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  1. USAFChief
    So, lemme see if I understand...you want the Twins to be "in on" Buxton.
  2. USAFChief
    Concur, except to me how much they pay the guy isn't the point. I want guys who help you win...and that generally means they contribute on both ends, offensively AND defensively. Simmons, last year, wouldn't have been a bargain at $10, much less $10mil.
  3. USAFChief
    But he was already there. He was Twins property until they declined arbitration.
  4. USAFChief
    He was already "locked up." They had no need to "lock someone up just so they know they have someone before the chaos ensues." They saved a couple hundred K by signing him prior to arbitration, but they had no need to "lock him up." If they were planning on finding an upgrade, why would they give him a contract now? They'd be wasting those couple hundred thousand dollars. Why not just wait it out and owe nothing to Cave until arbitration time?
  5. USAFChief
    There was no reason to sign Cave if they weren't pretty set on him being on the team that breaks camp next April. They're not looking for an upgrade. He's it. You're missing the forest for the trees.
  6. USAFChief
    Ouch.
  7. USAFChief
    I'll go Winder. As of today, he's slotted to start the 3rd game of the season.
  8. USAFChief
    Your tentativeness is killing the outraged mob.
  9. USAFChief
    I WONDERED what happened to RiverBri!
  10. USAFChief
    I can't come up with a reason for this contract other than the FO is planning on Cave being the opening day 4th OFer. Why else sign him, taking up a 40 man spot?
  11. USAFChief
    We have plenty of pitching. We had 13 or 14 pitchers on the big league team at a time last year. We sent em down, called em up, waiver'd em, claimed em, IL'd em, DFA'd em...heck we ran through approximately 150 pitchers last season. We have pitching coming out our ears. What we need is good pitching.
  12. USAFChief
    I assumed you were a little old to be looking g for a prom date. My bad.
  13. USAFChief
    So just put the money in one of the Pohlad's bank accounts and call it a day. Wait for the minor leagues to provide everything needed for a WS. Gotcha.
  14. USAFChief
    Nick: "And guess what's going to be happening during those months? This comment seems entirely oblivious of the reality that is about to materialize. It would be nice to have any semblance of good news or encouragement before the baseball world shuts down completely." What would you speculate Nick is talking about here?
  15. USAFChief
    Kudos to both jharaldson and Brock for incredibly good and entertaining debate points. Really well done.
  16. USAFChief
    Don't mean to speak for Nick, but I'm pretty confident he was referring to upcoming labor issues related to the expiring CBA.
  17. USAFChief
    Signing a top free agent, or more than one, prevents you from having your own home grown core? Your argument should really be FOR signing top free agent(s). If you want "a solid team across the board," which do you think is the better way to do it: - use only the players you've developed, ignoring any holes, or - use the players you've developed, supplemented with players others have developed, that you've acquired through trades and free agency? Which one do you suppose gives you a better chance of having a "solid team across the board?"
  18. USAFChief
    The Twins should easily be spending hundreds of millions over the next five years plus, no? You have no point.
  19. USAFChief
    Your point is they shouldn't sign free agents, because they may need money in the future to sign free agents? That seems rather circular to me...won't you be here in the future arguing against signing THOSE free agents, because doing so would tie up money for free agents even farther into the future? IOW, you'd NEVER sign free agents.
  20. USAFChief
    No. Nico Goodrum does absolutely NOTHING if the goal is to win more games than you lose. Sheesh.
  21. USAFChief
    I'll take "indicators this was a bad signing for $1000, Alex." "What is "can be released before ST ends and you won't owe him the entire $800k is the best justification for the signing anyone can come up with."
  22. USAFChief
    If you ignore ALL the games Buxton played he has ZERO WAR!!1!
  23. USAFChief
    There are flaws with the RBI stat but you are overstating the case. Someone has to drive in runs, you don't get to put a 1 in the runs column just because someone drew a walk. I don't understand how someone could watch the Twins with runners on 2nd/3rd, less than two outs not score, and come away not understanding how important it is to drive in runs. In fact, I'd say 2 out RBI are the single most important factor in Wins and Losses over time.
  24. USAFChief
    It is an option. Just doesn't seem like a good one, to me at least.
  25. USAFChief
    If Chapman only has 2 years of team control left, and the Twins aren't competing in 2022, why are we trading for him??
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