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  1. Cris E
    I'm still wondering if Rosario sticks at 2b after missing 50 games. There's a very real chance that a fast start by Polanco puts them both at 2B in CR in July, and if Eddie doesn't come out playing well he might not get first pick of the available innings. The organization could take a hard look at things and let Rosario's bat develop in LF and Polanco at 2B and be done with the discussion this summer.
  2. Cris E
    I think Law has said that Sano's issue is contact, too much swing and miss, but that the glove should play at third. As he faces harder competition and keeps growing he has to prove he can keep the average up, otherwise he'll just be another Three True Outcomes guy instead of a true monster.
  3. Cris E
    "Circling back" = call Tanaka one more time: "That 7/$155m still sitting OK with you? Gimme a call if you want another crack at 5/$65m. The midwest is a great place to play." EDIT: It's Johan and/or Pavano. They won't touch the draft picks and there's not much else out there at this point.
  4. Cris E
    Mauer said, “That sounds a little funny!” I have to object to one thing: Joe Mauer has never said anything in his life that ended in an exclamation point. Other than that, sounds like it was a good time.
  5. Cris E
    >The only thing not to like about this kid is his terrible taste in movies. This caught my eye as well. Very concerning...
  6. Cris E
    The amount of OF's we have is a strength and will be good leverage in future trade talks. Only if Terry Ryan ever considers trading a minor leaguer... (Or were you saying we have leverage in talks with our own players because we have so many minor league OF piling up and "We've got guys willing to play for nothing if you won't take it"?) Whatever, more options are good, but wasting careers by not playing OR trading players is just selfish. Ryan has to find roles for these guys, and trade bait is a noble use.
  7. Cris E
    We've got herds of starters and Florimon at SS, so while Drew may not be the specific name I say we need another SS. There's got to be a guy out there worth a two year deal to play until it becomes clear a genuine long term SS is in the system or not.
  8. Cris E
    Not quite. I forgot about the standing ovation, but that game from 1986 was linked earlier in this thread, and the Twins won.
  9. Cris E
    Attendance Fun April 6, 1982 52,279 First Game Ever at the Metrodome April 7, 1982 5,213 Second Game Ever at the Metrodome Poor Calvin.
  10. Cris E
    The truest, most Metrodome game I can recall was against the White Sox on Saturday, October 4, 1986 (http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/MIN/MIN198610040.shtml) Greg Gagne hit two inside the park HR and a triple, mostly off of Daryl Boston in CF. Boston looked like he was trying to freeze the puck against the fence on all three, but to his credit the ball was bouncing around pretty good and he did keep Gagne at third on the last one. (These weren't isolated incidents, as Mickey Hatcher had hit a CF triple in the first.) Eventually Boston hit one out against Blyleven to narrow the gap to 7-3, but it was all over. It was a wonderfully representative game because of the ties to the 87 team, because of old school names like Hatcher and Ron Washington in the lineup, because both MIN and CHW were 20 games out (and ahead of SEA) and because the field affected play so strongly. (Also fun because future baseball mgmt like Billy Beane, Ron Washington and Ozzie Guillen all played.)
  11. Cris E
    1994-2013 includes a lot of bad Twins teams with a graveyard full of bad starters. 56 pitches is injured or blown out, not tired or time for the pen. As mentioned above, count awful starts (<3 IP?) and either show the number or exclude it from the study.
  12. Cris E
    I was thinking this too. They've got essentially no outfielders. If Willingham doesn't get them going we can dump anyone from our parade of RF last year: Doumit, Parmalee, Kepler (if they want to pretend that the future matters) and even send along an envelope to grease the wheels if that's what it takes. They shouldn't have any money issues, but you never know what will make an GM smile.
  13. Cris E
    I wasn't high on AJ because I don't think he's ready to sit down and watch a younger player take his innings, and particularly one who is going to have growing pains and go through stretches where AJ is clearly the better player. Once AJ accepts that he's not a starter anymore I think he'd be a decent guy to have in the mentor role and resident redass, but 2014 is not the year and parking him on the bench could lead to corrosion and failure.
  14. Cris E
    I'd do AFL this year and then start at AA in 2014 and move him up as performance dictates. There really shouldn't be anyone standing between him and Target Field, so let his development be your guide. He needs his skills to ripen, but empty innings at any particular level for the sake of "paying dues" is dumb.
  15. Cris E
    Parmelee is likely to knock the rust off and get tuned up in Roch until Morneau's spot opens for him. He hasn't gotten many plate appearances lately and Calabello has earned some time in the majors. But I'm pretty sure everyone agrees that Parmelee has more of a future than Calabello, and when it's time to move on Chris will get the call.
  16. Cris E
    Arcia got hit on the hand back on July 6 and had to come out of that game. Since then he's 1-22 with twelve of those strikeouts. He's clearly hurt. He wasn't exactly tearing it up in the weeks before then, but there's no chance for him to get through this until the hand is better. I'm guessing the difference between AAA and the DL was just service time, but that's just speculation.
  17. Cris E
    *Moan* *groan* He should have been traded for a prospect. Geeeez...
  18. Cris E
    People who insist that there are other ways to measure success besides actually achieving, you know, "success" frustrate me. So there are no intermediate steps, just pain followed by the 1991 WS? That's not how things work. The Dodgers are trying to win that way this year and it usually fails. Mastro and Ramirez were the insurance, not regulars. You keep complaining about lack of insurance and backups and "every-day alternatives" and then waving away the existence of the Twins backup CFs. I'm not sure what you want to hear. I'm sure Terry Ryan is sorry Benson sucked and Hicks got hurt at the same time Mastro got hurt at the same time Ramierez got hurt. What are you hoping for, a fourth CF on the roster? This is a team feeling its way back to contention and they're going to churn through some bodies. At times the roster is going to look a little rough but they'll make a few short term shortcuts to stay focused on the future. Three wins mean nothing this year compared to keeping as many youngsters in the organization as possible while trying to figure out who can play. You really think they should have tried to pass good players thru waivers to keep Borbon on the 40 man this spring? Really?
  19. Cris E
    That's what Mastorontonioinio was for. He got hurt. Ramirez was the third choice. Three deep seems like a fair effort when the alternative is paying money for players like Borbon. The one decision that bears a little second-guessing is not protecting Benson better, but he played his way out on to the thin ice. I guess I don't understand why you go out of your way to clutter the 40 man roster with this debris instead of biting the bullet for a week or two in a lost season. There are plenty of ways to get by while your guys get healthy, but at least when I watch Hicks I'm seeing an investment in the future of the team. People who insist on measuring management's commitment solely in terms of payroll or wins frustrate me.
  20. Cris E
    If 32 isn't prime, it's within a year. (And it's improving. This article has a nice graph of how much better players are aging these days: Baseball Prospectus | Resident Fantasy Genius: The Age-27 Breakout Fallacy ) My larger point was that as a guy turning 32, he's not at the edge of a cliff. The folks talking about him like he's Olde And Finishede are off-base. The significant drift starts at 33-34, but as a 1b Morneau draws little value from his defense so he'll be useful as long as he hits. If he can prove in 2013 that he can still hit then he'll probably be able to at 33 as well... ...barring injury. And that recalls my other point: if you're going to discount his value it has to be based on his injuries, and specifically his head. There are dozens of guys over 32 years old who are easily justifying their $13m+ contracts. If you don't believe in him that's perfectly understandable, but for a 2-3 year deal age is not a factor.
  21. Cris E
    I'm not here to defend it, just report it: Slama is on the wrong side of the line that separates prospects and players from minor leaguers. The organization has had countless opportunities to play him and they've rarely done it. Other teams have had the chance to pluck him in Rule V and he's still here. He's at a point where he can choose his own path and I hope he gets a chance.
  22. Cris E
    Slama's not that good. He's funky, and that can play, but he's not a major league player. I hope they let him close at Rochester again, and as soon as he establishes himself (again) they trade him to some team that will give him a chance for some other AAAA guy who was never appreciated by his organization. He should get a chance to prove his mediocrity to the world, and the Twins aren't going to let him.
  23. Cris E
    The money is irrelevant in the next couple seasons. They've got most of the guys they want for the coming four or five years and they won't cost anything. Staggering the arb, as discussed above, makes very good sense because it's so easy to do and simplifies life down the road. Guys that are progressing nicely in Roch or NB can stay there, guys that have nothing at all to prove can come up, and anyone not ready can stay out of the discussion. There really isn't much to play for this year and probably even next, so Ryan will use the calendar. Morneau gets an offer from MN if he's here, period. If he's playing well it'll be a two or three year deal, and if he isn't it'll be a qualifying offer. But the real decision point is earlier: if he's playing average or below by July they'll dump him at the deadline just to free the roster spot for another kid (and avoid the discussion in the off-season.) One other thing: upstream discussions about his age make zero sense for a 32 year old first baseman. If you want to discuss risk talk about his concussions, but 32 is still prime for most positions these days, and doubly so at the corners.
  24. Cris E
    Over, but that's just because 80 is so low and Houston is so bad. They're not getting anywhere near 85 because they'll easily be worse and CLE and KC won't be the empty jerseys they were last year. (I am just not a believer in Peavy holding up for a whole year either. Not sure why, I don't hate the man, but he just feels like one of those really talented guys that only flashes the whole package a few times in his career.)
  25. Cris E
    Under. They had a lot of things go right last year and only reached 88. If anything happens to the pitching staff, specifically the rotation, they're going to be lucky to get that. Hunter will help in the OF, but the bullpen got worse as well. I'm thinking the heart of the staff does stay healthy but enough other stuff goes wrong that they win 90.
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