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How do you figure? In 2015, most, if not all, of our starters are gonna be pre-arbitration players or 1 year arbitration players? Sano, Parmelee, Rosario, Florimon (or another young guy), Hicks, Arcia, Benson/Buxton, Gibson, May, Meyer, Diamond, Worley (or Berrios). Other than Mauer, where are they spending?
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Tickets sales, maybe?
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I was ecstatic when we traded for him and royally ticked off when he was traded away. No hindsight for me. And Hardy was trade before Nishi signed. And it was Gardy who specifically said he wanted speed. Hardy had an OPS over .800 in the 2nd half and had the best UZR/150 for starting shortstops.
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Yep, and Gardy wanted Casilla for his shortstop.
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Indeed :-)
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Yes, anything can happen in the playoffs, but we're 2-15 the last 5 playoff series, we've lost 12 straight playoff games and we've been swept the last three appearances
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Even if Willingham isn't traded, we only have him for two more years. He'll be gone in 2015 anyway
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Payroll is gonna be at 80M this year...we'll drop at least another 20M when Morneau and Willingham are gone....and we're not bringing in any high price talent. We could have pre-arbitration eligible or 1st year arbitration players at every starting spot besides Mauer. We're talking Sano, Rosario, Parmelee, Florimon, Hicks, Arcia, maybe Benson. Along with Gibson, May, Meyer, Worley, Diamond. Why would 10M stifle us in 2015?
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are you talking about articles like the kind I posted on page two of this thread?
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How many guys can we have on the back end of the rotation? Every time we sign someone they say say, not so bad, he's a back end guy. We have nothing but hopeful #3s to go along with 4s and 5s. Be nice if we could get a front end guy
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Again, competing in 2015 with mostly players who are in the minors right now is an unrealistic projection. 2015 is about the time we'll see most of our better prospects finally all up, but that's not going to right away make us competitive. '87 team took 5 years for them to all gel and get rolling to be competitive. People, mostly the defenders, keep saying 2015 as an excuse to not spend. That's not gonna happen.
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We do agree, all I was saying is I don't think the blame goes to either Pohlad OR Ryan, but both of them. In an interview with Pohlad, it was said that during rebuilding years the percentage of revenue spent on salary goes down. It's policy that's been in place for quite some time. Ryan does the spending, and he's dropped payroll 32M since he's come back as GM. Not sure how much of the drop was due to policy and how much was Ryan not doing what's necessary due to stubbornness
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I see you have an SR-71 picture...seems to have been taken from the boom pit. I was stationed at the home of the SR-71, Beale AFB, on my first assignment. I won an incentive flight to watch an in-flight refueling of the SR-71. I laid in the boom pit when it was getting refueled. It was awesome!
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I think it's a combination. IMO, Ryan is being stubborn. He has an idea how much players are worth and he won't budge. He's under-estimated the market and won't adjust based on principle. Then again, it's reported he hasn't made that many offers at all. Player's aren't gonna sign non-existent offers. :-)
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I had every intention of going this year, but due to how things have gone the last year or so, and how management seems to not give a carp about even trying to put out a somewhat competitive team this year, my enthusiasm is lower than it's ever been as a Twins fan...and it's not because they are losing. In the lean mid-late 90s and very early 2000s, I used to go to the Dome as much as I could for a person living in N Dakota. My enthusiasm has waned because of ownership and management. When they brought Ryan back, I knew what was coming, and he's done exactly what I though he would. I don't want to give my money to the people who don't seem to care about putting a competitive product on the field...especially now that the money is available. I'll likely go next year, though probably in Arizona with my brother, since he's a big Angels and Dodgers fan.
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In an interview with Jim Pohlad himself in Feb'10, it was mentioned that although normal policy is to have around 50% of revenue for payroll, during rebuilding years, it goes down quite a bit. So why is it naive to think that the Pohlads policy dictates drop payroll during rebuilding years, as we are in now?
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That makes a lot of sense. I wonder how many teams use that strategy consistently,or at all. Only issue is qualifying offers are at was , what, about 13M? Someone like Nolasco would probably jump on that, and probably wouldn't be worth it. Still, though...for the right kind of player that'd be a good strategy.
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That was hilarious sneep!
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By two years do you mean you think we'll be legitimate contenders in two years?
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But there's always been a legitimate reason :-)
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He seems to be one of the players that got a rep he didn't deserve after one fine season.
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Yeah, because of the way he went insulting me time and time again when I first started posting here regularly (and continues to do) and with the way he talks to others consistently, he reaps what he sews. And then he complains when people dare give him some of his own medicine. If you notice, I don't talk to anyone else that way.
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What if they tried something unconventional? Let all his games be complete games so we save the bullpen? They've tossed this season away anyway, why not try it :-)
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I don't think it's a joke...I think it's a grasp at straws to defend a point of view that really has no legs to stand on :-)
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Marcum, Jackson and especially Grienke have already had success in the AL. As far as the comparison between AL and NL. Pitchers in the AL get to face players dedicated to hitting 140+ times a seasons. Pitchers in the NL get to face pitchers at least 100+. You think the difference is exaggerated?