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  1. Vanimal46
    Both flukes. Shoulder fatigue in 2014, no surgery. Elbow strain in 2016, and was shut down for the year because the Pirates were out of the playoff race.
  2. Vanimal46
    What injury history does Cole have? No significant surgeries as far as I can see. The Yankees don't appear to have any issues with his consistency and the fact he's in the NL....
  3. Vanimal46
    Uhh, what? Cole does nothing to position the Twins for a playoff run? He'd slot in at the top of the rotation, and probably start multiple games in a playoff series. I don't understand your argument.
  4. Vanimal46
    Shame on the MLB for allowing this ownership group to take over Miami. Nothing has changed from past ownership. There's really no excuse for Miami to act like a small market team.
  5. Vanimal46
    Harvey's trade value isn't nearly as high as you may think. Gunnarthor posted in the Offseason Rumors thread that Harvey for Profar is being discussed per John Heyman on twitter. Harvey's a shell of his former self. I will be quite upset trading Dozier for someone like him.
  6. Vanimal46
    I feel kind of cheated we didn't get a chance to read drama like this all winter long... It's delicious that being a Marlin for life is framed as a punishment for Stanton.
  7. Vanimal46
    After looking at this chart you put together, thanks for that, I'm still very interested in several names. All of them would be great, but we can already rule out Davis for being too expensive. Holland in his 2nd year post TJS is especially intriguing IMO. I wanted him last year, and nothing has changed from my interest level. I really like Shaw as well. He throws heat, has 5 straight years of 70+ appearances, and to use one of Gardy's favorite words, proven. It also doesn't hurt taking talent from an AL Central opponent.
  8. Vanimal46
    Profar for Harvey kind of makes sense. Both players desperately need a change of scenery that's for sure. So much for thinking the Yankees are going to sit back waiting for the super FA class of 2019.... I will scream too if Cole ends up on their team. Hold strong, Pittsburgh! 3/36 isn't enough for Santana. I predict he's going to get at least $50 MM on the open market. The Twins are a pretty good fit and should certainly look into him. I see him as a clear upgrade over Grossman/Vargas.
  9. Vanimal46
    It's not like the Marlins are going to get better value out of that $30 MM annual salary than Stanton. Their new owners, like the old owners, are just going to pocket the leftover money saved from trading him away.
  10. Vanimal46
    What a gross trade. Miami doing what Miami always does... Trading away legit players for nothing more than salary relief.
  11. Vanimal46
    I'd say the latter. It would be no fun at all being a Marlins fan knowing how cheap they operate. This trade is nothing more than a salary dump for Miami.
  12. Vanimal46
    Falvine are probably "crushing it" in other aspects of their jobs that we as fans don't really care about. They built an actual analytics department, hired different coaches that made an immediate impact, and showed more creativity in trades than the previous regime. As far as moves that have impacted the MLB team, call me a stickler. I'm waiting for more than a Castro signing, and a couple of trades for prospects in the 20-30 range before jumping on the crushing it! bandwagon.
  13. Vanimal46
    Yeah even the author admitted to some flaws in his study. Justin Verlander for example was a 4+ WAR guy this year (a star in the study) but he accounted 3 WAR to the Tigers (depth) and 1+ WAR to Houston (depth) You bring up good points, Ash. I just couldn't imagine the time needed to break down everything you've discussed in your post. Overall I think it's good to see that a team with a lot of depth players can be more successful than a team of Stars and Scrubs. If we looked back, I'd be willing to bet the division champion seasons the Twins had were built the Stars and Scrubs way.
  14. Vanimal46
    Agreed. My takeaway when thinking about the Twins is they need a boat load of depth, and a quick trigger finger when a player starts failing. It's detrimental for the Twins when they give 300 some PA's to a replacement level guy like Danny Santana for example. Especially when they don't have the star power (yet) to make up for the bad play of others.
  15. Vanimal46
    Boy, that doesn't sound like a contending rotation to me. If the Twins don't go after a top of the rotation SP, they better have a boat load of depth. If Mejia and/or Gonsalves fails, they're back to the Adam Wilk's and Tim Melville's of the world.
  16. Vanimal46
    John LaRue with The Hardball Times wrote an interesting article titled "Evaluating Talent Distribution on Rosters" He looks at teams over the last 30 years and compiled data to find out what is the best methodology to build a roster. Stars and scrubs, Deep with depth, Deep with stars, etc. Not every team has the resources and market size to build a super team. These methodologies help small market teams like the Twins compete against the Dodgers, Astros, Yankees, and Cubs of the world.
  17. Vanimal46
    I'd be more disappointed if I was a fan of the only West Coast team *cough* Oakland *cough* left off of his wish list. Ohtani to Minnesota is as much of a pipe dream as going on a date with Scarlett Johansson, or Brad Pitt. Whatever floats your boat!
  18. Vanimal46
    Hmm. I wonder what role he would have served in the FO here? Also, why is Aaron Boone a hot name all of a sudden?
  19. Vanimal46
    Trading away draft picks is killing the farm system for sure. And they bent over backwards to ensure Matt Dumba remained with the Wild. Unfortunately he hasn't been worth the cost of keeping him so far this year.
  20. Vanimal46
    I'll believe it when I see it... The Twins made it a priority 4-5 years ago to acquire more "power arms" for the bullpen. We've seen one (Curtiss) so far.
  21. Vanimal46
    Good to hear this is the last year on Fletcher's contract. Hopefully someone reasonable will convince Leipold to sell some pieces instead of going all in again.
  22. Vanimal46
    From yesterday's KLaw chat: derek: If the Giants trade for Stanton, what’s a realistic return for the Marlins? And as a Giants fan, should I be terrified? Keith Law: One rumor had the Giants taking the entire contract. That should terrify you. It could hamstring their team for a decade. http://meadowparty.com/blog/
  23. Vanimal46
    The hot stove is LUKEWARM at the moment... It was adorable to think the Giants may tear it all down and rebuild for a second. Instead, they're going all in figuring out a trade for Giancarlo Stanton. Per Jon Morosi on Twitter: 2B Joe Panik, RHP prospect Tyler Beede, and OF prospect Chris Shaw. Doesn't sound all that great, but the key is San Francisco being willing to take on most all of the $295 MM remaining on Stanton's contract.
  24. Vanimal46
    Yep, and one of the commenters in the article brought up a good point. The Twins historically tried to have players play through injuries, or let them sit on the bench and rest over putting them on the DL. It's interesting data to look at as a whole, but the data is flawed IMO. Teams use the DL in different ways. The Dodgers for example used the DL aggressively to keep arms fresh, and rotate in one of 10 other MLB caliber pitchers they have on the depth chart.
  25. Vanimal46
    I appreciate it, but it wasn't necessary to push back. This thread evolved from Louis CK, the original topic. Lately a lot of men getting in trouble are in media/pop culture, so that was the first thing that came to mind. We can continue discussing sexual harassment on a broader scale, though. If there's any positive out of this, it's that some entitled, despicable men's antics are finally coming to light. As others on this thread posted, they've heard in the past that Louis CK did things like this to women. I recall hearing something like this in the past with Matt Lauer. Unfortunately we forget these things over time, which isn't fair to the women they did this to. It had to be incredibly intimidating for women speaking up about Lauer, for example. From what the Variety article said, NBC ignored and dismissed several red flags about Lauer's behavior over the years. I'm glad they didn't back down to a powerful figure, and made us all aware how bad these people really are behind closed doors.
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