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  1. Trov
    Have you looked at the home road splits for Stanton? Also, after the all star break he was terrible. Sure, he was hot the first half, but even if money was equal, I would not take Stanton over Miranda because Stanton you cannot count on anymore.
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    I am sure there will be a team that has, or will offer a minor league contract. My guess he was, or is, holding out for better. He is still young enough that if he can get more contact, he will still have a chance to have a solid career hitting HR. However, he is 30 now, or will be most of the season. If he is willing to take minor league deal there will be a team willing to offer it I am sure, unless there is concern with his clubhouse chemistry. Do not forget he was in news for some sexual harassment claims in the past.
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    I fully agree the players should look into it, similar to NBA and NFL then the players and owners can work together to grow the game. However, it has been how many decades and the two sides still fight for every dollar for themselves. They are both always trying to win the CBA and not figuring out what might be best for both sides. The players do not trust the owners, and in last CBA there were talks about wanting to pull in non-baseball revenue into the talks. Like some reports were players were claiming they should get money from property owned by the owners around the stadium. The players almost always fight against everything the league does. Maybe if they could actually stop making the process a fight, but think about what is good for the game is good for both. I am not blaming just the players, as the owners have been terrible to their players for years, and were making tons of money and barely paying the players their fare share.
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    I do not understand why people keep wanting Martin to increase his power so much? I get we are in the hit HR world for value, but there still should be some value in a guy that can get on base at high level, steal bases, and can get hits at a high level. We loved Arraez for that, but still wished he hit with a little more power, but still loved his ability to get hits. Martin has the speed to turn singles into doubles, and walks into stolen bases, unlike Arraez. I am still bullish on Martin, just do not look to make him something he is not. The more you try to tinker with guys sometimes the results are the opposite of what you are seeking, then people will say see we knew he would be a bust, but you take away what made them great. It is like in football, when you have a running QB and tell them, we need you to be a pocket passer to stay healthy, but if you take away what makes them great, their ability to run, you have a sub par player. For Martin, if you sacrifice some on-base percentage for hopeful increased power, you take away what makes him great, in hopes of improving something he may not be great at. It is not like he is Jason Tyner or something, he can hit some HR.
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    This is one of the few times I would agree the anti shift rule will benefit a player. Buck hits the ball so hard, when you take away that 3rd guy defending on that side of the infield it will greatly limit the range on that side. Hopefully there will be more balls hit through the left side now.
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    The only way it will affect their averages is if it changes their mindsets. Both have stated the shifts effected their head a bit. Gallo actually may see a little increase, more than Kepler would, because he was facing 4 man outfields more than anyone. We never talked a ton about it, Polanco faced them some, but Gallo faced them a lot. When you have been trained to hit fly balls and try to hit "gaps" and teams took away gaps, it would mess with heads. I mean some defenses against Gallo had the 1st baseman way off the line, the 2nd baseman deep in right, and one other guy on infield to right of second. There was not 1 guy on left of 2nd. Gallo had no idea how to hit the ball there to get the free hit, and hell if you bunt it hard enough you could have a double. If they can clear their heads of the shift affecting them, then that is only way it will help. As far as infield shifts went, I have long said the new rule will do very little to help get more hits. Middle infielders will still play up the middle just behind the bag basically, and the corner guys will still play well off the line, depending on runners. The other middle infield guy will still play as deep as they can and close to where they think the ball will be hit. I could see maybe 5 to 10 balls that will be hits now, that the infield shift would have taken away.
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    I would love to see the MLB streaming for all local games. The main question I would have is would TV still have home guys or for all the teams that were connected to Bally get brought into MLB broadcasting and have neutral single broadcast team? Personally, I like the homer team style, but if all games were being broadcasted by MLB it would make little sense to waste money on two broadcast teams.
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    Players will never agree to a cap. They have stood on that since FA became a thing. I have long said if they were looking out for the mid level players, they would agree to a cap with a floor, but the union is really not looking out for the mid level guys. The minimum guys will always get the minimum. The top paid guys will always make huge amounts. With the floor the mid-level guys and vets will get more contracts. Right now, teams save money with paying minimum guys or cheap cost controlled guys. They are not as good as the vets maybe, but the vets are demanding much more money. The teams would rather scrap the mid tier guys and either go big, or cheap. The only way you could go to a floor though is by having full sharing of media money and build the cap like in all other sports directly to the money being brought into the league. Then the floor is a share of that and the cap is a share of that. The issue is baseball has never done it that way, and unlikely to make that shift anytime soon.
  9. Trov
    I would say the most improved is actually Cleveland. We added a starter, that could be best in the rotation, but took away the batting champ to do it. Gallo is a lottery ticket that if he can get to what he was in Texas we will love it. Really, we are just hoping we have health this year. The new catcher may be the best upgrade for us. Cleveland really did not lose anything and added Bell. He, like Gallo, is a bit of a lottery ticket. When he is on, he carries teams. He is bad on defense so most likely will see most time at DH, but if he is hitting like he has shown, he will help carry that team. The only reason I say Cleveland is most improved at this point, is they only really added and did not have to subtract to do it. I still think we will be fine as I think our prospects can fill holes left, and hopefully health is a little more on our side.
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    I would rather have him pitch the way he does in games in practice. Do not try to do more in either. For those who want him to take it easy and not throw like we would expect in games, you will just increase the chance he will get injured in games. I mean think about it, if in PB he is topping out at say 98, because he is taking it easy, when he does try to ramp it up in games, he arm will then be doing something it has not for awhile and make it more likely to get injured. Most injures happen when you push your muscles too far to quick. If his arm is ramped up to throw 102, so be it. I am no doctor, and I could be wrong, but pretty sure the Twins have medical staffs and would have that convo with him if they felt it would increase his injury to throw like that right now.
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    The 140M is across all Diamond Sports Group, Bally North payment would be much less. The new owner could do what Diamond did, just borrow it, and then when cannot pay bills later go bankrupt.
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    It was talked about a few weeks ago that Diamond Sports, the parent company for Balley broadcasting, is set to go bankrupt and not pay their bills at the end of this month. Many people just brushed it under the rug thinking some other broadcasting company would step in. However, it may not be that simple. Came across this article yesterday. https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/35668388/rob-manfred-mlb-ready-diamond-sports-group-pay-teams This basically states if Bally fails to pay the teams their money for broadcasting rights, the MLB will step in to broadcast games for the 14 teams that use Bally as a broadcast company. There is still a lot to work out if this happens. One question I would have is would you need to pay for the MLB streaming if you already have a cable company that you planned to watch on? Will we have our same broadcasters, or will they be blocked because of contracts? If a local company tries to step in will that trump MLB streaming? What if Bally pays some teams, like the Twins who are owed much less? I do not know the contracts, article seems to suggest failing to pay is an out for teams, but will that get blocked for legal reasons with bankruptcy court at all? Being this looks to be on the verge, although, Manfred has said do not worry we got you, I am concerned on what this will look like. It really should be a bigger story for people, but maybe people are just we will worry when time to worry.
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    I either try to get him to agree to minor league deal with opt out if not on MLB roster by certain days, or wait until we can put guys on 60 day IL. I do not see anyone on the 40 man I am willing to pass through waivers right now to go with Hand. He used to be a top guy, but over recent years he is more so a vet that is getting by on smoke and mirrors and very will may blow up at any moment.
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    There is no need to rush him, but if he comes out the gate hitting like he did last year, he can push himself into the MLB roster. You do not sit an elite hitter simply because there are guys on the MLB roster. If Miranda struggles this year, or any of our other guys with options struggle, or Polanco gets hurt, we very well may see Lee sooner than later. Again, this is only based on him hitting like he did last year.
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    If he is willing to sign minor league offer at this point, I would bring him in, but I would not offer him full major league contract. He used to be one of the best, but has had some rough years. As the article points out, even his numbers last year looked good, but may have been more smoke and mirror kind of thing. The fact AAA is in MN where he is from this could lead to him willing to make that agreement. I am sure he will hold out hoping for major league contract as teams starting dealing with injuries or poor spring trainings.
  16. Trov
    His walk rate is what everyone should be super excited about. At his age, to be willing to walk that much tells me a few things. One, he is not chasing many pitches overall, meaning he is not trying to do too much and at times gets himself out. Even if you do not strike out, chasing pitches will lead to bad at bats generally. It also shows me he has a plan of attack, and goes with that plan. Yes, he is facing much worse pitching at that level, breaking balls will not be as good, and more pitchers will rely on fastballs more. However, rarely will a guy who walks that much will suddenly lose that eye. I believe that if he can stay healthy we will see him up to AA this year, and knocking on the door in September or looking to break with team next year. If he can show near the same hitting ability with eye at plate at each level, do not be surprised if gets a late season call up. I know it was just a flash, but he has Juan Soto type to him. Decent power, but with elite eye at plate. I am not saying he will be Soto level, but I am super high on him.
  17. Trov
    I do not understand how you can be against the extra inning rule, but for the position player pitching rule. Personally, I am all for the extra inning rule for regular season. Just like hockey, where we do not want ties, but also do not want endless regular season games, MLB used a softball rule to help games end faster. Both teams get the same chances, just increases the chance of runs being scored. This saves bullpen arms from having to pitch so much more and saving a team from maybe having to use a starter messing up the whole rotation, requiring guys being optioned for a fresh arm to come up. Also, it allows for fans to not stay up for hours in an extra inning game. You get to see more action and an end to the game. I get it is not what baseball was for long time, but the game has changed over years, and all sports change over years for various reasons, but the number one is entertainment. Personally, I am more entertained by the extra inning rule. In terms of position players pitching I really do not care if they come in at any score. I am not sure why MLB really cares, but the purpose is to save pen arms, so to require them to be out there in closer games makes it kind of odd. I have no real position on that rule.
  18. Trov
    Position players are set in my opinion, unless there is an injury. The rule allows for 13 pitchers, assuming we carry 13, that leaves 13 position players. The 2 catcher, Mirands, CC, Polanco, Kirilloff starting in infield with Farmer on bench, that is 7. Then Buck, Kepler, Gallo, Larnach, Taylor, Gordon rounding them out. Again, this is fully based on health coming out. Pitchers I think are basically set too, depending on health. Rotation (not in particular order) Gray, Ryan, Mahle, Lopez, Maeda or Ober. (could be both if they go 6 man rotation). Then Duran, Pagan, Thielber, Jax, other Lopez, then either Moran or Alcala. The only wild card is the possiblity of sending Ober down to keep him as a starter roll if they do not go 6 man, and someone like Sands being the long man out of the pen, or after the 60 day DL moves someone not on the 40 man comes in. I only see one real battle that is for 5th starter or last pen spot. If they go 5 man rotation Ober starts in AAA and both Moran or Alcala make it. If they want 6 man rotation then the only battle is for last pen spot, or if Ober wins the 5th over Maeda out the gate.
  19. Trov
    I personally have no issue with a position player pitching. If you want to reduce it, why not put in a mercy rule? I get the reason for teams wanting to use them, to save the much more used pen guys from pitching in blow out games and using them up for the next game. How about this, if you are concerned of that, just leave the starter out there for 100 pitches regardless of how he is doing? Or have a guy that can go 3 plus innings out of pen throwing 60 plus pitches if needed once in awhile. The rule will need to be tweeked if there is more two way guys. I know there have been more two way guys trying to do it.
  20. Trov
    I cannot predict how the writers will vote. Some look at total numbers. Some look at how did they compare to others. Some look how they dealt with them personally and in media, that is just how the writers thought of them as a person. Joe should, and I believe will get in HOF, but I said Santana should have as well and he bounced quickly. Sometimes writers look at how a career ended and get soured. Joe had kind of 2 careers. The pre concussion career which was HOF bound 1st ballot. Then post concussion, was down turn of career and was good, but not great. He should not be slighted for that, but fact is some writers will. The fact that Joe was never got it done in playoffs. He did not have the power some hoped. He was about as bland of an interview one could give. He just never was a media guy. Those are all the negatives, but he was the best overall hitting catcher for his time, and maybe of all time. Hard to fully judge that because he did play his full career there. No matter what he should be in, just a matter of when.
  21. Trov
    The one thing about some defensive stats, which I do like we have more than PO. Assists and Errors, but I know some do not look at each actual play, but look hit data. I do believe OAA does a good job of measuring each ball hit even based on where the defender was, and even who was running. It takes the full context into account using statcast. However, I think where one starts positioning wise may affect that as well. Meaning CC was asked to play much more shift than ever before. This can lead to some issues defending. My hope is he will get back to his overall norm. If you look at baseball reference defense for dWAR, CC was close to his career norm of just over 1 dWAR. They use zone rating and runs saved to come up with their stat. Miranda was terrible at 1b last year. He had no clue what he was doing. He never played there, and despite what some people think all you need to do is catch the ball, that is not true. Even harder when you are dealing with RH shifts where you are playing 30 feet from bag at times. Hopefully, sticking just at 3b will help him.
  22. Trov
    I cannot think of a single team that does not build their pen similarly. I mean even the teams that try to go out and spend big on top pen arms normally regret that and build bigger from tweaks on guys they picked up for less, or moving starters to pen. I bet if you go back and look at the top relief contracts of all time, only a couple held up. Also, teams are betting on their top guys staying healthy. When trades need to be made they are, but no team goes into a season trying to have 7 closers in their pen paying them all 10 mil plus.
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    I see no point in avoiding the top agent in the game. That shuts you out of potential talks with guys. You just need to know who he is and how he tries to fight for his clients. Clients sign with him because he generally gets them the most money, or very high amounts. He knows how to work teams and play games with the CBA to convince teams to make deals. He also knows how to work the media to try to get more money for his clients. He will leak things like teams showing interest in a player when maybe that interest is not too strong or even there. Sometimes it will get teams to bid against themselves. I think for most part what teams have not liked with Borras is they will never get team friendly extensions, unless there are clear questions on that player. Borras will always have his players test the market and reject QO. He knows what he is doing, and always seeking top dollars for even guys that may not be top talent. I read he has huge binders on each player to show where their value is. He scouts his talent just as much as teams do.
  24. Trov
    I get we do not like to have young guys slotted into DH. However, if he is elite on offense, and sub par on defense, I see no reason to slot him there. I mean why drag down our defense simple to say he has a defensive position. Being there is DH across the league finally, why not? We are not hurting his overall value, if he is never going to be even an average defender. Let him do what he does best. Personally, I hope he forces his way into the lineup as minimum at DH. Unless we need to us Buck there half the time like last year, hopefully we do not need that, then let the kid hit.
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    Can anyone explain why Puerto Rico has their own team, and they do play on Team USA? I mean territories of other countries play for their overall country. Like Netherlands have players from Aruba, and Curacao. Great Britain has players from Bahamas, and mostly from USA. To me it all makes no sense as most of the players on the non north or central American/Carribean counties are not even from those countries, outside of the Asian counties. Like what is the point?
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