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  1. USAFChief
    I second this. Change it to 3PM so I’m in before Sconnie.
  2. USAFChief
    Or any less.
  3. USAFChief
    Booooooooooooo. Do NOT mellow my harsh.
  4. USAFChief
    This post is an example of one reason TD is a great place. Straightforward answer, with source, to great question.
  5. USAFChief
    Seems odd to give a passing grade for a signing that also earns high praise for a dumping. In the same post.
  6. USAFChief
    Feb 17, 1520Z...Twins announce they have purchased the contract of Texas Ranger minor league signee Bartolo Colon, in exchange for future considerations.
  7. USAFChief
    If the choice is add pitching or add hitting, I choose pitching. If the choice is adding hitting or add nothing, I choose hitting.
  8. USAFChief
    I think the onus is on the FIP proponents to supply more proof than “ignore the counter evidence, FIP isn’t broken.”
  9. USAFChief
    You’ve also removed some of the downside. What was the big sticking point for the Twins re Darvish? Year six. Why? Because everyone acknowledges as a player ages there is a probability of reduced performance. And the player continues to age even if they did well during years 1 and 2 of the six year deal. So an opt out doesn’t change the odds of picking the fabulous prize for years 1 and 2, but it does reduce the odds you’ll be stuck with the goat for years 3-6.
  10. USAFChief
    First, Bird, thanks for the kind words, I appreciate it. As you know, the respect is mutual. But my point is...IMO it doesn't matter whether I give them "credit." I'm not doing that, by the way, but even if I do...how many MLB wins does that mean? Or if you, or Nick, give them the benefit of the doubt here? What does that amount to? At the end of the day, they need to add players, and Darvish, IMO, represented a real opportunity...one they themselves seemed pretty intent on not that long ago. I've never said "Darvish or bust." And if by opening day, my honest assessment is "they've really addressed the rotation well," then I'll be the first to say so. Until then...they get no credit from me. Whether they tried or not. In the immortal words of my age-compatriot Yoda, "There is no try. There is only do or not do.
  11. USAFChief
    I don't think there's even a 1 percent chance of Romero breaking camp with the Twins.
  12. USAFChief
    What I'm saying is, I've heard this song and dance before. "We tried" has never won a MLB game, and never will. It didn't have to be Darvish. But "they made an offer" is ... meaningless. It has zero value. It's words.
  13. USAFChief
    I'm told it's too difficult to plan for such a contingency.
  14. USAFChief
    i don't really care about setting the bar, or who offered what, or who didn't, or "giving credit" for trying. Get it done, or it's meaningless.
  15. USAFChief
    fWAR...
  16. USAFChief
    Nick...I didn't bring up Gimenez, you did.
  17. USAFChief
    A). I might, and 2). This is satire, right?
  18. USAFChief
    Archer is at $6. And payroll can be $130 easy.
  19. USAFChief
    tines first?
  20. USAFChief
    why? That's not in the least unreasonable. Archer, Cobb, Carlos Gomez. One trade, 2 reasonable FAs. Do we or do we not have a FO in place?
  21. USAFChief
    Falvine wanted Gimenez and couldn't get THAT done? Even I don't think they're that incompetent.
  22. USAFChief
    If they could pull this off, sign another starter, and add an OFer I'll put my pitchfork in the hay mow.
  23. USAFChief
    Well, I agree. Unless you're being sarcastic, in which case, how does it go awry? They end up paying for the end years of a long contract?
  24. USAFChief
    Skipping the 5th starter is pretty much a thing of the past anyway.
  25. USAFChief
    no, but he’s 35.
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