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  1. USAFChief
    It's easy, folks, and an opportunity to show your support for TD.
  2. USAFChief
    Pineda to the AL Central!!1! ...
  3. USAFChief
    What are you even arguing? You've said they should have added at the deadline in 2019. "But they got swept" is hindsight and meaningless to the question of the 2019 deadline. And BTW, who's to say a top starter wouldn't have tossed 8 scoreless, won a game, and changed the entire series? Randy Dobnak started game 2, ferpetesake.
  4. USAFChief
    65-97. I realize that's pretty optimistic, but what can you say, I'm a homer through and through.
  5. USAFChief
    I always felt like Rocco didn't give him enough ABs.
  6. USAFChief
    Every part of Arraez' offense has declined each year since his debut. BA, OBP, and SLG have each dropped...2020 worse than 2019, 2021 worse than 2020. It's only a 2 year trend. And 2020 doesn't really count, due to sample size, but still. Last year he put up a 105 OPS+, with little power. There's a decent chance, IMO, that's going down again this year. He hasn't shown the ability to be a defensive plus anywhere. Seems to have old man legs. I don't think he needs to be wedged into the lineup.
  7. USAFChief
    I was going to go with "he didn't actually PLAY left field last year either" but I like your snark better.
  8. USAFChief
    As currently constructed, I'll take closer to 60 than 80. This has a chance to be the worst team in MLB. Certainly a real chance to have the worst pitching, and now we've lost 2 of the team's better hitters and gotten worse defensively.
  9. USAFChief
    Ron Davis is available too, and I bet would pick up the phone.
  10. USAFChief
    Except the top hitter is missing the entire season rather than just the second half.
  11. USAFChief
    Some organizations prioritize winning over bottom line.
  12. USAFChief
    Fangraphs' 80 is what you cited.
  13. USAFChief
    Fangraphs...Fangraphs is silly, as usual. No shot this team as constructed wins 80 games.
  14. USAFChief
    I don't think these are even remotely related, Mike, and neither do you. I wanted owners to break the union, because that would be good for baseball. I don't want owners to pocket money. I want owners to compete for championshipships.
  15. USAFChief
    Why would they need to trade Donaldson to acquire a pitcher by trade? Not to mention...who? Who are they trading for that requires $25m per year? Who would even be available? Scherzer isn't for sale. Again...you're simply arguing from a standpoint of Pohlad's bottom line, rather than winning baseball games. Why? What reason do we have to support ownership making even MORE money?
  16. USAFChief
    To recap: 1. Worse off at C. 2. Worse off at 3b. 3. Still no SS. 4. Pohlad's bottom line improved. Which of these appear to be the goal?
  17. USAFChief
    They don't have Donaldson, and could have had both Donaldson and Story. According to Nick the whole idea was to shed Donaldson's contract. So yeah, that's pocketing money. I guess if they sign Correa I might be talked into the fantasy they "reallocated" the Donaldson money. But even that's a stretch.
  18. USAFChief
    Concur. I don't understand how someone gets joy from watching ownership pocket more cash. I want to watch the Twins win.
  19. USAFChief
    We lost nothing by signing him. It was the opposite of a mistake and should be repeated often. Personally, I wish they had about 10 Josh Donaldsons. They'd be world champions.
  20. USAFChief
    The trade wasn't Donaldson for Urshela and Sanchez. The Twins also gave up the SS they spent Garver to acquire plus their backup catcher. And just Donaldson was an overpay.
  21. USAFChief
    That's OBP/SLG/OPS. Which isn't how a triple slash line should be posted, I agree.
  22. USAFChief
    There are no pitchers to sign. But why not keep Donaldson AND sign Story? They had plenty of payroll space. Oodles. There was zero need to salary dump. I do agree I'll be shocked if Story is a Twin, though. And pissed he's not lining up next to Donaldson.
  23. USAFChief
    So: your position is 1) the Twins can't contend this year, and 2) the Twins should have no expectation of contention? What an awful take.
  24. USAFChief
    False. At a minimum, at least one poster disagrees....me. He was one of the Twins best players. Maybe the 2nd best. Salary is irrelevant. The Twins could afford Josh Donaldson. And then some.
  25. USAFChief
    This gives the Twins one quality MLB starter. Four to go. Add Story for SS, 3 or 4 good relievers, and we're on to something here.
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