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  1. Whammy
    The difference of opinion is that you (pab and a couple others) view eating his salary as paying $6mil. $6,000,000 is a sunk cost. If Ryan was able to move Morneau and get the other team to take on a bunch of salary, it might supplant Erickson as what he views as his best trade deadline deal.
  2. Whammy
    I wouldn't expect most fans to understand, but I would expect most people on here to understand.
  3. Whammy
    MN Twins: So.... if you're a team thinking about trading for Justin Morneau.... don't bother.... he'll be available in about 12 hours via waivers.... and he's so valueless, that we think he'll fly right through unclaimed
  4. Whammy
    And right on cue.... Buster just retweeted this: Bob Nightengale ‏@BNightengale4m The #Twins believe that Morneau would clear waivers in August and could be moved then
  5. Whammy
    It was mentioned about but per Buster Olney on Twitter.... The Orioles are not strong on Justin Morneau, reports @Kurkjian_ESPN; the money just doesn't match up for them. I agree with the above poster... this drives me crazy. With the structure of draft pool and international signing pool, as people have stated before, it doesn't do a ton of good to save money on payroll, because it's difficult to spend it somewhere else. Trading Morneau to the Orioles and eating the salary is a PERFECT way to take advantage of the fact that we are under the payroll that we "should" be at and take advantage of teams that are higher than they want to be with their payroll. Couple this with what seems to be disinterest in the 24+ (uncapped) international free agent market and it's been a frustrating last month.
  6. Whammy
    Actually, that's more like Park Rapids. What a coup for P.R.!
  7. Whammy
    Downtown Minneapolis is giving Target Field the shocker Two in the Coomer, One in the Punto
  8. Whammy
    Last year, Houston's farm system lead the way at .546 I'm not finding 2013 compiled anywhere, but the Twins minor league teams (taking the DSL out of it) are at .551 Here's 2012 for reference: [TABLE=class: width, width: 540] [TR=class: headerRow, bgcolor: #3D39C4] [TD=colspan: 5]2012 DOMESTIC MINOR LEAGUE ORGANIZATION STANDINGS[/TD] [/TR] [TR=class: subHeaderRow, bgcolor: #A8A8A8] RANK TEAM WON LOST PCT[/TR] 1 Houston Astros 417 347 .546 [TR=class: altRow] 2 Colorado Rockies 386 329 .540[/TR] 3 New York Yankees 366 326 .529 [TR=class: altRow] 4 Seattle Mariners 402 359 .528[/TR] 5 Los Angeles Dodgers 366 327 .528 [TR=class: altRow] 6 Minnesota Twins 360 326 .525[/TR] 7 Toronto Blue Jays 397 360 .524 [TR=class: altRow] 8 Miami Marlins 361 328 .524[/TR] 9 Texas Rangers 359 335 .517 [TR=class: altRow] 10 Tampa Bay Rays 391 368 .515[/TR] [/TABLE] Twins were 25th in 2011 at .478 (Rangers 1st at .564) Twins were 30th in 2010 at .434 (Candinals 1st at .569) Links to previous year: 2012: Baseball America | Blog | Baseball America Prospects Blog | Astros Turn Into Winners At Minor League Level 2011: https://www.baseballamerica.com/blog/prospects/2011/10/2011-minor-league-wrap-organization-standings-league-champs/ 2010: Baseball America | Blog | Baseball America Prospects Blog | Minor League Wrap: Organization Standings, League Champs
  9. Whammy
    ... and we're battling Danny V in Rochester
  10. Whammy
    Perhaps more importantly.... Is Jason OK?
  11. Whammy
    Here's the problem with the Walker situation.... who's he replacing in Ft Meyers? Buxton.... Obviously not Mike Kvasnicka.... Probably not. JD Williams... Maybe, but he just received a deserved promotion from CR Vargas... Not unless he gets promoted They only way Walker makes sense to promote is if it follows a FM promotion. Vargas probably deserves it and the options at First Base in NB aren't making anyone blush. But then you're running a 1B/DH/OF rotation for Walker. That might be what he ends up as eventually, but I doubt they want to shift him away from OF quite yet. The other option is to promote Kvasnicka, who's been really good at FM this year. That frees up RF for Walker. There's playing time to be had at NB in the outfield since the incumbent RF there (Parraz) is in his late 20s and is only holding his own. This armchair GM thinks that probably the best option.
  12. Whammy
    Who are we getting from the A's? Yoenis is probably untouchable
  13. Whammy
    Josh Johnson for Justin Morneau.... who says no? (contracts are almost exactly a wash)
  14. Whammy
    I was walking through the airport today when I heard a last call for Delta Flight #1987 to St Louis. I joked with a buddy "where does flight number 1991 go? Atlanta?" Sure enough, Delta 1991 actually does go from Minneapolis to Atlanta. Clever Delta I can't wait to take flight 2017 to Los Angeles
  15. Whammy
    Now I am not seeing the Sano HR - I am sure that I saw "Sano (10)" under the linescore.
  16. Whammy
    Sano and Buxton each go deep Sano is heating up Pinto with a pair of HR
  17. Whammy
    7 of the 12 have higher payrolls than the Twins. Thanks Pohlads.
  18. Whammy
    DSL, GCL, and E-Ton I like to look at the box scores from every level each night and I am familiar enough with the Twins top 20-30 prospects that I know who to look for at Rochester, New Britain, Fort Myers, and Cedar Rapids (although maybe not as much now with the recent promotions from CR), but when it comes to the low minors I could use a little help. Other than Minier, Stewart, and Eades I am fairly clueless. Could someone give me, say, the top 5 hitters and top 3 pitchers to keep an eye out for at each level? Thanks in Advance
  19. Whammy
    Here are a few of those BP swings and an article on the topic: 2013 Futures Game: Twins prospects steal the show during BP - CBSSports.com
  20. Whammy
    It's four home runs
  21. Whammy
    in! In! In! In! In! In! In! In! In! In! In! In!
  22. Whammy
    Justin Morneau with a 10-game stretch of BABIP = 0.000 (0-25)
  23. Whammy
    I was going to throw out Hughes for Morneau straight up Swapping home ballparks would be a godsend for both of those guys
  24. Whammy
    We need an animated GIF of the woman at 1:45 from that video to post when we win
  25. Whammy
    Maybe this can make us feel better [video=youtube_share;aeEQDtk63H4]
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