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  1. USAFChief
    I'm approaching 40. In dog years.
  2. USAFChief
    I predict I'll be up at 3, getting a brisket into the smoker. As to the game, I predict a NE win. 31-27 sounds about right. Somehow, Belichek will find a way to bend the odds slightly in his favor in a technically legal but entirely questionable way.
  3. USAFChief
    Have you read the Dozier threads? Set aside a week to ten days, if not.
  4. USAFChief
    "But I try not to let that cloud my judgment of the front office and conflate "I'm disappointed" with "they failed". Precisely.
  5. USAFChief
    I very much want to like the new front office. And I understand they are doing some reorganization, that hopefully will pay dividends down the road. The offseason isn't over. I also understand that as a fan...I'm left pretty underwhelmed with the visible effort to date.
  6. USAFChief
    Possibly so.
  7. USAFChief
    "The way the picks fell?" They had the first pick.
  8. USAFChief
    Can someone refresh my memory...what did the Twins wind up receiving for having the first pick in the rule 5 draft and ending up with the guy drafted 8th?
  9. USAFChief
    wrong-oh, mr smarty pants. No flip phone here.
  10. USAFChief
    Pray tell...what was the response?
  11. USAFChief
    "Guessing what was in JDGoin's mom's basement." OOOOHHHHHHHHH, I KNOW this one... J. D. Goin!
  12. USAFChief
    I'm guessing because the current front office doesn't think the starting pitching can be fixed by adding 1 iffy prospect, either. Particularly at the cost of your best everyday player.
  13. USAFChief
    There is no such thing as a pitching prospect. I read that somewhere.
  14. USAFChief
    At the risk of repeating myself: I was happy with the hiring of both Falvey and Levine. They appear to me--from a distance--to be exactly the type of hires I wanted. They seem to me to be smart, experienced execs with sound baseball backgrounds. Young, analytically savvy, from outside the org...pretty much the exact guys we all screamed for. So...if they discuss a trade for months, and end up not making it, I am going to assume they did so because they didnt get the right offer. We all sort of agree, if the offer was De Leon plus another legitimate prospect, say Alvarez or even Beuhler, we'd take that. If that's the consensus here...seems plausible Falvine would agree. Which leads me to believe either that was never offered, or the Twins don't place as much value on De Leon as prospect mavens. I trust this new front office. I think they deserve that, for a while at least. They can see everything we can and have actual facts from which to base their decision. Criticisng them at this point seems unfair.
  15. USAFChief
    "Major downgrade if Dozier has another year like he did in 2016 or improves. I would bet zero dollars and zero cents either of those things happen." If Forsythe isn't a "major downgrade" from Dozier, then he's a minor downgrade, right? If that's not what you're saying, my bad.
  16. USAFChief
    So on the one hand, there isn't a great deal of difference between Dozier and Forsythe, but on the other hand, the Dodgers offered significantly more for Dozier than Forsythe? That doesn't make sense to me.
  17. USAFChief
    He's a nice pickup, no doubt, but I haven't seen him ranked as the number 1 safety in the nation. Number 1 safety in Alabama, consensus 3star. I do agree I'm exited about Fleck's potential as a recruiter, he's upgraded this class quite a bit already in very little time, and I believe he'll do better in the future.
  18. USAFChief
    Leave the roster size alone, or maybe expand by one. Put no restrictions on positions. Heck, let 15 man staffs evolve. If reducing the bullpen and expanding the bench is really an advantage, let some smart GM/manager use it to their advantage. Let "market inefficiencies" resolve the issue. Let baseball be baseball. The last thing I want to see is baseball become more like football, with offense, defense, special teams, nickel packages, etc etc ad nauseam.
  19. USAFChief
    Platooning has become very difficult with the ever expanding pitching staffs, no doubt. But at least for a position or two, not impossible. Every team will carry at least 4 outfielders, there's no reason a GM can't set it up so a platoon advantage exists for his weakest offensive outfielder. Every team carries two catchers, and a spare infielder. Same deal. Of course, the manager has to take advantage of his roster...
  20. USAFChief
    Berrios for sure, May IF he's a starter. May will be on the 25 man one way or another, but not necessarily in a starter spot.
  21. USAFChief
    In my case, I'm happy they haven't given Dozier away, while still pretty disappointed overall at the lack of attempts to improve the team for 2017 and beyond.
  22. USAFChief
    So is caving on a trade and getting no value in return.
  23. USAFChief
    That, to me, is one of the key issues here. I suspect the reason the Dodgers would be willing to part with De Leon is because ultimately they don't view him as particularly valuable. They're trying to max out his value while they still can.
  24. USAFChief
    I think it makes all the sense in the world. Adding a free agent, for example, costs only money. Adding a starter by trading your best player costs your best player. And in this specific case, they aren't even adding a starter, they're adding the potential for one starter. Everyone wants the Twins to get better. Some of us just think if you're trading away your best player, there aught to be a real chance your team is better, and soon.
  25. USAFChief
    Do it.
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