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  1. Hosken Bombo Disco
    I think the window opened in 2017, but I don’t think it will close... [counts to five]... I don’t think it will necessarily close in 2021. The Twins should be competitive for a long time. It would be nice to see something more than a division crown at some point. That’s not nothing, but they need to make a deep run in the postseason—at least into the ALCS. That’s what success looks like to the fans, regardless of what Twins brass tell themselves. In the next year or two, the Twins will need to extend Berrios and one or two of Graterol, Ober, Duran, or name your favorite, those will need to blossom as starters, plus some others developing and some supplementing via free agency, then things should be okay. (I still hold out hope for Tyler Wells in some role). Free agency will also need to be part of this.
  2. Hosken Bombo Disco
    Fair enough. The White Sox signed the 7, 13, and 25 top free agents out of the Top 25 that offseason per MLBTR. https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2014/11/2014-15-top-50-free-agents-with-predictions.html I don’t remember what the discussion was on Twins Daily. And my next question would be what the White Sox payrolls were in those years, as a percentage of revenues. Either way, I don’t think the 14-15 offseason has much bearing on what is happening now, except to say that the White Sox ownership appears willing to spend when they feel an opportunity is in front of them.
  3. Hosken Bombo Disco
    Seems unremarkable, in my opinion.
  4. Hosken Bombo Disco
    What year specifically are you referring to?
  5. Hosken Bombo Disco
    I definitely agree Tim Anderson, but Moncada is a slugger entering his prime, and a dip in that guy’s babip doesn’t necessarily mean he’s due for a down season.
  6. Hosken Bombo Disco
    Yeah, from 35,000 feet... .... I’d put Detroit at well more than 100 losses (by August 31), KC approaching 100 losses again, and honesty assuming the Twins have some regression from their historic all-time offensive season, probably the other three teams are a crapshoot.
  7. Hosken Bombo Disco
    Almost the same money, one less year?
  8. Hosken Bombo Disco
    “... was never going to come here.”
  9. Hosken Bombo Disco
    Sure it would have. Bumgarner signed for 5/85. Do you think he would have listened to a slightly front-loaded contract offer for 4/81 with an opt-out after year two? Wheeler signed for 5/118. Do you think he would have listened to an offer for 4/112?
  10. Hosken Bombo Disco
    Well then, what are your thoughts on the front office bringing back essentially the same exact players as last year, without adding anyone different?
  11. Hosken Bombo Disco
    I think that's slightly unfair, as Mike usually expresses his yes/no opinions about free agents while other posters seem to wait in the weeds until after something happens, but I agree it would be nice to get the thread back on track. Trade, pivot, keep the powder dry.... I would trade. I just don't see any buy low opportunities right now. And the Twins are not exactly making calls from a position of strength right now. But I would offer up a Kirilloff or Dobnak/Lewis/Thorpe.
  12. Hosken Bombo Disco
    Are you sure? I doubt it. My recollection is that it was either Buxton, or Lewis, as a headliner, not both. But based on media reporting, I don't think the Twins every took that offer seriously, nor did the fans here.
  13. Hosken Bombo Disco
    Based on the front office’s failure to make competitive offers to good free agents, and the ridiculously team-friendly extensions to Kepler and Polanco who are entering their primes, it’s easy for me to assume the extension offer to Escobar was ridiculously low.
  14. Hosken Bombo Disco
    He was on the decline, for sure.
  15. Hosken Bombo Disco
    The Dozier trade was a win, most of all for Dozier.
  16. Hosken Bombo Disco
    Strasburg is 30. Odorizzi is 30. Wheeler is 30. And so on. With all due respect, this age argument is unpersuasive, at best.
  17. Hosken Bombo Disco
    ”they surely aren’t unprepared”... not sure what that’s referring to. My overall impression is actually that Wheeler went into free agency pretty open-minded, but was recruited and made an offer by the team that wanted him most. Would you agree?
  18. Hosken Bombo Disco
    Bummer. I was hoping someone else would sit through the whole thing like I did. It was the question posed to Girardi at about the 18:40 mark.
  19. Hosken Bombo Disco
    I don’t disagree with any of this, and I do think there will be a minor signing and minor trade made before the season starts. But the really impactful guys are taken, at this point.
  20. Hosken Bombo Disco
    I was with you up to the last sentences. I don’t think the typical fan posting here has the time or interest in producing the type of numbers you are looking for. On some basic level, I think the front office needed to step back and just say to themselves “is Wheeler/Bumgarner good for this rotation?”... and the answer is Yes, and I think fans get this. You and the front office take the other view of looking at it purely analytically. The rotation is in shambles. I don’t think this is going to end well, but we’ll see.
  21. Hosken Bombo Disco
    Jury is still out on whether Odorizzi is a #2 pitcher, though he did pitch like one last season. That trade was in February. Gerrit Cole was a January trade if I recall, a trade I really wanted the Twins to make. But I really don’t see any Gerrit Coles out there this year. Edit: Vanimal and Seth also began discussion threads in favor of trading for Gerrit Cole two years ago. Maybe they have some ideas for who to trade for this offseason.
  22. Hosken Bombo Disco
    As far as I can find, the so-called “national reporting” that Wheeler did not want to come to Minnesota traces back to a single sentence in an Athletic article. A single sentence that got amplified by people like Darren Wolfson and then repeated over and over on these discussion boards, until those who wanted to believe it finally believed it. Meanwhile, Bumgarner’s entire press conference was devoted to his love for Arizona, the beautiful sunsets and his desire to play there. So, compare the two, and you tell me. Now, although Wheeler does not mention anything about family in his Philly press conference (linked below), there was a cryptic remark by another person at the table that might be worthy of some discussion here, if anyone wants to take me up on it. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=KWfR8aGTwgE
  23. Hosken Bombo Disco
    This article seems rushed. I have a lot of problems with this analogy of Christian Ponder! Seriously though.. the suggestion that it’s easier to acquire a very good starting pitcher at the trade deadline also seems dubious to me— shouldn’t they have done that last July?
  24. Hosken Bombo Disco
    Thanks for writing this. If not now, when? The Twins are still anywhere from $25-40 million under the 50 percent of salary benchmark, but someone can correct me. And now there’s little left to spend it on. Very disappointed. Correction: revenue
  25. Hosken Bombo Disco
    Yes, that is what I am saying. Offer him something he can’t refuse, like the Yankees did with Cole. Yes? I’m addition, I think the “health concern” is a crutch. It’s like a sports version of the fortune cookie joke: you can add the words “if he’s healthy” to just about every statement made about any player’s performance. In fact Pineda comes to mind as much as anyone as someone who needs to stay healthy.
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