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  1. USAFChief
    There is no such thing as a pitching prospect. I read that somewhere.
  2. USAFChief
    "Squeezing De Leon onto the roster"? He was up last year.
  3. USAFChief
    That's just all kinds of wrong. Take a look at the cost of securing Okinawa. There's ample reason to believe using the bomb to force Japan's surrender both saved lives and kept the Russians out of mainland Japan. An invasion would have been orders of magnitude worse.
  4. USAFChief
    Not that there's anything wrong with that.
  5. USAFChief
    At the risk of repeating myself: I was happy with the hiring of both Falvey and Levine. They appear to me--from a distance--to be exactly the type of hires I wanted. They seem to me to be smart, experienced execs with sound baseball backgrounds. Young, analytically savvy, from outside the org...pretty much the exact guys we all screamed for. So...if they discuss a trade for months, and end up not making it, I am going to assume they did so because they didnt get the right offer. We all sort of agree, if the offer was De Leon plus another legitimate prospect, say Alvarez or even Beuhler, we'd take that. If that's the consensus here...seems plausible Falvine would agree. Which leads me to believe either that was never offered, or the Twins don't place as much value on De Leon as prospect mavens. I trust this new front office. I think they deserve that, for a while at least. They can see everything we can and have actual facts from which to base their decision. Criticisng them at this point seems unfair.
  6. USAFChief
    "Major downgrade if Dozier has another year like he did in 2016 or improves. I would bet zero dollars and zero cents either of those things happen." If Forsythe isn't a "major downgrade" from Dozier, then he's a minor downgrade, right? If that's not what you're saying, my bad.
  7. USAFChief
    So on the one hand, there isn't a great deal of difference between Dozier and Forsythe, but on the other hand, the Dodgers offered significantly more for Dozier than Forsythe? That doesn't make sense to me.
  8. USAFChief
    Great post, mazeville. I agree with every word. And at this point, it's hard to see how the offseason improves.
  9. USAFChief
    I think this deal does more to confirm the idea the Dodgers offered DeLeon and nothing of any value for Dozier than the opposite.
  10. USAFChief
    That is quite clearly not true.
  11. USAFChief
    He's a nice pickup, no doubt, but I haven't seen him ranked as the number 1 safety in the nation. Number 1 safety in Alabama, consensus 3star. I do agree I'm exited about Fleck's potential as a recruiter, he's upgraded this class quite a bit already in very little time, and I believe he'll do better in the future.
  12. USAFChief
    It's actually about baseruns, but I stand duly chastised.
  13. USAFChief
    So sayeth River...Brian. He should know.
  14. USAFChief
    Fair enough.
  15. USAFChief
    And it's not a one year anomaly.
  16. USAFChief
    Along with a year less of control.
  17. USAFChief
    Awful news.
  18. USAFChief
    Wha??
  19. USAFChief
    That's part of it.
  20. USAFChief
    And desperate people often do stupid things. Lets hope the Twins don't.
  21. USAFChief
    Um...yes? Sorry, couldn't resist.
  22. USAFChief
    One post above, you stated "A team shouldn't have to give up two very strong prospects for two years of Dozier." It's hard for me to keep up with your position on this.
  23. USAFChief
    So then there's no trade to be made, IMO. The Dodgers want to give up De Leon and nothing else of real value. You're ok with that. The Twins want more. I'm ok with that. The ball is in the Dodgers' court.
  24. USAFChief
    And yet, if one is to believe WAR--which I believe I've seen you defend--he's accumulated over 16 fWAR over the past four seasons. It's not just one year. He's a very good player, in the prime of his career, on a cheap contract, which is why the Dodgers want him. They want him because he's pretty much an exact match for an area of extreme need. So they can either pay up, or find some other, lesser option. It's really that simple. I hope they pay up. If they don't, I'll enjoy watching Dozier play for the Twins, and hopefully enjoy watching the Dodgers be good yet again, but not good enough, yet again.
  25. USAFChief
    Leave the roster size alone, or maybe expand by one. Put no restrictions on positions. Heck, let 15 man staffs evolve. If reducing the bullpen and expanding the bench is really an advantage, let some smart GM/manager use it to their advantage. Let "market inefficiencies" resolve the issue. Let baseball be baseball. The last thing I want to see is baseball become more like football, with offense, defense, special teams, nickel packages, etc etc ad nauseam.
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