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  1. mikelink45
    No - making the Twins HOF is great, making the overall HOF is not where he belongs no matter how much we enjoyed him. I am just glad he is on the ballot another year so we can think about him. Being on the ballot is often much better than being elected. Election stops the discussion, but think about how much publicity Bonds and Clemens have had. If they had been elected we would stop talking about them. Rose and Shoeless Joe are much better remembered than their contemporaries.
  2. mikelink45
    Back then the extension would not have been as long, but it also would not have cost as much.
  3. mikelink45
    The enigma is why the Twins waited so long to extend and lock up this talent. Everyone sees it, we know it is special, we have no CF to replace him at this point. Since losing Kirby we have had a long list of good CF all of whom we traded, maybe we should keep one. I am not a money guy and prices make no sense to me, but MLB has created its own economy and the team needs to work within it. We still have a need for a strong C/SS/CF to defend and compete. Without Buxton we have only one of the positions filled at this time. Give us a Thanksgiving present - sign Buxton so we can go on and anguish over SS and SP!
  4. mikelink45
    Fun exercise - now the over and under on how many are traded or wash out! I would put Wallner in and Sabato as a question mark. Sabato and Rooker are two of a kind for me and not what I want.
  5. mikelink45
    I have a terrible time thinking of RP in the HOF. It is such a hybrid position, but the fact that we are now doing bullpen games and relying more on RP that SP means that they have a new status and that might be the factor that puts him in the hall. It does make me wonder about RP that were in the golden era like Don McMahon who had a wonderful career outlined here The Case for Don MaMahon Here is a bleacher report summary the ten best RP of the 1960s
  6. mikelink45
    Just create the Steroid wall to acknowledge what went on and then put all the tainted but really good players in and save us these questionable judgments and discussions. And I say this as someone who truly hated the impact of steroids. I am no longer impressed by the numbers and when I was an Aaron, Mathews, and Spahn fan I was checking their location on the all time list every year. Now we have gone bomba and strikeout crazy and steroids were like a big helium balloon that rose and burst.
  7. mikelink45
    Tampa Bay just blew up the Tampa Bay way with their Wander Franco contract. The Twins are still in the dark ages.
  8. mikelink45
    I ushered the game and this really brought back the scene - the lights at the old Met shining on Power - what a great and appropriate number 1. I do not count the multi-pitcher no-hitters in the same list. The charm is gone when the same pitcher is not out there battling the odds.
  9. mikelink45
    Yes is the only answer to the question. Can we live without Rooker - of course, can we trade Kepler - I hope so, will we retain Buxton? CAVE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! yes we can do without him. There is plenty of room in the OF for a good player.
  10. mikelink45
    Sad ending to the Tortuga era. Bombas and Tortugas are now just memories.
  11. mikelink45
    Happy Thanksgiving. We are in the season where we are glad we once had Cruz, Pressly and Berrios, where LaMonte Wade was one of our bench players, Akil and Wells were in our system. We have had a lot of good players to celebrate and two really good years. Now the weather and the roster look bleak. So do we get Christmas Cheer or wait until the end of the winter and sign a Cron or a disgruntled Lynn? Please FO give us something as we snap the wishbone.
  12. mikelink45
    Nice creative essay - the Twins gave up on Niko and Gordy brought him in to a talent starved organization and he delivered. It is a nice catch - he could be a stopgap if we use the money to get pitchers.
  13. mikelink45
    The axiom of being strong up the middle - catcher, SS, CF - has been around along time and is true today as it ever was. Those are the three key positions, the most important for success. We look good at catcher if Garver is healthy and Jeffer's bat improves again, but SS is a puzzle we cannot afford to fix in the high end free agent market and hope for our prospects to be ready, and CF is even more important than ever in this fly ball era. Buxton, when healthy, fills it, but if he is gone we are hurt in the lineup and field. I do not know what the contract will be and will not comment on that. But Celestino and Cave are the back up options right now.
  14. mikelink45
    So did Astudillo, but that does not mean he should be retained.
  15. mikelink45
    Please - Royce Lewis recover and shock us - be ready to step in.
  16. mikelink45
    How painful. We watch the machinations and have no say, no control, just hope, wish, and wait. This is Twins territory. The prospects come up, the prospects leave. I know the A's do it every year, but I could not be an Oakland fan. The Rays do it and I am not a fan of theirs. I want to see teams and players develop relationships, have long term Hank Aaron connections - see teams and players forever linked. I know I am old school, but no one will change me.
  17. mikelink45
    The entire A's staff should be a target.
  18. mikelink45
    Sano is the only answer with Sano light - Rooker, right behind him. It is not ideal, but better than a lot of rotation and uncertainty.
  19. mikelink45
    Another fascinating set of options for fans to think about in this year of change, hope, and worry. There are a lot of good players on this list. The result of a good minor league system, but then comes the challenge - promotion, trade, or fingers crossed. I think it is time for a quick prospect dump in a trade with a team like the As who do not want to keep their major leaguers and would be happy to load up with more cheap prospects.
  20. mikelink45
    I think we all have the November/December blues. We need to have a nice holiday present - signing Buxton, getting a SS, finding a high quality starter - even one or a trade to arrange the table better and get the mix that will help us win again. But right now the FO is letting us dangle and the news from other teams seems so much better. I know - next week is only Thanksgiving, but an early Christmas present would still be okay.
  21. mikelink45
    We want top of the line pitchers, but they want top defense, especially centerfield and shortstop. So we let Buxton go, we don't sign one of the top free agent shortstops and we rely on our two on proven prospects to fill the shortstop position. That sure sounds like a great position to negotiate with a ace pitcher that we all dream about.
  22. mikelink45
    I really good article to stir us all up on a gray November day. I don't understand this front office. Nor do I understand how they responded to Berrios and I can't comprehend how they're handling Buxton. I'm reading baseball news and I'm surprised at the speed by which teams are taking action despite the lack of CBA. But then I contrast the twins and the lack of action. I don't understand it.
  23. mikelink45
    I understand. I'm sorry that Jim Kaat had his name butchered by voice recognition and autocorrect. We had some really great pitching coming up to the 1965 world series. We might need a look at Mudcat Grant who had a spectacular year for us too. It's really tough combine all of the decades.
  24. mikelink45
    There is nothing wrong with your group of pitchers but I would sure like to see Jim Perry at his peak and Jim Kaat when he was winning 20 games or Pascual at his peak.
  25. mikelink45
    We need a strategy and so far we are not seeing one that we can understand. The essay lists two pitchers off the list, add Thor and Berrios and we have four off the chart.
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