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  1. laloesch
    I disagree i think the Twins VERY MUCH needed a middle of the rotation arm after Santana went down. I know everyone wants an ace including me but this is a good acquisition. I don't want all of the weight on Berrio's shoulders right away and Gibson is far too erractic to count on for an entire season yet. Yes, this is a good acquisition in my eyes.
  2. laloesch
    I agree Enns and Slegers should get innings. I also read the Twins plan on stretching Duffey out. So how does the rotation fill out to start the year? Berrios Gibson Meija Sanchez Hughes / Slegers / Enns / Duffey Yuck!
  3. laloesch
    I'm absolutely speechless with this move. I mean there HAS TO BE better options that Falvey and Levine can fall back on. Do Cobb, Lynn, Tillman, Garcia ALL not want to pitch in Minnesota? This is depressing beyond belief. I just read too that the Twins are stretching Duffey back out to compete for a starting rotation spot. In my opinion if these are the moves they are now settling on they are pretty much done for this offseason. I'll give them credit on the bullpen acquisitions but the starting pitching hunt has been a total let down and utter disaster.
  4. laloesch
    Well if the Twins don't add Cobb or Lynn and don't trade for a starter i gotta imagine they'll roll with Berrios leading the rotation followed by Gibson, Meija, Slegers and Enns. It also depends on Hughes status. If he's healthy i think the Twins give him every opportunity to start regardless of results the first couple of weeks because they are short experienced starters. The way i see it 2019 is likely a lost season now that Santana is down the first two months unless they add a quality starter to the rotation or someone else takes a major step forward besides Berrios. The improved bullpen will certainly help but it likely won't be enough. The way i see it let's give the youngsters their chance to step forward and shine. I'm also not opposed to reaching down deep to Chattanooga depending on where Littell and Romero start. Heck Thorpe might get a look later in the season if he pitches well this year.
  5. laloesch
    It's a bit early for that, is it not? I mean Romero has never pitched in AAA and Gonsalves has what 22 innings in AAA ball. I think at the very least Gonsalves pitches at least half the season in Rochester and the same for Romero assuming he starts in AAA. Look for that #4 spot I think it comes down to Hughes, Slegers and Enns to start the season. And to be honest I got a pretty good vibe from Slegers and Enns last season. Slegers with not overpower you but the kid can pitch and he has a healthy arm compared to Hughes who has broken down several years in a row.
  6. laloesch
    Your joking right?
  7. laloesch
    I'm impressed at what he can do at 18 no doubt. My only concern is that once he reaches the upper minors and majors he will essentially be a one trick pony like Duffey. Bert dominated for many years because he could vary the spin on his curve keeping it in strike territory or drop out of the zone keeping hitters off balance. It's kinda like adjusting the spin on your bowling ball to control the amount of hook depending on oil lane conditions. Not every pitcher has that finesse control of their out pitch. Duffey is a perfect example and that's why he's failed as a starter IMO (besides his average fastball). Hopefully Enlow can develop a third pitch changeup.
  8. laloesch
    I'm impressed but he almost reminds me of Duffey. Guy has a fantastic curve but that's about it.
  9. laloesch
    Yeah Arrietta does not want to play in Minnesota.....PERIOD.
  10. laloesch
    Why get upset about it? Would it have been nice to have Darvish, absolutely now we can look forward to seeing the kids compete for the rotation this year.
  11. laloesch
    Looks like the lesser free agent dominoes are starting to fall. How many signing today? 3 or 4 out of 100? Just a trickle now.
  12. laloesch
    Jon Heyman in MLB trade rumors has stated that there’s “reason to believe” that neither the Brewers or the Twins are a top choice for Darvish, though, so either team could perhaps need to be more aggressive in order to land him.
  13. laloesch
    LOL, I don't side with either one because at the end of they day they are both getting rich off of me via my already high cable bills.
  14. laloesch
    Public ownership of many mlb teams is a fantasy. And allowing players to be arbitration eligble from the get go will only make matters worse for the have nots franchises. The simple truth is this. You have 4 or 5 teams that have north of $400 million in revenue, and 4 or 5 more with 300 million + in revenues with the Yankees leading the pack by A LOT. What happened before the luxury cap? These very teams lead by the Yankees, Dodgers, etc. went out and bought every player they needed by pillaging the smaller franchises of younger players as they approached free agency and realized they couldn't afford to sign their premier free agents. They did this over and over and over again from the late 90's, through the 2000's. Its not until the luxury tax started kicking in that finally put the brakes on the big market spenders. Unfortunately, the damage has been done. These reckless spenders have driven salaries so high along with player expectations that small market teams are left with no choice but to intentionally tank and force rebuild in order to attain a short window of contention before repeating. A hard salary cap years ago would have prevented this in my opinion.
  15. laloesch
    If that's true and i'm not saying its not, Sano has MUCH bigger problems than his conduct in Chattanooga. If he is harassing female employees,fans, etc. and it's still reoccurring the Twins need to sit down with him and give him a stern ultimatum. Knock it off or your toast.
  16. laloesch
    If Yu is now expecting or hoping for 7 years FORGET IT. Five years is the offer take it or leave it and don't look back. There is no way they should even consider giving him that.
  17. laloesch
    GOOd! Let them strike. And while there at it demand a hard salary cap be on the table and really see the fire works go off.
  18. laloesch
    Tillman does not excite me. I'd much rather they get Cobb or Lynn than Tillman on a short deal.
  19. laloesch
    I think Fangraphs projections for Lynn are way off. He is much better than 1.3 WAR. I think he will be much closer to mid 3's in 2018 consistent with what he did from 2013-2015.
  20. laloesch
    I wonder if you could make a correlation between all these charts (average player salaries, baseball revenue, average length of games) and commercial tv time during each game?
  21. laloesch
    FASCINATING! Note how the game lengths average plateaued in the 1970's & 80's only to steadily rise thereafter heading into the 2000's and modern era. I've also noticed this in reruns of sitcoms like Seinfeld, Friends and Simpsons where they are now cutting content to squeeze in the ridiculous amount of commercials which are consuming more and more time during each program. If the trend continues in another 90 years we could have games in the 4-1/2 hour length average. Kinda like junk mail. It seems like i keep getting more and more of it.
  22. laloesch
    The truth is staring them in the face. What do they value more? People sitting in front of their TV's watching baseball or those paying tickets, buying concessions and going to games? The game has stretched from 2-1/2 hours to 3-1/2 / 4-1/2 hours mostly due to television commercials and that turns A LOT of people off from the sport. It makes a slow paced sport almost unbearably slow and that's why they are losing the attention of younger fans. The reality is that most Americans work till 5:30 - 6:00 and don't have the time to spend entire evenings watching a sporting event where almost a third is commercials. Like you said though it's the $ that talk.
  23. laloesch
    haha....yeah but who has the time to consistently go to games after work that start at 6 or 7 and last 3-1/2 - 4 hours during a week night? If they could knock it down to under 3 maybe closer to 2-1/2 hours it would do wonders. The key commercials. Get rid of half of the commercials all together and the game speeds up considerably.
  24. laloesch
    Yeah those must have been great times. I can only imagine the excitement that Vikings and Twins fans felt in 1960 / 1961 when it all started and seeing marquee names such as Mantle and Maris come to Metropolitan Stadium for the first time.
  25. laloesch
    Reduce the number of commercial breaks. That's were a bulk of the time is going.
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