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  1. jokin
    Pretty cold, Mike. (I love it, and I'm sure Jack is used to the cold shoulder).
  2. jokin
    The Orioles you say!?! (could have knocked me over with a feather....)
  3. jokin
    I'm wondering if Scott Boras advised him to substitute-teach in the offseason for $63 a day, as well?
  4. jokin
    One more Winter Ball tidbit- in the Dominican, the Cibao Giants punched their ticket to the Caribbean World Series tonight, clinching the playoff final against Oriente. Old friend and ex-Twin, Alexi Casilla plays second base for the Giants, alongside Brewers SS, Jean Segura. Casilla, who has had a great offseason and was re-signed to a minor league deal with the Orioles, had 2 hits today and scored on 2 HRs from Phillies top prospect and #53 ranked overall, Maikel Franco. Also on the Giants team, current and former Twins: Scott Diamond Brooks Raley Pat Dean Jeremias Pineda
  5. jokin
    I just happened to switch on KSTP this afternoon for a portion of the Alex Meyer interview. His over-riding goal for this season is to be on the opening day roster. And he didn't care which role the Twins have in mind: starting, relieving, one-out specialist, mop-up man- you name it. He offered no excuses (for his height or health), or blame, for not getting called up last year- asserting it's up to him to finally get the call to the Twins. And most importantly, he says he has no current throwing issues with the shoulder. Seems pretty determined but still pretty respectful of the process and the teammates he's going to have to step over to meet his goal. Self-effacing and down-to-earth- It's hard not to like him after hearing him talk.
  6. jokin
    Pinto hits a HR tonight for his new team against major league rookie pitcher, Jose Alvarez, going 1-5 and playing catcher. But Magallanes loses again to Caribes, to go down 2-0 in the VWL playoff final. In the meantime, there's a chance that Pinto could catch for Johan Santana this coming Wednesday. It turns out the latest reports about the "Gotcho" being injured and down for good from Thursday's missed start weren't entirely accurate. It's now being reported that he had a successful bullpen on Friday and that the Twins will be on hand for Wednesday's game:
  7. jokin
    1) Body-type 2) Character Picking HS players isn't easy, but all things being equal, there were likely more than enough red flags (both medically testable and through background checks) when considering a potential 1st round pick.
  8. jokin
    I'm not convinced either, about Santana, but they really need 2015 to find out. As far as "being a CF" goes, despite small improvements late in the season, I think he's always going to be a SS. And with the corner OFers on the roster, that's going to inevitably lead to a pitcher's revolt.
  9. jokin
    I think you didn't understand what I wrote. By all accounts, TR is a pretty modest fellow. I didn't allege that Ryan was posturing in public. I said that the Jays evidently might think more of him than he apparently thinks of himself.
  10. jokin
    Scroll down to the second article. (File that under- "things I learned while looking up something else.")
  11. jokin
    If the Jays really want him as badly as was alleged, they disagree with Ryan's self-assessment. I'd have to think that Ryan could get the Blue Jays President's title, and parcel out the responsibilities- baseball/non-baseball- any way he sees fit.
  12. jokin
    Money. New challenge. "My work here is done." GMs looking forward to the day they get kicked upstaris.
  13. jokin
    The fact is, both Terry Ryan and Dave St Peter endorsed the idea of an ~$85M payroll for 2015 when they held their conference call with season ticket holders in late October. It seems obvious based on the results of season ticket sales that that notion went over with the fan base like a lead balloon. And a month later, apparently with Pohlad's blessing/insistence, the purse strings were opened, Santana and Hunter signed- resultantly moving the payroll up to $106M. As your evidence documents, I have to think that extra $20-$30M has always been there, it's just not in Ryan's nature to push that envelope.
  14. jokin
    I'm heading down the w/e of May 8, hope to take in at least 2 games. Hopefully Walker will be there, along with Buxton, Sano and the rest of the Dream Team. I would really like to see Walker flourish playing in an entire batting order lineup of no-doubt future major leaguers.
  15. jokin
    I think Terry and Molitor ought to get on the same page... Molitor endorsed Santana's position on the baseball field as "Shortstop.": And I doubt Santana is going to be on the roster to be the utility guy. Do these guys really intend to continue the fallback option on putting Santana back into CF when the other two options go bust again, with basically little support from the corner guys- including Arcia, an already proven bad OFer, trying to learn a new position? It sure seems that's what Ryan is inferring.
  16. jokin
    Funny you should say that... The Jays have struck out now on both Kenny Williams and Dan Duquette. Is there a chance they might circle around back and take another shot at Terry Ryan?
  17. jokin
    Berrios might have been rising on the boards, but I specifically remember multiple doubting commentaries from national baseball writers on whether he had the size and makeup to be a big league starter, and that it was s fairly risky choice for a supplemental 1st round pick.
  18. jokin
    Mixing metaphors here... but the last three #1 picks were lay-ups. Does anyone know? Who was/were the (specific) guy(s) who convinced the braintrust to draft Berrios, and sign Thorpe, Romero, Diaz, Hu, Booser? These are all guys that took some fortitude to commit to.
  19. jokin
    And the Twins in particular, There's a decent chance that the 25-man roster could be majority Latin in the next year or two.
  20. jokin
    Good summation. New direction in the dugout, new blood taking more ABs and more starts. With the addition of Santana, joining Escobar, Nunez, Arcia and Vargas, and so many other Latin prospects soon to occupy this roster, we're on the verge of a cultural transformation in the clubhouse that is bound to carry over on the field- in a very good way. But contention-wise, it's likely a year away. I predicted 70-74 wins after last year's offseason acquisitions. Besides the expected negative regression from the sophomores and those coming off of career years, ZiPS sees Santana providing only 0.9 additional WAR and Hunter providing just 0.4 WAR. Those numbers hardly inspire dreams of .500 ball in 2015. Meanwhile, ZiPS projects that Buxton, Sano, Meyer and Polanco would together provide 4.2 WAR, even as rookies.... and it's unlikely we'll see any of them on the team until it's too late to make much of a difference. I'm holding off on my prediction for now on the final W-L totals. First off, even if we all agree that the Twins have made improvements, it's not like KC, Detroit, Cleveland, and especially Chicago, have all made the choice to stand pat. 2015, more than any other year in recent times, is dependent on who the 25 are coming out of ST and shortly thereafter. If it's Gardy redux- ie, when in doubt, play the vets, then IMO,, it's 73-77 wins. If it's something more dynamic, that win prediction would creep closer to 80.
  21. jokin
    One of the pithiest posts ever Well stated.
  22. jokin
    I disagree. See Diehard's excellent Post #28, he provides many of the reasons why he is:
  23. jokin
    Regarding the pen, I don't know how I forgot the guy I've been pushing for acquiring for a year and half now, my lottery ticket sleeper special that Ryan signed in late December- 8) Brayan Villareal. He of the 100MPH+ FB and just one terrific major league season for the Tigers in 2012. Still only 27, but a long-shot, to be sure, but then again, a little luck, some return to health and a little coaching up, and you've got another possible strikeout maching option for the late innings.
  24. jokin
    Better than a strikeout per inning works in any park. And besides Perkins (K/9 of 9.63 vs Stauffer's 9.37), the Twins have no one who appears could come close to that number. Fien is 2nd on the Twins relief core at 7.25 K/9. We all didn't think much of Fien's signing when he got to Minnesota, it will be interesting to see how Stauffer plays out, maybe, just maybe, he could be the short-term set-up man who provides the bridge until the big arms in AA finally arrive on the scene.
  25. jokin
    You forgot about Arcia. And if some unforseen, injury-related circumstances were to happen, you could even add Polanco to that mix. And I agree, the facial hair is generally a bad look and a bad trend for a lot of guys currently in the game. But not Josmil, it really works for him. I'm very curious how much differently he will be treated under Molitor vs. Gardy.
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