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  1. TheLeviathan
    My wife and I clutch to our Sunday nights of John Oliver, Westworld, Thrones, TWD and carved out time for Fargo and Better Call Saul, but we have to make a determined effort every time. I can quote some Blaze and the Monster Machine episodes almost word for word though. If that has any value. Does it?
  2. TheLeviathan
    It's what I thought, early on, they were doing. And then it veered so badly off the tracks it was hard to believe. It should have been a slow build for Penguin building his criminal element and his role as Gotham's most legitimate mobster. Instead....we got this @^*%-fest.
  3. TheLeviathan
    They never had an endgame. And then it became "villain cameo of the week" for cheap thrills. The Fish/Penguin storyline was a complete fiasco. And when I check on it they seem to still have that going on?
  4. TheLeviathan
    I thought the flawed planning of Gotham caused it to rapidly descend into absurd stupidity before the end of season 1. It has managed to become a campier, more farcical version of Batman than the glorious Adam West version. Except only one version was actually going for campy and farce and it wasn't Gotham.
  5. TheLeviathan
    I get a couple nights, mostly Sundays for TV adult style. I envy those of you who can watch less Paw Patrol and more South Park.
  6. TheLeviathan
    The TV deals need to be shared. Let's start there.
  7. TheLeviathan
    You can do both. We have money to use and we need more talent. Investing money and innings into a guy that wants to prove he can close is a low risk, high reward proposition. You invest those innings and dollars, reap the rewards in July, and then give the last two months of the season to the young guy who has pitched the best so far in the season as the closer. Good rebuilding teams look for ways to use open roles they have to create more value than they invest.
  8. TheLeviathan
    For July 31st. That's the reason to do it. Give somebody who has always wanted to close a chance and see if you can't spin that into a windfall at the deadline.
  9. TheLeviathan
    That's my fear, the intrigue will hook me but the pay-off will disappoint me. Still, I'm intrigued enough with the existential questions and mystery of it to give the season a shot.
  10. TheLeviathan
    I have really liked Westworld, reminds me of the first few episodes of Game of Thrones. I want to see the mystery unravel and then judge it. It could certainly go south though.
  11. TheLeviathan
    Yup, let the kid hit. If Mauer or Park has more at-bats than him next year, it's a mistake. (Barring Vargas having an OPS below .600, if it's above that, there is no excuse for him to get less at-bats than either of them)
  12. TheLeviathan
    Trade Dozier, play him at 2B. /thread
  13. TheLeviathan
    What would you put as a playing time percentage? 70/30 Vargas?
  14. TheLeviathan
    This I can totally get behind. We shouldn't be the same team next year, but we should be looking to acquire pitching like that. AA and AAA talents or guys ready to make the jump. That's where we're going to find assets this offseason.
  15. TheLeviathan
    Speaking of first base, I am eagerly awaiting our bi-annual tradition of celebrating Mauer's health! We're probably 5 months away from that "Mauer feels like he's 19 again!" newspaper article and about 11 months from the "Mauer: I used a walker in the hallways between games but kept playing like a trooper" follow-up. Play Vargas.
  16. TheLeviathan
    Plus, the kid worked hard and earned more opportunity. I hope that gets rewarded.
  17. TheLeviathan
    The conclusion to draw is to give him lots of at-bats next year and see what we have.
  18. TheLeviathan
    Continuing to be that bad for another 5 years. The goal is to actually win and be competitive right? Not just be slightly less putrid. At least, I hope that's the goal. Losing 90 games next year doesn't make me feel good. I want to win 90 by 2018 and we don't do that by holding on to tradeable assets out of delusion. If this offseason of 2014 and you could land an Ervin Santana and another arm - you might be able to persuade me. But there is no Ervin Santana. There is no depth. You're going to overpay for anything you acquire. Not just in money but in trades. Look at things for what they are, there is only one reasonable path here.
  19. TheLeviathan
    I don't like it either. But doubling down on a bad thing only makes it worse.
  20. TheLeviathan
    If Trevor Plouffe is on this team next year I may strongly consider auctioning my fandom to some other, more deserving team.
  21. TheLeviathan
    See, I think the much more relevant question is, if the young core is good enough to compete next year, how did we manage a historic number of losses? How can a team so ready to compete next year look so ridiculously unready this year? Like it or not, the time for these core guys to develop has to happen regardless. If they do develop, we should be building the most sustainable long term effort to win with them possible. If they don't develop, we're probably screwed regardless. But I'd argue we're EXTRA screwed if we hang on to valuable assets now in some deluded attempt at contention. So, again, what is the highest percentage play for the most long term gain? It ain't riding this 100+ loss team hard hoping you pull a miracle and compete next year. The odds of flipping our record by 20+ games is incredibly low. So why gamble on that? You're gambling the value of Dozier and Santana and other moves on that hope? Why even consider that a reasonable course of action?
  22. TheLeviathan
    I should clarify. I don't like them as in "I think they'll be good", more in the sense of "I like the idea of giving them a chance to sink or swim as a part of the long-term plan". Provided we get them some defensive help. And stop playing infielders in the outfield.
  23. TheLeviathan
    Personally, I like the idea of Berrios, May, Santiago, Mejia, Gibson, and hopefully a couple trade acquisitions as a rotation. Is it world beating? No, but you're giving at least three guys there the innings they need and you have movable guys to get out of the way should Gonsalves or the acquisitions prove ready. The key, in my eyes, that we can do to help next year and the future is to address two key defensive positions (SS and C) and get those solidified. That should be our top priority.
  24. TheLeviathan
    In some offseasons this may be possible. This one? Pitching is going to be at an extreme premium. You simply won't be able to achieve that kind of turnover.
  25. TheLeviathan
    The alternative is to fill your rotation with aged pitchers that implode like Hughes. Or don't transition well like Nolasco. And then you are forced to turn to Pat Dean and Andrew Albers. And, really, how often does that "beating the door down in AAA" thing really work? At some point, they have to face major league hitting or you won't know what you have. The longer you make them wait, the less of their prime you have available to you.
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