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  1. DaveW
    I have been wanting josh Johnson to come home for several years now, I could see this being that year.
  2. DaveW
    Locking the first thread? Boooo
  3. DaveW
    If Ryan is going to fire Gardy, he should resign effective immediately. I for one wanted both of them back, but if Ryan is going to make Gardy the scapegoat, he needs to go as well. Blow up the whole thing and start over with a new GM, coaching staff and plan. Good riddance.
  4. DaveW
    Gardy deserved better.
  5. DaveW
    Bautista would cost at least one of Sano/Buxton
  6. DaveW
    Betts is going no where, Niese would be nice but the asking price would be pretty damn high. I think their best bet is to try to bring in Kemp or Ethier and give the Dodgers Nolasco.
  7. DaveW
    They offered Hughes the money, he said no
  8. DaveW
    Sign Hughes to a 5 year 70 mil deal this offseason. Basically a 3 year 48 mil extension to his current deal. That is how you repay him correctly.
  9. DaveW
    The twins should introduce a program where if they are more than 3-4 games under .500 they cut the price of beer in half.
  10. DaveW
    Lastly, I don't see how the team would be miraculously better if gardy wasn't around, even if you think he is bad, a top flight manager or whatever would only add an additional 2-3 wins tops.
  11. DaveW
    Also buying MLB season tickets is a pretty awful investment overall, the face value on tix are always way too inflated. In the 30 games or so I have been to in the past couple years: target Field, AT&T stadium, Yankee stadium, Citi Field, turner Field, Fenway, Wrigley, Camden Yards, nationals stadium etc I haven't had to pay face value or higher even once. Most of the time I was able to get tickets off stub hub for over 50% off face. The only real benefit I could see to season tickets is first crack at playoff tickets, however with your savings through the year you can easily get into a playoff game which usually don't get very expensive til the ALCs and World Series.
  12. DaveW
    I haven't watched an inning of twins baseball this month. I suggest you all try it, it's good for the soul and mind.
  13. DaveW
    I think it's a perfectly reasonable take, what hard working adult wouldn't want the company they spent years of their lives at to suddenly just fold and be out of a job!?!?
  14. DaveW
    Nope
  15. DaveW
    Gibsons biggest thing moving forward will be consistency, if he can limit his "bad starts" to less damaging types: 3-4 ER in 6 IP we could be looking at a number 2 type
  16. DaveW
    I think Ryan has done pretty damn well overall, I give him an A- for the trades he has been able to make this year, and a A- for the trades he has made in the past 2 years to help bolster this teams future (see: May/Meyer) and a B or B+ for the Free agents he was able to bring in this year. Hughes has been a great success and will be a key moving forward, the Suzuki signing was perfect this year (the extension is TBD but still a very low risk move IMO) Snagging Fuld and then flipping him was great. I am still a fan of the Nolasco signing, hopefully he can be healthy from here on out and earn his contract. The Pelfrey signing is a bust at this point, but I think he has a shot to be at least a bullpen arm for us (a high upside one potentially at that) and its not like he is breaking the bank. I am very excited to see what TR can do this off-season, he has a decent amount of cash and less theoretical holes to fill as the rotation has 7 or 8 guys ready for the start of 2015 (Hughes, Gibson, Milone, Nolasco, Meyer, May, Pino etc) and SS, catcher, 3B and CF all are have or have someone on the way very quickly. Just need to figure out how to get a nice corner OF in the mix.
  17. DaveW
    Willingham deserves a shot at the playoffs, hope he and the royals can make it. Nice get in return, maybe he becomes the next Pino/Swarzak type for this team which does have some nice value at a minimum contract.
  18. DaveW
    Honest question: if I make a super awesome Mauer blog post can I donate my free pizza to a homeless shelter in Minnie of some sort? If not, perhaps itstimetotakeits child(ren)?
  19. DaveW
    Correia unfairly got a lot of hate from Twins fans, he was in fact the best SP the Twins had in 2013 and in 2014 other than a bad stretch he was "ok" as a #5 as well. He handled himself with class, never complained and went out every 5 days and more often then not gave the Twins a chance to win (Assuming they didn't have a bad offense) I'm not a Dodgers fan at all, but part of me would like to see Butera (another guy who got a lot of unjustified hate by Twins fans) and Correia succeed in the playoffs.
  20. DaveW
    9 IP 10k 0H 0BB 0HBP 0ER Twins lose 1-0
  21. DaveW
    Oh yeah, great work Seth! Way to scoop the Minnesota media on this one! Hopefully first of many , hopefully they all give you credit as well
  22. DaveW
    I mean in most cases they would have the guy up the game before regardless, just so he could get "used" to the big lights, settled in, get a good nights sleep etc before his first major league start the following night. I think you are reading to much into it, I don't think the A's hitters are exactly prepping for a rookie making his first start today (as they face Gibson) and they would have known by tomorrow morning regardless (as May would not have been in Rochester tonight)
  23. DaveW
    Kinda hard not to considering his results this year have been ugly and hasn't been in the rotation for some time. Ideally he gets healthy again and gives us yet another arm we can hopefully count on. I mentioned it before, but with those 7: Hughes, Gibson, Meyer, May, Milone, Nolasco, Pino, (Wild card on Pelfrey as #8) the good news is the Twins shouldn't have to dip into free agency to fill in the rotation, however I would like to see them potentially look at one of the "ace types" on the market, but there is no need to spend money on middle of the rotation types, and zero reason whatsover to get back end types. That frees up the money/time/resources to fill in some of the other holes next year (corner OF bat, SS?) etc
  24. DaveW
    Nolasco is a guy who you didn't include who I think has an excellent chance to rebound, now Nolasco will never be mistaken for an ACE, but when healthy I think he has proven to be a reliable middle of the rotation guy. Toss in a guy like Pino who has pitched like a solid #5 so far and you suddenly have 7 realistic SP options heading into the 2015 season. 8 if you include a possible bounce back from Pelfrey, and that doesn't even include a guy like Berrios.
  25. DaveW
    Yeah the BB% is an issue, especially when you are on a very very strict pitch count. Having a guy in your rotation who will struggle to make it over 5 or so IP each time out is bad news for your team/bullpen. Sorta reminds me of Joba's issues when he came up as a starter for the Yankees, electric stuff but was at 100 pitches in the 5th/6th way too often. Not saying Meyer will have that issue, but it is worth noting, while we are all very anxious for him to get here, the guy has top of the rotation type potential, so if the wait is a little longer I can live with that. Anyways, I stand by what I said, the plan that was conveyed to me back in May/June was that he would be up right after the deadline, I guess just like everything else in life some things change. I'm not sure this whole thread needs to be hijacked.
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