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  1. DaveW
    As history has proven, a hall of fame caliber guy at a premium position is much more valuable then a #2/#3 type pitcher.
  2. DaveW
    After the last 20 years of watching horrible SS play, I am blown away that people don't want to trade for a hall of fame caliber SS.
  3. DaveW
    I have watched enough baseball and seen enough at bats to know what should be a routine play, the only excuse that Escobar would have is if he was running over to cover a SB attempt, of course since there was no player on 1st at the time that isn't the case. I also have been to enough games in person to come to the realization that Escoabr just doesn't have the range to be a major league SS. It's nothing against him, it's just the reality of the situation. Santana on the other hand has the range, but makes too many mistakes defensively overall and there are big questions about his bat.
  4. DaveW
    This is a good point, catchers decline significantly quicker then SS and are at much more of a risk to "fall off a cliff" production wise. Hell look at guys like Weiters and Posey, both the future(s) of the position, neither one are playing every day at the position and Posey is looking more and more like 1B will be his primary position sooner rather than later.
  5. DaveW
    Call me crazy, but I have never bought into Lucroy fully. I think he is a very nice catcher, but isn't going to ever be the offensive beast he was last year, which is probably the value the Brewers will be asking for.
  6. DaveW
    It is costing less, that is why the Twins wouldn't trade Sano or Buxton for him.
  7. DaveW
    Turner is a decent Catching prospect, he has been hitting better as of late. He has his issues no doubt, but so do Polanco and Santana as mentioned above. The reality is its a lot harder to find a SS who sticks then a catcher.
  8. DaveW
    I personally would start with an offer of Tulo and Hundley for Kepler, Polanco, May and one of Meyer/Arcia/Vargas. In that deal you get a couple prospects who could crack the top 100 very soon, a mid rotation cost controlled guy in May, and a high risk.high upside guy in Meyer/Arcia. Or maybe you offer Stewart+Polanco+May, I'd be ok with that as well. Stewart is a top 30 prospect, and you still get some close to ML ready help with Polanco, and a ML mid rotation guy in May. It would suck to get rid of Berrios, but at the end of the day I would be ok with it, especially once Berrios gets up to the ML level and gets shelled in Coors
  9. DaveW
    It should be noted that Joe Mauer's contract hasn't prevented the Twins from making any moves, keeping players around or signing any FA, in fact, the last two off-seasons have seen the Twins hand out the two highest FA contracts in the teams history. In fact, the Twins are still well "under budget" of where they should and could be. In fact, Joe Mauer has actually provided pretty good production with his contract other than 2014 and the first half of 2015.
  10. DaveW
    Exactly. All this talk of internal SS options, it should be pointed out that the Twins haven't had an actual productive major league SS since Christian Guzman, and he wasn't even that good, just not fall on his face embarrassing like Nishioka, Castro, Escobar etc The Twins under TR and co have always managed to find decent catchers, its a low point now, but it can be fixed easily, I have much more faith in the Twins finding a catcher without having to give up much then finding a decent SS.
  11. DaveW
    Nobody is suggesting the Twins give up Sano or Buxton for him, nor would the Twins even entertain it. It's highly questionable that Lucroy is even on the block anyways.
  12. DaveW
    2016 Twins lineup: 1. Buxton CF 2. Mauer 1B 3. Sano DH 4. Dozier 2B 5. Tulo SS 6. Plouffe 3B 7. Rosario LF 8. Hundley C 9. Hicks RF That's a world series capable lineup right there.
  13. DaveW
    in 2018 he will only be 33, we are't talking about a current 35 year old player, he is only 30 now, to imply he suddenly won't be an asset in his early 30's is pretty silly. Even if he has to move off of SS in 2018 (pretty unlikely) his .819 road OPS still plays anywhere (almost .50 points higher then Plouffe in his breakout year this year)
  14. DaveW
    Sign, you can be such a baseball pleb at times Brock. Getting Tulo in no way prevents the Twins from finding an upgrade for Suzuki. They can get AJ for next to nothing or have the Rockies ship over Hundley as well. Plus in the off-season you can always trade a guy like Plouffe or Arcia for a longer term fit at catcher if you need be.
  15. DaveW
    I agree with this.
  16. DaveW
    But Tulo gives the Twins a better shot at winning the world series not only this year, but also as well in 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019.
  17. DaveW
    Trading just ONE (berrios) of the Twins prospects and a couple other solid but not great prospects in a very deep system is not pushing all of the chips into the middle of the table. Maybe if it was for a rental, but Tulo is not a rental and would be a significant upgrade for the next 4 years at the very least.
  18. DaveW
    Yeah there is, and that reason is he isn't a good defensive SS at all and he has zero range. If he was good or had any range, then the Twins wouldn't have lost the 10 inning game against Oakland, any real SS would have made the routine play and had the Oakland hitter out by 4 steps, instead you have Escobar who had to dive because of his lack of range, and his lack of arm failed to even get the runner at that point anyways.
  19. DaveW
    Twins have the third best record in the AL and folks are all like: "Nope, better punt this year! There is question marks in the bullpen! and other places" implying that every other team doesn't have question marks.
  20. DaveW
    Nunez should not be playing SS at the major league level, for any time, frankly he shouldn't even be on a contending teams roster all together.
  21. DaveW
    500+ PA 5 years. And yeah, the injury concern is why the price for him isn't super sky high, if he was a 100% sure thing to play 162 games a year, then the asking price likely starts at Buxton PLUS Berrios and more.
  22. DaveW
    I don't care about the rest of the Rockies, I care that Tulo and his .819 road OPS makes him one of the best 3 hitting SS each of the last 5+ years., often times being tops overall!
  23. DaveW
    He is only 30, there are plenty of SS that are still effective into their mid 30's, I would say 5-6 years tops, with 4-5 years more likely.
  24. DaveW
    Negative 15.1 UZR/150 at SS in 2015, I mean, I guess if you wanna argue that Escobar who has no range, has a negative WAR, a terrible UZR this year at SS is the answer, then that's your right. I guess that makes you a more knowledgeable baseball mind then Molitor who clearly knows that Escobar isn't an every day SS answer.
  25. DaveW
    Lol, comparing him to Walker who played like 10 years ago.... I will mention again, his .819 OPS (road) still makes him the 2nd best hitting SS this year, and top 1,2 or 3 in pretty much each of the last 5 years as well. That also doesn't assume that the majority of all players hit better at home then on the road, so his target field splits could be expected to actually be a bit higher than an already great .819.
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