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  1. SwainZag
    You can take offers, but realistically there is no market for Boyer or Fien. Boyer's smoke and mirrors of the first half are lifting and Fien just hasn't been.....well....good this year. As for Duensing, he might have a little value, but he has been very effective now in his last 10 appearances (12.2 IP, 3H, 2BB, 9K, 0ER) and as a contending team, how do you get rid of that, especially with this bullpen? I would start with a DFA to Boyer and call up.....someone and if Fien doesn't pick it soon, I send him to AAA and call up someone else.
  2. SwainZag
    I think the Twins are in a great place with Plouffe. With 2 years of arbitration left and with Sano on the roster, they have the liberty of again offering him a 1 year deal or taking the arbitration number if they aren't satisfied with an off-season trade offer. I'm sure Trevor wants a long term deal, but he still makes $5M+ next year regardless and an extra year of control is mighty handy in trade talks.
  3. SwainZag
    Just saw Sano's HR. Good God. To have the power to hit that to center is amazing. Add to the fact he knew it was gone, man this kid is going to be good.
  4. SwainZag
    No relation on innings and injuries but whatever general fatigue and numbers being down the year after? I'd like to see something like that.
  5. SwainZag
    Any evidence it's bunk? Verducci's pre-season writeups are usually pretty good. He had 10 pitchers he red-flagged for the 2014 season based age and innings increase in 2013 and I think 7 of those 10 experienced some sort of arm trouble in 2014. I'll try and find the article, but I am pretty sure most teams abide buy into the effect these days.
  6. SwainZag
    And Tonkin. I am guessing the majority will get chances in September. At this point who do you replace? Not Perkins, Duensing has been a lot better, O'Rourke just came up and has looked good, they have kept Graham this long, he likely isn't going anywhere. That leaves May, Fien and Boyer. I can't see them DFA'ing Fien. You have May and Boyer then.
  7. SwainZag
    I think the writing is on the wall for Boyer and he is definitely the next one gone. I am hoping that Berrios continues to pitch like he did last night in AAA and possibly see him start a few games for the Twins this year, that's why I would rather not see him in the bullpen.
  8. SwainZag
    The fact that there are only 3 hitters right now with WAR over the age of 30 while there are 23 hitters in that same group under 30 makes me say.....it hasn't gotten out of hand. The same could be said about starting pitchers. There are 5 out there with a WAR over 2.5 over the age of 30. while there are 15 in that same category under 30. Some players age well, some players don't. Fact is Tulo hasn't been the same player with the stick nor with the glove since that hip surgery in 2014. Will that change? Chances are slim considering his age....
  9. SwainZag
    I've seen you bring up the banked wins and 9 over at the ASB, but I really think there's more than just looking 1 number. Twins records by month: April 10-12 May 20-7 June 11-17 July 9-7 They had a great month in May, in the other 3 months combined they are under 500 though. You can keep looking at May and the inflated record and assume that this team is THAT good, or that this team is still coming back down and is more than likely a 500 type ball club, which 95% of us would have been ecstatic with before the season. There are a lot of holes and I don't see how someone couldn't look to next season with E. Santana the whole season, Sano and Buxton with reps under their belts starting from Day 1, Stauffer and Boyer not in the pen, a Berrios with tons of potential getting a shot the bigs, etc and not see a team as talented or if not more talented than the one they have had on the field all year.
  10. SwainZag
    And he has played 140+ games in his 8 year (not counting his rookie season or this year) just 3 times. He has also played less than 105 games in a season 3 times in his career. If he you could guarantee his health and averaging 140 games for the rest of his contract it would be a much different situation.
  11. SwainZag
    Oh please. Before his hiccup of a start today he had been excellent for the past 6 weeks and most of the regular season.
  12. SwainZag
    IMO you are also guessing what you are going to be getting from Tulo, especially as he enters his early-mid 30's. He's a guy who has played in 65% of his teams games over the past 5 seasons. His defense has slowly been declining since the 2011 season. Short turn he might look great, long term with his contract and the pieces given up required to acquire him might look like a long term disaster.
  13. SwainZag
    And if it were a 1 for 1 trade it would be an easy decision wouldn't it? You take Tulo and I will take May-Polanco-Rosario. Or Berrios-Polanco-Kepler or whatever the purposed trade is and let's make it 5 years.
  14. SwainZag
    I said it means nothing when comparing him to Polanco. If Tulo was traded for Polanco I couldn't care less what his WAR was before the trade, but it's what they obtain after that counts.
  15. SwainZag
    Everything Tulo has done in the past should be moot when it comes to comparing with Polanco.
  16. SwainZag
    I should have specified that I meant that decline in terms of the in field and not at the plate.
  17. SwainZag
    I like the idea of having him at SS but I don't like the idea of the trio of.....1) trading young starting pitching 2) getting a player who has played in 65% of his teams games over the past 5 seasons and 3) watching the decline at SS of a player getting into his mid 30's, which has seemingly started this year
  18. SwainZag
    While it certainly would include at least of them, the idea of all of them is beyond ludicrous.
  19. SwainZag
    Thank you. If the Twins do not move all their chips in and not aim for a WS title this year, that doesn't meant they have punted the season.
  20. SwainZag
    At least we aren't the only fan base that overrates our players. Brewers fan from the MLBtraderumors comments: Sano, Buxton, Meyer and Berrios you say?
  21. SwainZag
    If you are willing to give up Berrios or Gibson, I'd rather see a trade with the Brewers for Lucroy.
  22. SwainZag
    Tulo would be a definite upgrade at SS, but he is a much different hitter away from Coors Field.
  23. SwainZag
    Nice to see Weil get his 1st HR! I enjoyed watching his batting practice videos, the kid can hit the ball a loooong ways.
  24. SwainZag
    I'm not surprised, but those are sad numbers. It doesn't help when the team carries 12+ pitchers, 3 catchers and the bench caters towards playing the field instead of the bat. Either way, yuck.
  25. SwainZag
    Since the two run non-error double over Hicks's head glove by Moreland on June 12th, Duensing has tossed 11.2 IP, given up 2 hits, 1 walk and struck out 9. ERA went from 9.69 to 5.32.
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