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  1. Major League Ready
    It seems a fair assumption they believed Leach would be taken before 76. They seemed to have executed their strategy quite well. They got a guy presumed to be gone at 76 and by taking Lewis were able to draft Enlow how looks like a darn good prospect. Yet, people are complaining about how they went about. How do you complain with a fraction of the information, especially when it all worked out quite well? It cracks me up when people think they are just being cheap. How hard is it to figure out that they have a pool of X dollars and they are trying to get the most value out of those dollars. Geeez. Levine has been clear about this leading up to the draft. It's not just about the first pick. When people like Callis praise the Twins draft, the detractors should consider perhaps they are not being realistic or don't fully understand the challenges of this process.
  2. Major League Ready
    Did you see his face when he was selected. He was selected lower than he expected and as a 1B. He looked like he was not happy with the way it played out. .
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    > Yankees strongly disagree with you. (see 2016) > Astro's traded every veteran player they had of value while building their system. Seems to have worked out for them. > Detroit would not agree. They took the opportunity to get a nice return for Price > Billy Bean definitely strongly disagrees. Over the past 20 years, Oakland has the best record of any team in the bottom two-thirds of the league in terms of revenue. Beane traded some very good players at the height of their value. This team might win the division but so what. This team is not a contender. Weak starting SP and a very suspect bullpen. I hope the FO does not take a short-term approach because we have sucked for so long. No way to we compete in the playoffs this year even if we get there so keeping Santana would be all about 2018. I would much rather have a couple of high upside prospects to add to our system. Those kinds of moves keep you in contention for a long time. This team will be a contender but not until we go through the process of bringing all of the SP prospects and BP prospects through the system. It would also be a huge boost if we go get a FA SP in 2018 or even 2019. If they go get a FA + Berrios + Mejia, Wright? + Gonsalves + Romero + Thorp and a couple others should produce a rotation that can contend. With all of the power arms in the system we should be able to build one heck of a BP.
  4. Major League Ready
    It tells them that the FO is not living in a fantasy world and understands this is not a contender and that you are trying to build a contender. It's says this front office is not going to settle for a pretender because it will put a reasonable number of butts in seats. It tells them you are willing to give up a couple wins this year and next to build a team that can contend for the next decade. It tells them that you realize until this young core gets some experience they are not going to be real contenders (see KC). It tells them that the FO realizes they need to acquire more top of the rotation talent if this team is going to be a true contender. Man, I hope someone wants Santana bad enough to trade a couple of good SP prospects for him.
  5. Major League Ready
    I would love to read those headlines because it would mean had excelled.
  6. Major League Ready
    I would think he goes to the highest bidder. This is probably his one chance to cash-in. He is a catcher entering his age 30 season and his career earnings are a touch over $12M. Pay him a premium. Cover it by cutting Plouffe if you can't trade him. Platoon him with Murphy until Garver or Turner are ready. Of course, there is always a chance a preferred team just matches the bid until it gets to a point where its stupid to go any higher.
  7. Major League Ready
    The decision to keep Molitor has been made. Why would anyone expect Falvey and Levine to say anything except we are happy to have a great baseball man like Paul Monitor as our manager? They spoke of the importance of working together. One does not promote that cooperation by criticizing a member of the leadership team publicly.
  8. Major League Ready
    If you watched the press conference, they seemed to emphasize the need to better develop the talent they already have. Falvey also seems big on strength and conditioning training starting at the minor league level. Maybe you get that extra tick or two in velocity from pitchers and guys get hurt less. It really chaps my a$$ when professional athletes show-up out of shape. The veteran comment does not concern me. There a certainly ways veterans can be part of the roster. We could add a veteran catcher, corner outfielder or Pitcher and improve the team substantially without taking away from the development of our young core and additional prospects who will be here soon.
  9. Major League Ready
    I must have misunderstood the previous post. This seems reasonable.
  10. Major League Ready
    By that logic, we should say that Kirillloff is in place. I dont see any relevance in how long players were in our minor league system. Sano has 830 ABs and Buxton has 469. There are question marks surrounding both of them. Please elaborate on how this is the basis for grab some pitchers and go. We need at least two front of the rotation SPs. There are non in free agency. How specifically are you going to acquire these SPs "and run."
  11. Major League Ready
    Mauer is an interesting example. You may recall I have said it might be time to let him go if he did not bounce back last year. However, I don’t think his cost is sunk. I say I don’t think it’s sunk because I would guess someone would give him a 2 year contract if he were a free agent. He was only a 1 war player last year. Would anyone care to guess what Mauer would get? Could he get 2/13? This discussion started with players I think it much harder to determine if they will ever have value. Mauer seems to simply be in decline. Hughes was quite good before his velocity feel off. I don’t like his odds but there is still substantial potential if he comes back from this surgery. The scenario is about the same as Perkins. IMO, the definition of sunk is very different for a fan and the people responsible for P&L or the person who’s money is being spent., Many fans have great difficulty accepting MLB is a business. At least their comments often suggest the put very little value in someone else’s 10s of millions. BTW … If Mauer would bring 2/13, $13 million is not sunk. While we might like for ownership to flush that $13M in value, its not quite so easy to just give up on a player when it’s your $13M or if you are the guy responsible for P&L it’s not so easy either. This is one of those things that are much easier to understand or appreciate if you have been in that position.
  12. Major League Ready
    You don't understand the definition of a sunk cost and neither do a number of people here who keep using it incorrectly. If there is still hope of a return it's not a sunk cost.
  13. Major League Ready
    There is a very large gap in how fans see this as compared to people that have or have had P&L responsiblity for organizations that generate 9 figures in revenue. The "its not my money" perspective is incredibly naive.
  14. Major League Ready
    The wording I used could easily be misconstrued. “Need a spot to give them a shot” is not at all the same as giving them a spot. People endorse low risk high leverage acquisitions her all the time. There is absolutely no risk with either player. We already owe them the money. Both have been very good performers at times, especially Perkins.
  15. Major League Ready
    This riddle does not seem that tough. Non-tender Plouffe. Give Sano this entire season to assess if he can play 3B. The tough question is what are you willing to except for Dozier if an ideal scenario does not present itself? The hope here is for ML ready SP. Anyone trading for Dozier with 2 years of control is not going to trade ML ready starting pitching. At least not one with the kind of ceiling we want in return. The bullpen is a quite the riddle as well. You cant rely on Perkins at all. Then, there is Hughes. You have to have a spot to give these guys a shot at coming back, right?
  16. Major League Ready
    When I think of athleticism for a baseball player, I include arm and raw power to the other things we would think of in terms of athleticism. Sano has incredible raw power and one of the best arms of any position player in MLB. What if he were in "Winfield" like shape?
  17. Major League Ready
    I don't think that's a fair assessment. People with far greater credentials than most of us believe that it is a good practice as evidenced by the frequency it is done. In other words, it should be done. Your premise suggests that the people critiquing this practice on the internet understand what should or should not be done better than the people making these decisions. That is highly unlikely, IMO.
  18. Major League Ready
    No problem. The only point was that many summarily dismissed Sano and this experiment because he was 270 lbs. I used Schwaber as an example for a couple reasons. One, Maddon is highly regarded. Two, Schwaber, while not completely untested, was far from proven. Point being , Sano is faster even at 270 than Schwaber so why was the Schwaber experiment OK and the Sano experiment not worthy of the experiment. As I said from the beginning, I thought they should have just put him at 3B and rode it out but I was ok with the experiment in a season that never had a chance from day 1. The thing that really floors me is that so many people said he could not play there because he weighed 270 lbs. as if there was no correcting the problem. He is 270 because you can get away with being out of shape in baseball. I will be thrilled if he shows up in great shape not just for the obvious reasons but it would also suggest a higher level of commitment. Koske went from being a bad 3B defensively to quite good with determination and commitment. Would love to see that from Sano. BTW ... I agree with Mike. The execution still sucked. That's where the criticism belongs IMO but Sano's size, given his athleticism should not have been an issue. It appeared the experiment was condemned because guys his size are generally far to slow to play the position. While this is true, it's pretty backward logic when he had already demonstrated significantly better speed than others who have played the position.
  19. Major League Ready
    I am not sure what point you are trying to make here. My point is that both players were unproven in the OF. Their bats warranted a shot. If Sano is more athletic than Schwaber, especially if Sano lost 30 lbs, why should Sano to the OF be dismissed because he is bigger? I think Jimmer hit the nail on the head. Their execution sucked but his size was not the problem.
  20. Major League Ready
    So, are you saying that Sano was no athletic enough to play the position. Nobody though tit was insane to suggest Plouffe or Mauer in the outfield. Sano at 270 is far more athletic than Plouffe and quite a bit faster than Mauer. He certainly is faster and more athletic than alot of guys that played the position because of their bat. Point is that size is not nearly as relevant a question as does he have the athleticism to play OF. He failed because he could not make the adaption. Size was not the primary problem. Also, to focus on the fact that he was 270lbs has to be the worst assessment of the core problem I have ever seen on this site. How much problem solving skill does it take to recognize he is 30 lbs over weight. I think a better assessment of the problem was that he should lose 30 lbs, not that he cant play the position because he weighs 270.
  21. Major League Ready
    Maddon puts people in new positions on a regular basis. The article suggests Cleveland was smart to move Santana not once but twice. However, the Twins are incompetent fools when they use out fo the box thinking. Which player is more athletic, Sano or Schwarber? I would say Sano so difference does it make if Sano is bigger. Let's also remember the Twins and Sano had agreed that Sano would shed some weight. Some of you seem to forget that Sano's size is something that could have been relatively easily adjusted to better fix the position. There are a bunch of NFL players who would be much more athletic than alot of MLB corner outfielders so I just dont get how Sano's size should have disqualified him as a candidate to play a corner OF position. What's even more weird is the number of people who think Mauer or Plouffe who are both much slower than Sano should play OF. Somehow really slow is ok if you are not really big.
  22. Major League Ready
    Yes, The Cubs have done several things well that the Twins could and should emulate. However, to discount the impact of their revenue because some of the FAs are not contributing fails to recognize that these failures are normal. In other words, it should be expected that some free agents will perform and others will not, This strategy requires deep enough pockets to absorb the failures. The Cubs are spending just shy of $115M this year on free agents. The Indians and the Twins could not possibly follow this model so to say there is not a a material difference is conceptually flawed. The Twins and Indians only hope of competing is to excel at drafting, development, and asset management. The core of their problem was they did not embrace and invest in the practices crucial to excelling in these areas.
  23. Major League Ready
    Pretty spot on. Getting to the world series is a poor measure of the impact of revenue. There are many variables and its a small sample size. Regular season records offer a much better statistical measure of the impact of revenue. The Yankees won 1592 games since 2000. Yes, the Royals won a WS. They also won 359 games less since 2000. The bottom 12 teams with the exception of Oakland have averaged 16 less wins/year. (94 vs 78). I think the correlation to revenue is very clear. BTW ... Market is often used as a proxy from revenue but market size does not necessarily reflect revenue (ie.St. Louis)
  24. Major League Ready
    I see where you are coming from now. A little context always helps.
  25. Major League Ready
    The point was I thought the reason he is here had nothing to do with the point you were making.. He has modest offensive numbers in 127 games at AA. Why would you think he is a guy to jump right from AA. It makes absolutely no sense and you were complaining about "if the reason" when it should be very clear that is not the reason.
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