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  1. chopper0080
    Our lineup last night was gross.
  2. chopper0080
    When you have almost an entire roster of players who are putting up numbers under their career averages, it is a managerial problem. When you have a roster in which the younger players are showing a lack of fundamentals, essentially both in their process and the results are poor, then your manager needs to go, now. When you have a roster that can't compete with other teams even when they are putting up career average numbers, that is a GM problem.
  3. chopper0080
    Our luck Gardy will be the next GM, and then he will make himself the manager to keep things like this from happening in the future. There is no hire like a gardenHIRE.
  4. chopper0080
    "Hughes Nutz"
  5. chopper0080
    The Minnesota Twins Baseball Club for players who want to hit good, and do other baseball things real good too.
  6. chopper0080
    So, you are debating consistency vs competency. The argument you are posing is that Hicks can be competent in spurts, but fails to do so consistently. My counter to that is if Hicks was consistent, he wouldn't be a back up player. Mastro can't be decent for any stretch, and he isn't going to develop into anything more than that. Hicks at least has the ability to be a competent, league average player, even if it is inconsistently, and is young enough that there could be hope that he becomes more consistent. You are never going to have a bench of guys who are both consistent and competent. With that being understood, isn't a bench of guys who are inconsistently competent better than a bench of guys who are consistently incompetent?
  7. chopper0080
    Hicks as a backup plan if Buxton fails is a higher bar than trading away your young, struggling depth. Elevating players who aren't ready, and then turning to Mastro when it fails, that is a window into the organization's overall failure. I'm not saying that Hicks is ever going to be a viable MLB player. But when you are rebuilding, having young athletic players to backup young athletic players is a formula for success. You never know when or if athletic talent will take off in MLB, why trade it for a more limited player who hasn't shown anything.
  8. chopper0080
    I believe Hicks has more to offer baseball than Mastro...
  9. chopper0080
    Very similar to Carlos Gomez. In both situations, the Twins sold low on a young prospect that needed time. Now, Hicks's struggles were greater than Gomez's, and Gomez had a higher ceiling/better production, but it highlights the lack of commitment from this franchise towards it's young talent. They throw these prospects into the fire, and then jettison them with prime years still remaining taking pennies in return. Who knows what would have happened to Arcia if he hadn't came out hitting when given the chance?
  10. chopper0080
    I don't necessarily agree with this statement, but if I did, these would be my thoughts. Entitlement is created when roster spots are cleared for your young prospects rather than having to take them. When you have a terrible team, and you look to your prospects to save the franchise. The Twins gave the power and leadership to their young players, and now they have to deal with how they handle it.
  11. chopper0080
    Others have said it, and I will say it. The Twins have a lack of good baseball players on their roster. So, who is to blame. Manager or GM? A GM's job is to assemble a roster full of talent. Well, the GM has had years to put this roster together so, if we lack talent now, that problem is on him. A manager's job is to get the most out of the talent on the roster. Essentially, ensuring that more players than not are playing at or above their historical numbers. If we have a roster of players who aren't doing so, then the manager is not doing a good job. To me, it seems to be pretty evident that both Ryan and Molitor are failing to do their jobs.
  12. chopper0080
    I don't believe any change the Twins could make would result in anything as disappointing as we have experienced over the past 6 years. What is there to fear? Another 90 loss season? A shamble of things? Things already are in shambles. I am curious what you believe makes Molitor "solid". At best he is a league average manager.
  13. chopper0080
    The 2015 Twins were fool's gold, and shame on anyone who wasn't clearheaded enough to see that. To try an pin the past 6 years on any one person is naive. A variety of people in a variety of roles have come and gone, yet the results are still the same. The issue is that rather than make changes and bring in outsiders, the Twins have run their organization like a game of musical chairs. Gardenhire was the fall guy, he sat out a year, and then the organization brought him right back in. How do you expect anything to actually change when this is the approach?
  14. chopper0080
    All that would do is encourage the organization to stay in house rather than looking for a different voice, viewpoint, or someone who would hold people accountable. If Glynn was a difference maker as a manager, he would be a manager already. More than likely, Glynn like Molitor like Gardenhire, is just a guy. No audition needed.
  15. chopper0080
    Yes, the roster lacks leadership from veteran players and so young players are now filling that role. I haven't seen anything to determine if that is a good thing or bad thing, but it is what occurs when you construct a roster like the Twins have.
  16. chopper0080
    It is a silly concept. Our struggles are due to organization issues more than anything. My point is that if you lack leadership in a locker room, your young players will naturally fill that role for better or worse.
  17. chopper0080
    I see no benefit to firing Molitor and Ryan during the season. I see no benefit to keeping Molitor and Ryan around next season. This organization just seems like it operating in the past, and has a complete lack of urgency. Everyone comfortable, and no one wants to hurt anyone in the "families" feelings. This will be a huge reason why the Twins will be hesitant to look outside the organization for a GM or manager, and why an outside candidate will be hesitant to take the job. I just can't understand an organization which chooses to hold onto the past rather than evolve with the game.
  18. chopper0080
    That is what the leaders on the team are supposed to do. The problem is that when you lack veteran leadership, and have young talent, your young talent can dictate what type of behavior is appropriate and inappropriate. It is a roster construction issue.
  19. chopper0080
    More moves that increase the perception of a organization lacking in both self awareness and a singular focus. Let's Hicks for Murphy just because we have Buxton who has not demonstrated an ability to produce in the pros. Now we are demoting Murphy, have demoted Buxton, and are looking for OF depth. Lets move a promising May from starting to the bullpen in favor of Milone. Milone is now outrighted. Let's keep 29 year old Plouffe at 3B and move 22 Sano to the OF. Which player do you believe will be on the roster longer? Let's give contract extensions to older players coming off career years (Suzuki, Hughes, Perkins). Shocking that they have never replicated the production that got them the contract. It has become a pattern.
  20. chopper0080
    I'm pretty sure this is an inappropriate comment.
  21. chopper0080
    Someone just explain why Meyer should start and Mays should be out of the bullpen because, to me, it seems that is backwards.
  22. chopper0080
    Man, I'm not going to say that the Twins could have gotten a haul for either Glen Perkins or Philip Hughes, but they definitely missed out on a chance to sell high. I will never understand the Twins giving up on young talent but then retaining older players coming off career years.
  23. chopper0080
    Can we just change the title to Minnesota's Misuse of Young Players? That should sum it up.
  24. chopper0080
    I like watching baseball that is played at a high level...and that is not the type baseball that the Twins are playing right now. I follow the Twins because I am a fan, but I am not going out of my to consume a poor product. I tune in periodically, or to watch certain players, but nothing more until I see more. Better use of my time is outside playing baseball with my kid vs watching poorly played baseball inside with him.
  25. chopper0080
    My issue with Dozier is that he is not a top of the order player, and his inconsistency is highlighted by an inconsistent lineup. and I like Sano at 3B...
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