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  1. mikelink45
    Not my definition of an Ace. I look at who comes in and rises to the occasion - the pitcher like Morris who will demand the ball and fight through every situation. All the rest of the statistical stuff is fun, but does not do it for me. Who will the team (not just the manager) look to for the big outs and the ability to carry the team.
  2. mikelink45
    I love the KC team - they have a balance of pitching, hitting and defense that is really outstanding. And Bobby Witt is really living up to his prospect projections. Our team looks so much better because we are so familiar with all of them.
  3. mikelink45
    His prolonged slump was the best thing that Vasquez could hope for or he might not have gotten the ABs to break out of his own slump.
  4. mikelink45
    So long Randy, been nice to know you, but we've got to be moving along!. Stautmont gone, a new mediocre arm arrives and we will soon say good-bye again. The BP is a revolving door.
  5. mikelink45
    You are so right. Dobnak here's a funny story and a wonderful guy, but this team needs to be going for the playoffs and beyond.
  6. mikelink45
    And who would you put in for him? That is their conundrum.
  7. mikelink45
    I have to admit that I really do not know #2 and #3. If I look at this list - is it consistent with how we would rank our milb SP overall?
  8. mikelink45
    I never know the minor league relievers - thank you for the education.
  9. mikelink45
    Hate to have to add this, but the Sox are as bad as any team I can remember. Sorry Chicago, but you stink.
  10. mikelink45
    I love seeing our catcher prospects and wonder how close WInkel is to surpassing Camargo. Is there an MLB future for Chris Williams?
  11. mikelink45
    The concern going forward is Ryan's giving up a HR. That has been an issue and I hope he can keep them in the park. Everyone gives up HRs, but our almost Ace needs to avoid a HR illness going forward- the second half has not been as good as the first and hopefully he is feeling stronger this year.
  12. mikelink45
    But I hope we do not start Ober against KC - they have been toxic for him so far.
  13. mikelink45
    I always enjoy these summaries but I have two questions for Seth - first why isn't Keirsey a prospect? Why haven't they given him a day in the majors? (those combine for my first question). Second with all the various pitchers and levels I would like to know how you would rank the top ten minor league pitchers in our system.
  14. mikelink45
    It is exciting to have a MN player from MN doing what he is doing - shades of Killebrew
  15. mikelink45
    Walker JenkinsEmmanuel RodriguezGabriel GonzalezLuke KeaschallDavid FestaAndrew MorrisBrandon WinokurKala'i RosarioMarco RayaYunior SeverinoYasser MercedesCharlee SotoRayne DonconTanner SchobelConnor PrielippCory LewisDanny De AndradeJose RodriguezAndrew CossettiPatrick Winkel
  16. mikelink45
    I cannot buy the small town Twins versus the big city Mets argument. We have the sixteenth largest metro area in the US and we have one rich owner. We choose what we want to be and the deadline says we want to play and pay just enough to be interesting. So I will continue to be interested in prospects.
  17. mikelink45
    This was so anticlimactic that the only good thing that came out of it was your first paragraph - after that it was back to so what. How does Richards rank with Jackson, Staumont, Okert, and all the other amazing BP pickups?
  18. mikelink45
    Keep trying there is nothing here to excite and Headrick is such a reach for a team looking to go into the playoffs.
  19. mikelink45
    You beat me to it. I was yawning too much to post earlier.
  20. mikelink45
    This is our team. It's got us this far and I think could catch the guardians but if not it's as good as we're going to have. Based on the quality of the relief picture they treated for, I think what we have is as good as can be and we can forget about acquiring players that might cost us anything.
  21. mikelink45
    Well there is not much to write home about. I am on the snake river and we had a fire come right down to the waters edge - smoke filled the sky, planes were flying in and grabbing water. More excitement than the Twins provided. Let's hope the fire is out and the Twins play like contenders tomorrow.
  22. mikelink45
    Wallner should have been up earlier. Players come up, adjust, then the league adjusts and the second level of adjustment for the young player takes longer. I see Lee in this situation and I hope we let him play through the adjustment. Julien is the one who seems to be having the most difficulty making the second transition. The BP was once speculated to the one of the best in MLB. How times change. We need Duran to make it back to the pinnacle he has been on. Okert and Thielbar need to be replaced - this is no longer a SSS. Varland seems to be dropping on the SP list and I love the idea of putting him back in the pen. A young live arm succeeding in the BP for the next few years is more appealing to me than the old vet - Okert, Jackson...
  23. mikelink45
    I agree and would have pointed out the same thing, but you beat me to it. Varland and Julien are both losing their luster as other players are rising.
  24. mikelink45
    The Polhads wealth did not come from baseball. While I want the best team we can get I think that the policy I would follow would be to develop the rich lode of talent we have and be ready to loosen the purse string through extensions like they did for Pablo. Sure I wish we would spend like Steinbrenner did, but that does not follow their personalities and yet we have a really good and competitive team. Develop our own starters and don't sacrifice the future for unknown and short term results.
  25. mikelink45
    I am not ready to make a big move. I am impressed by the next layers of SP and am content to ride with what we have. I am especially not interested in a rental and I know they lean that way. We lose prospect potential and have the same debate next year. If we were interested in a guy like Snell we should have resigned Gray.
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