johnnydakota

Id have to look up his stats , but isnt he carry a 4.50 ERA? i think he is around 8Ks/9 but does he have a winning record?isnt he just a more expensive Correia

why yes i did , then i did the math , then i typed it ....as for the Marlins part, well i think if we are rebuilding we should have traded joe and justin with a couple of other players to texas for olt and profar.....because as long as we straddle the fense we will end up with only BLUEBALLS

diamond was taken in the rule 5 draft also , which means he was left unprotected....when the twins wanted to send him down , it took a trade to keep him, also Lara was a starter , and in winter ball has been doing very good in relief....you know kinda like Perkins did

Toronto DFA Tommy Hottovy a few minutes ago , even though he is older he did have a good ERA and 11Ks/9 and under 3W/9 wouldnt he be a cheap pickup to give Robertson some competition in spring training?

my phone didnt ring....

So you think having a veteran arm (sanchez, dempster) to show the young guys and to act as a mentor is a bad thing? Would have signing Maricer Izturis hurt the twins? Or added to the middle infield? Do you prefer to watch a battle between florimon and escobar, with the loser being a part timer, or would you want to have a pair of veterans to lift the bar for the kids to jump over?

after the much publisised trade of Justin Morneau ,at mid season our payroll will be around 73 million for the season....

Twins way? to offer just enough to qualify as an offer but to little to get a signature?

by the end of 2013 payroll will be closer to 73 million , so he shaved 40 million from payrollin 2 years and another 20 million next year

Marcier Izturis...we miss a chance to add this years gremlin(Carroll) and to improve the middle infield, for what? 4 million per year.Im guessing that when the season is over the Twins payroll will be closer to 70 million (73) then to 80 million, meaning that since 2011 payroll has shrunk 40 million,and once again we will have a very sub .500 season

So when the season is over will we see that we had a payroll of 70/73 million for 2013?

Has there been any player you liked , that played for the Twins? Anouncer, batboy , toilet jockey?

Dementia?

How many world series wins do the marlins have since 1991? Children born after theTwins last world series victory are now bar hopping. While not a fan of Loria(he should be banned from baseball) at least from time to time they go all in...

My favorite part is , we have to start being relistict,....huh ?most fans knew before you did Mr. Ryan? We have known from the day Bill was sent to inspect toilets in South America, that payroll slashing was the major objection for this franchise

Once again i am confused, please explain to me how trading Justin at the end of july will garner us better prospects when he would only be a renta player for 2 months?...maybe im missing something?

only thing straddling the fense does is give you a case of blue balls...trying to sell 3million tickets while playing both sides will not work, if ownership or management came out and said we are rebuilding here is a 10% ticket reduction .and we are trading everyone including joe , see you in 2/3 years i would be happier then being lied too

i think i said many are already projecting May as a bullpen pitcher....well what do you do with a starter who has an era over 4.80?

with out looking up stats , i believe he brings it at 96 or more...and 98mph fireballing lefty was avalible with a 2nd pick,if you wanted more power

hasnt it been hosting minor leaque games 81 times each of the last 2 years?

Lets look at #2 and #7 #2 Whos decision? Jim Pohlads....plain and simple....its his team , his money #7 With the twins carring 12 or 13 pitchers, thats 7 or 8 in the pen, and only 2 lefties? when 1 is our closer, it makes much more sense to have 3 lefties in the pen...

didnt we just sign Clemente to a minor leaque contract with an invite to spring training? wasnt he a #1 draft pick? My point was not every single A player makes the majors. Look at Mays single A numbers compared to his AA stats

Scott Boras in the past has suggested to other teams that losing would improve there teams in the long run. I still like the idea of signing quality players and using them to build a sucsesful minor leaque system and mlb team. Free agency is not the only way to do this , but is 1 of 4 ways to accomplish it There are F.A. , draftspicks, DFAs, and rule 5s,but if you ignore 2 of these avenues you are missing out on many oppertunitys If you look back at last years draft(which many claim was a total sucsess) you see we chose 1 starting pitcher in the first 10 rounds,and he is an 18 year old who if ever, makes the show will be at least 5 years from now. In the free agent market Terry managed to sign not 1 quality player. Zero...zilch...nada. He did manage to waste 15 million dollars on 3 non factor pitchers, in Correia he signed an untradible pitcher for 2 years and in harden and pelfrey he sign 2 rebound players who once they prove they can still pitch will sign else where , and we will have nothing to show for that money or time spent.If we had signed 1 or 2 quality pitchers , we then could have used them as trade pieces to fill holes in our minor leaque system or kept them to improve our team. In the rule 5 draft Mr. Ryan chose Pressly (1 of 4 players i had an eye on)and while i liked this pick, I disagree with Terry on passing on a 2nd pick.Lara a left handed starter who is being used in the winter leaque with sucsess as a reliver can bring it up to the plate at 98mph ,and would have been a very cheap compitition to Robertson in spring training Now we turn to DFA players , with the twins finishing last we had the right to claim players before any other teams,but Terry only claimed outfielders...OUTFIELDERS, not middle infielders, not 3b, not catchers, not relievers , not starters, but outfielders, you know the strength of our farm system... If you look at his much heralded trades a little closer you will see once again Ryan ended up holding the short end of the stick.First he traded a quality leadoff stellar defensive centerfielder for 1 single A player...should have been another player in the deal, next he traded lil Ben for 2 players while this looks to be a very good trade at first glance ,if you look deeper you see we recieved a 2nd year starter who ended up on the D.L. twice in his 1st full season and ended up needing surgery, and in Mays case , many are already projecting him to be in the bull pen . How so many people can continue to defend or carry praise for Terry Ryan bewilders me, he has failed to safe guard our assets or to improve the team, the only thing he has managed to do is eliminate payroll .

Freddy Sanchez? Kennedy hasnt been hurt enough .

personally i think the twins should sign and trade a little more like miami , that is 1 way to build a farm system