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  1. mikelink45
    I believe that he might be related to Alfred E Neuman.
  2. mikelink45
    I just have to be the voice of so many of us fans - who cares! If people want jerseys and caps they will buy whatever is available, but fashion does not matter when I watch or listen to a game. As a person who gets most of my games on the radio it really is difficult for me to even tell you what they have had on for the last 62 years. But it is an off season attention getter so that is fine.
  3. mikelink45
    I believe that Target field is about to change its name to Mayo Clinic Field and we will now have concession stands where you can choose a quicky operation or just buy your favorite pills. Below the stands will the be the players area. Here we can treat all minor and otherwise inconvenient injuries and complaints. Also I believe that PEDs help cure core and muscle issues.
  4. mikelink45
    Lets build from within - rejects from other teams do not excite me.
  5. mikelink45
    This is an interesting exercise - if I sign Lopez and Pagan I immediately trade them. Mahle is an example of the FO not doing due diligence - same with Paddock. We are stuck with both and hope for the best. Yes we keep Urshela (unless a good trade surfaces). There is no question about the rest.
  6. mikelink45
    I like your take - he would make the rotation look great. In all the FA signings the length guarantees a few regret years, but right now the pitcher looks like he would make the biggest difference. Looking at the team without Correa we still have: CF - Celestine and Buxton with Gordon in reserve LF - Larnach, Gordon, Martin, Kiriloff RF - Kepler, Garlick, Larnach 3B - Urshela and Miranda with Polanco available to slide over SS - Martin, Lee, Lewis, Gordon, Polanco (until Lewis and Lee arrive it is not a strength but we can survive). 2B - Polanco, Julien, Arraez, Martin 1B - Arraez, Kiriloff, Miranda C - Jeffers, Isola, Leon (Our weakest position) You have already described the rotation and one more really good arm pushes us over the top into the middle ranked rotations. Then there is the BP with Duran/Alcala/Thielbar/Jax to anchor and some question marks behind them. We have the potential - we just need Terry Francona to put it together.
  7. mikelink45
    For some reason I think this FO really loves having Correa and our bid could be really serious and not just something to make fans think we tried. But then it is up to Boras and Correa.
  8. mikelink45
    Don't forget the impact in the Dugout and clubhouse. He made Correa an even better clubhouse personality. We won by subtraction and then found someone who could life the club with personality. He loses his temper in Chicago and gets suspended. His anger and his outbursts are negatives the Twins are glad to be rid of and we did an excellent job getting rid of him.
  9. mikelink45
    I could not even read all you wrote - Joey Gallo is just what we hate about Sano. We do not need another strikeout artist. 8 years and his total slash line is 199/325/469. I cannot stand the idea he is a very big NO
  10. mikelink45
    No - Pham In 2019 he looked good 273/369/450 Then in 2020 his regression began 211/312/312 and it did not pick up in 2021 In 2022 he was shuttled between three teams all hoping he would come back The last team was Boston 234/298/374 I know we love to get veterans that we can raise to new levels (how has that worked out?), but please no. Kyle Garlick can match this and if we are going to sign someone let's improve. The only thing Pham stands out for is his debate with Mike Trout over his fantasy team.
  11. mikelink45
    Casey Legumina - this is a Casey who? I hope I see why soon, but Sisk is the one I would have added, and I expect he will be gone. I also think teams will take a flyer on the catcher options. With the new bases and the possibility of a running game Helman is intriguing. I would say the same about Urbina and Severino. I wish them all well and I hope they are all chosen.
  12. mikelink45
    I would take Teoscar, but only if I got rid of Kepler.
  13. mikelink45
    How did the Donaldson get work out?
  14. mikelink45
    Forget it - we just signed Garlick - we are set.
  15. mikelink45
    No - none of them. I want anyone we pick up to be better than what we have - none of these are.
  16. mikelink45
    I like the closer - I like the confidence the team has when they have someone at the end that they will know can shut the door. Two inning closers are my favorite, but Lopez is not the answer for me.
  17. mikelink45
    I cannot make a judgment. I have not seen them both play, I am not qualified, I am just excited to see them progress and please do not let Royce go out on an icy day or play CF again. If Lee can stay healthy he will already be ahead of Lewis. Now I hope they let Lee progress as quick as possible - we are seeing a lot of young rookies the past three years, and get Lewis ready as quickly as possible.
  18. mikelink45
    Simple answer - YES. And that is an historic Yes. We have been led on by the Sano story, the video, the minor league stats, the rookie break-out and then the crash. The First round draft busts never got to a point that they truly disappointed - except to make the FO look bad. Nishioka was so bad that the expectations flagged as soon as he took the field - once again it was the FO. Donaldson did what he also had done, the fact that his attitude is a cancer is something the FO should have been aware of. But Sano seems like he is uncoachable. He regressed. Not being a three true outcome guy I was disappointed in the lack of plate discipline. The stupid statcast mph and distance measurements mesmerized him and no one seemed to be able to tell him that a HR counts the same no matter how hard or far it went. Nor did he understand that with players on base and the team needing a run that a hit of any kind might work and maybe with two strikes it might be a change of strategy by the batter. So yes in a big and loud way, I am very disappointed.
  19. mikelink45
    Any chance he is related to Leo Cardenas - our SS 69 - 71?
  20. mikelink45
    You have three slated for 2023. How confident are you that they will stick? Henriquez is on the club now unless someone beats him out in ST. Schulfer did not handle the AAA promotion well so maybe he needs another year to 2024. Bentley does not look that good. If he is going to make the Twins a hitter friendly AFL would have been a good proving grounds. I see only Sisk and Henriquez in the 2023 BP at some point.
  21. mikelink45
    I wrote a forum about Silver Sluggers because of this posting. I tried to pick the all-time silver slugger for each position - their best year is all I counted - not lifetime achievement. The question I have is about utility Silver Slugger - I do not remember this ever being a choice in the past.
  22. mikelink45
    Let's not repeat the Colome - Pagan saga. If they want to fix him don't do it in meaningful innings. He is 29 and has had one half of a good year.
  23. mikelink45
    The psychology of baseball is not measured on the stat sheet. Closing is something that players have grown up hearing about and they know the value of that position. I do not mind having a six out closer (I like it), but I mostly want someone I trust finishing the game and I suspect the starters like that too.
  24. mikelink45
    You hit on it. 162 games with a minimum of 3 relief pitchers each - 486 innings of work. No BP can handle that load. And unfortunately that is the minimum. After writing that I went and looked at the actual innings pitched by relievers - 635 and that is only from those on the 40 man - it does not include Winder, Duffey, and others we cut or have injured. Ryan had the most innings as a starter 147 - if every starter on a five man rotation matched him it would total 735 innings, but that is not the case. Bundy was second in innings with 140, Sonny Gray had 112. Bundy is gone, Ryan and Gray anchor the rotation - how many innings will Mahle be worth? Can Ober hold up? Is Maeda the pitcher we had for the very short 2020 season and can he hold up on his return? Does Paddock come back late with an innings limit? Do we turn lose any of our rookies?
  25. mikelink45
    In November all those "former" starters look like they will give us a great pen. But in April they need to show they are dependable, can stand all those daily calls to the BP, have the control they need for critical outs, can warm up quickly, and have adjusted to the new role. I am not on the bandwagon, just in the crowd watching it go by.
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