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  1. Thrylos
    I'd take those with a huge grain of salt and primarily for entertainment purpose, & especially since Buxton did not make the fastest base runner in his league...
  2. Thrylos
    I agree that Dozier has been improving (with an impressive glove as well) and he has shown that he could be a solution for the future at second base or a trading chip when Rosario arrives. Also agree with this: but my conclusion, as a team overall is that the Twins did not do much to improve or ever think about the future in 2013, and are definitely not "trending in the right direction": a. Players who will not be part of the future (Correia, Morneau, Doumit, Willingham, Thomas, Colabello, Carroll, Bernier, et al) have been taking valuable playing time and growing from players who will be part of the future b. For a future to exist, this starting pitching mess has to be fixed. Potentially having found a second baseman for the future is a drop in the bucket compared to what this team is missing (namely starting pitching and power and willingness to win - if you do not believe me about the last, look at the bunch of zombies who played last night and were happy and all smiles and laughs on the dugout when an infielder pitched, despite the team being blown out...)
  3. Thrylos
    Or he can elect free agency. It's not happening because of Ryan's ill-advised 2 -year contract. Another Blackburn and Capps vs a Marquis, Livan and Ponton situation.
  4. Thrylos
    Ryan will get what he got for trading Winfield to Cleveland (slightly more than what he got for trading Thome) ; he is good at this.
  5. Thrylos
    They don't need full ballpark in Twins' games; St Peter can add 2-3 more hick concerts during the season and make up for the "loss" on the baseball side... Demolition Derby and Monster Trucks during the post season.
  6. Thrylos
    Not sure what BA would say, but MLB.com says this: (go there and then click on top 20 by team, select the Twins and you will get the top 9 position players as well...) 1-11 Alex Myer Kyle Gibson Kohl Stewart Jose Berrios Trevor May Ryan Eades Mason Melotakis Luke Bard JT Chargois Stephen Gonsalves Felix Jorge
  7. Thrylos
    You kind of answered your own question: Because the following will not happen with this GM and FO. I'd go a little further back: When Pohlad bought the club in 1985 he hired a 32 year old guy to be the GM who built a top of the line front office hiring a 33 year old scouting director and a 36 year old manager. Fast forward 30 years and when the same scouting director is running the team and the same manager is still around and has a lot of input in player development, you have problems. Add a president who cares more about the menu at Target Field and the next hick act to sign for a concert and an owner who cares more about making movies and various political causes than the Twins, and you got the bigger picture. This team needs freshening from the top down. The product on the field is just a symptom. These guys who have been running the team have had 22 years (since 1991) to prove that they cannot win. Not a small sample size.
  8. Thrylos
    Or Hernandez if they need someone to go longer out of the pen
  9. Thrylos
    Arcia and someone else promoted Likely Albers. Not a bad move at all. Diamond has been horrible and Albers deserves the promotion
  10. Thrylos
    He deserves it, but they either need to trade (Pelfrey, Correia) or demote (Diamond) a starter for that to happen.
  11. Thrylos
    The Minnesota Twins are in Minneapolis too
  12. Thrylos
    As far as Rochester goes, I think that Rohlfing and Pinto both might come up to join Eric Fryer, with Rohlfing in a Doumit/Herrmann type of a role. Rochester is actually having a winning season this year and they will push...
  13. Thrylos
    Butera will be an Isotope (Alberquerque), maybe getting called with the Dodgers in September, denied arbitration and becoming a free agent in October and signing a minor league contract with the Rochester Red Wings in November.
  14. Thrylos
    This could potentially be true, if the turnaround did not happen during the WBC before Andy had time to work his "magic" with him. Even DickNBert credited his WBC coaches for the turnaround...
  15. Thrylos
    Here is a comparison: Dave Hollins 1996: .242/.364/.396, 13 HR, 53 RBI Justin Morneau 2013: .264/.324/.396, 8 HR, 53 RBI Hollins brought back a certain 20 year old David Arias who was hitting .322/.390/.511 with 18 HR and 93 RBI in the Midwest League. He was not an unknown... No reason that Morneau cannot bring something similar back, esp. if the Twins pay most of the $ he is owed.
  16. Thrylos
    "Elite" is in comparison to the rest of the league and he has to be on top 2 or 3 to be "elite". Being better than Doumit, does not "elite" make...
  17. Thrylos
    Agreed. But being the pitching coach of a team that has been in the bottom 2 (or 3) in ERA for 3 season in a row, it is reason to fire him, because Stelly's firing did not improve the pitching staff. So it was not Stelly's fault, despite what Ryan thought.
  18. Thrylos
    I like them, but this one makes it look like the game is held in Park Rapids instead of Minneapolis (position of the star). Either get rid of the star, or move the whole thing southeast (to align with MPLS) and pop the MLB logo on top or something
  19. Thrylos
    Good stuff, other that Butera's alleged "elite" defense. He played enough in the bigs for all us to see throws at 2B going to CF and passed balls, to bust that suburban legend... Agreed about Carroll, but his .216/.270/.247 line does not make him very desirable to a contender.
  20. Thrylos
    This is good stuff, other than this I just hope that the Twins are done with both of them after this season. As far as 2014 goes, a lot is up for grabs. I doubt that Sano and Rosario start the season in the majors. They might not even make it in September (esp. if Ryan and Gardenhire are around). I doubt that Mauer is going to first base in 2014, maybe in 2015-6, but with Morneau out (I hope) I can see Mauer spend more time at first. I would be hard pressed to see anything other that C- Mauer 1B - Parmelee/Colabello 2B - Dozier SS - Florimon 3B - Plouffe to start the season. I starting liking Dozier more and more and I think that Plouffe has potential. From what I have seen from Beresford, he will not be better in a utility role than Escobar or even Dozier. I like the thought of Plouffe as an OF (heck, they are trotting Willie and Doom out there now...)
  21. Thrylos
    Indians' DL AAA
  22. Thrylos
    This is kind of fun Rewind The Capps trade. That was about the return (for the Nats nee Expos.) And everyone is stewing about that trade, but truth be told Capps then had better numbers as a whole than Perkins now. Putting things into perspective...
  23. Thrylos
    Was that a couple days ago in Reading?
  24. Thrylos
    I have not seen a single piece of information that says that this is what happened. Please let me know if you see one. Otherwise I think that it is propaganda BS
  25. Thrylos
    Pitz, I wish I knew you were there, I'd say hi. About that error: The ball hit Rohlfing square on the chest protector and bounced to the back stop. I treat any ball that is hitting someone at that part of the body as catchable. Surprised the error was credited to Rosario. Baxendale's fastball was not there yesterday. I just hope that he is not still hurt.
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