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  1. Vanimal46
    Plus $10 million from their recent deal with streaming platform DAZN. Plus they're still getting money from BAMTECH, national TV contracts, revenue sharing, etc. The point is, we as fans have no idea what a baseball team's revenue is. It was a big deal when the Braves' ownership gave a slight indication what their books look like.
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    Does he have the most untradable contract in the NBA?
  3. Vanimal46
    That's fair to say. IMO since his injuries were flukes, and he's still 29 years old I'm confident he can have a bounce back season. His delivery is low impact and he's refining his approach to use more offspeed stuff to extend his career.
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    When were the good hits? Pressly in 2013?
  5. Vanimal46
    Did people forget that Rogers was a starter at one point and couldn't separate himself from the crowd of worse starting pitching options than we have today? He tops out at 91-92 in the pen. If he goes back to starting he'll go back to being an 88-90 MPH pitcher to conserve energy. This is a bad idea.
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    Sounds like a better Sunday afternoon lineup than we've seen the last 3 years.
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    Preventing runs is still the name of the game. He had ERAs of 3.32 in 2017, 3.26 in 2018. His only injury history is fluke injuries I mentioned in a post above. Having Bumgarner helps match up better against BOS, HOU, NYY compared to the alternative... Which is a smorgasbord of 15 different names we can choose from internally.
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    I think a broken finger from a line drive has something to do with the decrease in K's...
  9. Vanimal46
    For those concerned about who the Twins need to trade... Jeff Sullivan doesn't think it will take much. Get.It.Done. https://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/madison-bumgarner-wont-fetch-the-giants-that-much/
  10. Vanimal46
    Flexibility at its finest!
  11. Vanimal46
    Those are the fluke injuries I was talking about. He fell off his dirt bike and injured his shoulder, causing him to miss 3 months in 2017. Then he was hit in the hand by a line drive causing more time on the DL.
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    I think so considering he only has 1 year of control left. Dozier was important to Minnesota's fanbase and look what that got us.
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    Yes I'm willing to risk the resources for 1 year of Bumgarner. There will never be a time except right now where his contract rate and price tag makes sense for a mid-market team like the Twins.
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    The Giants are in a weird position. Almost similar to the 2010/11 Twins. Lots of veterans on big money contracts, and a barren farm to prevent them from truly going for it. Hence why there are rumors about trading one of their best MLB assets Madison Bumgarner. He's on the last year of his contract making $12 million. The last couple of years have been derailed by fluke injuries. Even with the fluke injuries, he hasn't had anything reconstructive done to his arm. I see Bumgarner as a perfect fit for the Twins... Let's be honest, the Twins will never be in the $20 million AAV market for pitching. Bumgarner's current price tag is right in the Twins' wheelhouse. Considering he has one year of control left before FA, the return will be suppressed compared to this time 3 years ago. When healthy he has been a work horse, top of the rotation pitcher. He fills multiple holes for the team slotting in above Gibson/Berrios, and being left handed. What am I missing here? Let's get this done.
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    As far as that direction, I hope it's trying to win now. Since there are more teams attempting to lose in MLB than there are attempting to win.
  16. Vanimal46
    The Reds and RP Raisel Iglesias agree to a 3/$24.125 MM contract, covering his last 3 years of arbitration. They don't gain extra years of control, but they do have cost certainty now. Maybe that's what they needed to do in order to trade him. Who knows.
  17. Vanimal46
    I echo several others in here to keep May in the bullpen. It doesn't seem like the best use of his talent to have him as a primary pitcher. I'm going to cringe every time this opener concept is discussed. I accept that this isn't going away until they give it the ol' college try. Since it's here, use it to get rookie pitchers comfortable in the big leagues. May has been there and done that. He shouldn't need an opener before pitching 4-5 innings.
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    It's a good series overall. The episode when they were trying to reunite Zeus the husky with his owner in Berlin brought tears to my eyes...
  19. Vanimal46
    This article speaks to my soul as a fan... It's dumbfounding to say this about a competitive sport, but it's true in MLB. There is more competition to lose games than there is to win. There isn't a better time to make win now moves than right now for a team stuck in a purgatory of mediocrity.
  20. Vanimal46
    Love your post. When it comes to Harper and Machado's contracts, I think they're going to include multiple out-years throughout the duration of the contract. My guess is the first player opt-out is 2-3 years into the contract. Perhaps at the end of the 2021 season when the CBA expires... The second opt-out 5-6 years into the contract. So there's a chance the team signing him now has to pay the final years if they opt out!
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    Once upon a time on this very website there were 10+ pages of "wtf!" comments when they left Zach Jones unprotected in the Rule 5 draft. Remember Zach Jones? He was supposed to be good I think.
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    How dare you forget our friends down I-35, the Royals! They're still starting a wet paper bag at 1B.
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    Doh-kay.
  24. Vanimal46
    Sonny Gray... Meh. MadBum... Hell yes. I am very curious what SF wants for him. Dude is a work horse and a unicorn in today's MLB.
  25. Vanimal46
    It does effect any other FA signing they make. $5 million of the offseason budget is tied to this player. It's not guaranteed, but you best believe it's being counted right now in the payroll. Instead of signing Andrew Miller for $12 million, they may resort to another reliever for $7 million because the other $5 million is tied to Cron. There is a ripple effect with every acquisition.
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