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,782 OPS and gold glover caliber CF defense is still a lot better then what the Twins got for him tbh If they had him in LF instead of Rosario for instance, they would still be in first place. I think Hicks ultimately is about a .830 OPS guy, amazing CF defense, 25 HR and 20 SB a year person. (basically 4.0-5.0 WAR a year moving fwd)
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Game Thread: Twins@Cleveland, 6/24@3:10pm CT
DaveW replied to brettbrett88's topic in Archived Game Threads
Wow, not pretty, but I will take it. HUGGGGE win for the Twins tonight. -
Game Thread: Twins@Cleveland, 6/24@3:10pm CT
DaveW replied to brettbrett88's topic in Archived Game Threads
Finally an early game! Been in Cannes all week and have to stay up til 4am watching a couple of these last games. 10pm local time, will be watching on the water via MLBAM -
So why again couldn't they have just taken one home game from each team? Cleveland now gets 2 less away games effectively (since it's a neutral field) I'm sure the Twins won't drop season ticket prices either because of two less games. Pohlad wins again!
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I'm a big Burton fan. He will be a solid role player I think.
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Why on earth are they giving up TWO home games on a series next year against a division rival? These sort of concessions should be made for terrible teams, in terrible/old stadiums. Certainly not a team that has a relatively new stadium and a team on the "upswing" If I were a Minnesota taxpayer, I would be very very pissed off right now, the Pohlads not only stuck you with a large bill for the stadium, but are taking a nice payday no doubt for these two games in PR. Not only hurting the on the field clubs chances/advantage, but deriving the hundreds of people,and dozens of commerce companies (bars, food, parking lots, etc) out of significant money for two less home games next year. It doesn't sound like a lot, but that is 2.5% of revenue those people, small businesses etc are losing out on. Can someone on this board please hit the lottery and buy the team from the Pohlads??? Please!!!!!
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IMO the police unions are the main culprit. Thin blue line and all that stuff is garbage.
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Besides getting the best pitch framing catcher money can buy ? Yeah the front org completely botched their first off season. I'm not ready to throw in the towel, but IMO it was definitely a failure.
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Yeah, because it's not good! 4.33 era in AAA 16 ERA in MLB, that means his "stuff" isn't good
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House of cards season 5: solid but needs to end soon Grade: C+ Fargo season 3: dark as all hell. Grade: A- Americans: awesome as hell Grade: B+ Bosch season 3: B Master of none: amazing television A+
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Just one (young) mans opinion. People worrying about the horrors of profanity while not showing empathy for innocent human beings getting gunned down by cops (who then never get punished) is what is wrong with the USA as a whole. I have had the privilege of spending at least 5-8 days every month the last 8 months outside of the USA, and you know what I have found? This issue is literally only a USA issue, every other "first world country" doesn't have this nonsense happening, like....at all. As an American I'm past the point of being upset, I'm just embarrassed. I'm sure there have been other low points as a country, but good lord, law abiding citizens are getting blown away and their murderers are going free because of the color of their skin. It's infuriating.
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Everyone knew coming into the season the Twins rotation was a rather large question mark, injuries happen, it sucks but it happens, the twins had he worst rotation in baseball last year and added......literally no one. What did they think would happen? The lack of depth was a joke, and even when injuries started piling up the lack of real solutions was a joke. Sorry, but IMO the new twins regime are in completely over their heads. Didn't fix the pen Didn't improve the rotation Didn't trade any assets for anything of value Other than inking Castro, name one positive thing they have done? The Twins have been winning in SPITE of the front office. Make no mistake about it.
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Yeah this was a really good move by the Wild. It sucks losing Tuch, but whatever, he has a long ways to go to become someone they will truly miss. I liked Haula alot, but he struggled this year, also due to the cap it's likely they would have lost him anyways as a RFA, someone would have taken a chance on his upside. I'd still prefer we trade Brodin or Scandella instead of Dumba at this stage, maybe Brodin tbh.
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Absolute bloody steal for the T Pups. Lavine is NOT a good player, anyone can shoot 30 shots a game in this league. Butler under Thibs is legitimately a top 5 player in the NBA. Dunn, sucks to lose him, but whatever. KAT, Butler, Wiggins, Rubio, Dieng....that's a really nice starting 5.
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How is it early? It's mid june. The season is already 1/3rd over. They are in a playoff hunt, make no mistake about it. Losing stupid games like this by tossing out guys that have zero reason to be on a big league club is a total failure by the FO. Throws 95? Who cares, major league hitters (and AAA hitters) can hit that all day long (as they have done so far)
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Whatever the reason, having this guy start multiple games for this club in a playoff spot? Total failure by the front office. Ditto with this disaster of a bullpen. Not very impressed with them so far. Castro? Solid move. And a whole lot of nothing after that...
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Why on earth is he starting multiple games for a team that is currently in a playoff spot of the season ended today?
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Hicks already with 2.9 WAR on the season Still batting .300 Ops has dipped a bit, but .957 is pretty "good" On pace for 25 bombs 20 SB Probably should make the all star game as well.
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Neither guy was anywhere near the potential/prospect that Buxton was. Buxton already is by far the best defensive outfielder in baseball, Span and Hicks were both good as well, but not "the best" Buxton will be fine.
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Cops generally are some of the more undeducated and less intelligent people in the workforce. In my life I have found the majority of them to be pretty worthless. It's amazing we give people like that Carte Blanche power.
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I criticize the Twins more than most in their impaitence, but I don't see any chance at all they move on from Buxton for several years. He is the starting CF for the next 3 years minimum for them (book it)
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Sano for sure. Santana: 70% Berrios: 35% Mauer: 10% Kintzler: 5% (RP always get crowded for those things)
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Hyperbole much? You referred to me 3 times and each time you took things I said completely out of context. The two I have been upset about (since the moves were announced) were Meyer and Hicks, and yes I think the Twins gave up on both way too quickly It's not like there was some massive roster crunch either, this is a team that until a month or so ago has Danny santana as an outfielder. I do tend to think in general you should have paitetence with guys who at one point cracked the top 50 propsect lists.
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Giving up Meyer was dumb, and remains dumb. They could have just cut Nolasco or banished him to the bullpen. Giving up SP depth on a team with zero of it to begin with is and was a bad idea. Now it's costing this team wins in 2017. (Meyer would be our third best pitcher currently)
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Lite coin jumped to $48 yesterday for a bit, but settled at $44 today Not a bad 80% ROi in one month so far.
