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  1. DJL44
    They're not going to be able to develop their way to success while performing so poorly at acquiring international free agent pitching. Development is great, but then you also have to be the best at identifying talent, while having fewer resources available to identify talent. You can have a fundamentally sound team that plays better than their talent, but many of the most talented teams are also pretty good at preparation and fundamentals. They have to spend money, and they have to spend it wisely. The best $$ spent is on extending contracts for your own players, assuming you can find talented players to invest in.
  2. DJL44
    There are roughly 30 available free agent 1B (including minor league free agents) who are better choices to make the Twins roster.
  3. DJL44
    Nice job turning a 14th round pick into a pitcher who should get some innings this season.
  4. DJL44
    Nevermind that your # of teams adds to 33. Mets, Yankees, Dodgers, Angels, Cubs, Astros, Phillies, Rangers, Giants, Braves and Red Sox would be "haves". That's 1/3 of the league. Toronto, Seattle, San Diego and St. Louis don't seem to have any problem competing. That makes half the league. The only real "have nots" are the Athletics and Rays who are playing in minor league stadiums and the White Sox who have lost their market to the Cubs. The Twins are estimated to have as much revenue as any other team in the AL Central. They can easily afford a $140M payroll. If everything was split exactly fairly, they would have $80M more revenue than they currently have.
  5. DJL44
    Joe Ryan = Bert Blyleven because they both gave up HR was your analogy, not mine. I'm pretty sure HR are one of the things where the defense behind the pitcher doesn't matter.
  6. DJL44
    Unless their value will be even lower later, which might be the case for Bailey Ober.
  7. DJL44
    If they trade Ryan, they're probably also trading Jeffers and Lopez and Ober. There is plenty of room on the roster for both Tait and Basallo.
  8. DJL44
    Not making a decision is making a decision. They're deciding not to participate in the offseason until mid-December.
  9. DJL44
    How can that still be a question at the beginning of the offseason? I could see a $10M discrepancy but not knowing your budget to within 50% is crazy.
  10. DJL44
    If I was trying to get Buxton to waive his no-trade clause I'd make a bunch of statements about how Kody Clemens is my guy at 1B and I'm not looking for anyone better.
  11. DJL44
    Bert Blyleven is a member of the baseball Hall of Fame. I would love if the rotation was filled with Bert Blyleven-caliber pitchers.
  12. DJL44
    In a competent organization, Clemens would be Plan C. Sabato is a below average AAA player. I'm glad they aren't depending on him.
  13. DJL44
    You don't trade cheap, top of the rotation pitchers for average catchers in their last years of arbitration. If the Orioles want Ryan or Lopez, they need to send back YOUNG talent in return. Joe Ryan for Basallo would make sense 1 for 1.
  14. DJL44
    That totals to losses of $24M. How did they lose the other $400M? Embezzlement?
  15. DJL44
    What does the field coordinator do? For our local athletic association, they make sure every team can get fields for games and practices. I can't imagine that is a problem for the Twins.
  16. DJL44
    Yes
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    In AAA
  18. DJL44
    Letting Julien play anywhere regularly is a great way to tank your season.
  19. DJL44
    Then they would desperately need #1 and #2 hitters.
  20. DJL44
    I think spending big bucks on relief pitching is a great way to set your money on fire.
  21. DJL44
    If the plan is "Let's try again with our 70-win team" then I have no idea why they kept Derek Falvey.
  22. DJL44
    I hope Bailey Ober is even more likely to be traded than Lopez. They need to deal one starting pitcher, otherwise someone who has no business pitching in AAA will be stuck in AAA this season. This team is going to need to continually trade old and expensive for young and cheap.
  23. DJL44
    I don’t think SWR has options so a reset in AAA is not possible.
  24. DJL44
    I would like to see some fringe starters from other teams as Twins reliever options.
  25. DJL44
    Jhoan Duran made the All-MLB team. He was the only Twin on the first or second team. Byron Buxton finished 11th in the MVP voting and missed out on a $3M bonus.
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