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  1. Han Joelo
    Just want to clarify: I don't advocate waiving Burnett, just giving him some AAA time. He was the best of a lot of lousy options last year, but is being outperformed so far. I know its SSS but if spring training ended today there would be some guys with great numbers who didn't make the team. I looked yesterday and Maloney was 11th (Liriano 2nd) in spring training SO's. As for Doyle, I wonder if the Twins didn't tell him, "Hey, if you like it here, go out there and get shelled, we'll offer you back to the White Sox for the $25 grand, they'll decline, and you'll be set."
  2. Han Joelo
    Ditto on Burnett. Doyle might be a little more intriguing if he had a cool nickname, like Pop-Up Doyle. Not sure if I made the right "connection" there. I'm already cringing as to what prospect they give up to keep in a AAA.
  3. Han Joelo
    I like it. Looking forward to updates.
  4. Han Joelo
    For those of you who selected Jeff Manship as "This Years Glen Perkins," put a mark in your column, although his three strikeouts came against minor leaguers. And let the Liriano renaissance begin!
  5. Han Joelo
    Target Field for me as well. Long ways from Idaho.
  6. Han Joelo
    Of the ones I've been to 1. Safeco 2. Coors 3. Comerica 4. Old Busch during Pujols rookie season.
  7. Han Joelo
    This might be a dead thread, but apparently the site has updated itself. No Hunt or Hoey. But there is a youngster named Felix Jorge, who I've never heard of. Any insight?
  8. Han Joelo
    I signed on with MLB tv in August last year. It was prorated, so I spent about $60, and it was worth it, because I was able to see Thome hit #600. My two year old saw it too, and witnessed my excitement, and ever since, he has been in to baseball. However, I didn't renew this year. I was ticked off that no playoff games were available, and I don't have cable. Plus, maybe due to my specific internet provider, but alot of times the games would freeze or come in very low def.
  9. Han Joelo
    I am still testing the waters as well, and I suppose I will just get used to it--change is inevitable. I only ever bookmarked Seth's site, because it was my favorite, but I almost daily would link to Parker, John, and Nick. It was a quasi-Twins Daily anyway, and I liked that the formatting was different; in a way reflecting their various viewpoints. But I'm well aware that I've been reading unbelievable FREE content from all four writers for several years, and I fully support their move. It's not really the mixing of the writers that is a problem, but, as Nick may have been alluding to--the mixing or the readers/commenters. Every reader of Twindaily probably has a favorite writer of the four, and we just need to figure out a way to get along a respect each other's differing points of view, which is the whole point anyway.
  10. Han Joelo
    It seems like the Tampa Bay Rays are the quasi-Moneyball team du jour, and their success at cobbling together bullpens seems to be the blueprint many posters wish the Twins would follow. But even throwing a million bucks at someone like Wheeler can be seen as a "lottery ticket." There's a reason he changes teams every year. I think the Twins' strategy is laudable--mine for hidden treasures without spending much of anything. To characterize all 33 pitchers as mediocre to me is disingenuous--their are a variety of 1st round picks and formerly highly rated prospects in this bunch. Keep in mind this Twins' management is largely the same group that plucked Johan Santana, Liriano, and others from rival organizations. (Don't forget--Santana wasn't such a sure thing; they had to trade UP in the Rule V draft to get him.) So yes, I guess I'm a hopeless optimistic homer who is trying to get a job with the Twins front office. Again, whatever money is left unspent in the budget can be spent later in the year to bolster the relief corp--on pitchers who have already proven they are worth it. One example: Brian Fuentes in a 2010 trade-good. Brian Fuentes as a free agent signing in 2011--bad.
  11. Han Joelo
    I'm with you on this one. The Twins have actually made some pretty significant 'investments' with a few of these guys--1st round picks for Guty and Waldrop, trades for Oliveros and Guerra , and Capps for that matter. As you've stated before, if the Twins are in contention, they'll definitely go get more bullpen help. If not, these guys can get some low-intensity innings in. As far as Capps goes, yeah, an overpay (in hindsight), but I don't think Madson is twice as good or that Papelbon is 3 times as good as Capps. For the Twins, they maybe thought better to go with the devil you know than the devil you don't know. And, I know its just me, but I'm tired of hearing how the Twins could've had a different closer + a draft pick. The Twins have five high picks already and will owe over $12 million in signing bonuses, highest in the league.
  12. Han Joelo
    Ditto. Miss your site already. I don't think I'm a kool-aid drinker, but I just enjoyed going to an optimistic spot. All this pessimism/obsession with whether or not a journeyman reliever amounts to a hill of beans has got me reevaluating my desire to read blogs.
  13. Han Joelo
    I agree with the two pronged approach. If 7 or 8 guys bounce back, they contend. If 3 or 4 do, you've got some fungible assets to trade (I'm looking at you, Matt Capps--you were once traded for Wilson Ramos and whose to say you couldn't be traded again for a prospect that profiles better than the 65th pick in a weak draft.) If nobody bounces back or steps up, you have another unmitigated disaster, but at least you didn't waste another 10 million bucks. I know the cynics would claim the Twins would just permanently pocket that money, but maybe, just maybe, if the starts align they will prudently "go for it," and spend some money "over budget" in the future.
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