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  1. Heiny
    Absolutely not. I still believe the 2022 season could be ours for the taking. What would it take? 1. Sign Story for SS. 2. Sign Rodon and Pineda. 3. Trade for one more starting pitcher. I think that is all do-able and within budget. I'd love to see an influx of young guns in the rotation and the lineup, but as supplements, not counted on for the success of the season. Then with the depth of the minors, we should be able to sustain competitiveness for years to come. And no, I don't drink or do drugs!
  2. Heiny
    I think the same can be said about Billy Hamilton. Maybe not the greatest offensive numbers, but he always seemed to bring it against the Twins.
  3. Heiny
    Ditto on the Morneau over Knobloch.
  4. Heiny
    As a 1997 baby I never had the chance to watch Kirby Puckett play in person. Got my first chuckle of the day. Then got a little depressed thinking of how old it made me feel. Then how lucky I felt having been able to see Harmon play, and Tony O' play, and Carew play, and Herbie, and Sweet Music, Johann, and Roy, and Kirby, and Joe and even Laudner, Larkin, Gladden, Bostock, and all the others. Gotta say, I've had a good Twins life. Thanks for the articles.
  5. Heiny
    I, for one don't think games take too long. Give me old fashioned baseball and let it play out as it should. Remember, "THERE IS NO CLOCK IN BASEBALL".
  6. Heiny
    I think we also need to look at how many of our prospects we are going to need to add to the 40 man roster next year. I really don't know, but I'm thinking there will be several. I think that trading a few prospects to be able to compete this year and in the future may be advisable. Maybe someone more knowledgeable about future prospects could weigh in on this. How about it Seth?
  7. Heiny
    The ideal situation in my mind would be to package Donaldson and Arraez for SP, sign Rodon and Pineda. Sign Story and play Miranda at third. We have Gordon for utility and I still believe in Larnach for left field. We also have Martin waiting in the wings for LF. Lewis? I think 2022 may be the best time to see what our youngsters can do, but I also think this scenario allows us to compete this year.
  8. Heiny
    A fan favorite for very good reason. Had a great bat and a great glove. Should have several gold gloves also. But most of all, Hrbek was a great guy. I got a chance to meet him once when Hrby, Gardner, and Vavra came to my place of employment in Perham Mn. after he retired. The man was super cool, funny and nice to everyone. Great sense of humor too. Signed my glove. I asked Gardy if he was looking for a right handed power hitter with blazing speed. He looked at my big ol' gut and said " I don't doubt the power, but I'm gonna have to grab my stopwatch from the car. All-time Minnesota favorite.
  9. Heiny
    There is only one scenario where I would trade Lewis at this point. And that would be if we were to sign Story to a 4+ year contract. We would then have our good hit SS for the foreseeable future. If that were the case I would consider packaging Lewis for multi-year team control SP. But I would not trade both Lewis and Martin. These guys are still just 22 years old, and both have high up side major league talent. And even as young as they are, I believe they are both pretty close to ready. But if we were to sign Story and trade for top of the rotation SP, that would show we are serious about competing. And that's all I really ask for.
  10. Heiny
    Ok, now let's sign a bunting coach and beat the shift back to regular defensive positions.
  11. Heiny
    If Pierzynski gets more than a one and done, then Mauer is a shoe-in. I think Mauer will get in eventually, but he will have to wait a few years. Sorry A.J. I liked you as a player, just not HOF caliber.
  12. Heiny
    Hallelujah. This was disgustingly long overdue. Congrats to two of my favorite all-time Twins. A little help from my historian friends out there: My first Twins game, I got to go with some family friends to Met Stadium. IIRC it was 1970. It was supposed to be a double-header against (I believe the Milwaukee Brewers). We drove 4 hours to get there. Twins were behind (I believe 5-4 after 5 innings in game one.) Then came the rain. Game was called. Second game cancelled. I was an extremely disappointed little boy. But it was an early part of a lifelong fandom. Can anyone tell me the date of that game and maybe where I can find the lineups and box score. I would be very grateful. Edit: Well, I have been searching all day, and can't find anything resembling my memory of this day. Granted, I was very young, but I'm starting to think I may have been lied to and we just left when the game got postponed due to rain.
  13. Heiny
    I agree with TopGun#22 1000%. I think that would be the perfect scenario. So, there is no way it could ever happen. LOL.
  14. Heiny
    I think maybe the FO is hesitant to trade prospects for one or two year contracts of proven pitchers due to past losses, for example Ryan Pressley. It seemed to be a pretty good trade at the time, but after the trade, Pressley really took off. And the FO was widely criticized. So, how do you know? I do believe that we have a plethora of good prospects that we could afford to deal a few and actually need to. Especially since we were not able to sign any top free agents. But hey, I guess there may be a reason they don't pay me to make decisions. (They probably should though.)
  15. Heiny
    Thanks for the ridiculous article. I'm not sure if I should take this as a real story or something made up in jest. Personally, I'm disgusted by both sides. Millionaires vs. Billionaires who can't figure out how to divvy up multi-billions of dollars. There is no reason the new CBA should not have been hammered out before it gets to this point. The only people hurt by lockouts and strikes are the fans. Because you know when it's all said and done both sides will still be millionaires and billionaires. After the '94' cancellation of the WS, I was so disgusted, it took me over two years to get back to watching MLB. Eventually, I came back because I love the game. But as I get older, I can take more enjoyment from town ball. The disparity in the game is the real problem. Players making 600K/yr on the same field as players making 30 or 40M/yr? It's laughable. And teams like the Yankees and Dodgers able to spend double on players vs. the small market teams? To me this is grand stupidity. But even then, I can overlook it all when the umpire says: "Play Ball"!
  16. Heiny
    Stroman, Rodon & Pineda please.
  17. Heiny
    I'm not a big fan of Baldelli. I believe he is a very smart baseball man, and that he is in tune with todays game, but I'm not a big fan of todays game either. I prefer more of a Tom Kelly style. Sound fundamentals, and more traditional style of play. Not a great interview, IMO, but great manager. Also liked Gardenhire. I like what CWS have done. Bringing back La Russa. Love baseball from my early days in the 60's and still do. Just don't like all the drastic changes in the game. Especially the extra runner in extra innings, and 7 inning double headers. Maybe a little too much analytics for my taste. Also I believe that bunting needs to be taught and practiced much more. To me, that is by far the best way of beating the infield shift. So, I could warm up to Baldelli, but please bring baseball back to baseball.
  18. Heiny
    On the other hand, if he never gets another PA in his career, he still makes 100M. Yeah, I'll still take my chances with the Pohlad's money.
  19. Heiny
    So, correct me if I'm wrong, but if Buxton gets 625 PA every year and wins the MVP award every year, the Twins will pay him a total of 173.5 million dollars over the course of the contract. That would come to approximately 24.75M per year for a MVP winner 7 consecutive years. LOL. Team friendly you say. Oh yeah.
  20. Heiny
    They need to cancel all HOF balloting until Jim Kaat is enshrined. Period.
  21. Heiny
    This whole topic has me wondering what the point is to MLB. Is it for the owners to make money? Is it for the players to make money? If the Twins have a payroll of $130M, how much money are they making? I doubt like hell that they are losing any money. What if they were to raise their payroll to $180M? Would they then be losing money? I doubt that too. How much have MLB team values increased over the last half dozen years? Money recouped. So, what is the point of MLB? I think it should be to win the world series. "Every year". That should be the goal. You try to sign the best players, which makes your product more desirable, which makes the fans want to spend more of their entertainment money on it. This is what the Yankees do. Yes, they have more money to spend due to market size, but they try to win the WS every year. Again, I doubt like heck that any MLB team is losing money. So, 'my point', sign Buxton, cuz he is a great player. The Yankees would sign him. Also spend some of those billions of dollars to sign some more of the top players. Try to win the World Series. Hey, if you try and it don't work out, well that should be the norm. At least you tried. But hey, I don't really believe that is the Twins goal.
  22. Heiny
    Twins roster for 2022. 1b - Kirilloff 2b - Gordon 3b- Miranda ss - Goodrum lf - Araez cf - Celstino rf - Larnach c - Jeffers backups, Cave, Rooker, Lewis, Rortvedt. SP - Ober, Ryan, Enlow, Balazovic, Winder. BP - doesn't really matter. Just throw some warm arms in there. That should save some money. And we can trade anybody that's left to rebuild our minor leagues.
  23. Heiny
    MLB Trade Simulators is an imperfect tool but can give us a sniff of player values. Castillo’s is predictably hefty. According to the simulator, the Twins would need to part with Austin Martin, Royce Lewis, and Matt Canterino (or a package of similar value). If that is the cost, I would say "Hell No". I would rather start a complete rebuild. I want to see all three of these guys in Twins MLB uniforms someday soon. (Two years max?)
  24. Heiny
    So, out of curiosity, what would a fair contract for Buxton be? (Throw out some opinions). I would say to offer 12 mil per/yr for 5 years guaranteed with $185,000 per game over 81 games to a max of 150 games played. Add a 1m bonus for making the all-star game (each year). This would give him 60m guaranteed over 5 years with games played at high production level to nearly double the total salary. Could that be turned down by any reasonably sane human being? Ok, blast away.
  25. Heiny
    Sorry, I just have no faith in him. I cringe every time they show him warming up in the pen.
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