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  1. mikelink45
    The problem is - we do not know if Larnach is MLB ready, nor do we know with Kiriloff who has already had a lot of injury related time off in his MiLB career. One will be on first, one in the OF. But if they are not ready I do not want the Twins to slip backward.
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    In this conversation I would say that the salary in this era does not mean anything. He is cheap unless you have a rookie to take his place. when the game is on the line I see Eddies step up with more enthusiasm and energy. Maybe he gets bored at times, but his bat is a weapon I would not want to lose.
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    I know hate is a strong word, and perhaps the wrong one, but in the vernacular when someone is dumped on hate is often used. However, the key to the choice of words is to get a reaction and it has worked, so many good posts is really important. It is not just on this site, but common in others places too. The trade Eddie, Eddie is overrated, often the text makes a case for no team actually wanting him. Like I said, I never thought I would be writing an essay on Rosario like this, but the trade Eddie, Eddie is no longer valuable sentiment just got to me. I wish I could quote from the Gleeman and the Geek podcast.
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    Of course that might not be the case either if Lewis is taking Buxton's place in center.
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    Maybe I have listed to Gleeman and the Geek too much. I think Lewis is our insurance package for Buxton who has demonstrated too many injuries - which in the long run take a toll, as does age, on a player who depends on speed. Eddie might not be long term in LF either with Kiriloff and Larnach, but I do not want to be without him until they are ready to provide at least as much offense since neither of them gets written up as defensive greats.
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    Lewis SS Polanco 3B Sano 1B or DH. All in 2021. Arraez 2B.
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    Why am I seeing shots at Eddie Rosario all over TD? No, he is not our best player, but he is a good player. He gets 1.6 WAR this year according to Baseball Reference. He had a line of .276 /.300/.500/.800 this year and in the little aside on the MVP for this year he sounds like he should be LVP. Last year he was .288/.323/.479/.803 and the same site named him MVP. Now we want to trade him for a broken bat and one of the regular season rabbit balls. What is going on. He is not HOF, but he is good. Who will take his place? Who will hit 32HRs and 109 RBIs if he is gone? Can we guarantee Larnach or Kiriloff are ready to do it? I hate having to be the one to speak up for Eddie, but someone has to question the madness. Here are some highlights - go ahead 3-run home run https://www.mlb.com/video/eddie-rosario-homers-21-on-a-fly-ball-to-right-center-field-luis-arraez-scores-m Astudillo and Rosario lead win Rosario 4 hit game https://www.mlb.com/video/rosario-homers-in-4-hit-game Garver and Rosario lead win Home Run 31 https://www.mlb.com/video/eddie-rosario-homers-31-on-a-fly-ball-to-right-center-field No he is not great - but he is good and if we choose to trade him it should not be because we want to get rid of him, but because we get a player who can do even more to help us win in the post season.
  8. mikelink45
    I too am bothered by the constant digs at Rosario. On a team that I would argue had no MVP because it was such a team effort I find it strange that so many articles on TD seem to be intent on making Eddie the LVP. If we trade him for real value I am fine but not because I want him out of the lineup.
  9. mikelink45
    Musgrove is the only one I want from this list. Boyd is the best of the worst on Detroit, but that does not make him a quality pitcher who can improve the staff. I want more upside and more baseline quality in fastball and other pitches. I know this is just the first list so hopefully we will see more quality in the next essays.
  10. mikelink45
    Nice choice and your points put the pitchers in the right order from top to bottom.
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    No - obviously they can sign him if they want, I am not interested.
  12. mikelink45
    What is perspective - each of us comes to the team at different times. Each for different reasons. I came because they hired me as an usher the first year and then the team I rooted for moved from Milwaukee to Atlanta. I have been excited since the first year, but I have not had expectations, if anything, in 58 years I have learned to be just a little cynical, not expecting the worst, but hesitant to become too optimistic. This year was fun, it was entertaining and I have to admit I expected something similar to what happened, not because I did not like the team, but somehow the big lights of the big city has bitten us too many times. The Yankees, the Dodgers, it does not matter. I was delighted that we played the Cardinals in one of the strangest World Wrestling Association productions and then we beat the Braves that broke my heart when they went to Atlanta (and I attended all the home games). This was the year the Dome gave the team a big assist! Now we had no Dome, Hrbek could not apply a wrestling move at 1B and we were left with 2 starters and a star struck line up. Can they be better next year? Of course and I will root for them from day one of ST, I just won't place that WS bet in Vegas. We are Twins fans, we always hope with fingers crossed.
  13. mikelink45
    I disagree - fire is good when things are equal, but when Scherzer and Strasburg and Corbin are out there nothing makes a difference.
  14. mikelink45
    I like doubles - I am okay with a player who hits 320+ and gets 40 or more doubles. Arraez can be that guy.
  15. mikelink45
    The Cardinals won and moved on. I will take that.
  16. mikelink45
    Watching the Astros and the Yankees the defensive plays really standout in comparison to the Twins. And I hope people aren't thinking that Buxton can make up for our deficiency. The glove does matter.
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    Good take, but I suspect that Ruth would have grown up with the same advantages as today's athletes and would have enjoyed sending those 95 mph fastballs out of numerous stadiums and might have put the HR record into outer space.
  18. mikelink45
    What I find interesting is that the high upside, not quite ready group gives me much better feelings than the group we have to fill the rotation now. Dobnak and Smeltzer are going to be BP eventually. Thorpe needs to get himself settled - this last year was not a good year for him. Yes Graterol looks great and I see him and Berrios leading the rotation with him passing Berrios for number one in a year or two. I have read some projections that have Balazovic surprising in ST and taking a place in the rotation. I would love that. Those three with Odorizzi looks good to me. The rest of the names are interesting arms that can fill in, but these four are my dream and from there pick a name from the hat.
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    I always wonder how they choose a player for afL Are they ready are they proving something? Why not Kiriloff and Larnach? I remember watching Strasberg in Phoenix. He rose above the competition like Lewis is doing. Is this about proving Lewis is ready for the big jump?
  20. mikelink45
    Strasburg, Cole, Wheeler - beyond that I am not excited unless Bumgartner takes a big cut from this projection.
  21. mikelink45
    This is why records really cannot be compared. What would Babe Ruth or Barry Bonds have done this year?
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    Yes they were, but I also believe in the power of inspiration
  23. mikelink45
    Not enough. "angst about the Twins not having a better showing in their first season of a competitive window is hardly the place to bring it out." Many teams are lucky to get one shot, but when they do I want something more than isn't that Minnesota Nice that we got to go to New York and get our Christmas shopping done. We set a record that is tremendously embarrassing. We do not go around bragging that we got to four superbowls and lost. If you can guarantee that we will be back and better after ending with 4/5th of a questionable rotation as big ???? I will be shocked. What does "As Derek Falvey and Thad Levine look to build a consistent winner," mean? A year like 1987 or 1991 has a long lasting impact - how many of the teams that built our current world record playoff losing streak are being honored? We bring back the champions. Look at Clevelands attendance. Do they care that they have dominated the regular season?
  24. mikelink45
    This is a short Blog - kind of a reaction blog set off by the St Louis Cardinals (my favorite NL team). Did you see the headline - 10 runs in the first inning. The Braves were in never never land! What happened. A really good team beat another really good team and did it with fire! The articles say that the pre-game talk by the Cardinal Manager (who the hell is Schildts?) was angry, it pushed the limits and for a while was available on video. ESPN had this article - "In a video that surfaced online Wednesday night, St. Louis Cardinals manager Mike Shildt can be seen giving a fiery, expletive-filled speech to his team in the locker room following a win over the Atlanta Braves in Game 5 of the National League Division Series. "The [braves] started some s---. We finished the s---," Shildt says in the video, which outfielder Randy Arozarena later acknowledged he streamed live on Instagram. "And that's how we roll. No one f---s with us ever. Now, I don't give a f--- who we play. We're gonna f--- them up. We're gonna take it right to them the whole f---ing way. We're gonna kick their f---ing ass."" https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/27809815/locker-room-video-shows-cardinals-manager-expletive-filled-speech In contrast our manager felt fine just like Dave Roberts after his Dodgers bombed again. The bombs are not as fun as Bombas, by the way. It reminds me of the Vikings Superbowl bombs. I was so keyed up for them, but as I watched the players they were not. Just going through business as usual. There unflappable coach was stoic and the players were run over by the emotion, if not the talent, of Kansas City, Oakland, Miami, and Pittsburgh. Emotions count. Next year Rocco, I hope the players love you, I hope that they enjoy playing for the Twins, but when you get to the place where the season hinges on the game - get mad, get emotional, play like it is more than a game.
  25. mikelink45
    Good essay but I really object to the quote - "He will probably get a multi-year deal with someone other than the Minnesota Twins and all of you who hate Kyle will be extremely happy." I did not like his performance, even at his best I did not trust him in crucial games, but I do not know him and thus it is not personal, it is what baseball is - business. I would let everyone go except Odorizzi. With a finish like we had we need new people to come in who can move us to the next level. After the Pineda let down I do not resign him. I do not care if Perez would move to the pen, he would be out. The teams that let Schoop and Cron go last year saw what we should see this year - there are other options. Besides Arraez we have Gordon for 2B. At first base we have Kiriloff, Rooker, Larnach and if we move Sano it is really crowded. Personally I do not move Sano. Who else do we have for 3B that can give us positive results and not just some better fielding? Because I do not trust the FO to move on pitchers I would see Berrios, Odorizzi, Graterol, one of the pick-em group of rookies who auditioned this year and one FA in the rotation. Astudillo will be the first half back up catcher and then, unless he is hitting the cover off the ball we will see Jeffers come up and eventually 1B could be Garver.
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