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  1. Vanimal46
    My dog requested that I be called Pet CEO instead of his owner too.
  2. Vanimal46
    When political correctness goes too far...
  3. Vanimal46
    Also, now it sounds like it was attempted murder instead of a robbery gone wrong.
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    Agreed and that's what we should be shooting for. Someone who can slot in the back of the bullpen pitching high leverage playoff innings. Cave has 1 option year remaining after this season and 5+ years of control. Gordon will have 2 option years remaining after this season and 6+ years of control. I would think packaged together they could get a pretty good reliever with a couple years of control left.
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    By themselves: no one better than Taylor Rogers As a package: Someone who's maybe comparable to Taylor Rogers?
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    IT COULD HAPPEN WITH OUR SHAKY BULLPEN. THE COLLAPSE WOULD BE YUGE.
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    Austin Adams is a prime example that 99 MPH stuff doesn't mean a thing if you can't locate it.
  9. Vanimal46
    Concur. It's time to prepare for October today. The stud starting pitchers in the playoffs may go 6-7 innings. The rest get the boot after 4 or 5. This bullpen is woefully unprepared to pitch 4 or 5 high leverage innings a game.
  10. Vanimal46
    Congrats and good luck!
  11. Vanimal46
    I liked watching him pitch in spring training. Good luck!
  12. Vanimal46
    Romero's last few outings don't sound promising... Perhaps the Aussie Lewis Thorpe gets the call. That would be a pleasant surprise!
  13. Vanimal46
    What happened to Fernando Romero this year?
  14. Vanimal46
    The Twins are absolutely able to swallow dead money. Not as much as Chicago, LA, and New York can. Last year the Twins swallowed $19 million alone with Erv and Phil Hughes' contracts. As long as they don't make it a habit and have $50+ million in dead money, they will be just fine.
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    As revenue avenues have skyrocketed over the last 15 years, you also believe the payroll can't increase with it? It has to be stagnant and hard capped at $120 million? We just have philosophical differences as fans, Mr. Brooks. I don't doubt that the Pohlads operate the Twins as a very profitable business. It's my biggest gripe I have as a Twins fan. I don't care what their profit is at the end of each year. I'm not personally invested in them, and I don't have visibility to their financials. No fan does. Some fans think they do and set an arbitrary number in their minds as the budget. Why? Is it fun to pretend they're working with that budget set in their head and build the best team possible? What I'm looking for as a fan is for the Front Office to do as they say. Over the winter, Lavine was quoted a couple of times they will supplement this team when the competitive window is open. We haven't seen the stars align like this in over a decade. An actual path to contention, with players performing beyond their projections. No major injuries to speak of. They could have supplemented this team by simply spending money on Kimbrel or Keuchel. They missed out on their reported priority in Kimbrel. Now we'll see if they trade prospects and take on salary to make this team even better.
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    The Twins can absorb one bad contract if it comes to that. They're not in that dire of a financial situation. Last year they absorbed around $19 million in dead money with Ervin Santana and Phil Hughes.
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    Your example doesn't register with me. I don't see how fans asking a billionaire to spend more on a team he owns is remotely comparable to me demanding an organization give me a free commodity like a car. Try again.
  19. Vanimal46
    Do you really think Kimbrel is going to make demands to Theo and Joe Madden he's only going to pitch the 9th? Do you think if Madden wants him to pitch in the 7th or 8th inning he's going to flat out refuse and throw a tantrum like a toddler? Come on. I'm sure he just wants to win baseball games.
  20. Vanimal46
    Not that I wanted Keuchel... But yeah, last decent pitcher worth only the money in Jim Pohald's wallet is gone.
  21. Vanimal46
    No reliever on roster would prevent that from becoming a reality.
  22. Vanimal46
    Sure, I wouldn't mind if Kimbrel only wanted to pitch the 9th inning. He's better than Parker, who's pitched in the 9th inning in 59% of his appearances.
  23. Vanimal46
    They pushed for Kimbrel because Morrow isn't close to coming back. I have no idea where Thrylos got the one month return date from. https://www.cbssports.com/g00/fantasy/baseball/news/cubs-brandon-morrow-throwing-from-90-feet/?i10c.ua=1&i10c.encReferrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8%3d&i10c.dv=7
  24. Vanimal46
    Not sure why Kimbrel wouldn't want to join a team with the 2nd best win percentage in baseball... Especially if they made a competitive offer. Makes me think the offer wasn't competitive.
  25. Vanimal46
    Ironically, the Joe Nathan extension was for his age 34-36 seasons. I'm sure there were underlying stats back in the day we could cherry pick to show he could be a bad investment too.
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