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  1. Minniman
    Dozier for pitchers Ron Davis and Paul Boris and shortstop Greg Gagne? What the?
  2. Minniman
    I get that Castro is good at pitch framing, but is that enough for $8 million per season? He isn't a good hitter, he has a weak arm, and he is average at calling games.
  3. Minniman
    Walker had options, but the Twins just let him go? Is that right? They just let an asset go for nothing? Was this to clear a roster spot? For who?
  4. Minniman
    Isn't that why you play them ... to see who should be back? I am not sure I understand the concept.
  5. Minniman
    It is nice to have a DH play a majority of games if he is a big bat. Like other players, he needs to play and see pitches to be effective. When he needs a day off, that is when someone else is slotted as the DH and gets the "half day" game. I said at the time that releasing Ortiz was a big mistake. A few Red Sox World Series wins later, a future Hall of Fame nomination to come, and the breaking the Curse of the Bambino makes this move one of the worst in Major League Baseball history. A couple seasons ago, I wanted the Twins to push hard to sign Nelson Cruz for DH duty. Two seasons of 40 home runs and a good average in Seattle show that would have been a good move. If Mauer showed power, he would be a good fit for DH. That is moot because he only showed power that one contract year. If the DH is not good enough to be a solid 1st through 5th bat, you need another DH.
  6. Minniman
    If Mauer could step down for injury reasons, and the Twins could go to an insurance policy for the money, why wouldn't either side do that? If Mauer was hitting .300 with some pop on his bat and good legs under him, I could see him sticking this out, but that is not going to be the case in the foreseeable future.
  7. Minniman
    Terry Ryan thought he could re-create the 1987 Twins story. Guess what? That was much harder to do in the real world than it was on paper. Trying it without Mount Crushmore, Gold Gloves, Silver Sluggers, and Cy Young candidates makes it look like a foolish attempt.
  8. Minniman
    I understand you guys think this is like workman's comp. There is no way anyone gets their entire salary paid by workman's comp. If injured on the job in Texas, you would receive the average of your weekly wages for the 13 weeks prior to your date of accident multiplied by 2/3 with a maximum of $895 per week. Did Prince have AFLAC to cover the other $8.95 million per year? Of course, Prince could go on Social Security disability if he cannot work at all. I doubt he will get the $9 million per year from that. We have Fielder bilking the system here, as would Mauer if he retired from game related injuries. I believe players should receive benefits, but I do believe they deserve their entire contracts to be paid. MLB players get too much and NFL players get too little.
  9. Minniman
    If he plays. The Twins could bat him ninth and force him to play catcher. That is part of the contract too. Where in his contract does it state he can decide not to play and still get paid? Sure, if Mauer plays, he should get paid. If he walks away for his own reasons, no. To be legally binding, contracts must have benefits and obligations for both parties.
  10. Minniman
    Kiriloff at the post-game presser: http://cdn3.denofgeek.us/sites/denofgeekus/files/boris_growls_0.jpg
  11. Minniman
    $96 million? No.
  12. Minniman
    Yeah, he played poorly after the break, but so has the whole team. Again, it may work out for the Twins, but it is just funny how low this team has gone.
  13. Minniman
    This trade may end up fine for the Twins, but it is sort of funny. I mean, trading the team's one All-Star player in that same season is something Calvin Griffith would do. It's no problem though because the Twins have lots of .296 hitters with 27 steals, 47 RBIs, and 12 dingers. Nunez looks like a player MacPhail would have picked up to balance the young nucleus on the team.
  14. Minniman
    Think again. A player retains 2/3 of his salary for doing NOTHING. He can sit at home and watch games for millions of dollars, or he can sign with another team and feed off two salaries. Some players do retire, while other, like Thomas Vanek, sign with another team. Expect both Parise and Suter to get bought out before their contracts end, as much of their payments are already made in the first ten seasons. The last three seasons are used to spread out the cap hit. One or both of them may even retire rather than play for the relative chump change at the end of their contracts. Buyouts do help, but they won't solve those six year $100 million or more contracts that the MLB has. Even under the NHL system, a lot of money would have to be paid.
  15. Minniman
    In an NHL buyout, a team can terminate the contract of a player and escape both part of the salary and salary cap charges. If the player is younger than 26 years old, he will receive one-third of the remaining value of the contract. If the player is 26 or older, he will receive two-thirds the original value of the deal. The cap hit charged to the NHL team is spread out over a period of twice the remaining the length of the contract. Regardless of the lack of a cap in MLB, being able to cut a player and pay only 2/3 of the remaining salary over an extended period would have its advantages.
  16. Minniman
    It isn't like he is earning twice minimum wage here. It would be nice if the NFL and MLB went with a buyout system like the NHL. It is more fair to the player than the NFL and more fair to everyone else than MLB
  17. Minniman
    ... Why shouldn't he leave money on the table?
  18. Minniman
    Mauer is being paid to knock those runs in.
  19. Minniman
    Why?
  20. Minniman
    Let me tell you, I was quite upset when the Twins let Ortiz go. It was one of those days that I got to hear, "Settle down; what's the big deal," many times from many people. I don't know about Arcia, but the Twins do waste a lot of bats.
  21. Minniman
    Buxton played against the Tube Sox. He was 0-4 and 0-3 with RISP while grounding into a double play.
  22. Minniman
    It is the coaching, GM, and scouting. Pitching is often worse here. Batting is often worse here. Players come and go without value trades. The Twins trade for duds from other organizations. Even Casey Fien is playing better in LA. The Twins have not had a quality pitching starter come from their own draft in many years. How does a team that consistently loses 90 games each season only hire from within? The Twins organization, from top to bottom, is a failure.
  23. Minniman
    It doesn't.
  24. Minniman
    Why do people say things like that? We did not all think the Nolasco signing was good at the time. Some of us did not like the Torii signing either. That signing was too much too late.
  25. Minniman
    If this is so, Mauer should retire, and both he and the Twins should collect on their injury insurance policies. Really, ... if this is caused by brain trauma, why is Joe still playing at all?
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