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  1. mikelink45
    Too good!
  2. mikelink45
    This is great news because he brings speed and enthusiasm to a team and those are important ingredients for me. Which he is still providing. Tremendous asset
  3. mikelink45
    We could use a real evaluation of long-term contracts over the last 10 years. My sense is that about half of them work out for half the term. I am never in favor of having one player have the max contract on a baseball team. Can't we learn from the California Angels that a superstar is not even me you're going to get to the playoffs. Mike trout is tilted as the best player in baseball and how many times has he got to the Big show? The player that gets you the furthest is a pitcher. Somehow want to look around the league at the Short stops I don't see any big demand right now for Correa. But it is his choice and either way I'm fine. I just want the team to continue to pursue pitcher options.
  4. mikelink45
    That may be true but we picked them up
  5. mikelink45
    In a league that needs arms I am surprised that Sanchez and Cotton were not picked up by someone.
  6. mikelink45
    Glad we won. The take aways are that you cannot judge the trades at the moment of excitement. I remember one post - we have our game one starter! - maybe, but wait and see, last night did not look like it. We have our closer - another post - last night not so much. It takes time for players to adjust, but we also have them for the short end of the season. The stories will play out, but prognostication is a difficult talent to master.
  7. mikelink45
    I need to see the Twins beat a playoff foe before I feel good about the rest of the season
  8. mikelink45
    I thought Pagan would go first, but he is one of the FO acquisitions so I think he has a longer leash. Good luck to Duffey, it is a reminder that careers are short if you are not a star.
  9. mikelink45
    Can Balazovic trade places with Varland? He looks like he needs a reset. And Ronny Henriquez has not shown anything that makes him look a future part of the rotation. I am anxious for a new prospect ranking from TD and a perspective on the top arms now in the minors.
  10. mikelink45
    I was hoping for one we traded - not sure why - just the contrarian.
  11. mikelink45
    I hope you are correct. It looks good right now but in baseball I find that you have to wait and see what the results are
  12. mikelink45
    The trades are interesting and maybe we're better on the short-term. I will be fascinated to see how the rosters and the minors get filled and hopefully not with a bunch of rejects from other organizations but promotions within. We really lost some exciting Young players. But I know that's the cost of doing business the way that league is run now. So now the rest of the season is going to be fascinating and what more can I ask for unless it is a chance to go to the world series
  13. mikelink45
    I feel a real inability to judge these trades. They don't feel as exciting as I wish they did, but the reality is I only know about our prospects from what I read on these pages. On the other hand I also only know about the players we are acquiring from reading the same pages so all I can say is at the end of the year will be time to judge the trades and right now it's too early. None of the names jump out as stars, so the role they play and how they step up is still to be determined.
  14. mikelink45
    I don't know. I really can't judge povich and his potential but I certainly have liked what has been written on the TD Pages. At least it has the potential to be a positive for the bullpen and that is a good thing.
  15. mikelink45
    The signing of Correa says that they did not want to lose this season, but the quality of pitching that we add and subtract each year has us all shaking our heads. What did they expect and didn't Happ and Shoemaker prove that retreads don't work out. Now we have Sanchez and while trades have been going all around the league we have been adding free agent arms to our minors. If they are free agents now it is because no one wanted them. Time for a FO correction - they are typically late in the free agent and trade market, but this year the quality is moving fast so I am just waiting to be amazed.
  16. mikelink45
    These are the Tigers - they are a bad team. Glad we won, but we should win. If Sanchez is our new old vet arm we have to see him against good teams before we judge. Just glad we won this one. Now if we could just fix the OF.
  17. mikelink45
    One of the things that I really hate among statistics is to see pagan come in and give up the hits that surrender the runs but come out with a 000 era.
  18. mikelink45
    Is it okay to be skeptical
  19. mikelink45
    What is the Sano injury? I hope they explain that it is temporarily blindness that does not let him see balls in the strikezone. Has be become AAAA player - Joey Gallo and the Yankees just exposed what the value is in the old three outcomes ranks - and at least Gallo could field.
  20. mikelink45
    Thanks - went there and found 1/2 of what I wanted. I would like an IL list too.
  21. mikelink45
    Rocco will never be understood by most of us. His use of BP is just what AJ said - he hit it! When you use that kind of BP it forces a Duffey in the ninth - not good. I need a roster update - that seems to be in the minor league report - I will check there, but right now I do not know who is where?
  22. mikelink45
    Rocco the quick hook artist let's Ryan give up 10!!! Nonsense. This is when Archer takes over in the second inning and Ryan pitches another day. Let's see - Padres are a playoff team like Milwaukee, Dodgers, Astros - we are really establishing our credentials. Castillo now traded, but we don't need him in our rotation. Sad.
  23. mikelink45
    In an attempt to get good press after doing nothing did the Twins activate Patrick Reusse as the bench coach to drive Rocco crazy? If not did they activate Randball Stu as the 3B ballboy so he can entertain the remaining fans?
  24. mikelink45
    No. I understand that these are only two trades but it takes four teams to pull it together and all four of these teams have been willing to pull the trigger. The twins I hope are in a position push for something that makes a difference. I read that we're more interested in mahle than Castillo and it bothers me. If we are serious and want to make the most of having Correa then we go for the best, not second best. I am hoping for the front office to do something that will really excite all of us. And it will take two teams not one to make it happen
  25. mikelink45
    Boston, Milwaukee, Kansas city, and the Yankees have already made trades is there a reason why we want to wait until the end of the trade season?
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