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  1. DaveW
    Also good luck on your playoff run Mike. You have bought and sold Robertson a dozen or so times it seems! Nathan could have another year left in the tank as well, I like the trade for both of you guys.
  2. DaveW
    Also ideally Pineda comes back strong next year, and Surkamp is a bit of a wild card. Bailey Harvey Pineda Diamond McCalister Could be a decent start I suppose, just need to find some additional bats.
  3. DaveW
    The point is we already owe Blackburn the money, so I'd much rather him be the #5 starter then going out and spending another 3-5 million on a Ortiz/Hernandez/Marquis type guy. If he could give us a 4.50 ERA and 170 IP I'd be thrilled.
  4. DaveW
    Hendriks has bombed his first two time in the bigs, I'm not super concerned about that as I am sure he will be fine but I wouldn't mind the Twins giving him a bit more time in AAA to get his confidence high or fix whatever he is doing wrong in the big leagues. Also Liriano will be gone within 2 weeks, I don't think Sanchez is anything special but at this point there is no reason not to take a chance on him and trot him out there for a few games, best case scenario is he shows some flashes of improvement and the Twins can lock him up to a team friendly 1 year/3 mil deal next year, certainly better than paying that money to the next Ramon Ortiz/Jason Marquis hybrid. I'd be really curious to see if a change of scenery could do him some good, and again the risk is nothing.
  5. DaveW
    Random thought: Joe Mauer would make a hell of a leadoff hitter.
  6. DaveW
    I really don't understand why Blackburn has become public enemy number 1. When healty the guy has proven to be a decent #5. The best thing that can happen with him is that he can return to form so the Twins don't have to trot in another Marquis, Ortiz or Hernadez to fill in the back end of the rotation next year, and rather they can focus on acquiring a front line starter or two.
  7. DaveW
    There really is no reason not to pick him up if we only have to pay the minimum. I'd rather see him out on the mound starting games then Duensing, DeDundo etc.
  8. DaveW
    remember campaigning for the Twins to trade for Trumbo before the season started...would have been nice :/
  9. DaveW
    Season not over.
  10. DaveW
    Hijack!
  11. DaveW
    Mauer had a $35.7 mil worth in 09Molina has a 17.1 Mil worth vs Mauers 13.3 Mil worth this year. Molina only has an OPS 20 pts higher then Mauer which suggests that since he is a full time catcher its effecting his worth quite a bit.
  12. DaveW
    Waldrop
  13. DaveW
    FWIW: Pavano has also had injury issues which he had avoided during his stint with the Twins. If everyone was healthy a rotation of Baker, Liriano, Diamond, Gibson, Wimmers/Pavano/whoever wouldn't look half bad. Hopefully the Twins learn from this and get follow the old saying that you can never have enough pitching!
  14. DaveW
    I blame them for bad trades and bad signings all along. I thought Smith was an awful GM and repeated that at least 100x before he resigned. I didn't think the Marquis and Capps signings this year were the end of the world, though it would have been nice to get a pick for Capps. I wish they would have went with someone with a higher upside then Marquis, but at the end of the day he was a 1 year/3 mil contract. Also giving Zumaya any money guaranteed seemed and proved to be foolish. Anyways you and Twinswon1991 should hang out, he can throw out his "Mauer was on roids" comments and you can go on and on about how Cuddyer was the worst Twin in the history of baseball.
  15. DaveW
    Dickey- Is a rare case, nobody saw his success coming, also I'm not going to fault Andy for not knowing how to teach the knuckle ball. Loshe- Basically the same dude, he has had a nice season or two but its because he is in the NL. Humber- Are we talking about the Phil Humber that has a 6.01 ERA this year? Marquis- He is a 5th starter in the NL, like many predicted he pitched poorly in the AL, seriously your reaching if you try to blame this on him. Success stories: Santana Silva for a few years Liriano Milton Romero Rincon Nathan Diamond Pavano?
  16. DaveW
    LOL Chen was the ace of my staff for 2 years!
  17. DaveW
    How about you point out all the pitchers who vastly improved when they left the Twins? Pitchers get hurt, we have had a bad run of it over the past few years, they should examine the training staff and possibly make some changes, but it should be noted that the Royals have had 6 players end up getting Tommy John surgery this year, pitchers getting hurt is hardly a phenomenon that only effects the Twins.
  18. DaveW
    Past 4 years, 131 ERA+ Averaging 230 IP a year, 1.090 WHIP. That is definitely a #1. Also it is possible for a team to posses two number 1s, the Giants are a good example if Lincecum starts coming back to form. Trying to put a cap on "There can only be 15 #1's in baseball" seems futile.
  19. DaveW
    Kevin Slowey = Greg Maddux. Got it. I forgot the time Maddux was 28 years old, traded/released by 2 different teams and posting a 5.14 in AAA.
  20. DaveW
    This might take the cake for worst post of the year.
  21. DaveW
    If we are going to give playing time to a player with zero value whatsoever we might as well call up Nishioka and let him get his hacks in.
  22. DaveW
    He was DFA'ed so any team picking him up would get him for the minimum I believe. I say go for it, it's not like he would be blocking anyone of any real value from the rotation and once Liriano is traded another spot opens up. Maybe we could get lucky, and he would be a nice change of pace from the usual suspects that we typically bring in.
  23. DaveW
    Yeah, they def could use some better (young arms) however its kinda hard to blame them for Morneau's dizzyness and the other injuries the Twins have dealt with (Mauer, Gibson, Wimmers etc) its also extremely frustrating that guys like Guerra and Salcedo never panned out. Smith was the one who put them in the current situation IMO by the Capps trade and a few other things.
  24. DaveW
    Sorry, I have a hard time faulting a guy for continuing to try to play in the major leagues and collecting a major league paycheck. Just because his last couple years were bad has zero bearing on how he will be as a manager. Managers don't hand out contracts anyways.. Redmond was a perfectly acceptable back up catcher 4 of the 5 years he was on the Twins.
  25. DaveW
    DFA'ed by the Royals today. Anyone think the Twins should take a shot at him? I think its worth a shot, dude was a solid pitcher up until this year, and with Liriano leaving Drew Butera will need a new latin pitcher with control issues to work his magic on. Also I think he still has a year of arb left, so if he turned it around the Twins could keep him around for 6-7 million next year. (though he'd really have to turn it around to make him worth it) Thoughts?
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