adorduan

Those are pretty reasonable prices...

I liked the Larnach pick, hated the other 2. IMO Larnach is only that will be a MLB player and this is essentially a make or break year for him. Hope he forces his way on the roster at some point.

Sabato and Cavaco were terrible 1st round picks. At least they look like they got last years pick right...

I want to see a whole season healthy from him before I would do anything. still 5 years of control after this one, it wouldn't cost that much more than doing it now. He still has a lot to prove IMO.

because analytics says he has a great spin rate, yada yada yada....

Well, if the FO sticks with their "no 3rd time through the order" philosophy, the bullpen with be rode hard and put up wet again this year. I don't see how that doesn't end badly.

This is from the OP. "Why? Because the team did not make any statement on his status on a day-to-day basis."

I'd be more than happy with an Arraez type hitter with better knees and better defense..

Here's the problem with your argument. You are projecting your beliefs without proof. you say Buxton was spending hours a day preparing to try to play. yet you admit that the team never said that. So maybe he was and maybe he wasn't. Unless you were in the room with him, you are just guessing. Same with the Pohlad argument. Unless you were in the room with him and the other leaders, you have no idea what they said or were working or had agreed to. You claim people are filling in the blanks because they don't have all the information. you are doing the same thing just in the other direction. Again, unless you are physically there in the room with these people all the time, you are just guessing as to what's really going on.

Makes you wonder how players used to play 140-150 games year after year.. If you limit Buxton to 80-90 games a year, his salary is the equivalent of 30 million. Not such a bargain then...

it's not a big trade, but I don't really get this one. Oh well...So who gets cut off the 40 man?

What makes you think the power numbers will go up? The way he swings I don't see it...

I'm not a fan of this FO, but I love this trade, selling high on Arraez for good pitching.

There's a blast from the past. Watched him throw 6 no hit innings at the Metrodome. lots of potential, very little of it realized,,,

Sounds like you are telling me the FO screwed up 3 times, with Wisler, Graterol and Pressly.