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  1. beckmt
    The question is not the strike zone, but many of the calls were inconsistent in one direction.
  2. beckmt
    Do the names, Gil, Nick Anderson, Badaoo, john Curtiss, and another reliever or two ring bells. Under TR, Twins almost never lost players like this. This is a much higher rate than almost any in the major leagues. That is my issue, they were unable to identify talent from the prior regime. Most of those pitchers would have made a quality bullpen this year. I am concerned this offseaon, they will be unable to tell the good from the bad, and we will have more cases of this.
  3. beckmt
    Was surprised by Arraez. Twins will need a shortstop, and maybe depending on how they feel, move on from Donaldson and move Sano to DH. Buxton is the other factor to extend or trade. A lot to be determined here, but the Twins if Buxton stays and they have an average SS, rate to have at least an average defense next year.
  4. beckmt
    Or Ryan to start tomorrow.
  5. beckmt
    Is there any reason Jax should be on this club next year? We need to find many pitchers , so almost all should get a look.
  6. beckmt
    Law, Coulombe and Farrell probably do not have a future here. Jury is out on Minaya and Thielbar. They will have some holes to fill, but a lot of relievers are lighting it up in St. Paul and Wichita. Still you will need to look at a lot of them next year.
  7. beckmt
    Does Minaya have a future here. Some pitchers just develop later than others and he seem to be doing quite well. Or is it just SSS?
  8. beckmt
    pitching seems to be hit and miss these days. Coming off a year with no games at this time probably to be expected.
  9. beckmt
    Not quite, if there is a floor (possible, not certain), the injury would reduce Maeda's number to $3 million. Twins would need to extend Buxton and sign a couple of more players to get anywhere near $100 payroll. Donaldson would be the only player over $10 million and most of the rest are on long term (Sano, Kepler, Polonco) or not even to arbitration yet.
  10. beckmt
    That might be this year, I mean going forward next year.
  11. beckmt
    Sometimes with players like Gant, Garcia, and Garza you need a different voice. Gant has major league stuff and possibly the other ones also. I don't mind that. However Smeltzer and Thorpe and no more than long relievers at best, so let's move forward from them.
  12. beckmt
    Would be nice to know, where these teams stand for playoff positions. A couple of them may or may not make it and would make more sense of the transactions if we knew.
  13. beckmt
    At lot we do not know. First what is the new CBA, but you may have to make decisions before that. If you are sure there is going to be a floor, you have to resign Buxton, because otherwise you are not getting there. Keeping Gordon around is a possibility to backup center along with other positions. 3 players who have no future here are Cave, Simmons and the Turtle. Several of the lower rung pitchers can be jettisoned also. Along with about 3 players on the 60 day DL list. FO has to do a better job on talent evaluation. Under Terry Ryan you rarely saw a released player have a big impact (David Ortiz, but not many others). This FO has several relief pitchers and maybe 1 starter (Gil) who could carve out decent major league careers, while the Twins bullpen suffers. Donaldson is a issue, but I would trade him (as a sunk cost) for whatever I could get (salary relief and lottery tickets are most likely) to open up positions for the next wave. Most of them will not be here until next spring or summer, but we need to move forward. This also includes buying 1 front line starter to stabilize the rotation and also if a floor to help get us there. Baldelli needs to play the younger players, and if he will not (except when we are facing playoff contenders), we need to release those players so he cannot use them. Next year could be bad, but it is the only way forward to find out what we have.
  14. beckmt
    Saints will probably make the AAA playoffs. Miranda will stay there until that run if over (may be about the same time the twins are done). This winter they have many roster decisions to make. Expect a lot of the part timers who do not have an upside to be gone. Cave for sure and probably Rooker.
  15. beckmt
    I feel with Wichita and probably St. Paul in the playoffs, we will not see any top prospects until the minor league playoffs are done, if then. Plus with the 40 man crunch, it is unlikely we will see any this year. Guess maybe the return of Dobnak will come first.
  16. beckmt
    I voted 15 - 26, with the loss of Maeda today, maybe for the year and the FO not willing to bring up the talented starters in the minors, the last stretch will be brutal. It could be worse.
  17. beckmt
    I agree on Smeltzer, Dobnak will be given the leash because of his contract and the Twins may need starters next year. Rest I am ok with.
  18. beckmt
    Resigning or not resigning Buxton will determine the course for next year. Donaldson if not traded will play a little 3rd base and DH. If you do not resign and therefore trade Buxton, you might as well use next year to see what you have and fill the holes the following year. trade some excess minor leaguers for more pitching depth. Twins at this time have about a dozen pitchers, we need to find out what we have before we make another major mistake. After bumps in the road, cleveland's pitching is picking up, and maybe a trade of sending one or two of our prospect outfields to them in return for some of their pitching makes sense. Baez to me is not an option at SS and we will not spend to get one of the other 4. We will also not take the risk on Sundergard, but maybe we should (though a QA will somewhat kill that). You might need to spend some significant dollars in the bullpen because it is too much to hope that 4 or 5 of the Twins minor leaguers will take the next step all at one time.
  19. beckmt
    Sano is on paternity leave. Barnes and Ryan should have traded places
  20. beckmt
    I could this base of working, if the overage tax started at 50 went to 75 and then to 100% of the overage in the third tier, doubles in each subsequent year to 100,150,200 and stays there until reset. That would help all owners and players.
  21. beckmt
    But it will mainly limit the middle class of players to not making as much. Sorry the top dogs will still get paid, or clubs without a higher penalty will just ignore the first part of the cap.
  22. beckmt
    This sounds like a great idea, assuming both the cap and floor are hard. But doubt they will be. Competitive balance at this time is a joke, if you see the records after the trade deadline.
  23. beckmt
    Is Ryan going to pitch for the Saints this week or is he going straight to the Twins?
  24. beckmt
    It is possible, would hope it could be this year. Leg problems can be bad and nagging. So let's hope he gets it done.
  25. beckmt
    I agree on Thrope and Rooker, and feel much the same way about Barnes. We need to add a lot of players this winter, so many of these players (maybe up to 10) will be let go after the season. We already have 2 Pineda and Simmons and some others, though the jury it out on the newbies (E Garza, Minaya, etx.)
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