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  1. troyhobbs
    That's a pretty unflattering picture of Sano. Dudes gotta back up off the krispy kremes...unless that's the secret to mashing bombs
  2. troyhobbs
    Well the Tigers have owned them and they've split with KC so those arent great counterpoints that they've been beating up on bad teams. It's early and the staff hasn't really shut down a potent line up and the lineup hasn't knocked around an ace SP so my expectations are still tempered.
  3. troyhobbs
    Sano at 1B would be a waste of his cannon arm and there might not be a clear opening in the OF for him. His bat plays anywhere but all reports are that he can hold his own at 3B, so if he's on his game offensively, a defensive downgrade at 3B should still be an overall upgrade in the long term. I lean towards a Plouffe trade over an extension. Trading good players isn't really a bad thing. If the Twins tailspin toward another 90 loses again this year I think you trade him, if they hang around and indicate they're close it gets more complicated.
  4. troyhobbs
    Plouffe's minor league OPS was .725 w/ 80 HRs in 839 games, Sano's is .927 w/ 95 HRs in 403 games. Because of Plouffe they can simmer Sano in the minors (unlike the present CF situation where I think Buxton should be fast tracked) but when it comes to long term decisions of Plouffe vs Sano, Sano is still the easy choice for me. But as others have stated, having too many good players is a nice problem to have.
  5. troyhobbs
    It's not time to take them seriously but it may be time to stop griping about how terrible they are and actually have some things to look forward to. Plenty of peaks and valleys yet to come, hopefully that 1st week was rock bottom though.
  6. troyhobbs
    Your ideology is probably more rational and I'd be down for a AAA stint before the show. Just that as highly as he's touted, he's much more of a can't miss than Hicks, Arcia, or anyone outside of Joe Mauer has ever been in the Twins system so that's why I'm surprised the majority of posters are a bit leery (if that's the right word) of his talents.
  7. troyhobbs
    Buxton is the top prospect in baseball and the twins are only 2.5 games out of first. Ya some of that is smoke and mirrors and he may not be the next Mike Trout but I'm surprised more people aren't in favor of pushing him through. No need to slow cook, look whose "blocking" him. EDIT: meant may NOT be the next Mike Trout
  8. troyhobbs
    Why not now? Dump Shafer, keep Robinson as a 4th OF until he falters or as I just posted in another thread, maybe try to deal Arcia (he gets hurt too much and has holes in his game, though I still like him) to make room for Hicks or Rosario.
  9. troyhobbs
    As the Wild crumble, the Twins are showing promise. Not like playoff contender promise but it looks like they may be finally crawling out of the gutter as their prospects are picking it up as well. Random thought...Arcia seems to have the unfortunate stigma of being injury prone. If I were to trade a young player in their system it'd be him if he could be packaged with a useless veteran and fetch something decent.
  10. troyhobbs
    They're beating the bad teams at least. That's a step in the right direction.
  11. troyhobbs
    Pinto has nothing to prove at AAA and I never liked that the Twins bought high on Suzuki. That made no sense to me, if Pinto is healthy he should be catching/DH in the big leagues.
  12. troyhobbs
    Could work out for the Twins to actually get something for him. Hope they're not considering another extension....
  13. troyhobbs
    Rosario is picking it up too, he and Pinto have every bit of potential that Vargas, Santana, & Arcia have so no harm in interchanging prospects between AAA and MLB. It's probably time they send down Vargas and/or Santana.
  14. troyhobbs
    Crap!
  15. troyhobbs
    No, that's a bad thing. He's the closest thing they have to a staff ace even though it's only been in theory up to this point.
  16. troyhobbs
    "Good pitching" could be a stretch. It's still one of the worst rotations is the MLB. If any veteran P's on the staff incite any trade interest from other clubs, which I find hard to believe at this point anyway, I'd take that deal in a heartbeat and readdress the issue from there
  17. troyhobbs
    I'm for Nolasco to the pen as an innings eater. Blowout situations only would serve the team best
  18. troyhobbs
    Plouffe is good, the only reasons to hesitate before extending would be Sano and when the Twins will actually be competitive. Doesn't pay to buy high if they stink while he's in his prime. If the wheels fall off and the "rebuild" continues to lag I like him as trade bait too.
  19. troyhobbs
    Agreed. Also agree with others about Hicks' questionable routes but his arm, glove, and range put him well above Shaeffer/Robinson defensively IMO.
  20. troyhobbs
    Hopefully the decision revolved around them understanding that they weren't going to compete this year and they needed to see what they have in Santana as a SS. If he ain't it, they have another good candidate in Polanco coming up. If Santana's bat heats up and he continues to struggle defensively, perhaps then they can move him back to OF and EE back to full time SS...?
  21. troyhobbs
    Is that really true? Kinda sounds made up. If Sano and Buxton were putting up numbers like a couple years ago I imagine their record would reflect that.
  22. troyhobbs
    Escobar earned the right to be starting SS last year but Santana had an even better year, plus he wasn't that great of a CF so not sure it'd be good to put him out there w/ Hunter and Arcia. Tough deal for Escobar but I think the Twins had to start this way.
  23. troyhobbs
    Swapping Hunter and Arcia might be ok. Hicks should probably be up although I'm convinced he's no longer vital to the team's future. He can hit LHP though, has a decent OBP, can play a good CF, and is probably better than Shaeffer/Robinson. No surprises here though, it's gonna be a long season no matter what they do about it.
  24. troyhobbs
    The zero BBs is the biggest reason he should be removed from leadoff but, as others have posted, who do you put there when no one else really deserves to bat there either? Don't send him down. Not any time soon anyway.
  25. troyhobbs
    If this comment was directed at mine, I'm not down on Escobar or Plouffe but that w/ the talent behind them in the minors I think they're expendable. My argument isn't that they will bring in a large haul either just that I'd rather have the young guys up taking their lumps to see what the Twins have in them, because until they have pitching, contending is not a real possibility regardless of who is in the lineup.
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