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  1. mikelink45
    I am not sure if I can agree with the conclusions - Take Scott Boras out of the equation and we get earlier signings. He has always played the waiting game. Take the multi-millions and the extended years and things change. It could be that Bally is giving teams a chance to rethink what they are spending and how. Call it the Pujols affect or Hampton if you want to go back in time like the essay. Sports spending is ridiculous and beyond the grasp of simple fans like me. Of course pre-free agency baseball disappeared after the WS and game again in February and in the meantime players like Bob Allison sold cars or pumped gas or did something to bring in dollars in the off season. Since we fill the off season with speculation let me add that Snell is the perfect short start replacement for Sonny Gray. Look for him in a Twins uniform.
  2. mikelink45
    Pitch framing is becoming a recurring nightmare amongst many of us old timers. Give me the electronic strike zone and continue to improve the game. In a sport where we obsess over garbage can banging, foreign substances, PEDs, gambling...we continue to try to steal strikes! It makes no sense. Is Jeffers good, He was last year and he was his rookie year. In four years his line is 233/329/424. Two good years, two poor years. Let's see some consistency before we anoint him.
  3. mikelink45
    No he is not underrated. One season with less than 350 ABs does not suddenly propel a catcher to the top list. Let's see what he does in the future. He looked good his rookie year and then went backwards. Right now the important thing is to be rated the number one catcher on the Twins.
  4. mikelink45
    I am fascinated by the way last years draft dominates the list. That means we do not have a lot of seasoned prospects.
  5. mikelink45
    Sports books are meant to get you to bet - they are not good predictors. The Twins will win their division - so they are fourth, meaning a non-division leader will rank ahead of them.
  6. mikelink45
    He will make the Twins HOF. But he is not the generational SS talent that is there or even close at this point. Right now Lewis has a HOF start - not a track to HOF, but a showy beginning with great stories and stories do help. After all isn't MVP really a story season? Or ROY? I would love to see another HOF career in MN. But the team HOF is still a great accomplishment and if we do not trade him and he plays another 3 - 5 years Polanco will be honored too.
  7. mikelink45
    Maybe we can bring back Johann Santana too. No we will not pay the price. As much as I would love to have him come back - imagine - batting average champ AL - NL - AL! Let's hope there is some real Twins news soon.
  8. mikelink45
    I like to have Julien, Lewis and Correa in the top three spots, no matter what moves are made. Kiriloff, Buxton, Polanco, Kepler, Jeffers, Wallner are all fine for 4 - 8 depending on who is left. Miranda show fit in there, but will he be on the team? Castro is 9 if he is starting, the second leadoff position. It does not matter a lot, but I like speed in the top positions.
  9. mikelink45
    I expect this to change before the season. It is too early to say that Stewart will repeat his success or that Griffin has rediscovered his role. BPs are so erratic I cannot project success or failure, but I am not inspired by the final lists in this essay.
  10. mikelink45
    Being ready is fine, but there has to be an opening before the player gets called up.
  11. mikelink45
    Martin, Canterino and one of the pitchers is all I see for this year. Lee needs an injury opening, Severino is dependent on Kiriloff's health. This is a really interesting list, but if all of them make we will have had a bad year with injuries. It also depends on trades so it is fun, but unwise to think any of them are a lock.
  12. mikelink45
    That was really fun. Give us more of these
  13. mikelink45
    This essay really captures the excitement in Twins land with a real FA signing. Soon we will be praising the FO for patience and the fact that they were the only ones to see this future Joe Nathan. Genius is hard for us commoners to appreciate. Now we know the one big thing that will fix the Twins - A TD essay that anticipated this move. Where do I get the jersey?
  14. mikelink45
    I think he has already expressed his thoughts and this seems like an essay written because we have nothing else to talk about.
  15. mikelink45
    He is cheap by MLB standards. He had one good year and he fits the profile of many of the players we have signed for the BP over the years, most of which amounted to nothing. Not worth a lot of thought, but he is our only move so far.
  16. mikelink45
    Let's combine them Niko Baddoo
  17. mikelink45
    Time for New Year wishes - these two would be welcome success stories
  18. mikelink45
    wow are you a BIG Hall guy
  19. mikelink45
    I have to update - we brought Baddoo back to the organization. Do I expect anything good? No, But we have that great name back
  20. mikelink45
    I do not like the look of the list behind Varland
  21. mikelink45
    You missed what was key for me and a disappointment "Weiner writes that on January 25, 1954, Horace Stoneman of the Giants was in Minneapolis, and spilled his plans to move the Giants to Minneapolis, “probably to the new stadium that would somehow be built on his land on Highway 12. The Giants’ relocation would be part of a move to send the Cincinnati Reds to New York in exchange for the Giants move to the Twin Cities. Cincinnati was then the smallest market in the big leagues.” I was a Braves fan and really wanted the NL to be here. Of course I went on to be an usher in the Twins first year so everything turned out well.
  22. mikelink45
    These comments really cover everything. I agree with Wallner being the most obvious regression candidate. I also agree that Correa can salvage a lot with a return to dominance. Buxton is not one I count - I would like to, But perhaps my biggest regression choice is Castro.
  23. mikelink45
    I would put out this ballot - in order as far as deserving the vote Beltre Mauer - his peak years were long enough and great enough that he deserves to be in. Injuries have kept out other, but to me his peak was long enough that like Kirby he would have gotten in if he had retired immediately Beltran - We are going to get many Astros in and if we can accept Correa, we should vote for Carlos. That is it for me. Wagner would be #4 but I am not enamored with RP. Sheffield's behavior coupled with his horrible defense loses me. I like a complete player. That is another reason I have never been a Jones advocate. Not sure I buy the greatest CF fielder rhetoric and he fell off a cliff offensively without the injury that Joe had. Utley never ever felt like a HOF to me. Good player yes not getting my vote. I am a small Hall person. That said I expect all of them to get in eventually.
  24. mikelink45
    Merry Christmas everyone - I see all these posting and no I am not the only one waiting for the next generation to wake up arrive
  25. mikelink45
    I am really happy to get a Sano update. I have been curious, but no I do not want to see him back Terry Ryan used to give exTwins a final landing pad - it did not work out, The real ex-Twin news is Garver now a Mariner
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