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  1. Joe A. Preusser
    The only thing about the entire game day that wasn't perfect was when a radio commercial for Twins Territory came on and Robbie Grossman was the spokesman. I don't know who approved that
  2. Joe A. Preusser
    Twins MVP: Eddie Rosario Twins Pitcher of the Year: Martin Perez Most Improved Twin: Byron Buxton Twins Top Rookie: Ryne Harper Twins HR Leader: Nelson Cruz Twins RBI Leader: Nelson Cruz Twins Batting Average Leader: Max Kepler Twins On-Base Percentage Leader: Nelson Cruz Twins ERA title: Martin Perez Twins Wins Leader: Martin Perez Twins Saves Leader: Blake Parker Twins in the All-Star Game: Martin Perez, Max Kepler, Jonathan Schoop Twins Win Total: 89 Twins Finish in AL Central: 2nd Twins Total Home Runs: 202
  3. Joe A. Preusser
    I care. And your mindset is flawed. There is no magic formula for winning in the playoffs. No gaurentees. Any team making the postseason can go all the way. I want my teams in the playoffs every year, thats my hope/expectation. What happens after that will happen. Anything more is unrealistic, misguided, and illogical. Part of the problem is we have a recent history of making the playoffs repeatedly and losing right away. That's not normal, and if we went on another run of Central dominance I would expect our results to regress to a mean success.
  4. Joe A. Preusser
    Hope for the best, prepare for...normalization. Which is still above league average. I am prepared for our #7 hitter to be above league average. Comfortable with that, hope for more.
  5. Joe A. Preusser
    Put Harper on the 25. Please.
  6. Joe A. Preusser
    First AB. Duh.
  7. Joe A. Preusser
    I would love to see Harper go north. He looks great.
  8. Joe A. Preusser
    He is also in better shape than Superman, so injury risk is probably lessened.
  9. Joe A. Preusser
    First, as others have pointed out, the difference is nowhere near 20 million. Second, please tell me you understand the difference between slashing payroll and spending less. Joe Mauer came off the books when his contract expired and he decided to retire. Any executive whos first thought in such a scenario is "how can I spend more next year" should be fired immediately. It must be "how do we improve, while being responsible to the future?" We have done that. Get over the total payroll number.
  10. Joe A. Preusser
    Please show me where anyone connected with the FO has clearly indicated a hard payroll cap. Also, even if they did, that would not be a mandate to lowball every extension or free agent.
  11. Joe A. Preusser
    Not sure how you can confidently say the offer had zero chance of being accepted. Do you know something all the rest of us do not? Do you have inside information only Darvish's agent or our FO has? I would counter with the idea that the best way to negotiate contracts is to make uour own rigerous assessment of the "worth" that player would provide to you, and then make a competitive offer based on that. If, ultimately, Darvish or his agents would say no, so be it. At that point they want more than we evaluate his "worth" to be to us, and I happily let him go elswhere. To this point in their tenure, I think our front office has evaluated this very well. If we are making only low ball offers, offers there is no chance of the player accepting, then how have we signed so many free agents the past 3 years? Wouldnt they all just tell us to go to hell?
  12. Joe A. Preusser
    The only straw man I see is the idea that while most of the decision makers and philosophies have changed a great deal, we can divine current motivations from the past. That is extremely illogical. My (admittedly dramatic) example was intended to point that out.
  13. Joe A. Preusser
    I do think that at some point some calculated risk is acceptable. Some risk is built into the cost of doing good, sound business. I put Gibson in the 4/48 range. Who knows how the FO or Gibby's agents value him? Not me, I work in retail.
  14. Joe A. Preusser
    This post literally made me laugh out loud. 1. I want my front office driving hard bargains and making fiscally responsible signings. 2. Please enlighten me to this extensive history. The current front office has only been in charge for like 3 years, hardly enough time to have developed an extensive history. If you are referring to past management regimes that is not relevent. Go back far enough and all teams barred men of color from playing. Does that mean that all teams have an extensive history of racial discrimination? And should we view their current decisions through that lens?
  15. Joe A. Preusser
    If there is such a disconnect between correct strategy and "whats good for the game," then the game is flawed or the rules are flawed. This is a competition. Teams are supposed to find and exploit weaknesses. It should be a chess match. I get it, things change. By all means, adjust rules to address those changes. But dont screw with the essence of the game.
  16. Joe A. Preusser
    Or Gibson's agent vastly overvalued him. Most likely the truth is somewhere in the middle.
  17. Joe A. Preusser
    Gibson has been borderline elite over the past 1.5 years. Borderline to be sure, but close to elite nontheless. Lynn has not been in his class.
  18. Joe A. Preusser
    I would give him 4/48 extension and not think twice about it. I bet he would take it too. If you wait until after the year and he has another really good season that moves to 4/60.
  19. Joe A. Preusser
    How did Harper's inning look? Still no runs allowed, but 2 hits today I see?
  20. Joe A. Preusser
    2 Questions: 1. Why does everyone assume Astudillo is a lock to go north? Am I missing something here? Dont get me wrong, I really like him. I just dont understand his "lock" status. 2. Is there any truth to the rumor you screamed and dove under a table when a foul ball came your way in the press box?
  21. Joe A. Preusser
    Between the picture of Audra and the picture of a pizza burger in another thread, its been a nice couple of days.
  22. Joe A. Preusser
    My left ventrical just slammed shut.
  23. Joe A. Preusser
    I predict Astudillo will not make the opening day roster. Most likely Duda or Austin.
  24. Joe A. Preusser
    Theres no part of this I dont like. Except the impending intestinal and/or arterioral blockage of course.
  25. Joe A. Preusser
    My vote goes to McPhail. The two World Series tip the scales in his favor. But Ryan is a darn close second. He really is the historical face of the Twins FO. And if we now remember him as outdated, remember that for most of his tenure he was not so. The old "Twins Way" just eventually ran its course.
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