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  1. Hosken Bombo Disco
    Bumping this-- it's the coaches who might provide the veteran presence or been-there-before leadership. A player hanging around primarily because he's a veteran is redundant and a waste of a spot. Not sure any of this is even debatable. Interestingly, the 1999-2001 teams never really had that veteran presence, yet still overachieved in 2001 and then went to the ALCS in 2002.
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    Nice to see some passion from you, one of the more smart and level headed contributors here at Twins Daily. I agree with you on this. It's all just so strange.
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    To all the people complaining that Bartlett and Kubel are back on the team, just remember how aggressively the Twins pursued Garza and Pierzynski too. And Guerrier will make an appearance too at some point.
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    Reveresie For all his shortcomings, Revere could chase down a liner in the gap as well as anyone. At times it was beauty. And he could steal the next base those few times he did reach base. To bring it back around to the subject of the thread, maybe the Twins wait a year to trade Revere, ease Hicksie into the outfield role (in place of Willingham), and then when the opportunity come to trade Revere, get something other than Worley or May. As long as most of us are second guessing we could also second guess letting Revere go a year early.
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    I will defer to your direct observation of him over a quote I read in the paper. I guess I was glad to see Diamond had some inner fire, anyway, in contrast to maybe someone like Kubel, whose attitude this spring I would paraphrase as "this is a waste of time; I'll start trying to hit when the games actually matter" (but again, that's based on only the quotes I've read from him (and his performance).
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    "I love playing with this organization, but if they don't see it that way, I want to pitch in the major leagues. I'm a major league pitcher. I'm not a minor-league pitcher. Whether the Twins think I am, that's up to them to decide." Great statement, great quote. With this attitude Diamond will certainly pitch in the majors again somewhere. Best wishes to him.
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    First paragraph. If you are referring to Worley, then yes. Whoever named Worley opening day starter when Worley was coming off a very seriously injured and was not close to fully recovered, that person would be directly accountable for making a harmful decision for the organization.
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    I do see the case for taking failures on an individual basis but for me those failures have been adding up for several years now. I'm curious to know if at the highest strategic levels the Twins brass are privately telling each other that each player needs to be evaluated in a vacuum, and that there's nothing more to it than that. Your question of whether it's possible that the field leadership is actually getting great results? Well here's how I answer.. Sure there have been successes, Mauer, Perkins, bullpens, Diamond '12, Pavano, maybe Dozier or Correia (success is a generous word here), behind that line of thinking always seems to come the idea that our coaches and instructors are squeezing every productive drop out of these guys. In other words, yeah but if it weren't for the leadership and expertise of St. Peter or Gardy or Andy or Antony or TK or whoever, this team might have finished as bad as 57-105, but we outplayed our ability to a record of 66-96 instead. And that somehow settles the accountability question.
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    ? did you read any of the original post or just the headline or you just feel like generalizing tonight
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    Joe, I think some of us have heard the "blame the player" explanation a few too many times to just keep swallowing it whole. At some point you would broaden the investigation, right?
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    Someone suggested the Twins send Worley to AAA to work in short relief -- was that you? I thought it sounded like a good idea. If Worley can't get through 4, 5, 6 innings, break the task down and let him work on getting three outs instead. Build him back up. No easy answers. I'd add Diamond too. In 2012 the Twins spoke of Diamond as the real deal, a great find, someone who would be a regular starter for us. If not a fireballer then at least in the "crafty left hander" mold. I wasn't on these boards in 2012 so maybe there are countless threads demonstrating Diamond's imminent demise, who knows. I'm more disappointed Diamond didn't work out than Worley but disappointed about Worley too.
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    Why would beat writers need to be critical anymore when they've got us?
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    I think what most concerned a lot of TD posters like myself, was that Pinto might not even make the team. Well, he made the team. This won't be a settled starter-backup situation where the backup guy only plays day games after night games or catches a single pitcher. Pinto is going to play quite a bit. In my ideal world yeah it would be a Pinto/Herrmann competition this year but it is what it is, Suzuki is on a one year contract.
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    I dont think Berardino is a mouthpiece at all. If anything, the opposite. The direct quote is the key in this case. Most anything the front office says this week will be newsworthy to some degree. Which is also to say that Antony has a hard job being under a microscope right now. But some reporters would have left out the lukewarm endorsement of Duensing. There's probably no deeper meaning in it but it's worth reporting anyway. Duensing has had a good run as a Twin, nothing to hang his head about, but I don't know that he's making the team this year.
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    Wouldn't he still be playing under the terms of the contract he signed when he turned professional?
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    Because it's tradition, I don't think the player just optioned will get much sympathy. There have been good discussions on TD about whether we should try to "lock up" Buxton and Sano with a contract like this but challenging service time is a new wrinkle. I subscribe to the belief that teams should just play their best 25 guys and be really really grateful if a player you've drafted and developed proves to be so valuable that you might have to pay him sooner rather than later.
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    Well, screaming isn't allowed at Twins Daily As camp has gone on, yes, to me Kubel has had the feeling of more and more inevitability even despite his performance. And if he's not hitting he's not filling a need. I've got to think not everyone in the front office is going-ho about Kubel, though. Parker H. has posted heat charts here on TD, and Kubel's swing has developed a massive hole where the high strike is, and I've got to think opponents are aware of this and will start exploiting it once the games count.
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    I'd rather have Thielbar and cut ties with either Duensing or Diamond (or both and add Tonkin).
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    All make the team?..
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    That sounds right. The "expected rainout" excuse for starting with four starters feels a little off to me.
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    Yes, reinforcing the suspicion that this is a team sorely in need of p.r. fundamentals! This was an easy win, turned into a minor debacle. It's not like we're talking about Worley. Once LENIII's leak on Gibson appeared, the inner circle needs to get on the same page (I assume they have each other's phone numbers) and in this case, immediately own it: "Yes, Gibson will be our fifth starter. He's had a great spring and we're confident he is ready to contribute," said Antony. Done. Being a Twins fan is hard work these days--they should pay us, not the other way around
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    Now we read that the Twins are upset that Gibson has been named a starter?
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    Good correction. And I like Dozier. I had Plouffe in mind when I wrote that, and also the revolving door of mostly futile SS/2B since Bartlett was traded -- and there's nothing wrong with acquiring another team's prospects either, for sure.
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    Hi Twinkie. I think many people here will agree with you on most points EXCEPT the Span for Meyer trade. Are you that pessimistic on Meyer? In my opinion he just doesnt quite have the seasoning/innings yet to be a regular contributor. True he pitched college though. I think the Twins are making the right decisions for him. We could see him at some point this summer. The pattern of evaluation: Twins can't seem to develop an infielder any more to save their lives. But look at what they've done with center fielders -- pretty impressive. I think that was the reasoning behind dealing Span and Revere, that Hicks was getting close, and now we're seeing Buxton coming along too.
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