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  1. USAFChief
    Maybe not. Then I say "no deal." But I think Sano and Nolasco for Hamels is a realistic trade framework, and in the ballpark of what Philly eventually settles for. Perhaps you have to tweak the deal by adding minor parts on both sides. They want premium prospect(s) and salary relief. They aren't going to get a more highly rated prospect. And they'd be getting something like $60m in salary relief. Hamels is owed something like $90m over the next 3.75 seasons, Nolasco something like $34m over the next 2.75. Philly gets both parts they want in a trade, Twins get a top of the rotation starter for the next few years, at much less cost than would be available via free agency.
  2. USAFChief
    your first two paragraphs seem to contradict each other. No team had more young talent, with more on the way. How the heck were they going to squeeze Profar into the lineup?? There is nothing so over rated as prospects, IMO. Except ours, of course.
  3. USAFChief
    It would be 3.75 years of Hamels, not 3. Plus a team option. All of which align with the time frame when the prospect mavens tell us the Twins should be improving into contention. I think you could dump Nolasco's contract by trading Sano, so reduce Hamels' costs by that amount, too. If Sano is as good as many hope, he can certainly play 10 years or more, but how much that will cost is anyone's guess. The thing is, he might also never amount to anything worth even $6m, much less $60m. There's a much greater chance Hamels is worth a great deal of money over the next three years than Sano earning $60M over the next 10.
  4. USAFChief
    I disagree, for several reasons. One, I think that's a slap in the face to the team, and to many fans. Players play to win. I watch hoping to win. When you have a chance to win, you should go for it, IMO. Two, if you wait to see who develops the best, not only have you sacrificed the present, you lost all or most of the potential value of all the other prospects in your system. The Twins should have an idea of who they think is a real prospect, and who is false gold. Act on that information, and get some present value for the prospects you don't think you'll need, or won't have room for. Three, at the very least, you're not going to have space on the 40 man roster if you keep all the prospects in the minors waiting for them to prove themselves. Then what? You lose them, and get nothing now, AND nothing in the future from them.
  5. USAFChief
    I still think the bullpen needs help, or it will prove too costly to overcome. Outside of that, they could use one middle of the order bat. Both of those areas could, and I stress could, get some help from the minors if they can just hold off another few weeks. .
  6. USAFChief
    I would agree with that. If Sano pushes his way to the majors, they don't have to move Plouffe to play him. He could most likely play a passable corner outfield.
  7. USAFChief
    Hamels tossed 200 innings of 2.46 ERA ball last year, has a sub 3 ERA this year. Personally, I don't give a rat's behind what his WAR was. Or is.
  8. USAFChief
    Honest answer....don't know. Perhaps the Twins don't have one. All I know is, serious major league teams don't put guys with back to back sub-.400 SLG seasons in the three hole, and Mauer's on his way to just that.
  9. USAFChief
    winnah!
  10. USAFChief
    Tulo, after we send Duensing and Nolasco to Colorado.
  11. USAFChief
    Exactly. If that was the 9th, he makes Panda hit that grounder right at Dozier. Roles.
  12. USAFChief
    I hate to be a hater, but how much longer can the Twins put Mauer in the 3 spot in the lineup?
  13. USAFChief
    derr....500 OBP against him that inning.
  14. USAFChief
    I was thinking more along the lines of the devil: "Hey...we had a DEAL!"
  15. USAFChief
    Me too, 'cept bath, then consumption
  16. USAFChief
    I'm not sufficiently buckled in.
  17. USAFChief
    well, we've all been there a time or two.
  18. USAFChief
    Yeah...but who doesn't love spaghetti-o's?
  19. USAFChief
    Gary Sheffield...another in the line of hitters who seemed to thrive on Twins pitching.
  20. USAFChief
    Nice story...good idea to start planting the seed of "reasonable doubt" in the jury's mind as soon as practicable.
  21. USAFChief
    Smart, that one.
  22. USAFChief
    Stauffer for the 8th? //ducks...
  23. USAFChief
    Big Pelf through 7. As expected.
  24. USAFChief
    Ouch.
  25. USAFChief
    'zactly. In the minor league forum, I proposed Sano and Nolasco for Hamels. There's the salary relief for the Phillies, without killing the Twins. I'd do that trade today, and sign Plouffe through his two arb years and first two free agent years.
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