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  1. Possumlad
    Absolutely! And there's no reason at all the payroll can't (or shouldn't) go above 50% of revenues during potential championship windows.
  2. Possumlad
    Agreed, I love this as well! I have to admit I mostly scan the longer stories for the names of top prospects. Obviously incredible work either way, but nothing wrong with this truncated/summary format in my opinion. As AZTwin says, you could always add commentary where warranted.
  3. Possumlad
    Incredible post. Reusse himself couldn't produce such a harmonious blend of old-school MN cynicism, parade raining, "real ball players" mumbo jumbo, and hyperbolic early-season doom & gloom. Hopefully they get back to losing so Number3 cheers up a little bit!
  4. Possumlad
    Agree, and I don't think it will be long..
  5. Possumlad
    Your second assertion is flat-out false. Buxton would net a significant return if the Twins decided to trade him (they won't).
  6. Possumlad
    Well I assume he'll focus on whichever looks most promising early in his MiLB career (assuming he does both out of the gates). Given that, 50% on each seems about right given only the information we have today. Of course if he fails at one the probability that he later suceeds at it falls a bunch, but I'm not sure how we'd know that today.
  7. Possumlad
    1) McKay 2) Gore 3) Greene 4) Lewis 5) Wright I don't understand the general anti-McKay leanings around here. While he's unlikely to both hit & pitch for long, the fact that he can do both greatly increases the chance the he hits on one of the two. Simple probability would dictate that if he has a 50% chance to succeed as a pitcher, and 50% chance to succeed as a hitter (both of which seem reasonable), then he has a 75% chance to hit on one of the two. Given that there is no clear consensus generational talent in this draft, why not go w/ the higher probability play? I suppose you could argue that Greene's as likely to hit on one of the two, but I don't see that from a HS Right-hander w/ no secondary pitches.
  8. Possumlad
    This is eye-ball test only - but Buxton also appears to accelerate slowly (relative to his overall speed). He's blazing fast at top speed, but his long strides seem to take a few steps to get going. Anyone else notice this? Seems to hurt most on SBs. I could be flat-out wrong here.
  9. Possumlad
    I'm willing to bet Hamilton & Buxton would be neck and neck in a 100 yard dash. Buxton's brutal jumps are frustrating though; he appears to actually be a a pretty poor base stealer at this point, which is crazy given his speed.
  10. Possumlad
    Dozier is a significantly better than average MLB 2nd baseman. Baseball is a game of streaks - any small sample size you choose (1/2 a season, for instance) will undoubtedly be better or worse than any other you choose, but the body of work is terrific this year. For qualified 2B this year, he's 7th in OPS & 5th in WAR. While any stat's imperfect, you don't trade away one of the few above-average major leaguers on the team--while he's young--in hopes that we someday find another one.
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