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  1. Willihammer
    My god. Cory Seager Joc Pederson, Clayton Kershaw, Kenley Jansen, Yasiel Puig, this is what a team that has already won the prospect lottery looks like. I don't know how many times he will have to fall short in the playoffs, but at some point Friedman will come to Jesus when it comes to the price of going over the top. Either that or lose his job. Its the natural order of things.
  2. Willihammer
    Good.
  3. Willihammer
    Wow, two teams with 95 win projections. Giants not too far back with 88 and the Rockies are a wildcard IMO. I'd probably take the over on them. If I'm Friedman, I want to avoid a play-in game at all costs. Pay the Twins the 2nd-3rd pieces they want because Dozier would all but seal the deal on another division crown.
  4. Willihammer
    I'd say there's definitely more upside there, and possibly more depth. But the Cubs rotation was amazingly consistent last year. I think they only used like 6 starters all season.
  5. Willihammer
    IF the Twins trade Dozier to the Dodgers, then the Dodgers would have to be neck and neck with the Cubs as the early going favorite, no? Maybe even have the slight edge. I'm guessing their lineup would look something like: Dozier Seager Turner Gonzalez Pederson Puig Grandal Toles That would be quite fearsome.
  6. Willihammer
    Agree. I'd also make Johan Santana available, but ask for more prospect wise obviously.
  7. Willihammer
    And, as mentioned, its a buyers market. Whole pitching staff could benefit, etc. We need starting pitching more, yes, but the market is the exact opposite. Ivan Nova is asking for 5/80 for cripes sakes.
  8. Willihammer
    I see 2 main reason for doing it. Maybe three. 1. Gives Castro more days off, which insures he will be healthier in years 2-3 and more productive in the interim. 2. In all likelihood a MLB backup gives Twins more production on Castro's off days. 3. Possible trade chip
  9. Willihammer
    @ Thrylos, nice roundup. I have no faith in Murphy. Garver is interesting. The bat looks ok and the arm looks ok but no idea about his pitch blocking, game calling, framing, etc. Maybe he's ready for the show, but he has options and keeping him down a half or full season longer to slow cook wouldn't be the end of the world in my book. The rest of those names are organizational filler, at least for now.
  10. Willihammer
    Matt Wieters, Jarrod Saltalamacchia, Chris Iannetta, Geovany Soto, and of course our old buddies Kurt Suzuki and A.J. Pierzynski are still unsigned (full list here). Castro is most likely going to be the highest paid catcher this year at 24.5 million. Basically, its a buyers market and the Twins are still very thin organizationally behind Castro IMO. Should the Twins sign another catcher?
  11. Willihammer
    Not that I know of. I didn't mean to imply the market had changed, I don't think it was ever that great to begin with. Talking about the trade market for MLB 2Bs here, not "the market" for all tradeable MLB talent.
  12. Willihammer
    Different market. The Cards, Mets, etc aren't calling about Dozier because everyone except the Dodgers is set at 2B.
  13. Willihammer
    I hope the Twins aren't afraid to walk away. The market sucks right now.
  14. Willihammer
    There were dubious claims earlier that the Yankees might also be interested but lately the smoke seems to be about the Dodgers only.
  15. Willihammer
    Yes, yes it is Seth. Go to bed!
  16. Willihammer
    Maybe the White Sox if they move Frazier?
  17. Willihammer
    Fair point but on the other hand, he got all those PAs by keeping himself in great shape and not having any nagging injuries, which must have some value too.
  18. Willihammer
    ****e Sox signed Holland yesterday folks. 1 year / $6m with incentives. edit: D'oh nevermind it was Derek HOlland they signed not Greg.
  19. Willihammer
    We're just going to have to agree to disagree here. Moving on...
  20. Willihammer
    Seriously? For starters, millions of Americans put their investments in the hands of money managers who, in a flat tax environment, would be incentivized to trade on momentum ie. speculation in order to reach performance goals. It would encourage even more risk taking than is already taking place and ultimately hurt returns for the average Joe.
  21. Willihammer
    Berardino is very good. I have no complaints with Lavelle, he covers the basics fine.
  22. Willihammer
    Gains on long term investments should not be taxed the same as gains on day trades / speculation. Personally don't think the system is broken but if they wanted to add a 10% or 5% bracket for 3+ year holdings I'd definitely be in favor of that.
  23. Willihammer
    That's an interesting strategy. On the one hand there is an argument for rebalancing periodically but that must add transaction costs and taxes selling winners all the time, no?
  24. Willihammer
    Nice job Mike. Question- do you have a price target? How long will you hold NVDA?
  25. Willihammer
    One bank I did buy is the Bank of Greece. I bought in last summer when they announced changes to management as required by their bailout conditions. There are more indications now that the country might have reached bottom. Its speculative, its a penny stock, and if the bank nationalizes those shares will be worth zero. But there's a good amount of upside IMO.
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