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  1. prouster
    Who are all these people guilty of this alleged double standard? Robles is an unexciting pick up. Hopefully he works out. And hopefully Garver gets back to top form.
  2. prouster
    Have they settled on the expanded playoff format for 2021? I was under the impression that it’s still not totally certain.
  3. prouster
    Perhaps find another website where you can consume free content the writer does not get paid to produce if this one makes you angry.
  4. prouster
    If they make a trade, I’d rather they sign one of the free agents and use their prospects to get a pitcher. Otherwise, it might be interesting to see what it would take to get both Lindor and Bieber from Cleveland. I would guess maybe something like Lewis, Duran/Balazovic, Arraez/Polanco/Kepler and a couple of mid tier prospects.
  5. prouster
    I’ll add that there’s a lot of value in being a mediocre catcher. But from a roster management standpoint, it’s important to know if you have Mike Piazza or Ron Karkovice on your team.
  6. prouster
    I hope Garver rebounds. I’m skeptical that he will, though. His K rate this year was Sano-at-his-worst bad, seemingly because he had a hard time making contact with much of anything. If you can’t hit the fastball, you’re not gonna last long in the Majors. I’m also worried that 2019 is his 100th percentile outcome. He had a wildly uncharacteristic HR/FB ratio of 29%. That’s up there with Yellich and Bonds. It’s also 15% higher than his 2020 number and a whopping 21% higher than 2018. We need to see more, but it sure looks light an outlier right now. 2020 is obviously a small sample size—but so was 2019. Like I said, I hope his problems this year were a result of the weird offseason and nagging injuries and that he comes back in top form. My hunch is that Garver is probably a mediocre MLB catcher.
  7. prouster
    This is the British style. It’s, um, a stylistic choice. Yeah, that’s it...
  8. prouster
    Ugh, “it’s”.
  9. prouster
    Maybe I’m too much of a pessimist, but I don’t see how the league will avoid a labor stoppage when the CBA expires. If and when it happens, it will be the fault of greedy ownership groups that have worked tooth and nail since the last CBA to suppress player salaries and protect the “intellectual property” of Major League Baseball. They have fallen behind the times when it comes to promoting their star players and making the game easily accessible for young and casual fans. The blackout rules are absurd, and they make darn sure that people have to pay to stream. The underlying pattern is that owners believe the game—it’s revenues, it’s infrastructures, it’s history, and it’s image—belongs to them, and they have not held back trying to siphon up every last ounce. They are working knowingly or not to make the game completely irrelevant. As we’ve seen this year, everything is fragile and can end. For the “baseball is a business” crowd, here is the link to the Wikipedia page for Ichimonjiya Wasuke, a Japanese confectioner that has operated continuously for over 1,000 years: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ichimonjiya_Wasuke. The business has sustained itself largely by prioritizing its long term existence ahead of its short term growth. MLB should take note, but I wouldn’t expect much foresight from venture capitalists and hedge fund managers.
  10. prouster
    Lots of energy wasted on what was obviously a tongue in cheek remark in the first place... I don’t care about owners’ business interests. I really, really don’t.
  11. prouster
    It’s a fallacy to equate owning most businesses with owning a MLB team. There are only 30 of them, they are not bound by anti-trust regulations, and every owner and ownership group are unfathomably rich. When people get into financial distress, it’s very common for them to sell things. If I was in a bind and owned a $1.5 billion asset, that’s the first thing that would go! Their greed and shenanigans are going to lead to a work stoppage.
  12. prouster
    The players don’t seem to be making moves to actively suppress the income of the owners.
  13. prouster
    If they don’t like risks they should sell their teams.
  14. prouster
    Gonsalves was waived over a year ago and has since had stints in the Mets’ and Red Sox’s systems. Or am I misunderstanding your post?
  15. prouster
    Maeda is part of the transaction tree. Clear win for the Twins. It’s not close at all.
  16. prouster
    Just to clear things up after seeing a couple posts: a player cannot be non-tendered if they have signed a fully guaranteed contract. All MLB contracts are fully guaranteed. They can be bought out or released, but the non-tender applies only to those who have reached but not exhausted their arbitration years.
  17. prouster
    To me, Kepler is clearly a better player than Rosario and probably wouldn’t have to worry about being non-tendered had he not signed his extension.
  18. prouster
    Santana definitely counts.
  19. prouster
    “ 2019 was a fluke.” “The Twins have been legitimate contenders for two years now and despite possible departures from players such as Rosario and Cruz, they’re far from nearing the end of the line.” “If there’s one reason to believe that the Twins shouldn’t waste the resources on acquiring a ready made ace, it’s that they can make one themselves. . . Kenta Maeda was the definition of an ace in 2020, and while they acquired him for an exciting pitcher in Brusdar Graterol, the cost of a power reliever for an ace is an absolute steal.” I can’t find the through line here. Are the Twins legit contenders, in which case a trade makes sense, or are they a year or two off, in which case they should hold onto their prospects? And as you say, Maeda is an example of what a smart trade can do for a team. So they should refrain from doing that sort of move again but still somehow replicate it?
  20. prouster
    One obstacle to trading anyone this year will be the glut of quality players who get non-tendered. Why give up anything for anyone when you could sign a good player on the cheap?
  21. prouster
    I guess if Harold Baines can get in, Hunter could. I’d be really surprised if he did, though. That doesn’t diminish his stellar career. Also, I want to mention how absurd it is that Lofton and Edmonds fell off the ballot. They both deserve to be in, and it’s not particularly debatable in my opinion.
  22. prouster
    Not sure what La Russa is like as a person—available evidence suggests I wouldn’t enjoy his company. From a purely baseball standpoint, just an absurd decision by Reinsdorf, especially when Hinch and Cora were still on the market, not to mention all the other way more qualified candidates. I just can’t wrap my head around hiring a guy who has been retired for ten years when the core of the team is so young and talented. Anything can happen I guess, but it seems like a really great way to squander maybe the most exciting young core in baseball.
  23. prouster
    This is a good point. “Pace” could mean the speed of a game, not its overall duration. Regarding the line drive example, I simply mean I’d rather watch someone rip a ball between defenders and start running, rather than see the same ball go directly to the second baseman standing in shallow right field. I agree strikeouts are a problem, but I wonder if they’ve increased at least partly by people trying to launch everything over the shift.
  24. prouster
    Banning the shift seems unrelated to pace of play. I don’t think the idea would be to accomplish that. It would be meant to increase offensive production beyond walks and homers. I’m personally in favor to some limitations. This isn’t a strong opinion, but I think the game is more boring when a hitter smashes a screaming line drive into a wall of defenders. And I’d rather change the channel than watch guys bunting for hits.
  25. prouster
    I don’t see Gray being much of an addition at this point. Maybe there’s some upside still to unlock, but I’m not sure it would be worth the effort. Given where the Twins are as a team, I think it makes more sense to give the young arms a chance while bringing in a couple veterans as backup options. I suppose Gray could fit that Bill...
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