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  1. Number3
    As usual, folks like to go way too far into the weeds on issues both in and out of sports, sports being the least significant. Its really simple. Byron Buxton either shows up in Ft. Myers as a competent major league baseball player who is part of a solution, not part of a problem, or he doesn't. No amount of hand holding, building rapport, or other touchy feely mumbo jumbo changes that simple fact. "Please, Byron, tell us what we can do to help you play better". How about showing up as an adult and playing ball?
  2. Number3
    "You already missed Joe Mauer Day." So I did.. Can't believe I missed that. December 18, what a date to have a "day" for a retired baseball player. At least the invisible crowd at Target for the observance was excusable. How was the speech? It wasn't aired in my market.
  3. Number3
    I do believe that when the obligatory Joe Mauer Day arrives and the throngs in Target express their adoration for #7, it will be a day that Joe Mauer has long since begun to dread. I'm sure his speech will be one for the ages.
  4. Number3
    I think that the over riding point in all of this is that Joe Mauer had free reign to do whatever he pleased in all facets of the game including, but not limited to, off season conditioning. A bubble was constructed around him and he was untouchable in all , repeat, all aspects of his employment as a Minnesota Twin. That included his hitting approach, when to play and when not to play or dh,and many other travel and off the field perks which I am sure have not been revealed.
  5. Number3
    Not only is the title of this thread cause for my eyebrows to levitate above my receding hair line but the fact that Sano, Buxton and Kepler are key to the Twins' 2019 and beyond is about as unique of a perspective as noticing that the sun rose on the eastern horizon this morning. Where has this guy been, on one of the Mars probes?
  6. Number3
    General comment about the service time issue. So the same folks that pay journeyman pitchers multi year multi $10mil contracts and get burned repeatedly, sign the Canos and Mauers and many more to multi year multi $10mil contracts and get burned repeatedly or extending a managers contract and then firing him after the first year of the extension are worried about service time for Byron Buxton as an example that they know how to run a major league baseball team? Give me a f'n break. No way was that good for Buxton's development as a baseball player = no way was that good for the Minnesota Twins.
  7. Number3
    I agree with the "put up or shut up" or , as I said in another thread, fish or cut bait approach. However, spending more time in the minor leagues or playing Wiffle Ball in his back yard does him, or the Twins, no good. He should have been brought back up as soon as he was recovered from his headaches and bruised toes and played against major league pitching in major league ball parks. Bujxton (and Sano and Kepler) are now established in the major leagues. I don't think there are many examples of players who have had a degree of success at the major league level, been sent back down to the minor leagues other than rehab, and then resumed success at the major league level as a permanent fixture. To me the chance to get some value out of Buxton's 2018 season was totally wasted. Bottom line is that 2019 will be totally devoted to the Buxton/Sano/Kepler(to a lesser extent) project. They will either prove themselves as legitimate major league baseball players or they won't. I don't want to hear the words "potential" or "upside" about any of these 3. Kepler is at least a reliable day to day player. Buxton and Sano haven't even demonstrated that.
  8. Number3
    I have no idea what kind of weight training Sano is doing but, in my humble opinion, it should not be the heavy weight, bulk up type but should be low weight, high rep followed by cardio and emphasis on diet. As far as Mauer is concerned, playing ability and stats not with standing, it was obvious that Mauer wrote his own script with the Twins and was basically untouchable. Now that Harold Baines is in the Hall, Mauer will probably be close behind which proves that MLB is running out of real Hall candidates.
  9. Number3
    All I know is that any player who is concerned with his DRC+ in the least is doomed to failure. The best players are still the ones with the best "old school" stats. Kepler is exactly the player you see when you watch any Twins game and there is no reason to expect him to improve very much. He will never be a star but should have a long career in the major leagues and certainly not all with the Twins.
  10. Number3
    "You're making the big bucks and you're not hitting or driving in runs so why should I?" Twins do not need another Mauer salary in their lineup in 2019. Way too many ifs, ands or buts to believe that a Santana WILL make a bit of difference. WOULD or COULD ain't worth the risk.
  11. Number3
    No Cano (he is gone anyway), no Machado or anything like them for 2019. As has been stated in other threads, 2019 is the year to regroup (not rebuild), see if Sano and Buxton can finally come through, try to shore up pitching as much as possible in current market (everyone is doing the same), and play 2019 with no expectations. Just play one game at a time (what a concept; glad I thought of it) and see what happens. Rocco Baldelli may say something like "No one saw this coming".
  12. Number3
    As far as Schoop is concerned, just more evidence that the days of the long term contract should be in the rear view mirror and that includes the Bryce Harpers. Who ever signs him for what he (his agent) thinks he is worth will be more than disappointed. As far as the Twins are concerned, as Tom wrote, "All in all, it was a good day for the Twins. The rest of the division got a little worse on the whole and the free agent pool got a little deeper." In the Garfield comic strip today, Garfield's owner says, "Sometimes the best thing to do is nothing". To which Garfield replies. "You are preaching to the choir."
  13. Number3
    Per Rosterman "But the Twins aren't going anywhere unless Buxton and Sano come thru." The entire 2019 season is at the mercy of these 2 and there is no point in trying to acquire a Cano type until this is resolved. As they say in FL, fish or cut bait. When these 2 show up in Ft Myers they had best be ready to do just that.
  14. Number3
    As Riverbrian said, the concept here is right on. In other words, maximize the talent you already have instead of constantly looking for the miracle acquisition. Nothing is etched in stone and one would think that the time in FL could be better spent than yucking it up in pretend games and working out the Nassau bets for the golf course.
  15. Number3
    This simply looks like a "why not?" to me. Kind of like grabbing something at a flee market not knowing whether you will ever use it or not. Twins should use 2019 to give their young talent a chance with a new manager to boot with no expectations whatsoever. Just take the field and see what happens. No long term big contracts please until Sano, Buxton, Kepler are given one more chance to prove themselves and maybe even give a recent # overall pick a chance to actually play in the major leagues. Players like Cron can't hurt, they can only help.
  16. Number3
    Twins do not need any overpriced vets until that is the difference in a WS title. A Cano type would be a disaster for the 2019 Twins. Can't have a Sano and a Cano in the same infield. That is an old baseball axiom. Just hope the ...ano that the Twins already have comes through. Unfortunately, that is 50-50 at best.
  17. Number3
    Pretty optimistic to do anything other than pencil in Sano anywhere on the roster. Almost impossible to imagine what the opening day lineup will look like which may not be all bad.
  18. Number3
    It is a shame that anyone who owns,or is considering owning, any sports franchise would do so for any other reason than their love of and appreciation of the sport itself. The objective in ownership SHOULD be nothing other than to put the best team on the field they possibly can period. Beating the other teams (and the other owners) should be the driving force and actually making money in the process should be the result, not the objective. Unfortunately, the "bean counters" ( as we used to call accounting when I was in sales) have taken over, not just the Twins but most professional sports teams. If ROI, not W-L, is the primary consideration, said owner(s) should find some other avenue for their endeavors. Pohlads...please sell the Minnesota Twins to some one or some group who actually loves the game of baseball. (Ditto Dan Snyder, Washington Redskins, football and many others).
  19. Number3
    Although Joe was a unique talent, I do think the Twins will play better as a team now that his retirement is official. The last few years it seems like it was Joe Mauer and the rest of the team.
  20. Number3
    Machado and Murphy.......No, No, No, and no. Murphy is a total front runner; not a rebuilder. Machado is a hot head and, BTW, was useless in the playoffs for the Dodgers except for stomping on first basemen and making arrogance an understatement.
  21. Number3
    Very much in Joe Mauer's character to wait until the end of the 2018 season to formally announce his retirement. No official final game other than the donning of the "tools of ignorance" for the last time which was the biggest hint ever. It was obvious through his entire career that Joe Mauer is not a "limelight" person and would not have enjoyed playing for a team such as the Yankees. I do hope he is able to remain in the game in some capacity and I think he would be great working with younger players.
  22. Number3
    By the way, I'll ask the same question of Buxton that I asked about Sano. What is he doing at this very moment? The answer to that says a lot about how he will do in 2019.
  23. Number3
    Yes, as in maybe this gig just isn't meant to be.
  24. Number3
    All I know is that (hope + potential) squared = 0. Anyone who goes on the DL because of headaches and then does back on the DL during rehab after fouling a ball of his toe is trying to tell us something even if unintentionally. I do agree that Buxton (along with the other wunderkinder, Sano) deserve one AND ONLY ONE more chance. How they work it out may require some actual thought.
  25. Number3
    Sano is injury prone below the neck and undisciplined above the neck. I would like to know what Sano is doing at this very moment. My guess is he is not running a few miles after a resistance training workout. He can probably be found barely awake deciding whether to assume a vertical position or not.
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