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  1. Whitey333
    I really hope they sign Buxton. I find it interesting how this and similar articles will mention injuries then as if to brush those off talk off his "great" play when he is playing. Or extending part time numbers for full time numbers. The fact is he IS injured a lot. The last several years he hasn't even come close to playing half of his eligible games. While he is a great defensive center fielder, he is a career .247 hitter over 7 years. Let's get him signed and signed for a reasonable amount. If you grossly overpay him where will the money come to improve the team? Not the Pohlads with tight budgets. 20-30 mil per year for a part time player is not reasonable. It's ludicrous!
  2. Whitey333
    Thanks. Guess I'm more gullible than I thought.
  3. Whitey333
    I would expect that with the poor season the Twins had just about anyone is on the trading block. Unless of course they blame it all on the injuries and they do little or nothing this off season and HOPE things are better next year. Good luck with that! As for getting a haul or teams overpaying the Twins in this summers trades:. So far only Joe Ryan has contributed. Before declaring these deals steals for the Twins let's wait and see if these are prospects or suspects.
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    Regarding Jax:. Since when does giving up 4 earned runs in 5 innings signify a good start? Regarding Buxton:. If you take away the hype of his great April, what you see now is much more closely aligned with his 7 year career stats. Come on people, he is a good player but certainly not a superstar. I hope they keep him but let's get real here. A career .244 hitter over 7 years that only plays half time? If we can get pitching for him a trade is not such a bad idea.
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    Come on Rocco. Let Ober pitch longer. If you are counting on him next year you need to stretch him out a little. Oh that's right you think 5 innings is enough for a starting pitcher then you witch about having to use your bullpen. Learn how to handle the pitchers please.
  6. Whitey333
    Finally letting Gordon show what he can do. Baldelli seems hell-bent on ruining his career. All the times they called him up just to let him sit on bench or get low level at bats. Great job Nick.
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    I agree Ryan has been great. But I also agree let's hold judgement for the time being. It's only been 4 starts albeit 4 very good ones. I want to see him pitch next year, under a full season of pitching. I want to see him pitch against good teams and also see how he does when scouting reports from teams catch up to him and how he makes adjustments. I'm guessing he will succeed in those adjustments. He looks to be the real deal. As for the broadcasters:. Dick Bremer has got to be one of the worst and most obnoxious announcers ever.
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    Saddest sports city

    Whitey333 commented on glunn's blog entry in Blog glunn

    To blame fans for their teams poor performances is absurd. How do you expect Minnesota fans to react to the product and lines of B.S. the teams give us. I am very amazed at the great support our fans have given our 6, not 4 major league sports. Yes it's Twins, Vikings, Wild, Wolves, Loons and Lynx. I actually don't know how our area supports so many professional sports team..
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    May the baseball gods have mercy on Twins fans if the above mentioned pitchers are supposed to be part of our starting staff.
  10. Whitey333
    Add Kepler to the elongating list of Twins players who seem to get very little professional help from our major league coaches. I don't see a lot of player development going on here. I think Twins have done a lot of disservice to many current Twins
  11. Whitey333
    Excellent article. I always laugh at how so many of our past players were seen as failures here but are good enough to play on contending teams. Go figure.
  12. Whitey333
    Great comeback candidates. My take on Colome' is they may keep him next year but I don't think they should. Even though he has improved the 2nd half he literally cost this team 10 wins with his blown saves and losses. Plus I for one am running out of anti- ulcer medication when he enters the game.
  13. Whitey333
    Love to see a couple of players get their major league debut. Avoid 90 losses? Who cares? The handling of the Twins roster this year has been nothing short of bizarre!
  14. Whitey333
    A homerun is a homerun whether it lands in the first row or leaves the park. Yes Sano can hit them at times. But his strikeouts have been legendary. Basically a strikeout is a nothing at bat. A wasted opportunity to advance or score any potential runners. Sano leaves them out there a lot. My question is why would any pitcher throw him a fastball For a strike? Anything low and on the outside proves he has no chance.
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    I agree I would prefer we work with our own young pitchers. However we are going to need a quality veteran or two to help out. With a rotation of 5 guys with little or no MLB experience we would be assured of losing 100-110 games next year. It would be nice for fans to know what kind of "plan" they have for the team. They don't seem to take any responsibility for how this team was put together or have a plan for the future. If they do I think fans should be told.
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    I would think that a last place ball club with no enthusiasm, poor fundamentals, sporadic offense, poor fielding, and almost no pitching, should mean everything and everybody is on the line. To simply pencil in names next year due to name recognition, implying they are good would be very foolish indeed.
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    Very good article. I am confident JD will be here to finish off his contract. He's given the Twins pretty much what they expected. You brought up good points. I agree with all of them.
  18. Whitey333
    Twins lose big. No offense, no defense, no pitching. It's like a bad rerun!! No surprises though
  19. Whitey333
    First the long winded response to the strike zone is filled with innacuracies and flaws. Also to the Yankees apologist, even several Yankee players said it was a strike. We all new it was. It passed the eye test. Umps miss calls. Jeff Nelson is just an average umpire. Umps should be held accountable for blown calls. Ball and strike calls have a huge impact on the game. The zone floats most of the game. It's just amazing how it seems to float in Yankees favor. I'm sure the umpires and MLB is very happy to make sure the Yankees win. Truth of matter is Colome' blew it and umpire Nelson had no guts to call a strike out in Yankee stadium. Pathetic
  20. Whitey333
    Gotta love Ryan so far as he has been excellent. But let's not forget he has only started 2 major league games. That's right 2 games. Don't you think it's a little premature to pen him in as a top level starter for the next decade? Give him a chance to be who he is and keep learning before we put him in the hall of Fame.
  21. Whitey333
    Problem is Cave has been given a "pass" the past few years. If it wasn't for the Twins being so bad he probably wouldn't be on a major league roster. It's scary when you see all these names mentioned as bad players. You are all correct. It certainly tells you how far the Twins need to go to become respectable
  22. Whitey333
    You must be another Twins FO apologist. Look I hope Ryan turns out great. But if all he throws is a fastball 75% of the time at an average speed of 91 mph he won't last. Fleece the Rays? Get serious!
  23. Whitey333
    I bet the FO and Jim Pohlads must laugh at all of us! Yes it appears that all they sell is hope, and wait until next year! That's been going on for a long time. Feed the fans some bottom feeding FA pitchers, an occasional major league player, and leave us thinking all these great prospects are future hall of famers. I sure hope I'm wrong but I'm anticipating another long rebuild of around 5 years or so. There is no plan in place or at least some direction as to what is going on. At least that is what it looks like to most fans.
  24. Whitey333
    Great comments by all! I think we have a lot of people here that have a good plan in managing personnel and money. My question or concern is there appears no current plan or direction from the FO. I also don't think Baldelli is the man to keep as manager. His team shows no enthusiasm and no fundamentals. And Pohlads seem content with keeping it cheap. Remember there is no salary cap in MLB. Ownership can approve almost any budget they want. My guess is the payroll will be significantly reduced and we will see more of the same. I surely hope I am wrong. It makes for a long summer watching your favorite team serve as bottom feeders.
  25. Whitey333
    So we have invented another analytic to judge players and team performance. The Twins have had one of the worst defensive team in all of MLB. They have been at or near the bottom in most meaningful traditional stats all year. All one needs to do is watch this poor excuse of a team to realize they are very bad defensively. I do commend the article though for it's hard research and analytical development. But I for one am overwhelmed by all the analytics. It's destroying what used to be a good sport.
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