Greg Miller

Father of an inordinate amount of young children.

[Greg Miller @gmill11]

@AndyLovoy05 Come on, they won 56 games last year. Hunter Renfroe and Michael Wacha don’t move the needle that much.

[Greg Miller @gmill11]

@NickNelsonMN I don’t understand the value of not selling the streaming rights for a year if they can’t do anything else with it. Is Diamond giving them more money for it not to be available than they would to also purchase the streaming rights?

[Greg Miller @gmill11]

@DanaLitman @BenAlfveby Think Shohei Ohtani and Donovan Solano. There is generally no excess value in a 4 year $120m contract almost by definition. Teams can build that way but they are often worse for it.

[Greg Miller @gmill11]

@DanaLitman @BenAlfveby Anecdotally, and I would guess borne out by the data, the only way to make a true impact in free agency is to spend at the very top and very bottom. The most efficient use of money is to trade for and develop younger players and extend them long term.

[Greg Miller @gmill11]

@BenAlfveby @DanaLitman Let’s put this another way, Varland and Festa will make 2.25M in the next 3 years. Are you willing to bet almost $73M that Sonny Gray outperforms either? It’s even likely he will but not by that much.

That’s more risk than the Twins are ever going to take on a free agent SP.

[Greg Miller @gmill11]

@DanaLitman @TFTwins Because locking up a 34 year old starting pitcher for 3 years at a premium is an objectively bad move and one this front office will never make.

[Greg Miller @gmill11]

@DanaLitman @ndsiouxviking @TFTwins There is a world where Gray doesn’t have the best home run rate in the game and he’s just a good pitcher. There is also world where Desclafani makes some tweaks and is a good pitcher for a year.

[Greg Miller @gmill11]

@DanaLitman @ndsiouxviking @TFTwins Polanco, yes. Julien was better than him last year and I think you could argue Lee is better than him too. Gray is a little different but they were never going to pay him $25/year.

[Greg Miller @gmill11]

@DanaLitman @TFTwins Every plate appearance that Polanco would have gotten this year is one less that Julien, Kirilloff, or Lee would get. The Twins are a better team with those guys than they are with Polanco. Not significantly better, but better.

[Greg Miller @gmill11]

@howeda7 @tlschwerz @BaseballValues Think Caleb Theilbar.

[Greg Miller @gmill11]

@HagemanParker Whatever special sauce they gave Pablo to + spin and boost whiff would be great. I don’t know if he’s got a year like 2021 but certainly seems like there is more there they can get at.

[Greg Miller @gmill11]

@HagemanParker @parlinbrian For DeSclafani.

[Greg Miller @gmill11]

@HagemanParker @parlinbrian Ditch the sinker and clean up the slider?

[Greg Miller @gmill11]

@terrykalina20 @NickNelsonMN Because weak contact against major league pitching and defenses is not nearly as valuable as you think.

[Greg Miller @gmill11]

@RealDJVest @brim006 Upon further review it was a bankruptcy and it’s now owned by a creditor.

[Greg Miller @gmill11]

@RealDJVest @brim006 Looks like it was probably being rented out because they’ve done some cosmetic updates. Likely has to be ‘as is’ because of the roof/siding on that breezeway and whatever is going on in that basement. Probably $8k for a roof and $20k for hvac and you’re good.

[Greg Miller @gmill11]

@go_stros100 @PandaPete21 So, he’s not as good as Pudge or Piazza? I think you might need to readjust your sights for catchers in the HOF.

[Greg Miller @gmill11]

@IsaacOlson4 @LitchBlues @MinnBaseball @TownBallTuesday @SabinMetsBSB @EHulty13 The world’s largest ball of twine is only a few short miles down the road too.

[Greg Miller @gmill11]

@max829572 @hiimraul33 I’m not a HOF guardian or anything but he’s essentially going to need to be some combination of Adrian Beltre and Nelson Cruz to even stay on the ballot after the first year.

[Greg Miller @gmill11]

@mk_wazir @GuyDealership We’ve already seen companies leave markets and there will be more. This leaves consumers in a spot where they might not be able to find coverage, much less affordable coverage. If 2024 is another year of losses it will be bad for everyone.

[Greg Miller @gmill11]

@mk_wazir @GuyDealership Larger companies are dealing with unprofitable books of business and skyrocketing losses. All companies are trying not to reduce claims and customer service but can only do so for so long before they risk being downgraded financially which can be a death spiral.