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  1. AlwaysinModeration
    I just watched a replay of the ARod homer against Perk and had flashbacks to the last playoff series. Hit in almost the same spot...now I need to go check the score of that game....
  2. AlwaysinModeration
    Oof. Here I was thinking we would cut the lead to 4.5 tonight. KC with the walk off, Yanks with 7 unanswered, and suddenly it's back to 6.5.
  3. AlwaysinModeration
    Silver lining: May we declare a new setup man minted tonight?
  4. AlwaysinModeration
    Seems to me the goat is likely Escobar. Should have caught the liner before ARod made it 5-3.
  5. AlwaysinModeration
    I hate to agree with this. Dozier amazing comeback homer; Twins win 3 straight. Perkins loses save streak in Oakland; Twins lose four straight. This (apparent) demoralizing loss...seems like a recipe for a losing streak.
  6. AlwaysinModeration
    Lefty closer has always made me wonder about matchups against opposing righty sluggers....and there are more of them.
  7. AlwaysinModeration
    Wait...Mauer can come in for defense, but the Twins bat Robinson-Escobar-Suzuki-Santana with a 1-run lead in the 9th?
  8. AlwaysinModeration
    Hmmm...maybe May would have been a better matchup against ARod in the 9th?
  9. AlwaysinModeration
    Nice.
  10. AlwaysinModeration
    I was kidding about May. Wow. Go get 'em kid...run with the opportunity!
  11. AlwaysinModeration
    May for the 8th?
  12. AlwaysinModeration
    Quiz...if you are up 1-0 in the 7th, one out, base loaded, and a medium-deep ball is hot down the LF line, drifts foul....do you catch it?
  13. AlwaysinModeration
    So, those two examples are players who put up 3-4 WAR per season in their decline phase after 30. Usually WAR costs $5-6mm per WAR on the free market. It's true that you might not get as much WAR as they would be paying for in a trade for Tulo...but I don't see another likely way for the Twins to add 3-4 WAR per season at SS. And they might be getting some of those 5 WAR seasons from Tulo (like he has posted 5 of the past 6 years), which they certainly won't get from any other option. Opportunities to add elite players don't come along very often. The Twins have never done it via FA. The fact that they have conversations with the Rockies about it...and that Dozier might be pushing it internally...increases the chance it happens to above zero, I think.
  14. AlwaysinModeration
    I like the idea of trying to trade for Weiters. In general, I think the Twins should be aggressive on rental trades because they are likely to sign extensions once they get some time with the organization. If Weiters could get healthy, and then be the backstop for the Twins for a few years, that would be excellent. (Cheaper option than Tulo, for sure.)
  15. AlwaysinModeration
    ....Cole Hamels? I haven't looked into his contract status or what it might take to get him, but for this year at least, he would be quite a nice addition to the rotation.
  16. AlwaysinModeration
    No, but that's a good sign.
  17. AlwaysinModeration
    Brock--Glad to see you changing gears on this, as you had been consistently opposed. I continue to think this is a perfect storm for the Twins to land Tulo...position of glaring need, payroll flexibility, deep farm system, prospects now starting to contribute, and a quicker-than-expected chance at the playoffs. What if TR put the following 5 players on his "untouchable" list: Dozier, Buxton, Sano, Berrios, and Gibson? Is there still a deal that would work? Would Gonsalves, Gordon, Arcia/Kepler, F. Jorge, and Duensing be enough to make it happen?
  18. AlwaysinModeration
    So, to be absolutely clear here, you think Kyle Gibson is (currently and moving forward) a more valuable player than Troy Tulowitzki, and that you think it isn't even close?
  19. AlwaysinModeration
    Agree. While Gibson shows some promise, he has low K rates and moving from Gibson to Tulo would be a massive upgrade. Plus, as goulik points out, we have May as a replacement (with Berrios, and hopefully Meyer, behind).
  20. AlwaysinModeration
    A couple weeks back I started a forum in the wrong place ("other baseball") about trading for Tulo. It was generally a pipe dream thread starter, and the comments generally acknowledged that. Then I again posted in the "trading prospects thread" of the perfect logic and timing of trading for Tulo, but speculated that TR was too inherently cautious and fond of prospects to make such a bold move. This article, and Jeremy's "little birds" changes a lot, though. This could happen. It's a perfect storm of a position of need, an unexpectedly quick path to competitiveness, an available elite player, a deep farm system, and cap space. If the Twins put together an "untouchable" list (Dozier, Sano, Buxton...plus maybe Berrios...not sure Gibson merits that list), but offer Rockies their choice of a three-player package of MLB players / prospects, I would think it could be done. And the Twins should do it. Tulo has put up 5+WAR 6 times in his career--that's one more 5WAR season than Mauer. He's younger than Mauer. Even if he is only a 4WAR player now in decline, he should put up 4/3.5/3/2.5/2 WAR from now until 2020. And that's conservative. Strike while the iron is hot!
  21. AlwaysinModeration
    I am with Dave on this...Perk could have gone a second inning--would have given them the best chance to win. He didn't argue to use Perk 3 innings...just two. Using him two innings would not have meant he could pitch the next day at all. There is a 50% chance he would have been needed the next day anyway, but a 100% chance they needed him in the 10th last night.
  22. AlwaysinModeration
    That was correct.
  23. AlwaysinModeration
    Fine last 7 games: 11+ERA, more than 2 base runners per inning. And also, whoever created the forum "I believe in Vogt" also receives demerits.
  24. AlwaysinModeration
    What a crappy way to lose a game in the standings...Holland gives up two runs in the 9th to let Chicago back in their game, only for KC to win in extras, while Hughes goes 7.1 innings and the Twins score to in the 9th to take the lead, only to...
  25. AlwaysinModeration
    Just saw the replay; Burns got it back in quickly, so hard to see Robinson scoring. Free baseball, let's get to work.
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