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  1. Squirrel
    Eh, emoji, gif ... it gets the idea across
  2. Squirrel
    Well, maybe that is the topic, though. We can complain about players all we want ... and, I'm not saying Correa isn't a disappointment, and there have been thousands of words written about that subject all through this site ... but the FO is the one who signs them and agrees to pay them the signing amount. So ... I'm not exactly sure the over all point ... Correa is a disappointment to you ... but I still think the comparison to Simmons is a bad one. I'm not even sure Adrianza is a good one, either. Compare him to all the other SS in the league (SS, not outfielders) or compare him to his past seasons. The fact is, this team hasn't had a true and great SS in a long while. And while Correa's offense is lacking and disappointing, what we've had in the field, isn't. It doesn't balance it, but it also doesn't make it as bad, either, imo. And we haven't seen that, as I said, in a long while. Is it worth $30million? That's still another issue to debate. I guess it's not to you, but for me, I'm not sure, given we could have had Farmer as our SS, and for a while was looking that way. Would you be less disappointed if we were only paying Correa $10million? Either way, I'd still rather have Twins Correa than Twins Simmons or Twins Adrianza.
  3. Squirrel
    Did I say I was offended? Nope. I just think the methodology was off. I don't even disagree that Correa has been disappointing. And I did suggest some comparisons that I felt would better tell the story, I didn't say don't make any comparisons, just make apt ones. And I'd still rather have Correa at his $30mil than to have the Simmons we got for $10. It's not even close.
  4. Squirrel
    Oh, here it is ...
  5. Squirrel
    Don't take that tone with me. I was making a point, too. Correa's contract isn't just one year. And this season isn't over yet. Doubtful he 'catches up' but he could be better. We all get that he's not what we had hoped, that goes without saying, but this comparison just isn't good and does not tell the story correctly or accurately or really at all, imo. If we want to see what kind of year Correa is having, then use other current SS around the league and do that, compare their single season, and their megamillions, as another poster above suggested. Or compare Correa's single season to his career numbers. I'm not disputing Correa has been a disappointment, but the methodology is just simply wrong here. And use someone other than Simmons ... Simmons was putrid as a Twin. We didn't get career Simmons here, either, and what little we paid Simmons still wasn't worth it, either, so I just don't get that comparison. It's a poor one, imo. In other words, I'd rather have Correa for $30million, than Simmons, as he was as a Twin, for $10.00
  6. Squirrel
    There was something reported about this during ST ... that Wallner had the best arm
  7. Squirrel
    Where's my groan emoji!
  8. Squirrel
    The point is, if you are using career numbers for Simmons, compare career numbers for the others. Or, use 'as a Twin' numbers for all. It's not a good comparison when you are using a single season of numbers for one player and career numbers for another. It is then not an apt comparison. Use Simmons' and Adrianza's numbers as Twins and compare it to the numbers of Correa as a Twin ... all seasons they were Twins. But comparing career numbers of one to one season of another? It's meaningless.
  9. Squirrel
    Anderson had been applying hard tags on Guardian players for two games. So much so, he actually pushed a runner off base the night before. Anderson singled out a Guardian rookie and was jawing at him the whole game, so much so the umpire stepped in and told him to knock it off. (How often do you see an umpire do that? What was Anderson saying that caused the umpire to tell him to shut up?) Anderson straddled 2nd base giving Ramirez no option but to head first slide over the base, not to one side or the other, and then Anderson held his tag on him ... don't know how hard it was. You could see Ramirez' gesture from the ground, almost as saying 'What's up with that?' And yeah, he got up ... but it was Anderson who threw his glove on the ground and took a fighting stance and threw 3-4 punches before Ramirez clocked him in defense. Ramirez also calmed down a lot sooner whereas Anderson was fighting being taken off the field by his teammates. And came back out.
  10. Squirrel
    Is B Correa's career line? Or just as a Twin? Why are you using different parameters from one player to the other? Either all three should have career numbers, or all three should have numbers as a Twin. A is a number as a Twin, B is as a Twin or career?, and C is career line.
  11. Squirrel
    I don't know ... you should discuss this in the 'Roster crunch' thread.
  12. Squirrel
    In my head I’m saying ‘Tay’-O’, but don’t know if that’s correct, either. As for the game liked what I saw and hope they keep it up, especially playing Detroit. Jeffers is being the catcher this year I thought he was going to be last year. He really seems to be coming into his own and I like it, a lot.
  13. Squirrel
    https://www.mlb.com/twins/news/twins-injuries-and-roster-moves Lewis starts a rehab assignment tomorrow.
  14. Squirrel
    https://www.mlb.com/twins/news/twins-injuries-and-roster-moves Lewis starts a rehab assignment tomorrow. Yay!
  15. Squirrel
    More important … what are you pairing with that? And did you also leave time to get a DQ Blizzard for dessert?
  16. Squirrel
    I got in a fight once … in the fifth grade. I wasn’t assessing who was more to blame, and of course I don’t blame Ramirez for defending himself, but he didn’t need to get up from his slide and start lecturing Anderson, either. That was an escalation and why he was also suspended. And for taking a swing, even in defense. He could have walked away. He made a choice not to. My disagreement was with Francona who wrapped up the whole incident as boys will be boys, as if that excuses anyone’s and everyone’s behavior as nothing. It’s not an excuse for what happened, no matter who started it, no matter who was defending themselves. That’s my point. You want accountability? You won’t get it with that statement. Not from Anderson, not from anyone. Does that excuse Francona, Grilfol, Sarbaugh and Clase, too? No. Own it, apologize, work to keep it in check next time. None of these guys are boys, they are adults. Act like it. It’s why they were all assessed a consequence for their actions. But yes, I did like see Anderson go down. He’s a jerk.
  17. Squirrel
    Yeah, I already checked on it … whew, didn’t miss out buying my winning ticket!
  18. Squirrel
    Isn’t the drawing tonight?
  19. Squirrel
    Thanks for playing along
  20. Squirrel
    Lol, I was going to say he already had that, let’s not get greedy … it’s a good way to jinx things
  21. Squirrel
    What the heck kind of jinx is that? You know better! You’d better be doing the anti-jinx dance now, which includes buying me a blizzard
  22. Squirrel
    Lol, I saw your earlier comment
  23. Squirrel
    Geez, I hate these early starts, I miss everything!
  24. Squirrel
    This was based on something Francona said about the whole incident ... 'boys will be boys' is how he put it, exactly. These are adults and dismissing it in such a way I don't agree with. That should never be an excuse for such behavior. And I agree that Tim Anderson has gone unchecked for a while now, from the sounds of it. He even was told by an umpire to knock it off, in reference to his comments directed at one of the rookies on the Guardians' team.
  25. Squirrel
    This sheds a whole different light on the Tim Anderson ruckus with Ramirez on Saturday.
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