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  1. USAFChief
    Can he pitch the 7th inning?
  2. USAFChief
    Clearly they're using their in-hand deal with Texas for Darvish as leverage to lower the price on Garcia. Clearly.
  3. USAFChief
    With every minute that goes by, this seems less and less likely, no?
  4. USAFChief
    Happy Anniversary to the both of ya's!
  5. USAFChief
    This seems to me a reasonable first step. It won't take much to get more from the bottom of the rotation than what they've gotten. I hope they do more.
  6. USAFChief
    just deleting Hector Santiago and Kyle Gibson from 2018 saves $11, not even counting what Gibson would get as a raise in arb. Mauer's deal is up after 2018. I refuse to let the Twins use money as an issue. There is no financial reason the Twins can't be spending another $30-$40M on salary, IMO.
  7. USAFChief
    well, I said "virtually nothing." You'd have to give Detroit some minor league assets, but nothing that anyone would be upset about.
  8. USAFChief
    true, he has a no trade.
  9. USAFChief
    Verlander is almost certainly on the market as Detroit looks to get younger and cheaper. They're going to have a hard time getting rid of the contract, he's owed $56M over 2018 and 19 (with a vesting option at $22M for 2020 if he finishes top 5 in CY voting in 2019.) That's a lot of money, but there's no real reason the Twins couldn't absorb that, IMO.
  10. USAFChief
    Here's an idea...If you took on all the money, I bet you could get Justin Verlander and Justin Wilson from Detroit for virtually nothing. Verlander is owed a lot of money, but he's only 34 and one season removed from 220 innings of 3 ERA, his K rate and BB rates are still good, and he'd be a clear upgrade in the rotation for now and the foreseeable future. And the Twins have the money. What else are they going to do with it?
  11. USAFChief
    Not to mention, in baseball there isn't a prohibitive favorite when a .500-ish team plays a .600-ish team in a 5 or 7 game series. For one thing, it's baseball, and for another, the bottom of each team's roster isn't likely to play a decisive role.
  12. USAFChief
    True. However, the Twins ARE in contention today. They might not be tomorrow.
  13. USAFChief
    *not sacrificing the system today MIGHT make the team better tomorrow
  14. USAFChief
    I can pretty much guarantee that any business, particularly one in the entertainment business, cares about getting blasted in the media. They earn their money by selling their product. Perception of that product is pretty important. They've gone from selling out the season in TFs first season to less than 2/3 full. They care, and what's more, the media would be correct in blasting them, and I think more people than not would agree with that sentiment. As for players, I'm going to guess that things like this matter when FAs decide between competitive offers, too.
  15. USAFChief
    There is no guarantee that waiting will result in a better opportunity. Go out, today, and get some help. The Yankees just got two fabulous bullpen pieces for a very reasonable price. It can be done. If the Twins current minor league system can't withstand trading off a similar haul, there is no "window" to wait for anyway.
  16. USAFChief
    I wish the Twins would for once decide to play big boy baseball and do some things to actually compete at a high level. Do the Yankees sit around and wait for AA prospects? No, they find a way to sell shiny prospects for a guy with a 15 K/9 and 60/7 K/BB ratio. They actually DO something. The minor leagues are not going to solve the Twins pen issues in 2017, despite the repeated proclamations of the last three years. And there's no reason to think today's proclamations of help on the horizon will fix things next year, either. For all the bluster about the tremendous arms the Twins amassed, they've got Tyler Rogers to show for it. Let someone else wait on dreams. Go get some legit help.
  17. USAFChief
    I just wanted to say these recaps...these recaps are fantastic. Fan(insert modifier of choice here)tastic.
  18. USAFChief
    Speaking only for myself, those prospects haven't won a single MLB game yet.
  19. USAFChief
    They wouldn't have to "pull off something similar" had they pulled off that exact thing. Every day they wait thins the available pitchers and exposes the current pen to another game.
  20. USAFChief
    So Buxton...finally dropped to the bottom of the order. His replacement, who has been worse, in the two hole. That's tough for an amateur like me to understand.
  21. USAFChief
    Concur, and you probably got that from me. That's who he reminds me of.
  22. USAFChief
    "WC" = Wild Card. Dodgers, Nats, AZ, and Colorado are N/A. I don't expect the Astros or Red Sox to be WC competition. to be more clear...there aren't several strong AL teams that will need to be beaten to grab one of the two WC spots.
  23. USAFChief
    I don't agree it's a hard question. In fact, it's easy. They're in contention, for both the division and the WC. The season is half over. Cleveland isn't some juggernaut (or at least hasn't played like one), and there aren't several strong teams that need to be beaten for the WC. Find some help. Now.
  24. USAFChief
    Dozier weighs in: http://www.startribune.com/should-twins-buy-or-sell-answer-is-clear-to-players/435092943/#1 I agree. It's the right thing to do on it's own merits, plus there is no guarantee some better time to add will magically materialize in the future.
  25. USAFChief
    ftfy
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