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  1. Battle ur tail off
    I like Polanco. He takes good at bats most of the time and has some pop in his bat. He can run, high energy type guy also. He's my SS until someone takes the job from him, at which point I move him over to 2B or something. Perfect 1-2 hitter. Gets on base at a pretty good clip and with his speed...
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    When have the Twins shown that a savings one year, equals big spending when needed later on? I'll give you the answer - NEVER. When have they went for it when they've had a chance? - NEVER I mean does anyone truly believe here that when this team needs a couple real pieces in a few years should this core gel together that the Twins will go out and get real high end talent?, sign it? trade for it? You are fooling yourselves. Just look back in time., 2006 and 2010 were the Twins best chances recently to take things to another level. 2006 they had Jason freaking Tyner manning the DH spot. 2010, Carl Pavano was their #1 starter. Now mind you, most of the roster on both of these teams was great, young, producing. They missed big time during those years when a trade or signing could have taken them over the top, and have only shown more of the same BS through to now. It's been the same song and dance and it is so surprising to me that so many are able to excuse them for it time and again. I flat out don't believe they will ever take the jump. Even "IF" the stars align perfectly.
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    If either of them would have signed for this the ink would have already been on paper IMO.
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    Start and play him every day this season regardless of how he does. He has this year as a starter. If he can't figure out it, you use him as a defensive replacement and pinch runner going forward until he is no longer cheap to have around.
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    I understand where you are coming from. Of course you need a core of guys that are cheap and effective ballplayers before you go out and spend big. The thing is, your strategy requires another 5 years. And I have news for you. The 3 studs we are counting on, Lewis, Kiriloff and Graterol. Pick one, because one is all that will pan out. Low minors domination means jack squat in the grand scheme of things. Also, if your course is the way you see the Twins going, then why do they keep bringing in bargain basement guys? Low end free agents, etc? Why are they not trying to build this core further, give guys chances to step in a be a piece of the major league team? They are still thumbing through the index of castoffs and signing guys that barely move the needle, yet take up roster spots and then they end up losing pieces to 40 man roster decisions rather than seeing what they have. What I and other posters see is the halfway approach and how it both does nothing to contend in the present, and also nothing to see what you have for the future and it's frustrating.
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    Don't agree. So what you are saying is that this team needs to wait for the perfect storm in order to add anyone with real talent? What is wrong with picking up a piece here, piece there. Even if you think your window isn't until 2020 and beyond? Is it against the rules to sign or trade for these 27-30 year old guys for 2-4 years so that they can be here to help now and into the future? If you really feel nothing will happen until 2020 or beyond, then roll with the young guys!! See what you have in some of those pitchers! Don't sign a never was, never will be guy that's 28 and never been any good, just let Mejia take the reigns he will cost nothing and give you the same or more results anyway! I'm always of the belief that there is a chance to add premium talent, if it is in your budget and the player is the right age, you should do whatever you can to get it. Quit hoping and praying so much. Just cut down the numbers of players you bring in, make sure they are guys you can count on producing, and fill in the gaps with your minor league system.
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    I can agree with you about the payroll argument being fruitless if it didn't have a basis. The thing is, the Twins have continually been cheap. Year in, year out. So much so, that other players and agents don't even want to sign/play here. And it isn't just that. Even when we had good cores and great players before, the organization didn't resign them. For christs sake, they had one of, if not the best pitcher in their history in his prime and wouldn't fork over the money needed to keep him! That should be and would be unacceptable almost anywhere else. Throw in the fact that they received a huge publicly funded mansion of a stadium and people probably feel like it is owed to them. If they aren't making much money, then open up the books! Show the people you aren't killing it. Because as of now, all over MLB, the Minnesota Twins are thought of as a penny pinching organization and have been for some time.
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    You pay them all and win a WS. Or you can identify guys that you don't think you will need a trade them for the best prospects in the game. Having too much talent is never a bad problem to have.
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    No, they weren't in on Darvish till the end. That is Twins speak for: we low balled a player and acted like there was a chance, when we knew damn well there wasn't. It's OK to go out a sign a stud and pay him big money. What is the point in grabbing 4 players for 32 million a year? How about, 1 or 2 players for that same money? Then fill in with your system. I am so sick of the Twins way of acquiring piles of mediocre players thinking that they will get lucky some time. You are better off bringing in less guys on higher money deals. That way you get real talent. Not fringe guys or guys other teams don't want any part of. Just bite the bullet for a change. It gets old.
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    Twins really dropped the ball this offseason as far as relievers go. I thought they needed to go out and add at least one if not two high end guys. They should have gone out and got the best reliever on the market, whoever they felt that was for sure. Kind of boggles my mind that they are going cheap and trying to covert guys, catch lightning in a bottle types here. Guess I shouldn't be surprised though, it really isn't much different than Terry Ryan. Cheap, sign guys that aren't any better than what you have, etc etc.
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    This guy could be decent, but if this is a signing with a guaranteed spot in the rotation, I am disappointed. It also shows that our FO doesn't think we will compete this year. This is a contract given out to a guy that was highly thought of, never really made anything out of himself, but it still young. If he ever lives up to some of the hype he had early, he could be quite a find. Most likely though, it's a dumpster dive of the Terry Ryan variety. The biggest thing this guy has going for him is that he is still fairly young.
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    Yawn. Wake me up in 2025 when they even see AAA. Might end up turning out that way, but you sacrificed one of the better arms in your system to get them. Don't tell me they couldn't have resigned him if wanted after this coming season. I guess I'm just sick of always playing for the future. Letting go of guys like that in their prime for low, low minor league players will keep you in the perpetual rebuild. A ball and lower guys are always a crapshoot and I'd guess on the average, 20% or less of those prospects at that level every pan out. If those kids were AA cats dominating that level, I might feel a bit different about it. Maybe the Twins won't be good the next couple years and those prospects end up being a couple of players. Then it's a great trade. However, if the Astros get another year like last out of Pressly and one of those 2 doesn't end up being a pretty valuable piece, we lose.
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    Wilson Ramos. Should have signed him this year too.
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    If we cut Addison Reed, the GM should be fired on the spot.
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    Might be nice to have Ryan Pressly eh? But I guess we are good to go, we got 2 A ball kids.
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    Since the catcher is a terrible hitter and marginal defensive catcher, I'd say. Also, certainly he was a middle of the road pickup and catcher when better options existed. Reed had pretty good value, but why go for the #3 guy? You knew your bullpen needed help, go get the top dog. Again, he was cheap and of Twins predictability. This is the reason the Twins rarely "win" trades or free agent signings. They go for guys that are looking for a bounceback season, or middle of the road dudes. I'm for quality over quantity. If they would just embrace that philosophy, I think they would be better off.
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    Almost gua-ran-fricken-teed. You think Chicago is gonna sit on their hands when they are ready? They have a decent season this coming season they will go out and sign or trade for the best pitcher and position player out there. Twins should be stacking up 25-30 year old players with high end talent right now. Instead they are looking dumpster and old boys on 1 year deals. Like it or not, the Twins are gonna still hinge on Buxton and Sano. Don't expect anything out of the A ball wonder kids either for another 2-3 years either. They just won't be impact players until then if they are at all. You've seen what guys coming up through our system do. It takes a few years for them to get acclimated no matter the talent level. Our Minor league system just hasn't been any good at preparing them. Let's hope at least that part of the organization is changing, if nothing else.
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    That is why the damn cheapskates should have been signing 2 of the best relievers they could find. Or they should trade for them still. You have May and Romero. Either can start if someone gets hurt. Then you have Stewart, Gonsalves, and a whole gaggle of other guys that can fight for a start here and there. I'd ask Bucholz to come to spring training, but the rest, count me out 100%. I honestly don't think he would accept that kind of deal to a team like the Twins. He will get something guaranteed, or take a spring training invite to a contender before he comes here. Talent, high end talent on trades and FA or roll with the young guys. That is what I will preach. No use wasting roster spots on washed up guys, or guys that weren't ever any good anyway when you have a whole bunch of young ones waiting for their chance.
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    With a few additions to the bullpen to make it more reliable and some steps forward by May and Romero out there, this team is going to win the division. They lost tons of games last year because their pen was terrible. If they really want to win, make a trade or sign 1 or 2 guys and lets roll.
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    I think because people watch the game and can see that he looks like he knows what he is doing. Kepler consistently takes good at bats. He walks a fair amount also and hits for decent power and is young. Add 20 points onto his batting average and another 15 walks and 5 HRs and you have a player that hits .250/.350/440 and is 25 years old. He also plays good defense. I don't know, of all of the hitters we watch, he looks like he is one that has the most room for improvement at the plate. He has a good approach right now.
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    I don't want anything to do with Santana, but I would say your 5 there look far from set. 4, we have no clue what we will get from the guy and 5 has been hurt a ton, plus hasn't been super great even when he's been here. I'd say that 4 and 5 spot are wide open. Could go to someone in a trade or FA, or there are about 4-5 guys that will fight it out.
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    I don't feel like Sano being so far down on this list is fair. Especially when we all know you are gonna put a couple A ball players 1 and 2 who have just as much, if not more of a chance of washing out. Sano is top 5 IMO on this team. They will still rise and fall with Sano and Buxton the next few years. One difference between Buxton and Sano's hitting that I have seen with my eyes. When Sano came up, he was patient, didn't swing at junk, walked a bunch, then hammered pitches when he was thrown hittable strikes. He lost that somewhere along the line, but his OBP and walk rate in the minors suggest he is capable of that again. Buxton never had any patience(at the ML level anyway) looked lost, guessed almost 100% of the time. He is still looks like a high school hitter. No polish whatsoever. I feel like Sano will be back if he can get himself in shape and his head screwed on straight. Almost seems like it is mostly mental with this guy, hopefully he has grown up. I guess I don't ever feel like Buxton will be the type of patient hitter Sano CAN be. He can still be a good hitter, but he is gonna have to do it by making good contact and using his legs.
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    I think Reed is going to come back and have a good season this year. He was hurt last year, and his prior track record is good. He also has good stuff in his repertoire.
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    This doesn't move the needle much? You are going to take a guy out of the lineup that OPS runs in the .650-.700 range and replace it with a guy that is in that .800-900 range and is also a patient, professional hitter with tons of pop. This moves the needle a pile. That list you named. It's Sano. That's it. The rest of them are nothing and bench players on a good team. If they get little to no playing time because of this signing, that's a good thing, not a bad one. Adding high end talent, however you can get it is never a bad thing. To your last point, let's say they do have a couple seasons like that. Fine, it's at least competitive baseball. Who says you have to go full rebuild in 2 years? Will Sano, Buxton, Rosario, Berrios, etc etc not be right in the middle of their primes then? Still controllable also.
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    Why not both? I still think the Twins will bring in a few relief options. They should anyway. Get out of the thinking that spending bare bones is the only way to ever work things here in Twinsland.
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