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That is debatable at the very least, as the Twins have a guy who more than likely would be more valuable overall at 3B and be 6 million cheaper as well. Plouffe would have value at 3B for plenty of teams, who knows, maybe Pablo slips on a banana peel and from his latest double decker banana split and spends the season on the DL, Plouffe suddenly looks pretty valuable to the BoSox at that point (and then Sano can move back to third)
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Homer alert I know, but how great would Buddy Hield look on this roster? Next years roster could be: PG: Rubio (or trade Rubio and bring in a more well rounded PG) SG: Hield SF: Wiggins PF: Dieng C: KAT Lavine becomes an awesome 6th man for you and Shabazz ends up a solid bench guy as well. Jones is your back up PG and if you find a couple big solid bench bodies you are set. Which brings up another question: Thoughts on Rubio? I know he does a lot of things well, and LaVine isn't a true NBA PG, but man, Rubio absolutely can not shoot and it allows the opposing defenses to cheat a ton. Would you trade him? Would you keep him? What would it take etc?
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I just wish they would have brought him back at that point as "interim GM" with the expectation that he handed it over in a year or two (at that point he can become "president of baseball operations" or some other high up title/something they could create) I'm just not sure Ryan thinks he has anything else left to prove, he has had a good long career, is well respected etc. I just want my GM's to be a little more hungry, look at Speilman and Fletcher, both have made some tough decisions because they know their job is not guaranteed and both are early enough along in their careers where they want to win a championship/continue to grow. When your job is pretty much guaranteed as long as you want it, then it's hard to make some bold/tough choices IMO, I think that is part of the issue with Ryan....essentially there will never be a hot seat for him when it comes to his bosses.
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I do overall like the signing, I think the risk/reward is more than worth it. Just for me the issue is they seemed to do it without really thinking things through, cause now we have a lot of 1B/DH (and 3B) types suddenly. If only Park were able to play a decent RF/LF this would be a fantastic signing (but then of course the cost would have been higher) Hopefully Park can end up a 30 HR type guy with a .850 OPS or so, you can always find at bats for a bat like that (or he suddenly becomes a real nice trade chip if suddenly Mauer comes back to form, Sano holds down 3B and Vargas or Acria becomes legit...or one of those last two become nice trade chips)
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People are being fine for the most part, no need to lock the thread just because it isn't a "positive" one....
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Almost as bad as that Nolasco contract
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If Park is only as good as Collabello then that is not a good signing. I agree that comparing Nishi to Park is irrelevant for the most part though. Again, I think Park ends up being solid, just wish they didn't have to put Sano in OF to accommodate him.
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I think Park will be decent, and I don't mind the signing, I just hate that it was the only real signing that helps the twins in 2016. (Murphy for Hicks will be a wash at best imo, and a disaster at worst) If Ryan could have traded plouffe suddenly the signing is pretty good
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Also should be noted that with the money they are spending on: Nolasco, Hughes and Milone in 2016, they easily could have gotten a Cueto type pitcher instead and had room for May or someone in the rotation. Stop signing mediocrity! Sign impact players!
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All I continue to hear from the pro Ryan crowd is excuse after excuse: "Oh well nobody wanted Plouffe" "Ryan didnt sign any real RP because we have young guys in the minors" Etc Ryan gets a solid D+ from me since he has been back, and a big fat F for this off season. Hopefully the farm system that Bill Smith helped build can bail him out (Sano, etc)
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Well we all know that Paul Ryan has no axe to grind with Obama..... Closing Gitmo is long overdue, and the fact that it still exists is pretty embarrassing. Frankly Obama should have done this years ago, but I guess better late then never.
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Calling Obama a lame duck at this stage is insulting on a whole lot of levels.
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The Twins system has been broke for Sometime. The worst thing for it is when Terry Ryan decided to come back as the GM. After the Smith debacle it would have been a perfect time to clean house a bit and bring in an outside candidate. Of course that would only happen with a franchise with an owner who actually cared about more than just the balance sheet. Don't even get me started on St. Peter, I can't respect him at after he greenlit and used a kid with cancer to push for a new ballpark. Ryan is at least a great guy and had a nice run for a while. St Peter? can't wait for him to be gone.
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to me the difference between Trump and Cruz is Cruz actually believes the toxic crap coming out of his mouth.
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Michael Russo is one of the few things the Strib does right these days. Lavelle as well. I feel kinda bad for Russo actually, he should be doing some national work IMO
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I really like the Common Man, that is perfect "sports talk" radio IMO. He doesn't try to be a know it all and keeps things very light and entertaining. PA is ok. Just way too much of a homer for my taste.
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I want to ravage him sexually
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It's literally the lowest hanging fruit.
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Berardino: Late Bullpen Additions Don't Appear a Priority
DaveW replied to East Coast Twin's topic in Minnesota Twins Talk
I mean Fien isn't a BAD pitcher, he is a decent 6th inning, 4/5th option out of the pen, however he is the exact type of guy that is expendable when you have this many young arms up and coming. Again why not just sign a solid 7th/8th inning guy like Bastardo or someone like him. You then have: Perkins, May, Bastardo and Jepsen locked in. At that point you still have THREE spots open for the youngsters, if May moves back into the pen then that number becomes four. Plenty of spots open for everyone IMO.T The Twins also only have one RP locked up after 2016 and that is Perkins, I don't see how signing ONE guy to a 2-3 year contract is suddenly going to block the future of the pen. You still have 5 spots open at that point (or 4 if May is still in the pen) -
Yeah it's pretty much garbage, and a big reason why Reusse and the majority of his counter parts are on the way out. Print dying is ultimately going to be one of the best things to ever happen to sports journalism without a doubt.
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Berardino: Late Bullpen Additions Don't Appear a Priority
DaveW replied to East Coast Twin's topic in Minnesota Twins Talk
Back to the bullpen. If TR wants to leave spots open for the kids to compete/pitch, by all means do it. But if you are going to do that, then why on EARTH do you resign Fien? For a little more in AAV and one more year in a contract they could have let Fien walk and actually be able to sign a legit 7th/8th inning type. Replace Fien with a guy like that and suddenly the bullpen looks so much better. The young kids can come along at their own speed without as much pressure, as it stands now, one of them needs to step up to be that shutdown 7th inning guy, because Fien certainly is not it. Essentially signing Fien as your only real "move" of the off season for the pen is unacceptable. -
Berardino: Late Bullpen Additions Don't Appear a Priority
DaveW replied to East Coast Twin's topic in Minnesota Twins Talk
I think it's valid to bring up TR's plan as a whole now and moving forward, his inaction with the bullpen this off season has been especially head scratching. Methinks you are taking things a little too personally in this thread Brock, nobody is creating strawmen and nobody is assuming anything about you. -
Berardino: Late Bullpen Additions Don't Appear a Priority
DaveW replied to East Coast Twin's topic in Minnesota Twins Talk
You are the one who literally just said more or less "well if the Twins have a bad 2016, then its time to take a long hard look at Terry Ryan the GM" I am simply pointing out that there were many of us who never thought he should have been back to begin with, which is looking pretty spot on at this stage. Additionally I would say we should have taken a good hard look immediately after the Nolasco, Hughes (extension), Suzuki Extension all completely tanked.
