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  1. USAFChief
    Brock Bowchamp? What say you?
  2. USAFChief
    I've been saying for years that corner OF defense isn't worth worrying about. However, I don't feel that way about C, SS, 2nd base, and to a certain degree, CF. Catcher handles the ball on almost every pitch. SS and 2nd base HAVE to turn ground balls into outs, virtually every time, and there are a lot of ground balls between the two of them. The SS or 2nd baseman are going to take every relay from the OF. They handle the ball, a lot. So IMO, no...in addition to the errors, Polanco just doesn't turn enough ground balls into outs.
  3. USAFChief
    People were no doubt coming in to catch the Twins-Sox game on the satellite TV. Time difference, eh?
  4. USAFChief
    Very fair.
  5. USAFChief
    And the Twins way has had a 100 percent failure rate since 1991. For the record, I'd be fine with Tulo on the Twins. It wouldn't have hurt them on the least, he put up a decent 2017. Snf if healthy he'll do the same in 19.
  6. USAFChief
    I particularly liked the argument that Lance Lynn would be better and cheaper.
  7. USAFChief
    Not to hijack this thread, but lots of posters were against trying to Verlander. Too old, not that good, too expensive in salary, too expensive in prospects, not the right time...you "go all in when he's the last piece," etc etc etc.
  8. USAFChief
    We would all love to have a dominant rotation, but those guys are hard to find. Not to mention, When I argued long and hard for a push to acquire Verlander 2 years ago, 90 percent of the board was against it. But I see the point as, if you dont have a rotation of Verlanders, you needn't curl up in a ball and cry about it. Find more offense, build a bullpen that is better than your opponant. Do something. Win other ways. Spend, trade, develop. Add talent...be on the other end of the Aaron Hicks trade, where you are acquiring the player with WAY more talent and upside. Take advantage when circumstance puts a Yelich (or a Verlander...or Realmuto) on the market.
  9. USAFChief
    Or, an average at best rotation isn’t as important as we’ve been led to believe, when coupled to a good and deep bullpen. And if they were reckless and shortsighted, I hope Falvine suffer from the same affliction.
  10. USAFChief
    I don’t think we know the full story yet. I’m not at all convinced the second story is the “truth,” any more than the first reports. I guess it’s possible a person can back over a police officer at 3 AM outside a club, in an unlicensed vehicle, and it be entirely an accident. But I’m skeptical.
  11. USAFChief
    I think you're missing the point. It's not the specific players that matter. It's the willingness to take bold action to improve the big league roster, by spending money and prospects for immediate gain. It's having the courage and vision to spend. It's not sitting around too afraid to pull the trigger because, oh my gosh, we're not the Yankees! What about 2022? What if one of these prospects become a MLB player? Huzzah for the Brewers. Seize the day. Take a shot. It might go in.
  12. USAFChief
    Been saying this for a long time...the "bullpen guys are easy to find" theory was always wrong, and a dominant pen is the simplest way to gain a significant advantage. Find and acquire at least two legit dominant arms, and another flyer or three. I also believe a manager more adept at managing his pen, and more adept at knowing when to remove his starter, will boost the pens performance all by itself.
  13. USAFChief
    Congrats to the Brewers. Take note, Falvine. Add some legit MLB talent.
  14. USAFChief
    that's were Sano is laying low, apparently
  15. USAFChief
    I dont think that's the problem. If he were hitting 3 hoppers to short on outside pitches, then maybe. His problem is pitch recognition and making ANY kind of contact.
  16. USAFChief
    This is the perfect time to move Sano to first base. The position is open, and while we'd all like to see him remain at 3rd, it's time to just bite the bullet, put him somewhere permanently, and let the process work itself out. He'll either hit, or he won't. That's where his value is at anyway. He'll have fewer physical demands (and the rod in his leg isn't going anywhere), and perhaps can just worry about hitting. Perhaps 150 games/yr at first is physically possible. I wonder if we'll ever see that at third. The simple truth is, the Twins need a healthy and productive Sano in the middle of their lineup, there really aren't many decent alternative. Put him there for the next couple years and let it play out. If he fails, that's bad, but at least they'll know, and hopefully there won't be all these other issues on the side. And truthfully, without both Buxton and Sano performing pretty well, I don't see how the Twins get anywhere over the next few seasons. They need help, of course, but there just aren't enough way above average players on hand to overcome these two failing.
  17. USAFChief
    Gerrit Cole is the perfect example of the type of trades I want the Twins to be making, whenever they can. Try to end up with difference makers, not roster fillers.
  18. USAFChief
    Verlander is a stud.
  19. USAFChief
    This list is invalid. Willians Astudillo isn't number 1.
  20. USAFChief
    Or which moderator decides to hide a post or two. "Likes" go away with the post, y'know. Finally, some benefit to this job.
  21. USAFChief
    I can't hate the Red Sox. In fact, I grudgingly admire them. They have turned themselves into everything I think the Twins should be. They refuse to knuckle under to the Yankees, instead standing toe to toe and swapping body blows. They aren't intimidated. They spend money, they look for advantages, they make trades, they draft and develop well. Rather than searching for reasons they can't, they believe they can.
  22. USAFChief
    https://www.cnn.com/2018/10/04/us/minnesota-drunk-birds-trnd/index.html
  23. USAFChief
    Specifics please. Name the talent we should pilfer from other organizations by trading for before their GM realizes what he has. How do we get the top pick for a couple years in a row, without tanking now and putting off contending for another half decade...and hope, btw, that we really HAVE "drafted like Houston." Because that sounds good, but it's not a plan. It's "hope to get lucky," It's no different than any "we'll get what we need from the minors" blueprint. And I don't want the Twins to operate that way. Or at least not only that way. Nothing prevents them from doing everything you've said, and still adding quality, front line major league talent, right now.
  24. USAFChief
    I can get behind Rosario as the Twins MVP in 2018, but... - that fact really points out how bad this season was, and - I want to believe in Rosario, but I just can't quite put serious doubts behind me.
  25. USAFChief
    Poor choice of words on my part, what I meant was "exclusively draft and develop." I want them to legitimately contend for the highest level of free agents regularly, and be willing to make expensive trades. Spend like a drunken sailor on international free agents, too, while I'm at it. All in addition to being a team that drafts and develops well.
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