Brock Beauchamp

Toby! Toby! Toby!

As fans, we've done a good job of writing off Wimmers already, casting him as the next Adam Johnson or Shooter Hunt. It's way too early to do that and I reserve a small amount of hope for the kid going forward.

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Damn it, I had a long post typed out and the tab crashed in my browser. Anyway, over 1/3 of the roster looks like a decent ML team. The problem is that the rest of it is complete crap. I'd also like for JR to come out and state his plans but it doesn't make any sense to do it before the deadline. You're not going to gain negotiating power by showing your hand. But after the waiver deadline, I'd like to see the front office come out and state their intentions for next season and how they plan to get there.

To me, it looks like he's trying to move some assets and offload future money for prospects to restock the system while maintaining a semblance of a Major League franchise. I'm not one to jump the gun and make rash judgments on plans that haven't had time to bear fruit. JR tried to build a better team this offseason, the pitching failed miserably, and now he's compensating. The real test will be this offseason to see how he spends the newly-freed money. It's hard to accurately judge his plan until he actually has a chance to do something.

At this point, I think a "controlled burn" (I'm full of space-related phrases this morning) makes the most sense, which is what appears to be JR's plan. If no one bites on Morneau, wait until next season. As diehard mentioned, his value will be more next season even if his performance remains steady. If you trade either Span or Willingham this season, you can offload the other next year if the team is still awful. It's going to be many years before Houston is anything close to resembling a decent baseball team and with them moving to the nasty AL West next season, it could be even longer than it appears now. The Twins are no longer a small market team. They can afford to bring in decent players every season in FA while offloading players at their peak. The Twins have a lot of hitters in the pipeline in the next three years and Mauer in his prime. To me, it doesn't make any sense to trade the entire team and punt on the next 3-4 seasons, which is essentially what posters on this forum are advocating. In 3-4 years, we'll have Mauer still eating 1/4 of the salary, only at that point he'll be in his early 30s and declining in production.

Considering that the Twins have been awful in two-thirds of their post-dome years, I think it has more to do with awful baseball than team construction. Also, the 2008-2010 Twins were anything but a "dome team". Those teams were full of plodding mashers (Morneau, Kubel, Cuddyer, Thome, etc.).

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Indeed. It is cromulent.

No, sadist.

Turn your television upside down and Blackburn looks fine.

Nick Blackburn is bad at baseball.

At least Casilla made Peavy work for it.

I activated the theme. If you have problems with it, let me know. I only have an iPad and an Android phone handy to test it... Can't find my iPod right now so I can't test it on iPod/iPhone.

Damn, this team can really look pathetic some days.

Ahahahahahahahahahahahahahahah

You like him because you're a sadist.

No, you wouldn't. Hawk is ear cancer while DickBert are just a little dense.

Aaahhhhhhhhhhhh I accidentally turned on the Sox broadcast! My ears! My ears!

I'm working on it today. I may even have it up by the end of the day if things go well.

Twins: Span CF Revere RF Mauer C Willingham DH Morneau 1B Doumit LF Dozier SS Casilla 2B Carroll 3B (Blackburn P) Hawk Harrelsons: De Aza CF Youkilis 3B Dunn 1B Konerko DH Rios RF Ramirez SS Viciedo LF Flowers C Beckham 2B (Peavy P)

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