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  1. USAFChief
    "FAKE NEWS!!"
  2. USAFChief
    Not exactly tearing up the IL.
  3. USAFChief
    If Culpepper is the primary return for Neto you have to do that.
  4. USAFChief
    Rutschman does come with an extra year of control.
  5. USAFChief
    Yup. Lots and lots of damage repair to be done. Some minor positives already this season. It helps that .500 is enough to sniff contention. It helps they've actually added a bit. Public statements have been pretty fair, which is a massive improvement over the disasters of recent years. Trading Jeffers or Ryan RN would be widely viewed as just more salary dumping.
  6. USAFChief
    You weren't very interested in him but it's a negative on ownership they didn't get him?
  7. USAFChief
    Nope. Contract expires this year.
  8. USAFChief
    Now THERE'S an opportunity for ownership to put its money where its mouth is.
  9. USAFChief
    First of all, i said "they will," not "I will." But I agree with what I believe will be their priority--recovering some good will with the majority of their apathetic or openly hostile fan base--should be their most important task. There are multiple avenues they'll need to go down to make that happen. Selling right now would absolutely be reversing course down at least one of those avenues. I understand why trading Jeffers makes some sense baseball wise. I also understand it guarantees absolutely nothing about the future, baseball wise. Nothing. Trading Johan Santana made some sense, baseball wise. Turns out they'd have been much better off just keeping him, taking another year off his arm and letting him walk. Getting another 7 or 8 thousand more fans per game at TF, selling more Twins TV packages, more jerseys. Those things are way more important to the future of the Twins than whatever you get for Ryan Jeffers. How to make the above happen is open for debate, for sure. But I do believe that is, and should be, the first priority. And I absolutely believe selling right now won't play well with the vast majority of fans.
  10. USAFChief
    Reasonable. But if they trade Jeffers the Twins offense wouldn't be "as good or better."
  11. USAFChief
    Regardless, it's doubtful you get a better player in FA next year for $8M
  12. USAFChief
    I said "some." And the point was they didn't sell off. They in fact added, and made an effort to get to where we all want. Selling Jeffers might be correct...might not. But it will absolutely be a huge PR disaster.
  13. USAFChief
    I doubt the Twins trade away anything from the current 26 man roster. Rightly or wrongly, I'd be shocked if they dealt Jeffers. I think they add 1 relief pitcher, of little importance. I believe they correctly view recovering some good will and interest with the public as the most important current outcome possible. A few hardcore fans will view keeping Jeffers as a negative. Same with Ryan and Larnach. The vast majority of Twins fans won't see it that way. And if they can stay in contention through the end of the season, bonus. I guess we'll know soon.
  14. USAFChief
    So, ask yourself, "Why would Cincinnati be interested in trading Hunter Greene?" Hard Pass. And I'm a guy who thinks prospects are the most overvalued thing in baseball.
  15. USAFChief
    Really really bad for baseball.
  16. USAFChief
    I've never trusted Funderburk. At all. And RN I'm forced to admit I'm a big stupid who poops his pants. He's been nails for a while now.
  17. USAFChief
    Let's hope Pablo is back and actually Pablo next year. Neither of those things are guaranteed.
  18. USAFChief
    You could just say, "yeah, I changed my mind." No biggie.
  19. USAFChief
    If only there was a way Matthews could be recalled at some point later this season. Damn.
  20. USAFChief
    Again??
  21. USAFChief
    Ridiculously wrong.
  22. USAFChief
    Aren't you on record here asking that any trades this year NOT be for rentals? Specifically FOR players with added control?
  23. USAFChief
    A "six man rotation!" Article gets posted at TD about twice per month.
  24. USAFChief
    Speaking of July, somehow rallying to get to 3-4 on that road trip coming out of the AS break was huge. Huge. Right now the key to the season, IYAM.
  25. USAFChief
    LFG!!!
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