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  1. Vanimal46
    That's not even remotely true about ownership and management. I understand the frustration this year, but ownership and the FO didn't let this team down.
  2. Vanimal46
    Who?
  3. Vanimal46
    I'm scared to find out what the return is...
  4. Vanimal46
    Better be good....
  5. Vanimal46
    The Metrodome was a horrible fan experience for baseball, no doubt about it. However, the Twins truly had an advantage over other teams in that place. The funky bounces, losing the ball in the Teflon roof, and plexiglass at one time! Target Field is beautiful and I wouldn't change it for anything. But it's fun reminiscing about the home field advantage Metrodome offered.
  6. Vanimal46
    Pictured: Jim Pohlad speaking to Falvine about Eddie Rosario.
  7. Vanimal46
    He's at the age where you go to a doctor with an achey shoulder and they say, "Yeah, your shoulder's just going to be that way now."
  8. Vanimal46
    But really, it's an honest assessment of where this team stands. Trading pending FAs should be done... As far as other players signed for 2019 that's really selling... That's a tougher decision for guys like Gibson and Pressly.
  9. Vanimal46
    Yep most likely. Duke, Erv, Lynn, all of them.
  10. Vanimal46
    Agreed, but did you expect anything different? We now have 2 years of data showing underwhelming returns for rentals... Thanks analytics! Why did Arizona let go of Dave Stewart?
  11. Vanimal46
    You can still cheer for your team and hope they make a run without Escobar now. I never said it's a great move. It is what it is. More trades like this are going to happen when the team torpedoed in the first half.
  12. Vanimal46
    No analytics needed! Just a glance at the standings. When has this team shown they can go on a tear at any point this season? Week in, week out, .500 ball or pitiful baseball.
  13. Vanimal46
    The Twins are out of the playoff race and traded a pending FA for something. Seems pretty cut and dry. More pending FAs will be traded too.
  14. Vanimal46
    What race are we in this year, exactly?
  15. Vanimal46
    Meh, at least they're choosing a path, kind of.
  16. Vanimal46
    Gabriel Maciel write up from John Sickels: 10) Gabriel Maciel, OF, Grade C+/B-: Age 18, signed out of Brazil in 2015, hit .323/.389/.438 with 24 walks, 34 strikeouts in 217 at-bats in Pioneer League, nine steals; 65-70 speed though he needs to use it better; patient approach helps OBP and makes him a significant leadoff threat; athletic switch-hitter but 5-10, 170 frame lacks impact power; more polished as a hitter than Eduardo Diaz but younger. ETA 2021. The others don't have a write up in his top 20 report https://www.minorleagueball.com/2017/12/15/16783586/arizona-diamondbacks-top-20-prospects-for-2018
  17. Vanimal46
    It's happening.... The underwhelming returns.
  18. Vanimal46
    I hope they have a more strategic approach short and long term than what we do as fans... Look at the whole season, not just one week in late July to make a decision.
  19. Vanimal46
    2nd year in a row Falvine is flip flopping on whether to buy or sell. I'm not sure if it's a good thing to be influenced this much on a micro level. As Mike Sixel types over and over again, pick a path and stick to it.
  20. Vanimal46
    Not sure what your requirement for 'actual prospect' is. Because I can tell you this, someone will trade something for him. And that person will be an actual human being.
  21. Vanimal46
    I can go either way on this. He's going to be really cheap for his last year of arbitration because he won't have the save totals to warrant a huge raise. He's at his highest value right now. Definitely worth looking into.
  22. Vanimal46
    JT Realmuto.
  23. Vanimal46
    This would be my preference over a 3-4 year extension right now. I believe in his game and the changes he's made. It looks sustainable through his early 30's just like Charlie Morton. The Twins have the luxury of one more arbitration year with him. He's at $4.5 million now, and with the wins and losses not going his way, he'll be pretty cheap again for 2019. Probably in the $8-9 million range? There's nothing wrong with taking this one year at a time and seeing what happens. If he's still awesome all the way through 2019, the Twins have a great problem to deal with.
  24. Vanimal46
    Yeah, I would push him along more aggressively than others. The bat appears to be legit, so let's get him up to AA for a month or so. Other teams have the luxury of finding an advanced bat and pushing them along quickly. Maybe Kiriloff is our guy.
  25. Vanimal46
    If a player warrants 5 pages of discussion in less than 12 hours, that's the kind of player other teams want.
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