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  1. mikelink45
    Please - Royce Lewis recover and shock us - be ready to step in.
  2. mikelink45
    How painful. We watch the machinations and have no say, no control, just hope, wish, and wait. This is Twins territory. The prospects come up, the prospects leave. I know the A's do it every year, but I could not be an Oakland fan. The Rays do it and I am not a fan of theirs. I want to see teams and players develop relationships, have long term Hank Aaron connections - see teams and players forever linked. I know I am old school, but no one will change me.
  3. mikelink45
    The entire A's staff should be a target.
  4. mikelink45
    Sano is the only answer with Sano light - Rooker, right behind him. It is not ideal, but better than a lot of rotation and uncertainty.
  5. mikelink45
    Another fascinating set of options for fans to think about in this year of change, hope, and worry. There are a lot of good players on this list. The result of a good minor league system, but then comes the challenge - promotion, trade, or fingers crossed. I think it is time for a quick prospect dump in a trade with a team like the As who do not want to keep their major leaguers and would be happy to load up with more cheap prospects.
  6. mikelink45
    I think we all have the November/December blues. We need to have a nice holiday present - signing Buxton, getting a SS, finding a high quality starter - even one or a trade to arrange the table better and get the mix that will help us win again. But right now the FO is letting us dangle and the news from other teams seems so much better. I know - next week is only Thanksgiving, but an early Christmas present would still be okay.
  7. mikelink45
    We want top of the line pitchers, but they want top defense, especially centerfield and shortstop. So we let Buxton go, we don't sign one of the top free agent shortstops and we rely on our two on proven prospects to fill the shortstop position. That sure sounds like a great position to negotiate with a ace pitcher that we all dream about.
  8. mikelink45
    I really good article to stir us all up on a gray November day. I don't understand this front office. Nor do I understand how they responded to Berrios and I can't comprehend how they're handling Buxton. I'm reading baseball news and I'm surprised at the speed by which teams are taking action despite the lack of CBA. But then I contrast the twins and the lack of action. I don't understand it.
  9. mikelink45
    I understand. I'm sorry that Jim Kaat had his name butchered by voice recognition and autocorrect. We had some really great pitching coming up to the 1965 world series. We might need a look at Mudcat Grant who had a spectacular year for us too. It's really tough combine all of the decades.
  10. mikelink45
    There is nothing wrong with your group of pitchers but I would sure like to see Jim Perry at his peak and Jim Kaat when he was winning 20 games or Pascual at his peak.
  11. mikelink45
    We need a strategy and so far we are not seeing one that we can understand. The essay lists two pitchers off the list, add Thor and Berrios and we have four off the chart.
  12. mikelink45
    I would take him. All the stats provide different contexts for argument, but the fact is, he has been a dependable starter and that is hard to find.
  13. mikelink45
    Thor just signed, Berries signed, Rodriguez signed. This might not be the season to sit back and wait. If we want a trade it's time to move.
  14. mikelink45
    Now Thor has signed with the Angels.
  15. mikelink45
    Congratulations to both the team and the player. Major League monies are hard to comprehend but the twins are in the marketplace and they better figure out what true value is. Jose is the best we've developed and I'm happy to see him prosper but sad to see him gone.
  16. mikelink45
    Trade them all - get pitching! The issue is, who needs what they bring. Garver is the most valuable by far of all of them.
  17. mikelink45
    That also requires 12 very good pitchers. We never have 12 very good three inning pitchers and with injuries and other considerations it really requires 15 - 18 pitchers to complete the year. I do not know any staff that has that many good arms.
  18. mikelink45
    Kluber would be a big disappointment for me. Stroman looks good, the others are not equal to the value of their projected contracts. I do not like paying for past performance and only Stroman looks like he has forward potential. The big news was Berrios - 7 year contract with Toronto. Way to go Blue Jays and Berrios! He would have replaced any of the pitchers on this list.
  19. mikelink45
    True and he also had a chip on his shoulder which we needed to remove so he could perform.
  20. mikelink45
    This was interesting, but it certainly does not give the FO a star for their performance. We either need to develop and keep our young pitchers or sign pitchers who truly have upside and longevity. Of all the hits and misses I am most intrigued by Lynn. What happened? Why couldn't we unlock the pitcher that the White Sox signed? What was missing in our management/communications? Then comes the question of Maeda - was that one brilliant year an aberration? Or will he come back strong? Lots of question marks and a lot of young arms to sort through and they deserve the teams attention.
  21. mikelink45
    I don't disagree, I just keep thinking about how many appearances are required to fill a minimum of three good pictures everyday for 162 games. I don't think we have that many pitchers and if we do we need to have the roster increased to 30 players since they've taken away the ability for us to just keep rotating players up and down like we did in 2019.
  22. mikelink45
    If they're cheap enough they can be signed as long as the team is ready to drop them when they fail. Hasn't been the poor performance that really hurt but the fact that we hung on to them once they demonstrated that they did not have the ability to rebound. Could be the same with these three.
  23. mikelink45
    I appreciate the overview. I am constantly shocked by Simmons ratings. He just does not meet my eye test but I guess I've learning that I'm not a good judge. I saw some really good plays by Arraez at third base and maybe that's his best position in the field. The log jam with him Donaldson and Miranda will be an interesting challenge for the team to figure out. Sano consistently has a bad Fielding Mark whether third base or first base and it appears to me that he is more logical for DH than Rooker. The outfield is a real question mark Kepler's bat might not be enough to keep him in right field, Buxton's contract might eliminate him from centerfield and we haven't seen anybody play enough left field. In an era or launch angles and fly balls are much more frequent than ground balls The outfield is an essential defensive area that we need to look at as well.
  24. mikelink45
    You have some interesting ideas in this blueprint. I would take the first two pitchers but pass on the 3rd. Those you suggest giving up have the potential to be what you are gaining. Duran and Sands have good potential and I would keep them. I know you have to give up something to get something, but I'm not sure that this has the positive outcome that makes the trade worthwhile. I'm not sure that I like Holland. But at his price it's fine to give him a try. He fits in with the type of relief pictures that this front office has been signing the last 2 years. Shortstop is going to be a challenge. If we were to lose Byron Buxton, we would have center field shortstop and starting pitcher as our needs. That is basically the heart of any team all the rest are pieces that go around that core. We're either going to get really lucky with player development or we're going to spend a lot of money if we truly want to stay competitive. One of the things that worries me is that we might become one of those middle of the road teams which isn't quite good enough to win it all but isn't so bad that you want to give up on them.
  25. mikelink45
    I really can't figure out what is truly equitable, but I think that we should set free agency at so many years after signing. I am for anything that removes the goofy idea that waiting until June is good for the game, the player, or the team
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