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  1. Hosken Bombo Disco
    How does losing the quarterback recruit figure into this?
  2. Hosken Bombo Disco
    Good observations.
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    Lots of people have said this, but I don't buy it. I don't think Santana deserves the blame (I know this isn't a blaming thread, sorry) for what happened with the other deficiencies in the lineup. Also, the Twins were 49-40 going into the All Star break. Hard to see how Santana would have made them 53-36 or better! Otherwise I can't disagree with the rest of your list too much.
  4. Hosken Bombo Disco
    Dislike, but good research.
  5. Hosken Bombo Disco
    So what is catching depth in this organization now? 1. Suzuki 1a. Murphy 3. Fryer 4. ?? 5. ????? I can't recall ever needing to go much beyond #3, but it's looking pretty thin if we need to, it seems.
  6. Hosken Bombo Disco
    Suzuki has been a 0.0 WAR player over the last four seasons. Except for the first half of 2014. Which still leaves seven other half seasons over the last four seasons. A zero WAR player is easily replaceable by just about anyone, almost by definition. I would include Pinto, should the Twins have somehow played him regularly last year. I would include Murphy as a good replacement for next year too, should the Twins play him regularly.
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    Agree about Vargas. He needs to hit, hit, hit, and right away. I also think Vargas is a better fielder than Mauer at first (the Twins organization will naturally disagree, whether that's true or not). But like others, I suspect Vargas is just another AAAA guy, in the end. I am usually biased in favor of younger guys but I don't have my hopes up for Vargas like I do Arcia, Meyer, and even still Pinto and Danny Santana to some extent. The question does remain, who can step in and field first base well should Mauer go down. I think Vargas would be the best guy to do that.
  8. Hosken Bombo Disco
    I definitely agree! Obviously there are things we don't know. Maybe Vargas is extremely immature. Who the heck knows. Not me. But for some players, like Arcia and Meyer especially, the handing seems to be something like "the beatings will continue until morale improves." Instead, the Twins should bring them up to MLB, show some confidence in them, and maybe good things happen?
  9. Hosken Bombo Disco
    For sure. I just wonder if he's a guy that gets energized by being in MLB. Maybe his attitude suffers but so what. He wouldn't be the first. We already know he has a ton of talent for hitting a baseball.
  10. Hosken Bombo Disco
    I'm not giving Arcia a pass, any more than some people gave Danny Santana a pass. You can't explain that one, so I won't ask you to try.
  11. Hosken Bombo Disco
    Yes I am too. I don't know your opinion on Arcia, but I am concerned Arcia isn't getting a fair shake, and possibly for reasons other than baseball reasons. I admit Arcia is a barely adequate outfielder, but as a hitter he is very, very good against righties. Who make up the majority of pitchers.
  12. Hosken Bombo Disco
    We'll see. Danny Santana got four months to demonstrate he was the second worst full time hitter in the major leagues last year, ahead of only starting catcher Rene Rivera on the Tampa Bay Rays. I think the Twins could have at least tried Hicks in a platoon for a couple of months, tried Pinto at catcher for a couple of months, and then still traded Hicks in June or July for the same price of a backup catcher if he wasn't working out. The Twins see something in Murphy, so we'll see.
  13. Hosken Bombo Disco
    16 episodes already! I've only listened to a couple, none for a while now, and haven't gotten to the famous TR one yet (probably dated by now). Stick with it.
  14. Hosken Bombo Disco
    You saw that that was a frown emoji, right? Not a smile or wink??
  15. Hosken Bombo Disco
    Really good point. But I saw Hicks more as the calm 'yin' of that hypothetical platoon who actually split time 50/50 despite being on the natural short end, getting some starts vs righties when Arcia needed some cooling off or the when the matchup looked better with Hicks in it, for whatever reason, and then of course the late inning subbing when necessary. When in center, Hicks did not have a great jump on balls behind him, but playing in front of the shorter right field fences mitigated that. Anyway, it's all beside the point now. The Twins have their reasons for doing this which we are not privy to.
  16. Hosken Bombo Disco
    Fun little summary. Very old school, like you said. Three interesting takeaways: 1. The Yankees had been negotiating for Hicks for weeks. 2. The Yankees claim they are taking advantage of the Hunter/Hicks mentorship season. 3. According to Cashman, the Brian McCann - J R Murphy starter-backup catching relationship was basically like the Favre-Rodgers QB relationship in Green Bay! (spoiler: I shouldn't have given that part away
  17. Hosken Bombo Disco
    I agree Buxton might make it opening day. Maybe even lead off. And Sano is more likely to play in the outfield now with Hicks out. The last thing we need is a Buxton-Sano collision in the outfield
  18. Hosken Bombo Disco
    In terms of defense, Fangraphs rates Murphy down at the bottom with Suzuki, Pinto, and Pierzynski. So hopefully Murphy brings some intangibles.
  19. Hosken Bombo Disco
    Here's another thing I don't get. Ryan and Molitor seem very serious in their concern for Sano's strikeout totals. Are they also concerned with Park and Palka's strikeout tendencies?
  20. Hosken Bombo Disco
    Could you relink to that home run video for us?
  21. Hosken Bombo Disco
    What is your opinion on what will happen with Vargas, Plouffe, Arcia, Hicks, Kepler, Walker and the rest? All those guys have value or at least some real potential, but no position to play. At least when Nishioka was signed there was a spot for him.
  22. Hosken Bombo Disco
    The same people who are talking down Plouffe are the same people demanding a Jonathan Lucroy in a Plouffe trade?
  23. Hosken Bombo Disco
    When Terry Ryan says Plouffe is a solid middle of the order bat, I think he means Brian Dozier. As someone said above, if Plouffe was a #7 hitter, he'd be good. There's no reason to go into 2016 with Plouffe hitting behind Sano when Rosario and Dozier are more capable of hitting behind Sano.
  24. Hosken Bombo Disco
    Now that we all agree (not really) that the Twins need to keep Plouffe, the next question is, what could Sano get back in a trade?
  25. Hosken Bombo Disco
    It's good to know there aren't a lot of third baseman on the market this winter. I do think the Twins are overrating Plouffe, however. Like you said, he's not in the upper half of third baseman with the stick. He was outslugged last year by Rosario and Escobar. Plouffe is not a guy we can't live without, and in fact he's blocking our best hitting prospect since Joe Mauer came up. So, there's that.
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