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  1. mikelink45
    This may be true, but I prefer the back of many other teams rosters over this mix. I also remember some memorable players in past arbitration situations and the Twins usually signed them early.
  2. mikelink45
    Somehow it feels like the Twins forgot what they used to emphasize - defense, pitching, and smart plays. The old piranhas were fun to watch. But now the team needs the new front office to set a direction and stay with it. Reject 20 points in BA for a terrible fielder. Put players where they should be. I have low expectations from Castro. I guess I am too old school and think that good pitchers make catchers look good.
  3. mikelink45
    Nice article. It keeps coming back to the minors - lots of great prospects, but are we getting the maximum out of the system.
  4. mikelink45
    The test of the Twins new front office is to have a list like this in the future look like players every team would want, not just fillers for the poorest team in baseball. The level these players represent is the fifth starter, bottom of the bullpen, and last seat on the bench, but for now the questions are - do we have anyone better? Are they blocking a prospect? If not sign them and start the trade packages and planning for the future.
  5. mikelink45
    I guess this headline demonstrates the desperation of Minnesota baseball. We sign an average catcher and bring back three old Twins (by the way they cannot play anymore) and we think that the Twins are off to new horizons while the Phillies hire our old GM to be a scout. Its been a long dry spell and I will celebrate my solstice fire for the increase in daylight, but not yet for the resurgence of the Twins.
  6. mikelink45
    I can live with this, what choice is there, but this is not exciting or even very interesting. Who teaches pitching and hitting? Who is on the roster? What free agents? What philosophy. Having nice guys around is fine, but I will not see them on the field and therefore can hardly get emotional. If they have the money to bring the old guys back that is wonderful, do they have the money to bring in winners?
  7. mikelink45
    My fear is that he is now entering the age when catchers regress and we are on the hook for three years. 2017 is not the year we contend and by 2018 regression might be a factor. I hope I am wrong.
  8. mikelink45
    Yuch - nothing inspiring here. When do Catchers regress? I think we have another Suzuki in years two and three. What is the trade off between framing and hitting? I hope the rest of you are really excited because this does nothing for me.
  9. mikelink45
    I like the idea. We fantasize over May as a starter, but in fact his record there is not sterling. We love him as a reliever, but he has a sequence of blow ups that make us shake our heads. I think the team needs to take some of the blame. Tell him what he is going to be and stick with it. If it is the new two inning reliever then stick with that plan.
  10. mikelink45
    No to Johann. Move on. Old Twins are one thing - OLD and we do not need them.
  11. mikelink45
    Good luck to Plouffe and Walker I hope they both have great careers and that we regret releasing them, but at the same time, way to go Twins, I am delighted to see some risk taking.
  12. mikelink45
    We are in a new world - I know all that has been written about Plouffe, but I did not see him being released this early in the process! I am hoping that we regret Adam Bret Walker. I think we have underestimated his ability and it would be great to see him break out and prove the team wrong. Good luck Adam.
  13. mikelink45
    Bring in Garver and move on. Did you see the list and their stats and profiles. What improvement do any of them bring. They are hardly better hitters than Murphy was last year. Get our young catchers in and let them mature. It is not like the young players that we have are teenagers - their clocks are ticking too. But the bottom rung of catchers is too far down the list to waste any time in my estimation.
  14. mikelink45
    No, No, No. Work with what we have. If they are not good enough sign someone when there are better options and we are a better team.
  15. mikelink45
    Buxton - we started to see the uptick at the end and if he can be the player that we have expected for the last two years it will be a great move forward. Hughes and Perkins - if either of them comes back to what they were we will have added quality without doing anything but waiting.
  16. mikelink45
    Is this what we have been waiting for? Did I miss something. Was our hitting worse than our pitching? How long have our new leaders been planning this big upheavel? What an exciting development!
  17. mikelink45
    Not excited by Holland. If we are going to put a no upside starter in the rotation lets roll with a young guy already in the system or many of them. With Holland in the rotation we would still have a good shot at 90 losses. If we do not get a true 1 or 2 don't bother.
  18. mikelink45
    My concern is that the attendance is in the tank and will drop off the cliff unless there is some excitement generated. The casual drop in fan is not going to pay the bills anymore. I understand Mauer still has name recognition, but maybe they can just have some Mauer Chevrolet sales after the game because Mauer on first is at best a filler. He is not going to cause us to lose, but he is not going to push us to win.
  19. mikelink45
    I find it interesting that we are looking to a new FO to come in and institute change, to shake up the system, but then we think that Mauer is locked in at first - how about a bench spot? We still can't figure out Plouffe and Dozier or Polanco and Sano. Rosario seems to be locked in to the OF, but why? Lets throw out the ideas and story lines we had in 2016. What if the new front office really does come in and make things different? Might be nice.
  20. mikelink45
    These are always interesting profiles and I like the insight, but like most fans I have no idea if these men are good or not and can only applaud the change and potential.
  21. mikelink45
    It is not who they called up, it is who they did not call up. It is using suzuki at DH instead of a young player with potential. It is starting mediocre vets instead of stretching out some young and future arms. September for a loser like the Twins is about looking for the future, but what we saw was an attempt to not lose 104 games. We lost more than games, we lost opportunities.
  22. mikelink45
    I remember all our anxiety as we waited for Gibson to come up - a homegrown, drafted talent, but in all the years he has been up, including his highlight year, he has been a disappointment. I expect we will keep him, but like Santiago he should be shoved to the side when some younger prospect appears ready. For the most part I am in favor of keeping the younger players. Hopefully we will have new leadership teach the team how to bring the young players up and succeed. But I do not want to see more clog the system signings. It seems like we are always waiting for a contract to run out so we can move on.
  23. mikelink45
    Interesting list. I recognize names more here as would be expected, but only Vielma seems like a real prospect for more than a bench role. Of course this team has Logan Schafer on the MLB roster so who knows. Am I missing the real upside? It will be interesting to see how many of the top 51 will be in the MLB top 100 - will we have any this year? I look forward to the top 25 and hope to find more to be excited about.
  24. mikelink45
    This was the year we needed the new GM/president in place. Anthony gave us some effort, but 2016's 100 losses is second to the lost opportunities to develop the roster and organization for a run in the next couple years.
  25. mikelink45
    As a result of the call ups this year, the list is filled with more names that I do not know, except for the great minor league reports, but somehow this list, so far, lacks the pizazz that I would like. I am not a fan of Light - big arm, but the Hoey comparison is still apt - I hope he turns it around. I hope that Melotakis can regain form and move up quickly, he is the most intriguing in this set of ten.
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