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  1. The Wise One
    nobody has yet said that Bruno was going to transform him
  2. The Wise One
    We will have to disagree. There is your view of the situation with your spin. Basket of crap? There are people on this board who insist that Santana would have resigned here if only offered the money. It was announced that Ryan was stepping down in September, during the season, after the trade deadline. Again, spin it any way you want. To the other guy, SSantana signed a 4 year contract in 2005. So Santana had one year left on a contract when traded.
  3. The Wise One
    " All fans are in ignorance, I get annoyed when it becomes a tool of argument." Brother Leviathan said that, now I really understand what he meant
  4. The Wise One
    Decent return for trades happen all the time in the last year of a contract of a soon to be free agent. Skill in negotiation, be it a trade or a contract, is the key for a return. The could have asked for 2 good prospects and that kind poor pitcher named Nova in the low minors, and a flier on another
  5. The Wise One
    Brother Levi admits ignorance. I'll be darned. Santana still had a full season of control by the Twins when Ryan left.. Could have Ryan fixed it? yes. The end falls to Smith. Mediocre players will bring mediocre prospects. Players with faults will no bring top prospects. If you have what someone needs, then you can get a return. What there used to be return for soon to be free agents will be less as there is not much compensation to be leveraged.
  6. The Wise One
    So what is the big evil in trading for a SS? Most of the shortstops traded for were minor leaguers. Cardenas was the only established one.
  7. The Wise One
    Not knowing what has gone on have never stopped people from speculating. While some trades may have been 10 years ago, don't forget that Ryan took a few year vacation. Smith was so bad at negotiating trades that the Twins were better off testing their luck with the draft. Travis Harrison for Orlando Hudson might be a great move. Hudson Boyd for Crain another good move. The damage done by Smith's ineptness at trades reallly led the club to where they are today.
  8. The Wise One
    Trades like Milton, Aggie, Hanson, A.J. and many others didn't happen because that is not the Twins way? If Berrios and the other drafted player works out, then letting Cuddyer walk was a great move. Any idea if Kubel and Cuddyer were shopped around? Was there a good offer? Nobody talked. The Twins way is the Pohlad way. Get people to work cheaply. Buy low, sell high.
  9. The Wise One
    Bother Levi your memory is either short or other reasons. Cuddyer's last year was in the middle of a penant chase. I don't recall you people demanding he be traded before they couldn't get anything for him. If JO Berios is a real deal, then it will work out as a great trade. If Luke Bard workd out, then they did great with Kubel. By most accounts the Hunter contract with the Angels was an unforseable blow them out of the water offer. The Twins did try and were more than generous with their offer. Time will tell if Harrison and Boyd will be great compensation for Hunter. It is so easy to forget. My Brother Levi. I am sorry I did not post it clearly enough for all to understand between my two posts (pesky work gets in the way) that in no way did I consider Cleveland, Houston, or the Cubs to be rebuilding at this time. It would say that there was something there. I will try harder next time to be clearer for you
  10. The Wise One
    So when you look at the information provided what stands out is that there are by WAR not many high quality players on these teams. Chicago buys talent, but it is not upper echelon talent. Go to fangraphs and see what the top players on Detroit, Cinci and the Giants look like. Note how the aqquired most of their talent (draft, trade and develop). That should be your guide on how teams rebuild, not the bottom feeders.
  11. The Wise One
    The articles ought to be called how not to rebuild a team. Look at the number of years the Astro's have been down. Their good players aged, left as free agents, and they had not developed replacements. Chicago continues to buy talent, susstains nothing. Cleveland's talent played well for only one year since the 90's group got old.
  12. The Wise One
    So teams that are on the bottom have not the same top 5 fWAR players. So what. What did they get in return? Were the players simply let go? Were good trades made and the players the core for the future?
  13. The Wise One
    Deron took over about the time Ryan left. As he has gained experience, one would expect the philosophies to change
  14. The Wise One
    Ryan publically stated that he has very little to do with the draft. Deron Johnson is the scouting director. He can only be as good as the scouts are good at evaluating talent. At this point there was nothing wrong with last few year's draft. multiple players are working their way up the system.
  15. The Wise One
    When you look at the World Series, or any baseball playoff, MVP you see a lot of players who have elevated their games beyond what they have ever done before, and sometimes ever again. It is neither a crapshoot, or a crabshoot. It is a bout a half dozen players playing very well for a strech when it counts. Some good players can't do it, others can.
  16. The Wise One
    In regards to number 10. If Riverbrian's coworker is a bad apple on Twin's Daily will we then miss Riverbrian's wonderful takes because you would ban that IP address?
  17. The Wise One
    I miss the like button. What is said in obvious jest in the author's line of thinking can be missed by 95% of the readers. Although there is an ignore feature I do get tired of the people that contribute little more than lowbrow snark
  18. The Wise One
    His teams never won a game with him as a manager. So your answer did not meet your criteria of being successful.
  19. The Wise One
    Is Dave St. Peter good enough? "It's probably unreasonable to think we're just one or two players away from being a world championship contender at this point," St. Peter said. "At the end of the day, I think we're trying to build this thing and do it the right way. Ultimately, that's going to come from the players within this organization." -----------------------------------------------
  20. The Wise One
    When you all want to critize/praise the people for the job of drafting, try knowing who the scouting director is. The draft is his job. http://minnesota.twins.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20110208&content_id=16593362&vkey=news_min&c_id=min
  21. The Wise One
    First you have to have something of substance to post to have a debate. You cry over a personal attack and yet call Gardenhire gardenhoser, a personal attack as well as other disprespectfull, inflamatory, comments.
  22. The Wise One
    Glass half full optimism says in 48 AB under the watchful eye of Bruno Butera did well at the plate last year. Statistics whizs will have an argument with you, but one never knows.
  23. The Wise One
    Insanity? The guy said I didn't have a sense of humor. I said what I thought would be funny. Nothing more, nothing less. I will leave it up to you to guess what I think is insane and inane.
  24. The Wise One
    I have a fine sense of humor, there is nothing funny in denigrating people. I would love to see Leviathan in the batters box against Drew Butera pitching. I think that could be real funny. The venom spewed forth this winter by people on this site. It is only baseball
  25. The Wise One
    3B was unsettled, Right still unsettled as well as the middle infield because Casilla played like Casilla. So what is your point?
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