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  1. Vanimal46
    It's not going to take either of them for 1 year of Goldschmidt. Wherever he lands I'm willing to bet the return will look underwhelming.
  2. Vanimal46
    I'm having flashbacks of sleepless nights concerned that Tommy Milone was blocking Alex Meyer's MLB opportunity. That was a dicey logjam!
  3. Vanimal46
    Must have been the best time of his life after signing a minor league deal with a ST invite in 2027!
  4. Vanimal46
    Pfft, you think you can get away with dreaming here? You can't handle the DREAM!
  5. Vanimal46
    I'm not sure how Ken Hitchcock continues to find employment either. The treads on his tires were worn down years ago.
  6. Vanimal46
    For a long time, yeah. Hockey coaches are full of retreads so I'm sure he'll find a spot on someone's staff as the power play coach or something like that.
  7. Vanimal46
    I'm interested but don't have my hopes up if negotiations have stalled. To echo Levi they need to lock him up long term.
  8. Vanimal46
    He's left handed, currently breathing, and a lot of teams are still tanking at the MLB level. I agree someone will take a flyer on him.
  9. Vanimal46
    St. Louis has ranked in the top 15 of payroll over the last 20 years... More often than not they're near top 5. I would love that sustainable model of actually paying money to build a team.
  10. Vanimal46
    Concur. I would RELISH the opportunity to talk about a legitimate logjam somewhere on the field with the Twins. There has never been a logjam of too many good players at one particular position. Especially pitching.
  11. Vanimal46
    Most mid-market teams like the Twins are profitable before they even step on the field because of everything you mentioned, plus revenue sharing from the big market teams. Ticket sales, concessions, and merchandise are the cherry on top of already absurd profits.
  12. Vanimal46
    That's their prerogative to do so I guess. They may not be around to see the 'sustainability' if the MLB team continues to lose. Not to mention they're taking the risk that casual fans will still be around and care whenever they do have a core of young players they believe in.
  13. Vanimal46
    Agreed. It also doesn't take into consideration the other $20+ million off the books as well releasing Morrison, Erv, Dozier, etc.
  14. Vanimal46
    Old friend Ryan LaMarre signs a minor league deal with Atlanta today.
  15. Vanimal46
    There's nothing stopping them from trying to create their own stars and field a quality MLB team. The stars you mentioned weren't all #1 overall picks. Their farm is littered with 20-30 45 FV players. Use some of those darts to acquire MLB players that will generate interest in the team and show us that they care about winning.
  16. Vanimal46
    I've got to say you're all over the map today Nick... In your previous posts you said the MLB roster is a mess. Now this post you want to keep the mess together and see if it can be better without making a trade? Im... Lost in this conversation.
  17. Vanimal46
    What I'll remember most about Beltre... He did not like to be touched on his head.
  18. Vanimal46
    We're entering year 3 of Falvine and there hasn't been a high number of development successes either. What are they supposed to do? Wait 2-3 more years to see if the new wave contributes something at the MLB level before making a move? Why keep relying on prospects to develop when they have an extended track record of not being good at it?
  19. Vanimal46
    6th overall pick in 2015 is not worthwhile to stash on the 40 man... What a shame.
  20. Vanimal46
    I am intrigued, but also concerned that Amazon wants to control everything in our consumer lives... I joke with friends we're eventually going to wake up in our Amazon beds, jump in our Amazon cars, go to the Amazon grocery store (already partially true with their purchase of Whole Foods!) and go to Amazon Field to watch the Minnesota Amazons play baseball.
  21. Vanimal46
    People in sports sure know how to spin the word 'rebuilding' into a positive these days... If they're not competing for a playoff spot, they're rebuilding. Evidently now the Twins are 'building' and the Gophers football team is in 'Year 1 of building.' So positive!
  22. Vanimal46
    Good post. And just to be clear, for me, I'm not heartbroken or frustrated the Twins didn't trade specifically for Paxton. I'm frustrated that there are excuses (mostly needing to keep our own prospects) every time a notable player is put on the trade block. All I want is one trade to show that the Twins are making an effort to field a quality MLB team. I couldn't care less about Fort Myers' record...
  23. Vanimal46
    You don't know that. What if they're competitive next year once they start calling up Tatis Jr., Gore, etc? Now they have 2 quality MLB hitters already on roster and locked up to compliment the rookies.
  24. Vanimal46
    Prospects are without a doubt the most overvalued commodity in baseball. We talk about taking advantage of market inefficiencies, and I can't think of a bigger inefficiency in the game than hoarding prospects. The Twins could have filled out a nice MLB squad by now if they traded 'valuable' prospects for established MLB talent. Instead there's an irrational need to keep all of these guys and watch over 50% of them fail.
  25. Vanimal46
    One way to fix an absolute mess is to chip away one item at a time. In your example with the Padres, they have a consensus top 2 farm system. Guess what? They have Hosmer and Myers locked in when they start calling up their young studs. They didn't wait for all of the stars to align before signing good players.
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