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  1. EGFTShaw
    This, also on The Athletic, (Projecting what MLB realignment might look like with expansion on the horizon - The Athletic) has a better alignment with expansion. Twins stay with Clev, Tigers, ChiSox with KC moving to a division with Houston, Texas and Rockies switching leagues. AL East: NYY, BlueJays, Boston, Bal AL South: Houston, Colorado, Texas, KC AL North: MN, Det, Chi, Cle AL West: LV, LAA, Seattle and Expansion Team NL East: NYM, Nats, Philly and Pitt NL South: Atlanta, Miami, Tampa(league switch) and Expansion team NL North: Cubs, Reds, Mil and StL NL West: LAD, SD, SF and AZ
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    Could only think of his cousin Lin...lol But yes, and Miranda
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    I discounted Keaschall as I consider him all but graduated. After that I would go with the 2 at a premium position, Tait and Culpepper, assuming we discount the pitchers. But even including the pitchers I think I would slot Culpepper into #2. Tait, and you cannot ignore that Big If, stays behind the plate, he would be 2.5 I like our prospects a lot. I am seriously beginning to wonder about some of our big-league coaches though, I don't understand how you cannot help a young player improve to at least be average who has proven in the past to be able to do X, Y or Z. Some of it's talent but hard work, good coaching can bring you to average. I am thinking of Julien for example at the moment.
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    He is NOT a villian. I stand by this. As I understand it from reading on The Athletic, Twins management & C4 talked about the direction the team is taking which is different from the direction when they signed C4. It is not on C4 to negotiate the trade. All players go through good years and bad years. This is risk you take when signing any player, either as FA or a contract extension. Given the direction of the FO and Owners it is clear these moves are to help with the financial optics of selling the team. They have a greater than normal debt associated with the team which drives down the overall value. The Pohlads in the decades of ownership, although probably better than the Griffins, have not be known for spending to make the team successful. I think they missed a HUGE opportunity to take this team to next level financially and competively, but they decided to cut salary instead of working to improve things for the team/fans. So, although C4 slipped, (injuries or something else), isn't a reason to vilify him. Players like Jimmy Buckets IS a player to vilify. I honestly wish him the best of luck.
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    IM(every so)HO: (channeling Ron White's voice from the bit on the hurricane man in the Keys) It is not THAT C4 was traded, it is WHAT we got in return for trading C4. Might as well taken a case of vintage C4 Bobbleheads or maybe a week of Houston weather to be delivered in April next year.
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    First, applaud the outside the batter's box thinking. Second, I didn't get from the article this was a long-term plan, just the rest of this season to see what we have in these players in real MLB world scenarios. So, I like it. The more experience these young players get, the better chance of succeeding long term. I am assuming Pablo comes back. I think it could be Option 2 to let Ober get his feet under himself again and then maybe Option 3 to verify this year that Ober has reset himself. 👍👍
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    Nuggats. :) not Nuggets. IYKYK lol No particular order because my brain doesn't function in order... C4 = Bad trade because you should have gotten even a lottery ticket prospect back for taking on 1/3 of his salary. Duran/Jax/Varland: Duran happened, good return at the moment. It could be great or a bust. But has potential. Jax requested a trade, so I understand it from that aspect, and it is good at the moment it is like Duran, could go either way. Varland, although the return was good but I do NOT understand trading all 3 top relievers away especially since they were ALL under team control. Brock Stewart: F Not so much I valued Brock that much but Outland coming back is worth about a bucket of baseballs. Like the Houston trade, they should have gotten a better player in return, at least one that has a more likely upside. The free agents to be, I think they were all good because you are handicapped on rentals. Fun Fact: Paddack has pitched in 3 Twins/Tigers games this year and is 0-3. So it gets a bump because this time we got the W. 😄
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    Damn. He never called me about trading Rod. For the record, I hold a Grudge and still do over this one.😠
  9. EGFTShaw
    And no mention of watching Luke Keaschall
  10. EGFTShaw
    Twins have shown to be able to develop pitchers. So, the pitchers with potential I can see a future. With hitters, I don't feel the same. Rooker wasn't developed by the Twins but look at him now.
  11. EGFTShaw
    That would be apropos. ;)
  12. EGFTShaw
    It was vague. I assumed it was one or the other but as I read it, I wasn't sure anymore. I am with BigDave, don't trade your future away. Ryan has stopped 2 losing streaks recently. That is what you want your front-line pitchers to do. I am not anointing him as an Ace yet, just noting he is doing what you want your Ace to do. There are No 1 SP and there are Aces. They are not the same. I am OK trying to sell of the expiring contracts, but unless there is something in the makeup of Jax, Duran, Ryan, I am NOT selling them off. Well maybe one of Jax/Duran for an equivalent haul of Herschel Walker trade.
  13. EGFTShaw
    Retire someone's number STAT😄
  14. EGFTShaw
    That's the reason Bowden is no longer a GM. He states that Ryan as No1 potential and we get back essentially a bucket of baseballs. Whenever I DO read a Bowden article I inevitably give it a Thumbs Down rating. I want to give it a Dumbs Down rating but it's not an option
  15. EGFTShaw
    Years ago, and I won't say how many, I worked up in Hibbing in retail sales. Great people and treated a Westerner(western MN) extremely well.
  16. EGFTShaw
    Cue the wood chipper LOL
  17. EGFTShaw
    I am shocked! Shocked there is gambling going on here. Enough Casablanca references for Baseball. But an overall positive view of the Twins roster is a shock to me on TD. I am on board with being up beat with the Twins, (aside from the Scrouge Owners), roster. There are some additions needed. There is definitely a need to improve consistency. And despite all the crap that surrounds our off season due to the pennies being pinched, we need to stop shopping the scrap heap.
  18. EGFTShaw
    Trade him for what? Wrong rationale. You are right that availability matters a lot, but I can't imagine how you would come out ahead in trading Buxton. The contract is friendly to the team, if you aren't sure about that take a look at salaries for players making $15M regardless of position and see what their value to winning is?
  19. EGFTShaw
    I don't disagree. I think the value system itself is sort of flawed. It would be interesting how much the FO's look a the WAR to $$s ration? My guess is not at all.
  20. EGFTShaw
    The value doesn't work that way. There may be a site that figures out the negative value or sunk cost of a contract but all I have seen is taking the WAR (or equivalent) and multiplying it be number determined by someone. A few years ago that number was $8M/1WAR. I think it is now $10M/1WAR. Just as you can't assume he would have the same ration of WAR for more games played you cannot assume it is a lost of WAR for not playing those games.
  21. EGFTShaw
    or chasing your kids or slip-n-slides or ... 🫣
  22. EGFTShaw
    This is interesting data IMO. Catcher appears, not surprising, as the most difficult. SS reason might be because you can't rotate out this slot as easily as others for rest. Same with the Hot Corner. So 9 MLBers played 150+ games at CF... Stop bashing Buxton everyone. For once a positive type article on TD and we get crap like "BUST". It will be interesting to see how the pieces are put together for the Twins next year. A lot of internal options with upside, but upside is not guaranteed results.
  23. EGFTShaw
    TBH I wasn't sure. I felt first it was simply tender him, but then I started thinking you meant tender/trade as was proposed in the article. I with you 100% on tender him. I think it was Nick had a good article on JD's bad luck in most cases.
  24. EGFTShaw
    Several comments. Learn from does not mean copy necessarily. Money helps to get you to happiness but cannot necessarily buy happiness. Mets 2023 for example SD 2023 as another example But then again LAD took their examples and did it better. 1) Scouting, Scouting plus Developing, Developing your own talent. The consistently successful teams are built this way. See Tampa more years along with the Dodgers in the past 10-15 years. [Note: Scouting to me is both human and analytical data driven] 2) Key acquisitions. This is also attached to scouting. The Rainmaker, (BAD), Carols "Black Magic Woman" Santana Good as well as Nelson "Da" Cruz. 3) Pitching it feels to me is the most volatile aspect. I dread most free agent pitching acquisitions cuz they usually blow up for one reason or another. TylerG did not help the LAD this post season. But counterpoint would Mad Max who went to the Nats and was incredible or JustinV in Houston. I like much of our pitching pipeline now. Our staff as to HONESTLY evaluate every pitcher and how can we make them better than the year before; every year. Also we need to stop being wishy washy and HOPE this guy becomes a starter. You should have a pretty good idea of your home grown guy by the time he gets to AAA. Would I take an Ace, (not simply a #1, but an actual Ace), the guy who can stop a losing streak when it is happening. The guy who craves the ball in a Game 7. The guy who is a pitching version of Juan Soto. Absofreakinglutely. Just don't know who that really is and where to get him. So Lopez, Ryan, Ober, SJW, Festa, Zebby and more have me comfortable with our pitching with a PLUS 1 if the are clearly an ACE, 1 or 2. 4) Front Office: I think our FO has the ability to be creative but are also handicapped by the owners. But f-ck the MLB GM/FO Box and just do what you think should be done to build a team that has a shot.
  25. EGFTShaw
    I didn't take this article to say that Money was the only factor in winning the world series, but that money plays a big factor. Identifying talent is more important, both as in drafting, trading or signing free agents. However you acquire them, you need to be able to identify good talent. But with the dollars, your parts can be of higher quality versus trying to hope for lightening in a bottle. What I would like to see, is taking the same idea of salary with respects to winning at least the LCS. First how much was spent. Where did the money come from? (better TV contracts, attendance, corporate sponsors) How was it spent? (pitchers or non-pitchers) How much of the talent was Developed Internally? How much of the talent was acquired via Free Agency? How much of the talent was acquired via Trade? How much of the team were on long term contracts? lets get some meat behind this idea.
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