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  1. mikelink45
    I like the question, but cannot give you an answer. I will say that Larkin was not a foundation player. Gaetti and Knoblauch were the players to added to Puckett and Hrbek. But also there was Frank Viola and Jack Morris.
  2. mikelink45
    This is not a call for demoting them. It is simply a response to the question of who do we cut if we think we have someone more productive to call up. A team can only last so long playing with hope instead of production.
  3. mikelink45
    These are three year stats, not just this years. I have always liked Gordon, hoped that Larnach would be a stud, but when it comes to cuts, they are on the chopping block.
  4. mikelink45
    In terms of traded players we lost. No one made it, and Donaldson did play. Correa is a separate issue. The Twins contracts are their choice. They could have had both if they wanted. I am glad to be rid of Donaldson, but I do not consider dumping a bad contract to be a big victory.
  5. mikelink45
    Yes victories matter - I believe the team with the most victories wins their division. Ryan is as much of an ace as Grey and Lopez for now and I will take his attitude any day. Go Twins. If you can't beat the bad teams than feast on the good ones.
  6. mikelink45
    Put me down as a Miranda believer. He will come around soon.
  7. mikelink45
    How about a longer term look - We signed Lopez to an extension to insure that we have quality in the rotation for the period of Correa's contract. We have Ryan until he is 31 because of his late start in the majors. We could extend Gray (but good luck with that). That leaves Mahle and Maeda. Are we going to extend either of both? If not Ober gives us 5 years of service and Varland and the others can fill in behind him. But why waste this year of Ober's arm? Maeda in the BP or Mahle in the BP. I don't care. Six man rotation, fine, but keep the 27 year old Ober in the rotation and you his still young arm now and for the next few years. Ober is 6 - 6 3.74 era, 2.4 WAR and 1.143 WHIP for 32 starts is very useful. Mahle is one year older than Ober. Mahle has been given the chance to start 60 games over that same three year time span. He is 20 - 16 for that period. 3.96 ERA and a 1.222 Whip. Maeda (for three years - not counting his injury year)is age 35 with 35 starts is 12 - 9 with a whip of 1.085.
  8. mikelink45
    Not so tough - Gordon's composite for three years is 250 .295 .384 .679 Trevor Larnach for the same period 227 .318 .371 .689 We can cut both at this stage. And Kepler - for those same three years has been .222 .312 .353 .664 We can cut him too. Willi Castro for that three year period is .229 .278 .359 .637 Yes we can cut him too. So what is the hard decision - is it which one goes first? There is room for Kiriloff, Lewis, Lee, Julien without any trouble at all.
  9. mikelink45
    It was 3 - 1. Ober was great, but let's not overhype the win. It was a good win against a bad team and we did not come on strong.
  10. mikelink45
    It is time to give Ober the ball every 5 games. This team is really a puzzle. Is it just our hometeam bias that says they should be better than 500?
  11. mikelink45
    I understand how Pablo could be affected by the cold, but the rest of the team? We are now under 500 since the last all-star game. Is that a fluke or who we are. Gallo batting second with two Ks in four ABs, yet his 258 AV was second only to Vasquez in the starting lineup. That is a problem. SWR had a chance to impress - he did not. Is Winder next in that role? Glad to see Ober getting the start today. But where is the urgency?
  12. mikelink45
    If I was the GM of the Red Sox I would be trying for another Big Papi surprise and give Sano a minor league contract. Arraez is always going to feel like a big loss - especially with the Twins struggling for base hits.
  13. mikelink45
    Or a hit and run (do they do that any more?) or a stolen base (not the Twins).
  14. mikelink45
    Does it matter - he isn't playing CF, and he isn't hitting. Let's use Buxton as a ball player and take off the bubble wrap - it isn't working.
  15. mikelink45
    It was a good essay, but Buxton at DH does not do it for me at this time. I need more than a Sano imitation. With his speed he could do so much more. Taylor is center is okay, but there is a lot to resolve. and I know it is early in the season. May is coming and the bats need to heat up.
  16. mikelink45
    For Pagan it does.
  17. mikelink45
    At least it is too late to blame him for the exploding rocket, but not the Red Sox explosion of runs. I do believe a stint on Star Trek might be what he needs to regain his form. There must be some alien world ready to see his potential!
  18. mikelink45
    I am glad you chose to address this Ted. I am very disappointed in the "Superstar" Buxton. Without fielding his value is truly diminished. I remember the first years he was up and they struggled with him to get a batting stance that worked - step, spread stance, etc. It did not work, then suddenly it seemed to take. His first four years he hit 209, 205, 253, 156. OPA+ 57, 90, 93, 5. Yes there were injuries - there always are. But then age 25 - 28 his OPS+ went to 115, 125, 171, 134. Now it is 94 and falling. I wish I knew what to say, but at this point Michael Taylor is outperforming him with a 95. For a team struggling for offense this is not acceptable.
  19. mikelink45
    I meant that he had not been on the mound - last night he was the closer and did well.
  20. mikelink45
    Okay Gallo - way to prove me wrong - so far. I have one of the old baseball superstitions - if things are going well don't change them. So for now I still don't like Gallo (keep hitting Joey). Since someone mentioned we are 1/9th of the way through the season - 11% I thought it would be fun to look at where players are right now: Vasquez, Solano, Gallo are the three highest BA on the team. Anyone betting they will be there at the end of the season? Taylor and Larnach are next at 242. While Buxton 226 and Kepler 143 are way behind. Who to send down or cut - Gordon at 095 is not looking good and Castro at 158 is not running away with his production. FOX sports lists these stats: Batting Average. .224. AVG. T 26TH OVERALL. Home Runs. HR. T 20TH OVERALL. Stolen Bases. SB. 30TH OVERALL. Runs Created. 59.86. RC. Isolated Power. .138. ISO. Wins. W. T 9TH OVERALL. Earned Run Average. 2.61. ERA. 1ST OVERALL.
  21. mikelink45
    I would love to see Ober in the rotation. We will be losing vets like Mahle and Maeda in a year (hopefully we resign Gray) and it would be good to have a young arm to carry forward.
  22. mikelink45
    I would expect the cuts in this order: Julien Gordon Castro Larnach (I would love to see him start to produce, but...) Kepler (I think they just can't let him go and no one else wants to trade for him.
  23. mikelink45
    Hahaha
  24. mikelink45
    I have a major surgery May 3 - each year get a new class in physiology and medicine.
  25. mikelink45
    I have to admit that your lead caused me to try and find Miguel - a real disappointment. I did not find him. Is he on someone's minor league team? Is he playing in another country? What a sad ending to such a promising career. I worry that Balazovic (#10) might be another disappointing story. I suspect that Kepler will be off this list next year. The honorable mention list had Lewis and Ober and the rest don't do much for me. But the top nine have done well except for injuries.
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