DaveW

So your saying sometimes pitchers get arm injuries? How novel. Holding onto elite closers is always a bad idea clearly, just ask the Yankees

11 out of 12 games have been losses, wow this should be a fun series...

Why on earth would Arizona ever make that trade? Would you trade Sano for a guy like Perkins?

I got back and forth on this topic, I think I would only trade him for a package that includes a near major league ready top 50 SP prospect or another amazing package. If not, keep him around and try to contend next season, if we still suck chances are Perkins can still bring back a nice little package. The last thing I want to happen is they trade Perkins, then next you we are "in the hunt" but have a musical chairs of a disaster at closer, then suddenly at the deadline WE are looking for a "proven closer"....and we all remember what happened last time that was the case

Willinghams 2014 salary should not be a concern for this team, with the current team as of now and arbitration etc the Twins will be heading into 2014 with about 55 million owed. That means that even with Willingham on the books the Twins have between 30 mil and 50 million they could legitimately spend in free agency/trades before next year. The best bet with Willingham is to let him come back and produce, if he does then maybe you can trade him in the off-season, if not, go ahead and roll with him as a DH/LF for 2014, if someone like Buxton is ready by June then deal him for whatever you can come the trade deadline, if you are still in contention at the all star break and Willingham is preforming well then maybe you think about just holding onto him and taking the comp pick at the end of 2014? Either way, no reason to sell low on him. Pelfrey is a "unique" Boras client, he most likely took less money to come to Minnesota and it wouldn't shock me if he did the same again. We aren't talking about the difference between a 7 year 140 mil contract and a 5 year 90 mil contract, we are talking about maybe a mil or two less to stay in Minnesota. If he remains healthy I would offer him a 2 year 10-12 mil contract with plenty of incentives. If we want to keep Pelfrey, then I would trade Correia for anything we can get, I do like Correia but we don't need a bunch of #4/#5's to compete. I would rather take some of that saved 5 million and put it towards a Hughes signing. If you can get something for Carroll then do it, if not, just don't give him away for literally nothing. I think having a veteran amongst a bunch of rookies/youngsters in the INF actually is beneficial and I believe the Twins have said as much. Besides, its not like anyone is really pushing him for those at bats...

Getting to goto bed before 12:30 am is the same as making a trade

He is different and special, he is a hall of famer who is paid 23 mil a year and has had injury issues. U don't send him when he is out by 20 feet at home in a meaningless game/season. Anyone else not named morneau? Yeah, think dofferently if you want to send em.

It's sad how empty that stadium is with such a damn good team

He would have been dead to rights, and the last thing you want is a collision with Mauer in a meaningless game.

Watch it...

Man that Aaron hicks kid has a lot to learn about defense....

It was his first at bat ever against the guy, you could tell he was completely lost for some reason

First game I have caught in a week or two, at least it's a good one. Edit: I don't count those Yankee meltdowns

Hicks and some more below average defense there

Holy Short Sample Size Batman!

Yeah, these roll over ads keep happening, I have mentioned several times its really annoying, especially with auto sound. And as I have mentioned several times before its not like you are getting anything close to a premium CPM on those spots, just tell USA Toady/Big Lead to stop running those, they will do it.

It's a real shame the Twins didn't end up with the number 1 pick a couple years ago, that Buxton kid they had to take at #2 was sure a bust.

Why?

Morneau+Morales+Clete Thomas+ some mid range 20-25 prospect for Hughes.

The same could be said about Pelfrey and he wasn't exactly given some massive contract...teams aren't stupid.

Every time a prospect strikes out I drop them 5+ spots in my personal rankings

Cuddyer was out of their price range, they got Willingham and Doumit for less than Cuddyer.

I'd like to bring Joba in, he has always been one of my favorite players and I think he could be a nice little bullpen asset with a change of scenery. I would definitely like to bring Hughes in on a 2 year deal this off-season, a new ballpark could help him methinks.

It is worse than Fenway, Fenway sucks as well, like 20% of the seats are behind giant beams.

Congrats on the marriage. Its going to be hot as **** Saturday I bet, be sure to be pounding some waters with all those beers at the game.