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With the Twins DFA'ing a DH in Park and now seeing his value apparently nowhere near what we initially thought, I'm wondering if those "rumors" connecting the Twins to Mike Napoli were actually the Twins just gauging the value for DHs; they perhaps never had any actual interest in him.
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And I have no problem with a minor league signing if I thought the team would still go after a better right handed outfielder. With Stubbs and Grossman already in tow, this looks like it is it though. Also, a free agent may prefer not to have to come in and compete with two other guys for a bench gig.
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Uncas gets killed by Magua, in both the book and the film. Chingachgook is the Last of the Mohicans. And Hawkeye is an avenger, one of the worst ones too. Alda should be forgiven though, he's like 80, not bad for a superhero. And he's still better than Hot Lips who I don't think has any superpowers but is only there for eye-candy.
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Also, Daniel Day Lewis was not the Last Mohican. Maybe Cruise or Lewis might be The Last Jedi though. No one knows! The suspense is killing me!
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He used to be good, but he's hardly been seen in the last couple of years and UZR, DRS and dWAR all say he's at best average recently and that's putting it very kindly considering how many -'s are listed in front of those stats. The starting OF are good-to-excellent, the backup OF should be able to pinch hit or platoon considering the rest of the bench is lining up to quite possibly consist of Adrianza, Escobar and a backup catcher, there are much better options than Stubbs. Hey, I'm giving the front office a pass this offseason and I've said so in just about every "sky is falling" thread; they inherited a mess. But I listed my preferred choices for OF options above, Ryan Raburn, Angel Pagan, Franklin Gutierrez or Marlon Byrd. I just have a hard time believing that either the gameplan or payroll for 2017 has room for just two MLB contracts. These signings are just bizarre, Stubbs in particular.
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No, like Ryan Raburn, Angel Pagan or Franklin Gutierrez. I might even prefer a Marlon Byrd.
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Fangraphs (and other national publications) on the Twins
nicksaviking replied to Mike Sixel's topic in Minnesota Twins Talk
Van, allow me to read between the lines on this one. Dave Cameron is picking the Twins to win the AL Central. -
Most numbers I've seen show Stubbs has been average to below average since about 2012. I don't mind minor league signings, it's just that this spot seems like it could have warranted an actual MLB contract to a better player.
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https://twitter.com/Ken_Rosenthal/status/829370981064069125 Another minor league deal. I guess O'Rourke and Boshers will have some competition for the 2nd lefty gig out of the pen. I've already put Rogers name down in ink. No backsies.
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I'd rather have Rosario in CF and a more competent hitter in LF should Buxton go down. Are we even sure at this stage of his career that Stubbs is even a better defensive CF than Rosario? And if he is, is it so significant that it's worth sacrificing any chance of offensive aid?
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SS perhaps, but I'd think there are going to be more times where the team needs a bat off the bench late in the game than there will be times when they need a defensive upgrade at the OF position.
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Pretty sure I saw a preview of Matt Damon in samurai gear. You know how it goes, us white folks always have to go and teach everyone how to be good at everything.
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I don't have a problem with them coming in on minor league deals so much as I have a problem that in doing so, they probably have stopped the club from bringing in a professional hitter on a MLB deal. Ryan Raburn was my guy, and a modest ask at that. The guy destroys lefties, I'd rather have that on the bench or in a platoon. As far as the current projected starters go, outfield defense wasn't an issue. I don't think the Twins needed to prioritize a glove over a bat for the 4th/5th OF gig since the starters are solid and Granite is lurking.
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If I'm in charge of this team (fingers crossed!) I give Dozier reps at 3B this spring. Not that I want to take Sano's glove away, but if it comes to that due to injury or ineffectiveness I think a Dozier-Escobar-Polanco infield would be fine, assuming Dozier doesn't have any issues learning another position.
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Yeah, I'd think they're going to need about as an iconic of a villain as the Marvel movies will allow them to have. Kingpin is probably it. He's going to need an army, or something else quite powerful on his side though. So far none of the stand alone shows have had a villain that would have been overly difficult for a team of superheroes to take out, except for Kilgrave, but they went and killed him. I think that was a mistake.
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And here I thought you were talking about that new Matt Damon movie. Looks like he goes to China to teach the Chinese how to defend the Great Wall from dragons or something.
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So Mitch McConell and the Republicans have invoked a rule to keep Elizabeth Warren from conversations in the Jeff Sessions hearings. Warren had the gall to read a letter by Coretta Scott King written in the 1980's opposing Session's appointment to federal judgeship.
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I only wanted one season back when it ended as I had these fears, but now I miss it. I have a lot more faith in non-network shows making this work. Perhaps Heroes season 2+ could have been better had the show runners had the time they needed to craft a better project but surely NBC would have never allowed a programming delay considering how much of a hit it was. I said the same thing with Fargo, but they came back with a good season 2, FX didn't rush anyone. Hopefully this Halloween release date was more than enough time for the folks making the show.
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I just hope this isn't actually Defensive Over-reactions. I'm fine with Castro, but it's not like he's on a team friendly deal. Adrianza? Ugh, OK I guess, but again he doesn't look like he can hit, neither can Drew Stubbs. I understand this team needed to improve defensively, but I don't think it's wise if this team commits to 4-5 of their 12 batters being offensive black holes. In the case of Adrianza and Stubbs, even if they make the team, they're unlikely to start. Their glove doesn't do the team nearly as much good on the bench. This is starting to look like an overcorrection to me, like the when the Twins finally realized they needed to stop prioritizing control over velocity in the draft and then went out and drafted a dozen hard throwing relief pitchers.
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Carter went for 1 year 3.5M, that's about 1/3 of Park's contract.
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The Yankees just signed Chris Carter to a 1 year 3.5M deal. A good sign Park and his contract of 3x that amount isn't getting claimed. The Rays re-signed Logan Morrison too for what it's worth.
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Sure, when the bad guys were doing it, but when Jack Bauer absolutely positively needed information now, then it usually worked.
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Oh yeah, well I sense an increase in polar bear corpses washed upon your shores!
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At least some Republicans crossed party lines. What a shame, rejecting her might have made more Republicans feel more confident standing up to the fringe who now run their party.
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Usually until we get about 20 pages of angst in these threads.
