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  1. Dman
    For me personally I wouldn't mind 9 DH's. I like to see the best matchup's possible. To me it creates more excitement. More opportunities for things to happen. I don't think baseball would do it or the players association as it would rearrange the salary structure. Players would have to make less to accommodate potentially another 9 players. The rules can change and it can create other types of strategy, excitement and or enjoyment. Maybe allow for a double DH. Have the option to DH for one of your best defensive players who can't hit. Do a pitch clock. That would create all kinds of new strategies and keep the game moving. i think there are lot's of things they could do to spice up the game. I don't think the game has to stay stuck in nostalgia. Let it evolve and move forward to make it more interesting.
  2. Dman
    While I agree if true that is an ugly reason to create the DH, but aren't you also admitting that the AL knew the DH was going to create more fan interest in the game? Doesn't that run counter to your argument to get rid of the DH? Or keep the game pure or whatever?
  3. Dman
    I don't really know the history of all the reason's the AL split with the NL on the DH but to call it a mistake or that they screwed up seems disingenuous, as it seems like it has been extremely successful and good for the sport. It is good for pitchers because they focus on what they do best. It is especially good for older hitters as they can extend their careers through the DH. It is good for the players union as it allows players to extend careers and make more money. It is good for the fans who get to see more exciting match ups between pitcher and batter. There are so many, many positives to the DH it seems a win, win, win for everyone. If it is was a screw up it may have been baseballs best screw up ever.
  4. Dman
    While I agree with you and you have more baseball knowledge in your pinky than I do in my entire brain if fans didn't like the DH then I would think it could be negotiated out. Granted most of the fans I talk to are from the AL but most everyone I talk to likes the DH and see's no reason to get rid of it. No one I can remember talking to longs for the days when pitchers hit. Only place I have heard that is on this board.
  5. Dman
    But doesn't it seem odd to you in any way that no one seems to be proposing not using the DH and going back to the way things were? If your assertion is correct then shouldn't there be more fans asking the AL to get rid of the DH? I don't hear any real talk about that only talk about when the NL will add the DH.
  6. Dman
    Very true I am used to watching teams with the DH and obviously have come to enjoy that element. So I can see people clinging to what they are used to. Having said that most sports who have changed rules seem to have made their sports better. I like the changes basketball made. Adding the shot clock creates new challenges for the teams and makes them play faster with new and different strategies. Adding the three point shot forces defenses to play further out and again creates different strategies for offense and defense. The DH has a tendency to create more offense and excitement when those batters come up which like the changes in basketball I think enhances the sport. Everyone has their opinion and I respect that but given that the DH is being talked about being implemented in the NL I think is an admission that the DH is appealing to a large amount of the fan base.
  7. Dman
    I don't see the love for Diaz. As you can tell I am not a huge fan. I like him but not at 5. He should be behind the shortstops as he might end up a DH and he seems to have a fair amount of miss to his swing. I guess based on Potential if you see a mini Sano maybe I get it but I see him more as a Vargas type hitter and fielder and I don't believe Vargas ever made the top five.
  8. Dman
    No need to make up basketball analogies as there are real world examples. Basketball got so boring with with zone defenses etc that they implemented a shot clock and made them play man to man defense. So Basketball gave the people what they wanted which is more action and offense. I am sure the basketball purists were upset but the game is incredibly popular now. There is a reason there is a mighty Casey story we all want a guy up who can hit a home run not a pitcher and a double switch. I think we need to move beyond the baseball purists and find more ways to make baseball more interesting. You can see by this thread that DH is the more popular option as no one is promoting going back the other way. It is time for baseball to evolve and especially the NL.
  9. Dman
    Personally I would count the 12M against this years cap whether it needs to be or not. It makes it easier to account for Parks low salary for the rest of the years. Even if that puts them at 118M they could easily stretch to 130M. I don't think money is the issue for them right now (at least for a reliever). I think deciding who plays and when is a larger concern. They better break the bank when some of these young guys turn into All Stars though or I plan to grumble loudly.
  10. Dman
    Palacio would have my pick as well. He has a chance to be this years Orlando Arcia or he could just as easily fall to earth in A ball. Hard to say as several guys do well until they hit A or High A and they find the off speed stuff too much to handle. This guy seems like a fantastic hitter though so I am betting on him doing well. I would also like to think the Twins paid Javiar 4M for a reason. I have heard there are potential holes in his swing but that he hits the ball hard. I would like to think he will do well and be ranked top 10 before long. I am a big Jay believer as well. Scouting reports were glowing for him but transitioning to starter is a guessing game. he has the pitches just hope he has the endurance and no Tommy John in his future.
  11. Dman
    i think there were a lot of reasons they didn't want to add Berrios last year. First they didn't want to use up a 40 man spot as they might need to protect someone from the rule V (although I think if Dean was no longer with the team it wouldn't be the end of the world). Second he had thrown thrown a lot of pitches and personally I like the idea of protecting him. Third there is the service time angle. Fourth we don't really know if he would have been good or bad. I think he would more likely be good than bad but he is young and adjusting to MLB hitters isn't exactly easy. I have seen plenty of guys come up and get hit hard. So yeah I think the Twins had their legitimate reasons to not add him and given the way the rotation is shaping up they will likely see what the Vets do first before trying other options. He is young and will be up this year for sure just a matter of time. Having said all that I did want to see him in the Bullpen at the end of last season. I think if he does well there it could have changed how the season played out but that is just my opinion.
  12. Dman
    You are correct about Bonds he never was caught you can read in the Wikapedia link below. Giambi actually had the guts to tell the truth and confess and yet he never failed a test either, but then again Marion Jones didn't fail one at the Olympics and we all know how that turned out. Lance Armstrong passed zillions of tests and yet the truth tells us a different story. Yes hear say can be a bummer but often times it is just smoke before they find the real fire. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BALCO_scandal
  13. Dman
    Was never a big Eades fan but hope you are right about him. I hope he will turn out to be a valuable player. I still think you have Vielma too low. He was hitting really well at the end of the year and his defense is likely elite. He really has to be in at least the top 20. Love how you cover some of the more unseen guys. Thanks for the write ups!
  14. Dman
    Love your 26-30 picks. I didn' t know anythings about Gratoral but I agree that he appears impressive. Seems like the Twins might have several sleeper picks this year.
  15. Dman
    No you have to be grandfathered in then. That is typically the way it always works. I thought PED use was always banned in MLB since 2003 if not sooner. But I do agree if it wasn't an agreed upon banned substance then its use should not be punished. You just cannot go back in time and change the rules. I see where you are coming from there.
  16. Dman
    While I agree that if you have no proof then I guess they get in but I guess the level of proof needed is different for me. I mean they put people in jail for murder based on circumstantial evidence. If there are multiple people\sources who saw and or know Doc Holiday used Amphetamines and a case is made that doesn't count because it didn't show up on a test? Yeah you would want to corroborate stories and get the info right but I don't think passing a drug test is the only way to determine guilt here. I think there are other ways to find out who used and who didn't.
  17. Dman
    Yeah I really loved Griffy growing up. He was magic in Seattle. Playing with his dad was cool too. He was an amazing player and fun to watch.
  18. Dman
    We are probably talking past each other a little bit here. I really don't know and haven't looked into what players of other generations did to get an advantage. I agree back then that likely whatever they took wasn't against the law and possibly not against the rules. Right now I really don't know. Players taking PED's knew they were not supposed to take them and consciously took them to gain an advantage. If that wasn't the case then why didn't they ever willingly admit they took them? I agree it is human nature to gain every advantage you can get but rules are there to create a level playing field and dismissing them creates a free for all to gain advantage and it can make stats meaningless or at the very least questionable. It seems like your defense is breaking the rules doesn't really matter. If you don't get caught then all is well. If that is your defense then why have any rules at all? Just let players do what ever they want. I guess I don't understand that way of thinking about this.
  19. Dman
    For me personally if I had proof I would take them out. What do their accomplishments mean if they were not on a level playing field? If the Twins get to have 4 strikes per batter and the other team 3 and the Twins have great seasons what does that mean? If Tori Hunter had taken Peds maybe his numbers would be hall worthy but he played by the rules instead. Maybe Tori should be voted in the hall because his numbers are close enough that if he took peds he would be in. I admit I am an odd duck but integrity and fairness means more to me than statistics. If you cheat yeah obviously you can be better than other players. If you are really good you don't need to cheat. I have to believe all of the players in PED era knew they were cheating but they knew they couldn't be caught. They wanted an advantage and they took it. I personally don't think they should be rewarded for that. I think a natural consequence is exclusion.
  20. Dman
    I never liked Ty Cobb and never understood why he was looked up to as an example of how to play the game, but I always figured I was one of the very few who thought that way. Money probably is a better place to put the blame and I agree it seems most everyone turned a blind eye but without testing what could be proven anyway. I guess greed wins most of the time. I just have a problem idolizing someone who doesn't play by the rules and sets up advantages for themselves. It leaves me guessing if they are really great or not.
  21. Dman
    I have no problem with that. If they cheated to gain advantage then how great were they?
  22. Dman
    While I agree that not getting in due to "suspicion" and no real proof could leave someone innocent on the outside looking in. Too often where there is smoke there is fire. We have seen it many times throughout the sports scene. Lance Armstrong comes to mind for me because I actually really believed him. There is a period of time in baseball where many players took peds and unfortunately that leaves all under some suspicion. The players association didn't allow testing blame them for the lack of trust we have in what stats many players in that time period produced. For me honoring players who cheated to get the stats they got are not worthy of the Hall of fame and the Hall stands for the exact opposite of what they represent. If they added a Hall of shame they could put them in there and say these are the players who sold their integrity to try and gain fame. The rules are there to be followed until there is an agreement to change them.
  23. Dman
    I like your list and the extra insight that comes with it. I like where you have Cabbage and Blankenhorn as they are suspects until proven to be prospects IMO. I also like what you had to say to Niko. I have been watching him expecting great things for a long time now. He seems so close if only he could do more with the bat. frustrating is a good word for him so far. Maybe next year is the year.
  24. Dman
    Personally I thought Melotakis did pretty well as a starter so he has the pitches. I think he will be a force in the bullpen. I was glad when the Twins put him on the 40 man. Would have really hated to see them lose him. His control is better than Jones and he throws just as hard and is left handed. I think he would have been taken in the Rule V draft. Nice to know other people see the same things I see in Melotakis. If he stays healthy I think he is gonna be a good one.
  25. Dman
    Initially I was not a Tommy fan but after what he did when they dropped him to AAA and then up to MLB I became a big Tommy fan. I think he has earned his place in the rotation and yes it is nice to have a lefty arm. I think this Milone, May debate comes down to depth and how the Twins want to use said depth. If I was a GM I would want to try and build or continue to build the value of the guys I brought in via FA. So yes I would start the season with the vets give them a 4 to 5 start leash and re-evaluate from there. I can come up with all kinds of numbers to create positive and negative scenario's but I think in the end you have to give the vets first crack. What if Nolasco pitches great this coming year? What if Hughes has a huge bounce back year? What is Santana is unhitable out of the gate? We don't know how these guys are going to perform until they start. If they start off badly then yeah look at moving Hughes to the pen. Replace Nolasco etc. Move May back to the starting rotation. If the older vets get hurt or are ineffective then the plan B's can come in to play. In my mind we are going to need all the pitching we can get and if we don't then that means the old guys are doing just fine. I don't care where they put May as long as we are winning. If we aren't then the FO needs to be ready to be on the hot seat because I believe we do have younger better options.
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