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  1. Vanimal46
    The point is to improve the rotation. Which was very, very bad last season.
  2. Vanimal46
    This. It was pretty much known looking at the FA list that the rotation wasn't going to be completely fixed this winter. Regardless, I was hoping for at least a step forward in fixing the situation instead of standing still. There were some relatively cheap flyer options out there - Brett Anderson signed with the Cubs for $3.5 MM, Jesse Chavez 1/$5.75 Angels, Derek Holland 1/$6 White Sox, Jeff Locke 1/$3 Marlins.... Not that I'm advocating for all of these signings, but the point is there were several 1 year options out there. There wasn't that much risk for the Twins to sign one of these guys, hope for a good 3 months of performance, and decide to flip or keep.
  3. Vanimal46
    Making more than 1 major league signing should have been realistic. The Braves had little veteran trade chips and still managed to make 3 trades and multiple FA signings.... The Brewers made more than 1 signing and traded players... It's just not normal to stand pat following up from a bad season.
  4. Vanimal46
    Yes. Concur. I also don't want to get into the discussion of what the Cubs can do compared to the Twins. In general, reverting to status quo after 103 losses (96 projected losses) shouldn't be a normal thing to do.
  5. Vanimal46
    This is a cross post since others don't visit the Fangraphs thread on here: Don't Quit on Byung-ho Park
  6. Vanimal46
    Next thing you'll tell us is you'll make friends with a volleyball.... WILSON?! WILSON!
  7. Vanimal46
    Byung-Ho Park getting some love on Fangraphs today: Don't Quit on Byung-Ho Park
  8. Vanimal46
    How else are we supposed to enjoy bacon wrapped pizza crusts without bacon?!
  9. Vanimal46
    This is the saddest news I've read today: Bacon reserves are at a 50 year low!! We need more bacon!
  10. Vanimal46
    Even the Fighting Illini had a May vs. Pelfrey situation! And they chose Pelfrey....
  11. Vanimal46
    Welcome to Twins Daily! I agree with your take that the best college pitchers are in the rotation... Similar to the MLB, it's far more valuable to have a guy like Jay, Melotakis, Duffey, etc. pitch 100 innings for you instead of 40... If we look at it from a case by case basis, the Jay pick makes the most sense IMO. I don't mind an occasional gamble to convert a reliever to a starter. As a whole, I didn't like that the past regime became infatuated with the idea they could do this with multiple arms at the same time.
  12. Vanimal46
    You can see why there would be some hostility, whether or not you believe or show it... Not too many 100+ loss teams go into the following season with the essentially the same roster. They set expectations from the get go "Don't get attached to your favorite Twins players" and then nothing happens.
  13. Vanimal46
    Yep. 2016 was not like 2011 where Mauer, Morneau, Span, and others went down with injury during the season. Since we're diving into psychology 101 on this article, Nick's "framing effect" is sure showing an "optimism bias" heading into spring training..... After we got over our "endowment effect" with Dozier, and choosing "status quo bias" instead, "negativity bias" is settling in with some of us. As much as I want to jump on the "bandwagon effect" I can't do it yet.... I guess that's the "curse of knowledge"....
  14. Vanimal46
    There certainly was a brief infatuation converting college relievers to starters... If Duffey ends up in the bullpen like some of us suggest, Jay is the final straw in that experiment.
  15. Vanimal46
    If we're looking at the NFL as a whole, sure it's possible to do so. As long as some of those pieces on defense are making dirt cheap rookie contract rates and making an impact on the field. Kevin Clark of The Ringer wrote an article "The NFL Has an Age Problem" that describes the stars and scrubs construction of NFL team's roster.... Link: https://theringer.com/the-nfl-has-an-age-problem-7068825845e4#.hzrhfsqzj I liked what I saw from Bradford last year... During the mirage games up to the bye week, he was making confident, relatively deep passes. Probably career peak performance out of him so far. Once the OL crashed and burned, he was basically playing hot potato with the football. Bigger priority right now is building a new OL... If that crashes and burns again next year, I don't think Bradford wants to stay in MN and the extension is a moot point. There are other teams that could prevent him from getting mauled every Sunday.
  16. Vanimal46
    This gif doesn't bring anything to the discussion.... But it did make me laugh.
  17. Vanimal46
    Trump hasn't had a body like that since 1985.
  18. Vanimal46
    She's against this idea?
  19. Vanimal46
    This would clear up the market a bit for high tech job candidates... I'm actually on board with this.
  20. Vanimal46
    I'm fascinated reading Nate Silver's breakdown of the ebbs and flows of a Presidential term when it comes to approval and disapproval ratings. Right now Trump's approval and disapproval ratings are similar to a normal President's year 2 after they've attempted a few changes of their own.... It'll be interesting to see if Trump's ratings follow any sort of traditional path, or if we're dealing with something so out of the ordinary that it's an outlier.
  21. Vanimal46
    That's one (miss)step away from this: http://fm.cnbc.com/applications/cnbc.com/resources/img/editorial/2013/06/25/100843172-Untitled-1.1910x1000.jpg
  22. Vanimal46
    This is a very real and legitimate concern. I hope they go with your idea and give Molitor some reassurance that he could remain with the organization in another role. Otherwise he very well could chase a few more wins to add to his resume. As we've seen time and time again, once you're deemed a good guy in the organization, you have a golden ticket for positions in the front office. Hell, give us a year to grieve and the thought of bringing back TR in some role will look appealing.
  23. Vanimal46
    I was wondering why there was a severe lack of cats at the meltdown....
  24. Vanimal46
    The exception is finding a Franchise QB outside of the 1st round, definitely not the norm.... When it comes to the Vikings, and frankly any team that doesn't have a franchise QB, I'd gamble a mid round pick every year on a QB and hope to hit the jackpot. Especially when most waste their 5th and 6th round picks on guys like the German WR who played zero snaps this season.
  25. Vanimal46
    You were close with your guess! Any idea on what the power ball numbers are 6 months from now?
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