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The other elephant in the room is payroll. The Pohlads are cheap and have never shown a willingness to spend to support a playoff caliber core. Buxton, Berrios, Rosario, Rogers and Sano are going to get really expensive. Our current core is going to get very expensive as they go through arbitration. B-R estimates the arb salaries the next few years alone will be: 2020 - 50m 2021 - 70m 2022 - 100m Thor would add a lot to those totals in 2020 and 2021. https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/MIN/minnesota-twins-salaries-and-contracts.shtml
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I wonder how the Mets, and other teams, view Arreaz. He was a bit of a prospect after thought going into the season but now he might have value similar to a backend 100 type? More?
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And seeing how the Astros conned us out of Pressly, they think they can trade with us is the unspoken part, I assume.
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Thought this was interesting, just the number of games against teams with winning records in the AL and winning percentage Houston - 70 (!) .614 Tampa - 66 .464 Oakland - 63 .555 Twins - 53 .547 Yankees - 49 .653 Boston - 48 ..416 Cleveland - 36 .416 Think it's pretty clear that Houston and NY are the best two teams in the AL. But Twins and Oakland are the next two.
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The price is a top 30 prospect and a couple other pieces. https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2019/07/mets-considering-extending-wheeler-trading-syndergaard.html That should be doable for the Twins. Of course, he's going to get a pretty big raise over the next two years so .... Pohlads will nix the idea.
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Geez, the Twins have the 4th best record in all of baseball and also has the 4th best run differential. Cleveland is 7th in the AL alone. Everyone needs to relax. The Twins are going to win the division handily. We have a .547 winning percentage against winning teams, Cleveland has a .416 winning percentage. They just aren't that good. They won't make the playoffs. Twins will probably have the second seed. People are overreacting to some tough close losses. This team will be fine. Doesn't mean that they shouldn't make some pitching improvements, of course.
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Ya think?
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Anyone investing in foreign stocks or (predominately foreign) funds? Right now, I hold Tata Motors (TTM) and PDS, a drilling company from Canada. Kicking around Siemens (SIEGY), SoftBank (SFTBY), and/or Toyota .
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I can't give you better advice than what is already in here so I'll just tell you my bad HOA story. We knew we were in a HOA and we paid a lot monthly for it but I never thought about what it meant. Then my front screen door got broken so I went to Menards, bought a new screen door and started working on it. My neighbor, who I had never talked to in over a year of living there, comes over and tells me that the screen door has to be white (I bought a black one) and if I don't go get a white one, he'll report me to the HOA. I hated that place. Also pay the mortgage off as fast you possibly can.
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This shocked me. According to fangraphs, the Twins starting pitchers are second in total innings pitched* but only 5 innings behind first place Houston, despite playing three fewer games. Our starters are averaging 5 and 2/3 innings per start which is the best (although it's a basic tie with Cleveland). 10 years ago, the best team averaged 6 and 1/3 inning per start. I've been complaining that our starters aren't going long enough but they are going longer than everyone else. I'm stunned. The game is changing a lot. (I'm also not sure how fangraphs is measuring the openers in this manner). *AL only
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I don't think it really matters. The idea that he isn't racist but is just doing what is needed for his political life doesn't excuse his racist actions.
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I'm not sure how you can duck racism in this climate. Our immigration/border policies, the Muslim travel ban, the ugly attacks on women of color. This isn't acceptable and, while it might not be fun for white folks to hear, it's what is happening. We have a racist white supremacist sitting in the White House. That's the current reality.
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I think you misread the link. Obviously, the Democratic candidate, whoever it is, will have solid answers for the debates, just like HRC did. And, just like HRC, he'll easily win the debates over Trump. But he/she can't rely on that, their answers should always dovetail into why Trump is bad for America, doesn't represent America's true values, etc. I expect third party voting numbers will be lower than 2016.
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Yep, this exactly. Trump's supporters are lost causes but we need turnout to be high, like it was in 2018. Remind voters who are independent or sitting out how bad he is. Just run ads with Trump talking about he grabs women. Make that the entire ad.
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Good luck to him.
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Hopefully, this link works for anyone who wants to watch but I basically agree 100% with this. Trump's a racist, white supremacist. That's what the 2020 election should be about.
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Depue: The Case To Trade Royce Lewis
gunnarthor replied to Seth Stohs's topic in Twins Minor League Talk
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I agree to the extent that the Twins should make a move that helps this year and next. No big-price rentals. But if they could add a top starter under control for several years, they should do that. I want Thor. Kick the tires on several DBack pitchers. Dylan Bundy. Whatever.
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Considering the mental gymnastics you seem willing to give *******s when they want to hide behind racist symbols, you seem to have hard time watching educated women of color speak out. I wonder what the difference is.
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His swing looks really good. I think he could be a pretty good hitter where we always complain about the lack of home runs. We love those guys. :-)
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Can you believe some people care about race and gender inequalities? Damn hippies.
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Honestly, I think the price would be pretty high. He's arguably a true ace, only 26 years old and 2.5 more years of control at reasonable cost. MLBtraderumors reported the Mets want an arm and a leg. Thor and Berrios would be a tremendous 1-2 punch in the playoffs. Thor isn't as good as Chris Sale but he's younger. He has half a season team control left when Boston made that big trade. Mets will start in that neighborhood. Chicago got the #1 prospect in baseball along with another top prospect, Michael Kopech (Mayo had him #17 pre-2017 season although others had him in the 30-50 range). Plus another top 10 Red Sox prospect and a lottery ticket. An equivalent trade might be Lewis, healthy Graterol, Duran and Rijo. My guess is that there isn't a way we could do it without one of Lewis or Kiriloff. It also might be a trade where we give four prospects but also get a low level lottery ticket back. I don't think Falvine would make this kind of trade.
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I don't really think that's much of an argument. Sure, there might be some guy who is just too stupid but that's the hook we're going to hang a hat on? If you see some joker with a Nazi flag you're going to rightly think he's anti-Semitic. If he says, "oh no, I'm just waiving this flag to **** with libtards because they think I'm anti-Semitic", you wouldn't change your opinion. If some jokers are happily waiving around a symbol of white supremacy, that was carried by traitors to our country to uphold ****ing slavery of a entire class of people, and has been used for over a century to intimidate people of color, you don't excuse them for digging their heels in b/c they want to upset social justice warriors. Those aren't stubborn folks who don't know their history. Those are people who are choosing to act in a racist manner.
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Pretty good article. http://www.startribune.com/there-s-a-place-in-twins-lineup-for-luis-arraez/512819452/ Arraez gives the team MI depth to trade this offseason is one of the keys.
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Buxton Placed on 7-Day Concussion IL
gunnarthor replied to Seth Stohs's topic in Minnesota Twins Talk
Damn
