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  1. USAFChief
    Fair enough, as I would have rather watched Simmons pitch over Happ last year.
  2. USAFChief
    There should have been a pop rock group called "The Rule 5."
  3. USAFChief
    I already hate several of Watkins' "send/don't send" decisions as 3rd base coach. I'll assign them to actual decisions as events unfold over the season. He's the WORST!
  4. USAFChief
    Maybe it's just me, but that sounds like a plan for a 42-120 season. No thanks.
  5. USAFChief
    I've seen some posts in my day, but that. Was. AWEsome.
  6. USAFChief
    I don't know, he's a decent bounce back candidate and still provides above average D at SS. The thing is, even if he does bounce back, you're still getting a weak hitter. Here's what I don't like: the front office has put themselves in a position where this is even in the realm of possibilities. Yet another data point in my ever growing list of negative data points on their tenure.
  7. USAFChief
    Good for them!
  8. USAFChief
    The MLBPA has ignored minor leaguers since it's formation. MlB players do nothing for minor leaguers. Try again.
  9. USAFChief
    I am generally on the side of labor. In my post-USAF life, I was even a shop steward for a couple years. However, this isn't anything close to a normal labor management relationship. This is grotesque. Since I can't get behind ownership, and can't get behind the players, I choose what's best for USAFChief. I want more equal competition between all 30 clubs. One of the things the NFL got right was resisting their player union and setting up a system where all teams have a relatively equal chance at winning. Money isn't a big factor, it's smarts, coaching, good drafting, and some luck. Players still make good money. For purely selfish reasons, I want MLB to more closely resemble that, and the owners positions will get us much much closer than the players. The LA Dodgers are everything that's wrong with baseball. I want to eradicate a system where they can purchase a division endlessly.
  10. USAFChief
    No, it does not. Anyone is free to start a professional baseball league. Baseball's antintrust exemption allows for fixing minor league salaries and league control over franchise relocation. It does not prevent establishment of competition.
  11. USAFChief
    I call BS. https://www.ziprecruiter.com/Salaries/Union-Actor-Salary-per-Hour Average is $55k/yr.
  12. USAFChief
    Ok. Let's pretend the players never come back. I can't see that happening, but what's the long term downside? A few years down the road nobody will know the difference. The same current minor league players that will constitute MLB....will constitute MLB. And for the record, they WILL come back. None of them are going to give up 6, 7, and 8 figure annual salaries for very long.
  13. USAFChief
    Outstanding post. I would go so far as to say prospect reinforcements are NEVER as strong as some believe. Particularly pitching prospects. The idea the Twins will have a contending team built from current minor league pitching is a long shot. A very long shot.
  14. USAFChief
    Here's my letter: Dear Mr Manfred: Break the union. Start spring training with minor league players. I guarantee you, a missed paycheck or 2 from the pampered crybabies will have the MLBPA begging to get back on your teams. Focus on making the sport more competitive top to bottom. Institute salary floors and caps that are relatively narrow, and all teams can live within. Pay more to minor leaguers, and flatten the payscale of major leaguers. Give players the ability to move around after 6 years of service, but take away the enormous financial advantage of some teams to buy up players that exists now. MLB and its fans will be better off with a neutered players union and more competitve league. You'll get some short term bad press, but long term you'll better the sport. Sincerely, Chief
  15. USAFChief
    Not "rebuild"..."restore." Ell oh ell.
  16. USAFChief
    The trick is not to accumulate pitchers. That's easy. I guarantee the Twins will break camp with 13 or 14 pitchers next spring. As will every team. The trick is to accumulate pitchers who are better than other team's pitchers. "He could be gone tomorrow" is no more a good thing for a pitcher than "he's cheap to cut" was a good thing for Jake Cave.
  17. USAFChief
    We are becoming a joke.
  18. USAFChief
    Nor is there a need to find things to praise them for. "They paid him just enough that no other team would claim him?" C'mon. He wasn't claimed because 29 other teams didn't think he was a player likely to add wins.
  19. USAFChief
    August? What will the rotation look like opening day??
  20. USAFChief
    I've read through the entire thread, twice, and I'm pretty confident nobody said "nothing could go wrong." Myself, I've said I won't have remorse if, seven years down the road, Buxton hasn't earned the contract. We can't know the quality/quantity of Buxton's play over the next 7 years. But right now we can make a determination if, given the information we have right now, this was a good move for the Twins. It was. It is. Future developments change none of that.
  21. USAFChief
    I'd certainly be sad if Buxton gets hurt. That has zero to do with "remorse" over the contract. I won't feel any differently about it even in the extreme possibility he never gets another PA. They HAD to sign him, he signed for a bargain, and I'm really glad they worked it out. It's a fantastic outcome for my favorite club. Nothing will change that.
  22. USAFChief
    You maybe, but not "we." There is no chance I look back on this with remorse. None. There is absolutely NOTHING the Twins could have done with $100m this offseason that would have been money better spent. If Buxton never gets another PA, I won't complain.
  23. USAFChief
    About GD time.
  24. USAFChief
    If the Twins do that I'll help organize a raiding party to burn down Target Field.
  25. USAFChief
    Disagree strongly with all the above. Torii Hunter was a fantastic CFer. He took great routes, which combined with his speed and fearlessness led to lots of extra outs. That said, I think he falls a little short of Cooperstown.
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