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  1. USAFChief
    Twins Wins: 37.5 OVER Mauer's OPS: .815 UNDER Dozier HRs: 14.5 UNDER Sano HRs: 9.5 OVER Hicks: .350 OBP UNDER Sano OPS: .900 UNDER Hunter HR: 8.5 UNDER Perkins Saves: 22.5 OVER Gibson ERA: 3.25 OVER Santana ERA: 3.50 OVER Hughes ERA: 3.75 UNDER Arcia PA: 150 UNDER Buxton PA: 150 UNDER Trevor May Starts: 5.5 UNDER Mike Pelfrey Starts: 5.5 OVER Alex Meyer IP: 6.5 OVER Jose Berrios IP: 15.5 UNDER Kurt Suzuki OPS: .600 OVER RP acquired via free agency and trade: 1.5 UNDER Catchers acquired via trade: 0.5 OVER Trevor Plouffe OPS: .775 OVER Brian Duensing ERA: 3.80 OVER Blaine Boyer ERA: 3.80 OVER Casey Fien ERA: 3.80 UNDER
  2. USAFChief
    Once you remove Sano and Buxton, this list is pretty weak, IMO.
  3. USAFChief
    Maybe so. Doubtful, IMO, but maybe so. But that's not directly related to "What's his worth in a trade to other teams." He HAS had a tough season, and it hasn't even been in the big leagues. And he's not THAT young. He might be a big side of a platoon, which knocks his value down, and he's probably not going to become a much better OFer, further knocking his value down. In any case, he's definately not part of "too expensive" when talking about getting back a catcher that you hope fills the position well for a number of years. Same for Meyer. I know many prospect fans don't want to hear it, but the luster is off Meyer, at least in terms of what he's "worth." At this point, he's just another struggling big arm, trying to find success at AAA (and not finding much of it, BTW) for more than a season. History of arm problems. Most teams have similar players. And most of those guys end up not becoming good big league players.
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    If two players with multiple years of AAA experience, neither of which are currently deemed good enough to be on the 2015 big league team, is too expensive, then it will not be possible to upgrade catcher through a trade. Teams are not going to improve the Twins out of a sense of charity. At this point, both Meyer and Arcia would be viewed as suspects more than prospects by everyone except us. And rightly so.
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    To belabor a point...or beat a dead horse...or make a pest of myself...if it's his last rodeo, then what do we care if he is getting everyday play in Rochester, or a few PAs a week in Minnesota?
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    Poop.
  7. USAFChief
    If he's failing already (can't hit when he plays everyday), do we care if he's not playing every day? Myself, Im more worried about the Twins 2015 W-L record anyway than the small chance a hundred less PAs sets up Arcia for failure.
  8. USAFChief
    Nice job, spinowner! Shameless plug: looking for game thread vols for the second and third games of the upcoming LAAofAofCofUSA series.
  9. USAFChief
    I wouldnt give one thought to "Arcia needs to play every day." Arcia is 24. He has been in professional baseball since 2008. He has over 850 MLB PAs. He's out of options in 2016. The AAA season is over in a month and a half. He's a better hitter on the bench than Robinson. The Twins are in a postseason chase. Hunter could use a day off per week. Plouffe too, maybe twice a month, against a tough RHer. There are opportunities to get Arcia 6-8 PAs per week, all the expense of losing Shane Robinson, who does basically nothing. And people are seriously more worried about an extra 100 PAs in Rochester?
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    Concur, but I'd go so far as to say this has been an identifiable problem since the Twins became relevant, in early to mid May. For whatever reason, TR has virtually ignored the problem, and it has cost them. Perhaps not as much as it should have, but it has cost them. There should have been an effort to bolster the pen a long time ago, IMO.
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    I'll pay up just for offering the bet.
  12. USAFChief
    I really liked the possibilities May presented as a short reliever, for 2015 anyway. But they've had three weeks and made no effort to make that transition. Do so, or put him back in the rotation, or send him to AAA as a starter to keep him stretched out. But don't waste him. Sheesh.
  13. USAFChief
    A part of me wonders if Danny Santana turns that hard one hopper in the ninth into the third out. He's quicker to his feet, and has a better arm than Escobar.
  14. USAFChief
    I would have handed the ball to May to start the 10th, but that's not the issue. The issue is, if the Twins take themselves seriously, Blane Boyer and Casey Fien can't be the first two righties out of the pen. That's not good enough. Maybe May can be part of the solution, but they've had three weeks to make that transition happen, and have made no effort to do so. Regardless, they need bullpen help. Stat. Even if May, or Pelfrey, becomes a setup guy. So either use your minor league talent in trade to go get some, or just come out and tell us all you don't have the will to do so. This isn't on Molitor. This is squarely on Terry Ryan.
  15. USAFChief
    How much value does a pinch runner bring anyway?
  16. USAFChief
    What I want to see is him try to UNdress the elephant in the room. Now that would be courageous.
  17. USAFChief
    All nine positions in one game...Cesar Tovar. Best thread ever, by the way.
  18. USAFChief
    They also produce the packaging used for their dairy products. The packaging...for their dairy products...that'd be the cows, amiright?
  19. USAFChief
    peel? Peel an avocado? Son of a ...
  20. USAFChief
    winnah. ho-hum. all this winning is getting boring.
  21. USAFChief
    I predict a Chitown post in 3, 2, 1...
  22. USAFChief
    A little something to put in your will?
  23. USAFChief
    That's just a foul ball in Oakland
  24. USAFChief
    In all seriousness, McDonald's ice cream is quite good, IMO.
  25. USAFChief
    If Oakland doesn't score this series, I can see us taking 2 of 3.
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