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  1. Blackjack
    So how is Hicks doing with the Yankees??
  2. Blackjack
    Thanks for the insights!! Good luck Jose!!!!
  3. Blackjack
    If the Twins keep losing a lot of the TD posters are going to start needing two hour appointments!!
  4. Blackjack
    Good call Seth!!!! Better go buy a lottery ticket!!!
  5. Blackjack
    In order for those young arms to be called up -- the ones on the current roster need to get injured - or fail. So if 3-4 of them get called up this years it means the Twins aren't going to do very well.....
  6. Blackjack
    I have a boss that pizzed me off about 7 years ago, since then she's finally learned how to be a real supervisor but some day I will be telling her what I think of her so yeah I could see how Ortiz would carry a grudge. At this point we know that when Ortiz talks about the Twins its going to be a rip so we just have to shake your head, laugh, and move on. Kind of like when some of the TD posters consistently bitch about Twins management, you read their rant, shake your head, laugh, and move onward.
  7. Blackjack
    Good article Nick!!! Thanks!!! Its too bad that Duffy didn't pitch better and make the decisions tougher but in the long run this will work out better for the Twins, and that's the type of long range decisions that GM's need to make.
  8. Blackjack
    My concern with Perkins is that as a long term member of the Twins they won't remove him as the closer until he's blown 6-7-8 games.... Those lost games could loom large come September. I'm going to pick Park as the biggest bust, a couple times around the league, they'll figure him out, I'm predicting <15 home runs.
  9. Blackjack
    This. Buxton will get hurt or play his way back to AAA, clearing a spot for Kepler, provided Kepler is raking. Or you could see Rosario goto center and Arcia see more playing time when Buxton gets sent down. When the inevitably injury comes along, the player(s) playing the best will get their shot. Depth is a good thing!!!
  10. Blackjack
    A lot of talk about D. Santana and his versatility, where does this leave Nunez?? Who is the primary infield backup?? Who starts when Dozier or Escobar gets a day off?
  11. Blackjack
    Lets 'assume' Nolasco is in the starting rotation out of spring training, at what point do you trade him?? If he's 7-2 at the trade deadline and the Twins are winning, you'd look foolish trading him. Are you trying to win or stockpile for the future? If he's 2-7, what team in their right mind would trade for him?? The ideal situation in my mind would be for him to have a winning record and be able to trade him for a player that could help the team now, a power relief arm or leadoff hitter. Taking this a step farther, you trade Nolasco and you have an injury, that means Berrios and Duffey are called up, whos next in line in case the Twins need another starter?? And lets not rehashrehashrehash May because that dead horse has been beat to death and hes needed in relief for 2016. Whos the next starter up? It seems to me that the Twins are not that deep in starting pitching depth...
  12. Blackjack
    I heard Terry Ryan talk about Pressly over the winter, he likes him, "he's got good stuff". At this point it looks to me like he's made the roster.
  13. Blackjack
    I guess I disagree. I see four major league starters on the list in Santana, Hughes, Gibson, and Milone. None a true ace but they should keep you in the game and give you a chance to win. Nolasco -- is a crap shoot, he could join the list or be Pelfrey II. Then you have Berrios primed to come up when the inevitable injury occurs. With an improved Duffey right behind him. All the names are better than the dregs and projects that they've started in the past. Top to bottom they all give the Twins a good chance to win, a good chance of not being down 5-0 after 3 innings.
  14. Blackjack
    It'll be five years before we know if this is a good trade. Hopefully it works out for both teams. I like it, the Twins needed a young catcher with some upside, they have lots of outfielders, they traded from a position of strength, what more can you ask for in a trade?
  15. Blackjack
    Agreed!!!
  16. Blackjack
    But if he doesn't have the arm to play shortstop why not get him moved to a different position and get some experience at a lower level? Instead of watching his struggles at the big league level, where games REALLY count??
  17. Blackjack
    Thanks Thrylos!!! Always nice to read a review from people who are actually at the games!! Keep calling them like you see them!!!
  18. Blackjack
    I never have understood why Plouffe stayed at shortstop thru his whole minor league career but when he hits the majors THEN they decide he can't play shortstop. Baffling.
  19. Blackjack
    I think a few more days off wouldn't hurt either. The season is a grind, you can't tell me that he's not wearing down.
  20. Blackjack
    I miss Johan....
  21. Blackjack
    "only 1.3 million" -- How many of us will make 1.3 million in our lifetime? May was a very average starter when he had the chance, now having him in the pen makes the Twins a better team, thats all I care about.
  22. Blackjack
    Is anybody really surprised? If you raise your hand I have some beachfront land in Alaska to sell you..... People complain because the Twins aren't doing enough to win NOW but when they make a move like this that is best for the 2016 team -- they have plenty of starters, need a good reliever, May fits the bill -- its roundly booed. You can't have it both ways. The only one hurt by this is May, instead of making starter wages when he hits free agency he'll make reliever wages of half half that, Boo hoo, cry me a river. In a few years when Hughes, Santanna, and Nolasco are gone he'll get his chance.
  23. Blackjack
    Kepler's fate is in his own hands, go down and show some mental fortitude, don't pout, knock the cover off the ball, do a 'Milone' and prove that he belongs in Minnesota. If he does that, the Twins will find a way, he'll be up by June 1. Or he can do an 'Arcia', go down and bat .198, then he'd be lucky to see Minnesota in September. The choice is his.
  24. Blackjack
    And what does that do for his confidence?? Some players can handle the beat down, some can't. My prediction is by mid-May he'll be back down to AAA, but the experience of starting the season in Minnesota and seeing what pitchers are doing to get him out will help in the long run by showing him what he needs to work on.
  25. Blackjack
    This is also my concern, until he proves that he can play smarter and stay on the field, I'm going to cringe everytime he gets near the wall. Or Sano. I'd bet even money that he won't make it thru the season injury free.
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