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Myers started exactly ZERO games last year. They moved him out the rotation because they realized he wasn't a good pitcher. -
Brett Myers is ****ing garbage, if a team as ****ty as the Astros decided he no longer was a fit in the rotation thats all you need to know, he is a lifetime 4.24 ERA starting pitcher in the NL, which means at best he at one point who would been a 4.60 ERA pitcher in the AL, except the problem is he is regressing. Would I bring him in on a minimum deal this year? Sure, but I sure as hell wouldn't count on this wife beaters ass to be an even short term solution to the rotation. Myers should be the 4th of 5th pitcher you sign this off-season to be honest.
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Jurrjens is a no brainer to go after.
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Mark Reynolds?
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Nishioka is not only the Twins turkey of the year, but the Twins turkey of all time.
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A simple, why didn't you check the front page and find the same exact topic, would have sufficed. Also as most everyone has stated. No.
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For our first guest we should have that local media member who broke us all the early news that Scott Baker had resigned with the Twins
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The funny thing is Figgins might be the worst player in baseball currently, and people WANT to bring him in for some reason. In addition to him being terrible at baseball he is also a bad clubhouse guy.
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No, it says alot when the offensive starved Mariners moved his ass to corner OF this year bc he can't play ANY viable inf position at this point. Fun fact: Punto has a 55 point higher OPS over the past 3 years then Figgins and actually is able to PLAY DEFENSE!!!!!!!!
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No. No. No. No! As someone who has the mariners as their number 2 team (entire immediate family lives in Seattle) I can tell you figgins is the absolute worst,the only and I mean ONLY good thing about his tenure in Seattle was a local bar offered draft bears for the price of whatever Figgins batting average was at the time. As much as I am a fan of sub $2 pints, I can't in any faith endorse them signing this turd for anything period.
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This might actually be the biggest game in Minnesota sports in over 2 years, which is exciting and depressing at the same time. A couple weeks ago it didn't look like the Vikes had much of a chance @Chicago, the only things they had going for them was coming off a bye with Chicago coming off two good opponents and a short week from a MNF game (out west) However the Bears looked freaking terrible last night. If Cutler is out of the game, not only the Vikes have a chance to win I actually think they have a very good chance to win. Other then Tillman the Bears defense isn't the greatest in the world, if you can just limit the turnovers the Vikings should be fine (especially with Campbell as the QB) The Bears O-Line is atrocious, and their run defense has some serious holes. 150 from Peterson shouldn't be a suprise.
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No.
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He basically rates somewhere between Paper Cuts on an eyeball and Hitler.
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Just like I said months ago, when everyone was tripping over themselves saying "OMG what a classy guy!" Nope, he is a gutless worthless punk. Instead of trying to make something of himself and give the Twins even the smallest return on his investment, he pouted, had a **** attitude and then asked to back out of his contract in order to go back to Japan to make even MORE money. I hope he fails just as miserably over in Japan as he did here. Good Riddance to that D-bag.
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What do those two things have anything to do with the topic at hand? Yes, Mike Trout would be in the majors by now with the Twins (assuming he produced similarly in the minors-plus no injuries), it's really not that difficult of a concept. The Twins front office isn't the bumbling bunch of idiots that geniuses like Thrylos and others on this board try to make them out to be.
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Going back and playing captain hindsight on the freaking baseball draft is a futile endeavor. You act like guys like Josh Johnson etc were clearly "can't miss" guys and everybody but the Twins knew this, when it clearly isn't the case. Also shouldn't the other 31 teams be embarrassed they didn't Take Jason Kubel in the first 16 rounds or whatever? Would it have been nice to get Trout? No doubt, but Gibson at least is looking like a potential very good #2, if you can grab that in the draft its a success. Hopefully Plouffe continues to produce, two years ago the 2004 draft class was looking like a complete lost cause, if Perkins ends up being a good closer and Plouffe at least a average starting 3B with pop it turns out to be somewhat of a win.
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I thought they handled Morneau for the most part correctly, seeing how they had doug mientkiewicz coming off a very solid year in 2003, the prob waited a bit to long to trade mientkiewicz, but I have a feeling they were wanting his value to get up a little as he really was struggling by the time they traded him. Bartlett, and Slama aren't exactly the most talented players in the world, so even though its frustrating its not a huge deal. It also should be noted that rushing prospects for the sake of rushing them fails more then it succeeds: See:Carlos Gomez
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Well then you'd be wrong. Sure I am See: Joe Mauer (who ended up having only about 20 more games in the minors then trout, and didn't come close to matching his dominance during that time.
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Well then you'd be wrong.
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I think you are giving the show a bit to much credit, there is still plenty of eye rolling moments that occur, Michonne is a bad ass, but I feel they are really limiting her quite a bit. In the comics she is arguably the best character, through her entire time in them, in this she is the weird chick who is a killing machine but has zero social skills and is paranoid. I think they have really ****ed up her character. The governor should have been Danny Trejo, end of story.
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Agreed for the most part. Do you think the line has been worthy of him being skiddish this year? I've thought many sacks were his fault for holding the ball too long or running into defenders rather than staying in the pocket. I've never found a site I like for tracking o-line work, just rely on my eyes which isn't always fair. I think a few inexcusably missed assignments, which we've seen too much of, have more of an impact on a quarterback's trust than guys getting beat one-on-one, where they've probably been mediocre rather than poor. Good teams don't have defenders shooting through holes 1-4 untouched when they aren't overloaded. The Vikings have had that, and a handful goes a long way. I tend to agree with this take, the o-line is no doubt improved over last year with the addition of Kalil (who should only continue to improve) but the Vikes need to look at upgrading the O-Line overall this off-season. If you could replace Loadholt, and maybe one more with even a moderate upgrade you are suddenly looking at a very potent line. The nice thing is regardless of how this season ends up we go into 2013 with a lot less glaring holes (need 1 O-line, 1 CB, 1 WR, and potentially 1 QB) I feel pretty solid about the rest of the team at this point.
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Article: Twins Should Follow Blue Jays Bold Lead
DaveW replied to Jim Crikket's topic in Twins Daily Front Page News
No the Twins shouldn't follow the Blue Jays Bold league, taking on one awful contract and another huge contract that most likely will be bad is not a good way to run a team, it will fail for the Dodgers and it will fail for the Blue Jays long term. Holy hell you would think the Blue Jays learned their lesson after Rios and Wells, but nope!! -
Per capita the Twins get very good ratings, so a new broadcast team wouldn't help. The problem is the market size is pretty damn small, compared to the majority of other teams, for instance Detroit territory has significantly more people. Yes Twins territory is large in size, but Iowa, South Dakota etc are very sparesly populated, and even Minneapolis pales compared to most other cities.
