Shane Wahl
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Wait, JC and I have brought about this melee? I am honored to be in such company. I am way more guilty though.
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Three years can get you Hughes and Feldman pretty easily. Santana might demand 4 years unless the dollar amount is high for the three years. I would honestly look to give market value and then add money in incentives to try to entice. Probably innings pitched. Santana at 3/45 plus up to 3 million a year in incentives might be enticing to him. I would like an owner to approach the market in this way. Build in incentives that you aren't going to mind paying since it will mean good-great performance. -
Part of my thing is that the Twins need to figure out who is going to be there around the stars: Mauer, Buxton, Sano, and Rosario. I like the idea of rolling with Hicks for that reason. I don't like the idea of him just hanging out in AAA after this MLB time. I never like the idea of promoting up to the majors and then sending players back down. Parmelee is a good example of this. If they just would have been patient with both Parmelee and Hicks and put them in AAA to begin with in those respective seasons, it would have been much better. Dozier goes against my point in one way, but re-affirms the point in another. Obviously he went back down, but he also was back up in 2013 at the beginning of the season and then learned something thanks to Bruno.
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By the way, Hicks was injured in AAA. After he came back at the very end he started hitting well. And hitting RHP.
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I really like the term "OBP-phobic" a lot.
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Done! And I *really* like that cover photo. It says so, so much about everything with this organization. Joe looks for other competent players. Joe looks at empty seat. Joe proudly wears his catching gear for the last time.
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Buxton in CF, Hicks in RF or LF is definitely the future. Maybe not appropriate for this thread, but where do you put Buxton in the lineup?
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(And I only get angry at smart people). This means Seth is smart. But we knew that.
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By the way, I think I should change my avatar. Having it makes me more and more surly. Also, for the record, I am not a Big Ten college professor. I did teach at Purdue as a grad student, but I am now employed at the community college in town. Servicing the poor and whatnot. Teaching Nietzsche to poor people . . .
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With regard to Mr. Hicks vs. Mr. Presley: I am not ignoring Hicks's season numbers, but I do think that people might be ignoring his post April numbers. Basically around .700 OPS is what one could quite expect from someone skipping a level, especially in his case. I rather like the idea, still, of Hicks and Dozier at the top of the order against lefties. The point (quite lost . . . my fault, clearly) is about the Twins continuing to acquire AAAA players instead of either signing legitimate MLB players or playing prospects. The Thomas/Presley duo was necessary last year sans Hicks and Mastroianni. Going forward, though? Presley is not a major league leadoff hitter. It's embarrassing that this team considers him a "catalyst" and is going to give him this roster spot and this lineup spot. TR's comments about Presley (and I will assume Gardenhire loves him) are just another example of why I have finally come around to wanting these two guys fired. There is no statistical basis for Presley love, esp. starting at the top of the lineup. Isn't that clear? Dude has spent a lot of time in AAA and that has not translated to major league success beyond 4 OF.
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I understand, Glunn. Thank you.
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4 seasons at AAA. His 821 plate appearances amount to a .304 OBP in the major leagues. Why would any sane organization ever put a guy like this as their leadoff man? Dozier and Hicks serve as the right guys right now. And they aren't 28/29 years old. Filling in the roster with AAAA guys is NOT the right approach to rebuild and be successful. That, we know, is the Terry Ryan-Ron Gardenhire approach. It doesn't work.
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A career .304 leadoff man. What is "solid" about that in the leadoff position. I know that Terry Ryan (who I did not, at all, rail against until 2013) calls him a "catalyst" but aside from that lie, what is there worthwhile in .304 career OBP guy serving as a leadoff hitter?
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Cycles (as in: hell, this will all come around again, no matter how inept management is), Mike Pelfrey as a viable free agent signing, and Alex Presley as a leadoff man will be the attitude that guarantees YEARS of future ineptitude and future apologies for the ineptitude. I am continuing blogging here as I am not done with my prospect updates. Other than that, I have to step aside from paying attention to the rampant bowing down to the status quo by those in Twins Centric.
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Alex Presley is not "solid." Good god. He can only make a career out of *potentially* being a good fourth OF. His "leadoff approach" has amounted to a career .304 OBP. That is a damn embarrassment. Gardy likes him, so you do too, right? It amazes me how TD is full of non-independence right now. This is apologetics for the status quo at every turn. Cycles and now defenses of Alex Presley as the 2014 leadoff man! Alex Presley leading off is a tell-tale sign that the Twins have just given up again.
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Pardon the French: Presley is a ****ing "catalyst type player." No he isn't. No. No. No. What an abomination of a move by this GM. He says "catalyst" and this manager does nothing but put him at the top of the order. It is clear that the value in playing Hicks in CF and at 7/1 in the lineup with Dozier second against lefties (and 1st against righties somehow) outweighs ****ing around with another 4th OF thrust into the starting role. Clete Thomas was an embarrassment. I was appalled at the time. That he lasted tells you what you need to know about him.
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Sorry, forgot about Ibarra. You are very right. I just forgot about him. The bullpen can ALWAYS be fine in this org. That is what my studies about prospect movement trends ALWAYS pointed out. Burton, Duensing, and Fien are easy trade pieces. There is NO reason not to trade all of them. Couple them with prospects or Willingham, Doumit, and Swarzak. The return? One Sulbaranesque trade would be worth it, two whoa, three a damn gold mine.
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By the way, it is a major org. mistake to put Presley out there instead of Hicks. Hicks should be the starting CF and 7th or so right now except vs. lefties where he should bat FIRST in front of Dozier and then Mauer. Alex Presley is like Mike Pelfrey in so many ways that I want to vomit. Hicks needs to be there. Full stop. Presley as the fourth OF instead of Mastro is fine.
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Yes. There is no reason that Martis got any innings, there. Aside from giving him some more money. Seriously. Trevor May was the choice there to get innings against big league batters. Full stop.
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It is not surprising at all that Roenicke shares this fate. It's middle relief at best for this guy and the Twins system is full of replacements. FULL. How can anyone watching the minor leagues be surprised by that? Oliveros, Watts, Achter, and Guerra are clear replacements. This is obvious, again. Good grief.
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This "cycle" stuff takes the cake. I think I am going to have to leave Twins Daily for a few days to get my flabbergasted head in order. This was the last straw in the tortured defense of the status quo.
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Two since 1990. I know there are bound to be others. Yeah, just a cycle!!!!
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Cyclical? Sure it can be cyclical if a team relies almost exclusively on the draft. A team that pursues free agents, spends some money, uses those free agents or flips them for more youth like the Twins do . . . oh wait. They don't do that. And now Terry Ryan is essentially a Supreme Court justice for this organization. So that cycle . . . it gonna last 10 years total? Cyclical? How many teams have had three 96+ seasons in a row in MLB?
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Article: Right Man for the Job
Shane Wahl replied to Seth Stohs's topic in Twins Daily Front Page News
Maybe another way to look at the past three years is to check the "what if" posts made by various people (I believe Seth did one last year and this year) with regard to "if X can remain healthy, if X finds the strike zone, if X prospect emerges", etc. etc. "then the Twins have a chance at a competitive team." Take the list for going into 2012, the list for going into 2013, and then make a list for going into 2014 and see if that list has gotten bigger each year or not. I look toward 2014 and have to believe the list is bigger than ever. Going into 2013 the list would include Morneau bouncing back . . . but everything else on that list, ranging from the emergence of Aaron Hicks to the "progress" of Trevor Plouffe to mitigating the SP deficit is the same. I mean, I would contend that we still don't know about Parmelee and even Hendriks in full still. Now add in Mauer's health concerns again, Willingham returning to even a shadow of 2012, multiple prospects emerging, Dozier a fluke?, the SP situation looks actually worse with more question marks now than even last year, etc. The rebuild hasn't even officially started yet! Things are going backwards with more hope and dream "what ifs" to become relevant and get over even 70 wins! And *no one* gets held accountable for this? -
Article: Can Ron Gardenhire Develop Young Players?
Shane Wahl replied to John Bonnes's topic in Twins Daily Front Page News
By the way: another explanation for TR's devotion to Gardenhire: he now feels really guilty about trading both Span and Revere and leaving the CF situation in shreds. So this is his chance to let Gardy have the time to get the other end of the deals (May and Meyer).
