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  1. Greglw3
    I think you’re on point. They have to retain such an important home grown player. If not, the Twins will turn into the old Montreal Expos that kept losing all the great players they developed. I actually see some pretty strong signs that Berrios is still moving uphill (based on watching his starts). Check out his current year stats vs. career. I’m thinking this year and possibly many more can see a very good pitcher.
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    I was thinking the 1977 team’s pitching staff. The hitting was fantastic with Carew at .388, Bostock .336, Glenn Adams .338 and Larry Hisle with .302 and 119 RBIs. They had a winning record but finished 4th in the 7 team AL West. In looking at the pitching staff, the over all ERA is probably better than this year’s but a big factor was 2 reliever’s combining for 280 innings at well below staff ERA. The team was managed by the man I consider the best manager in Twins history, the brilliant tactician Gene Mauch. Heres the staff: I’m including the offense for fun!
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    And a very long rebuild it will be if they trade those two.
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    They've got to find that number in both cases. We need a foundation. Even if Buxton’s going to miss 50-60 games a season, 100 games of his dominance offensively and defensively is worth it. And they need a solid 4th OF-CF to fill in when he’s injured.
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    I agree. Put total priority on re-signing both. The Twins won’t get anywhere developing great prospects who mature after 3-4 years, then have to be traded because we can’t afford them. THat’s the old Montreal Expos model. I’m also reminded that when the Twins were forced to trade Johan Santana, they couldn’t get a good deal anywhere and practically gave him away.
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    I’m really happy for him and I like him a lot. His speed could add a new dimension to the team. At least he looks to be a 2nd legitimate stolen base option next to Buxton. I would like to see him get a lot of time at 2nd base and Polanco at SS. Despite the errors, I thought Polanco had nice range at SS when healthy. Arraez can still play the Marcin role but probably better.
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    They got a name for the winners in the world. Me, I need a name when I lose. They call Alabama the Crimson Tide. Call me Deacon Blues. Great article. You had me for most of it. Loved the Larnach quote!
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    I agree wholeheartedly on Polanco and Gordon for balance of 2021. I’d play Polanco at SS and Gordon at 2b.
  9. Greglw3
    I like your net roster much better than Falvey’s You covered some needed areas where they failed to act. Cave in LF was something I didn’t want but the ascension of Larnach and Kirilloff and the improvements in Buxton and Refsnyder have made it a moot point. However, I think the Twins record would be better with a competent MLB OF like Michael Brantley in LF before Larnach took over.
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    I would trade any and all of the players that you mentioned except I would try to resign Michael Pineda so as not to further weaken a weak pitching staff and I’d like to keep Trevor Rogers. I think the Twins would be surprised at how little Kepler returns but they should find out his value.
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    I don’t want to trade our #1 pitching commodity on a pitching deprived Twins team already. If they just can’t sign him, then I guess they would have to. They need to step up on both Buxton and Berrios.
  12. Greglw3
    I agree with you. Those defensive metrics are dubious to me! Simmons doesn’t remind me of any of the great SSs, not even Greg Gagne and afar cry from Ozzie Smith.
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    I'd like to see him traded with Polanco moved back to SS and Nick Gordon manning 2B plus Arraez as super utility. I think that both offensively and defensively, Polanco is a premeir SS when healthy. And he’s starting to look healthy again!
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    Yes, Joe Mauer had the sweetest swing of any catcher. 3 batting titles while catching don’t lie!

  15. Greglw3
    This is definitely a well thought out concept and article!
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    I’d want to make a major push to sign him before I thought about trading him. I still think at his young age and the stuff he has, that he can be a solid #1 sometime not too far down the line. I’d rather them dump Donaldson’s contract and use the money on Berrios. For me, a top 100 prospect would not be nearly enough for the Twins best pitcher, who has not reached that magic age of 27 which is a good guess at a peak season. I would sign him for 6 years 120 MM, less than Mauer cost. The Twins do have a talented 3B at Wichita in Jose Miranda. He’s only 22 and can play SS too (like he did tonight) and has a great slash line counting tonight (went 2 for 5 with a HR and 4 RBI. Current average .311, current OPS .934!
  17. Greglw3
    I agree wholeheartedly on Gordon. Why the Twins aren’t using him more is a big mystery and source of frustration to me.
  18. Greglw3
    Great article Nick! It’s nice to see Larnach and Kirilloff in the same outfield and Refsnyder has me encouraged as well. I think you’re right, some definite encouraging signs, including Farrell’s 2 innings, showing off a very nice curveball! Dobnak’s outing was a breath of very fresh air. I remain a Nick Gordon fan. I’d love to see him get a stretch of significant playing time at 2B. With Polanco’s one festering injury, the door is open. As far as Simmons goes, I don’t think he should factor into any equation blocking Gordon. He’s been disappointing defensively although better lately and he hasn't hit much. I think the healthy Polanco was sufficient at short due to very good range mitigated by too many errors. But when will we truly see a healthy Polanco again? I’ve been one of his biggest fans. I still think, if he can put this injury behind him, that he has a lot go very good baseball left. That may be a very big if, though. Duran’s return is exciting. I’d like to see Whitefield with a role if he keeps it up. And one eye is on Miranda. All the stellar prospects are mitigating the Twins MLB play for me a bit. That last happened when Gaetti, Laudner, Bush, Hrbek, Gagne were all blossoming and making a 100 loss season actually encouraging to me.
  19. Greglw3
    That stretch of ball throwing in a very critical situation was driving me nuts too! Oh for the days of Joe Nathan!
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    My Twins Shakeup

    Greglw3 commented on Greglw3's blog entry in Greg Allen

    I like your ideas!!!
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    My Twins Shakeup

    Greglw3 commented on Greglw3's blog entry in Greg Allen

    I thought that he showed the game changing dimension he can bring to the team in his game with the Twins. I was honestly surprised that, having seen a glimpse of offense, defense and speed that Gordon offers on a last place, bitterly disappointing team, they sent him back down. I’m the first to admit, I’m high on Gordon and think the Twins would be making a mistake not to give him a real shot at 2B.
  22. Greglw3
    But the practical result was exit Rosario and Cave taking over the playing time. Kirilloff may yet be the replacement for Rosario and then things will be better!
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    It’s a classic stat, one of the most important for 150+ years. Some hitters just perform better in the clutch. Rosario was one such player.
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    I agree with you 100% It was a very poor personnel decision. One of the player changes but only one, that’s resulted in a 101 win team gasping for air.
  25. Greglw3
    I don’t see bad luck as any part of this. Roy Smalley was asked for a win prediction pre-season. He said 90. He was asked, "Why so low?" His answer. The Twins have too many question marks all around the diamond. The FO foolishly gave away Rosario for Cave and failed to acquire players such as Michael Brantley, Springer, Maikel Franco (back up uncertainties at 3B and 1B and he would have played a lot so far!!!), Pillar. Another big mistake was letting so many bullpen arms escape and replacing them with bargain basement types. Previous to that, they could have been super aggressive on Bumgarner, Stroman, Darvish, Ryu and others of that ilk. If you lose these recruiting battles time after time after time, you will certainly lose to a team like the White Sox, who did what our front office could have.
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