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  1. USAFChief
    I think Farmer is on the team because he's a very capable backup all around the infield, and the only one they have who they feel comfortable at SS. As for Vazquez, quick pop quiz: who had more PAs last year... Ryan Jeffers or Christian Vazquez? Vazquez isn't a backup, given the way the Twins deploy their catchers. He's excellent behind the plate, and also very likely a better hitter than he showed in 2023. Given the weak catching throughout the major leagues, I doubt the Twins regret the contract.
  2. USAFChief
    I'd say the chances the Twins pick up Margot's $12M 2025 option are even less than the chances they could "trade him for a prospect" if they did.
  3. USAFChief
    Margot has a career .760 OPS vs lefthanded pitching, and he's going to OPS .850 this year? Color me skeptical. Also color me skeptical he'll get more PAs vs LH pitching than RH. That's a tough trick to pull off. There's simply not enough LH pitching to make that work very often.
  4. USAFChief
    Neither team is expected to contend in 2024, but they're signing Snell or Montgomery, and then trading a viable starter to the Twins? For, in your words, salary space? Can't see how any of that makes sense. Particularly the part about the Twins giving someone salary relief. As for Nick Pivetta...as I said, how does that help the Twins?
  5. USAFChief
    This makes zero sense. Any team adding Snell or Montgomery would be removing their worst starter from their rotation. How does that pitcher help the Twins? Or, if said team is shedding salary, we know the Twins are out.
  6. USAFChief
    Heh. Why did the poster I responded to stop at 3? There are numerous studies out there showing a strong correlation between payroll and winning.
  7. USAFChief
    But 6 of the top 10 did.
  8. USAFChief
    It's NOT self imposed?? Look, feel free to shill for ownership to your hearts content, but at least don't scold the rest of us using bald faced lies.
  9. USAFChief
    A "prospect like Austin Martin?" The guy with the .749 career MiLB OPS. 14 career MiLB HRs? soon turning 25? That guy? For the record, that's over 100 points below Garlick's career MiLB OPS.
  10. USAFChief
    I'd say you have that 100 percent wrong. Polanco was traded for the best starter they thought they could get. The others were throw-ins, since the starter they were able to get is likely to suck. The Polanco trade doesn't happen without the Twins getting a planned rotation piece.
  11. USAFChief
    This list seems pretty accurate, with one exception. I'd say Larnach has a better chance to make an impact on the 2024 Twins than Miranda.
  12. USAFChief
    Santana can have the town, I hope he takes it. He might just make it after all.
  13. USAFChief
    The reason Santana will get plenty of ABs against RH'd pitching is, the Twins are short one bat. Whether Kirilloff is at 1st and Santana at DH, or vice versa is irrelevant. Both are likely to play most games against RH pitching. Santana wasn't signed just to play 1st against LH pitching.
  14. USAFChief
    You seem at odds with yourself.
  15. USAFChief
    FTFY
  16. USAFChief
    Death, taxes, and MLR whining about spending. Inevitable.
  17. USAFChief
    I think you might have that backwards, Mike. You can have the stars align and win big for a season or two without spending in the top 10-ish. Even win a WS. But "sustained success" takes a big payroll. By sustained success, I mean years-decades-of good teams, almost every year. The Yankees haven't had a losing season record since 1992. Dodgers twice since 2000. Houston, Atlanta. To be good, long term, you need to pay for players. It's next to impossible to consistently develop enough young talent. Tampa possibly being the exception that proves the rule.
  18. USAFChief
    "Carry" Paddack for 2 weeks while not pitching him? Why would they voluntarily play with effectively a 25 man roster?
  19. USAFChief
    Maybe take your own advice.
  20. USAFChief
    My guess is Joe Pohlad (not "the owner" BTW...the "executive chair") got his ears boxed for spending too much in 2023, and the family took back more profit for 2024.
  21. USAFChief
    Agreed, with one minor sticking point. Carl Pohlad bought 94% of Minnesota Twins stock in 1984 for ~$43.5M, not $32M. Calvin Griffith got $32M for his 52% share of the franchise, a group of Tampa Bay investors got roughly $11.5M for their 42% stake.
  22. USAFChief
    The Pohlad family bought the Twins franchise for $44M. It's now worth roughly $1.5B. And some here want to claim they're not regularly making pretty decent profits? I don't believe it. And I don't believe there was a single reason the Twins "needed" to drop ~$40M from the payroll this year. The TV money is down less than $10M. Actually much less, more like ~$5M, since half their local TV money goes to MLB, where it's combined with all 29 other team's local TV revenue and then redistributed back to the 30 teams. That's right...the Twins get part of the Dodgers (and every other team's) local TV money. And the "BAM money" canard is just a clumsy attempt to explain it all away. That was a 1 time windfall payment that had zero effect on 2023 payroll.
  23. USAFChief
    I guess practices could have changed, but the Twins have repeatedly stated budgets are year-to-year.
  24. USAFChief
    I'm a grandparent. My question: if you're spoiling the grandkids somewhere else, why not spoil them at a Twins game? And some friendly advice: the family section concession stands in CF. You don't need to spend $50 per kid. $10 will do it. Also, buy one souvenir plastic soda cup...free refills FOR THE ENTIRE SEASON at every concession stand in the stadium. The grandkids can share one, and drink to their heart's content.
  25. USAFChief
    You keep on using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.
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