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Damn 6th win in a row. Couldn't have come at a worse time and frustrating as hell. Not only do we now have essentially no shot at the #1 draft slot, but it is very possible we could screw this up all the way to dropping to around the 5th or 6th pick and costing us several million in slot money.

So hard to believe this team went from by far the worst offensive team all of 2015 and the first half of this year, to the #1 offense in baseball the past 2+ months.

We had the #1 slot with 3 weeks to go last year, but got hot down the stretch and the Phillies and Reds passed us for the #1 and #2 picks.

Just four days ago we had a real shot at getting the #1 pick, and very little chance of slipping down any worse than #2. However after these last 4 wins in a row, the #1 pick is now almost out of reach, and dropping to the #3, #4 or #5 slot is a very real possibility. Drives me nuts, 2 years...

Snitker.

At this point with just 15 games remaining, while it is still remotely possible we could pick lower than the 2 slot, the chances of that are now quite slim. So it really comes down to us and the Twins fighting for picks 1 and 2 in next year's draft. Since we own the tie breaker and are now...

Damn if we didn't come from behind again and win our 5th in a row. If we keep this up, we could easily drop all the way down to the 9th or 10th slot in next year's draft.

Twins continue their free fall, losing their 12th in a row tonight and pulling even with us. We do however own the tiebreaker over them.

Very well said, of which I completely agree.

You sir would be quite wrong.

We will be 29 1/2 games behind these ****ers after this embarrassing loss. Geez :facepalm:

Damn this team is terrible. Just awful. :facepalm:

Agreed that a new CBA could completely change this landscape. But until that happens, this current CBA makes seriously considering holding back playing time to gain team control very valuable and one that must be considered.

Sorry, but that is flawed logic. By losing 1 year of control, we will either A) lose Dansby to FA one year earlier, or B) extend him, but the cost will be considerably higher due to that lost pre-arb year we are burning now. For example, let's assume at the end of the 2019 season we want to...

Hate that we are burning a year of control of Swanson on this putrid team. Would have much rather seen him finish the year out in AA, start 2017 in Gwinnett, and then if he did well there, promote him mid season. Would have been the much smarter play.

This is damned embarrassing. :facepalm::facepalm:

In the games I've watched Kemp in lf, he looks about as bad and unsure of himself as I've seen in a long time.

Brutal :facepalm:

From Fangraphs: Super Two status is all about money. If a player has something like 2.160 years of service at the end of a season, the arbitration clock starts as if they had 3.000 years, making the player’s earning power higher. Teams try to avoid this by delaying promotion to the major...

Wrong, super 2 changes nothing where years of team control is concerned, it just gives the player 4 years of arby instead of the usual 3.