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  1. USAFChief
    But that’s part of the attraction of Ohtani. Ohtani will be treated like any other MLB player who comes up from your system. The same as Berrios, for example. Three years of serfdom, followed by three years of arbitration-eligibility. He could be extended, but doesn’t HAVE to be extended. There is zero salary commitment over and above what ANY rookie gets. He can’t be a FA sooner than when ANY rookie can be. Are you sorry the Twins spent $6m on a signing bonus for Buxton, and now have to worry about paying him? $3m on Sano? EVERY team in MLB would sign him if he said yes.
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    We should all hope Santana reaches 200 IP in 2018. If he does, he was healthy and made 32+ starts.
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    Obtain CAN'T get too much money. He'll be playing for the MLB minimum.
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    Sorry Jim, but this is where you and others lose me. The entire idea behind WAR is that runs=wins. Contribute X number of runs on offense, you have contributed Y number of wins. And they've got entire databases of, uh...data that they use to say a single is worth a certain number of runs, a double, a stole base, etc. Same thing on defense. Deny the other team Z number of runs, well, that equals Y number of wins. Forget the fact that the measurements used to determine Z are problematic at best, that's the theory. It's math...what matters is how many runs. And then they throw the whole thing out and say if a first baseman contributes 30 runs, and saves 10, he's delivered fewer wins than a shortstop who contributes 30 runs and saves 10. Quite a bit fewer, in fact. So it's not math?? Both of those players accounted for 40 runs.
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    I'd prefer a RH hitting 4th OFer with some power.
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    Cody don't know who's on third.
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    As I said, I’m skeptical. But it’s not like he just continued the same things and had a good stretch. I think someone convinced him to change his pitch mix. Easier to control the four seam, up, at 94-95, than the two seamer at 91-92. More called strikes, more swings and misses. Pitching ahead more, instead of always nibbling with the two seam and often 2-0 and 3-1. Being ahead in the count makes the slider more effective. We’ll see. Probably a mirage. But IMO he wasn’t the exact same guy.
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    While I’m skeptical of Gibson, IMO there certainly is a chance of sustained improvement, due to what I believe was less emphasis on two seam and more emphasis on four seam fastball use, combined with more/better use of his slider. Gibson, IMO, is exhibit A in the argument against “pitch to contact.”
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    Interesting idea Nick. Like others, I’d be on board if, and only if, the Twins ended up adding two good starters as a result. Trading Santana and signing Darvish makes little sense to me. Trading Santana, while adding Darvish and Cole, or Darvish and Ohtani? Ok.
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    link?
  11. USAFChief
    You've forgotten Hideki Matsui already? I wish I could Matsui had 175 MLB HRs, and 173 of them came against the Twins. Of which, 171 came after the 7th inning, and wiped out a Twins lead. You can look it up.
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    concur with every word. I also don't agree with the idea that a single from a first baseman is worth less than a single from a shortstop, which is another assumption baked into WAR.
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    Ohtani pitches Will he for our Twins come spring? Oh, he also hits.
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    Sid isn't a reporter, he's a columnist. He's paid specifically to present opinions, not just facts.
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    It’s very rare for posts to get deleted. They get hidden. It’s a fine line, I know. You can’t see them, but we still can. That way we can get together for a ridicule party at our leisure. Chitown is the usual ringleader, BTW.
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    Been saying the same for years...the only explanation that makes sense is, the Pohlads really aren’t contributing a dime to the cost of building TF.
  18. USAFChief
    Happy Thanksgiving to everyone at here at TD. Fully concur with the comments above...among many things in my life to be thankful for, TD is certainly one to include. Thanks everyone!
  19. USAFChief
    Patrick Reusse, I salute you. The best local sports writer of my lifetime.
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    Concur. I’m hopeful, but that will require ownership’s approval, among other things. Show me the money.
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    I guess it's possible but why would his KBL team agree to that?
  22. USAFChief
    Nitpick: Park is owed $3m in 2018, not $6m. The posting fee was paid at the time he signed. that money was budgeted for that year and is almost certainly not included in the 2018 budget. http://www.startribune.com/twins-sign-byung-ho-park-to-four-year-12-million-contract/359660611/
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    I'm talking about something else? No, I'm talking about Jim Pohlad....who certainly has multiple sources of income besides the Twins. Read the article, or any of dozens of others.
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    I think, most of all, this demonstrates the folly of depending on your minor league system to supply your relief needs. I can't remember how many times I've read the Twins didn't need to sign bullpen help, because doing so would block so and so. The Twins farm system was just overloaded with all these top end arms. They've gotten virtually nothing from that.
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    The Twins most certainly are not the Pohlad brothers only source of income. https://www.forbes.com/profile/pohlad/
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