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  1. ThePuck
    Have you read how they come up with the numbers?
  2. ThePuck
    Along with the fans being given promises, especially the season ticket holders, that Ryan would do everything possible to significantly improve the rotation on the big club this year. It's been as bad as last year so far, if not worse when looking at all the stats.
  3. ThePuck
    To respond to your B comment, the Twins have said that they won't take money saved and use it in future years. Payroll is based on projected revenue for that year, period. I don't really understand what you're saying in A.
  4. ThePuck
    No, no...only taking into account the kind of pitcher he had been prior to this year, not the kind he has been this year. Just like I don't think we should take into account his injury this year (talk about hindsight) yet that's been used. I'm not taking into account his results so far accept to say he's been worth it so far, but that's beside the point and not really what the debate is about anyway.
  5. ThePuck
    Gardy has a good rep in the game. I think PART, not all, of that comes from people who consistently underestimated our team in preseason and after the season was over and we had done much better, instead of saying they were obviously wrong about the talent the Twins had, they said, WOW must have been the manager.
  6. ThePuck
    The Dollar Value Of A Win | FanGraphs Baseball good reading
  7. ThePuck
    Please explain why the value Fangraphs assigns is flawed. If you're gonna say it is, then we should know why. Edited by me
  8. ThePuck
    In most businesses, promoting from within is a great idea. It rewards quality work. It tells your employees if you do really well, you'll move up the ladder. If you need to change up the culture, change philosophies, bring in a new perspective, well, in that case, promoting from within is rarely a good idea. Those promoted are very likely going to continue to do the stuff which made them considered good by their bosses and follow the teachings of their bosses when they move up. You end up with status quo. Bringing in new people hurts the people waiting to come up the line, unfortunately, but it helps the organization overall if a real change is needed.
  9. ThePuck
    In the end, it isn't about whether or not he signed specific player. It's about whether or not signing a player like Sanchez for a certain amount of time and money based on where this team is in it's development is a good idea or not. I'm not slamming him for not signing Sanchez. Some are saying signing a player like him, if Ryan could, would have been a good idea. People are arguing against that saying that signing a guy like him, at what it took to get him in years and money, wouldn't have been a good idea based on where we are currently. It's pretty straight forward. In most instances one could go back and take out the name Sanchez and put player X and it'd still mean the same. The debate on whether or not to try and sign him is a good idea still happens. Except, of course, when one points to a shoulder injury that hadn't even occurred until the season to tilt the debate, which my crystal ball didn't show me in the offseason. Now, just about Sanchez...based on Fangraphs value rankings, says he was worth what he got in FA. I would have had no problem making that move, but again, not slamming Ryan for not doing it. He may have tried, though I doubt it.
  10. ThePuck
    Does anyone know when he found out about the loss of his grandmother?
  11. ThePuck
    I was watching MLB Quick pitch this morning and they talked about how his previous team beat into his head hit it on the ground and use your speed, hit it on the ground and use you speed, that it took a bit for him to shake it.
  12. ThePuck
    LOVE that line. Kudos, my friend!
  13. ThePuck
    No, we're arguing the scenario, the scenario being whether or not signing a quality pitcher for 5 years for a high annual salary when we aren't competitive now is a good idea (with other factors thrown in, of course, like age, possible digression of skills). Nothing disingenuous about it. You not understanding the debate doesn't make it disingenuous.
  14. ThePuck
    I think the argument has much more to do with whether or not signing a player LIKE Sanchez would have been a smart move or not. He just happens to be the example.
  15. ThePuck
    It's also my opinion that if Ryan was still GM, Garza would have been traded in the same offseason he was traded by Smith. Garza clashed with the coaching staff on how he was going to pitch and he was too, um, animated for the Twins taste. He was going to be gone anyway, IMO. Also, it's not like Ryan disappeared. he handpicked Smith and was an adviser. You don't think he was especially involved in Smith's first offseason as first time GM?
  16. ThePuck
    The GM doesn't draft players. Ryan himself said he lets the scouting department do their thing during the draft. We need to stop giving credit or bashing the GM for drafts, unless we're praising/bashing who they hired to do the scouting.
  17. ThePuck
    Fair enough.
  18. ThePuck
    100%, unfortunately.
  19. ThePuck
    I gave my reasons above.
  20. ThePuck
    What if he has no desire at all the return to Minnesota. I'm from California and I can't imagine a scenario where I'd return. You figure it's an in with him, but what if it's not or even the opposite? Look, I'm all for trying to get him. I'm all for trying to get any quality player at any time we can.
  21. ThePuck
    He's did amazing as a minor league manager, he isn't going to be hampered by doing things the Twins way so he'll bring a fresh perspective, and he's got the pedigree as a player too.
  22. ThePuck
    Cool, 2006, you picked one year out of ten that didn't apply. Must make the point irrelevent. It's been a great division in the 2000s... And saying the Tigers have done the same doesn't make it any less true that we did it. They've also, like we did from 2002-2010, had more talent than the rest of the division the last couple years.
  23. ThePuck
    Pyth is based on runs scored and runs allowed. I find it funny how often people quote pyth but dismiss runs scored and runs allowed as a determining factor to rate a team. In any event, since most games aren't super close games, I don't put much faith in pyth.
  24. ThePuck
    That's speculation, so I absolutely ignore it. Not everyone cares about playing for the hometown team. You assume he does. Not every player is going to make the Twins pay a boatload more than anyone else because they are in Minny or because they haven't been good for a couple years when before they were for a decade. You seem to assume they will, or at least all the good ones which sure is a convenient argument. Obviously i know there are different motivating factors for players, I just don't bend them all the time to fit my argument. You start a paragraph saying we don't know what motivates a player to sign somewhere, but end the same paragraph saying it's almost assured Johnson would want to play half hsi games in Minny. I'm from California, I don't know what it would take for someone to get me to move back there, but man it'd have to be something huge.
  25. ThePuck
    Why wouldn't it, since it's about grading the GM?
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