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  1. Brock Beauchamp
    I'd love to see Ryan pursue a Vargas or Arcia trade. I like both those players - I like them a lot - but the reality of the situation is that the Twins are overflowing with no-defense players and those two have the most value.
  2. Brock Beauchamp
    It all depends on context. There are far too many variables to make a blanket statement about how long a rebuild should take.
  3. Brock Beauchamp
    That's assuming a lot of things. Going into this season, Myers was fresh off a RotY award. Sure, he stumbled this season - partially due to injury - but it's not as if his ability has suddenly fallen off a cliff. Anyway, I'm tired of rehashing this argument. Everyone here knows my stance on the Shields/Myers trade, I see no reason to continue flogging that horse in another thread.
  4. Brock Beauchamp
    Five years? Teams are able to go from 70 wins to 90 wins in five years all the time. But it's really hard to do it in one.
  5. Brock Beauchamp
    Too good to even consider at this point, and I quite like Ryan as General Manager.
  6. Brock Beauchamp
    Well, sure... But Dozier was a 4.6 WAR player in 2014. Exactly how much better will the team get by trading him? The upside here is minimal. The downside is huge.
  7. Brock Beauchamp
    Inversely, GMs who cavalierly trade away very good players without competent backups behind them don't belong in the big seat.
  8. Brock Beauchamp
    If the Royals lose tomorrow, did it really work though? They'll have spent two years of James Shields for a one-game playoff that ended in defeat. That's not the type of rebuild I want to see the Twins emulate. Trading away the #4 prospect in baseball for a near-miss and a WC berth in this era doesn't really feel like "mission accomplished" to me. Sure, the Royals *should* be competitive next year but it's going to be really hard to replace Shields. But hey, they could win tomorrow and that makes the trade look loads better instantly... Oakland is very beatable right now. On that topic, what the hell happened to Oakland? Man, they looked so good going into the deadline and just fell apart.
  9. Brock Beauchamp
    No, hoarding prospects isn't the right move all the time. But I believe trying to jump from 70 wins to 90 wins in a season through trades is the wrong move. If the Royals finished 2013 with 82 wins and picked up two years of David Price for Wil Myers to put them into the 90 win range in 2014 and 2015, I'd be all for it. Get to 80 wins through savvy pick-ups and internal development, then go for broke. Otherwise you're just trying to force the issue.
  10. Brock Beauchamp
    I feel really bad for Ricky. Every night, he has to roll into his cold, hard Minnesota bed and cry himself to sleep. It's completely irrelevant that his cold, hard Minnesota bed is made of stacked $100 bills.
  11. Brock Beauchamp
    Absolutely not. The Royals have quite a bit of talent but let's remember one important thing here: With James Shields, the Royals have won 86 and 89 games. How many are they going to win without him? They're a fringe contender with James Shields. It's going to be really hard to be better without him even if more young players step forward in 2015 and if the Royals are going to continue to make postseason appearances, they're going to need to be better than 86 and 89 wins a season.
  12. Brock Beauchamp
    And you'd open a hole at second base. Best case scenario is that your net gain is zero, while your net loss could be substantial if things go wrong. The Twins need to keep their good players, not trade them away. If Rosario or Polanco or somebody looks capable of taking over second base, then you trade Dozier.
  13. Brock Beauchamp
    I think he'll be back, though if I was in charge I'd move on. I don't dislike Gardy - well, not a lot anyway - but it's time to let someone else steer the ship for awhile.
  14. Brock Beauchamp
    This. Giving up Sano-level talent at this point is foolish, just as I thought KC was foolish for doing it two years ago. Rebuilds take time and the Twins don't have an abundance of talent at any position, certainly not enough to start trading top prospects. If you want an "ace", go buy one. Unlike the Royals, the Twins have the money to do that. Personally, I'd bank on May, Meyer, and Berrios in 2015 and let it ride. It's time for the kids to play. If that fails spectacularly, then go find a pitcher next offseason.
  15. Brock Beauchamp
    Yeah, I've used create space. It's a decent service though we'd have to charge $20-25 for the handbook just to make $3 or so. On demand full color printing is really pricey.
  16. Brock Beauchamp
    It's possible, though making a profit through those companies is pretty much an exercise in futility. Given the format of the book, our options are limited in size and shape, which in turn degrades the digital experience and we'd only make a dollar or two per book to keep the price reasonable.
  17. Brock Beauchamp
    Yeah, there's no way we're printing a version of the handbook. Sorry. It would be almost impossible to just break even on the book if we had to foot printing costs.
  18. Brock Beauchamp
    Hey everybody, I know many of you read the handbook and I wanted to get feedback on one specific thing: What device did you use most often to read last year's handbook? If you didn't buy last year's book but plan to buy this year, what type of device will you use to read the handbook?
  19. Brock Beauchamp
    *shiver runs down spine*
  20. Brock Beauchamp
    Zimmer also referred to Robinson as "the other guy" and commented "you can't make the club in a tub" when he was displeased with Robinson's behavior so it's pretty hard to make the argument that Zimmer doesn't have a doghouse and isn't willing to throw players under the bus when it suits his purposes.
  21. Brock Beauchamp
    It's possible. A lot of Hicks' behavior is filed under the "laid back Californian" meme but having lived in SoCal for almost two decades, it's not entirely accurate. A surfer might not show up to work at 6am but he sure shows up to surf at 6am. Hicks just doesn't seem to "get it", as loathe as I am to use that phrase.
  22. Brock Beauchamp
    Sheesh. It's like Hicks wants to be resigned to AAA for the rest of his career. If you're on questionable ground with the organization, you need to at least show up when they expect to see you. I thought that was a given.
  23. Brock Beauchamp
    I lean toward moving on from Gardy but won't lose my mind if he stays. Anderson, on the other hand...
  24. Brock Beauchamp
    There are many relievers who succeed with a good fastball and one mediocre breaking pitch. The bullpen is the place to put guys like that, actually. Starters need to alter their approach - often with different pitch mixes - the second and third time through a lineup. A reliever just has to go out there and throw really hard to three batters. The biggest question surrounding Pelfrey to the pen is whether he can throw hard enough (he'll need to be in the 94-95 range) in short appearances to induce swings and misses, not whether only having a fastball is a detriment.
  25. Brock Beauchamp
    WE'RE NUMBER ONE! WE'RE NUMBER ONE! http://www.healthyplace.com/blogs/recoveringfrommentalillness/files/2012/05/1FoamFinger-copy.jpg
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