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  1. ThePuck
    I understand no one said that, what you did say was 'Sanchez was a good pitcher but he wasn't 80-100M good before this season. ' And yet the three seasons before he was worth over 50M. His FIP was lower than his ERA in those three years. His contract is right in line with how he had performed the three years prior to this one. Even if he wasn't having a ridiculous year this year, there's no reason at all to believe he wouldn't at least perform up to his contract. And, as fans,we should just be looking at whether or not he was performing quite up to his contract or not. Why is that important to us...as long as he's doing well. You seem obsessed with worrying about whether or not a player is worth their money or finding a bargain. I'm obsessed with having a quality product on the field.
  2. ThePuck
    Van Mil was ranked as the Twins 39th ranked prospect by Gleeman when he was trade for Fuentes...Twins 29th ranked by BA
  3. ThePuck
    He had lots of mental lapses in his earlier years and it didn't take anyone telling the fans for them to see it. Fangraphs says he had a negative UZR in 2007, 2008 and 2009. And the main Twin, Gardy, said he liked Casilla's defense so much that Casilla would compete with Hardy for shortstop (said right before Hardy was traded). So, how did the Twins drive negativity about Casilla's defense? Casilla's bad defense and absentmindedness in his early years drove the negativity.
  4. ThePuck
    I think most people understand it takes awhile for a new coach to institute his ways, especially if they are different than the ways being taught for years by someone else.
  5. ThePuck
    In most cases, any true quality FA will require a multi-year deal worth good money and that contract will take them on the north side of their career, or as they are declining. Might as well say, don't sign any FAs or give any contract to anyone for any decent time once the hit 30...since most FAs are at least 29. So basically, bargain bin shop in FA.
  6. ThePuck
    And these are decent prospects? Pino was like the Twins 27th prospect in 2006. Where did he stand in 2009? He doesn't seem to have been ranked high enough in the Twins system to even be mentioned by BA that year.
  7. ThePuck
    except for Ramos having MLB expereince, yeah close...and Pavano was traded for a player to be named later. Who was the decent prospect we ended up trading for him? Rauch was claimed off waivers and no prospect was traded. 'The Twins originally claimed Rauch on waivers on Aug. 28, sending a player to be named to the Diamondbacks. Officially speaking, that player turned out to be cash considerations—and not a player at all. Then in a corresponding move, the D'backs claimed Mulvey on waivers from the Twins on Sept. 1 and subsequently sent cash considerations to the Twins.' - Baseball America Both of those moves were under Smith. Now, who is the LH reliever from the Angels you are referring to and what decent prospect did we give up?
  8. ThePuck
    I honestly can't remember when we traded a decent prospect with no MLB experience for a proven player.
  9. ThePuck
    What's the average age of FAs do you think? 29, 30? It's convenient to talk about how bad it is to sign people in their declining years when most people who reach FA are on the north end of their 27-29 year old prime. I remember laughing hard at the people defending Ryan, and later Smith, for not offering more years to Hunter because he'd be paying for decline years.
  10. ThePuck
    According to Fangraphs, Annibal Sanchez was worth over 16M in each of his previous three seasons prior to this year (16.9, 16.1, 16.6...an average of 16.5). This year he's getting 8.8M, followed by 15.8 next year and 16.8 the next three years.
  11. ThePuck
    Most people who have been leaders...or rather good leaders...understand they are responsible for everything that their people do. They are to blame for the mistakes and they are credited with the good stuff. The best leaders take all the blame and none of credit...they disperse the credit to their subordinates.
  12. ThePuck
    Not so well indeed, then again, St Louis has been in the same boat as us during that time frame and they seem to be doing just fine in that department. Maybe it has more to do with who we pick when we do pick AND how we develope them.
  13. ThePuck
    'Ever since pulling his average above .200 at the end of May, Dozier has been a .265/.343/.488 offensive performer and a fine defensive second baseman...Florimon does what shortstops should do – field. Using Ultimate Zone Rating to judge, Florimon is second among American League shortstops. He makes plays that other shortstops don’t.' Mauer, Morneau, (Pierzynski, Johan) and a bunch of Twins thoughts | A Fan's View | StarTribune.com
  14. ThePuck
    'In 2014, if Morneau doesn’t return, the core of Twins with winning backgrounds will be Mauer and … uh… pretty much nobody. I like numbers as much as most of you, but team building is a multidimensional task. Veteran players with skills – in the clubhouse and on the field – need to be part of the build.' Mauer, Morneau, (Pierzynski, Johan) and a bunch of Twins thoughts | A Fan's View | StarTribune.com
  15. ThePuck
    'Prevailing wisdom is that teams need to overpay for starting pitching, but (again) that’s not an issue for a fan to worry about. (Even less so when Jim Pohlad told Phil Mackey on Saturday in an ESPN 1500 interview that Ryan can increase the payroll significantly.) Find an ace, find a couple of starters more solid than Mike Pelfrey and Kevin Correia and let the others battle for the back end of the rotation.' Mauer, Morneau, (Pierzynski, Johan) and a bunch of Twins thoughts | A Fan's View | StarTribune.com
  16. ThePuck
    What did you expect? :-) Not only that, but 2015? No way.
  17. ThePuck
    Does it matter why? No. point is, this man has been a switch hitter fro a very long time, and he seems to be having no problem switching to just batting right handed.
  18. ThePuck
    I was watching MLB network and they were saying that Victorino, a long time switch hitting player, is starting to go away from it...facing righties as a right handed hitter. He's having good success doing it. It can be done, and perhaps it should be done with Hicks.
  19. ThePuck
    I'd be shocked if payroll was at 70 or above next year with all the money coming off this offseason. It's going to drop big time. Edit: Though I suppose Ryan could sign 4 or 5 players to divide 20M next year and we'd be in the mid 70s...
  20. ThePuck
    yes, of course Mauer...what else? We have Mauer now. Seems you forgot what the discussion is about. On top of that, payroll flexibility doesn't help if you don't use it. Oh and when did we trade prospects for proven players?
  21. ThePuck
    Problem is, all of our eggs are in the prospect basket...and we have to hit big on most of them and that doesn't happen every often.
  22. ThePuck
    Unless, of course, most of those turn out to be bad answers as well...
  23. ThePuck
    Yeah, I have absolutely no idea how that conclusion could be reached either.
  24. ThePuck
    Does your dream have Kate Upton laying next to you in your hammock? :-)
  25. ThePuck
    No, that would be against TD policy. Besides, even if I was saying that, I was told before that it's okay he said that, all GMs do that.
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