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  1. Mr. Brooks
    But if 4 years is what it's going to take to get him to Minnesota, and you aren't willing to go 4 years, then you aren't actually interested, for practical purposes. Just like when Darvish makes it known that he's not signing without a player opt out. Making an offer that doesn't include one is just for show.
  2. Mr. Brooks
    That's a little bit of a gray area. Spending on free agents isn't the same as discretionary spending for a household. These are investments. There are certainly people who invest more aggressively than others who earn a higher income.
  3. Mr. Brooks
    And this is why people are skeptical of the Twins motives. All the "interest" in the world is meaningless if you aren't willing to go the extra year, or player opt out or dollar amount that it's going to take to actually sign the guy.
  4. Mr. Brooks
    Rendon wasn't complimenting his new city/team. The sources were saying that he DOESN'T like the LA lifestyle, and therefore wasn't interested in signing with the Dodgers. And yes, I realize that Anaheim is just a short drive from LA, I'm just the messenger, maybe Rendon didn't know that!
  5. Mr. Brooks
    That's not close to enough to get Thor, IMO.
  6. Mr. Brooks
    Probably not. But, the Twins likely won't come close to spending their entire budget, and I think they're better with Romo than they are without him, so overpaying him a million or two has zero impact, IMO.
  7. Mr. Brooks
    I'll make a way too early prediction of local boy Max Meyer.
  8. Mr. Brooks
    $500k is the buyout if they decline the option
  9. Mr. Brooks
    You have to account for the fact that Berrios 3.68 ERA came in one of the most prolific offensive seasons of all time. You also have to account for league. Here are their respective ERA+ (adjusted to league average for given season). Berrios: 124 Lincecum: 114 Garcia: 104 Vogelsong: 105 Lester: 110 Hudson: 97 Ventura: 103 Hendricks: 196 McCullers: 96 Eovaldi: 112 Corbin: 141 So, with a little context, Berrios last year was actually better than all but Hendricks and Corbin.
  10. Mr. Brooks
    Jason Castro had a league average OPS. Not league average for a catcher, league average for all positions. Astudillo had an OPS 21 percent below league average. How is league average "way worse" than 21 percent below league average?
  11. Mr. Brooks
    I took his point to be that the Twins could trade Rosario for pitching then sign one of those free agents.
  12. Mr. Brooks
    Every player on the MLB roster is fairly open to criticism, be it the 1st or 26th.
  13. Mr. Brooks
    The flip side to that would be, if those guys are viewed equal or better than Rosario, than why would the Marlins trade for Rosario rather than just sign one of those guys for less money?
  14. Mr. Brooks
    If they're trading him because they're waving the white flag, then they aren't going to want Rosario, as he only has 2 years of team control left.
  15. Mr. Brooks
    Even if they're at the park until 11 PM, I'm guessing being able to sleep in the same bed those 93 nights is preferential to not. Then again, I don't know why anyone wouldn't want to live in Minnesota in the Summer, and these guys can easily afford homes in both locations.
  16. Mr. Brooks
    I wasn't alive when Koufax pitched, but I'll put peak Pedro Martinez against anyone.
  17. Mr. Brooks
    People are shocked when they find out I'm not an electrician.
  18. Mr. Brooks
    Didn't watch their games. In what regard were they lucky?
  19. Mr. Brooks
    How is this thrift store shopping? How much do you expect any team, not just the Twins, to spend on the backup catcher?
  20. Mr. Brooks
    Of course, this also speaks to why everyone wants a signing from the top 2 tiers. Most of the other title contenders weren't going to be considering Pineda to start game 1, no matter how well he was pitching down the stretch.
  21. Mr. Brooks
    Renfroe is making the league minimum and has 4 years of team control left. And is arguably better than Rosario.
  22. Mr. Brooks
    It was one game, but it was the biggest game in most of our lifetimes. Penn State was a great win, but there was no pressure on the Gophers. The Wisconsin game was for a Conference championship game, against our biggest rival, at home. The pressure was high, and they responded by completely disappearing. To me, that says a lot about who they are as a team. You disagree, you think it's just one game and the loss doesn't signal anything aside from that they lost one game. That's fine, not everyone has to agree, but please have enough respect not to demand that people have to be a fan your way or not at all. I already said they have nothing to be embarrassed about, they had a good season, and had an awesome win against Penn State. I also said I don't think we've seen the best of the Fleck era yet. I'm somewhat sour because after the Penn State win I was fooled into thinking this team was special. They weren't. When it mattered, and the season came down to one game they didn't show up. I'm still hopeful though that Fleck can make some recruiting adjustments and build a great team soon.
  23. Mr. Brooks
    Ok, but Fresno State is just one game. Scheduling a team like South Dakota is a joke, IMO.
  24. Mr. Brooks
    We feel drastically different about the quality if this team. That's fine, but it's the root of our disagreement. They weren't competitive at home against Wisconsin. So I respectfully disagree that they can compete with anyone outside of the top 25. Based on the Wisconsin and Iowa games, I think they'll struggle to beat any ranked team.
  25. Mr. Brooks
    Why did you put "2 or more wins against top 15" in quotations, since I certainly never said that? They beat one good team, one. I said nothing of the rankings of teams they played. They don't have to apologize for their schedule, and the Penn State win was a great win. But their schedule afforded them the opportunity to affirm that they were a great team (Iowa and Wisconsin) and they shrunk in the moment. If the argument is that they don't get to pick their schedule, all they can do is play it, then there is two things I'd say. 1) They do get to choose their nonconference schedule. There is no rule that says they have to schedule cream puffs. 2) They didn't beat the schedule that was given to them. They beat all the bad teams, then had an awesome win against Penn State, that they don't have to give back, but then ultimately came up short when the games mattered. I'm not saying they have to be embarrassed or anything. It was a good, but far from great season. Hopefully it will make them better in the future because of it. But, for this year, they aren't a great team, and I feel that new year's day bowls should be for great teams.
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