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  1. twinsfanstl
    here is my prediction for 5 remaining offseason moves: 1) Mark Reynolds- gets announced tomorrow- 1 year/$3 million + incentives 2) Suk-Min Yoon- 3yr/$8 per 3) Johan to a minor league contract with mucho incentives 4) Corriea moved before ST- salary dump and B level prospect 5) Swarzak starts season in SR, Worley in long relief, Deduno on DL and we left it tride with Diamond
  2. twinsfanstl
    https://twitter.com/intent/user?original_referer=http%3A%2F%2Faarongleeman.com%2F&profile_id=59048747&screen_name=CSNMooney&tw_i=411567721650741248&tw_p=embeddedtimeline&tw_w=346663379433320448
  3. twinsfanstl
    Willingham, Parmelee and a B prospect to Brewers for Gallardo
  4. twinsfanstl
    What about grabbing Mark Reynolds for a 1 year deal? Worked pretty well for Cleveland last year. It could both push Trevor until Sano is up and give Mauer some DH days/days off at 1st, plus be another non AAA bench option for Gardy. What would it cost and would you do it?
  5. twinsfanstl
    And if these were your sons playing high school ball I'd say great! Effort at that level is everything. But at the MLB level, this status quo attitude is heartbreaking. There is no questioning that the organization is antiquated. There is no question the organization is overly conservative. There is no question that the current regime will never deviate from their blueprint which has yielded barely any playoff exposure since his tenure.
  6. twinsfanstl
    my dad woulda had it
  7. twinsfanstl
    ok that was awful center field play just horrid
  8. twinsfanstl
    now with more flop sweat and shave burns...
  9. twinsfanstl
    Think Rick Anderson could go in right now and give us a quality inning?
  10. twinsfanstl
    geez...think the A's broadcasters are puttnig the Twins hitters to sleep...
  11. twinsfanstl
    just helping out the lady. long suffering fan and wiki ready.
  12. twinsfanstl
    [TABLE=class: wikitable] [TD=align: center]Worst Loss[/TD] 18 (20-2) 1 KC 4/25/61 [/TABLE]
  13. twinsfanstl
    check hr manual. my guess? nothing about a surreptitious sip
  14. twinsfanstl
    3. Think about how many times Bert will say 'major league level', Dick will say something encouraging a Bert response and there will be absolute silence, and if a part of broadcast team, how many times Coomer says 'to me guys...'
  15. twinsfanstl
    looks empty.
  16. twinsfanstl
    Prediction: 4-0 after Carter homer.
  17. twinsfanstl
    Since the front office will not use the language 'full rebuild'- let's take them at their word and approach offseason with dual purpose of setting us up with more depth for future while also fielding a more competitive team in 2014. While many postings are rightly talking up the minor league teams and speculating as to when/who will make impact, I'd like to know what realistic estimates would be for the following moves for 2014 as I believe this combination of trying to field a somewhat competitive team while building for future is right approach. 1) posting fee Masahiro Tanaka ($25mil?) 2) salary/yr to sign Tanaka ($10M/5yr?) 3) salary/yr and number of years Alexander Guerrero ($9M/4yr?) 4) salary/yrs to extend Pelfrey ($5M/2yr?) 5) salary/yrs to sign Maholm ($6M/2yr?) 4) flyer on Scott Baker (1.5M+inc/1yr?) 5) flyer on Johan Santana (1.5M+inc/1yr?) How unrealistic is it to think the Twins might throw $25 as posting fee and $33 million to upgrade roster? 60% is to lock down SS and potential staff Ace into era of prospects rising. Am I high? What are reasonable returns- hopefully pitching depth: 1) Dozier at winter meetings while value high 2) Willingham/Doumit at 2014 deadline assuming career average production through half season ? While I like where TR and the draft order benefit of sucking has taken our farm system, I am so ready to see the Twins take mentality of TRULY competing every year. Thoughts appreciated.
  18. twinsfanstl
    Wiki says: Tanaka is a 188 cm (6 ft 2 in), 93 kg (205 lb) right-handed power pitcher with a high three-quarters delivery. He throws a four-seam fastball that usually sits around 145 to 149 km/h (90 to 93 mph) (clocked as fast as 96 mph at Dodger Stadium in 2009 WBC) and complements it with a vicious 82-86 mph slider with a sharp, late break. He also throws a solid 84-88 mph splitter, and a two-seam fastball. In 2007, Tanaka often relied on this slider to strike out batters. He has since worked on improving his other offspeed pitches to induce more groundballs and get batters out more efficiently. One area of Tanaka's pitching that is often cited as needing improvement is his motion from the stretch. He allowed a league-high 28 baserunners to steal on him in 2007...but as always with the Japanese buyer beware...look at this from high school (in a single tournament) "Tanaka threw 742 pitches in 52⅔ innings (six appearances) in the tournament, striking out 54 and walking 20 with a 2.22 ERA." Lots of mileage on these arms. They say Darvish is an exception in that his father was Iranian and fought the Japanese arm overuse culture.
  19. twinsfanstl
    cmath- whats your source? I was at the Kernals game he started and his fastball never got above 89 according to field radar. He did have a low/mid 70's changeup that looked wicked.
  20. twinsfanstl
    Whew- saw the twins lose to cleveland then went to cedar rapids to see last nights Kernals game. I thought Sulbaran was interesting but not dominant. The hits he gave up early weren't spectacular and he was victimized by sketchy D early. Then he began missing corners and got into trouble. According to game radar, he never got above 89 but had intriguing changeups that got between 71-73 MPH. Looked to be a poor mans Albers, but for Butera I think it was a solid trade...
  21. twinsfanstl
    anyone know if Albers has thrown a 1st pitch strike to every batter? Seems like it.
  22. twinsfanstl
    xactly TheGrin...
  23. twinsfanstl
    and each time Dick says it I sense a snicker
  24. twinsfanstl
    yep...runner on 1st, lefty up. Mauer up to throw down and nobody home. Gardy screamed at both he and dozier so as not to completely call him out but obviously his bag/bad. Pelfrey looks good for one!
  25. twinsfanstl
    im sure thats true but I'd like to think his non-start yesterday was a direct result of not covering the steal that contributed to extra innings friday...
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