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  1. Joe A. Preusser
    So is anyone else ready for me to retire the "Garza in Drag" avatar?
  2. Joe A. Preusser
    Kind of looks like Amanda Peet.
  3. Joe A. Preusser
    Seriously, do you have any idea how homoerotic #6 sounds?
  4. Joe A. Preusser
    Congrats, I laughed out loud at this one.
  5. Joe A. Preusser
    I am a big fan of bunting for hits. Otherwise, unless the pitcher is locked in against you and one run will make the difference, I'd say you're better off swinging away.
  6. Joe A. Preusser
    Sounds like someone has already made their move....and GOT SOME!
  7. Joe A. Preusser
    Nice article. I'd move Walker up to 3-4, but otherwise I'd say you nailed it.
  8. Joe A. Preusser
    TR doesn't need to fabricate excuses, there are plenty of legitimate reasons to extend Gardy. If they choose to go in another direction, so be it. But let's be honest about the high quality of manager we have in place right now.
  9. Joe A. Preusser
    He's already a top 5 2B. Part of me doesn't want to mess with that success. At the same time, Dozier SS and Rosario 2B is almost certainly much better than Floriman SS and Dozier 2B, so I'm a little torn.
  10. Joe A. Preusser
    I think the point is that our window really opens in earnest in 2015, so if we don't have our pieces in place then, we actively start wasting opportunity. If we can be more competitive next year by signing guys a year early that is fantastic. But opening day 2015 we're on the clock and none of us want to see any of that time pissed away.
  11. Joe A. Preusser
    Don't lose sight of the goal here: A return to relevance. The Twins can compete in 2015 and beyond by only adding 2 quality arms. They don't even have to be true number 1s, they can both be 2s. Our in house options for SP will fill out 3-5 just fine. By FA or trade we MUST add those two quality SP over the next two offseasons. The rest will fall into place easily. Ryan (hell, even I could) can put an offense together around Sano, Arcia, Buxton, et al very easily. The BP is set. Those two great starting pitchers are the key, and a GM as savvy as Ryan knows it.
  12. Joe A. Preusser
    Why does everyone on here treat baseball salaries like Monopoly money? Are they all super rich enough that "being out a few million dollars" is such a cavalier thing to them? I don't care if your budget is 50,000 a year or 200 million, "a few million" is still a ridiculous amount of money. I won't see north of 5 million in my entire earning career and some/most of you won't either.
  13. Joe A. Preusser
    Agreed, Gardy should take some of that blame. So should TR. So should the players who didn't get it done on the field. But when I look at Gardy I see an impressive resume and leadership ability that would probably be in high demand by a lot of teams. Sometimes it happens to be the right move to let a talented leader go in order to bring in another talented leader, but I don't believe that time is now.
  14. Joe A. Preusser
    The stability of 6 division wins in 8 years? The stability of 1000 career wins? The stability of a respected manager who would get hired in about 45 minutes if we let him go? There's several reasons. Pick whichever you like.
  15. Joe A. Preusser
    Wow, I did not expect to see a comment like this. Well done, Sir. You will be egged by no less than 8 other posters in the next 24 hours. Do not despair.
  16. Joe A. Preusser
    Agreed, although it doesn't have to be this offseason where we add both of the rotation upgrades. We need a solid/great 5 man rotation by 2015, not next year. We can afford to be choosy and bring in that talent during the next two offseasons. Also, Mayer might be ready by 2015 as well, so adding 2 quality arms would give us a nice big three for the playoffs. Any of our current starters can be our 4 and 5 for the regular season.
  17. Joe A. Preusser
    But he is good. He has good stuff and his 95mph fastball is a nice changeup from the 89-91 most of our other starters are throwing. 2 years, 10 mil, with a club option for a third year. This guy could put up a sub 4 ERA over that contract, so how exactly is he not worth it? Admittedly I did not follow his career closely before he joined the Twins, but as far as pitching poorly this year at times I give him a pass for coming back from TJ incredibly early. When he's thrown well he has won games for us. Gibson Correia Pelfrey Diamond/Deduno Worley Now you're not just trotting out AAAA filler, that at least is a rotation of MLB pitchers (albeit one made up of 4s and 5s). Now you have the option of adding 2 quality pitchers to the mix and cutting out the two poorest performers to make a very nice rotation. You can't do that if you're constantly giving AAAAers extended tryouts. We need the rotation to be in good shape by 2015 so it's time to get those players in place. Hendriks, Hernandez, et al had nice opportunities to prove they were legit this year and did not do so. No team that wants to be successful can use up more than 1 spot in the rotation trying guys out. 1 at most.
  18. Joe A. Preusser
    Alright, now someone check on the lowest active qualified team leader since 1900 and see where .245 would rank? I'm thinking pretty near the bottom of all time. Alsom I'm not sure if Mauer sits the rest of the year he has the at-bats to qualify even. Would be close.]
  19. Joe A. Preusser
    Everyone needs bunt on that immature jackazz. All. Night. Long. Best of luck to Morneau, here's hoping he's back in a Twins uniform next year.
  20. Joe A. Preusser
    Not to excuse the many shortcomings of Plouffe, but on that particular play at the plate it did look like Mastro did one heck of a poor job communicating that a slide was necessary. Couple that with an absolutely amazing throw by their CF, and it's kind of hard to fault Plouffe. On that play.
  21. Joe A. Preusser
    I give any hitting coach (or any coach for that matter) 3 years to evaluate. It serves no point to have a revolving door of coaches.
  22. Joe A. Preusser
    Futurama is amazing.
  23. Joe A. Preusser
    Albers throwing a nice game. Good to see.
  24. Joe A. Preusser
    I would listen to that bluegrass album.
  25. Joe A. Preusser
    But it's not only about maximizing Mauer's plate appearances, it's about maximizing the potential for whatever his replacement does. Example 1: Mauer plays catcher and Player A plays first base. Mauer = .320, .400, .450 Replacement Level Player A = .290, .330, .440 Example 2: Mauer plays first base and Player A catches. Mauer = .340, .420, .470 Replacement Level Player A = .240, .290, .410 Clearly example 1, where Mauer catches and we insert a league average 1B into the lineup gives us more production out of the two positions. In example 2, even though Mauer's individual numbers go up, the total production out of the same two positions goes way down. This is why Mauer has so much value as a catcher.
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