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  1. Mr. Brooks
    No, you cant predict luck, so if by that you mean maybe he'll get lucky again this year, then sure, maybe he will. That seems like a risky bet to me though. I'd rather bank on talent and hope luck isnt a factor rather than vice versa. As far as Correia demanding a 2nd year to get him, that would be akin to me asking a supermodel on a date, then demanding she pay for dinner. I dont care what Terry Ryan or Dave st. Peter claim, Correia wasnt going to get 2 years from another club. Congrats to his agent for convincing them that he was, but it only takes a simple look at the offseason's transaction log to show that every single pitcher in Correia's tier got 1 year deals, so the market simply was not there for a 2 year deal.
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    I understand your reasoning regarding Gardy's peace of mind, but I think any time these kids are practicing/learning in the minors could be better spent on about a thousand more important things than emergency catching. For example: How not to try to score from 2nd base on an infield single in the playoffs. (I'm looking at you Nick Punto)
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    I agree if he can play at least average defense and OPS .775 or better at the league minimum then its hardly our biggest concern until we develop something better at the position.
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    I'd say the risk is that you pay him $13 million and then he gets another concussion and gives you zero production. I'd move him for any halfway decent prospect they can at the deadline.
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    What "uptrend" are we talking about? His ERA improved last year, but that was just as likely due to luck (a career best babip which was 20 points better than his career babip) as it was to any improved skill. Sure his walk rate is trending down the last couple years, but so is his K rate, so thats basically a wash.
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    The point is guaranteeing $5 million for next year. You are right that they are not spending any money this year, but they have shown that they will spend up to their budget if they feel they can be competitive. If some combonation of Hicks/Gibson/Dozier/Arcia/Hendricks/May/Meyer does enough to convince them that they have the young base in place to go ahead and spend money to put some legitimate free agent pieces around them, you'd hate to have $5million of that money wasted on a guy who might be our 7th or 8th best starting pitcher at that point.
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    In fact, here is a direct quote from TR: (credit to AG.com) Well, I always go back to the scouting evaluation, people that have seen him, and we saw him a lot with the Pirates, and certainly before that when he was with the Padres and the Giants. We like his makeup, he has stuff, we had evaluators tell us and me in particular that this guy is better than the numbers. I have a lot of faith and trust in people that have seen him, and they were adamant that this guy can help us. ... I don't think we overpaid drastically in this situation. People that know him say that he's a good teammate and all that type of stuff, so you take all of that into consideration. We needed pitching badly, so we went and got him.
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    At least 14 starting pitchers who are basically in the same class as Correia, as far as talent, age and numbers, signed 1 year deals this offseason. All but 3 of them signed for less than 5 million dollars. I'm sorry but i'm just not buying it that the Twins would not be able to get a single one of these pitchers to come here on a 1 year deal, especially if they were willing to overpay by a million or so to get it done. IMO, whats more likely, is that the Twins have some scout who has convinced them that Correia, despite a 1000 inning sample size, is actually somehow "better" than the rest of the guys in this grouping of FA starting pitchers, so they had their sights set on him from the start.
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    They are not going to put him the catching rotation. They want him as an emergency catcher in case Gardy's irrational fear of losing the DH for a few innings ever comes to fruition.
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    I would think that a 32 year old with 1000 career innings doesnt have much potential or upside at this point.
  11. Mr. Brooks
    Are you basing that off last season, or are you basing it off a handful of ST and WBC AB's?
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