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  1. Squirrel
    If he’s not the best player right now, that I get. That’s a baseball decision and has nothing to do with service time. It wouldn’t be the decision I’d have made, but I still get that and that would be a decision I’d understand and think is fair even though I disagree. But, as I said, if your decision is based solely on service time, if that’s your only reason to hold him back, I think it’s questionable ethics. I know other teams do it, but that still doesn’t make it right. It might be technically ‘right’ according to the letter of the contract, but not to the spirit of it. I find the practice ethically questionable.
  2. Squirrel
    Not surprising the first call ups are relief pitchers.
  3. Squirrel
    I already conceded that technically it was allowable. Even so, it’s still questionable ethically. And I think it’s ethically questionable for other teams to play with service time like this, too. Promoting him or not should be a baseball and/or health reason. If the only reason you don’t bring him up is service time, I just can’t respect that. If that’s your only reason for not wanting him up, I don’t respect that.
  4. Squirrel
    Don’t promote him if you think he needs more work or needs to get healthy or anything that is about what’s best for him and his career. But if the only single reason you have to keep him down is service time, even though it’s technically allowed, I think it’s questionable from an ethics standpoint.
  5. Squirrel
    WHAT????? I’m shocked, I tell you! SHOCKED!!!!
  6. Squirrel
    Here’s a take from a Cubs fan guy at the gym this morning. He said of Gimenez, ‘Good riddance! He’s a real jerk. He screwed up Darvish!’ Um, what??? Apparently Gimenez said some things to the press like Darvish didn’t like getting booed and that put more pressure on him. And he’s really happy to be getting Wilson. He’ll be on the playoff roster as the back up catcher, he doesn’t care about his bat just his good defense.
  7. Squirrel
    Okay, well ... hmm ... I guess.
  8. Squirrel
    Of course it's not that simple. But they have a unique position of having a decent farm system AND a LOT of financial flexibility. Now is the time to jump on a few players to add to what strengths we currently have and will (hopefully) have in the future, now is the time to UPGRADE and not just sit at 'adequate' because these guys in the minors will some day make a difference. And Buxton is a PRIME example of expecting him to be tearing it up in the majors based on minor league projections and scouting. His projections were even higher than Lewis', being ranked the No. 1 over all prospect for a couple of years ... and look where he is now ... we are uncertain. It goes to show you that having the No. 1 over all rated prospect is not a guarantee of anything. He may still be that ... but we are still waiting for it. Are we supposed to wait until the next wave of 'sure thing' prospects to not end up being sure things? And I never said 'Go get the best player' (well, outside of Machado ... which I have also said is an impossible dream, but one I'm going to hold onto until he's signed long-term elsewhere) ... I said get the best player you can, and upgrade when you can. I think what some of you consider an 'upgrade' is far from my definition of an upgrade.
  9. Squirrel
    Buxton went through the minors in a similar fashion ... maybe not quite, but close, except for injury; and Buxton came in at a No. 1 over all prospect rating for a couple of years in a row; and Sano came in at single digits, like 3 or 5, I believe ... Lewis has yet to come close to that, and likely won't. I'm not sure where you are getting the comparisons to Correia and Lindor because everything I've seen about him doesn't even project him staying at short, which is another big reason not to count on that chicken until it's hatched. I'll admit, the kid has me hoping for good things, and he's a very nice prospect, no doubts or complaints from me on that, but, that's a few years away and I think we can afford to deal with that when/if it happens. Again, you are planning seasons for the next couple of years around these guys making a big league impact some day. Some day is for certain not 2019, and if we have the chance to get a really great, impactful player now, for several years, we should not say no because of some day.
  10. Squirrel
    Yeah, then we get into the debate ... prospects are just that and unproven until they are proven. I say you have to go with putting together what you can now, long terms contracts included, and deal with the 'log jam' later through trades, releases, whatever. Those prospect are no way guaranteed ... look what we thought of Sano and Buxton, and look where they are now? I'm not giving up on them yet, but it looks a lot less sure. I just don't think we should be putting together teams now, and not signing certain players now because of who might be in the wings. While we can't necessarily do that every year, but this year we have so much flexibility. I want the FO to put a team together for NOW. And I don't consider a 3-yr deal long-term. Long-term will be what Machado will get ... hopefully from us!
  11. Squirrel
    Why do you want to go with short-term contracts?
  12. Squirrel
    I don't consider that an upgrade, at all. These are basically the same players we've had. That is basically our same lineup ... where is the upgrade in that? We've got a LOT of payroll flexibility right now, probably something we won't have again for a while, we've supposedly got a pretty stocked farm system for making a trade or two ... if we can't do better than that, we aren't trying to win. imo. And #13 will be a pitcher. Edit: I caught up with the thread and see you were putting together a team using internal only options. But my thoughts on that are still the same ... we lose.
  13. Squirrel
    That was me. And while that is a literal reiteration of what I said, there was a broader point to that. While you can't have the best player in the league at every position, you still try to put the best player you can at every position. You make the upgrades you can and not fill your holes with adequacy. If Mauer, in the role he has, is the best option for the team, you sign him. If he's not, you let him go.
  14. Squirrel
    I'm not sure what to 'grade' them as there are things that are incomplete. Maybe overall, a C. I give the players the same. And Molitor a D. I think the FO did a good, not great but good, job this past off-season. I think they've done well in the two drafts they had, but ... some of that is yet to be seen, and incomplete. Trades ... whether or not you agree with need to trade, they did ... but whether or not it's good, is yet to be seen. If our added prospects add enough depth to make for a good trade this off-season? That will make a difference. Or if some of those pieces contribute to future success, that will also make a difference, but, unknown at this time. But some of the roster decisions this year were more than baffling to me ... who came up, who came down, when, who was added, removed, who they stuck with ... I mean, LoMo? Belisle? These were things that just made me feel uncertain and made me question, 'What the heck is their plan here?' So, some good, some really bad, and a lot 'don't know yet.' I grade them a C.
  15. Squirrel
    That’s fair. I think if he’s ready he should be up. If he’s not, then not. I just didn’t think that the decision of whether or not he’s up should be based solely on team control. That’s where my comment was coming from.
  16. Squirrel
    one more week? Wouldn't he have a month? Just my opinion ... I just think it's the wrong decision to make if he's perfectly fine and healthy and ready to come up.
  17. Squirrel
    If the Twins want to go for it and compete next year, Buxton needs to be ready. He needs to get his reps. If he's not up due to another injury, okay, I get that, but if he's not up because of control, that's a bit self-serving. If he's ready he should be up and playing and getting his reps in at the ML level. It just strikes me as a little 'cheap' and not quite ethical even if technically it's a move they could make.
  18. Squirrel
    I know you are being a bit tongue in cheek hoping for an injury to a player, but I really hope there are no more injuries to Buxton and he's back up in September to get some reps in at the ML level before the off-season. If the only reason there is to not call him up in September is control over another year of playing time, I hope they don't do that, and I really don't want there to be an 'injury excuse' to do it, either, but would understand that.
  19. Squirrel
    I think it’s a good concept but not sure it’s practical because I think we have too many pitchers. Is Santana done for the season? Mejia? You mentioned Odorizzi in your article, but not in your tweet ... does he get a piggyback or will he try to pitch complete? And would our BP get enough work in this scenario? We have just as many pitchers there we need to see and give work to, imo.
  20. Squirrel
    Any of you Food Network watchers? New series that started this last year called ‘Girl Meets Farm’. Not sure exactly where she’s at but I think near the Fargo/Moorhead area. She’s the daughter of a colleague of mine ... fun show.
  21. Squirrel
    Moderator's Note: "I Told You So" is not respectful, and is not acceptable posting style at this site. It leads to bickering, rather than change any minds. After having a moderator discussion on this thread we decided to close it.
  22. Squirrel
    I'm not missing any point. I get it ... catching Cleveland was going to be tough. I already said that, did I not? And I said it was going to be worse with the tweaking they did. But you can't know what would or would not have happened with certainty because the team now is different. They sold and didn't buy. You don't know what would have happened had they bought a piece or two or three if that's what decision was made instead. I just think it's a pointless argument, because right or wrong, it is what it is.
  23. Squirrel
    I'm not arguing for or against the sell, because it is what it is. But I'm not sure it's really fair to say, 'See? Selling was the right thing to do given our record since then.' We don't know what would have been with the pieces that are gone, particularly Escobar and Lynn who seems to be pitching with consistant goodness. But then, if they had stayed here, no telling how they would have performed, either. Yeah, I agree, catching Cleveland was going to be an uphill fight, made even steeper with the tweaking they did, and as I said in the first sentence, not going to argue right or wrong here, but I don't think comparing post sell records is exactly an accurate argument supporting the sell because it's a different team now than it was then.
  24. Squirrel
    choo- choooooo!
  25. Squirrel
    Ooops ... sorry ... at least that's what I thought I heard the broadcasters say. I'd be more than happy to be wrong on that.
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