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  1. jimmer
    Yes, players can get injured. That can happen in the first year of a contract of a 4 year contract, the 4th year of an 8 year contract, the 2nd year of a contract of a 5 year contract. Doesn't mean the players are slacking. When you own teams, you take on the risk that signing players to contracts, even ones that makes sense to do (like Mauer's), may end up not working out the way they want because injuries happen.It's that, or, you know, never keep any quality players past their first 6 years. Better just to completely avoid going after quality FAs or signing anyone for any length of time.
  2. jimmer
    Yeah, that one study by the University of Missouri doesn't prove anything and certainly doesn't address athletes still performing very well into the 4th season of the new contract or ones who endure a major injury. 2010 fWAR: 5.0, 2012 fWAR: 4.5, 2013 fWAR: 5.2 (and that's the season he got the concussion, he was on his way to being a serious MVP candidate). His dropoff coincided with the concussion, not because he became a slacker when he got his contract.
  3. jimmer
    His contract didn't stop us from doing anything
  4. jimmer
    yeah, I agree. I liked what Mauer brought last year including what should have been gold glove winning defense.
  5. jimmer
    Anyone but Lewis, yeah.
  6. jimmer
    So he did excellent in 2010. Excellent in 2012 and excellent in the first 100 games in 2013. Then said, 'Hey, I'm tired of this, I'll get a concussion and then have a reason for not doing well for most of the rest of my contract'?
  7. jimmer
    yeah, you missed my point. In any event, I wouldn't trade Kepler for Odorizzi.
  8. jimmer
    yeah, slack in what way? Are you suggesting Mauer slacked?
  9. jimmer
    Dealing for Odorizzi wouldn't be smart. Unless we gave up Gibson...by himself.
  10. jimmer
    Instead of going after Darvish who was never going to sign here, we should have been pursuing other options hard instead (which they may have also been doing).
  11. jimmer
    As is often said, there's really no such thing as a bad one year contract. It's pretty risk adverse. If he was truly a top FA at that time, he gets a longer contract offer than one year to re-establish his market. Which is what he did.
  12. jimmer
    Archer is already a stud.
  13. jimmer
    What does he deserve?
  14. jimmer
    Ah yes, the one year contract 27 years ago where we signed a 36 year old coming off two poor seasons :-)
  15. jimmer
    Yeah, the Astros still have a very good farm system
  16. jimmer
    I'll be there during the Cleveland Series. Going to the June 1-3 games.
  17. jimmer
    When the speculation about Darvish to the Twins started, I said I believe it's pure fantasy to believe the Twins will sign Darvish.
  18. jimmer
    It's easy for Twins fans to fall back on that excuse. He's now playing in his 3rd different city in a year.
  19. jimmer
    Or he never got the offer he wanted from the Twins.
  20. jimmer
    Since I never for a moment thought we'd sign him, I'm glad it's over. I imagine the uninspiring Lynn will be heading our way. Or even less inspiring, Jaime Garcia.
  21. jimmer
    not sure if this has been posted: 'The Twins really, really need starting pitching.' https://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/the-twins-really-really-need-starting-pitching/
  22. jimmer
    he had a nice 5 game run from Aug 22 to Sept 12. Then he went right back to being Kyle Gibson for his last three starts.
  23. jimmer
    nope
  24. jimmer
    Not sure the amount of swearing that would come out of my mouth if we traded Kepler by himself for Odorizzi, much less Kepler AND Gordon for Oddorizzi AND the honor of taking on Spans salary. I mean, I am a huge Span fan, but no way in any trade like that.
  25. jimmer
    Odorizzi. 143 IP last year. 7.97 K and 3.83 BB per 9 IP. Had a ridiculous and likely unsustainable babip of .227. Had a FIP of 5.43 and an xFIP of 5.10. Had a fWAR of 0.1. He has gotten worse in each of his last two seasons in practically every meaningful way. Hard pass. And he isnt close to the pitcher Archer is.
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