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  1. Nine of twelve
    Thank you, Heezy. It's always interesting to read information presented by a true expert as opposed to the inexpert guesses that we often see on sites such as this.
  2. Nine of twelve
    I don't think he was rushed. Keep in mind he had played 4 years of D-I college ball and had success in high A and AA that first summer.
  3. Nine of twelve
    Gibson played 4 years in D-I college ball, whereas Stewart turned pro right after high school. That's why Gibson played very little in the low minors. Apples to oranges.
  4. Nine of twelve
    Forsythe had a 9-game (now 10-game) hitting streak so I don't think batting him leadoff was a bad idea.
  5. Nine of twelve
    The second sentence of this post is the crux of the matter. Even though it's early August we are in fall training mode. Evaluate the youngsters because we already know what we have in the veterans. Yes, we need to send our best players to the field when we are facing teams with postseason aspirations but we have a lot of games left against the Tigers, Royals and Whities (plus one series vs Texas) in which to give our prospects in the upper minors a tryout in the bigs.
  6. Nine of twelve
    Catching is scarce and becoming scarcer, and that's true throughout baseball, not just in the Twins organization. Nobody wants to give up a catching prospect.
  7. Nine of twelve
    I agree with this which is why I understand the complaints about it. But when it comes to a certain long-tenured player whenever he gets a day off the complaints seem to be that he is underused. Seems like a disconnect to me.
  8. Nine of twelve
    This. Yes, we could probably add overall value to the franchise by trading him but improving our position for the postseason for the next two seasons should be the goal. It's doubtful that we could accomplish that goal by trading Gibson because any team wanting him has the same goal, and they will want to keep players who are at that stage of development.
  9. Nine of twelve
    The question is, an asset for which team?
  10. Nine of twelve
    I would think Rodney and Duke will be the easiest to trade because almost everyone in the postseason race has at least one reliever that's less accomplished than both of them. That means each of them would upgrade an existing bullpen.
  11. Nine of twelve
    Here ends the 2018 season. All efforts should now be directed toward making 2019 as good as possible. I am quite optimistic about next season for many reasons, and I know I'm not alone.
  12. Nine of twelve
    I haven't read all the posts, and I'm sure this has been said but I'll restate it. Miami should be building for the more distant future while the Twins should be building for the near future. For this trade to happen it will require one of the best distant-future prospects the Twins have because we would be receiving one of the best near-future catchers there is. If I were the Miami GM I'd demand our best single-A prospect, Royce Lewis. Does anyone have the stomach (or other body parts somewhat lower on the male anatomy) to do that?
  13. Nine of twelve
    Any team that intentionally tanks is, IMHO, misguided. The draft is way more of a crapshoot in MLB than it is in other sports. Tanking simply doesn't result in a significant reward and a team with a good scouting department should be able to draft well at any point in the first round.
  14. Nine of twelve
    Strongly concur! But I still wonder why arrangements could not have been made to allow him to stay for the whole game.
  15. Nine of twelve
    So the Twins and/or Rodney couldn't afford to charter a lear jet to Miami for the hearing? And the only commercial flight available left in the middle of the afternoon? Just doesn't seem like the story is quite right.
  16. Nine of twelve
    When a team reaches the point where advancing to the postseason is highly unlikely selling should take place. However, that doesn't mean getting rid of anyone for whom you can get an offer. It means improving your team's position to have success as soon as possible. In the case of the Twins it means improving our position to have success in 2019. We will have a rehabilitated and improved Sano. We will have a rehabilitated and improved Buxton. We will have a full season of Polanco. We will have several young pitchers, both starters and relievers, who have been improving in the high minors. We should not jettison anyone who is likely to make a significant contribution next season. Dozier, Lynn, Rodney, Duke, maybe Mauer should be the ones to look at trading. Almost nobody under the age of 27 should be on the list.
  17. Nine of twelve
    Managing in the minors is much different from managing in MLB because player development and teaching are by far the most important things. As a result, decisions about who plays where and does what and when are approached much differently. My opinion is that a long-term MLB coach is probably better prepared to manage in MLB than a long-term minor league manager.
  18. Nine of twelve
    I generally concur with the sentiments here. 4 valuable members of the lineup have been either unavailable or hampered by injury: Buxton, Sano, Mauer and Polanco. Even though it's unlikely we'll get 2006 hot I think we leave Detroit, KC and the tighty Whities far behind as the rest of the season unfolds and those players return to form. Catching Cleveland? We can only do what we can do and if they stumble there's a chance. What I really think will happen is that we will have 95+ wins in 2019.
  19. Nine of twelve
    One thing not mentioned about 2006 is the pitching was top notch. That year's Cy Young winner was our second best starter for much of the season and the bullpen was a brick wall (Juan Rincon's juicing admittedly probably being part of that). This year's pitching has been satisfactory for the most part but not like 2006.
  20. Nine of twelve
    Congratulations. And I like the name. Will it be Ed, Edward, Eddie, or Eduardo? There's also another option: there's a player in the HOF named Edd Roush. Edd with two d's.
  21. Nine of twelve
    I didn't notice that before. If the coach is not sure until the last minute whether he'll send the runner he should be wheeling the runner and then stopping him at the last minute, not the other way around.
  22. Nine of twelve
    It could happen. Remember we're playing the White Sox, and if we can punish them in game 1 their bullpen will be thin. Let's get a sweep!
  23. Nine of twelve
    I'm surprised they didn't go with Slegers, but one of the reasons not mentioned so far for choosing Littell is to give him a little positive reinforcement. He and the team are all well aware that this is a one-and-done callup and he's pitching against an inferior team so it's a relatively low-pressure situation. It's much different than, for example, becoming part of the rotation replacing an injured starter during the heat of a pennant race. I hope the team tells him that and that he should just let it fly.
  24. Nine of twelve
    It took four years for him to return to the level of play that would have been expected of him had he not sustained his 2013 concussion, and I fear he won't be back at his expected level of performance again this season. As is the case with all of us, I have no inside information and I'm not a neurologist but with these symptoms returning I think this is probably his last season.
  25. Nine of twelve
    Here's the way to look at it from "The Life of (who else?) Brian".
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