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  1. USAFChief
    Good start. Now something for the top.
  2. USAFChief
    Fair enough, good points. I do concur front offices are likely using their own internal evaluation tools.
  3. USAFChief
    Well, not all of us agree RBI are a worthless stat. I would characterize WAR that way, though. Or nearly so.
  4. USAFChief
    Which one are you going with?
  5. USAFChief
    They are particularly intrigued by the monetary analytic, is my guess.
  6. USAFChief
    I ninja’d you.
  7. USAFChief
    It’s also possible the agent said “I probably can’t get the AAV of the QO, but I can get you four years at something close to it. Otherwise we’re back doing this next year.”
  8. USAFChief
    The clip had nothing to do with it. And yes, we know.
  9. USAFChief
    It’s a 40 man spot that now wont go to an acquisition that can help the Twins. THIS is the plan for one rotation spot. Make no mistake. If (when) he’s cut during spring, there goes the rotation upgrade.
  10. USAFChief
    Did you get your passport in a timely manner?
  11. USAFChief
    How is this not bad? This is, right now, the only starting pitching move they’ve made.
  12. USAFChief
    No they did not. And Garret Cole could realistically be slotted in to start game two, right behind Darvish, with Berrios at three, and Santana at 4 by ?mid-May? We get Kyle Gibson game 2.
  13. USAFChief
    Concur with above, great article. One point: Is it me, or is it rather telling they feel the need to offer a giveaway on the home opener? Shouldn't that already be a sellout?
  14. USAFChief
    Just my opinion, but entering the season with that staff is basically throwing up a white flag. That is not a staff capable of competing. Ever.
  15. USAFChief
    But is he in the best shape of his life?
  16. USAFChief
    how often does that work? Don’t need exact numbers, a ballpark estimate is fine. Also...are they usually stale by that point? Edit: asking for a friend
  17. USAFChief
    First, Bird, thanks for the kind words, I appreciate it. As you know, the respect is mutual. But my point is...IMO it doesn't matter whether I give them "credit." I'm not doing that, by the way, but even if I do...how many MLB wins does that mean? Or if you, or Nick, give them the benefit of the doubt here? What does that amount to? At the end of the day, they need to add players, and Darvish, IMO, represented a real opportunity...one they themselves seemed pretty intent on not that long ago. I've never said "Darvish or bust." And if by opening day, my honest assessment is "they've really addressed the rotation well," then I'll be the first to say so. Until then...they get no credit from me. Whether they tried or not. In the immortal words of my age-compatriot Yoda, "There is no try. There is only do or not do.
  18. USAFChief
    I don't think there's even a 1 percent chance of Romero breaking camp with the Twins.
  19. USAFChief
    What I'm saying is, I've heard this song and dance before. "We tried" has never won a MLB game, and never will. It didn't have to be Darvish. But "they made an offer" is ... meaningless. It has zero value. It's words.
  20. USAFChief
    i don't really care about setting the bar, or who offered what, or who didn't, or "giving credit" for trying. Get it done, or it's meaningless.
  21. USAFChief
    Nick...I didn't bring up Gimenez, you did.
  22. USAFChief
    Falvine wanted Gimenez and couldn't get THAT done? Even I don't think they're that incompetent.
  23. USAFChief
    Well, I agree. Unless you're being sarcastic, in which case, how does it go awry? They end up paying for the end years of a long contract?
  24. USAFChief
    Skipping the 5th starter is pretty much a thing of the past anyway.
  25. USAFChief
    Nope, don’t see the corallary, nor do I see player opt out options as very bad for teams. In fact, were I a GM, I’d be inclined to encourage them, in hopes the players do well enough to exercise them.
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