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They definitely signed him to play every day. For a team that should be playing young guys, it was a questionable move, but it has worked out so far. Also, I didn't mean that TR and Molly don't care about development in general. You're right, they definitely do care. However, when it comes to RF, TR screwed this up. First, he moved Arcia to left, making him even worse defensively, and now Hunter is blocking Arcia and Kepler. (yes, they both may not be quite ready yet, but honestly Arcia shouldn't still be in AAA. He needs to work out his kinks in the majors)

In theory? TR gave him 10.5 million dollars to be the starter. He's playing RF as much as TR intended. I'm afraid TR and Molly don't care about the development of the young guys and they'll sign Hunter again for next season. Please don't... all of the comments above can explain why.

I considered joining the "fire TR" bandwagon after the awful 1-7 start to the season. After a few months of better baseball... I'm actually more inclined to join that bandwagon. Look, I don't like an aggressive GM like the Padres AJ Preller. I do like a GM a little more on the conservative side. But TR has shown that he just isn't wiling to fix the holes on the team. No, I'm not talking about SS and C. I'm actually talking about CF and the bullpen. What did TR do to fix the problem in CF? Signed Shane Robinson and then let Schafer embarrass himself as the starter. He's lucky that Hicks has finally stepped up as the primary CF. And my goodness... I don't think I need to talk about the bullpen... but giving $2M to both Duensing and Stauffer and then calling it a day? Unacceptable. Sure, watching Boyer and Thompson go nuts in May was great. But now we're throwing out a bullpen that can't strike guys out, walks a bunch, and gives up big hits night in and night out. Not to mention, thanks to the deficiencies of this team, we've plummeted from 1st place in the American League to nearly .500 at a fast pace. Now, of course this wasn't sustainable in the first place, but I feel like if TR added a solid 8th inning bullpen arm or tried out a few other guys outside of Boyer and Fien, we'd be doing a little better and at least we could say that our GM was trying. I just don't think TR can do it. Just watch him give Hunter another deal, guaranteeing a 41 year old RF to play the whole season there, blocking Arcia and Kepler. One last thing. Dumpster diving can work. We've seen Burton and Fien work out great for the Twins. But when the wheels come off, you have to give up on them quick. Too many times we've seen TR stick with a lousy vet (Roenicke, Gray, late Burton, late Duensing, Guerrier).

I like how the Eddies are taking up the middle of the lineup. I'm not saying it's a good thing... but there names are almost the same.

Just imagine in a hypothetical situation... what if Perkins gets hurt? For happens if Perkins is out for the season? Who closes? Who takes on the 8th inning? I must sound like a broken tape by this point, but the Twins have to do something. Also, I'm a bit concerned about Perk. No, I don't think he's hurt. But he's not getting enough swings and misses lately.

Jorge Polanco is coming up to the Twins while Plouffe goes on the paternity list (source: a Derek Wetmore tweet). Anyone surprised it wasn't Arcia? I thought he'd be coming up. Anyways, I assume Sano will try out 3B and hopefully we'll see Polanco at SS. I do want to see how good Polanco is defensively, but our lineup could really use his bat. When Plouffe comes back, it's probably goodbye to Polanco until September. It'd be nice if Polanco could stick at short at the cost of sending Santana to AAA, but for some reason I don't think this is gonna happen. Any thoughts?

It was a walk-off hit... for the Pirates.

It's obvious Pelfrey needs to leave the rotation. What's not so obvious is what happens afterward. Do we transition him to the bullpen? Or do you trade him for peanuts? I'd do the former.

The deadline hasn't arrived yet. It's not time to panic right now. Also, I don't think the Twins are going to get a C or SS right now. So if you're in the boat who thinks the Twins should, you're probably going to be disappointed.

LOOGY for the win! I am liking O'Rourke so far. Now, can we try a few other guys from AAA? How about Achter?

So much for Escobar being bad defensively... He made a nice dive and made a good throw home. I'm not sure that Santana would make both those plays... but still, I think Escobar is better than some people here say he is.

Wow, what a move by the Blue Jays. It looks like they're gearing up to pass the Twins. I didn't want Tulo, so I'm not disappointed. I just want to see the Twins add a bullpen arm.

You mean pitch 5-6 innings and then watch our horrid bullpen fall into complete disarray? Without a solid 7th/8th inning pitcher, we need our starters to be going longer. And in those late innings the starters have been giving up runs. The solution? Fix the bullpen, already!

First off, I think the Twins can compete in 2016. I actually believe this. Therefore, trading Perkins at his cheap salary is a dumb idea. Second off, if we trade Perkins, who becomes the closer? Uh... Trevor May? Blaine Boyer? The Twins bullpen would become easily the worst in the league. Perhaps if we trade him in the offseason and we sign a new closer, I guess that's OK, but still.... this bullpen has no depth and Perkins is by far the best guy we have there.

Twins are down 7-1.... Anyone up for betting today? The current over/under on Dave starting new topics about how bad the Twins are is currently at 1.5.

So this is why you always use ellipses?

I could see this going down as a trade that looks good on paper but doesn't go quite as well in reality. He'll have to adjust going from the NL to the AL. I do wonder what the Royals gave up for him... This.

Gardy did this all the time. Molitor's ejection didn't affect the fact that we blew a 5-0 lead and gave up 8 runs.

I was just saying "who the heck is John Murphy?" BOOM! Home run.

Unreal. Is he still juicing? How do you even pitch to a guy who can hit HRs like that?

I betcha Boyer and Fien don't get that strikeout there...

I didn't consider the possibility of giving him a qualifying offer if he walks into free agency. I suppose he'd decline it and we could get a 1st round pick for compensation.

The Twins either got to lock him up with an extension or trade him for something nice. You can't just let him walk into free agency. The big question is Sano. We need Sano to be in the lineup every single day, but could he be the long-term DH or would he be a good 3B? It's going to become an interesting situation...

Just told my dad, "Torii's only hitting .253. He isn't good anymore." Next pitch: WHAM! Home run. Perhaps I should consider sticking forks in some players next...

We might just have what it takes to bring down the Yankees. Sano, you rock!