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  1. Thrylos
    The more important question is whether he is better than Adalberto Mejia, Stephen Gonsalves, or Tyler Jay, because these are the ones he is blocking
  2. Thrylos
    I do not mind the change, it is a step ahead, but if they want to make it fair they should add a strength of opponents schedule factor to the W-L record, a lot like the Sagarin ratings. They can even use those directly and be more fair to teams that play in competitive divisions...
  3. Thrylos
    Unless names are named and admit that they said this, then it is off the record and not on the record... So name names and have them admit to it, otherwise... just setting the record straight
  4. Thrylos
    I'd try to trade all of them really hard right now, in conjunction with a Dozier and a Santana trade. If there are no takers (and there should be based on the price for pitching), I'd non-tender Santiago (I'd rather see what Mejia can do) and Kintzler (who is blocking a whole bunch of arms) and think hard about whether I can find better replacements within the organization for Escobar (Goodrum?). I'd give Pressly (who is not the worst reliever on the 40-man, Tonkin, Boshers, Kintzler. Perkins are) and Gibson one more chance just because, unlike the rest of the bunch, have some upwards potential
  5. Thrylos
    Here is the link to his most recent podcast. The Twins stuff is from 50:40 to about 54:20 and no mention of that. Can you point to a time mark?
  6. Thrylos
    Good luck to him. Glad to see him in a different organization. Will be good for both him and the Twins. As long as MacPhail keeps his paws away from TK, I am ok with that
  7. Thrylos
    Competitive in 2017? This would require: No Dozier or Santana trades, getting Phil Hughes back 100%, getting 2 SPs better than Hughes, Santana, Gibson (who would be the tail end of the rotation), getting 2 bullpen arms as a closer and set-up man. (good luck) In other words, getting maybe 1 more win than the Vargas and Park duo can provide vs Napoli, is really more like chapstick (not even lipstick) on that 2016 pig...
  8. Thrylos
    As a hitting coach? 'cause what a rebuilding team really needs (in addition to a proven closer) is a 35 year old DH that might lose a footrace to Jim Thome
  9. Thrylos
    Patsy Donovan was fired as a manager after the 38-113 1904 season
  10. Thrylos
    "Strong" might not be the word to describe a front office that has Buddy Boshers & Co on the 40-man roster, but, yes, that single signing might be a good start (that might have been negated by the recent FO signings of players of the just not good enough years... We shall see. But "strong"? Nah. Go get Chris Sale and we can talk about "strong"....
  11. Thrylos
    I get that, but please, stop it here. Define success and define respect. Torii Hunter has made some darn racist arguments against black Hispanics. And he refused to apologize. And now that burden is on the Twins Front Office... Secondly. I'd love to know how many collective world series titles these guys won for the Twins? Zero, zip, nada. No success. No respect. (plus a racist who might blow up another day depending on questioning, or might call a reporter a "prick" but now on the Twins' payroll...)
  12. Thrylos
    Thus, is the issue. Go back and read what you wrote in this article. The new hires were not "adjusting to any new thinking" but were channeling the "Twins Way" of "winning" of their time with the Twins, which is not new thinking (and they really did not win much...)
  13. Thrylos
    Sure. Thought is the operative word here (other than the fact that LNP was punched, before Mornaeu would beat the * out of Hunter) Fact: Who was the MVP between those two? Fact: Who left the Twins for more $, after they made him a reasonable offer?
  14. Thrylos
    No *. The Twins way, is The Borg.
  15. Thrylos
    So are you claiming that one of them cannot top the .249/.312/.361 line of Dan Gladden's of the 1987 Twins? I'd peg Palka to top Brunansky's .259 /.352/.489 line in that team...
  16. Thrylos
    Where exactly? Palka-Buxton-Kepler-Rosario-Granite sounds pretty good to me as a win in 2 years OF for 2017
  17. Thrylos
    Dbacks are interesting... I think that the Braves and the Yankees might also be players and I know for a fact that the Phillies are interested. Here is an intriguing possibility and might make a win-win situation: We have two AL Central teams that both are supposedly asking sky high prices for their best assets, and these players would fit the other team's needs to a tee: I'd love to see Falvey do some magic and get Chris Sale (who is for sale) from the White Sox for Dozier plus any pitcher in the organization, plus everyone in the organization who is not on the 40 man roster. Bit outside the box thinking here, hope y'all don't mind
  18. Thrylos
    So, you are arguing that there-is-no-i-in-team-but-there-are-two-in-Torii is part of the solution for this?
  19. Thrylos
    That's the price of passage to the majors these days...
  20. Thrylos
    Unless someone selects him of waivers, he is outrighted to Milwaukee's AAA team and Milwaukee has control. If he is selected by a new team, new team has control. Still has options left, so he cannot opt out.
  21. Thrylos
    "culture of winning"? Give me a break... If they wanted a culture of winning, they should have brought MacPhail back and people from the MacPhail era. I still cannot forget Cuddyer's dugout interview after game 163 at the White Sox, when all smiles he said something to the fact that "it was ok, there is always next year", while he, himself, decided not to slide hard from third and attempting to knock the ball out of Pierzynski's glove and score the tying run in that game. We had enough of that "winning", how about some real one now? I also hear a lot about the effect that they will have on "young players". Some how the fact that at least half of the Twins' young stars are Latinos is missed in this whole "bringing back the band", business. Sano, Berrios, Rosario, Vargas, etc need someone who can see as a role model. They need a Latino player who made it to fulfill that role, something that the Twins' organization is severely lacking. Tony O is a legend. They were not born 20 years after he retired, he cannot fulfill that role. Maybe it is time to bring back Johan. Also, hiring someone who publicly called them imposters, adds a bit of insult to the injury... I have no problem with Hawkins, he is a stand up guy, but the other two, I can live without.
  22. Thrylos
    It sure aids the player. Players love waivers because they have a chance to be on a 40-man roster and/or become Free Agents so they get paid more. If you had the ability to take a 40-man roster player with options off the roster and outright him without passing waivers, it would be worse for the player. As far as the competitive balance thing goes: The only man who thought that dumpster diving can drive competitive balance, is now a former GM. Who cares about who the 39th and 40th man on the 40-man roster are, as far as being competitive goes...
  23. Thrylos
    Hate to say this before they trade him, but the one number that is unsustainable and begs for regression is his HR/FB (and you better look at it in monthly splits, because Dozier's first half in 2016 was pretty lukewarm)
  24. Thrylos
    Would have? He did. At least one. He could not afford to bring back the other two
  25. Thrylos
    I'd take Cam Bedrosian, Tyler Skaggs, and what's his name tall guy
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