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  1. mikelink45
    Not my core three - Correa should/would be, but for now our core three are Lewis, Julien and Lopez.
  2. mikelink45
    In five years he has started 65 games - two years he was in the 20s. He had an ERA under 4 during four years and over 4.7 in 3 years - he got over 100 innings twice - 140 and 108. Yes he had one good year. So why do we think we have the next Lopez/Grey. I still say wait and see.
  3. mikelink45
    Like so many speculations I cannot offer a reasonable response other than lets wait and see. How can anyone judge operations, recovery, health, attitude at this point?
  4. mikelink45
    Thank you - I do not care if they were honorable mention - I am just glad they are mentioned and their memories carried forward.
  5. mikelink45
    I had to look at this from another direction since there are too many ways to evaluate this so - cost benefit - using baseball reference: Correa $36 - 1.4 WAR - $25m per war points Dobnak - $2.5 - 0 War - no return Vazquez - $10m - -0.3 WAR - a negative return Buxton - $15m - 0.8 WAR - $18.75 per war point.
  6. mikelink45
    Reverse the order. Ballplayers are inconsistent commodities so the ranking will shift. If Buxton cannot play CF this year his contract goes to the top of the list. The Twins are actually in good shape compared to many teams. Players like the three you listed and Corbin, Stanton, Rodon, Yelich, Bumgarner, Sale, and Strasburg are the kind the really hurt.
  7. mikelink45
    It seems like a no-brainer question - of course we need help
  8. mikelink45
    I know you are looking for this to a continuing section of TD and I am for it. I am more interested in what is happening than speculating on what we can fantasize happening. Some good summaries here and I am also happy when we look in on the other teams. I think we better start looking at Detroit for example - signing Maeda, and Mark Canha.
  9. mikelink45
    NO - if you have been looking at the premium contracts that SS get - even those who are switched to 2B (Story and Semien) then you look at Lee and Lewis and recognize that if Correa goes down for any reason these are our most valuable assets. We have enough funds and players to go after a SP without Lee or Lewis being included in the deal.
  10. mikelink45
    They were being honest - how refreshing. Now lets see what they do .
  11. mikelink45
    I cannot complain - I like their honesty. We all see the TV mess and while we can all say spend money anyway, that is not how the rich got rich. Let's see if the TV mess actually evens things out. Our TV deal versus the Yankees would always leave us behind and yet we competed. I know nothing about Correa satisfaction. Let's see it play out on the field. Correa dealt with a terribly painful ailment and did his best, but not the level we were looking for and Buxton is an annual anguish. Young players are looking good and the off season is just beginning and that is not when the Twins FO moves. Patience
  12. mikelink45
    You filled in an area of ignorance - I had no idea who was out there. It will be interesting but my bet is that the team passes.
  13. mikelink45
    Happy to see him gone. Yes he was better last year, but we used him in lower leverage situations. I still would not trust him. Of course the big question is who do we get to replace him?
  14. mikelink45
    Too early - I suspect we will add another veteran starter - the FO likes to do that. I put Varland in the BP after stretching him out as a SP in the spring, and then he can move from BP to SP when we have the inevitable breakdown.
  15. mikelink45
    Somehow a rotation with Gray/Gibson/Lynn does not look good to me. With Gray, if he needs to come out after 5 they need a good BP. Gibson has a career 4.54 era and last year it was 4.73. He was never a big game pitcher. Lynn has a career 3.74 era and last year was 5.73. I will never think well of Lynn after his pouting Twins career, but I also think he is done. Not sure the Cardinals are really a lot better.
  16. mikelink45
    I have to change the conversation a bit - these are arms with potential. Balazovic was a lock for MLB rotation at one point in our prospect rankings. Winder looked like he had turned the corner and would be an excellent major league arm. SWR has been talked about every year since we got him. Sands never looked like the top candidate the be team kept bringing him up and Headrick is really struggling. That being the case the question I have is who is in charge of developing these arms? Who is watching out for them in the minors? Do we have the right coaches and methods? I don't know the answer but these are five who are ready to fall through the cracks and we next need to see our younger pitchers progress.
  17. mikelink45
    In this period of speculation – who to trade, who to sign, etc. My mind wandered. What if I could make a movie team? Well here it is – add, subtract, debate: Catcher Kevin Costner (Bull Durham) Robert DeNiro (Band the Drums Slowley First Base Gary Cooper (The Pride of the Yankees) Pete Vuckovich (Major League) Second Base Chadwick Boseman (42) Short Stop Molina Reyna (Major League) Third Base Roger Dorn (Major League) Danny Gams (Bull Durham) Outfield William Bendix (Babe Ruth Story or John Goodman (The Babe) Barney Pepper (61) Thomas Lane (61) Tommy Lee Jones (Cobb) Wesley Snipes (Major League) DH Robert Redford (The Natural) Starting pitchers Dan Dailey (Pride of St Louis) Charley Sheen (Major League) Ronald Reagan (The Winning Team) Charlie Rose (Major League) Dennis Quaid (The Rookie) Bullpen Tim Robbins (Bull Durham) Josh Duhamel (Spaceman) Willie Mueller (Major League) Gary Busey (Rookie of the Year) Manager Tom Hanks (A league of their own) Bench Coach Tom Selleck (Mr Baseball) General Manager Brad Pitt (Moneyball) Announcer Bob Uecker (Major League) Agent Tom Cruise (Jerry Maguire) Just missed: Anthony Perkins – (Fear strikes out} – Jimmy Piersall James Stewart (The Stratton Story) – Monty Stratton Ryan Lane (I see the crowd Roar) – Dummy Hoy Stan Ross (Mr 3000) Geena Davis ( A league of their Own)
  18. mikelink45
    The names you list at the end are not FA pitchers that would interest me. I think we trade now. Good luck to Maeda - I think the Twins were right not to extend the contract to two years.
  19. mikelink45
    That was fun, but mostly meaningless. Trades are done to accomplish something that often is not measured in WAR and that is why it is hard to judge these trades, Does Julien replace Arraez? Would Garver still be a big bat for us like he was for Texas this year? Does Vasquez make him irrelevant? I don't think so. Does WAR matter in Graterol v Maeda - or could we ask if our BP would be better without that trade. Losing Wade seems like a big deal because SF knew how to use him. Would he have played if we kept him here? Too much to really consider. But luckily no Brock for Ernie Broglio. no Pedro Martinez for Shields, No Randy Johnson for a handful of prospects that never made it. No Alexander for Smoltz. No Maris for Don Larsen. And closer to home - no Span for Meyer. No Santana for a who is it bundle. Wait and see, but nothing outrageous in these trades.
  20. mikelink45
    No - we have to think like a pennant contender - we have to grow and get better, not be a home for the homeless.
  21. mikelink45
    Would any team dream of trading for Buxton? Catcher is such a difficult position to fill I would have Jeffers on the list.
  22. mikelink45
    I do not expect anything - I think he is a lost prospect who needs a really bad team to give him some ABs
  23. mikelink45
    It is perspective - how much judgment is allowed, how much statistics dictate. Data has always been collected, but the way it is used is the key.
  24. mikelink45
    I keep Castro - Kiriloff and Jeffers are no brainers - Thielbar one year at a time. He is aging and could lose value quickly, Gordon we can lose - I prefer Farmer, Alcala is another we can lose, but it does not hurt to keep him around. It is a shame this happens early because trades really will determine value.
  25. mikelink45
    On the trade market he has zero value - he is either on the team of DFA
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