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  1. Brandon
    We already have his slogan of playing Dougie baseball so who else has that going for them? I actually had this conversation with a bartender the other day and determined Mientkiewicz would be the obvious choice. Though I wouldn't mind seeing Gardenhire stick around and become one of the all-time winningest managers with 2500 or so career victories. Though he would be in his 70's at that time. In all realty though Mauer and Mienkiewicz has the leg up as they have managed most of our top prospects at this point.
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    I don't think he'll be up very long. I think most of us are hoping he gets atleast 1 or 2 starts this weekend before he goes back down when Plouffe comes off the DL on monday.
  3. Brandon
    Paul, You and I have sparred about this on 2 different threads yesterday. I am going to agree that he should not be a long term solution. At this point he is the bullpens version of Kevin Corriea. the 5th starter or 6th man in the pen. For that roll he is fine. An ERA around 4 is passable and after the first month that's what he's been. If we can trade him we should. But yesterday I was pointing out that ERA for a reliever is a misleading stat because a few bad outings can give a misleading representation of the body of work. Burton has the same number of scoreless appearances as Perkins, whom he compares the most equally too. In terms of one game to the next He has been just as reliable as Perkins for games with no runs allowed and games with multiple runs allowed. Will this continue? probably not if his peripherals are correct. My question is how has Burton's stuff diminished? It appears to be a control issue from where I sit but I do not get to watch the games. So my question for you Paul is how has his stuff diminished to say he's done now? He is definitely not a long termer here because I get the feeling we would keep Guerrier over Burton next year. And we have a wave of relievers coming down the stream. Pressly, Achter, Zach Jones, Burdi, Tonkin, Melantokis. so the point is kind of moot anyway. There are teams looking for pitching depth and maybe we can package him with Corriea for something in July. But he is not ineffective and not done by any means.
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    I like that the first 24 or 25 are all real good prospects and there are more good prospects after that who are starting out but get a lower ranking here because of it.
  5. Brandon
    Also for Promotions. I don't pretend to know all promotions needed but I am not in a hurry to promote Barrios to quickly. He just turned 20 and just became a dad. He has a lot going on without the added pressure. Though I would consider sending him up for a few starts at the end of the season unless fort myers is going to the play offs. I would like to find out if Tomshaw is this years Baxendale or if he can cut it at AA. AA and AAA are not that different in terms of promotion so I don't worry about that one too much. There are several pitchers on both staffs mostly AAA that deserve a promotion to the majors. So I am hoping we either go on a big tear with Corriea pitching and winning a bunch of games or we trade him and bring someone up who can get acclimated to pitching in Minnesota. My fear is Gibson is teetering on the line of being a 5th / AAAA starter and 3rd starter. I hope he takes the full step forward and becomes the number 3 we all hope he can be. Otherwise we do have other pitchers about ready to take his place.
  6. Brandon
    Stuart was the best defensive C in the draft and should move quickly to be a back up if we go off of his defense. But his bat isn't that great. I think it's a little better than its been but not much. I don't know about the other C Garver other than he came out of know where and has been hitting.
  7. Brandon
    15 strike outs in 31 innings is a little low. But he had a great month otherwise. I see Barrios is 4th n the league with 52k's.
  8. Brandon
    The difference then is the increase in batting average. So we need to break that down. Whats his BABIP? is his average unsustainably high? Though I do agree that if he keeps this up he deserves a promotion. His bat I think has always been in the plans. as he has been compared to David Ortiz for a while. We'll probably release him after posting an .830 OPS so Boston can sign him and .....
  9. Brandon
    Also Kubel is probably the one being cut when Fuld returns. Santana has earned his playing time so far.
  10. Brandon
    It might be time for Kubel to learn Catching to be the 3rd string so Pinto can hit.
  11. Brandon
    Seven starters is good depth. with Gilmartin and by 2015 Barrios can enter the equation too. We'll have the pitching depth = to the depth we had that allowed us to trade Garza and Slowey in the same year soon.
  12. Brandon
    We are currently 1 of 9 teams within a game and a half of the 2nd wild card spot. Knowing our major weaknesses can we fill them enough to be a contender this season? Our SS position went hitless in April causing a huge whole in the lineup. Escobar is currently at .347 with around 100 plate appearances. if he even hits.275 its a huge upgrade at that position. CF appears to be a patchwork of Hicks, Fuld, and Santana until something gets figured out. Still a black hole. but one hole is ok. Colabello has been slipping along with Kubel and Plouffe. Parmelee seems to be this months Colabello. Willingham is about a week or 2 away from coming back and Arcia is a phone call away, so we have internal options for offense. So on offense we really only need a CF who can hit and maybe a back up IF who can too. On pitching, Deduno has moved into the rotation and has been ok. Hughes has been excellent, Gibson is inconsistent after a good start, Nolasco has come on after a terrible start, and Corriea is nearing his last chance. Luckily we have several candidates who can come up and start games in Meyer, May, Darnell, and Johnson. The bullpen is a strength with depth in the minors too. We even have surplus players we can use in a trade if the opportunity presents itself. I feel like we have the depth to compete minus CF everybody contributes and gets deployed properly.
  13. Brandon
    I wish the Twins would go get someone like Juan Pierre to be a back up or AAA filler. He has no arm but can still run just good enough to fill in. and he probably hits better than Hicks right now.
  14. Brandon
    The Twins were aggressive in trying to sign Raj Davis last offseason. Does this article get written if he signed here instead of Detroit? Didn't Davis sign before Pierzinski,who the Twins offered 16 million over 2 years vs 2.75 million for Suzuki? If Davis waited he may have received a higher offer from Minnesota. We'll never know. And here's the funny part. I wasn't thrilled with the idea of signing Raj Davis back then and I don't think it was considered a great idea here either but I bet if we did sign him we would have 2 or 3 more wins.
  15. Brandon
    Yahoo has the Twins ranked 26th. Annoying yes, but when I go back and look at the standings there aren't many teams that are more than 2 games under .500 and the Twins still have one of the worst rotations. I don't think I would rank them higher than 20th at this point. but at the end of the season if the Twins remain at .500 then they should be ranked from 14th to 18th more than likely.
  16. Brandon
    When I see the type of numbers Florimon ended up with last year I can't help but hope for a replacement. when I dig deeper I see he is not that far off from another long term SS who was at the time considered the fastest Twin and was near gold glove caliber. That SS was Greg Gagne. Gagne has a career batting average of .254 with averaging close to 10 HRs per season and 10-15 SBs too. while Florimon hit .221 with 9 HR and 15 SB. With just a little bit of improvement he could be a fine SS for the next 3-5 seasons as we can live with less offense in exchange for more defense which he does provide, just there is no margin for regression as we can not have a black hole hitting at SS since the rest of our lineup is not as strong. He could also end up like another Twin who is his 7th best comp through his current age on baseball-reference.com Ron Gardenhire...
  17. Brandon
    Plus we have Kubel back in the fold too. The question is how many of our young players going to stay status quo or move forward? (Pinto, Dozier, Plouffe, Hicks, and Arcia) I expect a return to normal career numbers for Willingham, Mauer may improve a little, Florimon if we get a .250 average with 10HR and 10SB I am content. There are holes but there are also more reasonable remedies for the short term (Bartlett, Presley, Plouffe, Suzuki) then last year. I expect our offense to be ranked around 8th - 10th in the league with the potential to hit 6th or 7th if everything breaks right.
  18. Brandon
    I think there is definitely the potential to match up for a trade if they do not sign Cano and don't trade for Phillips first.
  19. Brandon
    I thought Hughes had a 6+ era last year and Arroyo is 36. MLB traderumors has Hughes down for a 1 year 8 million. The Twins won't overpay much for Vargas. they are throwing all kinds of names down letting pitchers know that they are interested. The Twins are waiting to see what the market will be for each pitcher before they start signing more than likely. MLB Traderumors has that Arroyo has mutual interest in signing with the Twins. Which makes this a realistic possibility as 1 of the 2 or 3 starters they sign this offseason.
  20. Brandon
    I wonder if Parmelee and Colabello would make a good platoon at either 1b or RF next year.
  21. Brandon
    Its a good idea IMO. But your numbers are a little light. probably 10-20 million. Steve Trout will be eligible for arbitration soon and there is already talk he can get 10 million his first time through. so we should expect more than 3 million after arbitration. If Sano were to sign a contract like this he will need to leave some money on the table but not that much. They would probably look at how much he could make if he was to make the team out of spring training and how much he would loose if they wait till June and sign him for fairly close to what he would make market value if he was called up in June. at least that's where I start if I'm Sano.
  22. Brandon
    It looks like this will give Hendriks one last chance to show something when he comes out for the season or Kyle Davies has been mentioned for a September call up and Diamond if he shows improvement and Blackburn.....who should take his place? I think PJ Walters took himself out of any consideration with his performance last night.
  23. Brandon
    I probably should have added Rosario to that question too as he has been consistent all year.
  24. Brandon
    Miguel Sano has been tearing it up in AA the last few weeks as he has raised is average from .180ish to .243 as of today and his OPS has increased 100 points or so too. His power in AA has been constant where he slumped initially on arriving but hitting for average the last several weeks. I doubt he gets called up to the Twins this season as he doesn't need to be added to the 40 man roster. However, Rochester is in a playoff race while New Britain is not. Would it be better for Sano to finish the season in AA or compete for and possibly in the playoffs in AAA? Why or why not?
  25. Brandon
    Miguel Sano has been tearing it up in AA the last few weeks as he has raised is average from .180ish to .243 as of today and his OPS has increased 100 points or so too. His power in AA has been constant where he slumped initially on arriving but hitting for average the last several weeks. I doubt he gets called up to the Twins this season as he doesn't need to be added to the 40 man roster. However, Rochester is in a playoff race while New Britain is not. Would it be better for Sano to finish the season in AA or compete for and possibly in the playoffs in AAA? Why or why not?
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