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  1. prouster
    Inlandportland, perhaps?
  2. prouster
    They could let anyone who signs in free agency run the bases after every game.
  3. prouster
    There’s some ambiguity, but Rosenthal’s language makes it seem like they might actually have made Donaldson a 4 year offer. Rosenthal says there are multiple four year offers on the table, and the Nationals and Twins are “believed to be at that level.”
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    That would be a big deal up in those parts. I remember seeing Kirby at the TRF Best Western many moons ago.
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    From a Ken Rosenthal article just posted to the Athletic (paywall): “Don’t count the Twins out of the Josh Donaldson sweepstakes just yet. Donaldson, 34, has multiple four-year offers, with both the Twins and Nationals believed to be at that level. If the Twins sign Donaldson, they will move Miguel Sanó from third to first base.”
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    I dunno, maybe it helps get an extension signed. Aren't they being too frugal as it is?
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    I'm no expert, but it seems to me that the only real noisy part of Lewis's swing is the leg kick. Looking at the video in this article frame by frame, his hands don't seem to move all that much during his load. He brings the bat down and then forward before whipping his hands through the zone. I guess they could cut the downward wag out, but it doesn't seem all that disruptive to me. His head stays level for the most part, although it sinks as he comes out of his leg kick. I can see how this might disrupt his eye level and cause him to be slow on fastballs and fail to recognize breaking balls. That said, he seems to get to a balanced position as he makes contact with the ball (maybe he's a bit out front in this specific clip, but I was able to draw a vertical line from his ear hole to his back knee). Again, I'm no expert, but I think shortening his stride just a little bit may do wonders for any pitch recognition issues he might have. Sounds like game planning could also be a major component of his improvement.
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    This seems spot on to me. The question they have to answer is which alternative is worse. We can probably my guess how most people on Twins Daily would answer that question, but there’s merit to both sides. The other way they could approach this is to see if they can solve number 2 without having to resort to number 1.
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    I see. My bad.
  10. prouster
    They picked Stewart, Jay, and Berrios in the first round/comp A in recent years. So they have drafted pitching (not to mention on the other bonus pool pitchers they’ve taken). I agree with your last point that missing on some of those high picks has really hindered things.
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    I’m on board. Eno is smart.
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    FWIW, here is Bumgarner himself on the subject (via MLBTR): “It was the No. 1 place for me,” the 30-year-old said of Arizona (via Kerry Crowley of the Bay Area News Group). “I did tell (my agent) that. We talked about that often.” Once the Diamondbacks showed serious interest, Bumgarner revealed that he “was done” looking for a team. Bumgarner entered free agency reportedly looking for a guarantee of $100MM or more. While he’s not going to reach that total in the desert, perhaps he would have had he signed elsewhere. He stated Tuesday that “we definitely left some money on the table. You can say that.” I think it’s perfectly reasonable to assume a player of Bumgarner’s pedigree can go to the team of his choice, say he wants to get a deal done, then get the deal done. But I guess it makes some people feel better if they refuse to accept the ordinary truth that people are complicated and make choices that don’t always make total sense to others.
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    The only instance I can think of is Knoblauch, but his situation of course doesn’t apply to all the other notable former Twins.
  14. prouster
    So maybe that's why you get so bent out of shape when humans make decisions you don't like—talking to too many horses.
  15. prouster
    Great signing. You can never have enough arms.
  16. prouster
    I’d offer him the contract they were going to give Wheeler.
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    Anecdotally, you’d be surprised.
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    It’s true, though. I no longer live in Minnesota, and people in my current city have asked me if it’s on the east coast. It doesn’t exist for many people outside the Midwest.
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    Thank you. This is what I was thinking of.
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    I don’t think this is true at all. I don’t think anyone believes the Twins don’t need to add a pitcher.
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    Who is confident in this?
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    He was something like 98th or 99th on Mlb.com's list when the Twins traded for him.
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    Someone near the end of a top 100 prospect list isn't projected to be a top of the rotation arm. More like a 4 or borderline 3. The issue is that people misinterpret what these rankings mean. Not many prospects are projected as true aces. If they are, they're ranked probably in the top 5 prospects overall. Not that these rankings are set in stone.
  24. prouster
    What are your sources for these claims? None of the national writers I can recall ever said Gonsalves was anything more than a backend starter. Mejia cracked mlb.com’s top 100 list as something like the 99th prospect overall, which means something like a #4 starter, maybe a 3 if everything goes exactly right. Jay was hyped on draft day (every player is), but writers seemed to sour on him pretty quickly. I think the issue is that fans elevated these players in their own imaginations. The scouting reports were pretty down to earth.
  25. prouster
    It’s not that people think it’s a terrible place to live. It’s that it’s not a major city, and a lot of people not from the Midwest either 1) don’t realize it’s in the United States (sounds crazy, but it’s true), 2) have pre-conceived notions that it’s a dinky little ice sheet populated by hicks (I guess in their minds this would make it an unpleasant place to live), and/or 3) equate it with Omaha, Topeka, and other small midwestern cities of the sort.
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