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  1. drjim
    Absolutely. And it would potentially poison relationships with agents.
  2. drjim
    Not smart to do intentionally for a variety of reasons, but what I have read is that it does give the team a stronger hand to negotiate from. And it makes sense. Teams will generally have an agreed upon range that they agree to with perspective picks in the slots. Sometimes the player will demand more money after the draft and put a team in a bind, but in that situation this year the team might just not give him and not sign them with the promise of a pick next year.
  3. drjim
    To clarify, I would completely be on board with checking in on Tulo. Just don't think you are getting him without one of the big three.
  4. drjim
    I didn't realize your goal was for the Pohlad's to maximize their profit.
  5. drjim
    Not sure that is a worse situation if the goal is to win championships.
  6. drjim
    This isn't going all in. These are exactly the type of moves many people (even the national writers) are suggesting they do. Hold on to the elite guys and trade some of the depth to shore up the weaknesses.
  7. drjim
    Fear not, this wouldn't be enough to get Tulo.
  8. drjim
    They did and they might now be screwed. Good enough to get in the playoffs but not good enough to get deep. Too much money tied up in expensive FAs that are pretty good but not elite.
  9. drjim
    It depends. If it's a poor pick and you want to criticize the GM, it was probably the GM who made the selection. If it was a good pick and you want to criticize the GM, it was probably the scouting director. It if was a good pick and you want to praise the GM, it was the GM. And if it was a bad pick but you still want to praise the GM, it was the scouting director.
  10. drjim
    If the bat is ready, I'd be fine with him learning LF in the majors. I'd rather he gets the reps at 3B unless they are moving him off it permanently.
  11. drjim
    A catcher like that being available in trade exists much more in theory than reality.
  12. drjim
    I'm not sure LaRussa would be the solution to Ryan's shortcomings.
  13. drjim
    If Gardy is still working in the organization in some capacity would that mean we can still blame him for bad game outcomes and players that don't develop as expected? Similar to what we do with Terry Ryan in the Bill Smith era.
  14. drjim
    I just don't see Hicks having that much value - don't know what you would trade him for. He still has an option and can provide some immediate future depth if they decide to roll with Santana, or possibly Rosario, to start the season. Pinto or Plouffe seem much more likely trade candidates, but I'm also very skeptical they would move Pinto unless the new manager wants no part of him.
  15. drjim
    If there is "hardly a team in baseball in which he'd represent an improvement" how would he bring back much in meaningful return? Once he hit High A he never was that highly ranked as a prospect, so extremely doubtful he would have had any meaningful value in a trade at any point. As mentioned below, that happens to many prospects, and will happen again to some of the prospect corner guys we have some interest in right now - out of Walker, Harrison, Kepler, etc the odds are they probably won't make it, but 1 or 2 might. We'll look back and say it was a missed opportunity, but at the same time they have never really had trade value.
  16. drjim
    Keith Law made an interesting reference on the Buster Olney podcast yesterday to the Royals front office - called it "Twins South" as a place that competent people go and enjoy working for in the front office. They have very strong loyalty and continuity from employees and dissension (if there is any) does not leak. I personally think that for the weaknesses the Twins front office (and Terry Ryan) have, real or imagined, this was one of their massive strengths that is often forgotten. The flip side, of course, could be that it is perhaps too comfortable in their positions or too insular in their ideas, but I'm not conviced that is the case. Strong, competent leadership from a person of high integrity and humility, and workers that are loyal, committed and on the same page generally leads to positive results. Probably the main reason I remain optimistic about Terry Ryan getting this turned around sooner rather than leader. I also think that when Ryan resigned and Bill Smith took over, a significant piece of this was lost, which led to some of the rot within the organization that has taken a couple of years to truly clean up.
  17. drjim
    The Twins have questions at LF and CF and no clear option at 2B right now after Dozier. Why would you trade Arcia and Dozier? Creating holes to fill a hole isn't really a viable strategy. Both of those guys should have similar value next offseason, if the pitching isn't improved by then it might make sense to make a move.
  18. drjim
    I would add Melotakis to this list as the LH option. I think starting the season with 3-4 relievers without a major league pitch is a little aggressive, but no reason it can't be 1 or 2. Ideally Twins have Perkins and 2 other LH, so that leaves 3 RH and a long man in the pen heading north. Pelfrey is probably long man, and I wouldn't necessarily jump all those three over Tonkin and Pressly or possible FA signing or even guys that might be retained. But yes, let's get Burdi up here.
  19. drjim
    Any chance this timeframe coincides with when the Twins finally get rid of Plouffe. I actually think next year is when the young talent at least makes fans intrigued again. But it will take time, because aside from a new manager there won't be massive changes heading into the season.
  20. drjim
    I'll go out on a very short limb and predict that we see very little difference in the roster this year no matter who the manager is. 13 pitchers (on occasion) IS a modern baseball roster.
  21. drjim
    I suspect the people who complain the most are among the people who spend/invest the least.
  22. drjim
    They haven't been patient to this point. In what scenario would they still have patience? But it doesn't really matter either, there isn't some magic wand the Twins can wave to be good. Fans better hope that a decent percentage of the prospects hit or it will be another 2-3 years (at a minimum) wandering in the desert - Terry Ryan or not.
  23. drjim
    You think only Mientkiewicz would be interested in a reliever who throws 100 with a nasty slider? If he pitches well in spring the issue will be Terry Ryan, not the manager, as to whether he breaks camp.
  24. drjim
    If Burdi pitched lights out in spring training no reason not to break camp with the Twins. I could understand waiting a couple months on the others.
  25. drjim
    I don't think it really works like this in reality. Teams communicate all the time about needs and who might be available. Surely everyone is "available" in the sense that if you make an insane offer they'll do it. I don't think the Twins can make an offer insane enough to get Stanton if the Marlins don't want to trade him, and I wouldn't want to do so with Gonzalez, he's not so good that it is worthwhile to vastly overpay. And the Nationals aren't interested in trading him unless they have a clear option to replace him. I don't see how the Marlins would trade Stanton unless they aren't close on an extension (as in, Stanton won't want to sign there or wants obscene money - 10+ years). In that scenario why would he want to sign with the Twins instead, a team coming off 4 90 loss seasons and who just gutted their roster/farm system to acquire him? And I'm not gutting the roster to acquire a guy who will walk in 2 years.
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