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  1. Kelly Vance
    I wouldn't diss a guy the day after he just won us the game. Let him feel good for at least one day... I have criticized Bobby's hitting, and I don't think unfairly. But I always hope our guys break out. I don't root for a guy to fail so he will be sent down just because I like somebody better. So even though I have been critical of Wilson, I was happy when he hit that double. Maybe he will hit better now.... maybe Morris was saying that the coaches and pitchers like Wilson because he calls a good game. That is part of the game that we don't get inside info on, so I was glad to hear at least one reason why Wilson is playing. Castro is the starter when he is back, so it will be interesting to see if the Twins are open to bringing in a #1A catcher, or if they will muddle through with a committee approach.
  2. Kelly Vance
    First of all, play on the field is the most important thing, but good play always means you are higher on the pecking order. And the higher you value your pitchers the higher the asking price. So you will ask more for your #2 than you will your #4. And I don't believe for a second that other teams don't give consideration to where the pitcher is on your rotation's pecking order. Teams also know whether they need a #3 or #4. They trade to try to fill those holes. These are people, not robots. Analyzing them as if they are fungible commodities and elevating control or arbitration eligibility isn't the most important thought about what builds a winner. You need to see the whole picture. And a guy who is a leader and good teammate is going to be in demand much more than a meathead with two years of team control. Who cares if you have control if the guy is a cancer in the clubhouse? And I have had players with a million dollar arm and a two bit brain. You don't value the arm as much as you otherwise would, because of the brain. This is why guys with attitude problems don't get many calls while guys who are winners are in demand. Time under control is a mere secondary consideration. Its nice to have control, but who cares about control if he is not good for your team? Your trading partner has to want the pitcher in the first place.
  3. Kelly Vance
    Well, if you need pitching you don't deal Gibson. You make Eduardo a good 2 year offer now. Mauer won't be traded. Period. He will be back next year. The outfield stays pat with Cave as the 4th outfielder. You move Doze and bring up Gordon to give him a look see. I'd try to move Dozier to Seattle. I sort of agree that we have a few starters in waiting. But none of them are proven. Gibson has proven to be our #2. You don't send away your second best starter if you need pitching. and of course, will Pineda and May come back allaway? If Erv regains form, he may feel he has unfinished business in Minny. Here is hoping 1 of those 3 help us next year. Erv being the longest shot. I'd keep Duke and Reed around too. But I'd ship LoMo and Lynn and 'nando.
  4. Kelly Vance
    Trades also uproot young families. People almost never think of that. A player has to go on to the next team, but his poor wife has to move the household and kids, or else just get used to the idea that her old man ain't going to be around at all for a while. Ah the glory of being a pro athlete.
  5. Kelly Vance
    Gibson is our #2 starter right now. You don't deal a #2 unless you get something great in return. But I don't see us trading him. Our pitching is a stiff wind away from finding out just how solid it is. Odor and Lynn don't inspire me, but they are suitable 4 and 5s. Romero was the 2 or 3 I thought. I want to see if Gonsalves can be a starter in the Show. If he can, I'd trade Lynn, or Odor, but not Gibby. Next year would be Berrios Romero Gibson 1-3, then the next two spots out of Odorizzi, or Gonsalves or Pineda or Slegers or Mejia yada yada yada
  6. Kelly Vance
    Then there is that little thing about a broken toe....
  7. Kelly Vance
    For most people, popping up means that you were late on the swing by just a whisker. Most batters use an uppercut swing, To hit a ball squarely, you are really aiming at that middle inch, shown by the narrowest of seams on the baseball. Hit the bottom of that inch and it is a (hopefully) long fly. Hit it on top of the inch and it is a screaming grounder. In between... dead solid perfect... . So in a normal swing trajectory, if yo are under the ball, you are late. Makes sense to me that minor leaguers would have a higher late swing rate. They are younger and still developing, and I think the hesitation of youth .... but is there any way to measure the speed of a swing?
  8. Kelly Vance
    Hang in there. Mauer is past his prime, but he is family and if he wants to play next year, he will. Leadershipwise, he is not a rah rah guy. But neither was Lou Gehrig. Give him some room. I think the rest of the year we identify who we want to go to battle with going forward. Eddie and Eddie and Buck, and Keps and Miggy and Joe.... Polanco and Gordon or Doze... doesn't seem as critical. We got middle infielders. I'm not worried. Guys this is only baseball. It is the national pastime, not the national obsession
  9. Kelly Vance
    I am thinking, new slogan "Nothing falls but raindrops, and not even mucha them. Jake is not gonna cave. He's here to play
  10. Kelly Vance
    They expand the rosters and allow call ups for a reason. And that reason is not to discourage young guys showing off. Minors are auditions for the majors. So September calls ups doing great is a great story. But next year is a long way off. And with the Twins, their mind is often so made up (well, maybe Molly's is) that they may as well not even say that there are open roster spots going into spring training. Lamarre batted .485 in spring training and Molly didn't play him even when he was hotternhell. He played favorites with Grossman, who I like by the way, and played him instead. So why bother busting your ass if you are Lamarre? Molly plays favorites with pitchers too. He over uses certain relievers, like they are so much 6'2'' security blankets. I want to think he will learn. Put me down as in favor of giving AA players --- who are hot --- a chance to jump the line in September and make it. Where is the crime in that? I don't know how many times a minor leaguer has made the team the next year by a good September. But I will tell you, that the real question for me is ...."Do minor leaguers believe... and will they take their shot...?" I hope so. Makes for interesting Septembers.
  11. Kelly Vance
    The second idea. But I'd just make him play CF if he can, so Keps and Eddie can stay at home. Why disturb the entire group? Although I am not averse to cross training outfields for a little while. I always believed that switching things up made them better at backing each other up. It also helps them learn the field, the whole field, and this helps with general field awareness. Its good to see the play from a different angle. But then on a regular basis play them where they are best at.
  12. Kelly Vance
    Tonight Dick and Bert agreed that it is not smart to trade Eduardo. He is not just a good player, they said, but he is a leader and respected and liked by his team mates. They said that he is a catalyst for good team chemistry. Just what I have been saying. I hope they extend Eduardo for 3.
  13. Kelly Vance
    I agree, so they call him up and play him at 3rd and 2b. What?
  14. Kelly Vance
    I remember Joaquin Andujar saying when he played his first game at Fenway. "This is like a slow pitch softball field"
  15. Kelly Vance
    Yeah, Gordon was not brought up when Polanco was suspended. That must mean he is not ready. My question is, will he be ready if Dozier is traded?
  16. Kelly Vance
    Yeah, Die Hard, but pitchers are really critical down the stretch when arms get tired. Not so much pitchers that periodically struggle with command
  17. Kelly Vance
    Mike, I think it is partly sentiment, but the FO will resign Mauer if he still wants to play. They will retire his jersey when he is done, but I think that only Joe will say when he is done.
  18. Kelly Vance
    CK, Morris was color commenting on the TV a couple weeks ago that Wilson calls a really good game. I saw his arm in Seattle. He is a weak hitter, but according to Morris, the pitchers love throwing to him. He is just a better defensive catcher than Garver, who has had passed balls on a lot of pitches and that includes a couple of called strikes.
  19. Kelly Vance
    I am sorry that you "can't see" how the FO can sign Mauer. And I'm sorry Mike thinks Mauer is "no good at baseball." Those comments show a very distorted and biased view of a great Twins player. Someday you will brag to your grand kids that you saw the great Joe Mauer play. He is a Twins living legend. He is one of the Twins that I want to see play when I go to the games and judging from the majority of #7 jerseys, I am in the majority.... by far.
  20. Kelly Vance
    I'd take Drew right now, and catch him 65 of the next 80 games
  21. Kelly Vance
    Well, but if Buck and Sano come back strong, and we replace Dozier with one of out middle infielders. Gordon or Polanco or Uhire, we are good in the infielder and our OF is as good as anyones'. Joe wants to play at least one more. We have a decent starting 5 I don't see this as a panic situation.
  22. Kelly Vance
    Well, I don't see 5 or 6 holes. But I would allow that some may Sometimes I think these posts are a battle between optimists and pessimists. But to your point: I think you build a team up the middle. Good catcher and middle infielders and good center fielder. Buck is a superb center fielder. We have decent infielders, most middle infielders are solid... on every team...EE resigning is a bonus. And here is the thing about EE, and why I like him so much... The pressure does not get to him. Rosie either. It is "see the ball, hit the ball" with these guys. They are cool under pressure.... you can't coach that. Which is why I like them But when I coached I always tried to get the best catcher I could. Not the best hitting catcher... the best catcher. So it should be a priority... like signing a stud staring pitcher. Which is why I am with Die Hard. Catchers matter
  23. Kelly Vance
    Yeah, I am with Die Hard on this. Thing is, I want to say that the Twins are contenders next year. But on my other shoulder is a guy who asks me, what are they going to do to show that they know how to right this ship?
  24. Kelly Vance
    That is opinion, not fact. And I think just the opposite. I think its an injury plagued season and that the failure of this season may stoke the fires for next year.
  25. Kelly Vance
    Well, first off, I don't say that a catcher needs to account for winning 35 games allbyhisself.to make teh trade a good idea. I'm with diehard. You sign a good catcher, like Real, and then you don't have to worry about that position. It will cost, sure. But you are adding strength to one of the 9 and an important one at that., unless it guts the farm (which it won't) you remember that only 9 guys take the field at any one time, and if you have your core, you can afford to deal good prospects to fill one of those 9 positions permanently. I guess I don't care how Rochester or Chattanooga finishes in the standings if it means I solidify one of the 1-9 position players actually on the field at Target.
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