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  1. Kwak
    In some organizations when executives foul-up massively--there is a "reorganization".
  2. Kwak
    Yes! Oh, the many posts I couldn't have read about CFers and starting pitchers! TD would have been so short on subjects to post about that threads on departed Twins (like Joe Benson) would have cluttered the Forums.
  3. Kwak
    Gosh, May and Meyer, were behind both Milhone and Pelfrey in Ryan's Dream Team. Those two are damned or ****. Right now I'm envisioning the ceiling of the Sistine chapel (fresco part) and May and Meyer are in this bad place with a large finger pointed at them.
  4. Kwak
    What's the over/under now? I wonder what the other players will say when Santana returns?
  5. Kwak
    Not sure, but I would think that MLB considering offering a FA contract could demand medical testing--including those of PEDs. Of course, a player could refuse, but then the team could respond--"we're outta' here!" Said contract offer could (should?) include a clause concerning the use of PEDs--including penalties. However, I didn't see the Twins' offer to Santana--so, I can't form a conclusion.
  6. Kwak
    Others weren't on the 40 man roster this Spring (Relief Pitchers for example) and room was made to add them to the roster. Thus, that really wasn't an impediment. I'm not implying that Fryer should (or not) be on the roster--but being on the 40 man roster at the beginning of Spring Training didn't prevent Fryer from being on the Active Roster.
  7. Kwak
    Pinto had a huge setback with a concussion--so he wasn't "fit for duty" yet. Fryer was the other option--and he "hasn't paid enough dues" in the minors ala` the Twins Way.
  8. Kwak
    This roster was constructed to avoid 2015 being a disaster. Consider, declining season ticket sales, total paid attendance, and just plain relevance in the entertainment market of Minneapolis. Toss in a new manager and the inevitable comparisons between the two and a plan was constructed to try and make 2015 season "not stink". The flies in the ointment with that policy are: this season isn't going to assist in improving subsequent seasons and 2015 for the Twins isn't going to the World Series like 2014 and KC Royals--in short 2015 won't be memorial nor will it help for the future, it will simply stand alone and be forgotten.
  9. Kwak
    Answer is in two parts: Santana isn't a CF, and Escobar can be inserted in the lineup whenever Molitor wishes. I chose not to be a SA and say neither Plouffe, Dozier, or Mauer will play CF so Escobar can play when Molitor deems--but I'm trying to change my image.
  10. Kwak
    There have been numerous RHRP that were effective against LHB. The good news is that they are effective against RHB too! These are the prototypical RPs--pitchers who can get batters out consistently irrespective of in which batter's box they stand. Find/develop that type of pitcher instead of relying on "tricks" to get outs.
  11. Kwak
    Given the results of the past two seasons and this Spring your statement doesn't hold water. "Too fast" implies that another year or so of minor league experience--and Voila` a major league quality ballplayer is produced. We have waited those two seasons (plus this Spring) and yet Hicks still isn't major-league caliber. He wasn't moved "too fast"--he simply Failed. Hicks likely will never amount to a major league caliber player.
  12. Kwak
    Returning to the premise of the thread "...reducing clarity...", I must disagree. The roster decisions confirm that the Front Office is "putting lipstick on a pig" hoping to convince the public (hey, it appears that they have convinced at least half of TD posters!) that the Twins are a "good" ballclub worthy of their support (and money). The definition of a "good" ballclub is "flexible"--it is whatever you want it to be. 2015 is but another season where problems were "defined", some personnel changes were made, some actions taken, and a posture of "fixed" made. Sadly, "fixed" hasn't yielded a "good enough" ballclub. But, some things have been consistent: never a pronouncement that a "total rebuild" is/was needed or that management expected that the process would be 5+ years.
  13. Kwak
    Hicks playing everyday in Rochester? For perhaps three months--and then what? Hicks's Spring has washed him out of the everyday-OFer category as far as the Minnesota Twins. It's time to move him before the clash with Buxton for playing time--even for a bus token.
  14. Kwak
    " Are the Twins Making the Right Decision ? " We will have our answer within two months. My gut, (and history) cries "NO!". The inevitable roster moves, followed by the question "can we really trust these results?". Leading to the off-season between '15 and '16--"What now?" More of the same that we have heard from 2012--"There! I 'fixed' things". Rinse, Lather, Repeat. Or, "Nuts, this ain't working". "We gotta try something new."
  15. Kwak
    I wish I had been paid $5.5MM/year with the precondition that I would get demoted.
  16. Kwak
    The Twins don't need to trade for a mediocre relief pitcher. If the "veterans" Ryan bought are unacceptable, then start using the options on the minor leaguers. A platoon of RPs were drafted recently, (plus those already on hand) use these guys. Each has a total of three years of options--use them!
  17. Kwak
    Let's take a step back to last Spring--Santana was professed to be "not ready" and sent to the minors. Escobar was one of the guys from the Liriano trade--"or how the Twins SS problem was fixed". Back to 2006, Bartlett was deemed to be "not ready" (didn't "take charge" or something like that)--so the Twins started a mediocrity (a bit generous, but I'll be nice here) rather than promote Bartlett (who wasn't any Spring chicken). Enough was enough and the rookie was promoted in 2006 (only to be...it's too painful to continue). Returning to 2014, CF was a similar mess to '06's SS problem, so...promote somebody who has speed and a strong arm. Enter Santana. "Not Ready" to play SS, but somehow can be trusted in CF. Santana was a SS not a CF--but oh my did he hit way above expectations. He is still a SS and not a CF. The question to be answered: will the Twins develop the guy they had projected to be a starting SS or accept mediocrity to try to win a few more games this season (since I expect that CF will continue to be a bleeding ulcer)? As far as a trading one of them? I don't think the Twins were offered much (if anything) for either Santana or Escobar--else a trade would have happened by now.
  18. Kwak
    Coaching Staff? No. Ryan and the rest of the Front Office--it would have been their decision to favor the veterans over the "up-and-comers".
  19. Kwak
    I having great difficulty shedding a tear for Pelfrey. Considering....
  20. Kwak
    The Twins painted themselves into a corner. The October 2014 proclamation of an $85MM budget "...is about enough..." signaled the Front Office's plan. An immediate howl of disdain came from the "paying peanut gallery". An additional $21MM was found (please tell me where I can find such largesse for me!) and Hunter and Santana were signed to free agent contracts. Bluntly, these guys were signed to immediately "turn the ship around" and WIN NOW. Implications: Hunter and Santana are "regulars" and the entire team must commit to put "the best 9" (as of right now) on the field in order to WIN NOW. The "up-and-comers" will simply have to wait (unless of course a guy is deemed to be in the "best 9" group).
  21. Kwak
    Exactly! The game is decided by runs not walks. MLB succeeded for many years without getting freaked-out by pitch count. Despite yielding the fewest walks per season (frequently), theTwins staff have generally been at or near the bottom in rankings. I think the Twins need to adopt "conventional" thinking about pitching. The use of free-agents to build a staff is a start, but they need to continue to "go mainstream" and forget trying to "outsmart" the rest of baseball.
  22. Kwak
    The LOOGY is the position to eliminate. LHP have to be able to pitch a full inning including RH batters. Granted that inning might be initially against a LHB, but not just one batter. Duensing has pitched against RHBs. If the Twins can't find LHPs they need to find RHP who consistently get the outs. Seek quality pitchers not "one-trick-ponies".
  23. Kwak
    Wait! $21MM was added to the budget this year to "build for the future"--these guys are supposed to "win now". The active roster will skew "old" by design. Milhone, Pelfrey, Stauffer and whatever veterans will be the pitching staff. Position players will also skew old. I believe the real challenge will be this Summer: If the team (somehow) is winning, is more money spent to truly "win now", or is it the same old soft shoe we saw before?; If the team is losing (as expected) do they promote the minor leaguers en masse (like this decade) and charge major league prices for minor league talent and hope the experience the new players get truly develop them?; Or, stick with the status quo for the rest of the season, thus wasting another year? Considering my calendar said "Spring" arrived just yesterday, I guess I will have to wait until my calendar says "Summer".
  24. Kwak
    They traded Denard Span for this?
  25. Kwak
    Some time ago I posted that if neither May or Meyer were in the rotation, what does that say about Ryan's "trades"? The OF was gutted of CFers for minor league pitchers. If these two can't make the rotation because "value-priced" veterans exist, why make the trades? It wasn't like Span and Revere were some overpriced, over-the-hill OFers (like Hunter)?
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