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  1. mikelink45
    What is DiamondCentric and why is that on TD?
  2. mikelink45
    I am always confused by changeup specialists. If there fastball is no good why is the changeup good? If that is his only good pitch - sit on it and have a nice slow ball to slug.
  3. mikelink45
    What I see is that this essay got me to make a post, my post has been quoted and commented on by quite a few which is fun for me, but also represents the dearth of materials to work with at this stage in the post season doldrums. Although I would enjoy articles that look at the signings and works of other teams and how that impacts the league and us. Even the speculation on Tarik Skubal is something to explore - how would it change our rival? How does that compare to the possible trade of Lopez or Ryan? Does the rule V choice of the White Sox matter - can they strike gold like last year? What does the gambling charges against Clase mean for Cleveland? How does the Twins manage gambling? KC lost Yastrzemski - does that weaken them? How does the signing of Finnegan impact the Tigers? Should we have signed him? Cleveland signed Colin Holderman for their BP, Does that make an impact? Those are the kind of stories I would like to see and read.
  4. mikelink45
    Then we need deeper dives into these players. It is a new topic at least even if it is not very exciting.
  5. mikelink45
    Yes - whether it is the imminent promotion of a prospect, the rule V player we traded for, a FA, a trade, the qualities in our 40 man or changes in FO - I would like some new material. Not the fault of TD writers, they work with what they have, but I do not read the articles about who we should trade for, who we would sign, because the team shows no inclination to take any of these actions.
  6. mikelink45
    And an excellent article - I just want the Twins to give us some new hope and new names for you to write about.
  7. mikelink45
    I love McCusker and wish he had had a better chance with the Twins, but he is gone, his story now belongs to someone else. By the way have you noticed that some teams are actually adding, trading, signing players with names we do recognize? It isn't that this was a badly written story, but my point is that the Twins have given us no new names to work with so we explore the past instead of the future.
  8. mikelink45
    Has anyone noticed that there are teams making trades and signing free agents while we have to have articles about a DFA player who happens to be very tall?
  9. mikelink45
    I hope he is picked up by someone and becomes the next Rooker. I think they treated him really bad - he had no chance to prove himself.
  10. mikelink45
    Another off season hope! So does everyone that makes it to the majors. We do not know the real potential - we guess - the team guesses. We all want to see him succeed, but at this point it is just off season wishing.
  11. mikelink45
    I hope they are all taken and given a chance to succeed. I always enjoy seeing the players we lose go on to have good careers.
  12. mikelink45
    What a team - the big news (or rather the soap opera) is will they or won't they sell the team, who and who isn't buying in to the team ownership, and will they or won't they use the new investment to make the team better of just repair the Pohlad bottom line? I thought I was signed up to read about baseball, but instead it is the disfunction of Billionaires!
  13. mikelink45
    These projections are as accurate as if I sat with a die and rolled it over and over and kept track of how many times the numbers were odd or even. This is just something to fill the offseason especially for teams like the twins that seem content to watch the other teams trade and sign. For me as I try to grasp modern baseballs soul I see the bullpen having become the key to success. With our Ryan and Lopez starts we can win the five inning game but unfortunately games go nine. We have young players with potential, but potential doesn't win games. Royce had great potential and started out amazing but now we all question whether he'll regain that form and production at any point so I look at those projections and basically ignore them. If you hadn't written this essay I would have just passed on fan graphs and ESPN and all the other projectors. 2/3 of the way through spring training projection start to have more validity as we see rookies free agents trades shape the team and what it will be during the season. But at least you gave me something to read today
  14. mikelink45
    This is no surprise. The team FO and owners have not only left fans feeling frustration - that same message is apparent to players too. Everyone wants to be on a winner (maybe Mike Trout doesn't care but everyone else does) and the unraveling of the team, the delays in ownership sales, the lack of a budget for next year has to have created great uncertainty. I would hate to lose Buxton, but I understand if he wants to go and if Ryan or Lopez goes I think it shoves him out the door.
  15. mikelink45
    It is my birthday and you give me this depressing prediction. Let's hope there is a massive shift or we really are looking at a long year and lot's of empty seats.
  16. mikelink45
    I am hoping to be surprised
  17. mikelink45
    This is not about the contents of the CBA, but the fear that baseball will shoot itself in the foot again - both management and players. The World Series raised the bar for fan interest after covid, TV contracts and other elements have continually eaten away at baseball's once lofty status. To have a strike/lockout after next season is such bad timing that I hope there are some intelligent decision makers on all sides.
  18. mikelink45
    This will be interesting and predictions are difficult. Teams with resources will always take advantage of those elements to rise above the less endowed. Climate, reputation, expectations will always be big factors in where players choose to go even with a salary cap. That does not mean I am against a cap, but my feeling is that if teams are just going to save millions from a cap that money should not just go in the owners pocket. It should mean lower ticket prices, more funds for the minor leagues and investment in the community rather than asking the community to build their facilities.
  19. mikelink45
    How is it possible? Because this is the Twins and I do not believe in their business model at this point. The last three years have not been about baseball, they have been about paying off the Pohlad debt.
  20. mikelink45
    Amazing analogy considering male humans all have nipples. So happy thanksgiving.
  21. mikelink45
    True. What would we be paying if they took Ryan? We're paying on Correa. That seems to be the new paradigm and Major League baseball and it makes no sense except to say the contracts they sign are too large to begin with.
  22. mikelink45
    Q based on the articles I'm reading on this site falvey is waiting on marching orders and a budget. It can't be all on the front office. And I don't think the argument about the best front office and leadership is all based on dollars. The fact that the Yankees and the dodgers have so much money to spend doesn't necessarily make ownership better. But ownership is responsible for creating the atmosphere around a team that engages the fans and the community
  23. mikelink45
    Of course it is and what's wrong with that there are emotional judgments made all the time.
  24. mikelink45
    why
  25. mikelink45
    And he holds it tight. Here is my thought question for the day - which owners are the worst in MLB? Of course I think the Pohlads are high on the list, but Arte Moreno and the Angels, Bruce Sherman and the Marlins, John Fisher and the A's, and Robert Nutting with the Pirates all seem to be vying for the crown or dunce cap (your choice). Did I miss anyone? How would you list them - I think there are hard choices here. From worst to best of the worse I would go: Fisher Nutting Pohlad Moreno Sherman But I accept any order for them.
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