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  1. tarheeltwinsfan
    Thank you for this explanation.
  2. tarheeltwinsfan
    What term would have been used if the Twins had chosen not to pay Cruz's option for 2020? I'm not arguing a point, I'm just trying to gets the term for when the team elects to sever a contract by not renewing the contract, or buys it out? Apparently, it would be incorrect for me to say that the team "opted out " of the contract in that scenario.
  3. tarheeltwinsfan
    Please tell me more about who can opt out...the player or the team? Who has the option to walk away from the contract? Is it unilateral with just one party?
  4. tarheeltwinsfan
    Intriguing concept. It makes sense for the Twins in several ways. 1) Win now; 2) Don't break the future bank by huge back end deals (hmmm, makes me think of our Congress...but then Congress can print money); 3) gives immediate rewards to the players plus security as they age plus an opt out (of course the team would want the opt out be unilateral with the team having the opt out... like Cruz's contract)..but the player will want the opt out control. Tell me more about the opt out options.
  5. tarheeltwinsfan

    Trivia

    tarheeltwinsfan commented on mikelink45's blog entry in mikelink45's Blog

    McLain, Jenkins, Gooden, Blue and Hoyt. ( I had to look up the last two.)
  6. tarheeltwinsfan
    Congratulations to both of our Twins' Silver Sluggers. Well deserved honors.
  7. tarheeltwinsfan
    Remember "Spahn and Sain and pray for rain"? How about "Cole, Berrios and Odo and pray for snow".
  8. tarheeltwinsfan
    You misunderstood my quote last year. I was serious. I really did like your hope filled optimism. You were optimistic. I liked it. You were hopeful. I liked it. In fact I have a poster in my office, which I face every day as I sit at my desk. It is the poster of the movie, "It's A Wonderful Life". I hate gloom and doom predictions. You spent a whole year feeling like I was being critical of your article. I was not being critical at all. I was trying to compliment you. I apologize for not making that clearer a year ago.
  9. tarheeltwinsfan
    Ryan Pressley, Nick Anderson and Liam Hendricks sure could have helped the pen this past season.
  10. tarheeltwinsfan
    Forgive me if I don't jump on the Rendon band wagon. His price may be inflated due to his recent post season performance. The main reason I object to going after Rendon though is that AFL MVP Royce Lewis is on his way to 3B, possibly as soon as September 2020, or Lewis will go to to SS if there is an injury to Polanco, or to SS or 2B if Arraez is injured. Or if Sano is injured, to 3B..That would improve IF defense, give the Twinkies mas POSITIVE energy and a singles, doubles hitter, plus some much needed speed on the bases. Lewis was #1 for a reason. Now is the time to start, what Humphrey Bogart stated at the end of the movie, Casa Blanca: "Louis (Lewis), I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship".
  11. tarheeltwinsfan
    Pomeranz would be great. I feel the other 3 are each much bigger risks. Thanks for a good article.
  12. tarheeltwinsfan
    I agree. Remember Zack Britton's statement that World Series are won by starting pitching.
  13. tarheeltwinsfan
    You are not "just a guy on the internet". You actually were good enough to be paid real money to play baseball. Every one of us contributors at Twins Daily would love to have had that opportunity. We are your "groupies". We are all interested in your perceptions of spring training, what players in the low minors think about bus travel, whether you have seen a change in the nutrition program and training with weights since you started with the Twins organization, whether you think the baseballs were juiced this year, etc. We have tons of questions. Thanks for agreeing to respond and for your answers.. Speaking for all of us at TD, I can say whether you are starting for the Minnesota Twins, or playing in Rookie ball at Elizabethton, we all are fans of the Twins organization, and especially the guys who actually get paid to play. So thank you for taking time to respond. I can assure you we are interested in your perspectives.
  14. tarheeltwinsfan
    You never know if a trade can be made unless you propose it and work at it. (April 17, 1960 the Tigers trade Harvey Kuenn, 1959 AL batting champ, at .353 for Cleveland's Rocky Colavito, 1959 AL HR champ with 42 bombas). Who'd a thunk it?
  15. tarheeltwinsfan
    Big Sexy?
  16. tarheeltwinsfan
    Is Big Sexy available?
  17. tarheeltwinsfan
    I am really looking forward to this year's handbook. It helps ward off the "off-season baseball blues".
  18. tarheeltwinsfan
    Interesting article. I hope the Twins do sign this North Carolina native.
  19. tarheeltwinsfan
    Thank you James Rowson. I wish you the best in Miami.
  20. tarheeltwinsfan
    Maybe the Marlins doubled his salary.
  21. tarheeltwinsfan
    Thanks Cooper. Nicely done.
  22. tarheeltwinsfan
    Luke Raley is having a good Fall (hitter of the week) after being injured last year. (Ankle). He is a good fielder (plays some CF and 1B) and bats left-handed.
  23. tarheeltwinsfan
    Very interesting scenario. However with the Twins proclivity to blast bombas and sometimes get early leads, how would this Relief Ace Rotation work if the Twins were leading the Orioles 7 to 0 after 5 innings and it happens to be the day scheduled for the Relief Ace to pitch? Does he pitch anyway to protect the 7 run lead against a weak opponent? Or is the Relief Ace saved for the next day, when the score may be Yankees 12 and Twins 3 in the fifth inning? I think because this move is scheduled to take place later in an ongoing game, in which the probability of victory for one side or the other may be high, that there are too many variables for this to be the most productive use of the 3 best relievers, who would be wasted in a game which has, in all probability, already been decided. Maybe this issue will be addressed on the third article of this series tomorrow. Thank you for a thought provoking proposal.
  24. tarheeltwinsfan
    "Mr. Clutch"
  25. tarheeltwinsfan
    What Britton said. Period.
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