Jump to content
Twins Daily
  • Create Account

drjim

Provisional Member
 View Profile  See their activity

  • Posts

    8,759

  • Joined

  • Last visited

  • Days Won

    28

 Content Type 

Profiles

Minnesota Twins News, Rumors & Analysis

Minnesota Twins Videos

2026 Minnesota Twins Top Prospect Rankings

2022 Minnesota Twins Draft Picks & Signing Bonuses

Minnesota Twins Trade & Free Agent Rumors

Minnesota Twins Fan Guides & Resources

2023 Minnesota Twins Draft Picks & Signing Bonuses

The Minnesota Twins Players Project

2024 Minnesota Twins Draft Picks & Signing Bonuses

2025 Minnesota Twins Draft Picks & Signing Bonuses

2026 Minnesota Twins Draft Picks & Signing Bonuses

Forums

Blogs

Events

Store

Downloads

Gallery

Everything posted by drjim

  1. drjim
    They would have taken McKay as a bat. Appears they wanted no part of an arm at 1-1. Hard to blame them with the historical track record. Bats high and arms in volume.
  2. drjim
    I agree. Digging into Lewis I like him more. A lot depends on how they follow this up.
  3. drjim
    If anything, they've been too liberal with their money, spending it on bad extensions.
  4. drjim
    I wouldn't be surprised if Greene is not their #1, no matter the money. He's not unanimous.
  5. drjim
    I don't. It would be pointless to try and work Greene this way. He seems locked in at #2. They still might take him (though it's unlikely), but it does seem they are shopping around for the best deal of value for cost. Probably not the worst strategy when there is no clear cut #1.
  6. drjim
    Are you purposely mischaracterizing this information for a cheap shot?
  7. drjim
    The first two left well before Target Field. Cuddyer was likely performance related (or perhaps him jumping a sinking ship).
  8. drjim
    Losing good players hasn't been the problem.
  9. drjim
    Garrett needs it now, happened in the last week. But indeed Allard is healthy and doing quite well.
  10. drjim
    Ackley is probably the most surprising prospect (bust) of the last 10 years.
  11. drjim
    And a legit SS? I would guess #1. I don't think it would be a disaster if the 1-1 pick ends up as the Twins #2. That would say a lot about Gordon and the relative weakness of this draft.
  12. drjim
    The lesson with all those listings is obviously to take the bat!
  13. drjim
    I'm all in favor of taking flyers on highly regarded prospects from the past. Give them a fresh start and a handful of starts and see if you can capture some value.
  14. drjim
    I'm not too keen on trading Dozier, but would relent if they added a worthwhile mlb starter for the reasons mentioned above by you and others. One of my hopes for the current front office is that they are more creative than what we saw under the much more methodical Ryan front office. This is the type of move that could work for this year and for the next couple seasons as well.
  15. drjim
    Fair enough, I should have said "Are people STILL making excuses". I do think a front office is almost always going to give a free agent signing a couple of months before they move on. They've probably hit that point though. As soon as Pressly is back he's gone, and I wouldn't be surprised if Breslow soon follows, now that Boshers looks competent. Once Breslow goes, it will give them a bullpen spot to start rotating some of the prospects through. Wimmers can stay as the long man for now.
  16. drjim
    Are people actually making excuses for Belisle? It think the vast majority of people want him gone.
  17. drjim
    Lewis was always mentioned, but does seem he was flying under the radar the whole time. I'm a Wright guy, but I think I can get on board. Get pitching at 35 and 37.
  18. drjim
    A return for Santana does exist, but not one that is going to put meaningful pitching in the org by next year. If you trade Santana, you are kicking back your window for a couple of seasons, and that is only if the acquired asset (or assets) work out. And for that to be successful even then, you would need most of that above list of scenarios (outside of Santana's continued success) to happen anyways. This isn't either make a trade or a bunch of stuff has to happen scenario. A bunch of stuff is going to have to happen for sustained/significant success either way.
  19. drjim
    I still don't like subtracting from a first place team for prospects. Perhaps they could pull off a three team trade.
  20. drjim
    And they were all bad (or not ideal). That's kind of the point.
  21. drjim
    Probably the latter.
  22. drjim
    I struggle to see a team that would trade a current mlb pitcher for a 2b, even one as solid as Dozier. That exists even less than a team that would give 1 or 2 pitchers for Ervin.
  23. drjim
    Absolutely. But those are performance based things rather than theoretical trade returns that won't actually exist.
  24. drjim
    I'd definitely give him another start.
  25. drjim
    I'm very curious how you think a different manager would handle this bullpen much better. And do you really know the process of how they determine which pitchers to use in which situations? I would assume it is mostly the job of the pitching coach, with plenty of input from the front office.
×
×
  • Create New...