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  1. mikelink45
    We has a 0.3 WAR over three years. He had some promise and he was the kind of player we usually sign hoping it will work. We do not need this catcher on the 40 man. And getting rid of Moran did not help the budget. I will stick with my negative feelings on this although in the long run it might mean nothing.
  2. mikelink45
    Wow - Christmas is not complete - we all got a lump of coal and the Red Sox got an actual RP.
  3. mikelink45
    Interesting history - we have lost much more than we have gained. Cleveland is a good model for us - they trade or sell a year before the player leaves. They get something and that helps with the minor leagues and future prospect development. I am not happy with our model, but.....
  4. mikelink45
    The injury history and the limited innings make this group interesting, but not as promising as Fest, SWR, Matthews, Morris.
  5. mikelink45
    !B options now too expensive, too limited, not worth the speculation. Look at the 40 man and then extend further to the minors. Nothing should limit the competition within the organization.
  6. mikelink45
    The Phillies are banking on an uptick in performance too. They just signed Kepler.
  7. mikelink45
    Another wait and see essay. This is hope, no real support. I too hope this happens, but I was just reading https://www.espn.com/mlb/insider/story/_/id/43062222/mlb-2024-25-olney-ranking-top-10-best-teams-right-now right now and we are not in it - Cleveland is and KC is and we are not in the best of the rest - Detroit is. That is not to say they are right, but like me they have to see things happen to believe in our potential. Last year was our potential year. Next year we need to see performance.
  8. mikelink45
    Are those Arizona men really the ghosts and will they cause the Pohlads to see the light or will they just see the billion dollar pay day. I vote payday.
  9. mikelink45
    I like this essay - I cannot read the trade dreams that appear regularly. This is a very interesting trio. Alcala has been mishandled in my mind. They have seen that he is not a multi-innings guy nor can he pitch two days in a row, but still they used him that way. I am not sure if either the team or Alcala can overcome the bias that seems to exist. No wonder he appears in the trade projections I don't like. Miranda is a puzzle. Unlike Julien he was not consistently bad, but his Jekyll and Hyde stats are worrisome. I had a lot of expectations for him (Julien too). Julien went into the worst of sophomore slumps, but Miranda teases with big performances and terrible droughts. Neither of these two can really be counted on for regular contributions and I keep seeing them listed at 1B. This makes me wonder why no one seems to have confidence to give McCusker a shot at least as a part time 1B. Or start looking at Larnach for 1B.
  10. mikelink45
    I think the team philosophy up to now has been to get on base and wait for a big hit. In our spiraling downward at the end of last season a few extra bases, a few daring moves might have gained us a victory when we were so desperate
  11. mikelink45
    I like the Festa, SWR additions to the rotation and the movement away from Paddack and other marginal veterans. Zebby and Morris are numbers 6 and 7/
  12. mikelink45
    All I could think of when I was reading this was Aaron Sabato. No surprise that a dinged-up player like Lewis would lose speed. Baserunning and speed just don't seem to be part of the team DNA and that is a big miss as the game evolves. As much as I enjoyed the mid-sixties Twins and the 1950s Braves I also loved Whitey Herzog's St Louis Cardinals, the Royals in 2015, the A's in the Rickey Henderson years, the Go-go White Sox of Aparicio, And power did not mean lack of speed - Aaron had 240 SB, Mays had 300, and Barry Bonds had 514. I have looked at Statcast's Sprint Speed Leaderboard and it is not a surprise to see all the playoff teams above us - the Twins rank 18.
  13. mikelink45
    That is for sure! All my early teams - the Braves, Lakers, North Stars disappearing to another city and what happened to the Kicks? I loved going to those games too. Or the Muskies or the Pipers? Of course I enjoyed the Saints and Millers when we were AAA in both cities and that was an acceptable change since we then stole the Senators from DC. Of course I missed the Duluth Eskimos. I have to recognize our changing, shifting baseball history before the Twins and recommend Stew Thomley' summary. Things keep changing and it can be tough on a fan base.
  14. mikelink45
    This gives us something different to talk about, we can thank them for that, but the deal is not done and it remains as speculative as all the trade ideas that have been posted. I will enjoy the conversations and wait and see. I remember the Twolves being sold recently - how is that working out?
  15. mikelink45
    Until we see him in Spring Training and beyond it is all speculation. I know you have to have something to write about, but a rule V guy as our big move is not enough to get me raising expectations.
  16. mikelink45
    There are zero lakes in Los Angeles and I do not remember a Mormon Jazz concert.
  17. mikelink45
    Goltz was effective and often overlooked and under rated because he was a MN boy and low key as far as the press was concerned. Reardon and Worthington were two essential save artists so they get my next votes. From a personal note I was an usher when Mudcat was a pitcher for us and he will always be a personal favorite.
  18. mikelink45
    I forgot how desperate they are to get a major league team.
  19. mikelink45
    As someone who went to Lakers games as a boy I am still bitter about them stealing both our team and our name.
  20. mikelink45
    The good news is that the Twins name does not work in very many locations.
  21. mikelink45
    Not so excited as the rest of the posts. If they buy us, what is their interest in MN?
  22. mikelink45
    We actually did not put up with him, we were stuck with him until the Yankees stepped up. Both teams were worse for having him. I am completely against having bad attitudes on the team.
  23. mikelink45
    sorry - I am just going by the words of TD that say we have such a good roster and it is rated highly MLB.com has us ranked #4 in all the majors. ESPN has us a more realistic 16 But mostly I am going from this quote in the text of this essay -
  24. mikelink45
    Read the TD comments, look at the empty seats, read the columnist - this is not a team that is beloved as it should be. Yes I am pretty sure of this.
  25. mikelink45
    I guess you must have I looked at them in 2024 and wondered if it was the same team
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