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  1. howeda7
    How much say does Rocco even have? It feels like it's often decided at 2:00 that afternoon whether the starter will be allowed to face the order a 3rd time by Favley and his analytics gurus and Rocco does what he's told.
  2. howeda7
    This front office's irrational hubris in keeping Pagan continues to pay off. I get having one bullpen spot designated to be a revolving door, but there's no reason to keep Pagan AND Sands over Columbe.
  3. howeda7
    Victory Sports was 20 years ago and flopped. They don't own any stake in BSN and as far as I know, they never owned any stake in Fox Sports North. Certainly they could have manipulated things a tad on the radio side by giving their stations a cheap deal, but that's also been over for years, and radio rights are a drop in the bucket of overall revenue anyway.
  4. howeda7
    I'm not sure what depreciation or how much they draw in equity has to do with the accuracy of this estimate. Depreciation is a legitimate operating expense, as they did contribute more than $100 million towards the stadium and still pay rent for it on top of it.
  5. howeda7
    They are certainly offsetting profits in other businesses with losses on the Twins for tax purposes, but that doesn't mean that they WANT to lose $ on the Twins or are somehow better off overall financially for having done so. Some people believe this and they're simply wrong. Also, I find the idea that they lost that much fairly believable. The attendance was down substantially and their TV contract is pathetic relative to most other teams. They can afford $140 million payroll if they're drawing 30K/game. They can't if they're drawing 20K. That doesn't mean anyone needs to feel sorry for them. They're rich and they'll remain rich losing a bit of $$ on the Twins. But I think the "They're lying!" takes are way overblown. It's not like they put out a press release. It's a Forbes estimated, but it's probably pretty close.
  6. howeda7
    No need. We'll win a lot of 1-0 games on Joey Gallo HR's backed by this ace rotation.
  7. howeda7
    You won't. So we'll trade Royce Lewis and Jose Miranda for a #3 starter with two years of team control in a couple years. But we'll "win" that trade. Believe me.
  8. howeda7
    Since we're playing pick-a-stat, For April, Lopez had a 0.39 ERA. From May 1st to the end of the season, he had a 4.25 ERA. Dylan Bundy: April: 2.97 ERA. The rest of the season: 5.23. Chris Archer: April: 2.93 ERA. The rest of the season: 4.84.
  9. howeda7
    What's confusing? The rotation yesterday was Gray, Ryan, Mahle, Ober and Maeda. Today it's Gray, Ryan, Mahle, Lopez and either Ober or Meada. I get it was a general comment on the team, but bringing up Bundy or Archer in regards to this trade is irrelevant.
  10. howeda7
    That's true. But then it's an upgrade over Winder/Varland/SWR. Archer and Bundy are irrelevant. They're not here, and no other cheap crappy veteran was going to make the starts Lopez will now make. If he makes 30 starts, probably 20 of them are in place of Maeda or Ober with the rest Winder etc.
  11. howeda7
    What other contending team has done this recently?
  12. howeda7
    Lopez isn't directly replacing Archer or Bundy though. He's replacing either Maeda or Ober, which makes the upgrade pretty muted IMO.
  13. howeda7
    Whether he's a better hitter than Correa is not really the point. This makes the offense significantly worse while making the pitching marginally better. The 2023 team is not improved by this trade. The 2028 team might be, but then what are we doing signing Correa and holding onto Gray/Mahle etc.? Are we trying to win now or not? Contending teams don't trade the reigning AL batting champ and they don't trade their closer on Opening Day. This front office perpetually doesn't know if it's coming or going.
  14. howeda7
    Trading your best hitter for a mild upgrade to your rotation doesn't improve the 2023 club no matter what. We have no set DH and Larnach and Gallo are not locks to be healthy or effective. A healthy Kiriloff would have gotten full playing time Arreaz or no Arreaz. But I'm sure the A ball prospects we got will be exciting for whoever is running the team in 2028 after Falvey is long gone (hopefully.)
  15. howeda7
    Bad move that will go over like a fart in Church with the fan base. Not that they care.
  16. howeda7
    I hate this for 2023, even if the prospect pays off some day. Our offense stinks, so trade our best hitter for another #3 starter. I can't wait until this front office is gone.
  17. howeda7
    I'm still against trading Arreaz or Polanco at least right now. The offense is still the weak spot of this team and Arreaz and Miranda can split 1B/DH duties. If the Marlins are willing to deal Lopez, I think Kepler and prospects can get it done. Or maybe Kepler/Farmer/prospects.
  18. howeda7
    3rd time is a charm I guess. Glad it worked out.
  19. howeda7
    Is that an overpay? Yes. Would overpaying by a few million when you you're $40 million under last year's payroll and the list of things to spend it on is shrinking daily have really mattered? No. I'd take Taylor back in a heartbeat. I don't care whether we "win" the signing or not.
  20. howeda7
    Falvey's job is no tougher than 20 other GM's, he's just really bad at it. We believed Buxton, Larnach, Polanco etc. would be available down the stretch because they told us that. If they knew that was not the case and it was a lost cause, then why did they trade for Mahle, Lopez and Fulmer? Clearly they believed they could win the division. Trading Correa while leading your division, especially when you've lead it almost all year and there's no great team chasing you is just not done. They'd have been torched by the fans and media and had a mutiny in the clubhouse and rightfully so.
  21. howeda7
    Trading Correa would have been fine if we weren't contending. We were in first place. You can't trade him in that case. It's not worth alienating the fan base and the clubhouse to net one nice prospect, and that's all he'd have gotten you.
  22. howeda7
    The issue isn't signing Correa, it's this front-office forever sitting out free agency while competitors fill their holes. If they want to salvage a team that at least has a shot at the central: Trade Kepler for Eduardo Escobar (probably have to involve a 3rd team). Sign Taylor Rogers (2/$16-2/$20) Re-sign Fulmer (2/$10) Sign Eovaldi (2/$30?) Trade Pagan for a box of balls. Vs RH 2B Arreaz SS Polanco CF Buxton DH Miranda LF Larnach 3B Escobar 1B Kiriloff RF Gallo C Vazquez Vs LHP 1B Arreaz 2B Polanco CF Buxton DH Miranda 3B Escobar SS Farmer RF Garlick C Jeffers LF Gordon Rotation: Gray Mahle Ryan Eovaldi Ober Bullpen Duran Rogers Lopez Theilbar Jax Fulmer Alcala/Moran Maeda
  23. howeda7
    As long as the price isn't steep. Yes. He Makes $10 million so that would save the Mets $15 million with the luxury tax. Pagan for Escobar straight up.
  24. howeda7
    If they didn't want this to leak, they could have blamed postponing the press conference on travel/weather etc. That is the only thing that makes you go hmm. Still probably a 95% chance the deal gets done.
  25. howeda7
    Rumors that Falvey increased his offer upon hearing this news are false.
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