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  1. mikelink45
    I see more trades ahead. It is interesting how a team can seem to fixate on one position. 2B has really become our gold standard. I do not have anything to say that knocks any of these players.
  2. mikelink45
    I could go back and correct it. Not that you pointed this out but I kind of like it. That's what happens with voice recognition. I've spent the last month in the hospital and getting treated and so I'm depending on voice to do my communicating. Thanks for the laugh.
  3. mikelink45
    It's an excellent reflection. It brings to mind how we made a big trade with Baltimore for a pitcher who was having a career year in the bullpen after a mediocre career? Before that. We got him in the career year ended. It's really so hard to predict bullpen's success
  4. mikelink45
    I am a bullpen skeptic. I agree this could be a great pen but it could also fall apart. We have lots of vets who have a chance, when our track records with most of them say they could also be a bust. We picked up a lot of arms. Many of them we got and then DFA'd and nobody wanted the ones we do have failed so we still have them. What is the lesson for that? I will hope and I will wait, but don't put me down on the list that says this is one of the best bullpend in the majors until it proves it.
  5. mikelink45
    I agree with this. Larnach is the player who has disappointed the most for me. Initially called up. He seemed like he had bypassed Kiriloff but the injuries and inconsistencies dimmed my hopes for him. Miranda also needs to show something, but probably for his next team since the twins have so many young infielders who potentially will pass him Kiriloff is my concern because I really expected him to be a star and he still could be but the wear and tear of all these injuries and both the minors and the majors that really pushed him back. Without that, Santana would not have been as attractive to the team.
  6. mikelink45
    This is certainly not exciting. I understand that. Noah probably was not going to be on the twins in the next few years so he was expendable. But the player they got does not move the needle in a positive direction. I see the other comments and I agree Taylor was better. I'd rather see. Us use our current utility players like Castro and give room for a player like Austin to grow. So in summary, I think this stinks.
  7. mikelink45
    No to Henrique. What is his real value?
  8. mikelink45
    Of course he could improve our base running. He could be amazing. What the question is, what is the toll that the base running would take on him?
  9. mikelink45
    What a great topic. We need this topic. I love TD, but I was having a real hard time staying on board the last couple of months. All the speculation about. Should we trade for this guy or that guy as well as the payroll and are we paying enough? It's tough when you have a site like this and have to fill it with something every day. Is the same problem with 24-hour a day newest networks have - sometimes you have to reach deep to come up with a column. So thank you! Seth. I like the voice of reason.
  10. mikelink45
    My hope for the 2024 season is that carmago demonstrate cities ready for the number two position. With earlier posts about the twins payroll and not wanting to go up and the future. Vasquez and Kepler are the two primary contracts that I can see being eliminated to keep the remainder of the team and the payroll rank. But there's only works if we have another acceptable catcher for the second position
  11. mikelink45
    I just find it really hard to comment about teams. Spending. Baseball is such an anomaly. No spinning cap. No distribution of earnings. Just a lot of independent and extremely rich owners who can do whatever the hell they want. And the rest of us just sit back and watch the team and hope for the best. I'd love to see Lee come up just because I like seeing the young guys come up early and have a long career, but he doesn't resolve the major issues which really are in the outfield
  12. mikelink45
    I am glad that we are getting to spring training. I can't speculate on a question. This article raises. I don't know and none of us will until we see the spring training development and they final products get ready for a season.
  13. mikelink45
    Boras has so much influence on mlb I still don't think he'll lose from these high-enders, but baseball has to figure out how to really deal with him on occasionally. Occasionally I may have to let one of these stars just sit out of here. Boris isn't going to change as long as he succeeds in the end and the players will continue to sign up with them if they see here. Their teammates getting good strong contracts.
  14. mikelink45
    From that list of options at the end of the essay Canterino it's the only acceptable one for me and I think he can go both ways short and long.
  15. mikelink45
    Fun speculation on Superbowl Monday, but I do not see this new rule influencing the team.
  16. mikelink45
    It was a good move because Nick no longer had a place on the roster. I am wait and see on all the accumulated arms (although they are being dfa'd as fast as they are being added). The BP has potential, but let's get into the season before we celebrate. Meanwhile Nick might just bust out with a chance to play.
  17. mikelink45
    Your final comment agrees with what I wanted to say. I don't want to be rated, I just don't think we immediately put him in the top five
  18. mikelink45
    I really can't think about Buxton and the Hall of Fame. I just want to think about Buxton putting in a few good years in the twins. Outfield. If he does that I'll be happy.
  19. mikelink45
    Fine with everybody's evaluation of him. I just would have him down the list to begin the season. Top 10 is fine. Even five or six of what the shiny new toy is always of higher value at the beginning
  20. mikelink45
    He's a little slow, he swings at too many pitches, and he's poor defensively and yet we jump him to 3.5 before we even watch him play in our system. Wishful thinking.
  21. mikelink45
    It reminds me of Gonsalves a few years ago - I had high hopes for both. But of course there are usually more reasons than what seems obvious. I hope he gets it together.
  22. mikelink45
    Larnach and Gordon have the most to lose. I do not see them with a long term role on the team. Miranda also drops in expectations. Not sure his performance warrants more than this, but I hope he blazes away in the minors and rises again.
  23. mikelink45
    Fascinating - so hard to read the FO thinking and planning. They certainly have a full BP now and we hope that Stoumont and Jackson live up to our expectations. It seems like we often value quantity over quality. But I am ready to see what this combination does. I know the DFA speculation. How far are Sands, Winder, Balazovic from DFA status?
  24. mikelink45
    I see a real pattern in Falvey and Lavine - to hold the budget down we specialize in finding players with injuries, who have had a down year, are cut by other clubs and expect that we can fix what ails them. We have seen some spectacular failures in the pitchers we have gathered. I hope this batch has some who rise up with the addition of Twins magic.
  25. mikelink45
    I keep thinking of the Twins SP selections in the Falvey years and yes - DeSclafini is the Ace if we just at Bundy, Price, Shoemaker and Happ to the rotation.
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