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  1. Shaitan
    I think short-term back-up options of Sano, Gonzalez, Adrianza, and Arraez in MLB already is pretty good, actually.
  2. Shaitan
    I'll think they're only doing 28 on the roster, starting this year, in Sept.
  3. Shaitan
    And they stuck with Rivas because, after his first season, they deemed him the heir to the position. Prospect status changes quickly. You want players in the minors pushing the big leaguers or else you're stuck with what you've got. Careers can change quickly. The Twins were also set a catcher "for years" after signing Mauer.
  4. Shaitan
    Controllable for much longer and in Cedar Rapids.
  5. Shaitan
    Sometimes people catch viruses. Just sayin'. Also, it's super common not to put players on the field in early ST when there are like 385 players on the roster. There is no rush to get AAA players in practice games. The likely reason this isn't being talking about in the papers is because it's a non-story.
  6. Shaitan
    It's not even opening day yet and I'm booing the home team.
  7. Shaitan
    I guess it would keep the tradition of calling up CFers before they're ready.
  8. Shaitan
    And it's honestly more convenient now that during the season. It's not perfect timing, but when does life work out that way?
  9. Shaitan
    Given how many providers are dropping Fox, I'm thinking the issue lies on Fox and not the other way around. I didn't realize YouTube TV comes via Sinclair...which is interesting in its own confusing multimedia way.
  10. Shaitan
    Severino and Hicks signed extensions the same week, didn't they? It's a strange world.
  11. Shaitan
    It seems like Matthew has the answer already http://twinsdaily.com/_/minnesota-twins-news/minnesota-twins/3-takeaways-from-the-minnesota-twins-first-weekend-of-spring-training-r9021
  12. Shaitan
    [Obligatory "how does Sano look, physically" this year question.] I haven't seen the usual 13 reports...which I take as a good sign.
  13. Shaitan
    He's not the player he was, but I'm still surprised he didn't land another guaranteed 1 year deal. Last year was pretty okay.
  14. Shaitan
    Was one of them Gardy?
  15. Shaitan
    This happens to a handful of players on every team every year. They only miss a few days, not a big chunk of ST. Non-issue.
  16. Shaitan
    I don't see how having a job that pays so poorly that complete strangers offer you housing means you have "good benefits." Plus, nobody has mentioned the hours spent in bus stations and airports. Which IS part of the job, just like conditioning, nutrition, practice, research, etc. Calling a minor league job "part-time" is beyond offensive. it's likely 60+ hours per week. They work so many hours that congress created a labor law exception specific to them.
  17. Shaitan
    I agree that it's still too low. But a 30% raise is pretty good in general. Gotta start somewhere.
  18. Shaitan
    I think the next development in the post-Hader and opener era will be a few specialist swingmen who start a dozen games a year and alternately pitch in high leverage situations. But like Hader and Andrew Miller before him, there will only be a few noteworthy pitchers to take a new role like that while everybody else calls it the next big thing.
  19. Shaitan
    Maybe a 1-2 spin-through of a 6-man rotation in September, but otherwise I don't see it happening in modern baseball. I've said a variation of this in other position discussions, but depth is good and essential. There will be injuries, suspensions, paternity...who knows. But things happen. Without that depth you start LaMarre for half of September and Dobnak in game 2. The FO learned from those issues last year.
  20. Shaitan
    I don't think he was every considered a "great prospect" outside of MN.
  21. Shaitan
    I could see all 5 leaving. -Hill/Bailey are the types of pitchers you sign to 1 year deals in each year's FA market. -May has been inconsistent from year to year. Those are the players I don't lock down. -Cruz is too old to predict, though I could see him coming back on year-to-year deals. -Marwin is valuable, but Arraez, or perhaps Adrianza, Gordon or Blankenhorn take his role. -Odorizzi. We'll know what pitcher he is by the All-Star break. Extend him then or he walks because of cost. Plus, I suspect taking the QO means he's excited to test the market next year.
  22. Shaitan
    I strongly dislike Bauer as a person. But that's what Twitter is used for and I'm not trying to opine on his comment. I am saying to consider the platform in addition to the source. It's a social media platform, not a blog or baseball themed publication.
  23. Shaitan
    I would have argued against that statement...5 years ago.
  24. Shaitan
    In a one on conversation, sure. But Twitter was invented specifically for those short hyperbolic statements.
  25. Shaitan
    To a point, the story is sometimes broken too early. But it's also up to readers to be able to discern the facts. When this broke, it was not reported that it was official. It's a reporters job to report the story (what is happening), not what happened.
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