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  1. USAFChief
    Mauer was a drag on the team for several years, no matter how beloved he might be. Lots of money, guaranteed playing time at or near the top of the order, with little production, and an inability or unwillingness to try anything different. Zero leadership. He's not missed.
  2. USAFChief
    And you want them to add a #1 starter, but not at the cost of any of their top prospects? The original post led me to believe you wouldn't trade any of them. In which case, the "significant" help won't really be significant. Adding a guy in the 4th spot of the rotation will make no difference in the post season. Add a guy that pushes Berrios down to #2. THAT has a chance to make a difference.
  3. USAFChief
    I don't want them at add "significant piece(s)." I want them to add the first guy in the playoff rotation, and/or the last guy to pitch with a lead. I want a guy to match up with the Verlanders of the world, and a guy the other team ain't coming back on in the ninth.
  4. USAFChief
    Well, $105M over three years disadvantages a lot of teams, including the Twins. But the structure of that $105M actually makes it easier to deal with, not harder. They don't have to defer his salary if they don't want to. Take $33M and put in in the bank in 2020 and 2021, add what's left this year ($20M ?) and his deferred salary is covered. edit: ninja'd. now we're even.
  5. USAFChief
    The deferred money is his 2019-2021 contract salary. He's owed $35M in each of 2019, 2020, and 2021, but those salaries are deferred, without interest, to $15M in each of 2022 thru 2028. It actually makes the contract cheaper in real dollars (tomorrow's money worth less than today) and easier to swallow year to year. It'd be no fun to pay him $15M a year for 7 years, but it's not a huge amount per year. And it might lower the price in terms of prospects.
  6. USAFChief
    I'd bet a lot of money Scherzer is the more valuable pitcher between today and the end of the 2021 season.
  7. USAFChief
    I hope Washington can be talked into dealing Scherzer. That team is about a bad week from being blown up, IMO. But that will require at least one of the A list Twins prospects. And I'd do that in a heartbeat.
  8. USAFChief
    Nobody in the Twins system should be off limits. Nobody.
  9. USAFChief
    Am I the only one worried about Randball's Stu? This marks two consecutive articles that were barely chuckle worthy. Flash in the pan?
  10. USAFChief
    Welcome to the board. Always nice to have new guys.
  11. USAFChief
    *2 of 4. But I agree, the White Sox are not a pushover, they have some talent. I would not be terribly surprised to see them finish 2nd in the ALC.
  12. USAFChief
    Scherzer has been on my mind for a while now. Washington isnt going anywhere. Push hard for Scherzer. That moves everyone down in the rotation, and maybe Pineda becomes a weapon in the pen. Go big or go home.
  13. USAFChief
    So are lots of 4 seam fastballs. Velocity matters. His problem was location, not lack of movement.
  14. USAFChief
    Plus, I doubt they send down a reliever for a position player.
  15. USAFChief
    Angels fans: "That's not that CJ Cron, is it??"
  16. USAFChief
    This needs more likes, people. This is ******* fantastic.
  17. USAFChief
    I've never been on a date with Faye Dunaway, but I'm a fan.
  18. USAFChief
    winner.
  19. USAFChief
    Concur.
  20. USAFChief
    Someone said that 4 HRs ago.
  21. USAFChief
    One MILLION home runs!
  22. USAFChief
    Another 5 HR game for the Twins. yawn.
  23. USAFChief
    Allies win World War II.
  24. USAFChief
    Bring on the blankety blanking Yankees. The road to the WS goes through Target Field.
  25. USAFChief
    Lose 27 of the next 30. That'd do it.
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