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  1. Jham
    Our cheap controllable talent won't be as cheap and will be losing years of control soon. We don't have much of a choice but to go for things now, imo. Given that this core has made 1 run and we've been building toward this year, that we have the money, that we've added no one for the future, and that we've extended no one either, I don't see how we can give something other than an F at this time. How expensive will an OF of Buck, Rosie, and Kep be in 2 years? Would you rather have that OF or Harper, Garver, and Field then Kiroloff in 2 years? Plus the prospects you get by trading your current OF.
  2. Jham
    Interesting. How much does revenue increase during our competitive years? If not much, that could explain the reluctance to spend. ROI, as others have pointed out...
  3. Jham
    I suppose Mauer's publicist was available this off season...
  4. Jham
    This is a hilarious visual.
  5. Jham
    Falvey for sure side-stepped. when asked about the pitching staff he literally skipped over the rotation. Then he raised the A's random gold strike as their plan? That's pretty unlikely. BUT if it were to work, you'd need someone to develope into an untouchable K machine. We have no one that could develop into that. The closest we had was Ryan Pressly who was still under contact and probably extendable. Instead we traded him. A strange move if our plan was to develop a Bull Pen first pitching staff. So they either have no plan, have switched plans and set us back, or are lying about the plan. I think it's 3. Why would they tell fans and media they're not trying to win?
  6. Jham
    The Mets would not accept a package without Lewis. And that might not be what they want. His timetable means we have to give up more than other teams. He has been really good, a top prospect, but it's hard to protect him as an elite MLB star at this point, although further development is sure possible. I think they want Romero or gonsalves and Taylor Rodgers or hildenberger too. i'd probably do it out of sheer boredom. But it certainly has the opportunity to backfire. Of course, why is Syndegaard even for sale unless something's up...
  7. Jham
    4 pages and not 1 poster said they wanted to give up on Buxton. He's never been the site thing his minor league stats implied. Shops still had concerns about the setting and miss to his game and his pitch recognition. His power is natural but his swing never really has been. I'm not against a reasonable extention, but if he says no, I'm not against a reasonable trade package either. More than jrm mind you.
  8. Jham
    Over the course of 162 games and decades worth of seasons, I like analysts that can teach me something. I've found myself saying, "huh, that was interesting," most often with TK and Torii. But both are on the dry side to listen to. Bremer gets into it. He's using more metrics, but still adds that nostalgia feeling from '91. Baseball has changed the least of all the major sports over time. Listen to James Earl Jones' speech in field of dreams. I defy anyone who grew up in the 80s and 90s to bring up some old Herb Carnile and John Gordon calls (or halsey if you're older) and not feel transported to your youth. That's when I fell in love with the sport. Something will be lost for me, when Bremer retires. So many of my best Twins memories are set to his calls. "Up... back... GONE!! and the cycle is complete." inevitable I guess.
  9. Jham
    He could never get the job because he couldn't do home games. He tried to walk into Target Field but he missed. Then he'd just talk about how he wish he could play little league as an adult. Who's back up now? Ryan Braun used to do performance enhancing drug. He still does, but he used to too.
  10. Jham
    How is Kepler's bat even a consideration for first base at this point? Aren't we trying to win? Might as well resign Mauer at that point.
  11. Jham
    Which part do you disagree with? That we can't get value trading him presumably? I guess it just takes 1. Seems like a guy the Astros, Yankees, or Jays could work with.
  12. Jham
    I was just repeating the narrative. Oops. But I always thought playing pro at 16 is an advantage. Same with the "Sano is still only __ years old" argument.
  13. Jham
    The time to trade Kepler was 2 years ago. Now, the value is in keeping or even extending him. He reminds me somewhat of Christian Yelich. But also of David McCarty. Maybe someone will overpay for him, but I doubt it. Better now to play it out and hope his talent comes through. I've always thought he was a little overrated. Started baseball late but started his career early. Wasn't a big time prospect until he developed power which came at the expense of contact and left side splits. Stays closed down on the ball. Needs to open his chest and pull the ball. All of his hard hit balls are pulled anyway. Embrace it.
  14. Jham
    That's not incorrect. We're looking at the same issue from separate views. I see your argument as a little too "get younger just for the sake of getting younger" for my taste. I happen to think, regardless of league trends, the age aspect, on both ends, is really about maximizing each player's productive window under their rookie contract. This would lend itself to some players, flame throwers, wipe out sliders, elite speed guys to debut sooner. It might also lend itself to a patient approach with fringier types who may develop late. The Twins have just had an abundance of fringe types. The goal is to have the player under control for as many peak years as possible.
  15. Jham
    You know what a straw man argument is right? I never said the league isn't getting younger. That was in fact the very point of my post. Literally, I said nothing is more valuable in today's game than the young cost-controlled star. These players afford the ability to sign top players and remain out of luxury tax liability. These players also allow small market teams to compete if they can get lucky. Maximizing cost-control, number of prime years vs developmental years, and trade value of guys the league loves more than you do is sound management.
  16. Jham
    Your path of building from our prospect core is really close to what we've been doing. The facts show that the twins failure to rush players was a mistake? Which players were the Twins too slow with? Everytime fans get angry about not seeing so and so, they finally make it up and we see why they weren't fast tracked. The game has changed so much from the days you refer to. Young talented players could come up with flaws in their game because pitch fx fangraphs and stat casts didn't instantly tell the entire league where the holes in your swing were before you even got the call. Specialty relievers and power pitchers didn't overwhelm young hitters with undeveloped approaches. In today's game, almost nothing is more valuable than the young, talented, and cost-controlled star. If you start the clock early on your stars, you risk burning all your options on the late-bloomers, losing cost control a year early on super 2s, and getting to the trade/ play/extend zone before you have a great idea of the player you have. You risk losing the players peak seasons for no reason other than your own curiosity and impatience. And the ones who bust? How do you even know? Maybe they just weren't ready? But now you've killed the trade value of a nice chip. Look at Gonsalves. If we'd called up Gibby when fans wanted, we'd have traded him or dfad him before ever getting to his potential.
  17. Jham
    Who is "the young talent" you speak of? The only players in the system who figure to be upgrades are several seasons away. Similarly, rebuild to what end? Our last young core is arb eligible and figures to be down right expensive in a couple years. The pressure to trade or sign will be real in just a year. When you get young you have everyone coming up at the same time, they all get expensive at the same time which limits your ability to add. Rinse repeat. Also, how is anyone untouchable? Lewis and kiriloff are nice players but each have questions still. If Lewis can't stick at short his stock falls quite a bit. Alex may never develope mlb corner position power. Graterol has a short high effort delivery and prior ucl.
  18. Jham
    Agreed. There is absolutely nothing lucky about getting identifying places where the team can improve, even if not a problem, and upgrading! If anything, the teams that wait for prospects and work on 3 to 5 year contention plans are the team's going to "get lucky". The royals and pirates and Indians have been mostly terrible for decades. 2 of those teams had true contention windows. There's a hindsight bias involved. Adding some veteran pieces generates expectations of contention. Success is expected and goes unnoticed. Building from within with young talent requires that a lot of things outside of your control go right, and when you hit, you look like a genius. In poker, they call it a "hero call". Low percentage play that makes you look good when it works. I've always said a GMs role is to constantly look to improve overall talent of the roster. Then let the chips fall where they may. Not to assume you're going to be good or bad. There is not a single position that can't be upgraded on our roster. Upgrade where it's easiest and cheapest. Don't worry about a plan or a 3 year old prospect report. Suggesting we have to improve "here" but "here" makes no sense. Improve wherever you can! Also, trading Prospect for Value isn't giving up on them.
  19. Jham
    That's a relief. I hope it's true. He's been coddled at times. If this is a continuation of that, those that think they're helping him are actually hurting him. Glad things seem to be figured out.
  20. Jham
    That cheap shot was pretty low... and away... gotta establish low and away...
  21. Jham
    Moya? is the game just starting?
  22. Jham
    He gave up catching for lent. Lent? Well, summer lent. Summer lent? It's when turtles recognize lent. 10 4
  23. Jham
    Very inciteful. I also wonder if one would have signed, others would have followed.
  24. Jham
    You know, this has been a tough year. I hope he takes some time to relax and clear his head. He'll get back with everyone when it's time. Speaking out of anger and frustration probably makes things worse. Winning cures all. If Buck plays well and the team wins next season, he'll be the golden child again.
  25. Jham
    Which part was inaccurate? Which part not reasonable? Despite all that, you literally agreed with me. That plan A was probably Buxton being good. Somewhere around halfway through the season, the plan changed. That this is a year or even a 3 year plan as van suggested ignores a lot of evidence to the contrary. There were tons of opportunities to option Buck prior to when he was optioned. In fact, optioning him early could have avoided this awkward September. If you remember, he was recalled from the DL and played, not optioned. Then DL'd a 2ND time instead of optioning. Then rehabbed instead of optioning. Then finally optioned. Keep in mind Buck accrues service while on the DL and rehabbing. And can't be optioned off the DL. If he wasn't ready to come off when his 10 days were up, he could have continued on the DL and accrued more time. He could have manipulated his own service time by milking the migraines or toe and didn't. But not faking an injury isn't really praise worthy... He probably expected the same fair play in return. For that, I'd be mad too, but we'd given him a lot of extra service time already over the last few years including a lot of time on the DL.
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