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  1. Dantes929
    I wasn't saying he doesn't have a great arm. In fact I said he along with Rosario, Buxton and Santana all have cannons. I know Buxton threw hard in HS also but as far as I know no one has clocked Rocario. I've just seen him make some throws that tell me he shouldn't be considered the weak sister.
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    "While his arm strength doesn't match Hicks or Buxton, he charges balls very well, plays balls off the wall adroitly and the arm is accurate" I know this is the current thought and follows the scouting reports but what I have seen is a fantastic throwing arm from Rosario. Maybe my television doesn't give me the greatest perspective and I haven't seen Buxton throw much but hard to believe he or Hicks have better arms than Rosario. Throw Danny Santana in that mix as well. They all have cannons.
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    Hughes to the DL, Milone just coming back from the DL ( would prefer a couple rehab starts for him), May not stretched out which means not only is he going to give few innings but is taken out of the pen and more innings needed out of the pen.. Sounds to me like we need Berrios, Duffey and Meyer up here. Save on travel costs to bring Buxton with them?
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    I can think of several conversions of catcher to other positions but not other positions to catcher and there is a reason for it. Third base is so much easier and it took Plouffe a really long time to become adequate there.
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    Maybe its just phantom pain but I still like the order with Mauer better than the lineup without him. He never should have been #3 at any time in his career and should certainly not be there now. HIs OBP last year was still very respectable for a #2 hitter but not so this year. Drop him to 7th. No way should he go the outfield. We can finally look forward to an outfield of Rosario, Buxton and Hicks and I don't want to mess that up. Anyone else think Rosario might actually have the best arm of the three? I still think Mauer has a good hitting streak in him this year yet. Maybe the Twins should start talking about extending his contract. That got him going last time.
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    I am ok with the conclusion but the premise is not correct as I understand it. Twins did not move May to the pen out of need to bolster the pen but to open a spot for Santana. This is supported by the fact that he hasn't really been used as a guy that was moved to bolster the pen. He has been used as a guy that they are not sure what to do with. If the staff comes around and we are in more close games and May becomes the 8th inning guy at least we would get some value out of our pitcher with the best combination of stuff and control though I would prefer he be our 7th and 8th inning guy.
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    Perhaps the reason Milone landed on the shelf was also the reason for the post ASG high ERA. Gibson did just fine last night in stopping the bleeding with a run better than a quality start. While I was against the 6 man rotation because we had 5 guys doing really well when Santana was activated it makes more sense now if Hughes is dead armed. Very annoyed that May is out of the rotation for the season and hope Ryan is good for his work that he will be back next year. In the meantime there is no reason not to bring Berrios up. If the Twins are fading out of the race as many believe then bringing Berrios up is the equivalent of bringing May up last year. Get his feet wet and start him next year. If he does great then maybe he is the shot in the arm the Twins need to go on another good streak and be relevant for the rest of this year. I also hope the plan is to bring Buxton back. I would be very happy not to see Escobar, Robinson or Nunez in the outfield again this year. Buxton, Rosario and HIcks makes me happy.
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    Of course the Twins May was not a reflection of who they are but neither is 4-18. Plouffe Hunter, Dozier, and Mauer are not .210 hitters. The rotation is not a sub 3 ERA group but neither are they a 7+ ERA group. Perkins is not the 2nd coming of Mariano but he is not a 4 blown games in a row poor man's Ron Davis either. No doubt they were going to slump eventually but I don't think it is a coincidence that it was after the ASB. Momentum is such a fragile thing in baseball and taking a 4 day break when hot is often going to cool a team down. Not complaining because in their pennant years I often welcomed the ASB because I thought it helped them start fresh after a losing streak. Kind of like a reset button. My biggest criticism of the Twins this year is how they handled May. Arguably the best stuff on the rotation and maybe the last guy they should have taken out. Then instead of him being the guy they give the ball to for 4 innings when a starter only goes 5 and the game is still close they hardly use him at all and then only for an inning at a time so when Milone goes down he is unable to go back to the rotation. It is hindsight but even with the good start my worst vision of the shakeup may have come true. The Twins may have inserted the worst starter and taken the best starter out. Again, hindsight, and I wasn't in favor of it but a 6 man rotation would probably have given us better results.
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    You throw in the towel when you are x games out of a playoff spot with x-1 games to play. . The 4 games Perkins blew lately have hurt us a lot but I still like him. The misuse of May has hurt us as well.
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    I would prefer the Twins promote from within and as long as we have a highly ranked minor league system don't care if we never make moves. I also prefer trading prospects for prospects and major leaguers for major leaguers. There are those that dismiss prospects as useless until they are traded away. Isn't Jepsen the definition of a proven major leaguer? I have less of a problem with Ryan than I do with Molitor. May is the best arm out there and has hardly been used. Plus he is the guy that should be throwing multiple innings but has not.
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    Fans push and push for Ryan to make move and then criticize him for dong so. They say prospects are just prospects and have little value until they prove themselves and then moan when one is dealt for a 2.81 ERA. Personally, I almost never want the Twins to make moves. May is under utilized, Berrios could have been promoted to the pen, and Polanco can be give a shot at shortstop. Fans get what they ask for but apparently never what they want.l
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    Pretty much from the start Hicks has been major league quality from the right side and though .405 is not sustainable the focus should still be on his splits. If he can continue to hit around .250 from the left side and over .300 from the right side he is an every day guy with breaks against rightites. Otherwise he is still a platoon guy and a very good and valuable one. I still wish he had never tried bating left. Rosario, HIcks, and Buxton is a very real possibility and would transform our outfield from glaring weakness to better than anyone.
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    I don't know if he ha done good job or not but I have agreed with much of what he has done and with little of what Smith did. Playoffs are a crapshoot and several of those games were blown by our highest paid and one of the highest regarded closers in the game. so I will just say that 6 division titles in 17 years with 5 other teams fighting for it is actually a pretty good result..
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    Twins would be 6-5 instead of 3-8 after the break if Perkins had pitched as well since the AS game as he did before it.. That is not on Ryan. May has been used sparingly in the pen but is probably the best arm and option out there. Gardy would have used him more. Just saying. I have said it before but the All Star break in itself is a momentum stopper. It has helped us in the past by getting 4 days off and essentially getting a reboot when guys are struggling and also as is the case this year, come at exactly the wrong time while riding a stretch of good baseball and bringing it to a screeching halt. Its a shame but none of this is anything a good week can't cure
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    Is there a Colorado site that is discussing this trade. I am guessing they would want Dozier, Gibson, Dozier and Perkins.
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    Its true but that is the split you should be dealing with. None of his future games are likely to be at Coors if we get him and the splits are quite different. .819 OPS should cost much less than an .889 OPS. I would give up Ervin Santana, Arcia and Polanco. You devalue pitching from the NL and you devalue hitters from Colorado. The three I mentioned would do quite well at Coors field.
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    This is a reasonable statement but in this case we have a prospect that we want to be the full timer at third so Plouffe, much as I have come to like him is expendable. As you suggest, the exchange should be for someone in need of a 3rd baseman that has depth at catcher and is willing to part with a top 10 catcher that is under control for 2+ years. I don't know who that is but agree with the premise. The other thing I have proposed in the past is Sano for a similar catching or shortstop prospect, meaning very highly rated and near major league ready. Also, a statement at large. TD posters do value Twins prospects higher and make trade suggestions based on that inflated value but don't kid yourselves that we are alone in this delusion. Its not just the fans either. Aside from a very few GM's most organizations have this bias as well which is why trades really don't happen all that often. I can see parting with Berrios and Polanco for a great catcher but not just a good one. I know not all prospects pan out so there is the possibility that we are parting with nothing. There is also the possibility that we are parting with really good future pros. On the flip side, not every "proven" top 10 major league position playerr pans out once acquired either.
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    Twins biggest weakness are their announcers. Morris says something like "Well, with two outs and no one on, Perkins is going to continue his perfect save streak" I started knocking on wood and throwing salt over my shoulder but it was too late. Infield single, wild pitch and a blooper later and the Twins lose. Bremer says stuff like that all the time too and it always costs the Twins. Aren't baseball people superstitious anymore?
  19. Dantes929
    Lets make it even more simple. Sweep the A's while Chicago sweeps the Royal and then we are only talking 1.5 games.
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    Another Minnesotan born and raised. I played Legion ball with his brother, Charlie. Jim Eisenreich.
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    Twins had three of the closest pennant races in the history of baseball in 2006, 2008 and 2009. Mauer had an OPS over .900 in the last month of each season. I think he has it in him and they could sure use him putting up his career numbers in the 2nd half. . He hit .325 in the last month and the longer he gets from the concussion the better .
  22. Dantes929
    I like all this but just a fun logic observation. They were 4.5 games better than us. Don't you have to make up that difference as well. In other words, all the things you suggest will just make us even with them from this point going forward. and will cause us to still be short at the end. We need to make up roughly 8 games. 8 because the 4.5 games they were better than us was over 89 games. We have to get as good as them first and then find a way to make up the remaining games..
  23. Dantes929
    I am more of a process guy than a destination guy. After the red hot May I remarked that it was a pleasure watching these guys because they were playing good ball. Of course winning goes hand in hand with playing well but I try to differentiate when they play well but get beat as opposed to beat themselves. First game after I made those remarks the Twins started making errors, throwing to wrong bases, got caught napping on the base paths, failed to move guys over, walked leadoff guys, etc. etc. Of course the losing followed. My point is there are no perfect teams out there. There aren't even great teams. We shouldn't worry about them. What they do is beyond our control. Twins shouldn't even be over concerned about their own roster. Perceived weaknesses are not insurmountable. Any of these guys are capable of playing very good ball over the short term. Our relief staff was bolstered by Graham and now May and I believe has been underrated to a certain extent. They seemed to give up a lot of runs in games that were probably going to be lost anyway but held tough in many of our wins, not that fans notices those games. Play good, smart baseball. Throw to the cutoff, take good at bats, move the runner over. That's what they should do. That is the hallmark of any winning streak. Wins and losses will take care of itself and if we get beat by someone that is playing smart and well also and they beat you then you tip your hat to them..
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    What's the point of all this? They could have said franchise 14 or 40 for all I care. Four is very arbitrary and at the end of the day who cares? I am not offended they left off Walter any more than leaving off Punto and I love baseball history.
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    Sano and Fryer for Bogaerts and Swihart? Mostly kidding.
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