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  1. USAFChief
    There were 8 playoff teams until 2012. So in fact, your numbers show that those top 33 percent of payrolls comprise more than 33 percent of the playoff field in every year except one. The top 33 percent have filled 43 percent of the playoff field, the bottom 67 percent just 57 percent. What actually makes it MUCH more likely to miss the playoffs is being one of the bottom 67 percent of payroll.
  2. USAFChief
    In all seriousness...do you feel the bullpen is a weak spot? If so, (since we're in a thread about Bastardo), do you feel that LH relief pitching is a specific 2016 weakness, and would adding a quality LHer lessen those concerns?
  3. USAFChief
    and were told "not to worry...plenty of options left."
  4. USAFChief
    Right...so it's really not a reason to avoid adding FA's to the pen.
  5. USAFChief
    I thought there was "a lot of confidence" they"ll all be ready by May 1st.
  6. USAFChief
    Might need to adjust your snarkometer.
  7. USAFChief
    He could also come in to pitch, then go to the OF, and then resume pitching. (Comes into the game to replace the pitcher, another pitcher comes into the game later to replace an OFer in the lineup but pitches, then another OFer comes into the game to replace the second pitcher).
  8. USAFChief
    Can we get a few of these exploited athletes to play for the Gophers? Please?
  9. USAFChief
    I have a hard time getting too worked up about "exploitation" of those who voluntarily participate, and are "paid" the cost of a college education for the trouble. Nobody is forcing anybody to play college sports.
  10. USAFChief
    Prediction: CarGo plays for the StL Cardinals in 2016.
  11. USAFChief
    lunch.
  12. USAFChief
    And yet a little over half of the TD audience sat stonily silent, applauded nothing, and appeared to have a bad case of food poisoning through the entire speech. Weird.
  13. USAFChief
    By "that article," I presume you mean the Spanish language one in something called El Nuevo Diario. I also presume that isn't the work of the PR department.
  14. USAFChief
    No, but it seems to me they sometimes go to concerted lengths to dampen fan enthusiasm. "We're closed for the winter. Call us about tickets in April" is A strategy, I'm not convinced its a good one.
  15. USAFChief
    As for the Twins bullpen not costing them in the postseason, these are certainly not the end all, be all numbers but they are at the least interesting (postseason series lost by the Twins under Ryan): 2002, ALCS: Twins bullpen gave up 16 ER, took 2 L's LAA pen, 2 ER, got 1 W 2003 ALDS: Twins pen 4ER, NYY 0. 2004 ALDS: Twins pen 9 ER, 2 L's, NYY 6 ER, 2 W's 2006 ALDS: Twins pen 4 ER 1 L, Oak 2ER, 1W 2009 ALDS: Twins pen 6 ER 1L, NYY 2 ER 2010 ALDS Twins pen 4 ER 1 L, NYY 1 IMO, Some of that is noise. Some of that is, the Twins pen was not up to the task of post season baseball. I think that's because the Twins, under Ryan, have tended to follow the "bullpens aren't important and can be assembled on the cheap" model.
  16. USAFChief
    Nit pic, but everyone's points would be easier to follow if they were to specify "AL," "NL," or "MLB" when citing where a team stands. For example, "22nd in the league" can be inferred to be "22nd in MLB" because the Royals are not in a league with 22 teams. But your point would be clearer if you said MLB. And it would be much, much clearer if, when referring to the Twins, "8th" was specified as in the AL, or in MLB. Not to mention, Those are not interchangeable terms or comparisons, particularly in the case of pitching, where in the NL even relief pitchers sometimes get to face opposing pitchers.
  17. USAFChief
    I have no idea who the Republicans will nominate. But that person will be running against Hillary Clinton, barring a serious health incident. That much is a stone cold lock.
  18. USAFChief
    PED-users may indeed be ten times the human being Ty Cobb was, but that has little or nothing to do with being recognized as one of the best baseball players in history. Being an asshat doesn't make you a better baseball player. There's reason to believe being a PED user does. That's why Ty Cobb being in the HOF is't controversial, but Barry Bonds will always be. If you want to make your case that Bonds should be in the Hall of Really Great Humans, and Cobb not, go for it.
  19. USAFChief
    *Of the first three, I'd call only the Hughes extension foolish. And even that doesn't have to keep Berrios from the rotation, and likely wont for very long. If Berrios earns a shot, and doesn't get it, THAT's the foolishness, not the FA signings. *I'm not asking for long term contracts to stopgap players...I'm asking for the Twins to STOP focusing on stopgaps and instead focus on adding difference makers. Your beef should be with those calling for more Boyers while we wait for the cavalry to ride in from AA.
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    No.
  21. USAFChief
    "Democratic." The Democratic nomination. For the Democratic Party.
  22. USAFChief
    I'd rather have Upton. Younger, and a lot of Gordon's "value" is tied up in shaky defensive metrics.
  23. USAFChief
    Bullpens are 7 or 8 deep, and teams use 10 or more relievers in a season regularly. Naming 5 "pretty good" relievers over a decade does more to disprove your point than prove it, even if we squint hard enough to declare guys like Boyer "pretty good."
  24. USAFChief
    This article is depressing. The umpteenth offseason in a row of trying to fill holes with stuff other teams don't want.
  25. USAFChief
    Concur. I have mixed feelings about this myself, and can understand why others wouldn't want him in a Twins uniform. My points are purely from a baseball perspective. Great value for the Yankees, would have been an absolutely fabulous pickup for the Twins, baseball wise.
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