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  1. Agreed, but the timing is off for this year and possibly next.
  2. In support of the belief that the Twins may have somehow failed Buxton by not letting him fail......and in support of my argument that players should be promoted faster as a rule..... Weenie 12:43 Do you think Dipoto seems to be a little too aggressive with promoting his prospects? White, Lewis, and Dunn haven’t played AAA and Sheffield struggled there last year, yet Dipoto seems to imply that all 4 are likely to have an opening day roster spot. Eric A Longenhagen 12:44 No, I think more and more teams are pushing guys until they fail, then slowing down, and I think this strategy is appropriate. I'm not sure the PCL is great for dev.
  3. The pen does look like it will be one of the better ones. I like the odds one of the AAA/AA pitchers really steps up in the bullpen this year also. Of course, they need to get to the 6th inning first.....
  4. I literally have no idea what this post means.
  5. I'm not sure how a salary cap helps with the "no one wants to come to MN" problem. Do the Twins have a disadvantage compared to higher revenue teams? Yes....yes they do. But they've chosen to be in this business, and it is their job to overcome those disadvantages. Or not. They can choose to ride that space of spending just enough to be just good enough, and hope to get lucky occasionally. Also their choice how they invest.
  6. That's not what your post said........and, I acknowledged that it might be good. But it is not true that only the best players are off the board. As for who you want.....you literally only wanted a team that has 2.25 open starting pitching spots to sign one of three starting pitchers? That seems like a bad plan to me. I don't really care about the reaction of fans, frankly. The Twins should, but I don't.
  7. Of Fangraphs top 23 starting pitchers, 18 are off the board. So, yes, they have missed on others..... Now, whether that is good or bad I don't know, but it isn't true only the undoable are gone.
  8. I think there is a limit to the number of pitchers also....so, ya, no.
  9. Meh, I mean, no harm, but I hope that is more hope than plan. He's shown nothing lately.
  10. My prediction, for what it is worth, is that Thorpe and Gaterol are relievers long term. Dobnak will go back and forth to AAA for a few years as a starter.
  11. The Mets won 86 games in the best division in baseball....and some are predicting they will be better this year. How are they poorly run? I mean, they might be.....but results aren't indicating that. Enlow will be lucky to sniff the majors. You'd have to include one of the top SP prospects in this deal.
  12. Correct, the current FO has picked position players in round one. But, the previous FO missed on Stewart, Gordon, and Jay. Probably on Gordon, there is still hope on him at least.
  13. Nearly all of those teams were better set up going into the off season. And, I'm interested in this team getting better. And to pick a nit, the Nationals brought back Strasburg....on a huge free agent deal. There is limited supply of the type of player this team needs, which shrinks nearly daily. I am still predicting Ryu is here, but I am beginning to question myself....
  14. Well, they haven't used a first round pick on a pitcher yet..... Ace or no ace. There aren't many very good pitchers on bad teams to trade for. So I'm at a loss for how to fix it this year, given they did not acquire starters in previous years in enough numbers. Missing out on three straight top ten picks is a killer.
  15. That's not a fair trade for the Mets at all.
  16. https://www.fangraphs.com/roster-resource/depth-charts/twins This year they should add, I'm guessing, 7 players from the minors will debut that were acquired in trade. That changes if they sign a 1B and another SP......
  17. Uh, wut? Nelson Cruz has fWAR.......fWAR is also not focused on fielding. And no one has been able to come up with a good way to measure managers, despite years of effort.
  18. Agreed. This was obviously going to be a problem in 19 and beyond......it needs to be fixed. Perhaps they will manage to be right about enough of the players they have added, but that is unlikely to help in 20, and barely likely to be enough in 21. Not impossible, but not likely that they can rely only on internal options or cheap signings. I'm still hopeful they sign Ryu and/or make a trade, but as I've said for a year, there just aren't many currently good MLB starting pitchers available.....because most of the good pitchers are on playoff contenders.
  19. so, national writers should say what, about swings? Nothing? Other than that, I have no issue with your post/opinion. It's all a matter of projection at this point.
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