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  1. DJL44
    I’d be pretty irritated if I had to endure a professional sports draft. What a horrible way to spend a weekend.
  2. DJL44
    Then I wouldn't get too obsessed that the Twins "didn't get a top 100 prospect". The Yankees got unranked Luis Gil for Jake Cave. 1/3 of the future top talent will spend time in the foreign rookie leagues. Quantity in prospects is a necessary hedge. If you want lower risk (only picking from AA and AAA players) you're going to give away potential upside.
  3. DJL44
    Dalton Rushing, River Ryan, Hyesong Kim, Justin Wrobleski, Bobby Miller - several interesting players who aren't on prospect lists anymore.
  4. DJL44
    It's the revenue sharing, not the salary cap. Adding a salary cap doesn't give the Tigers any additional resources. MLB already has a soft cap in the luxury tax system that forces more revenue sharing dollars to the smaller market teams. Take that away and they'll have even LESS revenue. OTOH - if they get the incentives right for revenue sharing, they don't need a salary cap at all.
  5. DJL44
    Tait is ranked #57 on the mlb list.
  6. DJL44
    Load it up by trading Buxton, Jeffers, Lopez, Ryan and Ober. Then load it up more by drafting high for the next two seasons.
  7. DJL44
    At a minimum Buxton should insist that his $2.5M in yearly plate appearance bonuses turn into guaranteed money. He's less likely to hit those bonuses on a contender with a stacked lineup. That would make his remaining contract 3 years / $52.5M. Plate Appearances: $2.5M total 502: $500k 533: $500k 567: $500k 600: $500k 625: $500k
  8. DJL44
    If Buxton didn't have a no-trade clause he'd already be gone. He's been injury-prone for his entire career and now he's 32. The Twins aren't going to win for the next two seasons and by the time they could put a good team together again Buxton will be 34 and a pending free agent.
  9. DJL44
    Version 2.0 after the Winter Meetings could look like this: Rotation: Ober, Bradley, Woods Richardson, Abel, Matthews Bullpen: mostly the same OF: Martin, Roden, Rodriguez, Wallner, Outman IF: mostly the same C: Austin Jackson, Reese McGuire
  10. DJL44
    True, but they're also trying to get those same guys from the Mets for Joe Ryan.
  11. DJL44
    The Twins are probably better off dealing a piece to each team. Buxton to the Dodgers, Jeffers to the Phillies, Ryan or Lopez to the Mets.
  12. DJL44
    I don't think Byron Buxton will return two top-100 prospects. He's making $15M a year. One top prospect and one lower ranked prospect is more likely. I think the Reds are the least likely of these teams. They need the prospects more than the other four teams.
  13. DJL44
    They're not "right sizing" the payroll to pay down the debt? Could have fooled me.
  14. DJL44
    Ok. So they placed bad bets and lost $500M in a bull market and now the Twins fans of Minnesota need to suffer because of their bad business decisions. I don’t think Bernie Madoff hurt the Mets that badly.
  15. DJL44
    Even if they got a top 20 prospect (Sam Basallo, Nolan McLean, Jesus Made, Bryce Eldridge, Colt Emerson, Andrew Painter), I'd be asking for another prospect as a throw-in. I thought the Reds were fools to trade Sonny Gray straight up for Chase Petty.
  16. DJL44
    "Trying to figure out which one helps reduce the debt". One pitcher makes $22M and the other makes less than $6M. I think I can tell you which one helps reduce the debt more. I still refuse to believe the debt is real. How could they possibly run up $100M in debt in one season with revenues over $300M and a player payroll less than $130M? Who is going to jail for embezzlement? I think "the debt" is their excuse to slash and burn and make it seem like they were forced to do it. It's a deflection from having to rebuild because the front office failed to produce a contender.
  17. DJL44
    Sounds like a huge upgrade on Eddie Julien
  18. DJL44
    Tait and Abel still look good. Enrique Jimenez looked better with the Twins.
  19. DJL44
    It would force moves of Ryan, Lopez, Jeffers and Larnach at a minimum. Bailey Ober and Royce Lewis would be the two highest paid players remaining as the payroll heads below $50M. Actually - Carlos Correa would be the highest paid player on the team since they're paying him $11.3M to play for Houston. The Pohlads should easily clear $100M in profit if that happens.
  20. DJL44
    But it's a thousand times more likely they still don't like each other.
  21. DJL44
    They shouldn't care about the "ready soon" part. This team isn't ready to compete soon. Get the best talent you can get irrelevant of ETA.
  22. DJL44
    This is a straight-up no confidence vote from Byron Buxton. He doesn't believe Falvey can build a contender in the time he has left on his contract. I think he's probably correct in that assessment.
  23. DJL44
    I think he's worth 3 prospects: one of them in the top 50, one just outside of the top 100 and another with bench/bullpen upside. The team acquiring him will get two cheap all-star caliber pitching seasons and the right to give him a qualifying offer and get a 1st round draft pick.
  24. DJL44
    That doesn't square with his 448 career walks. He wasn't up there hacking at balls outside the strike zone. Oliva was a major league hitting coach for a decade. You don't get that job if your only hitting advice is "see ball, hit ball".
  25. DJL44
    The Dodgers and Phillies will definitely have interest.
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