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  1. Linus
    Its not hand holding, its development. We all want Hicks to be our centerfielder but the real question is what is best for his development? I see no harm in letting him build some confidence in AAA and bring him up as soon as he shows that he is a competent hitter at the AAA level.
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    This. Gardy just babbles so its crazy to put stock into an answer like this. Patrick Reusse once said that if he had 10 minutes with Torii Hunter he could get him to say anything. Gardy is much the same way, he just kind of affirms whatever direction the question is going. I took the whole thing to mean "Florimon isn't disqualified because of his injury".
  3. Linus
    Hoping to not be too frontal here but I do not find anything LEN3 writes to be informative. There is clearly more info and insight at Twins Daily than anything he writes - essentially the article is pablum that has been debated on this board for months. Berradino offers actual new information from time to time. However, if you want to know where to eat in Ft. Myers than LEN3 is your guy.
  4. Linus
    This is a very interesting idea. Since there really isn't any chance of getting an actual salary cap in baseball, an idea like this might be the most effective way to address the big market - small market inequities that exist currently. I also believe that there needs to be an international draft to replace all of this stuff. It makes no sense that a 23 year old Cuban can become a free agent and sign a huge contract, but the same can't happen for a kid from the States. Treat them all the same regardless of where they come from.
  5. Linus
    Signing Buxton to a monster contract will be a nice problem to have as that will mean we had one great player for 6 years. Let's also not forget the Twins signed Kirby Puckett to the (at that time) largest contract in baseball history. If this new wave of talent pans out and the Twins start winning consistently again, revenues will climb substantially, thereby creating a larger pool of funds to sign these guys to extensions.
  6. Linus
    Sorry. Something from the Sporting News doesn't qualify as proof. Letting Ortiz go was one of the biggest mistakes the Twins ever made. Fine - we can all agree on that. The idea that the way he was coached in Minnesota was the problem and that, magically, the way he was coached in Boston made all the difference is just baloney. As a hitter, he figured it out - that's how it works sometimes. I think it is more clear that he started juicing than getting away from some horrible hitting approach. I think it is also telling that after the Twins let him go, he sat around for a while before signing with the Red Sox.
  7. Linus
    This. Plus this idea that it has been "clearly demonstrated" that the Twins made him use the whole field or go the other way is just not true. This is akin to political statements in Washington that get repeated enough until people begin to take them for facts. I'm sure they, like all organizations tell players that if they try and pull a slider on the outside corner you are going to roll over a weak grounder but they hardly can be blamed for his performance. Good grief, look at Trevor Plouffe - there is no way he plays for an organization that makes players hit the ball exclusively the other way.
  8. Linus
    This a thousand times. Teams have to fill rosters for an entire system - many guys are picked up with this in mind. The Twins might view him as somebody who is going to compete with other similar filler for the last spot in the bullpen in Rochester. They can cut him tomorrow if they want. He will not prevent them from making a roster move if they want to - he may never even make it to spring training.
  9. Linus
    Hard to argue with this one. I want the trees back and I also want the standing room tickets back. I loved just watching the game from various locations, especially because the concourse is so open.
  10. Linus
    At this stage in his development, even being in a platoon would not make sense. He needs to play nearly every day and that basically means Rochester. He's a great prospect but people are way too carried away with last September, which I am guessing we will find out the hard way if he starts for the Twins.
  11. Linus
    Number 2 makes sense to me. Number 4 not at all. I believe Escobar will be with the Twins, but organizational depth players like Bernier will have no bearing on where Sano ends up starting or ending the season.
  12. Linus
    Once they signed Suzuki, I took it as a given that he would be the starter and that Pinto would start at AAA. It makes no sense for him to be sitting on the bench in Minny. Once they are comfortable with his performance in Rochester, he will be called up and be the permanent starter and Suzuki will ride the pine. May I introduce your opening day back up catcher? Please meet Eric Fryer.
  13. Linus
    I am in agreement. I would start him in AAA. I know that they don't hesitate to promote from AA but he would face more experienced pitchers, some with prior MLB experience, in AAA. If he can't handle starting in AAA, all the talk of fast track promotion is really premature.
  14. Linus
    Can we stop with the "Twins ruined David Ortiz power" business. He turned into a great hitter, partially because he could use the whole field in Fenway and because he started taking special vitamins and was hurt a lot less. He was an injury prone, inconsistent hitter with the Twins. That was on him, pure and simple. He needed somebody to blame it on and wasn't man enough to take the blame.
  15. Linus
    He is a gamer though.....
  16. Linus
    Right handed platoon guys are not that valuable due to the relatively fewer left handed starters. Now if you can find a guy that kills right handed pitching, you have the basis for an effective platoon situation. That's why Plouffe really needs to pick it up - the fact that he kills left handers is not going to keep him in the majors unless he becomes an absolute defensive whiz. See Danny Valencia.
  17. Linus
    OK - I like optimism as well as the next guy. But to introduce a different angle let's predict what we think will happen, not if we happen to pull the winning lottery ticket. How about an over / under - here is mine: 18 homers in Rochester (half season); 8 in Minnesota for a total of 26.
  18. Linus
    Good Lord - this is the kind of stuff that drives people away from TD. There is no downside to this in any way, shape or form. They can cut the guy tomorrow if they want. Opposition to signings like this are petulant potshots at TR.
  19. Linus
    The point is not whether he can play a corner outfield spot - clearly he can. The point is what course of action brings the Twins the greatest return on this asset. My contention is that he is more valuable as center fielder trade chip than staying in Minnesota and playing a corner spot, especially with corner outfielders in the pipeline. Good centerfielders are much more valuable than good corner outfielders.
  20. Linus
    Two thoughts on Aaron Hicks: 1. His experience shows there can be a cost for rushing prospects. Last year was essentially a lost year for him developmentally for him and it substantially increases the pressure on him for the upcoming season. 2. His future is not in a corner outfield spot as he will likely never produce offensively enough to realize maximum value or highest and best use. Best case scenario is that he shows promise in centerfield and the Twins can trade him for a top pitching prospect when Buxton is ready. Seeing what the Twins got for Span / Revere, that wouldn't be all bad.
  21. Linus
    I don't think it is fair to say the Twins can be accused of basing any of their promotion decisions on service time. The most recent examples would be Hicks and Arcia who, if anything, were pushed to the majors.
  22. Linus
    Well, now we can agree - I won't argue with 1-3% but that was not the prevailing sentiment in the thread. And Morales isn't really going to help him much as Sano will be in Rochester
  23. Linus
    This. Except I would not lose Diamond or Worley at this point - if Deduno comes back healthy somebody is getting a mysterious ailment until we need another pitcher. My other hope is that Escobar gets a shot at SS. While its not likely, I think there is still some potential with the bat there. I also would start Sano at AAA.
  24. Linus
    With all due respect, difficult is a severe understatement. How many players have played for the Twins since 1961 and there has been one guy to do it? That's quite a bit more than difficult. And while I respect the scouting rating, the difference is that is projection (opinion) and the lack of people ever accomplishing this feat is fact. It would be interesting to find out what percentage of players in the history of MLB have ever hit 40 homers in a season - it would be a miniscule number.
  25. Linus
    Ummm, he has no chance of hitting 40 this year unless he spends the whole year in New Britain (and I love the guy as a prospect). I think we need a little reality check on where the kid is at (1/2 season at AA under his belt) and how rare it is to hit 40 homers at the major league level, or AAA for that matter. To put it in perspective, if / when he does it, it would make him the second Twin in history to do it behind some guy named Harmon Killebrew.
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