Twins Strike Out On Ohtani

Not surprising....still hurts

Levine should travel over to Japan and Jerry Maguire him.  Show up at his doorstep and respond with "I'm not letting you get rid of me, how about that!"  

I'm not too disappointed. The chances were slim anyways. The Yankees were spurned as well and that's a victory right there!

i wonder what we can trade for with our extra money to help those still in it give him a reasonabke offer. could we trade with SD for hand with international money and a prospect like tyler jay and kohl stewart.

angels have bedrosian, giants have strickland i guess, i dont kniw who seattle has but i bet we can find a controlable reliever that thriws gas for our international funds and.....

Japan to MSP:  11 hours 43 minutes
Japan to SFO:  10 hours 10 minutes
Japan to Dallas: 12 hours 42 minutes
Japan to Seattle: 9 hours 27 minutes

All times courtesy of:  https://www.flight-durations.com

For another look, check out this website:  https://www.greatcirclemapper.net/en/great-circle-mapper.html?route=RJAA-KMSP&aircraft=66&speed=. You can customize plane size; I chose an Airbus 320.  Faster than what the first website quotes.

Great Circle flight paths are neat to think about, unless you believe the Earth is flat.  I remember flying from Seattle to Amsterdam and looking down at the far north of Canada.  That was a surprisingly short flight.

What would he make, 2-3 flights per year?  The difference is around a half a day of your life, sitting on a plane.  Small potatoes.  Maybe this guy isn't the guy I thought he was.  All the plotting and planning, his pick of all 30 teams, and he limits himself because of sitting in an airplane for an hour or two?

Japan to MSP:  11 hours 43 minutes
Japan to SFO:  10 hours 10 minutes
Japan to Dallas: 12 hours 42 minutes
Japan to Seattle: 9 hours 27 minutes

 

All times courtesy of:  https://www.flight-durations.com

 

For another look, check out this website:  https://www.greatcirclemapper.net/en/great-circle-mapper.html?route=RJAA-KMSP&aircraft=66&speed=. You can customize plane size; I chose an Airbus 320.  Faster than what the first website quotes.

 

Great Circle flight paths are neat to think about, unless you believe the Earth is flat.  I remember flying from Seattle to Amsterdam and looking down at the far north of Canada.  That was a surprisingly short flight.

 

What would he make, 2-3 flights per year?  The difference is around a half a day of your life, sitting on a plane.  Small potatoes.  Maybe this guy isn't the guy I thought he was.  All the plotting and planning, his pick of all 30 teams, and he limits himself because of sitting in an airplane for an hour or two?

Those calculations are erroneous.  When you travel from Asia to U.S., the jet stream is behind you.   So, you can travel to Hong Kong to CHicago in about 14 hours.  But when you travel from the U.S. to Asia, the jet stream is against you.  So, then it takes you 14 hours to travel from San Francisco to Hong Kong.  

Disappointing, yet not unexpected. So I'm assuming we get a call because of our pool money.

Honestly no idea why Otani requested pitches from all MLB teams if he was that dead-set on the west coast.  I'd have to assume some teams are a bit frustrated over the wasted effort.

I'm fairly sure it wasn't him but his agents. Nice way to get a book on nearly all the teams for future neg. He likely has always had a small list of teams he'd go to but his agents are milking this for all it's worth, imo.

I doubt they get calls about pool money. Time to sift through the former Braves prospects and blow the bucks there.

The Braves cheating could be tailor made for the Twins who have a lot more International money remaining than only a couple teams.  Let's get their top guy or maybe a couple of the top four or five.

I'll be interested to see if Ohtani goes to a pitcher friendly park.

Also, I have to wonder if the reason Ohtani wanted a pitch from all teams was due to the fact he wants to be a two-way player and, therefore, wants to know exactly how a team plans on using him when he isn't pitching.

Side note: I don't think Molitor is the kind of guy who can be successful with a two-way player.

Seems like he wants to be close to home -- i.e., the West Coast.

Hello, Dodgers. 

Not disappointed.  As I have said before I do not like chasing players - I am an old fashioned develop him ourselves.  If he turns out to be what is expected there will be another chance when he becomes a free agent.

In the meantime, get a coach - maybe our new extra pitching coach, to go and spend time with Romero and Gonsalves and get them primed for Spring Training and beyond.  Invest in our own players.

It can never be wrong to add more talent. Go after some of the Braves players that were freed.

And temps in Minnesota in January are a factor why? Maybe temps in April and October would be, but not sure how January is relevant unless he intends to take up permanent residence wherever he signs.

Everything is relevant in recruiting. Whatever one can use against another is fair game. 

At this point I feel like there's no way he can live up to the hype anyway. 

If I had the opportunity to live in San Diego, or San Francisco, I'd take it.