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  1. USAFChief
    So in the middle 99.99 percent. What's the problem?
  2. USAFChief
    You are consistently against both signing high dollar free agents, and acquiring high value players through trade. How do the Twins get better? I bet neither the Milwaukee fans nor the front office regret acquiring Yelich last winter, even though it cost them their number one prospect (who, btw, put up a .199/.240/.338 line as a 24 yr old for Miami this year). Yelich will be a Brewer for at least the next 3 seasons, and they won the NLC this year, coming off a season not unlike the Twins 2017. Furthermore, they didn't stop with that acquisition. What they DIDN'T do was dabble around the edges, poke their little toe gingerly into the trade and/or free agent markets, and convince themselves that holding on to every prospect for dear life has some sort of guarantee of future success. I think the biggest step the Minnesota Twins need to take as an organization is for everyone, from ownership on down, to stop viewing themselves as somehow disadvantaged, or "mid-market," or a place free agents don't want to go, or a team that needs to "draft and develop." That's self defeating. Get out there and play the game the way other teams are playing it, or sell the team to someone who will.
  3. USAFChief
    Nei.
  4. USAFChief
    Oakland isn't employing an opener tonight. Straight bullpen game.
  5. USAFChief
    The Cubs are out, one (Yankees) to go and then I will be content.
  6. USAFChief
    Yes.
  7. USAFChief
    That was Yarnivek’s post, I believe, not mine. However, his point is valid, IMO. He disagreed with using Fangraph’s “dollar values” as a measure useful in comparing two pitchers. And since we agree Gibson was better (much better IMO), what are we in disagreement about?
  8. USAFChief
    Using WAR and FIP-or Fangraphs farcical dollar values—to argue Gibson and Odorizzi weren’t significantly different, wasn’t the point? For the record, Gibson threw 30 more innings with an ERA over a run lower than Odorizzi. They were not remotely similar in value.
  9. USAFChief
    I’m trying to achieve ocho cinco. Closer than I am happy about.
  10. USAFChief
    Why? Grossman is at least capable of standing in the OF, and he (.367) had a higher OBP than Mauer (.351) in 2018. Higher OPS, too.
  11. USAFChief
    Concur 100 percent. The Twins gave Molitor limited talent, and that’s not his fault. But the team, under him, played some miserably bad baseball, unrelated to talent. It doesn’t take talent to throw to the right base, run the bases properly, know how many outs there are, etc etc etc. And for my money, that sort of stuff IS ultimately his fault. Add in the poor pitching management and this was an easy call, IMO. In the interests of full disclosure I’m not in the “managers don’t make much difference” camp. I think they make a great deal of difference. Why would baseball be hugely different than any other group endeavor?
  12. USAFChief
    Yes, it is.
  13. USAFChief
    How *** **** old are you??
  14. USAFChief
    ftfy
  15. USAFChief
    Is the New York Times fake news again? It's hard for me to keep up.
  16. USAFChief
    They haven't called me, either. Cold hearted.
  17. USAFChief
    The FO already made a decision on Mientkiewicz. That has zero chance of happening, IMO.
  18. USAFChief
    link? Pretty please??
  19. USAFChief
    Mod note: Let's keep the Mauer stories about Mauer, and not about other posters who don't share your particular opinion. Thanks.
  20. USAFChief
    Zero chance Scioscia even gets an interview. There, he's been mentioned.
  21. USAFChief
    Surprised but pleased with this news. Molitor just had zero sense of how to run a pitching staff. And that's a big part of managing.
  22. USAFChief
    Mod note: This thread isn't about other posters...let's keep it that way. Thanks
  23. USAFChief
    I like Escobar, but he’s gotten quite a bit overrated here. He’s a nice complementary player, he’s not a difference maker. I’d like him as the second or better yet, third add. If he’s the primary pickup this winter, I’ll be disappointed.
  24. USAFChief
    I'm sick up and fed with the TD staff trying so hard to cover for the Twins bad season!!1!11!!! Why do you only show the high points and highlights?? Sugarcoat everything??? HMMMMMMM???!!1!??
  25. USAFChief
    Josh Donaldson. joshdonaldsonjoshdonaldsonjoshdonaldsonjoshdonaldsonjoshdonaldsonjoshdonaldsonjoshdonaldson Josh. Donaldson.
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