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  1. Vanimal46
    Ironically, this signing will help them lose even more games, so good for them! There's a lot of competition for the #1 overall pick.
  2. Vanimal46
    I bet the Twins finished in a close 2nd with Chirinos!
  3. Vanimal46
    Ohio State already announced their next HC so this is fake.
  4. Vanimal46
    Their fishing technique hasn't been working over the last couple of years... I'd try setting a net with a Manny's Porterhouse and $20 million AAV. Maybe they'll catch a trophy fish instead!
  5. Vanimal46
    They won 78 games with Buxton and Sano essentially missing the whole season. Not to mention terrible contributions from Dozier, Morrison, etc. You're really underestimating how bad Kansas City, and Detroit are going to be. Possibly Chicago too.
  6. Vanimal46
    That's quite the rotation... Scherzer, Corbin, Strasburg.
  7. Vanimal46
    So they're continuing to explore the 1 year contract path. Even when Falvey and Levine admitted that signing players on 1 year deals hurt the team last year. Wow.
  8. Vanimal46
    The list of 5th starter options is not promising. I would move several of them to the bullpen, and that would eliminate the perceived depth. The players I would move to the bullpen are Mejia (he's out of options), De Jong, and Stewart. Slegers is a DFA candidate or AAA filler IMO. The bullpen candidates have a couple of DFA candidates in their own right. I've seen enough of Duffey to be confident he won't put it together. I can go either way with Magill and Curtiss. My priority list: - Trade for an impact SP (Bumgarner, Thor, or anyone else that pops up in rumors over the winter) that way everyone on the list slides down a spot in the rotation. - Sign 2-3 bullpen arms. 2 that can slide into the "fireman" role, and another bounce back bargain deal. - Sign a SS so Polanco can slide over to 2B. - Sign a RH OF to challenge Kepler/Buxton for the starting job.
  9. Vanimal46
    Let's start with contending in the AL Central. If Cleveland continues to sell off MLB assets to shave payroll, it may take 85-90 wins to win the division. Even with several key players under performing the Twins won 78 games. With status quo, and Buxton/Sano playing better than last year, they are probably projected to be an 82-85 win team. The hill is not that steep to climb into contention.
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  11. Vanimal46
    That's great Ash! Your family is doing better than so many families out there that live check to check who can't afford that luxury. Especially an opportunity in one of the most expensive cities in America with Chuck Schumer... https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/28/us/politics/senate-paid-internships.html
  12. Vanimal46
    IMO an unpaid internship such as this is going to attract a subset of candidates. People who have financial support from someone else (parents or otherwise) to take the short term loss. The fact it is unpaid eliminates a larger percentage of people, mainly people of color, from the opportunity. I would like to know, but don't know how to look it up, the conversion rate of interns who become paid politicians after their 1 year internship is complete. Personally I only know 1 person who IMO would do great in a political role, but dropped out from the burnout as an intern after a campaign in 2014. He's probably one of thousands who came to the same conclusion.
  13. Vanimal46
    I want the interns to focus on the job at hand and learn as much as possible while earning a fair wage. I'm sure there are people out there that could have made a difference in the political world but couldn't take the financial hit anymore. To me, this argument is similar to minor leaguers. Someone can argue it's the opportunity of a lifetime to live their dream as a professional baseball player. They just have to suffer making less than $1k a month before making the big bucks. And I've been around here enough to know you want a living wage for minor leaguers.
  14. Vanimal46
    Because millions of people can't afford to work 45-50 hours a week unpaid, nor do they have financial support from their parents to make it happen. That's why we keep breeding politicians from elitist families.
  15. Vanimal46
    https://twitter.com/michaelwhitney/status/1069625701878415362?s=19 He has a point..
  16. Vanimal46
    He only works part time so he's watching the Chicago Bears. He starts his job again in spring training.
  17. Vanimal46
    Probably at this point in Buxton's career.
  18. Vanimal46
    Great question B Good. I'm utterly disappointed in the off-season so far for our Twins.
  19. Vanimal46
    Philly gets an all star SS and a good bullpen arm for a failed top prospect and Santana. Hello? Falvey? Can you pick up the phone please?
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  21. Vanimal46
    They didn't offer Cron arbitration. They agreed to a $4.8 million deal to avoid arbitration. Now it's guaranteed and on the payroll.
  22. Vanimal46
    You don't think the Twins are committed to Cron after guaranteeing his contract avoiding arbitration? We'll agree to disagree there.
  23. Vanimal46
    He could have been. Instead they jumped at the first available 1B without letting the market play out. Now we're committed to Cron for better or worse (probably worse).
  24. Vanimal46
    If you cringe that means the offer is getting closer to fair value. It's gotta hurt to acquire a player like Thor.
  25. Vanimal46
    Pay for power, develop OBP guys. There are internal options with the OB potential. LaMonte Wade has always been a guy to draw walks and limit Ks.
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