December 15, 20196 yr Multiple reports say that Madison Bumgarner is nearing a deal with the Arizona Diamondbacks on a 5 year deal. Initial reports say it's between $80-90 million. He must have really wanted to hit! Update:
December 15, 20196 yr Author And he went for 85 million.... that seems like a slight underpay, honestly.Zero reason we couldn't top that. Inexcusable.
December 15, 20196 yr Come on now, guys. It’s easy to spend other people’s money...He didn’t want to play here...His girlfriend visited Tucson once...The Diamondbacks overpaid/the market isn’t fair... The front office is just being patient/ they are geniuses... Small market team, not enough money...Don’t want to be stuck with a contract in five years Maybe Graterol will triple his workload and be an ace Enjoy the ride... We won 100 games last yearEtc etc etc Which excuse will it be this time? EDIT: Oh a new one!!! He wanted to hit!!
December 15, 20196 yr Rediculous. Prepare to battle the CWS for the Central and IF we make it, another 3 game playoff sweep at the hands of a team that cares enough to spend a ****ing dime
December 15, 20196 yr Author Time to sign Ervin Santana to a minor league deal pat yourself on the back and call it an off-season Falvine.
December 15, 20196 yr Author Not signing him isn't the end of the world, back off the ledge fam.They won't trade precious, precious prospects and the FA options are down to almost nothing.
December 15, 20196 yr And he went for 85 million.... that seems like a slight underpay, honestly.I'm so happy to see MadBum off the table. He may have possibly 2 good years left if they are lucky.
December 15, 20196 yr Can't wait to see how the FO has the local press/bloggers spin their inactivity in adding to the rotation.
December 15, 20196 yr I'm so happy to see MadBum off the table. He may have possibly 2 good years left if they are lucky. Which could be more than the current rotation combined.
December 15, 20196 yr Not signing him isn't the end of the world, back off the ledge fam.None of the specific decisions are the end of the world.... But cumulative indecision is certainly the end of any hope for playoff success. I give this FO the official moniker of "paralysis through analysis" until any evidence otherwise surfaces.
December 15, 20196 yr They won't trade precious, precious prospects and the FA options are down to almost nothing. But a guy with an algorithm said they're gonna super, super sweet once their X-Pace numbers stabilize.
December 15, 20196 yr This offseason is a disaster.The off-season is not over. Remember how presently surprised we were when we signed Cruz last year? Was that on December 15th?
December 15, 20196 yr But cumulative indecision is certainly the end of any hope for playoff success. This is of course a false statement, straight up. Mediocre teams have won the World Series before (the 83-win Cardinals team being an extreme example), so obviously "end of any hope" is nonsense, especially since the off-season is far from over and the Twins are already pretty decent.
December 15, 20196 yr This is of course a false statement, straight up. Mediocre teams have won the World Series before (the 83-win Cardinals team being an extreme example), so obviously "end of any hope" is nonsense, especially since the off-season is far from over and the Twins are already pretty decent. Fine, "almost certainly ends any hope" of playoff success. It leaves room to account for the miracle it would take for this team - as currently constructed - to actually compete following game 162.
December 15, 20196 yr Twins still doing nothing.Just your normal Twins off season activity. With a madbum signing I would doubt thar the D'Backs would be trading Ray either.
December 15, 20196 yr Author None of the specific decisions are the end of the world.... But cumulative indecision is certainly the end of any hope for playoff success. I give this FO the official moniker of "paralysis through analysis" until any evidence otherwise surfaces.Exactly. It's no one decision in a vacuum. It goes back to not signing Kuechel in June, not getting a starter at the deadline and doing nothing now. With a "oh man are we going to get impact pitching" press conference thrown in the middle.
December 15, 20196 yr Come on now, guys.It’s easy to spend other people’s money...He didn’t want to play here...His girlfriend visited Tucson once...The Diamondbacks overpaid/the market isn’t fair...The front office is just being patient/ they are geniuses...Small market team, not enough money...Don’t want to be stuck with a contract in five yearsMaybe Graterol will triple his workload and be an aceEnjoy the ride...We won 100 games last yearEtc etc etcWhich excuse will it be this time?EDIT: Oh a new one!!! He wanted to hit!! You forgot "Randy Dobnak is better than you think"
December 15, 20196 yr Actual image of Falvine discussing bringing impact arms to the pitching staff. Probably.
December 15, 20196 yr Author Come on now, guys.It’s easy to spend other people’s money...He didn’t want to play here...His girlfriend visited Tucson once...The Diamondbacks overpaid/the market isn’t fair...The front office is just being patient/ they are geniuses...Small market team, not enough money...Don’t want to be stuck with a contract in five yearsMaybe Graterol will triple his workload and be an aceEnjoy the ride...We won 100 games last yearEtc etc etcWhich excuse will it be this time?EDIT: Oh a new one!!! He wanted to hit!!I heard his wife is from Flagstaff AND his girlfriend is from Tuscon. So you can see why he turned down 5/$100 from the Twins.
December 15, 20196 yr Fine, "almost certainly ends any hope" of playoff success. It leaves room to account for the miracle it would take for this team - as currently constructed - to actually compete following game 162. Bumgarner really isn't very good. At least one reputable projection system has him on par with Lewis Thorpe. There are emotional posters on here that apparently will feel better if the Twins do something dumb, because at least it's 'something.' That's not rational. Winning playoff games won't come from dumb moves, sorry to tell you.
December 15, 20196 yr Bumgarner really isn't very good. At least one reputable projection system has him on par with Lewis Thorpe. There are emotional posters on here that apparently will feel better if the Twins do something dumb, because at least it's 'something.' That's not rational. Winning playoff games won't come from dumb moves, sorry to tell you. Because games are won in projection systems. Computer nerds have ruined baseball.
December 15, 20196 yr Because games are won in projection systems. Computer nerds have ruined baseball. Yeah, analytics have really ruined things in Houston.
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