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  1. This is the problem. It is very easy for us to sit at our computers and say "trade this guy" or "trade that guy," but none of us really knows what is on offer for any of the Twins' assets. I'm sure that the Twins' front office (old or new) is listening and talking and bargaining and dealing. But sometimes you just never get a deal that makes sense and you end up keeping the asset instead of selling at a cut-rate price (e.g., Suzuki in July, Plouffe both in winter and in July, and probably a lot more guys that we didn't know they were considering trading). Without sitting in the GM's chair and knowing what the true, available options are, it's pretty harsh to criticize him for not making a deal. Of course, if we didn't do that it would make this site a lot less interesting, especially during the close season!
  2. Thanks for all the great work you do on this site. It's my first click in the morning and has brought me much closer to the Twins in the last few years.
  3. You could have voted for Eduardo Escobar. He had the best ERA and WHIP.
  4. A couple of questions on ages: Can Slegers really be 21 if he was drafted in 2013 after his junior year of college? He would have had to start college at 15. And if Rosario was drafted as a 16-year old in 2010, shouldn't that make him 22 now, not 24?
  5. It's a problem for the Twins that there seems to be a glut of outstanding second-basemen right now. There are a lot of teams whose best player (or close to best) plays 2B. Altuve, Pedroia, Kipnes, Cano, Kinsler, are all excellent with the bat, and that's just the American League. Has there ever been a time with more outstanding offensive talent at this traditionally defensive position? It makes it hard to trade him when second base is a position of strength for so many trading partners.
  6. Thanks, Mike. Haven't been to a Hops game yet. I live on the east side and it's a long drive usually at a bad time of day ...
  7. I remember Brito well from his Portland days! Civic Stadium, where the Beavers played, had a big blue version of the Green Monster. It was tailor-made for Brito's powerful uppercut right-handed swing. I even suggested that the concession stands start selling Bernardo Burritos! (Perhaps packaged with Hale Chips, in honor of 2B Chip Hale.) Those were fun days, going to games with a total attendance of a couple hundred in a stadium with a capacity of about 20,000 made me feel like a true die-hard. I used to sit in front of the scouts behind home plate and listen to their banter. You could actually hear the sarcastic comments of fans on the other side of the stadium. A different fan experience ...
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