? Big pass on this, too. I would rather keep Kepler than 3 Swanson's. The Blue Jays have 5 really nice Lefties in their minors (Tiedemann, Barriera, Rojas, Macko and Fluharty), how about some of that? If we are trading established MLB players on reasonable contracts, the Twins should be receiving some legitimate prospects in return, not mediocrity.
  18. SteveLV
    Is there any indication that the Marlins want to move Alcantara rather than paying him to rehab for the 2024 season to the tune of $9M guaranteed plus $17M in 2025 coming off TJS and $17M in 2026 and $21M in 2027???? So $64M guaranteed through 2027? I am truly asking if the Marlins experts here have any information on that. Because that might be a contract they want to get away from and that might be the catalyst of a larger deal, assuming the Twins are willing to take on that contract??? Thoughts?
  19. SteveLV
    Does Julien, ERod, Vasquez, Gordon and Sands get you Luzardo and Alcantara? Marlins save money, Twins take the huge risk on Alcantara. Man, it would be so much fun to be the fly on the wall and listen in on trade offers and negotiations!
  20. SteveLV
    This discussion also dovetails with the other discussion I raised about how broken and inequitable MLB is under the current CBA. Here we have a budding superstar who is going to get relative peanuts over the next 5 prime years of his career and, God forbid, if he gets injured further may never see the big payday. Too much money going to aging Vets, way too little money going to young studs. I cannot believe this is something that ALL the players actually want.
  21. SteveLV
    Really like Luzardo. Like trade #3 the best, which suggests it is not enough. I would REALLY like #3 if we can also send Kepler to Boston for Teel so we get some catching help on the horizon, too. Finally, I would like to get Meyer back to Minnesota and perhaps broaden the deal to secure him, too. Didn't I read somewhere that Luzardo and Lopez are close? That would be an added bonus when it comes to extending him.
  22. SteveLV
    Lewis is the only current Twin I would consider for an early extension, and, even then, the injury issue looms. He is certainly a quality person and is playing beautifully. If he can stay on the field, he is quite the player and I have zero problem extending him. Does Boras?
  23. SteveLV
    I guess I am more concerned and interested in their 2024 lineup. Fun speculation, but it is not in any way realistic to think anyone can accurately predict 4 years out. Injuries, trades, retirements, flame-outs, young players blossoming, just way too many variables to project.
  24. SteveLV
    If they need 2B help, the Twins should send Polo and some cash to offset his modest salary. They might prefer Julien, and I would trade Julien in a package for Luzardo. Something along the lines of Polanco, cash, ERod, Keaschall and Hall for Luzardo and Meyer. Marlins add tons of offense and young, cheap prospects; Twins add pitching.
  25. SteveLV
    Red Sox are an interesting matchup for a potential Polanco trade. They don't have a ton of pitching depth, but something like Gonzalez and Perales for Polanco might work. Both a year or two away with big arms. I wonder if we could pry Teel away from them? Liked him in the last draft, his power was not on display during brief pro debut, but C is such a tough position to find talent in.....
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