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  1. TroyVang
    Yes, trade him at the absolute nadir of his value. Perfect idea.
  2. TroyVang
    Exactly, that's the point. He won't accept it and the Twins get a compensatory draft pick. The original article says that the Twins should make the QO and I think that's silly.
  3. TroyVang
    Why would they not make the QO to Jeffers? Worst case is that you get another year of a great catcher. Would you be overpaying? Maybe, but not by much. And he would likely decline it so he could the long term deal. That means that the Twins that get an extra draft pick. I feel like this is a no-brainer, but I guess it's not.
  4. TroyVang
    Roster construction. Whomever you want to put that of the feet of (ownership, GM, previous GM), that's my answer. Terrible bullpen construction, no real partner for Buxton, Too much reliance on best-case scenario for everything. At the end of the day, this team wasn't built to be good. When they started turning in above average performances, that sent everyone scrambling.
  5. TroyVang
    I hate to say this, but at least they tried. At least they didn't roll over or frustratingly stand pat. I hope this kind of goes like 2001, when they surprisingly traded for Detroit closer Todd Jones. The team was kind of good out of nowhere and made an acquisition to signal that. They didn't make the playoffs, but they did the next three years and six out the next ten. I hope that is what we're seeing here, fingers crossed.
  6. TroyVang
    So, I'm not great with nuts and bolts manager stuff. Would it be possible for him to play something like a "big left field?" Like, use his speed and coverage ability to cover lots of ground, but maybe mitigate the loss of arm strength? To teams ever do this? Then you could kind of move the center fielder to the right and have the center and right fielders split a smaller amount of territiory?
  7. TroyVang
    I'm so confused as to why multiple people have listed Topa in their projections about the bullpen and he's even listed in the bullpen usage chart. We DFA'd him on Tuesday!?!
  8. TroyVang
    The team wasn’t the point, I don’t care about Sox, Mets, whatever. it’s that he sadly won’t be with the Twins.
  9. TroyVang
    I hope he can keep it up all year! He’ll really be able to help the Red Sox down the stretch.
  10. TroyVang
    His nickname should be "The Witch," since that's what his name (roughly) translates to.
  11. TroyVang
    As sad as I am to say it, I think you are right. When the American colonies were considering independence, John Adams wrote, "If we finally fail in this great and glorious Contest, it will be by bewildering ourselves in groping for the middle way." I see a rebuild in the same way. Trying to rebuild while holding on to two or three vets just probably won't work. It will just make them and us all sad. Tear it down and start again. Baseball is the one sport where you can truly do it. As you may have guessed, I teach American History haha
  12. TroyVang
    What is there to sell? The big contracts likely can't be moved. Jax and Duran would probably get something, but relievers don't bring huge returns. The expiring contracts are Vazquez, Paddack and Coloumbe. I can't imagine we get much for them. The one guy that teams would want is Ryan. I don't want to send him away. Do you?
  13. TroyVang
    Haha it's a bit of an optical illusion. The green monster south sticks out a little bit, covering the S on the sign from this angle. I can only find older pictures, but you can see it on those.
  14. TroyVang
    At the very least, Jax needs to be moved down the bullpen pecking order. I don't have the answer who moves up, but it has been rough watching Jax in high-leverage situations over the last few weeks.
  15. TroyVang
    My biggest positive (besides the obvious) from this game is that we used just two relievers and neither were Theilbar, Lopez, Jax or Duran. Too many times last year we used our strongest relievers in blowouts either way, which left us shorthanded in high leverage, close games.
  16. TroyVang
    It's always too bad to see someone have to give up on their dream at a relatively young age. Best of luck to him in his next steps.
  17. TroyVang
    I feel like a lot of the people who are loving AJ are remembering the last few years when there hasn't been a huge rivalry between the two teams and forgetting the times when they were competitive and he was aggravating all of us.
  18. TroyVang
    Caleb Theilbar struck me out an untold amount of times in the prestigious Southern Dakota County Little League in the years between 1998-2000. He actually went to Randolph High School, even though he's listed as being from Northfield. It's hard to believe that you didn't find it on the 'net but after falling out of the minors in 2010, he spent the front part of last year working down on the midway for the St. Paul Saints! Looking forward to following this thread, as this is the one prospect I have local ties to.
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