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  1. Now they really need to swap a LH hitting outfielder for a RH hitting outfielder.
  2. Unless they are brain dead they will acquire two pitchers for the roster to take Canterino and Paddack's spots.
  3. I agree, they really need to quit inducting players like Harold Baines, Jim Kaat, Tony Oliva and Lee Smith.
  4. "Didn't take steroids" shouldn't be impressive enough to get a Hall of Fame vote. That's like "Didn't swear at his dog".
  5. dWAR is useless for almost everything. Use RField to figure out how good a player was versus their positional average.
  6. I think Correa is going to have a chip on his shoulder for a while. Prove them all wrong, Carlos.
  7. The Giants could have but I don't know if the Mets have the ability to front-load the contract that much. Every $$ they spend costs a 90% penalty. $33M a season becomes $63M. That's a steep price to upgrade from Eduardo Escobar. I hope the option vests, Correa plays well for 10 seasons and 20 years from now we're debating whether Correa wears an Astros or Twins cap in the Hall of Fame (hopefully not that new M* cap though).
  8. That's unfair. Jeter was a below average SS with a Gold Glove rep. Torii was at least an above average CF with a Gold Glove rep. He's more like the outfield version of Omar Vizquel. Vizquel and Torii were both very good defenders but not all-time greats.
  9. If defense matters so much you should be stumping for Andruw Jones - he's clearly a better defender than Torii. Andruw actually produced more at the plate over his career as well (RBat 119 vs 113). Torii has a (weak) case but not as good as Edmonds or Andruw or Lofton. That's just among recently retired CF.
  10. About the same as someone who has a .400 OBP and doesn't steal bases. You score by HR from first or second base.
  11. Someone should sign him, but not the Twins. He would draw national attention for all the wrong reasons. People can change, especially when met with public disapproval of their actions.
  12. Predicting the future of 16 year olds is hard and prone to error. I noticed you only listed the successful contracts from that year and not the 50 other high priced busts. You can't measure success in scouting and development on an individual player basis, just like you wouldn't measure success or failure of an investment portfolio based on the movement of one stock in the portfolio. They need to measure their gain in aggregate and in relation to other baseball teams. Are they generating more, less or the same talent as other teams?
  13. You'll need 18 pitchers to get through the season. That only leaves a few slots for projects and you might prefer your own guys.
  14. It's actually the teams spending above the luxury tax who can't afford a big useless contract. $30M of dead money for Correa will cost them $57M due to penalties. The Twins don't spend anywhere near the luxury tax limit so they can easily afford $28M of dead money 8 years from now. 10/285 is a fair deal. If he provides 35 WAR they break even. He should be able to provide that in 6 seasons.
  15. I agree they need more than Correa, but can't Correa be part of it? It's not like they're spending free agent dollars anywhere else. They have enough free cash flow to pay Correa's entire 10 year contract over the next 3 seasons.
  16. Pretty sure I'd rather have him at 10/285. 5 years $60M for his ages 33-38 seasons is pretty cheap. $12M will barely get you a starting infielder in 2028.
  17. Even if that's true they should still be looking for two veteran pitchers to add to the roster. Worst case they release them, best case they flip them at the trade deadline. It may be Feb 15th before those pitchers sign.
  18. Glad you agree with the rest of it. Balazovic has one option season left. If he's just as bad this year as he was last year he's getting released.
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