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  1. USAFChief
    The clock is ticking on signing Buxton. Get it done, this winter. Like Jim, I suspect it'll be for a higher AAV than this proposal.
  2. USAFChief
    They also now get all advertising and suite revenue, which they didn't get in the dome. Seems like, at worse, a wash. The Florida facilities upgrade cost the Twins $13.8m (part of which is increased rent payments). http://m.mlb.com/news/article/40185098// The Dominican upgrade cost them $9m. https://puckettspond.com/2017/01/20/minnesota-twins-open-baseball-academy-dominican-republic/ Try again. With that, I'm going to suggest we take this elsewhere.
  3. USAFChief
    As to the topic, I still don't think it's wise to extend a Dozier. Regardless my position on salary.
  4. USAFChief
    Do you believe the Twins, over history, have been aggressive with payroll? Or cautious to the point of favoring money over success? It's not a dumb complaint depending on your answer to the above. It's hard to know exact figures, but I know this...the team was purchased for $44M and is now worth something approaching 20 times that amount. SOMEbody thinks the Twins are printing money. I'd also like to know why the Twins needed ~$70M to pay for everything over and above major league payroll in the dome, but immediately needed ~$110M the day they moved into TF. Nobody has ever offered an explanation that doesn't include "they're not actually putting a penny of their own money into TF."
  5. USAFChief
    Available replacements play a role.
  6. USAFChief
    I like me some Doz, but I think you gotta let him walk after '18.
  7. USAFChief
    Among other things, both Buxton and Mauer had significantly less playing time than Dozier.
  8. USAFChief
    Dozier, by quite a bit. Buxton a distant second.
  9. USAFChief
    And fWAR for pitchers is...even worse than for hitters.
  10. USAFChief
    I fear it might already be too late to get a decent discount. The incentives for Buxton to sign such a deal are melting away. His chances of not having an MLB career at this point are down to injury risk.
  11. USAFChief
    Right, but we shouldn't hold his youth against him.
  12. USAFChief
    Buxton for sure. For as many years as he'll agree to. Sano is a tougher call, but I probably make an offer. I am leery about what security might do to motivation. Rosario, I just let it ride at least another year. Sign Berrios too.
  13. USAFChief
    Play hard. As hard as you can. To do less doesn't make you immune from injury, and is an insult to the game.
  14. USAFChief
    Consider yourself perma-banned.
  15. USAFChief
    We get your point, but that's not MLB. As for Molitor, I hope he's better than I think he is. Which is entirely possible.
  16. USAFChief
    Sung to the tune of George Of The Jungle, I presume
  17. USAFChief
    Miguel Sano got a vote?
  18. USAFChief
    I still think PJ is a good hire and will be the best Gopher coach since Warmath. He inherited a team that didn't recruit well enough the last couple years. Particularly at skill positions. Let's give him more than two B10 games.
  19. USAFChief
    If the Twins aren't good situational hitters, why would you waste an out bunting, to put the team in a situation calling for situational hitting? If they're not good at getting a runner in from third with 1 out...you bunt to put a runner on third with one out??
  20. USAFChief
    Yes, this is the disagreement. IMO he lost plenty of games by leaving his starter in until the damage was done.
  21. USAFChief
    I don't know about that. Would Molitor have removed his best starter in the top of the first after recording 1 out? I sincerely doubt it. It's one of his primary weaknesses...his strong tendency to wait until his starter has suffered max damage, and THEN remove him. And it has nothing to do with the quality of his bullpen. If it did, he'd leave the starter in after the 3 run HR too.
  22. USAFChief
    Great work, Tom. Hope you're back next year.
  23. USAFChief
    Revere has a career .280 MLB BA.
  24. USAFChief
    Concur. I thought the umpiring was great. Tight zone. And there were a number of Twins hitters who got pitches to hit, and didn't. Umpiring had nothing to do with this loss.
  25. USAFChief
    He has 300 PAs of decent in AAA. Nothing of consequence (.700-ish OPS) in his other 4 minor league seasons. Zero power. His "good ABs" added up to a .611 OPS this year. If Zach Granite is your plan for fourth OFer, you're doing it wrong.
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