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  1. Mr. Brooks
    Tonkin has just a hair over 1 year of service time. He's under team control at least through the 2020 season. He will be a borderline super 2 after next season.
  2. Mr. Brooks
    Dozier's leadership has guided them to the worst record in the league. Why exactly do we need his leadership?
  3. Mr. Brooks
    It would have been an affront to America to put this garbage on television on a day as revered as the 4th of July.
  4. Mr. Brooks
    It only takes a month to get fully stretched out. May could be fully stretched out with no restrictions by August 3rd. That leaves 2 full months of starting. That's not even close to the end of the season.
  5. Mr. Brooks
    No, I'm not using hyperbole. Generations of Losing happen in sports. See the Pirates and Royals. See the Lions and Buccaneers. See the Clippers and Timberwolves. Last year was a fluke so mathematically improbable that we'll probably never see it duplicated again. Even if ALL the hitters reach their ceilings, you still need a pitching staff. Since the Twins have shown they won't sign top of the rotation starters in free agency, our only route is developing them. The only veteran on the roster capable of bringing back a prospect with ace potential is Dozier.
  6. Mr. Brooks
    Well enjoy 20 years of bad baseball then. I don't know what team you are watching, but this team is awful and is going nowhere soon.
  7. Mr. Brooks
    Ok, the term "bruise" must have changed over the years. How do you have a setback from a bruise?
  8. Mr. Brooks
    And I'd say the backwards logic that MAYBE if we hold onto Jepsen long enough he'll fetch a C prospect, at the expense of a young player with actual potential to help the next winning team, is part of the reason why we are in this mess in the first place. And, it's not just potential. Arcia has close to an .800 OPS career against righties. He already has value as a platoon player.
  9. Mr. Brooks
    If he's truly an upper echelon player at a premium position, he'll fetch a good offer. Teams don't need to have a gaping hole in order to try to improve at the deadline. You can try to replace an average or above average player with a great player. So, if he's truly elite at his position, I don't buy that there are only one or two teams interested. And if he's not elite, then why are we worried about not getting a big enough return? He'll be at least 32 before this team even matters. 2017 just to stop the bleeding and try to get a plan in place. 2018 to evaluate any new players or prospects weed out the legit from the busts. That leaves 2019 as the best case scenario to even consider competence. Even then, I still don't see how we find a playoff worthy rotation.
  10. Mr. Brooks
    The point of a rehab assignment is to get healthy. That's it. Sano doesn't need to reprove anything in the minors.
  11. Mr. Brooks
    They could send down a pitcher.
  12. Mr. Brooks
    Being good is why you trade him. This is what rebuilding teams do. Whenever someone complains that the Twins have never been sold big at the deadline, the excuse is that we haven't had any good older players to trade. Well, we have one now.
  13. Mr. Brooks
    This team has to stop pretending they have any chance of winning next year. This will turn into a decades long debacle if they don't finally commit to a true and full rebuild. Start making decisions to compete in 2019. I know that's a painful reality, but it's better than living in denial and being bad for 20 years.
  14. Mr. Brooks
    Unless you mean Bob Gibson, he's never a player who is going to be too expensive for anyone. Gibsons ceiling is a number 3.
  15. Mr. Brooks
    Can't the exact same thing be said about Dozier, substituting Polanco for JR Murphy? This talk of NOT moving Dozier blows my mind. Why does a team several years away from competence need a guy like Dozier?
  16. Mr. Brooks
    I'm as big as an Arcia Bobo as there is on here, but you lost me when you said you think Arcia has more upside than Sano. After reading your reasons why, I don't think upside is the correct term. You worry that Sano could break down physically, which is a legit concern, but not one which affects his upside projection. Upside is a players ceiling should everything break right for that player. Injury and durability can affect a players overall expected return, but it shouldn't affect their potential upside.
  17. Mr. Brooks
    I'm not a fan, in principle, of trading assets for relief pitchers. They are too hit or miss, and even the good ones flame out fast. Therefore, I didn't like the trade then, and likewise I'll defend the Twins the next time they are a contender and choose not to trade for bullpen arms.
  18. Mr. Brooks
    Roy Halladay was probably the best palm baller, at least of my era.
  19. Mr. Brooks
    I don't believe we've seen the best of Arcia yet. I think he'll be 2.5 to 3.5 WAR play player through his prime. Will be interesting to revisit this in 5 years.
  20. Mr. Brooks
    And where did that 3.80 ERA over that period rank in the AL? I don't have the numbers in front of me, but I have to think it was surely in the bottom half.
  21. Mr. Brooks
    I'm not saying he isn't a defensive liability, but that seems pretty anecdotal.
  22. Mr. Brooks
    I get there is this image of Joe as this really humble guy who doesn't care about the money, but sorry, everyone cares about the money. Nobody is walking away from that kind of money. Maybe he would agree to deferring that money over 15 years or something, or a partial ownership stake, but he's not just leaving it on the table. And for the record, nor should he.
  23. Mr. Brooks
    Please point me in the direction of one single post on all of Twins Daily that claims it is all Mauer's fault? Pointing out out his struggles does not equal blaming the whole mess on him. We get it, he used to be a really good baseball player. That doesn't buy him a lifetime of immunity from any and all critique.
  24. Mr. Brooks
    Arcia is already a better hitter than the 30 year old Park, at 5 years younger has more room for growth, and plays the opposite side of the platoon. Park should not be blocking Arcia or vice versa.
  25. Mr. Brooks
    Right. Just like he got a chance to "compete" ( wink, wink) for a rotation spot this Spring?
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