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How's he look?

Burdi is too violent right now. He can't start and prolong with his current motion. Watch some videos he is all effort. I like the pick if they allow him to fast track providing he does well.

Great article! Thank you! Even more impressed with Stewart after reading this!

So humble. I don't know how you can't be a JO fan after reading this.

If Worley is healthy I expect him to make the team and contribute as the 4th or 5th. I'm convinced he was never healthy. He has had some success at this level and knows what it will take.

I never had a problem with it. Wanted the Twins to do more though. Like I stated last year.... $5mil don't get you Cy Young in today's game. It gets you Kevin Correia. I also felt at times Gardy left him to die on the vine. Might have saved him 4-6 earned runs. But I have my own beliefs on certain types of pitchers and hitter adjustments after a few times through the lineup.

I don't see that. He's two years younger than Hudson and he is durable, having pitched less than 200 innings only once in the last nine years(and it was 199 innings). If I had to guess I would think that he gets somewhere in the neighborhood of 3/$33-$39 mil. IMO he is undervalued and certain metrics don't calculate his value properly.

I respect the opinion you have but I'm sorry cocaine may be considered an upper for a short time but the prolonged use is far from performing enhancing. IMO you don't use cocaine to get better at things. You use it to party.

I like it! Any truth to the rumors that he and Gardy don't always see eye to eye?

You can spin it as a lie if that is the way you choose to read it. He's not going to come out and say we got a 28 yr old tomato can who has mediocre track record at the Major League level. It's not the way the PR game works. I mean what do people expect him to say. "He's roster filler. Never really hit in the major's. Has a weak arm. Terrible plate discipline with Major League breaking balls. Should help Rochester be competitive once Hicks takes the job back." He's going to talk about positives. He's not going to come out and say Presley is a stop gap until Hicks or Buxton is ready. If they sold Powerball tickets on the basis that your chance of winning the jackpot is 1 in 1billion how many you going to buy?

What else is he going to say? 85% of fans have no idea what Presley has done in AAA. All they know is that he was the reward for one of the most popular Twins players of the last 15 years. He also played decent when he got some time here. Whether you, me, and 90% of the members here believe Presley is nothing more than a 4th or 5th OF TR is going to have to appeal to the masses. We are not the masses.

John I am 100% with Parker on this one. I also believe they thought that the pitching was in a better position than it turned out to be. I think that the consensus was that Worley and Gibson would provide some positive innings. That Deduno would have not been hurt and that Diamond would not have been coal. I really don't think there can be a winner in this discussion because both points are relevant to a degree. Although I am mad at myself for having a bad attitude about going to games at TF when he pitched. He was pretty decent there this year.

I think for what we had in the cupboard and what we wanted to spend, KC was valuable. I would have much rather he pitched out of the 4 or 5 hole but with this staff he was forced to be a front end guy. He did I expected him to do: take the ball, eat up some innings, pitch quick, and be decent. I was never for the signing but I didn't think it needed to be crucified like many others did.

I'm torn but....If by drafting Appel and signing him you basically ruin the rest of your draft I am not for it, unless he is Verlander 2.0. I think I would rather gamble on Gray or Stewart and get some better prospects in the top 10 rounds. I think last year was a prime example of how a good draft can quickly infuse a minor league system.

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