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  1. Thegrin
    I hate this thread. I hate the negativity it promotes. When you compare the Twins needs with the available Free Agents, Falvine is looking at a shallow, overpriced pool of talent. When you look at the pool of talent in the Twins organization it is deep and promising. Maybe it is more important that Falvine doesn't lose much of that talent so that the Twins can move into playoff contention for the future.
  2. Thegrin
    Baseball is a stats driven pastime. When I used to travel, I relied on Box Scores to tell me about Twins games. With your current Website, it is not possible to post a box score. No tables. No cutting and pasting without drastic realignment of the information. It is frustrating beyond belief to construct an argument without the use of stats, lists and tables. Change the website so it handles 2018 data and information. Make it easier for the authors to provide the information in a writer friendly (and reader friendly) way. Then you might find more writers.
  3. Thegrin
    Falvine are Professional talent analyzers. We are worse than amateur evaluators. We hardly see any of them in action. Both analyzers and evaluators can screw up.
  4. Thegrin
    Ugly win, but I'll take it.
  5. Thegrin
    We've seen this before. So what if the league becomes the haves vs the have nots. The Big 10 football has been lopsided since forever. It didn't stop the fans from watching. In the 50's The Kansas City A's were considered to be a farm team for the Yankees. (Remember Roger Maris). That didn't stop the fans from watching. Why worry about other teams progress. The Twins can only do so much. A bad arm, a broken leg, a drinking/drug problem, a drunken brawl, a little wife swapping. So many things can ruin a team. May bad luck befall all the haves. Let bad luck leave the Twins alone and let us enjoy another winning season.
  6. Thegrin
    The youngsters got to learn. Thib got Butler and Gibson to rejoin him. They must respect him and understand them. The kids will learn.
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  8. Thegrin
    And now Severino belongs on this list.
  9. Thegrin
    You could be right about Javier, but could he do it in 18 ? Is his bat ready ? Could Gordon handle it ? Is his arm strong enough ? Its an interesting problem that I hope the Twins don't have to solve. Every night I pray for Sano's health. Now I lay me ........
  10. Thegrin
    Do you really think the available free agents are worth the cost & the risk? Darvish has been injured. Arrieta was unreliable last year. Sure, Martinez or Santana would make a fine hitting addition, but the cost won't justify the improvement to the overall lineup. We still have the lingering promise of Vargas and a possible 300 hitter in Granite, not to mention the hitters in the minors. I also worry that Sano's injuries may force him to be a full time DH. We should use that free agent money to spend on giving Sano/Buxton extended contracts instead. Falvine seem to be making the best of a bad situation. As much as we love our Twins, players may look at us very differently. Just because we offer them the $$$, they still may not come. Lets just watch what happens and root for our Twins and hope for the best.
  11. Thegrin
    Tyus does look good. I do like him better than Jeff Teague. However, I miss Ricky Rubio's long passes on the break.
  12. Thegrin
    I spent a lot of the Clippers game watching Jordan. He does not seem to have a lot of "want to" when he is playing.
  13. Thegrin
    I hate Jordan. It seems like his numbers are unimportant . The Clips play the same wether Jordan plays well or disappears.
  14. Thegrin
    Today I am Thankful that I DVR'd the game. When the 4th qtr started I skipped, 5 min @ a time, and missed the gory details, while our lead shrinked. I am very Thankful that we held on.
  15. Thegrin
    It has been reported that Sano "loves" playing 3B. Since that is the case, The Twins should continue to play Sano at 3rd as often as possible. Forget DHing him. A happy Sano makes for a happy Twins Team.
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    St Paul Saints
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    DH for 2018 ? I think Zack Granite can be a 300 hitter with a very high OBP if given 500 AB. So play him almost every day and rotate the 4 Outfielders. Let them all DH occaisionally with Mauer, Sano & Vargas. This way we have a top fielding OF and a sharp hitter everyday.
  18. Thegrin
    The one good thing that Falvine did this year was leave things alone. How many times have you seen a new boss come into your business and screw things up by making a bunch of changes before he understood why you did things the way you did. This winter and next year, they will know who they have and have a good idea of what they want to get to fix problems. Otherwise.... WIN TWINS ! WIN TWINS! WIN TWINS!
  19. Thegrin
    I saw what looked like a homer hanky in Target (Downtown). I don't know if it was current or not.
  20. Thegrin
    If a team wins half its game, that equals 81 wins. If they win 82 games they are only 1 win over 50%. No matter what number of games is needed to get in the playoffs, the clubs will still be mediocre. Of course the Twins could get in the playoffs and beat the Yankees, They will be a celebrated club in Twins History. Its all a matter of perspective.
  21. Thegrin
    Bobby Darwin. Would have fit right in the modern game. Lots of HR & SO.
  22. Thegrin
    Colon shouldn't be back. Hughes should be in the BP. Santiago should be gone. Gibson has to keep pitching well. That leaves Santana, Berrios and Mejia (perhaps) in front of Gonzalves. Lets hope that Falvine can find some pitchers good enough to keep Gonzales in AAA for the first months of the season.
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    Eric Solderholm
  24. Thegrin
    It doesn't make any difference where they get them, the Twins just needs wins. Twins games have become very watchable, because they can explode for 5 + runs in any any inning, regardless of the score. As far as I'm concerned, this has been a great season, regardless of the final score of their final game.
  25. Thegrin
    I agree with those that would like to see Cuddy & Morneaux next year get a crack at it. Along with Roy and LaTroy. Love Dick. Bert sounds bored with it all.
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