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  1. howeda7
    I have a huge issue with not even trying in 2022. Especially if there are going to be 12 or 14 play-off teams. This offense is good enough to get a play-off spot and you are wasting a prime year of Buxton, Polanco etc. and the last year of Donaldson. The unwillingness of the front office to be aggressive in pursuit of pitching is maddening.
  2. howeda7
    Keeping Cave is a joke. The day Falvey is gone can't come soon enough.
  3. howeda7
    I'm guessing he's still insurable it just costs more.
  4. howeda7
    I know many bemoaned the Mauer contract. I never did. They had to sign him. They had no choice. They could not let him walk one year after Target Field opened. But they are closer to the same reality now with Buxton then they realize. Let him walk and you alienate a lot of your hard core fans. You already have terrible attendance last year and terrible TV ratings. The lockout will alienate them further unless it's resolved quickly. If you're trading Buxton and going back to a cheap rebuild, I'm out. I don't think I'm alone. The Twins will be relegated to Wolves territory for me. I will spend $0 on you and wake me when you make the play-offs. Until then., I don't care.
  5. howeda7
    If the options are sign Buxton for 7/$100 million (or even 5/$100) or trade him for the return we got for Berrios, I'll take Buxton any day and it's not close.
  6. howeda7
    Getting the Berrios return when you could have Buxton for what is being reports is still a terrible decision.
  7. howeda7
    Exactly this. Not only do they have $0 committed past 2023, but who are they going to keep who's expensive. Donaldson will be gone. Sano will be gone. Maeda will be gone. Kepler will be gone. Maybe they keep Polanco. But who else is going to be expensive in 2024, 2025, 2026? MAYBE Kiriloff and Joe Ryan if we're lucky. Even if we're going to truck along at $120 million payrolls, which is lower than it should be, we STILL can easily afford Buxton.
  8. howeda7
    Then Falvey is incompetent and should be fired immediately. It makes no sense that he will give Josh Donaldson $23 million/year and balk at giving Buxton $15 much less $20.
  9. howeda7
    If the reported #'s are even within 50% accurate there is ZERO reason not to have the extension done already. The only answer is the Falvey is too arrogant/incompetent to finish a slam dunk or Pohlad is squeezing the purse strings super tight and they're planning to have a $70 million payroll. The former is far more likely the case. This is beyond frustrating. It's disgusting. Enough to be done with this team until either Falvey, the Pohlads or both are gone.
  10. howeda7
    Since June 8th, he's batting .175 with a .442 OPS (and has 3 errors.) I don't see how it could possibly make them worse to play Polanco with Arreaz or Gordon.
  11. howeda7
    They already have the "we need some vets to keep us from embarrassing ourselves" cards played in trading for Gant and inexplicably keeping Pineda. This call up is ridiculous, especially with the young lefty dealing in St. Paul.
  12. howeda7
    I won't be outraged when they're back next year, but I've seen enough. They may be able to get the Twins back to play-off contention, but they'll never contend for a World Series with this front office. They proved that when they did nothing at the deadline in 2019. There are a lot of problems with the moves made last winter. I can forgive Happ and even Colome because both were worse than anyone could have expected. There's zero excuse for losing Wade and Badoo for the sake of Jake Cave, etc. But let's focus on what they're doing now. Continuing to run Simmons and Jake Cave out on a regular basis is maddening. Why is either one on the team? And they finally end the Burrow experiment, but who do they call up? A 35 year-old waiver claim. What is the fascination with garbage heap waiver claims. Call up some of the young arms already. Ugh.
  13. howeda7
    I feel sorry for anyone who spent $ on on tickets to this, only to have the team forfeight before the 1st pitch. Get Burrows, Simmons and Cave off this team. They have zero chance of being contributors in 2022. And for God's sake, IL Donladson already and get Miranda up here.
  14. howeda7
    Keeping Simmons on this roster and sending Gordon down makes zero sense. None.
  15. howeda7
    Supposedly Brad Hand was very interested in coming home this off-season. We chose Colome instead. Sigh.
  16. howeda7
    This is like leaving your sofa on the curb and still having someone give you $100 for it. Unless it's counterfeit and the cops are in hot pursuit around the corner. I assume the "cash considerations" - the Twins paid his entire remaining salary. Still a good trade.
  17. howeda7
    They're nowhere near that strategic.
  18. howeda7
    Except we'll trade Kiriloff, Larnach and Belazovich in 2025 to save $ and get prospects for "the future."
  19. howeda7
    Trade:: Pineda, Robles and Thielbar. Do what it takes to trade Donaldson and Sano (throw in some $ this year for the salary relief next year.) Cut: Happ and Simmons. Extensions: Berrios 5/$110. Buxton 5/$100 w $5m/year in incentives. FA signings: Scherzer 2/$60. Eddie Escobar 2/$30. Relievers TBD $15 m Fire: Rocco
  20. howeda7
    Because even if they got to or above $20 million/year with incentives, he's not taking a contract that is 70% incentives. There are almost no comparable contracts structured that way for a prominent player. The player's union would frown upon it big time. $25 m per year with incentives is fair. They need to increase the guaranteed portion to at least $15-20 million/year. The ratio has to be at least 60-80% guaranteed and 20-40% incentives. Not the other way around.
  21. howeda7
    Sano makes $9.25 million next year.
  22. howeda7
    7/$73 million is a joke. $15 m/AAV year before incentives is an absolute minimum. Also, there's little reason for either side to go 7 years. 5/$100m with $5m/year in incentives gets it done.
  23. howeda7
    We should have two rotation spots open soon (Pineda and Happ.) Sounds like one of them is going to Tokyo though.
  24. howeda7
    I'm not in favor of trading anyone who can help in 2022, with the exception of Sano, Donaldson, who's $ can be spent elsewhere, and possibly Duffy. I agree this team is already drawing flies and has TV distribution issues. Trading Berrios/Buxton and waving the white flag on 2022 (which might occur after a lock-out) and you may lose a huge chunk of fans you never get back. They need to move the obvious pieces. Cruz, Pineda, Simmons and Robles and reload for next year.
  25. howeda7
    Brutal loss. Maeda totally wet the bed. Unacceptable performance from a veteran.
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