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  1. mikelink45
    I could not agree more - Ober was disgusted - see his body language. If you are going to limit him, just shut him down when you want, but until them, let him be a pitcher and go as deep as he can.
  2. mikelink45
    How many years will it be before his injuries slow him down? How long does he have left to be elite? The Twins have already paid him for all his lost time. They have invested in him and I do not know how long I would make the investment. I might see the $80m over 4 years and then walk away.
  3. mikelink45
    After todays fiasco with Rocco pulling Ober early and bringing in Coloumbe to give up the big HR I have to say yes. We either need dozens of relievers or a new manager. I am for the latter.
  4. mikelink45
    Count me as the skeptic. Do we have arms? Of course we do, but do we have quality? Or will we be signing the Happs and Shoemakers of the world to fill out the rotation? We better bring up the MiLB relief arms and see if any work, the Alcala experiment is looking bad and we cannot just keep putting him out in hopes he will make us forget Pressly. Today the OF was Cave/Kepler/Gordon. That is not a championship group. I am looking for a silver lining, but selling off our good players for prospects - or rather for hope - does not feel good right now.
  5. mikelink45
    Berrios goes and we get to hope the prospects come through in three years. Let's hope the current prospects come through quick because we are in for a long down time.
  6. mikelink45
    I know some don't like to hear it, what a trade with the rays is still worrisome. Good luck Nelson I hope you go to the world series
  7. mikelink45
    Is he the next Buxton? His injury record and the minors and majors it's not good. After Byron I start to get worried about those trends
  8. mikelink45
    This is the time and test our minor leaders and prospects. I don't care what age they are or what minor league they're level they're at. Anybody over 30 that hasn't proven to be far above average is tradable and needs to be replaced by somebody younger after this colossal year of collapse
  9. mikelink45
    I will take Arraez and wonder if Rocco is just waiting for a post season honeymoon.
  10. mikelink45
    What scares me is that they might decide to bring Shoemaker back. Trade him quick now that he has two good AAA games.
  11. mikelink45
    I will join the other complainers who are really tired of Rocco and his quick hook
  12. mikelink45
    It is going to be rough the rest of the way no matter who we put in the lineup
  13. mikelink45
    Based on this report we have no shortage of 4th 5th 6th 7th outfielders. If only we had the Stars ahead of them
  14. mikelink45
    For perspective we need to look at who left, not just who came. I like Puckett Pond's ten worst Twin Trades - 10 worst trades as an example or how difficult it is to make these trades work. To be fair here are the 10 best from him - 10 best trades. None of these trades are associated with our front office. If we look at Escobar and Pressly, both have been very productive and we are still waiting for production on our side of the ledger. Acala has been here two years and we are still waiting to see him turn the corner. I am not against trades, but the team really has to have a good scouting report on the prospects that they get. But even more important we have to know our own depth - Wade, Baddoo, Anderson... we have a lot of productive ex-prospects playing significant time and doing well for other teams. The nice shiny toy that the neighbors have is not always better than what you already own.
  15. mikelink45
    The more trade previews I get from TD, the less enthused I am. I don't want those players, but I am willing to just give them Josh Donaldson and his contract.
  16. mikelink45
    Jettison the deadwood - get rid of those who have shown themselves to be mediocre or worse. Send them packing. Bring in the new arms, put them out there to prove or disprove. Time to start moving on. I am still wondering what it benefits the team to have another start by Happ?
  17. mikelink45
    Sometimes humor can be painful because it has to be true to be funny.
  18. mikelink45
    As usual there is nothing very exciting here. Tossing in Rogers or Berrios as was mentioned should do more than move the needle. Then we have to get their best, but mainly lets just let Cruz have a nice finish to his season, dump Happ and Pineda and move on. It is a sad situation when the only things we can write about are speculations about which teams we might trade with and how the minors are doing. Not TD fault, but it emphasizes how far we have fallen. Which brings up another question - why aren't we speculating about one of the three catchers in a trade since that is such a valuable position.
  19. mikelink45
    Another pleasant read - I think our minor league reports are surpassing the major league in the must read category.
  20. mikelink45
    Nice comments. I am not an Ober fan, but would love to see him succeed. I am not sure what the formula is for a good starting pitcher now. I think about Kaat, Pascual, Perry, Viola, Santana and there is no single equation. What I want is to see intangibles like Morris brought, but I do not know how to measure them.
  21. mikelink45
    I have not seen the trades or FA signings of this FO that give me confidence. Two years we win the division and then we drop to the scrap heap. That is not right. Do not trade our only two really reliable pitchers. I do not want to wait 3 years for the prospects to get here and find out they are not as good as the original. Keep developing out minor league arms. Figure out what happened when we had a good staff - just a year or two ago. I put Berrios and Rogers in my untouchable list and defy the other teams to give me an offer that would put them back on the marker. We all love Buxton, but we have paid him as a full time player and he has averaged 65 games over seven years. Sano, Donaldson, Simmons, Cave, Garver, Cruz, Maeda, Happ, Thielbar, Dobnak, Smeltzer, Thorpe, Robles and the movable parts. We also have some give-aways like Colome,
  22. mikelink45
    Keep bringing up the arms. Let's see someone really rise and blow us away! I do not think Barnes, Ober or Jax is the answer, but let's hope they are able to bridge the gap to Duran, Balazovic and Winder.
  23. mikelink45
    Lets hope Balazovic does great today and we start seeing him get closer to MN
  24. mikelink45
    Young arms interest me the most. Who will they bring up? Will they bring Cave back? I hope not I like Gordon on the team. Do we see Astudillo again? Will Buxton play for us again this season? Can we extend Berrios? Is there a real SS available after Simmons leaves? Not a fill in, a real SS. Can Celestino develop quickly enough to keep CF?
  25. mikelink45
    If Berrios does not get one of those top three, they do not get Berrios. The more I think about the Twins situation the more I think we are giving up on signing Berrios too soon. If we are going to trade another start (I think Pineda is gone) I would start thinking Maeda! His 2020 season still has legs even though I think it was an aberration.
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