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  1. Celebrity Weddings!
    To clear matters up, questioning somebody's work ethic is definitely personal. The continued difficulties in Hicks' development have, in all likelihood, occurred for the same reason that the vast majority of prospects don't develop or develop really slowly: baseball is hard You don't know Aaron Hicks or anything about how hard he works. Making assumptions based on his MLB success is deeply uncharitable.
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    Yeah. A throwaway line in spring training (and not even this most recent one, if I recall) has been treated a kind of weird oral contract between Gardenhire and us, the loyal fans, amongst folks who need to rope some conspiracy of disaster around the front office and field staff instead of just participating in normal "this player sucks" fan kvetching. In Diamond's case, "scholarship" means that Gardenhire and Ryan have promised to keep the express lane to Rochester moving even for pre-arb pitchers who gave us 173 innings of 3.93 xFIP pitching last year. Why consider the possibility that Diamond will improve when there are people to be punished for our bad team in 2011?
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    This is about as sure sign as any that there's upside there. Law just plain doesn't care about back of the rotation starters.
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    In the interest of keeping things positive, I should note that this opinion has nothing to do with a lack of quality in our current options. But I got to say it. I still miss Kelsie Smith. It's been, what, like two years now and I'm a bit bummed when big Twins news happens and she's not the one I'm reading for the story.
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    No they didn't. They were 75-67.
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    The irritating thing about people associated with the team telling writers that a minor leaguer showed up out of shape is that it's too easy to make jumps about a player's attitude or diligence. Arcia got nearly 200 plate appearances in Venezuela this winter and slugged .475, so it's not like he decided that a good AA season meant there wasn't any more work to be done so he could sit around and get a headstart spending his future MLB earnings on cheeseburgers. It means he's a pretty big 21 year old who's still figuring out how his body works.
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    Parks' awful bro-twee prose aside, I've come to appreciate his unambiguous preference for big tools and up-the-middle talent. So this was pretty cool. Highest ranking for a Twin on any of these lists so far, right?
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    Zero?
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    I think you're at risk of turning stats-speak orthodoxy into a shibboleth. It was about as casual a mention of what Morneau offers a lineup as a GM could possibly muster. Moreover, it answers the specific question about Morneau's longterm future in Minnesota because it affirms his value to the team. RBI aren't a good way to measure an individual player's value, but whenever the next competitive Twins team takes the field they will assuredly need runs to be driven in. More simply put, he's talking about driving in runs as an ends and not a means. This isn't Tony Batista* here. Morneau was a 5 win player went he went down mid-season in 2010. I think Terry Ryan is aware of what makes Justin Morneau a good hitter. *see what I did there. it's a defense of the conversation whilst acknowledging that the organization has run in some screwy ways before. if you want to beef with acquisitions, go right ahead. but "drive in runs" is a perfectly valid, if slightly lazy shorthand for describing how somebody can benefit a team offensively.
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    Carlos Rodon?
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    Several times. And Mike Scott and J.R. Richard.
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    I saw him in August and I was really impressed with his defense. He had good range going back and towards centerfield, and his throws got surprising carry on them for somebody without big long arms. I realize that big long arms aren't necessary, but it's a look, right? And for what it's worth, the opposition seems to have taken note of his arm too. There was at least one flyball to right that I thought was an easy decision to tag on for the runner on second. Dude just watched it into Arcia's glove, gave a half-assed fake towards third to draw a throw, and then retreated back to second upon seeing that this throw would have nailed him by a pretty wide margin.
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    Can you explain further about how this would work? I was under the impression that sales of Twins merchandise were part of the shared revenue pot, though I'm happy to be corrected on that point. Would they be able to get some more money from Japanese stations picking up Twins' broadcasts?
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    Nope. It was March. Unless after your comma you meant to write "was nine months after Mauer signed his extension."
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    Mauer signed his extension in March of 2010.
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    I agree that the stadium is pretty terrible, but that's not really a bad part of the city. It's kind of dead, but I don't think having a vibrant social scene outside of the park is really the standard for quality minor league enjoyment.
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    I want to eat freely this holiday season without gaining any weight. Clicking on a post with a subject line featuring the names of two position players in the "On the Farm" forum isn't an efficient way to find out how.
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    I wouldn't be too worried about it. He looked like a professional 5,000-10,000m runner a few years ago and now he looks more like a 1500m runner. Still kind of skinny even for a shortstop.
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    I have mixed feelings about what you've done here. It's definitely funny, but if this joke becomes a bummer then I'm going to go all frown-facey and change my name to Celebrity Divorces!
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    I'm comfortable with the possibility that there is a hypothetical player who is athletic enough to play third base in spite of throwing left-handed. I do not believe, however, that Chris Parmelee is the specific manifestation of that talent.
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    BPro had an article series called "Raising Aces" about the mechanics of the pitchers drafted in the first round this year. Berrios showed up in the latest installment. It's behind the paywall, and has video that I couldn't swipe anyhow. But the writer said he had "better pitching mechanics than any player selected before him" and noted that "his release point extension is superior to pitchers half-a-foot taller than him." It was pretty rave-y.
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    White Sox fans used to say the same thing about Frank Thomas. In a few years, he'll be in the Hall of Fame and they'll be finishing fourth in the cornhole tournament their cousin Sean holds in his driveway in Evergreen Park. I think there's a lesson for all of us there: Don't go to Evergreen Park.
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    I think the trick we want here, if the objective is to pump the system up a bit, is to artificially lower expectations and then leap way over them. To that end, how about this for consideration -In position players, the Twins have a top five system. Simple. Elegant. Possibly even true?
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    To clarify, he was ejected in one game and then hit a homerun in his next? Because I was picturing a Bobby Valentine-esque Groucho disguise situation when I first read this, which I'm pretty sure should automatically bump Sano up about a dozen spots on prospect lists.
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    Since I never get to have first-hand information, I'll re-mention this: On the stadium gun in Bowie two starts ago, Hermsen sat 88-91 for most of the game. Seemed like he worked with less velocity in the first and then grew into it as the game wore on. For reference, Bruce Pugh worked three innings that same night. He was 93-95mph in his first and into his second inning and then backed down to 90-91 in his third inning.
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