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For me the bunt was fine. Lord knows the posters here are aware of Suzuki's less than overwhelming prowess with the bat. It has more to do with David Price - the game, at that point, had the look of a low scoring affair where runs were going to be at a premium. Pretty doubtful they were going to string together multiple hits in one inning of Price. With the bunt, they need one. As far as the splitter not being called: could have happened but Molly doesn't call the pitches so that's not on him.
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I'm confused why they aren't using May more.They obviously have big concerns about the pen because they are trying to avoid using them (which I get). But then why wouldn't you just let May have a shot at important innings? I was never worried about the whole "too many starters" thing because I felt they would use the excess to fix the pen. Pretty hard to do that when May doesn't pitch.
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And what would the Twins have done this year when Pinto has been hurt most of the year? Let's put to rest this notion of "buying high". He signed a contract that they could easily afford or eat if they had to. Signing a guy for two years at modest money is not the definition of buying high. We could have had John Buck - who hoo!
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This...I like Santana's potential - he has tools that don't come along every day. But as long as the Twins are in contention, Escobar is going to provide the best play for the immediate future and should get all the starts beginning today. Santana can go to AAA and prepare to be our SS in 2016.
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Kurt is not a great catcher, but before the piling on begins, it is important to remember a couple of things: Catching in general is in very short supply. There are a few great ones, some acceptable ones and then practically nothing. The Twins signed him to a very reasonable contract that could easily be accepted in a back up role. By signing him, they essentially protected themselves against the possibility that their prospects might not develop or that they could end up with something worse in free agency. Do I think Kurt is a "good" catcher - no. Do I want a better catcher - yes; I believe its their greatest area of need. Do I believe the Twins made a mistake when they signed him - nope. Let's trade for somebody to make him a backup or split the starts.
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Are The Twins Buyers Or Sellers?
Linus replied to Brandon Warne's topic in Twins Daily Front Page News
Even thought I am a proponent of win now, how about this scenario. If Sano continues to show he belongs in the bigs, and if he gets a few more starts at third and shows he can be competent in the field....... You trade Plouffe and Pelfrey for the best young catcher you can fetch? If need be, you could include Polanco to really get a good catcher (I believe he is a second baseman and we have one of the best). You would wait until the deadline so you have the most data possible on Sano and to have a few more sellers enter the market. I think that the addition of a better catcher could offset the loss of Plouffe's bat, leaving us no worse off this year and better positioned for the future. -
Are The Twins Buyers Or Sellers?
Linus replied to Brandon Warne's topic in Twins Daily Front Page News
I'm willing to part with good prospects to bring back a young, cost controlled catcher. Perhaps a bullpen rental arm for cheap but that's it. We can patch SS together with Escobar and I still believe Santana will improve enough on both sides of the ball to be a starter at short for the near future, just starting next year. I would part with Polanco in a trade. He's eventually going to be a second baseman and I like the one we have better. Plus, he's got to stop playing the anvil chorus or he's going nowhere - CLANG! -
The Secret Behind Twins' Pitching Success
Linus replied to Parker Hageman's topic in Twins Daily Front Page News
While I agree that Allen's role has been a positive factor in the improvement, the biggest factor is Ryan's decision to bring in a stable of competent pitchers to choose from thereby ensuring competition for starting spots and protection against injuries, suspensions, etc. We've actually had a number of things not go our way in this regard and we still haven't given a start to Cole DeVries. -
The biggest improvement we could make is to determine if May or Pelfrey are better suited to pitching multiple days in a row and roll the dice making them the next most important bullpen member after Perkins and Fien. While I hope Tonkin makes it, I think he doesn't have the required stuff. One reason why we should have all been pulling for Nolasco is that he could have been added to the pen as well. While not great, it would be a credible arm to go to.
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Why not? Herrmann is just not a MLB hitter I'm afraid.
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I thought this thread was sarcasm. I would let him finish a week in the bigs before my extension offer.
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Please read my earlier post. This isn't our opinions this is what the Twins have stated publicly multiple times. If your saying that you don't like that, fine. Otherwise you're tilting at windmills.
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That and the Twins have been asked about this many times. Each time the answer is a decisive no.
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Yea what he said...
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Nobody gets angry it's just.not.gonna.happen. ever...
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How do we work Arcia into this juggernaut?
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Honestly Bert just makes it up as goes along.
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Not a good challenge
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Hicks has toned down the leg kick on the left side
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Zuke's obviously the better catcher in this game.
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Yes he did wait. Cost him a hit
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While I won't argue with Ruth, Aaron does deserve serious consideration. If I remember correctly (I don't do research) he won Gold Gloves and was an excellent base runner. Hitting speaks for itself. No to Bonds for a bunch of reasons including, while he was fast before the roids, he ended up being a poor defender who never had a good arm.
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Nunez would be substantially faster than Sano, and just as likely to get a hit (other than a homer) in the subsequent at bats. No problem with that move.
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Part of the issue is that, like many topics on TD, people get way ahead of themselves when it comes to player development and expectations. He's likely not going to be a great player and that happens, a very high percentage of the time when it comes to prospects. If he can keep improving, however, he will have some trade value as a good defensive CF. Like good catchers and shortstops, they are not in large supply.
