Jump to content
Twins Daily
  • Create Account

jm3319

Provisional Member
 View Profile  See their activity

  • Posts

    153

  • Joined

  • Last visited

 Content Type 

Profiles

Minnesota Twins News, Rumors & Analysis

Minnesota Twins Videos

2026 Minnesota Twins Top Prospect Rankings

2022 Minnesota Twins Draft Picks & Signing Bonuses

Minnesota Twins Trade & Free Agent Rumors

Minnesota Twins Fan Guides & Resources

2023 Minnesota Twins Draft Picks & Signing Bonuses

The Minnesota Twins Players Project

2024 Minnesota Twins Draft Picks & Signing Bonuses

2025 Minnesota Twins Draft Picks & Signing Bonuses

2026 Minnesota Twins Draft Picks & Signing Bonuses

Forums

Blogs

Events

Store

Downloads

Gallery

Everything posted by jm3319

  1. jm3319
    That's a hell of a dip he's got in his lip for that picture. Twins might wanna chat with him about that.
  2. jm3319
    Forget the dingers, where are the doubles? That's my bigger concern. (For Mauer)
  3. jm3319
    I think you meant central Minnesota, not way up north. Geography tells me Star Lake is central Minnesota, and Minneapolis is in the southern third of Minnesota. (I grew up on the Iron Range and take offense to anyone who says anything 30-90 minutes north of the Twin Cities is way up north!) :-)
  4. jm3319
    You missed a key word from the quote: "vocal" leadership. Everyone knows Mauer isn't a vocal guy. Doesn't mean he isn't a leader.
  5. jm3319
    No surgery is 100% safe or 100% effective. You don't open up bodies and slice and dice unless you absolutely have to. You'd hate to hear of a surgery go wrong when it may not have been 100% necessary in the first place. The lost time really sucks, but it's not the end of the world.
  6. jm3319
    Um, what? Please do explain. I wasn't aware Kirby scored all the teams' runs with solo homeruns to win the World Series. The highlighted pieces of this quote are, by definition, a double-standard. Player A does his job, team fails=Player A's fault. Player B does his job, team does it's job=Player B gets all the credit. Makes no sense.
  7. jm3319
    Honest question: Will people hate on Buxton if his power peaks in the teens for homeruns like they did/do for Mauer? We all know that leading the league in average, OBP, and Gold Glove defense doesn't cut it for some people around here.
  8. jm3319
    I know the play you're talking about it and popped into my head when thinking about overrated Jeter. He catches a foul ball, takes about 6 more full strides, then dives into the stands. And of course it made every highlight reel ever, when he could have caught it and just slowed down and stopped. Pretty much sums up my annoyance with Jeter. Good player, just too much media hype for me to stand him.
  9. jm3319
    I think it's more about budgets and revenue flows....There's just simply no way the Twins can compete with the Uber-markets like New York and LA. Those teams get more in their TV deals than the Twins bring in total per year. It's just simply not a level playing field. I'd love to see a hard salary cap in baseball, but know it has no chance of happening anytime soon.
  10. jm3319
    He got an additional $714K per year, not exactly a hefty raise (in ridiculous baseball money terms). It's basically an extra $5 million thrown in from the Dodgers for not having to risk 10 years on the guy. Great deal for both sides. Fun Fact: This works out to about 75 cents per heartbeat for Kershaw for the next 7 years. (according to Twitter)
  11. jm3319
    The Dodgers have TV money coming out of their ears. This contract could be paid for 100% multiple times over even if the Dodgers decided to LOWER ticket prices. Yes ticket prices have gone up, but salary inflation is much more due to other sources of income for teams other than tickets.
  12. jm3319
    How can they ban Bonds, Clemens, McGwire, etc when MLB didn't even test for steroids when they played? I'm not saying they didn't use steroids, of course they did. But the league didn't have any way of testing or policing the game when these players were playing.
  13. jm3319
    I agree 100%. However, this is the land of sports and public opinion where people are guilty until proven innocent, which is a tough spot considering it's practically impossible to prove someone DIDN'T do something. As much as everyone knows A-Rod was using steroids, 162 games is still unreasonable based on MLB's own rules, not to mention their lack of any solid evidence.
  14. jm3319
    It amazes me how many players are guilty until proven innocent. I really hope none of these writers ever get called for jury duty. "Oh, someone is accusing you of murdering a family of four because you were seen in the same neighborhood that day? Proof enough for me! GUILTY!"
  15. jm3319
    anyone know what a second round draft pick is worth? For example, I believe I've read that a 2nd rounder in the NHL has about a 25% chance of turning into a player that plays at least 82 games (1 season) in the NHL. Anyone know what the odds of a second round pick in MLB of actually turning into a decent player on the MLB level is?
  16. jm3319
    The team has bigger problems if they allow the manager to trot him out there for 150 games if he has a season like last year. Just because you sign a guy to a deal (MINOR LEAGUE DEAL) doesn't mean he's automatically given the starting job for 150 games. This move creates depth and competition. If he earns playing time, great. If he sucks, he won't be playing anyway.
  17. jm3319
    Smart move. It's a huge risk (potential massive injury) play with pretty low reward (one run), especially considering players are now a $10M+/year investment. How does the game of baseball benefit if star players (runners or catchers) are hurt on a 100% avoidable play over 1 lousy run? I highly doubt many fans watch baseball just for the small chance they get to see a runner plow into a catcher. (we have football for that anyway) I never understood why it was legal at home in the first place. You can't run into the firstbaseman or try to knock his glove away on a bang-bang play at first, so why can you at home?
  18. jm3319
    Makes sense to me. Helps the team now, and buys time for Pinto to develop more. And it's only $10 M a year. The Twins will still have truckloads of cash to put towards pitching
  19. jm3319
    Fun Fact: Joe "People call me nothing but a singles hitter" Mauer outslugged Fielder last year .476 to .457 Granted, it wasn't Fielder's best year by any means, but still.
  20. jm3319
    ...but can he pitch?
  21. jm3319
    I can't like this enough. Joe Buck accounts for 98% of the usage of the mute button on my remote.
  22. jm3319
    Don't kid yourself. All we need is Buxton covering the entire outfield and 2 extra guys stacking the infield.
  23. jm3319
    Sure, an argument can be made that the team had it's "most success" under Gardy. Whether that means he is their best manager is a different debate. There's far more to winning games than who is managing the team. Personally, I'd argue that '86-'01 was the Twins' "most successful" block of time, only because it contains the Twins' only 2 WS wins. It just happened to occur under TK. I'd take his 2 rings and lower lows than Gardy's more "consistent competitiveness" 10 times out of 10. Again, not trying to compare the two managers, but more so the organization's success through the time periods managed by these 2 managers.
  24. jm3319
    In short, yes: That's how sports work. They award trophies to those that win those pesky series in the post season and not who racks up the most wins in the regular season ( well, they get a different trophy I guess). The 162 sample size may TELL you more, but the post season MEANS more. Ask the Denver Broncos how their season was last year? They'd all be disappointed. Ask the Pittsburgh Penguins how their season was last year. Ask the Vikings team that went 15-1 in the regular season how they felt about it after they lost when it mattered most. Ask any number 1 seed or division winner in any sport how their season was after losing early in the playoffs. Seth, I agree 100% I'd rather lose in the first round of the playoffs than lose a million games 3 years in a row. Everyone would. But that's also a function of our standards being down in the dumps these last few seasons. Ask yourself this, would you be happy with 5 straight years of losing in the first round? Personally, yeah the first couple years would be fine, but after awhile even that first round loss becomes disappointing because we expect more after continued success. Gardy had some great teams( whether he was directly responsible for them is a different topic). Getting to the post season a bunch of times is great. Getting swept year in and year out doesn't feel great after awhile. It's all about perspective.
  25. jm3319
    If it somehow meant we got a championship out of it, yes. This is definitely off topic, but here's my short and sweet version: Remember when the Twins were rumored to be in the mix for Cliff Lee at the trade deadline, whatever year that was, but they didn't want to "risk the future" by trading away assets? Well, they saved all those assets, didn't make a deep playoff run, and are sitting on 3 straight 90+ loss seasons with a 4th a definite possibility. My interpretation: They wanted to be competitive for the division title for years to come, rather than go for broke that season. My personal feelings: I'd rather go for broke, and miss, than play it safe to be "competitive." 3 90+ loss seasons would be more understandable if we beefed up those stronger teams we had rather than playing it safe and still sucking years later. What does this have to do with managers? Zero. But what I'm leading to is that I'd personally prefer one amazing season followed by sucking than just being sort of good for a longer time period.
×
×
  • Create New...