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  1. ThePuck
    What constitutes a few? Cause it's going to keep going down all the way into 2016 at least.
  2. ThePuck
    That's because it is.
  3. ThePuck
    Building a playoff caliber team requires using all ways possible to improve your team. Ryan basically punts on FA, and will continue to do so.
  4. ThePuck
    That's a hindsight argument right there. I'm sure you know that.
  5. ThePuck
    I've never been worried about him. He's got the ability. It's just a matter of getting his time in.
  6. ThePuck
    The knuckleball hit out there? Those are extremely difficult to gauge.
  7. ThePuck
    Problem is assuming they would throw that money at pitching.
  8. ThePuck
    Better the Pohlads just pocket the money instead of taking a chance...as if he wouldn't be an asset later in his contract, either as a pitcher or a player to be traded.
  9. ThePuck
    You didn't imply it? You wrote: 'If you're going to lose, just lose... Keep that money for a guy when you're ready to compete'. How is that not saying save that money for later? 34 is not too old. If you're gonna say that, you might as well never sign a free agent to any type of semi-long to long free agent contract...because most hit FA around the same age Sanchez did this year. People talked about how Hunter wasn't worth the contract he got either, and he's still rolling. He would have helped us big time, but Ryan wouldn't extend him prior to the 2007 season, and he was one of our guys. Right now, if they can afford to take the chance, and the Twins clearly can, you do it. It won't stop their ability to spend later. Not one bit. All this is hypothetical anyway. Ryan will never spend the money or give the years needed to sign a star free agent anyway. Whether we are competitive or not.
  10. ThePuck
    I don't buy into that premise, especially the part about saving that money until 2016, as if they do that. As if they save money for a couple years then invest all of it later. They don't. It's year to year. A team should always look to improve their team, especially when the money is available. His contract wouldn't put them in a bind one bit, now or in the future. His salary would be able to be handled right now and payroll is going to continue to go down for the next 3 years, at least, as the veterans are replaced by pre-arbitration guys. Sanchez is signed until he's 34. Cliff Lee is 34 right now and still awesome. No signs of slowing down. He's still an asset on the field and a tradeable asset, just like Sanchez will still likely be in 2016.
  11. ThePuck
    It always matters. Any time you can improve your club, it matters. Especially with money to spend just sitting there.
  12. ThePuck
    If we don't sign Morny, there is no guarantee that money is spent on pitching. We had money to spend this year, didn't go out and spend it on quality pitching. It's not one or the other, nor does it need to be.
  13. ThePuck
    We don't save cash from year to year. Money saved this year and next year and the year after won't be filtered into budget for any following years. We should stop saying that a good idea is to save money until we're competitive. Prrt of the way to become competitive is to dabble in the free agent market. We should always be looking to improve. It's irresponsible not to.
  14. ThePuck
    He may sound like a straight speaker, but his actions have to back up his words. When he says I'm going to do everything possible to significantly improve our starting rotation and then we end up with what we have, does that mean he wasn't a straight speaker or just incompetent?
  15. ThePuck
    There is zero guarantees that an upgrade of pitching would be addressed if Morny wasn't resigned.
  16. ThePuck
    How would that help us?
  17. ThePuck
    thank you!!!!
  18. ThePuck
    it's another example of how our announcers aren't prepared for their games. And they're always eager to push 'the Twins way'
  19. ThePuck
    He doesn't normally do that, which was my point. And the way he contributes with the bat certainly doesn't hinder their winning. And now Coomer says he's got a sore hammy.
  20. ThePuck
    I'm not saying players shouldn't play hard, but I've watched Encarnacion play and he doesn't do that normally. The way Coomer said it was like he knew it was a normal thing. Like you said, he could have come out of the box weird. He could have tweaked something, whatever. Edit, right there. He's got a hamstring issue. And Coomer is taking back his comment
  21. ThePuck
    I like how Coomer dogs out Encarnacion for not sprinting to avoid a double play saying that's why they are where they are in the standings. Okay, what about his 23 HR, 66 RBI and .889 OPS?
  22. ThePuck
    Yes, exactly...it was the name that kept slipping my mind. Thanks.
  23. ThePuck
    Well, you can do what snepp did, and make a joke...
  24. ThePuck
    Well, I guess it would depend. If the money isn't going to be spent on any one other player in that price range, and it wouldn't, would you rather they A: extend him, B: Spend that money on two or three has-beens, or (most likely scenario) C: pocket the money?
  25. ThePuck
    That was my question. Did we get Joe Maddon, Bob Melvin or Showalter when I wasn't looking? :-)
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