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  1. spinowner
    Of course. I'm in favor of any trade that improves the state of the organization. But is it likely that another team would make a trade that does both of those things for our team? I really doubt it.
  2. spinowner
    I agree. But I don't think now is the "at some point" because the return in terms of our position to succeed in the postseason would not justify the outlay in terms of future talent.
  3. spinowner
    Another series win against the Yankees. *Yawn*. Been there, done that. Like, what, 15 years ago.
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  5. spinowner
    There's something to be said for minimalism. Very little, but something.
  6. spinowner
    I am in favor of automation if the systems test out to be better at it than human beings standing behind the plate. And, assuming they are sufficiently accurate, as a corollary I propose a uniform strike zone for all players regardless of height or stance. The only reason those parameters were used for the top and bottom of the strike zone was to provide umpires with a frame of reference. I don't think it's fair that Aaron Judge should have a larger strike zone than Jose Altuve.
  7. spinowner
    I misread. When I saw WC for whatever reason I thought it meant World Champion since that is the goal of competing. And based on that my point stands. AL wild card? Sure, we have a realistic shot at that. And due to the parity in the AL so do about eight other teams. Do I think we should trade away a good prospect to improve our chances to play one game for the privilege of being beaten up by the Astros in the ALDS? Nope.
  8. spinowner
    I (and, I suspect, many others) have a different definition of strong than you do. I rate the Astros, Dodgers and Nats all very strong with Arizona, Colorado and Boston close behind. I think six out of thirty is more than several.
  9. spinowner
    Man, I never thought they'd beat the storm. And they came out as a WINNAH!
  10. spinowner
    Hurry up! Pitch to contact!
  11. spinowner
    Well, your problem is that it's East Just OK Forks that's in MN. Just OK Forks itself is in ND.
  12. spinowner
    Big rain is rapidly approaching. This game will be delayed.
  13. spinowner
    If we finish first in the AL Central it won't be because we won it, it will be because the other teams lost it. Do not give up one prospect. Whether we make a trade or not, the best we can hope for is to lose the wild card game or to get swept in the ALDS.
  14. spinowner
    Reusse says signing Colon is desperation. I think it's more like, we are extremely unlikely to make the postseason, we've got nothing to lose, he's cheap, might as well see what he can do for the next couple months.
  15. spinowner
    I don't think of this team as being "in the hunt".
  16. spinowner
    If Santiago weren't on the DL there probably would be five Latino starters. Maybe he'll be healthy enough to be reinstated. Interesante.
  17. spinowner
    It's now the second inning of the first game after the break. I think we now know that we are not buyers.
  18. spinowner
    Way like!
  19. spinowner
    I'm not having a party or anything but I will be in or near Lathrop, MO when it happens. NOT missing it.
  20. spinowner
    It does. But what about last year? By this reasoning shouldn't the team have traded all their minor league prospects to try to win it all? They probably could have done it, but they would have had to accept 100-loss seasons for the next 5-7 years. Say the Twins are playing a game that they want to win at all costs. Santana starts. He gives up two singles to start the game so Molitor pulls him and puts in Berrios. He gets out of that inning but gives up two singles to start the second so Mejía comes in. And so forth until every pitcher on the staff has worked. The Twins win the game but now their pitching staff is totally screwed up and they lose the next four games because of it. Is that a good approach? Of course not. This is what I'm saying. It takes time to build an organization. It's not just about this year's major league record. It's about the whole organization being in a position to support a winning major league team every season. *Every* season. We're not there now but with good decisions and a little bit of luck we can be there in a few years.
  21. spinowner
    Literally LOL. There is one thing I hope is different about Granite compared to Lew Ford. I hope that Granite would never think that ironing a shirt while he's wearing it is a good idea.
  22. spinowner
    This is particularly insightful. Reminds me of the best sentence that Jim Souhan ever wrote. He described Matthew LeCroy as a baseball player trapped in the body of a softball player.
  23. spinowner
    Strongly disagree. I think it's more likely that the Zack Granite call-up was: a.) a reward for having a good minor league season, b.) a chance to give Buxton an extra day off heading into the break and c.) a prelude to trading Granite, Grossman or Rosario.
  24. spinowner
    What I want (and know I won't necessarily get) is for the Twins to be an organization that supports a major league team that is in contention every season. That's a formidable but achievable goal. It means having a steady stream of improving prospects, which in turn means having quality people throughout the organization, especially scouting and player development. Trades and free agent acquisitions will also only be successful with good scouting and player development. We are not there yet and it will take a number of years to reach this goal. In the meantime trading to win now is contrary to this goal. I hope that in 5 years we'll be in a position to make such trades.
  25. spinowner
    I didn't minimize anything. I stated facts. That team would not be in the postseason today and they only had to win 8 games (with a home field advantage) to become World Champions. This year's team is highly unlikely to win its division, meaning they would have to win 12 games (without home field advantage) against better teams than they faced 30 years ago.
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