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  1. USAFChief
    Huh?
  2. USAFChief
    I wonder if maybe we're looking at this backward... Maybe the Twins aren't "accommodating" Plouffe. Maybe they've decided Sano isn't a third baseman, and are "accommodating" him by finding him a less demanding position.
  3. USAFChief
    The only way Park doesn't make the opening day roster is the DL. The only way Quentin DOES make the opening day roster is multiple OFers on the DL.
  4. USAFChief
    I'm looking to get a head start on my best season ever. I lost 5 lbs this offseason.
  5. USAFChief
    It could be any of 'em. This is Minnesota...where all the children are above average.
  6. USAFChief
    Actually, I think that would make him an optimist!
  7. USAFChief
    Carlos Quentin...ah, the memories. At one time I was working a part time job as a stringer for BIS, doing AAA games in Tucson. Carlos Quentin was on (a really, really good) D'backs AAA team. The thing that sticks out in my memory is the absolute regularity with which he would get hit by a pitch. He stood right on top of the plate, and just would. not. make. any. effort. whatsoever. to. move. out. of. the. way. of. a. pitch. If the pitcher threw 8 inches off the plate inside, it was a HBP, guaranteed. The standing bet with the other stringers was always an O/U of .5 HBP per game. I'd always take the over, and I might be misremembering, but I seem to recall I won more than I lost. Anywhoo...Carlos Quentin?
  8. USAFChief
    If he had/has potential value to the Twins, he had/has potential value to other teams as well. If his potential value to other teams was so low that not. one. single. GM. would. offer. ANYthing. of value...then he had no potential value to the Twins, either. Which he obviously did, so IMO you overstate your case when you say he wasn't tradeable last winter. He wasn't going to bring back a huge haul, but that's not the same has "had no value."
  9. USAFChief
    Then the question is, if he had zero trade value, why would the Twins give him a starting gig (or any job) out of spring training in 2015? And why is he still on the 40 man?
  10. USAFChief
    Then they're LYING to us!!1! There's none left.
  11. USAFChief
    Prospect lists are fun, but I think many fans assume having players on such lists automatically means "big league wins" in the near future. Many of these prospects will have little or no impact in the big leagues. But maybe more importantly, and what fans sometimes forget when salivating over these lists, is that they are not lists of the best young players in the game, since these lists do not include the players already in the big leagues. They are lists of young players not yet good enough to play in the show. Seager isn't the best young SS in the game, that's Carlos Correa, who is actually younger than Seager. Lindor is a better "prospect," probably Russell as well. And I might take Machado over any of them.
  12. USAFChief
    MLB isn't like other businesses, which measure success solely on the basis of profit and loss. Baseball teams need to also measure success in terms of wins and losses. How valuable would 2 more wins have been in 2015? There's a ROI that needs consideration.
  13. USAFChief
    Anyone catch Colbert holding a Trump vs Trump debate? Awesome.
  14. USAFChief
    Yes.
  15. USAFChief
    That may be true, but wouldn't Santana be an example of someone who doesn't let anything get into their heads? He hit in 2014, when he was moved to CF (with almost no OF experience) part time.
  16. USAFChief
    You can never have too many corner OFers with .717 career minor league OPS's.
  17. USAFChief
    If it would have taken Kepler, obviously "no." But I don't see any way Dickerson is a comp for Kepler. Arcia is probably too low, but probably a workable starting point. Good minor league hitting history, some warts. Arcia is also a couple years younger. And for the record, it's a bit of a stretch to call Dickerson an "everyday" guy. He's most likely a LH hitting part of a platoon.
  18. USAFChief
    We'll see. I'm doubtful.
  19. USAFChief
    How confident are you the Twins even asked the Rays about McGee? $4.8M in 2016. The Twins are not taking on payroll, that's pretty obvious, no?
  20. USAFChief
    I think "everywhere except Coors" is a pretty fair standard for any player.
  21. USAFChief
    Shhhhhh...don't mess with the narrative.
  22. USAFChief
    I think it's pretty difficult to tell in January 2015 whether or not that will be a good idea in the 2017-18 offseason. Sano could flounder, or prove inept as a third baseman, and there are no better options than Plouffe. Plouffe could have himself two seasons good enough that he'll decline a QO.
  23. USAFChief
    nitpic: Fien: "Only 20% of his arbitration contract isn’t guaranteed." I believe that should be "is". Only 20% of his contract is guaranteed.
  24. USAFChief
    1. No. That has been my argument from day one. Let me state it again: The Twins increased revenue by ~$100M but have increased payroll by anywhere from $15-45M since moving into TF. The reason is, they are paying off the debt on money borrowed to build TF. Other posters attempted to explain away the missing money through "increased costs," I disputed that claim. 2. Forbes list of MLB revenues already accounts for revenue sharing, so it is a non factor. The revenue estimates we are all using have already factored it in. http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=16297
  25. USAFChief
    I was responding, point by point, to claims from another poster. But since you mention it... Interest on TF loans has been pretty much my entire point. They misled the public on stadium construction, and are paying off their "contribution" from revenue, instead of putting that money into the team, as they implied in lobbying for the ballpark. Show me the revenue sharing numbers. It's ironic, don't you think, to claim on one hand the Twins can't afford more payroll since their revenues are bottom third, then turn around and cite revenue sharing as a reason for low payroll.
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