powrwrap wrote:

OK, now *stop* presuming that. Just stop it. Ain't gonna happen. I
am toying with AnnE's notion that it helps to believe. If she's right,
you're killin' us, man. 2007 is the year. THE year.

Brian J

I hear ya. I'm the kind of guy that likes to know what the boundary
conditions are, the edges so to speak, and then work from there.

powrwrap wrote:

I'm willing to bet if the Twins guaranteed 8 millions over 5 years,
with incentives
tied to number of plate appearences, and where the Twins finish,
results in playoffs,
Torii would go for that. That would ensure he is with the Twins in the
new stadium,
and finishes his career here. That would be perfect. When you think of
moments
in the last 5 years, most of them involve Torii, like crashing into the
White Sox catcher,
and scoring.

On Wed, 11 Oct 2006, Andy - Mpls wrote:


BTW, Alan, I choose to view this window as being longer than 1 year.
I wouldn't like to see a team plan too much against a hard boundary
condition, in any case.


Trouble is, we're beyond the comfort level with him now at $11-12
million, so $8M just brings him to something like where we want. But
in five years, will we still like that number, or will it look as
high, relatively, as $11M does now? Already being 30, he's not likely
to be as productive in each succeeding year as now. Guys like Bonds
playing productively into their 40s remain the exception; plenty of
guys are washed up at 35.

Of course, if that fourth or fifth year is beyond the reasonable
window of opportunity we see open for the team now, he would fetch
something in a housecleaning trade, I suppose.

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