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Azviking101 Draft Eligible

Azviking101

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I guess I don’t understand why the twins are more willing to trade major/minor league talent for pitching instead of just spending money and losing no talent? 
This was the best free agent pitcher year I remember and they didn’t even try. 
 

While I am happy baseball is back I’m not spending money to watch the twins if the pitching roster doesn’t improve dramatically in the next 3 weeks. 

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The thing that strikes me through this entire offseason, both before and after the disruption, is how "reasonable" the rates have been for free agent pitching.  The fact that we haven't been in on any of it is discouraging to me in that light.

I think it's safe to say that in two years Falvine is either going to look like a genius, or is going to be fired.

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Paying Rodon $22M/year is more that I'd like, but it's only a 2 year deal so the risk would not have been that high. It's frustrating that the team payroll is $40-50M below what would be a reasonable expectation and the front office seems unwilling to spend on starting pitching. It's a moot point now since there is literally nobody to spend money on in terms of front line pitching.

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yeahyabetcha Draft Eligible

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Rodon may win the Cy Young or it is possible that he may  battle injuries again this season or that he regresses from the one good season that he has ever had.  

Maybe the Twins could have had him by offering a third year or maybe he had zero desire to play for them.  

Enjoy the season.

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In My La Z boy Draft Eligible

In My La Z boy

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An optimist has to think Falvey knows something we don't know about our young pitchers. We've got an above average, to possibly way above average offense coming this year. Shameful if we don't put together a good staff for this offense. I cannot emotionally get out over my ski's excited about 3 or 4 of these kids really making it big this year. I'd like to. Falvey surely knows something about the coming talent I don't. He is risking his job. I am only risking my emotional capacity, and I usually am way too optimistic in the spring every year as it is. 

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