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  1. Winston Smith
    I'm not sure of any of this and that's why I keeping coming back because the truth lies somewhere in the depths of Twins Daily!!
  2. Winston Smith
    You would hope that somewhere in the Twins org. they are looking at Worley before and after to find out what they missed and not let that happen again. Not just Worley but any player that leaves and gets better, why did this happen what did we miss? I tend to think, from what we have heard over the years from TR, that isn't the case. He/they do it their way for good or bad and not much changes.
  3. Winston Smith
    I'm really not sure what this means but payroll always comes up when free agent talk starts. This is a list of what AL teams spent, on payroll, last year for every ticket sold. Again I don't know what it means but it is interesting: 1. Cleveland $58.8 2. Yankees $58 3. Toronto $57.8 4. Detroit $56 5. White Sox $54.6 6. Tampa $53.1 7. Boston $52.3 8. Angels $49.9 9. Texas $49.1 10. KC $47.1 11. Seattle $43.7 12. Oakland $41.1 13. Baltimore $43.6 14. Twins $38 15. Houston $28.8 To be in the middle of the pack the Twins would need to spend about $50 per ticket sold. That would equal a payroll of about $112.5 million. Of course, that doesn't equal more wins would happen.
  4. Winston Smith
    While I would have really liked the hiring of Maddon and was not happy they didn't at least talk to him, I lost a lot of respect for him and the Cubs front office for how this turned out if true. This isn't a very classy way to treat the current manager by the Cubs or Maddon.
  5. Winston Smith
    Let's hope Ryan isn't doing his job based on hearsay. The only real way of knowing Maddon wasn't interested or wanted more money than what he'd pay is to call. Let's hope the question is asked and the answer isn't that I didn't have a phone number or I heard this or that.
  6. Winston Smith
    There is no valid excuse for not at least getting on a plane and flying to him and spending a couple hours talking about things with him, imo. If after that the end result was it just wasn't a fit so be it. However not even talking to him is maddon-ing!
  7. Winston Smith
    Sisyphus lives!
  8. Winston Smith
    The only way he blocks anyone is if they are better than him and four other starters. That would be a good problem to have. You can never have to much good pitching and right now we have a lot of iffy and few (one) good starters. I'll never be against bringing in players that are better than what we have it's the only way you get better.
  9. Winston Smith
    Reported to want 5 yrs - $25 mill. 5 years of Maddon for what they pay Mauer for one year seems fair.
  10. Winston Smith
    He is going to want a lot of money maybe 5m a year. The twins can afford that but will Terry write that kind of check? I kind of doubt it.
  11. Winston Smith
    Tampa a perfect job for Gardy and Rick!
  12. Winston Smith
    Please!
  13. Winston Smith
    Do it!!!!!
  14. Winston Smith
    Prospects are never a sure thing so anytime you can add players that are better than what you have now do it. If the prospects are good enough you'll find a place for them.
  15. Winston Smith
    So what are the chances of any of these guys hitting Target Field this year and at least looking like they belong?
  16. Winston Smith
    Trade Arcia (he's not an outfielder and teams over pay for homeruns) to the Rays they need some power for one of Archer, Cobb or Odorizzi I'm not an expert on any of these guys by the way just guessing. Trade for Bourjos or even Revere. Use Hicks and what ever in right. Nolasco goes to the Dodges for Crawford and some money. Crawford, Bourjos, Hicks outfield would be very good. That gets us much better outfield defense which will make the pitching better and it improves team speed. Way to many slow DH types now, imo. I'd be wiling to trade Plouffe for a solid return. Of course, I'm a dumb fan and these may all be stupid!
  17. Winston Smith
    I was always happy with a B.
  18. Winston Smith
    I'm not sure he doesn't give up as many runs with his outfield play as he produces with the bat. As he gets older he'll just get bigger and slower. If I could get a major league ready starter I'd trade him. We have lots of big slow dh types and we need some good defensive outfielders to help out the pitching staff, imo.
  19. Winston Smith
    Mike I'm not real happy with what you just said but I'm not going to complain, today anyway!
  20. Winston Smith
    St Peter just needs to stop talking about it.
  21. Winston Smith
    Friedman is leaving the Rays for a job with the Dodgers. That really sucks for the Rays. I still think we should try a trade for Maddon. Betting he'll be the new Dodgers manager tho.
  22. Winston Smith
    Pohlad said that 50-52% of revenue would go to payroll. Forbes had the Twins at $212m last year and we have heard the 50% number from St Peter and others. My Mn. math says 50% is $106m and payroll was about $85m. There really isn't any reason to hash this over every year. We (taxpayers) were sold a bill of goods and now we can do nothing about it except stop buying tickets and merchandise. Target Field is not going away until at least 2020 when we'll hear they need a new stadium in order to compete. It is what it is they lied. Is that really so hard to believe?
  23. Winston Smith
    He'll be 26 next spring and have 9 years in the minors. If he isn't ready by now then he likely will never be. He needs to play on a regular basis for the Twins and either sink or swim. Then we have something or we move on.
  24. Winston Smith
    I'll be very surprised if it's not someone from inside the Twins org. Hard to see Terry hiring a manager from outside that he'd have to spend the winter teaching the Twins way.
  25. Winston Smith
    This should make the pitchers happy having more infielders playing in the outfield.
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