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    You called it.
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    I don't think it's a bad deal. I don't think Polanco has peaked yet, I feel like he will have some very good seasons ahead of him. His throwing errors are concerning, but not a deal breaker.
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    The idea is inflation and/or increasing player salaries will make today's commitments cheaper when they actually have to sign the checks. I wonder if it would be legal for the Twins to sell bonds to cover a player's salary.
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    Polanco hasn't done this yet. I expected him to do it by now.
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    Doubtful. Think about it: This is very close to the contract Brian Dozier had. The Twins are budgeting the same money for the middle of the infield. Nothing has changed.
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    On the negative side, is $25M the right rate for 15-25 throwing errors per year?
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    I love Polanco but I would have preferred to see another year of him before making this move. But with Sano and Buxton falling on their faces, if you're gonna hand out an extension this is the only one to make, at least on the position player side. Right now Polanco is the only player on the team the Twins have committed to build around. Interesting.
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    He could be a good starter but there's no doubt he'd be a good reliever. I say work him in, a la Johan Santana, as a reliever for a while. If he flashes greatness and longevity, a rotation spot will open up sooner rather than later, should the team wish to go that direction.
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    Your response is elite. You should be running the team.
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    “Not when you’re got your fingers underneath the window and you’re trying to jam the window open. I want to do it when we’re projected to win the Central and we’re ready to put our foot on someone’s throat.” Seems like you make the move when the market has something good available if you plan to contend later. Next year may not have the same talent available, or the year after, or the year after....... An upgrade is an upgrade!
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    I would think it's more likely a small sample size issue. But to address your point, I think every team would take a player who hit 17 HR in 1/3 of a season very seriously. The Yankees thought they were selling high on him, we will hopefully find out if that's true or not.
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    We need a term like "microeconomics" for baseball stats for situations like this. We are comparing two completely different players by pulling out two stats instead of looking at even half of the full picture. We may as well talk about how Nick Punto and Miguel Sano have the same batting average.
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    Great to see you over here, Stu.
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    I feel like I said, twice, that the Twins don't need to try to spend the most money. Your examples are flawed in two ways: 1) This isn't at all what I said, 2) You're assuming someone like Arrieta or many of those other guys would not have been an improvement for what the Twins had last year (apart from Darvish, they would have). You also might want to look at Arrieta's deal, it's basically a football contract in that very little is guaranteed. He could be a free agent again at the end of this year. Who could they pick up now? If the Twins are throwing 1-year deals around, Clay Buchholz. He will be better than Martin Perez and the money might not be much different. Now your turn, who would you pick up?
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    (Hint: It's neither. The Twins could spend a little more and spend it smarter than the other teams.)
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    We used to accuse Smith and Gardenhire of favoring certain players. I think this new group does the same thing. There's a bit of the "bring the band back together" thing going on ... but with former Rangers players ... and I really don't understand how they choose which young guys to play.
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    The stuff I read on this topic is always interesting. "Spending money doesn't pan out...." "The Twins could never spend like the Yankees anyway..." Those two statements don't jive. Either it doesn't work, or it works but the Twins can't do it like the teams it works for. Which is it? (Hint: It's neither. The Twins could spend a little more and spend it smarter than the other teams.) Cash may not be guaranteeing championships for the Yankees, but spending money keeps them in the conversation every year. Simply being in the conversation is extra revenue, and when you make the playoffs anything can happen. Just ask Gene Larkin.
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    The Cubs replaced Arrieta with Darvish. They spent the same amount of money they would have spent anyway. When the Twins move on from a high dollar star, they don't replace him at all, they pocket the cash.
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    I am "taking the move for what it is." I just finished saying he's a #5 in a long string of franchise #5s. Clearly I am under no illusion that he is an ace.
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    Rosario wasn't good the last half of the year and Kepler is stuck in second gear. We know about Buxton's troubles. I agree that signing a vet to back up these guys is an excellent idea and increases the likelihood that they don't all tank.
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    I don't know who the Twins could possibly trade for Realmuto. Besides, "hard hitting catcher" is near the bottom of my list of things to improve on any baseball team. It's pretty much what you work on dead last. Put defense at C until the other positions are taken care of unless a home-grown catcher can hit and play good D too.
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    Here's the Twins biggest recent misfire. Paul Molitor. Though I was (mistakenly) of the opinion that Gardenhire had gone stale, truth be told 2014 was the last year the Twins hit the ball really well and many of the hitters on the 2014 team never hit the ball as well ever again. The 2014 pitching was terrible, but we know now this wasn't Gardenhire's fault. Without Santana and later Berrios, Molitor's years would have been at that same catastrophic level of starting pitching. Firing Gardenhire was a mistake, I'm sorry to say. His absence was felt immediately.
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    The Twins weren't THAT bad at hitting last year (sans the bench) and the pitching wasn't that bad either. It really would have been a different season if Buxton and/or Sano had played well, though that's getting to be an old/tired narrative now. The rest of the team was pulling its weight, generally speaking, they were just lacking their "stars."
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    The Twins are the only team I know of that perpetually signs nothing but #5s. It's not just that they won't sign aces, they won't even sign #3s (apart from Ervin Santana, who worked out very well and played as a #1/#2 for most of his time in MN). For every #5 that turns into a 1-year wonder (Pavano, Hughes), there are half a dozen complete flops, and those 1-year wonders end up causing headaches when the Twins lock them up for more years before they crash back down to earth....... Have to give it to the fans who stay optimistic about this stuff, but come on. If the Twins are good this year it won't be because of Martin Perez. (And Mejia deserves a chance, damnit, don't Kennys Vargas this guy.)
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