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Yeah, with new ownership on the horizon, Falvey and Baldelli will be looking over their shoulders. They almost certainly will be going with vets every chance they get because if the vets fail, it seems there's this weird built in implication that it's the player's fault for not performing. See I tried, they failed, not me! With prospects, it's always the organization's fault. They're busts, they were poorly developed, they were rushed. It always falls on the guys in charge. This will be a season to deflect blame. I don't like it, but I understand self preservation and human nature.- 98 replies
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Dodgers, Rangers, Astros, Braves, Dodgers, Nationals, Red Sox, Astros, Cubs, Royals, Giants, Red Sox, Giants, Cardinals, Giants, Yankees, Phillies, Red Sox, Cardinals, White Sox, Red Sox, Marlins. Those are the last 23 WS winners. Every one of them spent in the top half of the league when they won and I would guess that's the case going back at least into the 1980s. I don't understand the 'how they were built argument'. Sure, some of those teams had lots of home grown talent, but what does that matter? Every one of them were top half of the league in spending, without exception. If you won't/can't/don't spend in the upper half, you're not winning a championship.
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Yeah, if I was a team like NE, I'd be interested. I'd just cut Watson before he even buys a plane ticket to Boston. Only issue with a team like NE is, that Garrett might be a bit old for their rebuild window. Not that NFL coaches actually think that way. They all think they can win every year.
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10M doesn't typically get you good baseball players anymore. I wouldn't have spent it just to spend it. I'm fine with the reliever though. He looks like a worthy addition.
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I wouldn't. Watson's salary would probably stop the team from spending on the IOL.
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I don't think Hunter did make the transition very well at all. He still got sacks, but he couldn't drop back into coverage. It's literally why they got rid of him and signed Greenard and Van Ginkel, whom the rest of the league had previously thought of as a lesser talents. And it is the reason why I'd be weary of Garrett.
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Because Castro is no longer the Buxton replacement/4th outfielder, so instead he'll regularly be manning whatever infield position they stick him at this year, which will be a road block Keaschell has between him and getting called up.
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This is just obstinate. Willfully and stubbornly. The Twins ills are with the offense. I can only assume you haven't watched or listened to a game in the last two years, because this is very, very clear. So yes, they 100% should be prioritizing fixing the offense. This only hurts that effort.
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You need to stop pretending those who think Bader is not a good baseball player don't also want that.
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But Bader can't hit, so it's the same difference. Except with Lee and Julien, there is a possibility that they actually will hit. Or Keaschall or E-Rod or Martin or which ever of the cheap, optionable internal guys they want to try.
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Screw the defense. Every single year this team fails when they have runners in scoring position. EVERY SINGLE YEAR. And it's because they keep giving meaningful at bats to Baders and Margots and Taylors and Gallos and Vazquezs and Simmonss. They can't keep signing these glove only guys and think things will change. Willie Castro not being able to get to one extra flyball a week pales in comparison to this team having a runner on 2B followed by the next guy at bat striking out then the next one meekly grounding out to end the inning every single game. It's unwatchable baseball. If they can't afford to hire the hitters who will stop doing this, they need to start rostering the guys who they don't know yet if they can't do this.
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Making the playoffs and having a legit shot at winning a championship are NOT the same thing. As evidenced by the teams that continually win the championship. I don't care about making a token playoff appearance. I want my team to be able to put together a squad that has a more than fair chance at winning it all.
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Parity among the top spenders. The mid level and bottom spenders are not part of that parity though.
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Not that I wanted to, but I'd have rather signed a DH. JD Martinez and Justin Turner may be cooked, but at least a guy like that MIGHT solve that yearly problem of never getting hits with guys on base.
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I guess I didn't understand what the panelists were talking about when they said the league had parity. The Royals and Cardinals are the only small and mid market teams to win a World Series in the last two decades and the Cardinals never spent like they were a mid market team and the Royals were 13th in the league in payroll the year they won. Has a team in the bottom half of payroll actually won the World Series since the collusion era? If so, it's the exception, not the rule. I don't think there's parity in this league in any sense of the word.
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I don't want a platoon partner. But even so, it's not Bader vs Martin. It's Bader vs Castro/Martin/Helman/Keirsey/E-Rod/whatever is floating around on the waiver wire. The inflexibility they are causing the roster for a guy who can't help offensively is the issue. And why are the Twins paying him more than Grichuk, Laureano and Hayes? They are all better hitters than him. It almost seems like the Twins once again waited too long and then found themselves in a bind and got taken advantage of because of it.
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We can have a difference of opinion, but you're just being stubborn if you refuse to recognize that half of us think that giving a guy who cannot hit 6M and a guaranteed roster spot, making it that much less flexible, is absolutely not improving the team.
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I'll take Castro over Bader. And I'll take any sliver of potential with Martin, Kiersey or Helman. They can all be sent packing when they don't perform. Those guys never get much leash. Call up the REAL prospects next. If none of them pan out, you only missed out on an unproductive veteran player anyway. I seriously don't care about subpar defense from the 2nd option in CF. I care that this team for years signs these kinds of players and then acts stunned when they are the worst team in the league at driving in runs with guys in scoring position. That is 10x more frustrating than not catching an extra line drive once a week.
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And Martin can be optioned and will be benched if he doesn't hit. Heck, I wouldn't put it past them to DFA him. He's not the only option. Maybe none are attractive, but when the bird in the hand is proven unable to hit, I'll take the two or three or four in the bush.
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But in what way is he competent? Certainly not with the bat? Because that leads to the next question: Is he really going to be a backup? History says he's going to get more PA than Buxton. Just give the PAs to the young guys. Maybe you'll get lucky. There is no pot of gold to be had with Bader though. Playing to the floor instead of the ceiling is what kills this team every single season.
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I'd guess the anti-Bader crowd has a large overlap with the anti-WAR crowd. I'm in that Venn Diagram at least. If you can't find good players, give me players you can option or have no qualms DFA'ing. I don't want bad players, that this team will never cut, clogging up the roster all year. Again.
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He's getting paid 6M. He's going to be more than a late inning defensive replacement. In fact with veteran Max Kepler gone, barring injury, I'd put my money on him having at least the 3rd most PA of any outfielder for the Twins this year. This team does not sign veteran players and let them sit on the bench for more than one game at a time.
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Prior to last year, Margot was a better hitter than Bader pretty much every season. This guy cannot hit. His OPS has been under .660 each of the last three seasons.
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What the........ Unfollow.
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Which is why I didn't care for them to sign any free agents. They didn't have to sign guys just to sign guys. And MAT was not good in 2023. He had a 35% K rate and a .278 OBP. I know many people didn't notice at the time, but he was a huge offensive black hole. It made zero sense why Joey Gallo was such a dog but people were singing MATs praises. They were the SAME player.
