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  1. shs_59
    Was a fan of the Nolasco deal at the time (athough i thought the twins slightly over-paid him) 11 MM per would of been much better. 45 MM total instead of 49 for instance. Wasn't nearly in line with the Ervin Santana signing. And Now it look as if both these contracts could unjustly undue the Twins future. They're both near untradable , and both eat the salary that would otherwise allow any roster flexability. This is really just great. FREE OSWALDO ARCIA, UNLEASH THE BEAST within him.
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    If James Beresford, Luke Hughes, Liam Hendriks, and the next great Aussie teen the Twins will soon sign were on the 25 man roster.... I GUARANTEE you it wouldn't have been this ugly today.
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    OHHH MY GOD In all seriousness NO F"N way ? right!?!?!? you are kidding?
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    OHHH MY GOD In all seriousness NO F"N way ? right!?!?!? you are kidding?
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    I too, do not understand the Plouffe Comment. Just look at the Al Central. (which by the way should be the 3rd strongest of the 6 divisions in all of baseball) All the starting 3B in the AL central are frightingly similar, in terms of war and production. Castellanos probably has the most upside, and Mike Moustakas should hitt the most homers. But besides a few small things, its like splitting hairs between all 5 of them Chisenhall, Gillespie , Moustakas, Castellanos and Plouffe. you could rank them from 1-5 in almost any order.
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    *** ^ I only say this because he has not pitched a single professional Inning with the Twins yet. As soon as he pitches that first regular season game, then its all on you as an organization. Man I really hope the Twins Front Office has some sort of running dialogue with the MLB or MLB PA to try to explore every possible angle. I'm Not even mad about the player, i'm more mad about the Money and the loss of the Draft pick.
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    There should be some form of rule, that allows the Twins to Void the entire contract. Because they had no clue Santana was on Steroids. Essentially, MLB should allow the Twins to RIP up said Contract and Effectively Making Ervin a Free Agent immediately.
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    If you were real fans, you'd know one of Millone or Pelfrey will be traded as soon as possible once they show they have actual value........If* may or meyer or whoever is actually ready. Getting a grossman type for one of those pitchers IS entirely logical for BOTH Sides. IF i was gm i'd flip danny santana for Micah Johnson sell off Dozier and A.B. Walker and Jose Berrios for chris carter and Carlos Correa and go watch the AA team play.... if i was reading what the heck you guys were all saying. **
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    People for GOD sakes quit acting all shocked Pelfrey is the guy replacing Santana! Really? Who'd you think it was going to be...? Jose, Alex or Trevor are not ready. (may because of the flu) I hope Pelf has close to a career year also, to shut you ppl up...are you even real twins fans?
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    Is it entirely possible than Ervin will make 14 million dollars this season? That is ridiculous. Also the fact the Twins lose their 2nd round pick this year.... Is also ridiculous. And the Fact the Braves pick up like the 33rd or 34th overall pick is even More Ridiculous yet.
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    Kurt Suzuki is the Worst Reciever EVER. If i was a Twins pitcher i'd Dread throwing to him. Duensing was squeezed 3 times in that Huge inning for Boston, should of been cutt in half..... And JR Graham should of K'd all the batters he faced in his inning, but instead walked someone (napoli i believe) but the pitch before was CLEARLY a strike "missed by the ump" At this point I'd gladly trade Suzuki PLUS Turner plus a guy like Berrios To just have Wilson Ramos Back I miss Rene Rivera right about now big time. Suzuki better hit .300 this year, catching like that.. he has absolutely no repoir with the ump and its sad, frightingly bad. btw just in case http://www.baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=20459 (I know suzuki took one off the funny bone earlie or hand or whatever, BUT He's always been a really bad pitch framer and UMPS HATE CALLING STRIKES FOR GUYS HE"S catching PERIOD.)
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    Tell me about it, retail = seeing one or two innings a night (at best) and maybe 2-6 games a season in person , if you're lucky. Thats how it was for me when i worked retail.
  13. shs_59
    Why are soo many of you guys acting "suprised" that Milone won the 5th starter job? 4 RH starters and 1 LH and 2 RH vying for the 5th spot.....if the lefty floated above water and showed he can throw strikes.....was their any doubt the Twins would not choose him? Ever since the Twins chose Hicks in 2013 To start in CF for the Big League Club out of Spring training; When I was CLAIMING not to do so... All these "other" decisions seem so un-important to me. Who really cares? As pelfrey stated We'll {it'll} work itself out. Rosario and one of Meyer or May will be up by the end of May anyway...
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    Yes the Twins' , and Brunansky's attempts to "refine" or "tone down" Oswaldo Arcia has failedTHE WHOLE ORGANIZATION HAS FLOPPED on oswaldo arcia I Guarantee the Houston Astros would take Oswaldo Arcia in a second and put him in their Corner OF and start him everday against both lefties and righties....and just let him be him the 200 strikeouts the 25-30 Homers, the .220-.260 batting average the below average OB% the poorus eye at the plate. Who gives a crap? Thats the Astros Method. So come on Twins just for once, let Oswaldo Arcia be Oswaldo Arcia this "tinkering" is getting on my nerves , this is a bit ridicoulous. If they're trying to change his swing and do this and do that and , look what its gotten ? A lenghty slow terrible contact swing thats taken away some of his power. I'm all for instilling a certain kind of approach at the plate, but changing his mechanics or anything similar (probably last year) is a big mistake , in my opinion. Productive AB's for Oswaldo in ST? 6 or 7 , divided by total # of AB's = Not too good. ^^^^^ Also ^ we're facing David Price on Opening Day, I could see Arcia Not in the lineup for that contest.
  15. shs_59
    Great Deal for him, and The Twins; Love the deal. Only thing i was hoping to see was a team option at $10-12 Million for 2019. *and maybe a player option at 14-15$ Million for 2020. with small buyouts possilbe in each case. I really don't see Dozier regressing much at all (way more sure than Danny Santana) and I also Know this gives the Twins' FO cost certainty for those seasons, for what its worth. Dozier could actually get a little better.
  16. shs_59
    He's in for a brutal month of April at the big league level, he hacks and hacks and hacks some more, is out of shape (really a shame) And doesn't provide any defensive value (power is a rare commodity) and I'm looking forward to "future power" contributions from Kennys But send him to AAA is the way to go , obviously.
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    yeah Parker , Nice Article. Regression is coming, 100% its coming for Danny Santana the young man is not Rod Carew. There is a small chance he hits . 300 or greater over a full season this year. He's going to be worse, much worse. The Question is ...Will he be good enough to be the everyday Short-Stop for a .~.475-.500 ballclub? I think he can be, particularly if Escobar is getting at bats at 3B/ DH and 2B and ocasionally SS on a semi-regular basis. Santana will make errors, and thats fine, its part of the growing cycle. He needs to be a .265-.275 hitter for a whole season , that will be tough very tough and he needs to increase his BB% rate to keep a respectible OB %. I have some doubts , but ultimately i'm confident in the young player.....his athleticsm alone can get him hits that otherwise might not have been. " the strenght" Aspect of his game - I don't really see what TR is talking about there ALL his homers he extened way out on made contact with the ball way out in front of the plate, He used his lower half and his athleticsm to hit those balls out last year. I don't think he gets anymore than 6 or 7 HR's this year. IF he gets to 12 or 15 its b/c he's taking chances or seeing the ball like a beachball, again, much like most of last year. I hope he can do it, but don't see the power from him really being there. if Santana has a ~ .268/334/390 line with aprrx. 7 or 8 HR's i'd be happy with that. His biggest weapon should probably be his Stolen Base Marks.
  18. shs_59
    In regards to Meyer, Niel Allen and Co. are tinkering with him too much, if you ask me,... Just put him in the 'pen and end it already. Let him within the next 2 seasons pitch his way into the rotation (it only takes a week or 2 to stretch a guy out from the Bullpen) Also Eduardo Nunez might get cut, Caleb Thielbar might as well, JR Graham should get sent packing back to atlanta......and Kennys Vargas would be lucky to begin the year in Rochester let alone New Britain. Danny Santana will be the leadoff man, but i think its risky , very risky. Trevor May please do something good, so we have someone to talk about.
  19. shs_59
    whats the chance Vargas makes the club now? 10% 25 % ? He's at least a 75% to Rochester for me. my opening day roster: CF Aaron Hicks (vs lefties and some righties) {Schaeffer vs most righties) 2B Brian Dozier 3B Trevor Plouffe LF Oswaldo Arcia RF Torii Hunter 1B Joe Mauer DH Eduardo Escobar C Kurt Suzuki SS Danny Santana Bench: UTL - Chris Herrmann OF - Schaeffer NA - Nunez C - Pinto Staff: Hughes Santana Gibson Nolasco Pelfrey 'Pen: CL - Perkins SU - Fien SU - Duensing RP - Tonkin RP - Stauffer RP - Meyer (maaaaybe Thielbar) - i think he should be in aaa. LR - Millone
  20. shs_59
    at this point i'd take Hamburger or Lester Oliveros over Stauffer. Will the Twins? No way. But seriously we're going to be in the running for "worst MLB Bull-pen in the League" By Easter, Hopefully it auto-corrects itself by Mid May or June. Come September Tonkin, Zach Jones, Nick Burdi , Oliveros, Thompson, Fien, Perk, Duensing could be the 'pen. with maybe J.T. Chargois and Jake Reed in AAA.
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    I'd be game (althought already in 3 lgs this year (all on ESPN now } although espn does offer keeper format , but i think it takes private invites or all of us knowing the 'password' which really isn't a big deal..... I like 16-28 team leagues the bigger the better. :-) (my other 3 are all 20 tm)
  22. shs_59
    Fair enough, Essentially i'm making a different point then, i suppose Hindsight is easy. Interesting article nontheless though Kyle Fun to think about, as i admit i have not thought about it before to this extent.
  23. shs_59
    At this point , though, I'd seriously be looking At Rafael Soriano to pitch in the 8th and maybe sometimes 7th or 9th innings. on a 1 year deal for $4.5-6.0 Million His slider left him last year, but if he can find it again he's a servicable reliever , up in age, but with his slider even somewhat effective immediately or 2nd best reliever. It provides some securty for guys like Fien and Duensing so they don't have to be sooo strained and can allow Duesning to face 80-90% LH batters instead of 50-50 or 60-40
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    My inside track on the 7 members of the 'pen 1) Perkins (Fien 2nd option) 2) Fien (Meyer 2nd option) 3) Duensing (Thielbar 2nd option) 4) Tonkin (want to see him pick up some K's) 5) Stauffer ( Pressly 2nd option) 6) Hamburger or Aaron Thompson (as of now, i think its between these 2) 7) Pelfrey (assuming Milone or May wins the 5th starter Job) that leaves one HECK of a bullpen down in AAA: Oliveros, Achter, Pressly, Thielbar, Pryor, & O"Rourke or Salcedo rotation: May or Meyer , Darnell , Hamburger or Wimmers, Wheeler , Rogers (I think Duffey in AA with Berrios to start) ITs early yet.
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    Whats funny about this.... Is if the Twins had Mark Prior Johan Santana probably never even gets a shot to start in the Majors for The Twins or at least not untill probably late '03 - or 2004. So in realitly, this point refutes you're point. And no the Twins should have drafted Joe Mauer and made the right decision.
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