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  1. Brock Beauchamp
    And Liriano stays at 1-7 for the season. Ouch.
  2. Brock Beauchamp
    Revere would have caught that twice.
  3. Brock Beauchamp
    That's where Butera earns his paycheck. The jog between the plate and the mound.
  4. Brock Beauchamp
    Ugh, Plouffe. Ugh.
  5. Brock Beauchamp
    If a pitcher drives in a pitcher and no one is watching, does the run count?
  6. Brock Beauchamp
    Wait, what? He can do that?
  7. Brock Beauchamp
    Facing the Pirates helps a bit. Still, he's throwing a gem through 5+ so far.
  8. Brock Beauchamp
    An empty .500 OPS. If that's even possible.
  9. Brock Beauchamp
    You know, I'm not sure. I haven't used this software in over six years so it's basically like learning it from scratch again. I'll look into it but I'd think that it has to offer that service. Back in the day, we used to have 200+ posts in almost every game thread at BYTO. My goal is to get back to those kinds of numbers here at TD. Of course, the Twins looking more Bad News Bears than '27 Yankees makes it an uphill battle but I think it's an achievable goal.
  10. Brock Beauchamp
    A 2:1 hit/walk ratio is good, right?
  11. Brock Beauchamp
    We're just trying out some new ideas. The concept is to get the game thread and articles seen by as many eyes as possible. After the game is over, the thread will be archived in the game thread forum. TD usually has 4-8x as many people looking at the minor league and Twins forums as it does the article and game thread forums so hopefully, we'll get more lively discussion all around.
  12. Brock Beauchamp
    We all know the Pirates offense is inept but Liriano is looking pretty good out there tonight.
  13. Brock Beauchamp
    We should have a Quality AB comparison of Butera, Liriano, and Bedard.
  14. Brock Beauchamp
    Agreed. Coming off TJ, I'd rather see the kid stay in the minors and face the inevitable post-TJ surgery woes away from pitching-starved Minnesota fans. Given JR's track record, he'll probably be brought along slowly.
  15. Brock Beauchamp
    It's a little frustrating to see the Twins put two pitchers at the back of the lineup in tonight's game. Add in Morneau against a lefty and 1/3 of this lineup is entirely useless.
  16. Brock Beauchamp
    Butera struck out. Didn't see that coming.
  17. Brock Beauchamp
    I hate watching 3-and-done playoff series but I hate not making the playoffs more. JR was a mixed bag this offseason but overall, he did a pretty good job. The Capps signing was groan-worthy and the Carroll signing was meh. 38 year old MI don't impress me much, particularly when signed to multi-year deals. But he did a fantastic job with Burton, Willingham, and Doumit. Overall, he gets at least a B, probably a B+.
  18. Brock Beauchamp
    Had trouble getting my proxy server working and missed the first half of the inning. Who scored?
  19. Brock Beauchamp
    Along with the bad Bedard. He has been lit up in two of his last three starts so there's hope for that.
  20. Brock Beauchamp
    We'll see if these lineups are correct (found a new source): Twins Span CF Revere RF Willingham LF Morneau 1B Plouffe 3B Dozier SS Carroll 2B Butera C (Liriano P) Pirates Tabata LF Harrison RF McCutchen CF McGehee 1B Walker 2B Alvarez 3B Barmes SS McKenry C (Bedard P)
  21. Brock Beauchamp
    I definitely agree, I merely wonder whether it's better to punt 2013 and push for 2014 when the next wave of prospects starts to arrive. If I was the Twins FO, I'd be looking long and hard at the FA pitching market in 2013 and 2014 and figuring out which has more potential for success.
  22. Brock Beauchamp
    I think you're undervaluing Span. Guys who are under control for 3+ more seasons, are young-ish, and play an up-the-middle position are valuable to the right team. He's one of the better table-setters in baseball. I don't think much can be had for Morneau and Willingham though... Not yet, at least. If they play at their current levels for the entire season, that could change this offseason. The rest are just "get what you can and move on" trade pieces. As for contending, the AL Central is kinda awful. It doesn't take much to win the division and I consider that contending, playoff sweeps be damned. But it's a difficult proposition. We both agree that finding good pitching is incredibly difficult. More soft-tossers aren't going to cut it over the course of the season. To get back on track, the Twins are going to have to try new strategies and I happen to believe that it's probably a bad idea to try before 2014.
  23. Brock Beauchamp
    I view it as a "net gain" situation. I don't expect Revere to be an equal replacement for Span but I think there's a good chance he'll play acceptably in center field (plus defense, minus offense). The real question is "can you get a pitcher good enough to make a net gain from, say, "Span/Blackburn" to "Revere/Pitcher X"? I think you can but teams may not be willing to make that move. If they're not, keep Span.
  24. Brock Beauchamp
    I agree with most of what you're saying but the Twins aren't going to compete in 2012 and I think it's going to be really difficult to compete in 2013. Ryan definitely shouldn't give Span away but to some teams, he could be the difference between the playoffs and sitting at home. He's on the right side of 30, plays up-the-middle, is under a team-friendly contract for a few more years and is generally regarded as an above-average player. That should be able to net a top 100 prospect without much difficulty, top 50 if the team is anxious to compete. The closer the player is to the majors, the lower on the top 100 scale he is likely to be in a deal for Span. But other than Span, there isn't much worth trading. Obviously you take what you can get for Capps, Doumit, Pavano, etc. but it's going to be hard to get much of anything for those guys (but Doumit might bring back a middling prospect).
  25. Brock Beauchamp
    I don't think this team is that far from contending. On the other hand, assembling a rotation is the hardest thing to do in baseball. Some of that talent will have to be home grown (here's looking at you, Gibson). Diamond, Gibson, and perhaps a return of Scott Baker might be enough to right the ship. I don't have much faith in anyone else in the system, excepting perhaps Hendriks. The Twins are going to have to make a free agent splash. The question is: when should they do it? 2013? 2014? I tend to think 2014 is the better bet, as it will coincide with the first wave of Arcia/Hicks/Rosario/Sano reaching the majors. In the meantime, what should they do? I think it's a good idea to turn possible redundancies into prospects. Span is the easy choice. Maybe Willingham next season. The Twins are going to have a glut of outfielders arriving at the same time. Perkins should be offered but not necessarily traded if the deal isn't right. And punt on whatever you can get for Capps, Doumit, etc. this deadline.
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