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Nobody is really defending the Twins for not making it. Its just Twins fans are so use to our front office being complacent that we arent surpised that the Twins did pull this trade off themselves.
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Totally disagree...The Pohlads are not my favorite choice for owners either, but I would take them any day over Loria. Loria is a shameless pig and a thief. He's a leach on major League baseball and if I were another owner I would take any steps necessary to have him removed as owner of the Marlins I didnt say Pohlad was as bad as Loria. I did say both are cheap as hell. I agree Loria should be removed as an owner, shame on him, shame on Bud Selig.
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Was probably thinking, should have applied for the Toronto job :-) Hahahahah probably. But obviously the Blue Jays must not have liked him to be the next Manager.
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Torii Hunter signs 2 year deal with Detroit
AllhopeisgoneMNTWINS replied to YourHouseIsMyHouse's topic in Other Baseball
2 year 26 million dollar deal. Wholly cow, not a signifcant drop off of pay from his Angel Contract. -
Torii Hunter signs 2 year deal with Detroit
AllhopeisgoneMNTWINS replied to YourHouseIsMyHouse's topic in Other Baseball
This is a mighty upgrade from Delmon "Im to fat to have a good OBP" Young. Replacing Young with Hunter is a very good deal for the Tigers. John Bonnes- The Tigers Owner is getting old. I dont know if you saw him after the ALCS, but this guy looks like he could croak at any time. He wants to see a World Series team desperately. -
Yeah, i think everyone forgets Redmond was a minor league manager for the Jays. So maybe he had some say in this???
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None of that makes it ridiculous to feel that they SHOULD be able to spend 125+M. We know realistically they won't...I already said that...but that doesn't make it ridiculous to think that we should be spending more, based on what the tax payers were told when the team was begging for a new stadium to be mostly funded by the taxpayers. Our payroll in 2007 was 71+M. That was 6 seasons ago. Think about how much salaries have gone up in 6 years. They fandangled a new stadium and team salary last year was 94M? 23M dollar increase...less than 4M per season on average...you think that covers increase in salaries around the league? AND they have a new ballpark, with all the increased revenue. It's a good thing the new ballpark was paid for so we could add a whopping 23M to the payroll... We all knew it would happen. Loria just like Pohlad are cheap as hell. Pohlad pulled a fast one on Minnesota and Loria pulled a colassal fast one on Miami. Either way as long as Pohlad owns the twins we will always be a cheap team.
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Should the Twins go after Stephen Drew?
AllhopeisgoneMNTWINS replied to AllhopeisgoneMNTWINS's topic in Minnesota Twins Talk
Thank you ASAFCHIEF, now we just need to go after this guy! -
Should the Twins go after Stephen Drew?
AllhopeisgoneMNTWINS replied to AllhopeisgoneMNTWINS's topic in Minnesota Twins Talk
Im pretty Joe Mauer could teach him how to be "Minnesota Nice" -
So, it's unrealistic to have the team raise payroll from 112.7M in 2011 to 125+M in 2013. We can drop payroll by 18M like we did last year...which also gave us a payroll lower than what we had in 2010...but it's ridiculous to expect them to spend 125M+? If done smartly, why is this too much to ask them to do? Won't happen, of course, but why is it ridiculous to feel they should If the Twins were adding 50 million in payroll it would push the budget to 150, not 125 million. Ummm hello....whats the Twins payroll as of right now somewhere in vicinity of 75 million so if we add 50 million it would be about 125 million, i wasnt talking about our payroll last season during the season, im talking about now that certain contracts are off the payroll and whatnot. Its the Twins...if we are lucky we will see them spend maybe....maybe 115 million at the most, the 1112.7 was a complete aberration and you can make a likely bet it sure as heck is not happening this year and it likely never will.
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Pitching wise, Buehrle might have been able to teach some of our up and coming pitcher (Scott Diamond) and Josh Johnson is an ace. Either way the money the the Blue Jays are taking on i dont think is worth the trade not at all (For the Twins).
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Should the Twins go after Stephen Drew?
AllhopeisgoneMNTWINS replied to AllhopeisgoneMNTWINS's topic in Minnesota Twins Talk
True but the A's also....until last year do not spend money, so it doesnt raise to many flags for me. Why not? He is better the Florimon, Escobar or Carrol. He made some great plays defensively towards the end of the season. He didnt get fully healthy until September and thats when he started to turn it on somewhat. -
I hear what your saying, it would be nice for the Twins to go against the grain and go out and sign some guys but realistically, they probably wont. All we as Twins fans can do is hope they prove us wrong and spend some money, although spending money does not always equal success.
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Probably, they had a lot of guys play out their minds last year. Mostly pitching wise.
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Yeah, that is exactly right. Based on what we know, they added a headache, a utility infielder, one OK prospect and one prospect who wasn't a top 30. That's very different than the scenario that you laid out above. Exactly a very different scenario. You hit this one right on the head Seth. Redmond deserves better than this. I wonder if he knew this might happen when he became their manager? Either way it seems like the Marlins did not want to go through all the headache of multiple trades, and just do a straight salary dump, or else like mike wants wins said they would have done multiple trades.
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He was released by the St. Louis Cardinals today. Has a lifetime ERA of 3.69. He did have a down year last year posting a 5.3 ERA but had a little bit of arm/shoulder problems last year. I would not mind signing him on the cheap. Thoughts?
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Their numbers are awfully similar. Like I said, I dont think we should go after either pitcher. We have enough 4's and 5's.
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Hmmm but Blanton is low #4 or a #5 pitcher at best. Im not to interest in getting Joe Blanton.
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amen , he was busy trying to lowball scott baker ,this just shows another reason for curly lyan to be fired , total failure to fix anything except lining the owners pockets This is one of the most idiotic things i have ever seen. The Blue Jays just added 50 million in payroll. Be realistic here, there is no way the Twins would up the payroll to 125 + million......cmon now....
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Exactly right. Wish Pohlad would do this. Just for not as much money as the Blue Jays just spent.
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Lets see to get Stanton it would probably cost....Sano...Kepler...Gibson...and whoever else is our top prospects that the Marlins would want.
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I know Stephen Drew had a down year last year coming off major surgery. He did look pretty good towards the end of the A's season. I think he can regain some of the skills that made him one of the best Shortstops in the league while he was with the Diamondbacks. Anyone else think that the Twins should go after him? I think they should.
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Haha, 2 more years...thats to much time.
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Yes, exactly right. This just adds more to the competitive balance out in the east. I hated always seeing ONLY the Yanks and the Sox at the top of that division, and now the whole division looks like any one of those teams has a good shot at the playoffs. Should make next September interesting that is for sure
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See I have always wanted to see Cuban own a MLB team, he may be a character but he knows how to run a team.