Wolfy

We might have something here in Gibsy.

Hated it. Turned it off after a couple minutes. Thought we were going to get to see a baseball game. Not sure what the **** that was...

Yes bring him back. He's had the best arm in the organization since we traded Santana. You won't be able to afford to bring in anyone better next year unless you pay twice as much as it would cost to pick up that option.

The glass is pretty full. They need two players to make an enormous difference, but they would be two BIG players. They need a guy to hit behind Morneau who has the ability to hit like Shane Mack did. Doumit is an okay player, but this guy needs to hit further down in the order. They need an Ace/Stopper/Staff Horse. That guy will make everyone better and give them confidence, take pressure off them, and allow them to relax and not try to do too much. That is two guys who will cost the Twins a lot of money. But it would be better than 5 guys who would cost the same amount or less that weren't capable of the same kind of impact. It didn't even take 90 wins to grab the division this year. You can expect the same next year.

The Twins don't need to get a top 10 pitcher in here next year to turn the staff around. They added Pavano in 2009 and he wound up having a great, bounce back year after 3-4 consecutive mediocre seasons. His presence led a staff that, by and large was pretty average at best, to some very good numbers in 2010. One guy with the right attitude, having a good season can make a huge difference, especially in this division. It would be a huge mistake to dump 20 million dollars or more into one guy like Grienke or Peavy simply because they are the best of an average group of FA pitchers.

The guy has been a great ball player. That is all there is to that.

Good luck to Casilla, but this team won't miss him. This organization already has 45 Casilla's and will likely draft 20 more over the next 4 years.

The team that signs Grienke will have overpaid. He's alright, but he isn't even worth the money he is being paid now.

The Twins might be gun shy regarding a trade involving Span. IMO they just wouldn't get back in pitching what Span can give you night in and night out. But who knows?

His first AB is generally very effective. He sees a lot of pitches and seems to get on base frequently. It would be interesting to find out the Twin's record when Span gets on base and scores in the first inning. Although, the record for every team is probably pretty good when their lead off guy does this.

That was a pretty rough game for Florsy. He can't have a whole lot more of those otherwise he's going to have an empty bandwagon.

How will Carroll not get 400 PA next year if the Twins plan on moving on with Plouffe, Florimon, and possibly Dozier as the middle/LS infield? That is a lead pipe cinch unless he gets hurt. Dozier got a real fair shot and looked like the career minor leaguer he is destined to be. Plouffe is not the answer. He isn't any more accomplished than Dozier except he got hot for a month and hit some homers. Florimon is interesting. He looks to have the best package of skills in the organization. (of the players that are ML ready) I don't disagree with Florimon having the inside track at SS at this point, unless some other option drops into the team's lap this off season.

TK thinks he should start. Says he has one of the better arms on the team and you should put your best arms in the rotation. In 2009 and 2010 he was combined 15-5. (were all his W's as a starter ?) Great ERA both years. It started to go south for him last year, but then it did for everybody. This year hasn't exactly been what you would call a bounce back year. I'll defer to Kelly in this case, because it is hard to get a read on Duensing. They might want to try designating him a starter this off season and quit jerking him around from the pen to the rotation 3-4 times a season like they have most of his career. That might be at the root of Duensing's problem.

This is my absolute dream match-up. Pure entertainment watching these two guys throw. And it's quite possible that we may see two 10-walk no-hitters today.

Gardy should stick around a few more years and do what TK did; leave when it looks like things are on the right track again. This team will be decent next year, at least to the point where they won't be out of things in July. .500-ish with a look at that last WC is approachable.