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  1. Hosken Bombo Disco
    Ok, people answering this question with: "all over the diamond." That's fine, but it kind of throws a few other signings into question, like the Schoop signing.
  2. Hosken Bombo Disco
    I'm thinking in terms of signing guys late in the offseason for cheap contracts who had been expecting bigger contracts. That is Marwin Gonzalez to a T. And honest question, where is Gonzalez going to play? This 2/21 seems steep for a bench guy when Astudillo is making near minimum
  3. Hosken Bombo Disco
    won't be at DH
  4. Hosken Bombo Disco
    looks like a repeat of last offseason
  5. Hosken Bombo Disco
    It's a terrible indignity, for the inventor of the baseball shoe, to be forgotten in this way.
  6. Hosken Bombo Disco
    I'm a believer in this young kid.
  7. Hosken Bombo Disco
    Well, I was searching "feral cat births" earlier this morning, but this article did not appear in the results, so, yeah not really.
  8. Hosken Bombo Disco
    Twins batting 2-2 today!
  9. Hosken Bombo Disco
    All true, I just prefer to see these extensions as the team and the player believing in each other. In the unlikely event Gordon ever "forces the issue" on Polanco, it will mean Gordon has trade value again, and can be traded just as well as Polanco. By the way, good job using Gordon and Lewis in the same sentence. I like these extensions the more I think about it. Contractually they are not earth shattering, but I think it speaks to a vision and commitment.
  10. Hosken Bombo Disco
    I see this extension more as the front office articulating a vision of their middle infield, Polanco and Lewis, and the more I think about it, the more I like it. It makes sense for posters to bring up Gordon's future or lack of future with the team in this thread.
  11. Hosken Bombo Disco
    a "Twins extend Polanco" thread is a perfectly logical place for posters to bring up Gordon.
  12. Hosken Bombo Disco
    Yeah, so, second baseman of the future. Not bad; it's ok, Polanco is a very good hitter and adequate fielder. The Gordon ship has apparent sailed. Adjust sights accordingly.
  13. Hosken Bombo Disco
    About another prospect, you said stats are just a piece of the puzzle. Here, you seem to be saying that stats alone will be what figures in his promotion. Can you clarify for us mortals when we're ok to consider stats, and when we're not?
  14. Hosken Bombo Disco
    Top 10 for a pitcher still in Rookie ball seems awfully aggressive, yet you sound like you are apologizing Top 3 still seems a tad aggressive. He sure looks like a nice prospect, however.
  15. Hosken Bombo Disco
    Seems odd that the front office would come out and announce extensions before the extensions have been formally agreed to by the players. We all have our preferred and less-preferred players we'd like to keep around, but even though I like Taylor Rogers, I don't think a Rogers or Polanco extension is going to fire anybody up or be considered a success as the LENIII article is implying. So let's hope it's one of the big names who gets extended, one of the names in the original post on this thread.
  16. Hosken Bombo Disco
    I'm piggybacking on this comment. I think batters are just better than they used to be. Maybe pitchers don't throw many more pitches in a game than yesteryear (I don't have any data at my fingertips) but I think the game is just better, and a little more thought needs to go into those pitches. An extra few seconds for each pitch doesn't hurt an at-bat, but it sure adds up by the end of the game. I think the best way to speed up the game is to empower younger umpires to keep the game moving, and consider that when promoting them through the levels. Younger players will be accustomed to a slightly faster pace as they themselves are promoted. Nothing like an umpire pointing at the pitcher to get the batter's attention (or vise versa). I think it's already in the rule book that a ball or strike can be called for delay of game. That's to say nothing of when runners are on base. I am against any rule limiting throws to first, and I'm not sure how you would prohibit a pitcher from stepping off the rubber and resetting, which slows the game down. All that said, the pitch clock isn't really the eyesore I was afraid it would be, so that can stay.
  17. Hosken Bombo Disco
    Sources are now saying that Falvey is offering the kid the rookie cards of Nationals players Danny Espinoza and Tanner Roark, along with a 2017 Chris Heisley card, all of which were still available and for a much better deal than the Harper card.
  18. Hosken Bombo Disco
    Austerity!
  19. Hosken Bombo Disco
    But what about those same prospects who then advanced and have hit well in AA? Wouldn't your percentages be higher for those?
  20. Hosken Bombo Disco
    How quickly you forget the Trade Deadline Championship they won last July-August
  21. Hosken Bombo Disco
    That seems to be the consensus on those guys. Opinions will vary and change over time.
  22. Hosken Bombo Disco
    I'm not disagreeing with you or the other poster that Pittsburgh got a better (ahem, significantly better) return from Houston than whatever Minnesota was thought to be offering or willing to offer. The conversation for Cole never really took off here, not sure why not, since he was obviously available. I'd like to see the Twins play in this trade market, and frankly I'm surprised they haven't yet. Kirilloff, Larnach, Rooker, probably each of them could headline a trade for major league talent. The chances of all three making it are slim.
  23. Hosken Bombo Disco
    In the Gerrit Cole example, the prospects mentioned were not "low-value" a year ago, and Pittsburgh was looking to shed salary. This was a specific situation. It looks lopsided to you in hindsight, but a year ago, it looked a little more equal. To your statement that the Twins fan's "main conceit ... is that if the Twins were just smarter, they could convert low-value minor leaguers into quality major leaguers" -- that is exactly what they did with Palacios and Odorizzi.
  24. Hosken Bombo Disco
    It's possible. It's also possible that they are just very conservative with prospects, like the previous FO, and aren't pursuing trade talks like these. Hard to know. I doubt they "ran the numbers" and thought the offer wasn't any good. It's frustrating to me that they aren't playing in this particular trade market. It's my feeling (without any data) that it's ultimately going to be to their detriment to forego opportunities like those.
  25. Hosken Bombo Disco
    Well that's the thing. There's no way of knowing for sure. Maybe when Thad Levine's tell-all memoir comes out, another 20-30 years from now.
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