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Lol, seriously? If he wouldn't have given up a few homeruns last year, he could have had an ERA under 3... It goes both ways.

This is a terrible take. Losing fat is going to make Miranda a worse player? Just garbage. Adding muscle and reducing fat will help increase speed/lateral movement and power.

The Phillies had the 4th highest payroll this year, we're not able compete with that. Outside of Jose Ramirez (less than Mauers still), The Guardians aren't giving out mega large contracts on their books. Yes the Pohlad's may be cheap but that's always been the case, as fans we just have to deal with that. There's more than one way to build a winner and for small to mid market teams it's not by giving a single player a huge long term contract that will hurt the team down the road once they stop producing. The Rays, Guardians and Athletics have consistently made the playoffs without handing out mega contracts.

You missed the point of this comment, the Twins aren't in the same market as the Met's, Phillies, Dodger's or Angels. The Braves are much closer in terms of payroll but still higher. And I wouldn't consider Acuna's or Ablies' contracts as mega contracts. They were both considered way below market value, they each gave a huge hometown discount for long term financial security.

If Omar Vizquel can make it with little offensive value, Edgar Martinez should have been in years ago. Regardless of how people feel about the DH, its still a position in baseball and if you are the best at your position you deserve to be in the hall. It's no different than an elite closer making it in.