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  1. Winston Smith
    Good idea, get that payroll down around 60m so Terry and the Pohlads are happy. We still have Drew to step in Mauers spot! It would appear that Mauer will be past his prime before the Twins can contend again so if the Sux offer Bogaerts, Barnes and Webster for him do it. We can lose 90+ games with him or without him.
  2. Winston Smith
    Twins lost 195 games the last 2 years. My guess is they don't have good players rather than them being "crafty" and somehow protecting them.
  3. Winston Smith
    you can only charge major league prices so long with minor league talent on the field.
  4. Winston Smith
    #5's would be a lot better than the #10's we have now.
  5. Winston Smith
    Ian Stewart is my guess. Poor hitting, cheap and left handed hitter he'd fit right in.
  6. Winston Smith
    If you trade Butera for him a mill.$ and a case of Tide.
  7. Winston Smith
    I have seen a lot of the Twins have "checked in" with so & so and so & so. Re-cycled pabulum to fill pundit space, imo.
  8. Winston Smith
    Never an option for the shrinking budget, getting smaller market twinkies.
  9. Winston Smith
    Gardy said he was busy handing out his resume!
  10. Winston Smith
    2010- 4.82 era, era+ 85 whip 1.417. 2011- 5.01 era, era+ 77 whip 1.476. 2012- 4.71 era era+ 84 whip 1.262 and he'll be 32. All these stats, of course, in the National League. How much do you expect these to go up in the AL? He looks like he'd fit right into last years rotation!
  11. Winston Smith
    Bad teams often have to over pay for decent free agents. After all who wants to play for a bad team? All things being equal if the Jackson or Marcum types have an offer from the Twins and a contender which would you take? It's a lot more likely to be guys coming off poor years looking to rebuild some value, imo.
  12. Winston Smith
    NO a lot bigger things to work on!
  13. Winston Smith
    I think that when he was outrighted that means he cleared waivers and they can assign him from there. I would guess if anyone wanted him he'd have been claimed. If that's wrong please correct.
  14. Winston Smith
    Remember that Span is no sure thing. There is real health history with him that I'm sure played into how much he was worth.
  15. Winston Smith
    Terry always looks like he ran out of Preparation H.
  16. Winston Smith
    Don't forget Blackie!
  17. Winston Smith
    Trade anybody if it will make the team better today and down the road!
  18. Winston Smith
    Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. Albert Einstein
  19. Winston Smith
    Wow x 2.
  20. Winston Smith
    If they take a player in the rule 5 or they sign any free agents what players are likely to be dropped if these guys must stay until spring? Seems really strange they didn't leave any open spots with all the players being let go.
  21. Winston Smith
    A good example is the Tigers. Fister from the Mariners, Sanchez from the Marlins and Sherzer in the Granderson trade. However they traded a lot of prospects and for the most part those prospects like most prospects haven't done much. Ryan hasn't ever shown that he is willing to do these kinds of trades, so signing free agents is what's left.
  22. Winston Smith
    From the Strib back in August: "A unit of Pohlad Companies, the business conglomerate that includes the Minnesota Twins, J.B. Hudson Jewelers and United Properties, Monday upped its stake in the Twin Cities luxury automobile market with the acquisition of Audi, Porsche and Mercedes dealerships. Pohlad's Twin Cities Automotive (TCA) announced the purchase of Carousel Audi and Porsche in Golden Valley, and Audi, Mercedes-Benz and Porsche in Maplewood." The Twins are just one of the properties the Pohlads own and they treat it as such. It is about the money, they invest money to make money. The issue is that many owners treat their team as a hobby. Many, many owners only want to win at the game because they have already won at business. However, this is the same ownership that was willing to contract the Twins because it was the best "business" move at the time. That really has to tell us that they value money more than the Twins. Two owners since 1961 and both were all about the money. Calvin because it was his sole source of income and the Pohlads because that is what they do, make money in any way they can weather it be jewerly, real estate, cars, popcorn or hot dogs. No spending more money doesn't guarantee a better team but it certainly doesn't hurt your chances on the field, however, it may hurt the chances of buying that next car dealership.
  23. Winston Smith
    This team lost 195 games the last two seasons, every player including Mauer should be on the table if the trade will make the team better long term. Yes I understand Mauer has a no trade but that can be waived.
  24. Winston Smith
    I'm starting to feel sorry for the Pohlads investing their own money into a mainly taxpayer paid for cash cow. I could tear up any time. Having said that they own the team and can do what they want and spend what they want and our recourse is to stop buying tickets if we don't like it. But we can bitch on blogs if that helps.
  25. Winston Smith
    Twinkies contracted there is no future!!
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