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  1. Brock Beauchamp
    The front office can't justify keeping him in Ft Myers much longer if he keeps this up.
  2. Brock Beauchamp
    Frustrating for sure but I'll take a string of low scoring one run losses over the clown car pitching performances of April (or 2013) any day.
  3. Brock Beauchamp
    Not really, honestly. This team is so much more structurally sound than the 2013 squad that I will enjoy watching them play the second half of the season. Worst case scenario, they fall out of contention and trade a bunch of pieces. That paves the way for May, Meyer, and possibly Rosario to see action in Minnesota. Either way, it's better than last season.
  4. Brock Beauchamp
    Josh Willingham is graceful like 600 lb. gorilla in a ballerina costume.
  5. Brock Beauchamp
    Man, they're really picking on Brian this inning.
  6. Brock Beauchamp
    Bull Dozier. Buy your shirts now. http://minncentric.com/collections/frontpage/products/bull-dozier
  7. Brock Beauchamp
    Someday, that Santana kid is going to stop hitting. I have no idea when that day will come. 2027, maybe?
  8. Brock Beauchamp
    Good for Pino. Don't understand why May didn't get the call. He's the obvious choice IMO.
  9. Brock Beauchamp
    Looking over his splits, the first thing that popped into my head was "Hey, it's Jason Kubel with legs".
  10. Brock Beauchamp
    I think Puckett had a considerable edge defensively... I should have clarified with "Gwynn was the better hitter by a healthy margin". I wasn't factoring in defense at all.
  11. Brock Beauchamp
    Yeah. It's unlikely that KC could swing an ace even if they wanted to spend the money. I'm not really bashing the idea behind the Shields trade, only the timing. If you're going to trade for an ace with two years of control, you damned well better make the playoffs twice because things are going to only get harder after that point.
  12. Brock Beauchamp
    http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/06/17/red-sox-designate-grady-sizemore-for-assignment-call-up-prospect-garin-cecchini/ Most of us knew it was coming...
  13. Brock Beauchamp
    Agreed. It makes more sense to throw money at a guy who you know will cripple your team in years 4-7 and keep that prospect who might help keep the team afloat in years 4-7 than trade the prospect and lose the ace pitcher in two years anyway. I'd rather have an albatross of a contract and a top prospect than no prospect, no ace, and some money.
  14. Brock Beauchamp
    As much as it pained me to say it as a kid, Gwynn was quite a bit better than Puckett. The guy was just a phenomenal hitter, unrivaled by anyone else during that time. His ridiculous swing and miss stats show just how amazing he was during his career.
  15. Brock Beauchamp
    I don't think we're really disagreeing. Much like the argument about the Royals and Shields, much of my opinion comes down to timing. If the Twins are an 87 win team, go for that ace. He'll not only get you to the playoffs, he'll give you a better chance to advance once you're there. But a 70 win team has as much use for an "ace" as it does 2013 Joe Mauer. It's going to barely move the needle and you'll give away incredibly valuable resources to barely move that needle.
  16. Brock Beauchamp
    They missed the playoffs last season after winning only 72 games the previous season. They only have Shields for 1/2 a season more and then he's gone for good. Would you want the Twins to give up Miguel Sano for David Price only to have them miss the playoffs this season? I'd be pretty pissed if that happened. Trading for an ace is a smart move if you're confident that puts your team over the 90 win mark, which basically guarantees a playoff berth. The move itself wasn't the problem so much as Moore banked on too many unknowns and lost half of Shields' service time because of it. He was impatient at the exact moment when patience is needed more than anything else. And they could still easily miss the playoffs this season as well, which moves the trade from "bad" to "blunder".
  17. Brock Beauchamp
    Most of those guys weren't top 15 pitchers in the years you listed. For example, Pedro only pitched 44 innings in 2009 and went 0-2 with a 6+ ERA in the World Series. Guys like John Lackey, Lester, etc. are not "Top 15" guys (plus, you're listing 3-5 guys per season from two teams, no way they're all "Top 15" guys). They're good pitchers. You know, kinda like Phil Hughes has been this season. I keep repeating this point but I'll do it again: "Ace Pitchers" and "Super Stars" do not win the World Series because if that's the team focus, that team will often miss the playoffs entirely. Those players are nice to have but I'll take a roster of 2009 Jason Kubels over one Joe Mauer and a bunch of league average players. That's what gets you to the playoffs. A bunch of pretty good to really good complementary players, not 1-2 superstars and roster chaff. And once you get to the playoffs, all bets are off. The better players tend to win but that's hardly a given.
  18. Brock Beauchamp
    I just don't see starting pitching being an immediate need. The Twins need to determine what they have in May and Meyer this season. Next season, they'll probably need to determine what they have in Berrios. With Gibson, Nolasco, and Hughes virtually locked into the rotation, there simply isn't room to continue adding free agent starters. And that's not even including guys like Johnson, Pino, and Gilmartin...
  19. Brock Beauchamp
    I struggle to believe the Twins would roll out a guy for 8.1 innings and 120 pitches without him getting the call, especially a guy that's already on the 40 man roster. Then again, this wouldn't be the first time the team did something that confused the hell out of me.
  20. Brock Beauchamp
    I don't see it. The Twins simply do not have room in the rotation if they want to promote any of the young guys.
  21. Brock Beauchamp
    It certainly looks like Correia has earned a continued look in the rotation and Deduno is now the odd man out. I wish the front office would make a move. I'd take almost any move right now. So tired of watching this rotation flounder every second or third start.
  22. Brock Beauchamp
    While any team should balk at giving up a talent like Wil Myers, that's what it takes to get two years of an "ace" pitcher. Kansas City's mistake wasn't so much that they overpaid, it's that their timing was awful. They could have sat on Myers for a season (and his value would have actually been higher after last year's RoY campaign) and traded for Price instead of Shields. If you have a guy like Wil Myers in your system, teams will line up to trade for him almost every season. Anyway, back on topic. Ace pitchers are nice. They are not needed to win a World Series, though they certainly help. But the idea of the Twins trading away a top prospect for a couple of years of an "ace" is laughable at best, grounds to fire the entire front office at worst. They simply aren't in the position to make that kind of move right now.
  23. Brock Beauchamp
    The Twins are now sitting at their pythag expected record. 32-36 and a .471 winning percentage. Over a 162 game season, that's a 76 win pace. Definitely an improvement and better than many of us expected. With additions to the rotation almost certainly on the way, do you expect the Twins to finish over or under 76 games? I'll play the optimist card and say over by 1-3 games.
  24. Brock Beauchamp
    Eh, they all have value. You're only going to run into issues if you ignore one at the expense of the other. For example, Brian Dozier doesn't have a good batting average but he compensates for that with strong discipline, which results in a solid OBP. Overall, he's just fine. It'd be nice if his BA was higher but because of his discipline and power, it's really a non-issue.
  25. Brock Beauchamp
    Ugh. Just terrible. I went to high school in San Diego and have very fond memories of Gwynn. He seemed like a great guy all around.
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