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  1. Nine of twelve
    Baseball is so different from the other three major North American sports. This shows how difficult it is to project the future of young players and how long it can take for a young player's skills to develop.
  2. Nine of twelve
    Pressly and Berrios were both trading deadline transactions in seasons where the Twins were not going to make the postseason. I doubt either would have been traded if the Twins had been in the race. Would they have been traded at the end of that season? Maybe, although Berrios' contract would have expired. I've said many times that any and every player should be traded if the organization is improved as a result. We got Celestino and Alcala for Pressly, and Martin and Woods-Richardson for Berrios. It's easily possible that we will have won both trades after we look back at it a few years from now. So trading Maeda and/or Gray would not worry me.
  3. Nine of twelve
    I hope that NYY, LAD and Hou all lose their postseason series. Every year. Or better yet, that none of them qualifies.
  4. Nine of twelve
    I don't. But I don't hate them less either.
  5. Nine of twelve
    I'm not on Twitter, but someone who is told me that there was a tweet that Correa has officially opted out.
  6. Nine of twelve
    Watching Sea @ Hou through the family room window from the deck. At first we thought Alvarez swung and missed. When my co-watcher realized it was a walk-off dinger instead there were several expletives uttered.
  7. Nine of twelve
    As I said, I don't think Pagan is the pitcher Pressly was or is. Nor did I say that I thought the Twins should keep Pagan. The similarity is that, based on his pitches, Pagan should be getting better results than what we have seen. I don't think anyone expects Pagan to suddenly become a lock-down closer. But from what I read he has the pitches that should enable him to give an inning of decent pitching on a regular basis.
  8. Nine of twelve
    Who wouldn't want to have Aaron Judge? But there is no way the Twins will be able to match the offers he will receive elsewhere. Not even close. Big money teams will make big offers, if for no other reason than to jack up the amount the Yankees will be forced to pay. I'll bet the Red Sox will be prominent in that group of teams. (Wonder what Judge would look like with a beard.?) But don't get any ideas; the Yankees *will* be signing him in the end. It's the same situation in which the Twins found themselves in 2010, only amplified to a ridiculous degree. The Twins knew they had no choice other than to meet Mauer's signing requirements, and Mauer and his agent knew that too. The same thing applies here. The Yankees have the wherewithal to beat any other offer and still be OK financially. The Yankees know it, and Judge and his agents know it. And Yankee fans know it. That fan base would be beyond irate if he lands anywhere else. The only thing we don't know yet is how much the Yankees will wind up spending.
  9. Nine of twelve
    This should play, as long as Kirilloff and Larnach are healthy. I still have hopes that Celestino can be that righty. He's young enough for us to expect improvement, but the improvement has to be there before I'll be convinced.
  10. Nine of twelve
    Garlick is the type of player who would be good to have in AAA so that he could fill in occasionally on the major league roster.
  11. Nine of twelve
    The situation with Pagan makes me think of Ryan Pressly. Pressly was underperforming in Minnesota despite having high-level talent. He was traded to Houston and immediately became a major force in the late innings for them, often closing. I don't know if the Twins were mis-coaching him or if he wasn't amenable to coaching or if it was just bad luck, but obviously something clicked for him in Houston that didn't click here. I'm not saying Pagan has Pressly's talent, but my question is whether Pagan's apparent underperformance can be turned around. If we keep Pagan it's critical for our next pitching coach to get the most out of him.
  12. Nine of twelve
    One, a team can't expect to receive value in a trade without giving up value. Two, any and every player on the roster (except those with non-trade clauses in their contracts) can and should be traded if the trade will improve the organization. Arraez' value as perceived by potential trading partners may never be higher, so if he were to be traded this would probably be the best time to do that.
  13. Nine of twelve
    I'm not quite sure what point of view is being expressed in the opening post. I think a no-hitter is noteworthy. But what needs to be considered is the reason it is noteworthy in the first place, that reason being that a team almost always wins a game in which no hits are allowed. I don't care at all whether a no-hitter is accomplished by one pitcher or by eight pitchers. I care more about how the manager handles the roster during a given game. If pulling a pitcher with a no-hitter increases the likelihood of winning the game then it's the right thing to do. If pulling a pitcher with a no-hitter increases the likelihood of winning the next game that pitcher starts (without decreasing the likelihood of winning the current game) then it's the right thing to do. It's all about what is best for the team and what is best for the pitcher(s) involved. Individual glory is fine, but team comes first.
  14. Nine of twelve
    The Twins' overall BA was .248. The BA with RISP was very nearly the same at .244. While this is not stellar it's not far from the MLB average in a year in which pitching dominated. Honestly, I think terming this as "dreadful" is poor analysis and lazy reporting.
  15. Nine of twelve
    We're number 3!?
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  17. Nine of twelve
    This guy looks like Eddie Gaedel. Is the ghost of Bill Veeck running the team again?
  18. Nine of twelve
    Looks like the boys are just having fun all right.
  19. Nine of twelve
    OK Rook, impress all of us! Edit: PH, never mind.
  20. Nine of twelve
    But we have yet to see who the first player born in the 21st century will be.
  21. Nine of twelve
    16 characters including the hyphen. I'm pretty sure this would be the longest last name in franchise history. Max Kepler-Rozycki has 14, and Gene DeMontreville had 13.
  22. Nine of twelve
    Should be easy to find a spot on the 40-man for now; I think we are allowed to transfer Archer or Gray to the IL-60.
  23. Nine of twelve
    Well, when you have a special ticket package that includes poor-to-average quality headwear it's going to attract a lot of people.
  24. Nine of twelve
    Of course there are many interlocking letter logos. But we have the only TC that I know of. Very recognizable and unique.
  25. Nine of twelve
    Of course I'll have to reserve comment on the new uniforms until I see them, but the one thing they had better not mess with is the TC logo. It should stay on their caps and continue to be used elsewhere. It's unique and it immediately identifies the team. There's nothing resembling it anywhere else in sports.
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