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  1. Vanimal46
    IMO I would add Bard to the 40 man, and DFA Chargois. I'm pretty sour about Chargois losing 3 full seasons due to arm injuries. Bard had some bad luck at the beginning of his career, but as Seth said, has been healthy and rising the last 2 seasons.
  2. Vanimal46
    I don't think they were asking too much. The market last year was saturated with good enough 2B that there wasn't enough of a demand for Dozier. As Chi said upthread, LA was the only contending team looking for a 2B at the time. The other teams had comparable fWAR production from their guys, or just extended their guy in the case of the Rangers. I was just like you last year. Wanting to trade Dozier and fit a square peg in a round hole somehow. I didn't think the Twins were that close to contention. I'm glad to be wrong and they kept him to prove 2016 wasn't a complete fluke. Nothing's stopping them from exploring the trade market with Dozier again this off-season. Hopefully there's more of a demand for his services. If not, they could always extend him for a few more years and use the farm system to acquire MLB pitchers.
  3. Vanimal46
    Nobody wants to talk about the elephant in the room? Kershaw is probably the best regular season pitcher in the MLB right now... But it still hasn't translated to the playoffs. The stage was set for a vintage 7-8 inning outing to save the bullpen. Instead he blew a 4 run lead in the 4th, and another 3 run lead in the 5th. For my money I'd take Verlander over Kershaw simply because Verlander shows he can be a game changer for his team in the playoffs.
  4. Vanimal46
    Diaz is on the extensive list of players that are Rule 5 eligible this offseason. Do you make him a priority add on the 40 man? Or could he slip by this winter without adding him on the 40 man?
  5. Vanimal46
    That class is certainly more heavy on star batters (Harper, Machado, Donaldson, Blackmon, Dozier, McCutchen) than pitchers... Kershaw will probably opt out. Corbin, Harvey, Pomeranz, and Keuchel are the intriguing names IMO. http://www.spotrac.com/mlb/free-agents/2019/starting-pitcher/
  6. Vanimal46
    I don't think it's smart to plan on any positive production from May in 2018. Too many variables that could go wrong 1 year removed from a major surgery.
  7. Vanimal46

    JFK

    Vanimal46 replied to Badsmerf's topic in The Sports Bar

    It's going to take months, maybe years to piece together this puzzle. And who knows, maybe without the documents being held back from release, we won't be able to solve it.
  8. Vanimal46
    I haven't read in any of the articles Brandon has posted "I'm going to grade Twins' pitchers compared to every single pitcher in the MLB."
  9. Vanimal46
    Out of the 5 Ted presented, my preference list would be: Cobb - best value and best production out of all ---- Chatwood - I'll take others' words for it that he has a good spin rate and some upside Lynn - Think he's going to be too expensive for the production he'd get in the AL. Cashner - somehow he does pretty well without the ability to strike people out ---- Chacin - Hard pass.
  10. Vanimal46
    That's the part that bothers me most about old school vs. new school baseball. Hopefully with the rise of young managers taking over baseball teams throwing at people in retaliation of a home run becomes a thing of the past.
  11. Vanimal46
    Season 2 comes to Netflix at midnight!!! Can't wait to see what direction they take this show.
  12. Vanimal46
    Interesting names, especially Prior. It's been a while, but he was thought to have impeccable mechanics before his arm failed him, no?
  13. Vanimal46
    Welcome aboard, Mr. Alston!
  14. Vanimal46
    What number did he wear?
  15. Vanimal46
    Always been for bat flipping. Emotions run high in baseball. Especially the post season. Have fun celebrating a good thing! Most of all, don't plunk the batter on their next PA just because he hit a home run and flipped his bat.
  16. Vanimal46
    People pick apart the strangest things... Keep up the good work Brandon. I actually read the write ups and don't care about an arbitrary grade at the conclusion.
  17. Vanimal46
    True... But we both know there are certain jobs that are better than others in the MLB. He had the highest pressure for the most part dealing with the media, WS expectations, etc. He also benefited from a large market, large payroll, and a GM who isn't afraid to trade legit prospects for MLB help when they're in contention. I couldn't see him going to a small market team like Cincinnati for example. He may take the Washington job, or maybe he holds out for a year waiting for another big market job to open up.
  18. Vanimal46
    The Nationals job is still open. Though I'm not sure how appealing of a job that is anymore when Bryce Harper is on the way out, and several of their back-loaded contracts about to kick in.
  19. Vanimal46
    Wow, didn't expect this one to happen.
  20. Vanimal46
    Another good write up. I hope the Twins aim higher with bullpen replacements, and Boshers will most likely be the odd man out if that's the case. If they do decide to bring him back, I guess I wouldn't be upset. As long as the experiment of him facing RH hitters is over.
  21. Vanimal46
    Game 2 tonight. Still going to be a hot one.... 100 degrees at first pitch. Hill v. Verlander on the mound. Verlander has been unstoppable this postseason. Meanwhile, Hill got rocked in his first postseason start. I think Houston evens things up tonight.
  22. Vanimal46
    Sure, there's a limit for anyone on taking a loss. We can only speculate what that threshold is for the Pohlad's... I've accepted the financial constraints this ownership group put in place.
  23. Vanimal46
    Good owners also operate a sports franchise as a hobby/entertainment. I don't think there are any owners left whose primary income comes from a sports team.
  24. Vanimal46
    2 hour 28 minutes... Now that's my kind of game.
  25. Vanimal46
    There are a couple of good examples - Kluber being one, and Drew Pomeranz as well. I'm probably just a bit jaded from Tim Stauffer still.
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