I'm a Ryan fan as well, and agree with him about free agency. It's going to be painful for the next couple years, but that is far more a product of the Bill Smith Era (!) than TR's patience. FA spending or the prospect thereof, in fact, was likely a significant factor in Smith getting a Pohlad's shoe up his pants. Smaller market teams build best from drafts and development. Smith managed the Twins' talent very poorly, and that explains why we are where we are today.
Dougie Baseball's aggressiveness doesn't look (to me) any worse than Gardy's, particularly with umpires. They'll ask Gardy to come back for a one-year deal. Question is, will he take it? I think Gardy hasn't any other alternatives if he wants to manage.
Arcia, Buxton and Hicks, LF to RF; Sano, Florimon, Dozier and Colabello around the infield, Mauer behind the plate, Willingham, Pinto, Rosario, Plouffe and Parmalee on the bench. Let's get on with it, although I'd love to see Justin back next year.
Ahhh, yes, let's repeat the Hicks mistake as soon as possible. The kid's 20. Let him go rip up the IL next spring. It's not as if the Twins will contend in 2014.
Nice guy. Deserves to be making his major league debut very soon. While AA's stats suggest a makeup similar to Scott Diamond's, Scott's post-surgery effects may have been underestimated.