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  1. mickeymental
    yank-mees
  2. mickeymental
    hicks ops .702
  3. mickeymental
    what if danny santana is back on track? makes for a pretty solid lineup ...
  4. mickeymental
    WOW!
  5. mickeymental
    get the fork out?
  6. mickeymental
    unnecessary trade? maybe. panic move? hardly. guerra (2), gomez (3), mulvey (4) and humber (7) were all ranked among baseball america's top mets prospects in november 2007. they also rated gomez the best athlete, best outfield arm, best outfielder and fastest baserunner in the mets system. and, as previously mentioned, he became the third-best position player in his first year with the twins, at least according to war. under typical circumstances, ten years is a long time to wait for a prospect. but guerra apparently signed at age 16, which is not exactly typical. by the way, baseball prospectus says that, between 2005-2009, the AVERAGE age of a major league debut was 24.4. so guerra is an outlier but not by all that much ...
  7. mickeymental
    what if there are two #9 hitters?
  8. mickeymental
    i'm not a big believer in war, but fangraphs shows the 22-year-old gomez at 2.7 in his first year with the twins -- 77th best position player in all of baseball (and third best on the twins). as for guerra, 26 isn't old for a pitcher to make his debut (looks like maybe the twins shoulda hung to him just one more year!). anyway, when you trade a great 29-year-old pitcher for an all-star-to-be outfielder and a teen pitcher that eventually makes the majors, well, that's a pretty good deal -- as long as your organization has some patience (which the twins didn't show with gomez, guerra OR hardy). so it wasn't their evaluation of talent that was lacking, it was that they weren't willing to wait (or, in gomez's case, that they didn't seem to like his personality). i will agree with you on this: considering that all four (five counting hardy) are no longer with the twins, keeping santana for one more year would have probably been the best move. but that's really just evidence of hindsight being 20/20. by the way and according to fangraphs, gomez's war since leaving the mets is 23.9.
  9. mickeymental
    guerra arrived for his 19-year-old season; gomez arrived for his 22-year-old season. one is a borderline star (finished 9th and 16th in mvp voting) who, for the most part, has been in the majors ever since. the other, still only 26, may yet be a star. they were PROSPECTS and four to seven years seems like a pretty appropriate standard. how long should it have taken for them to establish themselves? and, actually, if buxton's 22-year-old 2016 season matches gomez's first year with the twins, he'd be off to an ok start. if anything, the twins made a good deal but were too impatient with their haul (humber's perfecto was indeed a fluke, although there were many who ironically pointed to it as yet another sign of front-office malpractice on behalf of the twins). but seven years later i'd say maybe you have it backwards: the trade looks even better relative to johan's unfortunate health problems.
  10. mickeymental
    that much-maligned johan santana trade actually took in a pretty good haul (two current major leaguers and a guy who tossed a perfecto).
  11. mickeymental
    don't forget punto to do some soloing ...
  12. mickeymental
    he'll almost certainly hit more than herrmann and could hit more than suzuki. plus he's probably decent behind the plate. and they're probably shopping for something better. what's not to like?
  13. mickeymental
    joe mauer is hitting like a man stuck with fork.
  14. mickeymental
    maybe sano should be the second all star.
  15. mickeymental
    doesn't seem quite right that the twins own the fifth-best record in a 15-team league (0.5 games behind the third-best record) but only have one representative ...
  16. mickeymental
    may time?
  17. mickeymental
    well, if hughes can average seven pitches over the next three innings he oughta be able to hand things off directly to perkins ...
  18. mickeymental
    here's the, um, good news: boyer and thompson threw only eight pitches combined -- they'll be ready to go tomorrow!
  19. mickeymental
    looks like molitor is back to being a bad manager.
  20. mickeymental
    can they put ervin back in?
  21. mickeymental
    molitor seems to be managing a little better of late.
  22. mickeymental
    all things considered, looks like the best possible lineup. unless nunez can catch.
  23. mickeymental
    put perkins in the outfield and bring him to the mound every time runners are in scoring position.
  24. mickeymental
    neftali feliz? just designated for assignment and still 27.
  25. mickeymental
    this year's team has pluck and mettle. (but not enough bullpen.)
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