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  1. tarheeltwinsfan
    Thank you Joe. You are a good man and a credit to baseball, the Twins, Minnesota, and to your family and friends. You may have a gnawing question, "Now what ?" That is understandable. Even though you may not know the answers, I am confident you will still be a loving father and husband, a contributor to our world and a good man. Carpe Diem.
  2. tarheeltwinsfan
    I wonder when Wander will be ready to stake his claim to SS? Who was the minor leager reported to have the best glove in the Twins system several years ago and was traded? How is he doing?
  3. tarheeltwinsfan
    I like your hope-filled optimism. The keys are Sano and Buck. If they produce like all of us TD experts think that they can produce, and we add Kirilloff and Lewis full time in 2020 and we tweak RP pitching with Romero and Brusdar and Thorpe and see how they do in relief roles in the majors. we will have a W.S. contender. in 2020. I am hopeful that the above mentioned prospects will get some major league playing time in mid 2019 in order to get accustomed to the majors. I do not want a 2B nor a SS added for more than 1 year. I would prefer a good fielding, hustling SS and go ahead and move Polanco to 2B in 2019 to get him re-accustomed to playing 2B. Leave room for Lewis to come up mid summer 2019. Get Wander healthy and push him to be our next SS or 2B, when Polanco can move to super utility and PH (a la Escobar). But that is 3-4 years down the road. Lewis is special enough to push on up. Kirilloff also. We must have one more FA fire-balling, injury-free reliever. Three year deal. Sign UNC graduate, Andrew Miller. No more Fernando Rodney-types. . Push our top catching prospect Rortvedt to the Blue Wahoos and Jeffers to the Miracle. I am optimistic that the new management and coaches will be just what the doctor ordered.
  4. tarheeltwinsfan
    Funny stuff.Hope Boras reads this.
  5. tarheeltwinsfan
    Donaldson played WR, punter and defensive back in HS. He pitched and played SS in HS . When he went to Auburn for college he moved to catcher for 3 years and was drafted by the Cubs in 2007 as a catcher. He caught in the minors (played some 3B, but mostly caught)and was brought to the majors as a catcher with Oakland, when Suzuki got injured. He caught in the majors and high minors until he was moved to 3B in 2012. He has been on the DL for right shoulder injury, dead arm syndrome, hip injury (2016) and for calf strains (2017 and most of 2018}. It may be that 8 years at catcher and defensive positions in HS football before that, have put Donaldson at risk for future leg injuries. This information must be weighed in any decision to offer him any contract, much less a $25 million a year contract for 3 years. He turns 33 in December.
  6. tarheeltwinsfan
    I would like to hear more about why 1B is a less demanding position for Sano. 1B takes away some of the plus factor of Sano's rocket arm. I realize a 3B must charge slow grounders and fire the ball to 1B, which I think Sano does well. A 1B must also field line drives, grounders, popups, chase foul balls, run into the OF for soft flies, leap for liners, run to his left and right, be involved in catching numerous low throws, high throws, wide throws from infielders, throwing soft tosses to pitchers who are running to 1B and be in danger of being injured in collisions at 1B, I'm not sure where the 1B is supposed to position himself on various throws from the OF vs. where the 3B must position himself on OF throws...but everybody is supposed to be somewhere on every conceivable play. I would like to read more about why Sano should be moved to 1B instead of remaining at 3B.
  7. tarheeltwinsfan
    Too big a risk to trade Castro due to 1) Garver's concussion this past season and due to 2) the drop-off in the Twins' depth chart after Astudillo...and 3) Astudillo is a little iffy if he were to become our primary catcher out of necessity. Don't get me wrong, I really like Astudillo, but I'm not ready to hand him the primary catcher job.
  8. tarheeltwinsfan
    This is why the Twins should attempt to sign Buxton to an extension now.
  9. tarheeltwinsfan
    Berrios? Point made.
  10. tarheeltwinsfan
    I believe this list will provide some great minor league baseball next year. I want to see the Pensacola stadium. It looks beautiful in a picture I saw...water on the background. Beautiful stadium, Royce Lewis, Alex Kirilloff, Brusdar G., Rortvedt, Jose Miranda, et. al., and the Gulf Coast in the spring. Sounds like a fun road trip (10 hours from where I live in NC). Are any of the TD contributors familiar with the Pensacola stadium?
  11. tarheeltwinsfan
    It could be good if if Lewis and Kirilloff are on the Twins roster.
  12. tarheeltwinsfan
    Reading this article is a great way to start my day, Seth. Thank you.
  13. tarheeltwinsfan
    Your logic makes sense...but I really like Eddie Rosario. He is a likable person, from what I have seen at spring training and a caring person, based on his help with Puerto Rico disaster relief. MLB needs more players like Eddie Rosario...and so do the Twins.
  14. tarheeltwinsfan
    Good point Siebiscuit. Thanks for getting me back on track for a "legitimate discussion" about whether signing Cruz to only DH is a good idea. I contend that it is not, due to the plethora of alternatives available to DH for the Twins next year, all of whom can play defensive positions.
  15. tarheeltwinsfan
    Yes to everything except Donaldson.Too risky. Keep Astudillo and save 12.5 million. Willians is a defensively versatile, good hitting baseball player. Gonzales can play 3B. Keep the really good fielding RF which we already have. I want a super fielding OF. to go with our improved IF defense. Look at Boston's OF. Kepler still has untapped potential. The change of manager and coaches may work wonders for several of the Twins young players. I want motivation from my manager more than strategy. Non-tender Grossman and keep Reed as a good fielding, fast, right handed hitting outfielder. This will save another 3.5 million, plus Reed has more of a future upside than Grossman...plus it will allow for a good defensive replacement in OF ( you traded Cave in your scenario).
  16. tarheeltwinsfan
    Sorry, but I would not want to owe a 35 year old pitcher 104.5 million dollars over the next 3 years. That;s almost a fifth of the Twins' probable budget for salaries for the next 3 years The Twins would be buying Greinke's declining years.Too many eggs in one older basket.
  17. tarheeltwinsfan
    How did LoMo work out?
  18. tarheeltwinsfan
    This is true and no one else has addressed this important issue. There is more than one variable at play here. As that great American economist, Cuba Gooding Jr. said: "Show me the money".
  19. tarheeltwinsfan
    For all sad words of tongue and pen, the saddest are these: "It might have been".
  20. tarheeltwinsfan
    Pee Wee Reese and Dizzy Dean were the best ever. "He slud into second, Pardner!"
  21. tarheeltwinsfan
    This looks like a solid pick. Good numbers in AA and AAA. If he is a better fielder than Jake Cave (not Jake Reed as the article stated), then this seems like a smart move by the Twins.
  22. tarheeltwinsfan
    Reed is better than 2 of them.
  23. tarheeltwinsfan
    Great report. Thanks.
  24. tarheeltwinsfan
    The dozen I consider marginal include Busenitz, Curtiss, De Jong, Drake, Duffey, Gonsalves, Littell, Magill, Moya, Slegers, Stewart, and Vasquez. I expect many of you will disagree and still consider a few of these good prospects who may help the club next year. But really, is there one player in that group you can write into the opening day roster in ink? Vasquez.
  25. tarheeltwinsfan
    15 years if the Twins start winning consistently.
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