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  1. DelawareTwinsFan
    We pretty much need four outfielders on this team. Two have to be able to play centerfield. Doesn't leave much other than Mastro and Hicks. The thought of Clete being counted on to put the bat on the ball makes me a bit squeemish. I think he had four great AB's when he joined the team then couldn't touch any breaking ball. He probably should have tried to bunt. Unless he demonstrates he can hit a curve or slider, Thomas can't be a major leaguer. Gardy already has stated that Mastro can play second so that opens things up. Mastro has made this ball club on paper and has to really stink it up defensively not to make the team. Who leads off is pretty much the biggest question. I doubt Florimon, Dozier, Escobar or Carroll are capable of leading off but they should be considered too. However, in Gardy's world, there is that unwritten law that your position dictates where you hit in the order. I know this as true when I saw Drew Butera hitting third when he replaced Mauer. (Ack). 1) CF 2) 2B 3) C 4) 1B 5) LF 6) DH 7) RF 8) 3B 9) SS Fill in the blanks. Wierd isn't it?
  2. DelawareTwinsFan
    I think we'll be loaded in the outfield and Willingham should be traded at the deadline for more solid pitching prospects and possibly a SS.
  3. DelawareTwinsFan
    1 Mastroianni CF 2 Carroll SS 3 Mauer C 4 Willingham LF 5 Morneau 1B 6 Doumit DH 7 Plouffe 3B 8 Arcia RF 9 Dozier 2B Rotation Harden Diamond Worley Gibson Correia Pen Perkins Burton Duensing Pelfrey Pressly Fien Wood Swarzak Bench Parmalee Florimon Escobar Arcia will be a beast in spring training. So much so that he will win the right field job outright. Parmalee will move in and out of DH, outfield and 1B. Good on the bench for power. Ultimately, Florimon should win the SS position but with a young staff, Carroll is steadier and will also be good for Dozier as a solid veteran for a double play tandem. Plouffe will be fine at third and improvements defensively as the season progresses.
  4. DelawareTwinsFan
    Exactly as I see it. His fastball barely breaks 90. No significant breaking pitch, hardly major league stuff. Guys with marginal stuff need to throw the right pitches at the right times and Mauer and Doumit aren't great game callers. Butera is pretty good (probably why Pavano liked him so much) but his bat is soooo bad, it hurts just as much on the other end. I'm hoping Steinbach teaches Mauer and Doumit a little something about the art of calling for pitches and framing pitches. If so, the whole staff will be better.
  5. DelawareTwinsFan
    Very interesting. Seems the Twins are pretty aggressive on these acquiring these players (which they should be). Sano was a pretty nice get. If he ends up as a second baseman, that'd be just fine but would be less attractive mostly for the reason, that his range might be limited. Nevertheless, I hope they truly are interested. Regarding Cespedes, the guy was clearly impressive. I was cautious that he was coming from Cuba and looked rather "bulky", i.e. PED's. I don't know if that was a concern, but if he turned into a doubles hitter, I would have been dissapointed. I'm not totally convinced he isn't a juicer.
  6. DelawareTwinsFan
    Not sure I agree for the following reasons... If my memory serves me correctly, major league baseball is played in the summertime. I also think players aren't required to live in Minnesota even during the season. During the summer, Minnesota is actually a rather lovely place, particularly areas north of the Twin Cities. I hear the hunting and fishing is pretty good. Pardon me if I've stated anything particularly obvious.
  7. DelawareTwinsFan
    Maybe that Wild Thing's killer Z bordered Buzz cut will do the trick.
  8. DelawareTwinsFan
    It'd be interesting to see how the type of pitcher fairs. It seems to me that umpires have trouble calling strikes with curve balls. They tend to look like high sliders but end up nearly in the dirt to get low strikes. Also with the great deal of movement Deduno gets, the ump really needs to pay attention. I agree that if he can tighten up the "shot pattern" his reputation will start to help him out. I really like this kids stuff, I hope they don't release him and keep working with him. I personally think he has ace stuff if he can harness it.
  9. DelawareTwinsFan
    His range was a problem last year. He solve his throwing woes which seemed isolated to playing SS. The more he plays at third, the more he'll learn to anticipate where the ball will end up. He's got good reaction time, just not very comfortable yet. I'm confident he will learn to play the position. He's an excellent athlete, moves well defensively, better than Valencia in my opinion.
  10. DelawareTwinsFan
    I see him as Joe Crede numbers, lots of homeruns but .250-260 BA. More important is him to learn to field the hot corner like Crede.
  11. DelawareTwinsFan
    Worry for me is his plate discipline. If he can show that he can lay off the low and outside slider and the high fastball in spring training, then maybe he's ready.
  12. DelawareTwinsFan
    We can't contend for a championship until the core group is close to their prime years. Interesting and fun is one thing but ultimately, Sano, Rosario, Meyer, May, Gibson, Nate Roberts, Levi Micheal, and Arcia will reach their potential around 2016-17 while being serviceable in 2015. They will need to push a few like Buxton and Berrios ahead of their timetable to get them all to peak similarly. Parmalee and Arcia will get there around 2014 or 2015 joining Mauer and possibly guys like Dozier and Plouffe (if they reach their ceiling) to form a potentially potent core that might get them into contention once again. Without pitchers other than Diamond could quickly derail that revival. Also, they ought to scour the college ranks for middle of the rotation arms for this years draft hopefully spending only 2-3 years in the minors. To actually contend for an AL Central championship, I believe the Twins will always have a chance.
  13. DelawareTwinsFan
    Always felt Mauer was a prototypical #2 hitter. Great bat control, hits to all fields but maybe a bit too often to left. I would be concerned about his propensity to hitting into double plays. Am I wrong but does it seem that Mauer doesn't like hitting when runners steal?
  14. DelawareTwinsFan
    I don't understand, the ability to keep a player for an additional year before they hit free agency seems to be a fan friendly maneuver. I know I would have loved to have Santana one more year. Same thing with Torii. Starting the clock early on players, especially those that haven't seen AAA yet seems silly unless you're Kirby Puckett or Joe Mauer.
  15. DelawareTwinsFan
    I wonder how many losses a bad catcher can cause. Can't help but think about the sorry state of Matthew LeCroy's catching or throwing ineptitude. If every single becomes a triple or double, it can't be good. I remember when Dave Engle would inadvertently lob balls back to the pitcher with men on base resulting in stolen bases. All that being said, Butera is a liability offensively. I've often wondered if they have ever considered letting the pitcher bat and DH for Butera. Pitch framing seems less and less of an issue as the league buckles down on the accuracy of balls and strikes. There are very few really bad ball and strike callers anymore. Here's a question, who is calling the game these days, the catcher, pitcher or the manager? Who ever it is, I think the Twins need a lot of help. I do believe Butera's games seem to be better than Mauer's. In fact, I think Doumit calls a better game. Obviously it might be misguided statement if catchers don't play that much of a role. I guess what I'm saying is Mauer doesn't seem to call a good game.
  16. DelawareTwinsFan
    I think Correia is looking more and more like money out the window. I hope I'm wrong but my inkling is that he will be another Marquis. I expect he is DFA's by June. I expect Hendriks to get a spot, Pelfrey should get spot starts but is probably best suited in the bullpen. As much as I'd like to see Gibson get a shot, without AAA experience, and excess other arms with starting potential, he should refine his skills at Rochester. It also concerns me that he still admits to not really feeling "right" though he's throwing the heck out of the ball, he is still figuring out what he has with regards to ball movement and bite on his breaking pitches. Perfect reason to pitch AAA. Deduno and DeVries need to develop another pitch to really be ready up here. Deduno needs to figure out where his two seamer ends up, controlling the fastball is critical to his success. He's got so much movement, he might benefit from working on a cutter, something a bit easier to control. DeVries has a good curve but it's far from knee buckling so another pitch should help him. Maybe improve the changeup. Harden will be closely watched in spring training. Wonder how hard he's throwing. I realize Diamond had a great 2012 but his stuff isn't particularly nasty, just consistent. I suspect he's only locked up a spot because no one else seems to be able to eat innings. Sure hope they sign Joe Saunders. Need some stability in the rotation and he's certainly the kind of guy to do it.
  17. DelawareTwinsFan
    Not to have fun at someone elses expense, but you've got to love a team overspend on old talent and now pay for it by hanging on to a back end of the rotation guy and pay him ace money. We still can't quite have the last laugh since we passed on Boston's deals in which any of the following Lester, Ellsbury, Masterson or Lowry would have been better than Guerra, Gomez, Humber and the other guy.
  18. DelawareTwinsFan
    Three year deal for Saunders shouldn't be a deal breaker. He's been a consistently solid starter, as everyone has pointed out, been of the Twins mold. Doesn't walk guys, should be a inning eater solid middle of the rotation guy. Probably holds runners pretty well though I haven't heard any mention of how well he does this and I don't recall. He's not Buehrle but as a lefty and a veteran, I suspect he's pretty good. In 3 years, we will still need an inning eater, solid back end guy which he will fill this need pretty well. I suspect in 2015 we might have a rotation of Myer and/or May, Gibson, Diamond, Worley and Saunders. If we're flush with flame throwers (maybe Berrios is ready then, we can always make some trades). However, having solid veteran starters is important for any team and Saunders fits this bill. Would give him the 3 years and give him some inning based incentives.
  19. DelawareTwinsFan
    Redrum could work too.
  20. DelawareTwinsFan
    If we sign him, his clubhouse nickname should be "Johnny" as in "Here's Johnny!"
  21. DelawareTwinsFan
    While we're at it, Bad Bill Smith trades, Bartlett, Garza and hard throwing minor leaguer for Delmon Young, Harris and centerfielder who I can't remember. Then Young to Tigers for Oliveros and some bad minor league pitcher. So, Bartlett, Garza, somebody for Oliveros an somebody. Bad, you betcha.
  22. DelawareTwinsFan
    Wouldn't mind them signing DeRosa. I'm thinking he'll be a late signing and probably on a minor league deal with a Spring training invite and courtesy release if he doesn't head north. I think Dozier should get shot at second base only if he demonstrates an ability to hit around .300 in spring training. If not, it really should be Jamey Carroll's position. Gardy prefers Carroll in the utility role, ala Nick Punto. Because of his outstanding glove work, SS should belong to Florimon backed up by Carroll. Plouffe had such an amazing long stretch of offensive dominance that he deserves a good long look as the starting thirdbaseman this year.
  23. DelawareTwinsFan
    I was surprised to here Seth say that Benson is a better player. I here so much about Benson being a 5 tool guy but when I saw him as a September call up in 2011, he looked completely lost, rarely put the bat on the ball and his throws were horrendous. Did he just have a really bad September in 2011? His minor league stats have been pretty awful when he hits AAA too. Seems to get sent back a level too frequently for me to think he's even a prospect anymore. True?
  24. DelawareTwinsFan
    I like Rosario. Tight one though, could have just as easily been Arcia but Rosario as a second baseman could be a real stud power hitter from a classically weak hitting position.
  25. DelawareTwinsFan
    Voted for Berrios as his ceiling is probably the highest of all of those listed.
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