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  1. gunnarthor
    I'm worried about any allegation that can be shown to be false or hard to believe since that is the one that will get focused on and kill the seriousness of the valid allegations.
  2. gunnarthor
    Our LT doesn't seem to be very good
  3. gunnarthor
    Um, this game is not fun.
  4. gunnarthor
    I think it's a strike against the FO that they let some of this talent go without anything back. I don't really worry about Palka b/c we had good OF depth and he really wouldn't fit but Goodrum was a second round pick we invested years in and finally cracked through. Maybe we should have given him more time. And Rodriquez boggles me. I don't know how we let a ML starter get away for free.
  5. gunnarthor
    I'm not sure but she wasn't the only one who knew. Maybe Judge mentioned it to someone? Maybe Ford told someone? An investigation would probably answer those questions.
  6. gunnarthor
    Ahh, thank you for the clarification.
  7. gunnarthor
    He's not ready yet. No reason to burn away three years of control while his bat waits to catch up.
  8. gunnarthor
    I think pitching is a smaller concern, which is a bit shocking. But Gibson, Berrios and Odorizzi are all solid enough and we have Romero coming up and a bunch of arms behind that. I'd be ok adding another top arm, of course, but I'd rather the FO focus on improving the lineup.
  9. gunnarthor
    They need talent. Only three guys - Buxton, Sano and Rosario - have all-star or better ceilings right now and Buxton and Sano have big question marks. Kepler and Polanco can be serviceable starters in the MI and RF but they're just complementary pieces right now. After that, the Twins have some big holes. C- Garver/Castro - ugh, but probably passable in today's MLB 1B - Sano 2B - ? SS - Polanco 3B - ? LF - Rosario CF - Buxton RF - Kepler DH - ? If we're dreaming, Manny Machado is the perfect fit for us (and every other team). But realistically, the FO is going to have to fix the line-up substantially. I like Cave as a 4th OFer but I'd be ok if we moved Kepler and plugged him into RF until Kiriloff was up. But the Twins can't have a bunch of black holes in the lineup again. They need some professional hitters. I'm not sure what's out there though. https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2016/12/2018-19-mlb-free-agents.html
  10. gunnarthor
    For those who are trying to figure out payroll for next season, Cots is probably the best source. http://legacy.baseballprospectus.com/compensation/cots/american-league/minnesota-twins/ We have about 31m committed for salary but that's not counting arb raises. Odorizzi, Gibson and Adrianza are Arb 3, May and Grossman are Arb 2 and Rosario, Sano, Kepler and Rogers are Arb 1. Buxton might file a grievance to get there but for now he's probably not. For the rest, league minimum is roughly 550k, I believe. Guys like Adrianza and Grossman are replaceable and the others shouldn't break the bank. Probably less than 25m for all of them?
  11. gunnarthor
    Buxton's handling early in the season and Rosario's injury last night are pretty jarring. Those are two pretty important guys. I have no idea what the answer is - obviously, the guys want to play and might say "I'm good enough" and the manager believes them. But when the injury is obviously affecting their performance, like Buxton's foot, I think we can pass blame from the player to Molitor or up.
  12. gunnarthor
    I certainly don't know enough about how the Twins/MiLB treats their players but I'm good if they unionize. I'd hate to be a fourth round pick at 18 who tolls away in the minors for 8 years and then has no real job prospects at 26 and no money in the bank.
  13. gunnarthor
    Apparently, the woman has documented this for years. Several of her friends knew the story ten or more years ago and she let the Washington Post look at psychological records where she disclosed this event to her doctor. Those might be enough by themselves to stop it. That said, his habit of having an bunch of female law clerks and his push early in the nomination process to frame himself as a friend of women sorta bugged me at the time. I wouldn't be surprised if he did something to one of his clerks back in the day. Not sure anyone would come forward.
  14. gunnarthor
    This is how I feel. I liked a lot of their moves at the time. But they haven't worked. I'm not ready to give up but we do need results. And completely agree on Molitor. A legitimate strike against the FO.
  15. gunnarthor
    Just keep letting Stewart pitch. I think he can be a solid ML pitcher for us but he'll have some growing pains.
  16. gunnarthor
    And? Twins, no matter who was the GM, made lots of July trades (not sure why we're limiting it to that period but whatever). It's too early to say the Twins current FO has made a trade as good as the Liriano trade, for instance. It's pretty safe to say that the 2017 trades won't make it. Not sure if the quantity over quality trades will work. We'll see.
  17. gunnarthor
    The prior regime traded vets at the deadline all the the time. That's how we got Escobar in the first place. The new FO has yet to show that they can make a trade even that good. I haven't been impressed with the FO's ability to gauge or measure internal talent. The players we lost seemed better than the players we've gained. I think this is a big off-season for us and we'll certainly know more. If Molitor's back, I'm calling for Levine's head. If they don't have a good plan for Sano and Buxton, I'm calling for both their heads. I hope the team moves Kepler to help in other areas since Kiriloff can replace him fairly soon.
  18. gunnarthor
    Apparently, the Packers OL is going to be allowed to hold all day. This will be irritating.
  19. gunnarthor
    I think some folks are super-sensitive to any criticism of Mauer and equate that with "hating." He's a fine player, border-line hall of famer.* Some people think he wasn't able to adapt his game as well as he should have and others think the concussions tragically cut short his prime. Both sides could be right. I won't miss him like I missed Santana, Hunter and Morneau, my three favorite non-Puckett Twins but his peak was pretty fun to watch and those Twins teams were really something. His 09 season is underrated, in my view. But that was nearly a decade ago and since then, he's been down more than up. * I tend to think he'll get in easier than many do but we'll call him border line for now.
  20. gunnarthor
    Nah, that was a good trade.
  21. gunnarthor
    Frankly, Ryan made a lot of changes when he came back in 2012 - nearly all minor league coaches are from 2012 or later. Brad Steil came in to run the minors and we saw him be much more aggressive in mid-season promotions. I tend to think the problem isn't really on the minor league coaches/development people. Something isn't clicking on the ML side of this. I still think Molitor is the biggest issue. I'm not sure what it is but we've had a couple seasons now where Molitor's team seemed completely unprepared for the season. I'd like to see a different kind of manager with this core of young players. As to the FO, I agree a lot of things that they did on paper makes sense but many haven't worked out as well as they should've. I'm not sure that means they are doing good things but I can at least understand most of their moves - Logan Morrison is a cheap buy, has good LH power, let's get him. Makes sense, didn't work. Reed is a good young arm with some success, let's sign him. Makes sense, he's not good.
  22. gunnarthor
    Some of this is conjecture but a lot of it simply isn't true. The reason the Twins were competitive for most of a decade was because Ryan was a pretty aggressive seller - fans on forums back in the 2000s hated how the Twins would let vets go but it was a successful process for a team with payroll concerns. We'll see if the new FO can make and keep the Twins competitive for a similar window of time.
  23. gunnarthor
    Slightly off topic but watching Packers/Bears it's pretty clear how dangerous Rodgers is.
  24. gunnarthor
    I'm not sure how anyone looks at Kepler plateauing or Sano's issues or how this team is managed and decides that the current FO isn't to blame, but rather the old one. It's too early to make a decision on Levine and Falvey but the early returns haven't been great.
  25. gunnarthor
    Agreed, the defense wasn't quite as good as I wanted it to be but ... their QB is pretty good and the defense made him have to play almost perfectly to be in this game. The defense had some dumb penalties but constantly pressured the 49ers and made several turn overs. Does look like the secondary has some work to do but generally I'm far more worried about the OL.
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