The media covering this team is pretty much useless for getting the truth, if it is inconvenient for the team. I don't even bother anymore they are so in the pocket of ownership and the front office. Imo, of course.
And yet, this hasfront office not used AAA that way. Nearly every prospect the have promoted has gone thru there. And I'm not sure this is accurate, or one of those urban myths. And if it is for MLB replacements, why aren't there any?
It's not exactly the same. Huckabee has made a choice, which is different than being born a certain way. There are lines.....i don't think people should have to serve someone wearing a shirt that says kill all Jews, for example. Now, has Huckabee crossed that line? Probably not, but there is a line.
for one year, who is over 30, and is going to miss more than 80% of this year......it's pretty unlikely, imo, he's all that good next year, or healthy, given all that. but, it is possible he's ok next year, and then they need a catcher again.
I know nothing about these guys, other than both were likely picks with their first pick. So, one should work, if not both. I'm no NBA fan, but I know lots of fans, so good luck!
If they are out next year, they should be dealing anyone not locked up past that point. I guess that's the difference, I'm not starting from the same place as you.
I'm willing to bet that neither is a bust. And that one is great, and one is good, over the next two years. Others want to wait and see. It's a different approach, nothing more or less than that. This team has spent decades waiting, and then not acting on the present.
It's literally a thread about Realmuto.... So yes, I'm talking about that in this thread. Not the other things I'd do. That would be in a different thread. My reasoning has been laid out, he's controlled for two years beyond this one, he plays a position they can't fill from within anytime soon, and he's a great player. Feel free to disagree, I'm cool with that. As for competing with those three? It's going to be really hard. They are young, and great, and are willing to go for it. But I don't think this team should give up on the next two years.
I have to lay out my entire plan in this thread? I don't agree. Not did I say it was the only way, not one time. Feel free to disagree, but do so on points I've actually made, please.
Adding a few mediocre free agents next off season isn't going to move the needle. This team lacks difference makers. Not a washed up player like Donaldson. I started this thread in December, since then Realmuto has put up more war than any Twin not named Eddie or Eduardo. I understand being conservative with rentals, but waiting for a bunch of minor league players more than two years away? If you are doing that, you aren't betting on Sano and Buxton at all.