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  1. Monkeypaws
    Lets help the Red Sox out of a salary jam and give up some of our best prospects to boot for a rental and an overpriced pitcher. No thanks.
  2. Monkeypaws
    Worked for Johan, it can work for Brusdar. Santana spent 4 years, age 21 to 24, working primarily out of the bullpen, while starting more games each year. His innings ramped up from 86 to 158 over that time. Games started from 5 to 18. When he moved over to full time starting at 25, he won the Cy Young. Let him spot start once in a while. May as well be the beneficiary of that arm while he gradually increases his innings.
  3. Monkeypaws
    Like your thinking Doc. Berrios has been pretty much a top 10 AL pitcher the last 2 years as a young guy. I expect more, and likely he does as well given his resistance to extending. Make him an offer he can't refuse. His make-up and work ethic merit it.
  4. Monkeypaws
    After a crushing 100 loss season, this thread gonna look silly. Just kidding of course - premature tho
  5. Monkeypaws
    I like the idea of stripping them of their ill-gotten gains, just like fellow Texan Lance Armstrong lost 7 Tour de France titles. Sure, everybody cheats or tries to game the system, but you got caught!
  6. Monkeypaws
    I can see that expectations have changed here as NOBODY has mentioned or complained about the Twins forfeiting their 3rd rounder in the next draft.
  7. Monkeypaws
    Not a token slap on the wrist this. It will interesting to see what happens to Cora and the Red Sox next.
  8. Monkeypaws
    I had a nice spreadsheet of comparative Berrios stats but I deleted it given the doom/gloom of TD. Safe to say he has been an AL top 10 or just about over the last one or two seasons in just about any pitching stat you could want, old school or new school: ERA, K/9, K/BB, WHIP, FIP, he got it. I think he is criminally underrated for a guy just months older than Kohl Stewart, Stephen Gonslaves, Fernando Romero, or Griffin Jax.
  9. Monkeypaws
    The Red Sox estimated luxury tax payment for 2020 is about 10 million. I don't see why they would dump Price for little AND eat salary when thy could just keep him and pay the peanuts that the tax really is.
  10. Monkeypaws
    One thing all free agents have in common is free-will. They sign where they want to, and not always for top dollar. I can't fault Falvine for that. They made offers that weren't accepted.
  11. Monkeypaws
    If they get healthy Bailey, I like the signing. He had TJ in 2015, and surgery to remove bone spurs in the elbow in 2017, and knee inflammation in 2018. BTW, apparently Homer is a nickname after his great-grandfather. His real name is David Bailey.
  12. Monkeypaws
    Reads mod note, discards original message: "What the heck kinda joy juice are you on Ted?" I've always believed that good drafting and development and international signings are the foundation of any winning ball club. Augmented with the key free agent and/or trade, that is the way to keep that window open a long time. It raises the floor. You have to be able to take advantage when NYY and LAA and the big other spenders have down years. Let's just say I share your optimism.
  13. Monkeypaws
    Signing premium players is a good thing. We don't want to overthink this.
  14. Monkeypaws
    Definitive quotes from MB here: https://www.mlb.com/news/madison-bumgarner-eyed-d-backs-from-start
  15. Monkeypaws
    Selling Berrios short is in style now. I think we forget how young this guy is. He is 25 until next May. He is 2 months older than Gonsalves, 5 months older than Stewart. He’s only half a year older than Griffin Jax, and 7 months older than Romero. Yet he has been out pitching them all at the major league level, and for years. Last season Berrios was in the top ten for AL pitchers in the following categories: ERA, WHIP/9, BB/9,K/9, IP, CG, K/BB, HR/9, ERA+, FIP. 11th in Ks, 12th in wins. He also placed top 10 in multiple categories in 2018. Given his devotion to his physical conditioning, and the likelihood that there is still room for improvement, investing in him is smart money. I sure think he has another level given his age and work ethic. Granted he has a down period now and then, but he is just entering his prime. I'm hoping Falvine throw mad money his way.
  16. Monkeypaws
    That is madness - 2.0 WAR isn't great, and we are talking the last 2 seasons combined. This for a guy that averages 7.3K/9. Even 24 for 2 years seems a lot, given what the Twins gave Pineda.
  17. Monkeypaws
    Looking at Porcello's career, he seems to alternate good years with bad years. He's due for a good year in 2020. How about a nice 1 year deal? He will turn 31 this month. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/p/porceri01.shtml
  18. Monkeypaws
    Darn. Pulling the wool over people's eyes and half-truths are my speciality. (crumples up Twins resume and throws in trash.)
  19. Monkeypaws
    Was just looking at Johnny Cueto's numbers https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/cuetojo01.shtml, a good cautionary tale on paying big money for past performance for 30ish pitchers with lots of mileage on the arm. Not that I wouldn't welcome MB to the Twins with open arms.
  20. Monkeypaws
    Don't give him a QO, then sign him for 2 years for just a few million more - smart.
  21. Monkeypaws
    Safe to say that "targeting" and "acquiring" are entirely different things. The Twins have been very astute at the former....
  22. Monkeypaws
    Philly seems to be the place for high profile NL east free agents. Looks like they'll have $50+ million tied up in 2 players.
  23. Monkeypaws
    I think Tatis, as a 20 year old, with his .317 batting average, .969 OPS, 16 steals, and 22 HRs in 300+ at bats is out of this conversation. If WAR is the one and only measuring stick, his 4.2 in 80 some games is right there with Chapman. I will acknowledge that he did make a lot of errors, but SS and 3b aren't the same gig.
  24. Monkeypaws
    That's way way way way way way way way too much. I don't even agree with the notion that Chapman is > Buxton all by himself.
  25. Monkeypaws
    I'll play in the other direction. What if the Twins hadn't signed Nelson Cruz? Probably no way they even make the playoffs: that's how important I think he was to the team.
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