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Not going to experiment in a must-compete year. Just don’t see them trusting him or Collins.

Now at $15. https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/AMC?p=AMC&.tsrc=fin-srch

January’s crop of stocks with big pops also include NIO (NIO), AMC Entertainment (AMC), and Robinhood favorite Plug Power (PLUG). One of the things these retail investors seem to love is anything with the potential for big gains — often high-volatility stocks or cryptocurrency. (The current speculative environment is best summed up by my colleague’s tweet Tuesday at 4 p.m.: “CASINO CLOSED.”) Also on Jan. 26, the investor behind the GameStop trade on r/wallstreetbets posted a screenshot of his portfolio that went viral — it showed he had turned his position from around $50,000 to more than $22 million. These sorts of successes and articles (like this one, even) will likely convince others to try their hand at speculative short-term mega gains. https://finance.yahoo.com/news/fighting-100-mini-mike-tysons-the-powerful-influence-of-reddit-trade-141009102.html Interesting they’re helping out AMC, as its owned by Chinese conglomerate Dalian Wanda and has been speculated near bankruptcy for months due to Covid and over leveraging in the acquisition from a general standpoint (this is true of Chinese-owned US assets in general, recently, if you look at Anbang, Fosun Group, HNA, etc.).

Nah, they’ll just go with rotating DH with Profar getting 50% of the at-bats along with Nola/Caratini and rotating the other regulars through except for Tatis and Grisham.

https://t.e2ma.net/click/39axfcb/jysj9gw/rknk6rs https://www.startribune.com/twins-adding-four-time-gold-glove-winning-shortstop-andrelton-simmons/600015442/?ref=nl&om_rid=48311239113&om_mid=2307187145 Looks like Polanco to second base, Arraez to take Marwin Gonzalez’s superutility spot as he left via FA, Adrianza figures into the mix there as well.

Not to mention Max Kepler and Sano/Donaldson. Cruz isn’t a necessity. Then Arraez/Polanco/Adrianza for 2B/utility.

https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/mlb-free-agency-andrelton-simmons-reportedly-joins-twins-giants-close-to-deal-with-tommy-la-stella/ If they can move Polanco off SS...they’ve already markedly improved their defensive lineup from last year. Rosario was lousy too, in that regard. Then they have Royce Lewis coming right behind. Lewis could also end in CF if Buxton leaves, or Polanco, possibly moving out there. Looks like Kiriloff has mostly played 1B/RF, then you have Larnach as well for corner OF/DH. Which makes one think they will spend on pitching instead of Cruz.

Apparently enjoys life on the West Coast...and SF a massive upgrade over Oaktown.

Check all local hospitals for Fathom....and Madrigal family condition updates. Oh, thats’s right, he wanted Kolton Wong, but maybe LaStella as well.

It’s amazing in retrospect we gave Derek Holland so much in a non-compete year but now can’t seem to locate $6-8 million (at least not yet) when we’re actually trying to compete. Or Ivan Nova...I mean, I realize we were protecting the likes of Cease, Lopez and Kopech, but that money would come in quite handy now.

Did Ty Cobb “respect” the game with his style of play? It’s a very slippery slope, especially when you start incorporating off-the-field issues or political stances.

Depends how much you believe in guys like Vladdy, Biggio and Bichette...as well as their health.

2000/03-06/08/10/12/16/20 (for the first 5-6 weeks). 10/21, but just 2 of last 8.

Don’t forget Bobby Jenks vs. a certain Twins CF who shall not be named from 2008, hint, a Hawk favorite not named Torii Hunter. Or one of the forgettable 2012 rookie relievers against Boston down the stretch...Cody Ross. Zobrist in the Dome against Koch. David Robertson vs. the Royals. Any no name Twin like Denny Hocking, Lew Ford, Nick Punto or Blanco vs. White Sox.

They seemed to pull a 3ish fWAR rookie out of their system nearly every year...many were not super heralded.

A loss that many bitter Rangers’ fans still blame him for...

Other than Koch, Robertson and Linebrink/Dotel, we haven’t historically spent a ton of money bring in outside talent for the pen.

https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/30759398/source-jurickson-profar-san-diego-padres-agree-3-year-21-million-deal 3 years and $21 million for a "utility player" who's not expected to start more than 1/2 of the time....and also insurance for Cronenwerth sophomore regression at 2B. 9 salaries now of over $7 million for 2021, including five at over $10+ million (Machado, Myers, Hosmer, Darvish and Snell). The first four names there are all higher than Grandal's team-leading salary. The White Sox, comparatively, have 4 over $10 million (Grandal, Keuchel, Abreu, Hendriks) and four more at $6.8 million or higher (Anderson, Eaton and Moncada all in this same neighborhood, contract-wise.)

Well, there’s simply no way that Collins will get the majority of DH at-bats.

"Garbage" take.

Kopech did not reveal his personal decisionmaking process in the announcement. Pursuant to the modified rules for the 2020 season, players have the exclusive right to opt out without penalty. Those that have a particular medical basis for the decision can retain their salary and service time; others sacrifice those things. It’s not clear in this case whether Kopech will continue to accrue service time in the 2020 season. If not, the 24-year-old will begin the 2021 campaign with just over one full season of MLB service. that’s all i could find at mlbtraderumors.com

Here’s where evaluation comes into play. God knows we’ve made plenty of mistakes (just having Bassitt and Montas could have staved off the rebuild, let alone Semien), but Dunning was never perceived to have that TOR upside of Kopech/Cease or Crochet and Jared Kelley. Plus, his age (26) worked a bit against him as well. A decade ago, his stuff would have played well as a starter, but not in the current game. While some starters can still succeed at 92-93, touching 94...the odds are going against those guys unless they can pitch in short bursts at higher velocity out of the pen. Otherwise, you’ve got to have wicked movement, difficult to pick up delivery or the type of extension Giolito gets with that massive frame and arm whip...where the ball is on you before you can react.

We will be lucky if anyone pitches 100 innings at the rate things are going...

https://www.denverpost.com/2020/09/16/rockies-jon-gray-season-ends/ Shoulder soreness...not exactly a great sign.

We’re not quite the NFL, where there’s already a mini team rebellion in Miami because players project Tua to be incapable of approximating Mahomes, Allen, Watson, Jackson or even Russell Wilson.