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  1. Andy MacPhail
    Diaw is athletic & does a few things right but his CS% is not acceptable. It's great that he's working on it but still it's not enough. I like Diaw & wish that his CS% was better but it's not & probably never will, so we need to move on from him.
  2. Andy MacPhail
    Martin was a failed SS, not INFer. He was a fine 2Bman. Twins were blind about their 2B needs, Martin would have been a much better option to have settled there, during those years instead of being cast into the OF. Martin has settled into the OF & he's a good hitter who adjusts & has good ABs. He's an asset to the team.
  3. Andy MacPhail
    Hunter gave a lot to the Twins during his time with them. His offense, defense, and especially his clubhouse presence. That said a World Series ring would have helped his HOF resume. Still I'm very happy that he chose the Twins & think that his presence today could help if asked.
  4. Andy MacPhail
    Caratini & Jackson aren't that great, but they're all we have right now & Caratini will be gone after next season. We really need a young catcher with options to take up the slack, be that safety net if either go down & be able to take over the primary catching duties after Caratini leaves. It's a tall order that I hope Lackey can fulfill but if he can't we need find someone who can until Lackey can. Tinney is still a long way away to get his glove up to snuff.
  5. Andy MacPhail
    German Marque has been a great GB SP. Wish we had a better INF to capitalize on that & bring him up.
  6. Andy MacPhail
    The reason that Prielipp is pitching as many innings as he has is because they have limited him, Some people think in order to pitch more innings you have to really extend a pitcher as far as you can. It doesn't work out that way, they usually end up pitching less because of injury or ineffectiveness. Prielipp is pitching more innings than I expected at this time, maybe he's on the mend, where he can pitch more. I hope so.
  7. Andy MacPhail
    Great article. Happy that the organization has gone more athletic & defensively in the International draft, IMO, it's a great pool to draw from. I'd prefer to see better scouting & limit it to fewer but better prospects than throwing a bunch of prospects against the wall & see who sticks. This year there seems to be better development for these types of prospects with rising of these 5 prospects (if you include Reyes). I don't mind the Twins focus on positional players if they don't hoard them (that said it hurt to see Reyes go) & trade them for developed promising pitchers.
  8. Andy MacPhail
    Who to blame? Primarily Falvey. His deadline gutting especially the BP. He did nothing to address that problem during the offseason. He schooled Shelton & Zoll in how he wanted the team to operate. I credit Tom Pohlad for a much-needed house cleaning, although Falvey should have been fired from the start. I credit Sheldon for back-pedaling after it was obvious that the original plan wasn't going to work, especially the terrible defense & creating a good clubhouse. I credit Zoll for bringing to us the best deadline we had for as long as I remember. I credit the players for giving their all even when the odds were against them. The hole was just too immense to climb out of. The team didn't crater; they just couldn't maintain the energy that was needed to by-pass the teams ahead of them. There were some things that I didn't agree with Tom Pohlad, Shelton & Zoll had done, But I'll give them a break being that they were navigating new waters & what they had to overcome.
  9. Andy MacPhail
    It's too bad that Canterino didn't get care that Prielipp & Raya got. It's normal that pitchers who had TJ surgery to have control problems when they 1st come back. I'm optimistic that Canterino will eventually be impactful. My prayers are with him.
  10. Andy MacPhail
    I support Tom for out of necessity cleaning house, starting with his brother, Joe. Tom probably doesn't know much about baseball, but he knew enough that Falvey wasn't getting it done. Falvey should have been canned from the start, that cost the Twins from doing much better. We need to face reality that most owners are in it to make a buck & Twins aren't a big market. So, Twins have to copy themselves more like the Brewers, TB, & CLE; to better spend their money by drafting, player evaluation, development & smart trading. Not coping NYY by throwing big money around unwisely & ignoring what is important. I'm willing to give Tom Pohlad some time to prove himself. So far, I like what he's doing.
  11. Andy MacPhail
    BP games or some variance of them are looked down by many teams like bunting, baserunning & defense, But teams that overcome these negative mindsets & correctly incorporate these practices will find success.
  12. Andy MacPhail
    Emma is long overdue.
  13. Andy MacPhail
    I love the OF eventhough there could be injuries, we have depth. Although we are still weak at 2B & catcher. IMO it won't be long until Houston will upgrade tremendously the INF. Although Lackey will highly impact the team, he's still a ways off & we'll suffer until he gets to that point. Pitching will be much better to start the season, So the team will be very interesting team to watch, with an eye on the near future. A promising young MLB-ready catcher with options has been on my wishlist for a long time, to be the 3rd catcher to help uphold the position in what could be a long season there.
  14. Andy MacPhail
    IMO, to talk about a catching pipeline, we need a coaching staff to develop them. Do we have one? Lackey is our most promising defensively & closest to the MLB. Still he's still a little ways off. Having hope in a bunch of catching prospects that can hit doesn't matter much unless they can stick there. Keep Lackey at premium catching & let him focus there, he's the real thing.
  15. Andy MacPhail
    Twins need someone who has a better idea on how to manage the rotation & BP. Overextending the rotation & burning out short relief is a constant result after many years. Prielipp should have been placed in the BP a long time ago. There are many elite SPs who started out in the BP. Their reluctance to do so is their down fall.
  16. Andy MacPhail
    I've been hopeful, but after the lost series with the A's, it'd take a series win against CWS to regain my faith in them this season. It has been too little too late to over take the last season deadline & nothing burger offseason. It wasn't surprising they lost to CWS but for them to make a move this was the time.
  17. Andy MacPhail
    The time is right, bring up Emma & play him. They should have brought him up when Martin went down.
  18. Andy MacPhail
    I'm all for LH hitters but the main point here is that there have been a logjam of them at the cOF position by collecting & hoarding them. Therefore as you stated, the younger ones aren't getting the opportunities & we have no idea in what they are capable of doing, not building their value & know what to do with them, plus delaying players like Jenkins to come up. We are forced to trade young players not knowing (by a long shot) their full potential. IMO. that's poor management.
  19. Andy MacPhail
    Independent what happens; IMO, FA isn't the answer. We need to develop our own. There is a youth movement & we need to fan that flame. There will be needs but we have players who we could & should traded to fill them.
  20. Andy MacPhail
    What gets me is how some say those who can play several positions well, as having no position. Yet saying those who are experimently put in various positions, because of their bat & play poorly, as super-utility. That's absurb. In the past & maybe a little bit yet today, Twins have hyped-up defensively challenged players as good defenders. CF is a premium defensive position, how can they keep putting Keaschal there when Buxton isn't there? IMO, Twins will be better with Buxton, Jenkins & Emma in the OF (when they are all healthy) & Keaschal is the worst option there & is destined for DH. Don't get me wrong, I love his bat & want him in the lineup; but I've advocated to keep him at 1B/DH from the beginning.
  21. Andy MacPhail
    IMO, we can't have too many pitchers who can give them 2-3 quality MLB innings with options, to give relief to the rotation & BP. Instead of wasting their bullets in AAA, trying to extend them & end up getting hurt.
  22. Andy MacPhail
    Twins seems to have had problems to draft & develop draftees into high end SPs. Our greatest success stories so far are Ober, Matthews, Festa & Prielipp, together with many failures, some have had success elsewhere. Twins have had much more success in obtaining other young pitchers. who have had a foundation in teams like MIA & TB, & tweak them. CLE, MIL & LAD are other teams that develop good pitchers but don't like to trade them to us. So I concure that Twins would be better off to focus on positional players & trade them for promising MLB-ready SPs with good foundations & tweak them. MIA have had problems with developing hitters; Pablo was a good start of a probable relationship that was made in heaven, that didn't materialize.
  23. Andy MacPhail
    Twins finally improved their BP this deadline but SD, IMO, has the best. Twins are finally concerned about defense but still need work. The game was a heart break but not surprising, considering the conditions. To change the topic a little. Baldelli liked to go to his short relief early, Shelton likes to stick with his rotation longer. Who's wrong? IMO, they're both wrong. I'm not crazy how either use their BP. Many didn't give CWS much of a chance to get out the basement this season. I really liked what they have done & expected them to do much better than many expected. One thing I really like is that they put their promising pitching in the BP instead of wasting their bullets in AAA. CWS's BP was expected to be one of their greatest weakness but they turned them around to be one the better BP in MLB. Johann Santana started out in the BP & became the most elite SP of his time. I don't buy the philosophy that if you put someone in the BP, you lose him as a SP. IMO,the best way to get our SPs feet wet in the MLB is put them in the BP. To keep both the rotation & short relief fresh & healthy, you need a heavy dose of long relief & spot starts from our young SPs. I'd like the Twins start doing this, IMO, they'd be pleasantly surprised.
  24. Andy MacPhail
    Good take Sam. Larnach is one of the many who Twins targeted to model their philosophy. That philosophy was a failure & many (Sano, Julien & Wallner; to name a few) couldn't readjust to the league. Larnach struggled but gradually adjusted. IMO, Larnach will continue to adjust & will continue to contribute.
  25. Andy MacPhail
    I suggested Lewis at 1B when we still had Correa but Twins had a thing about getting a 1yr FA 1Bman & camp him there & inhouse candidates never get the opportunity to grow at the position. Lewis is a natural there, keep him there, better 1B now & in the future & save some money for the time being. I like Clemens but his best position is the crowded cOF.
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