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  1. gunnarthor
    You know, Cousins might be a pretty good fit.
  2. gunnarthor
    What vets did they sign and trade?
  3. gunnarthor
    I mean, we can be snide but it does seem likely that minor league coaches know something. I remember Delmon Young used to rely on his father for hitting instruction b/c it worked when he was younger. Not sure we want our guys to rely on amateur coaches. Not sure we don't, either. But it's probably a step too far to say that the player is being honest when he credits group A but not being honest when he's crediting group B, without more.
  4. gunnarthor
    I guess we're still in the honeymoon period for Falvine. Also, the Twins did win 83 games under Ryan in 2015.
  5. gunnarthor
    Cave should be our 4th OFer and, if the Twins decide to move Kepler, he and Wade could hold it down until Kiriloff shows up. I'd be ok with Forsythe back on a one year deal since I don't think we have a better in-house option to start next season.
  6. gunnarthor
    It's possible. Cal Ripken jr changed his stance and swing as often as changed his shoes but he was a pretty good hitter. There probably is something to an argument that some people might learn better in a less rigid group think environment. But it's also worth mentioning that Alex credited the Twins coaches as well. So, I'm not sure. I'm sure growing up with baseball all the time like Alex did had a huge positive effect, regardless of any "see ball, hit ball" teaching he got.
  7. gunnarthor
    The EC is fine. Ignoring the rips on Wyoming, HRC actually won the small 3 and 4 EC states in 2016. Dems are getting lost in the weeds complaining about the EC. A good article on it from Judge Posner when the GOP was complaining about it after Obama's win. http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/view_from_chicago/2012/11/defending_the_electoral_college.html
  8. gunnarthor
    Well, sure. I suspect ownership's #1 goal is revenue and always will be. And to that end, I think we have to give the FO some benefit of the doubt when they have a low payroll. And you're right that none of us know what criteria you use to measure Molitor's success but by any criteria I can think of, he's a failure.
  9. gunnarthor
    Well, I'm not sure how much you want to blame the FO for that. Some (a lot?) of those things are on the manager and the FO chose to keep Molitor even though he's clearly not the right manager for this club. A lot of our young guys aren't really young anymore and it seems like the ML staff has to take some responsibility for Kepler plateauing and Sano regressing. As for depth, isn't that part of the FO's job? They traded for Odorizzi and signed Lance Lynn and gave up a draft pick to do it. They went with Reed and Rodney. I agree that the Twins had some bad injuries - Buxton but also Granite and Wade in AAA affected reinforcements - but other FO's seemed to be better prepared for that. But my initial point that the FO came into a pretty good situation remains. We'll see if they can fix it this offseason.
  10. gunnarthor
    Jeepers, that sucks.
  11. gunnarthor
    The "committee confidential" tag has really bothered me. I know the GOP is just going to ram this through but it really mocks transparency and openness. All for a life time appointment? I can't believe the GOP would be ok if it was on the other foot.
  12. gunnarthor
    He's going to be an absolute horrible judge and roll back even more of our constitutional protections. But, yeah, he's smart and he'll survive these hearings. And not a single Democrat will vote for him.
  13. gunnarthor
    I agree with you. In 2006 or 2009, he would have flirted with .400 if he played at Fenway and ESPN would've had breaking news stories on it all the time.
  14. gunnarthor
    I hope he retires.
  15. gunnarthor
    Blind squirrels and nuts and such.
  16. gunnarthor
    I believe they've done that a few times in their contention years in the 2000s with Liriano, Santana and Perkins. I think that was the plan with Garza as well but an injury got him into the rotation after one bullpen appearance, IIRC. They should have done it with Meyer - Gardy asked - but they didn't. Bluntly, after 2010 or so, they haven't really had great pitching prospects to try it with. They could've made Romero start in the pen this year, for example, but they let him start instead. And, obviously, they could have drafted Wright or another college pitcher (Dakota Hudson) instead of Kiriloff and Lewis.
  17. gunnarthor
    Yeah, it was a great situation. I mentioned this a lot last year but 10 players got 400 or more at-bats last year and 8 of them had been top 100 prospects and the two that weren't were Escobar and Dozier. The FO had Buxton turn in a 5 WAR season and Sano turned in an all-star season. Berrios arrived. Gibson looked like he fixed something in the last half of the year and Santana was a cheap, solid vet in the rotation. They actually had SP depth in the minors with Romero, Gonsalves, Meija and others in-line. Klaw ranked their farm system 11th despite the graduations. Ownership said they'd spend money after the team stayed in the bottom third in payroll (obviously, relying on Pohlad's to spend is a fools errand but there were promises). They had the #1 pick in the draft and a high pool. There really aren't that much better starting positions for a new GM unless you have an owner who is going to give you a 200m+ payroll to play with.
  18. gunnarthor
    Ignoring the opener bull****, Stewart really looked good yesterday. He had some periods where he was just dealing. There certainly is talent there. I'm not sure the Twins will be able to get all of it out of him but he's had flashes. For those old enough to remember Nick Blackburn and Kevin Slowey, Stewart seems like he has better stuff but doesn't yet know how to pitch like they did when they were on.
  19. gunnarthor
    I disagree and I won't give them five years. They inherited an incredibly good situation - a number of young talented players and top prospects, a high draft position, no major payroll issues, a great ballpark and they've already had a chance to chime in on the manager.
  20. gunnarthor
    It's because Molitor likes him and isn't a good manager.
  21. gunnarthor
    I agree but I'll give them one more offseason before I call for their heads. But they better make some real changes, starting with the manager.
  22. gunnarthor
    If this a thread, I'd like to say I don't like the lineup at all. Molitor should be fired.
  23. gunnarthor
    Yeah, what a wasted season.
  24. gunnarthor
    Didn't we use options in 2015, 2016 and 2018? I don't think he has more options.
  25. gunnarthor
    I think the FO's argument about performance rings pretty hollow when they brought up Field. If Field's performance has been good enough to warrant a call-up, then so has Buxton's performance. If Buxton's wrist was hurt the FO should be fired for making him play in AAA with an injury. This was service time manipulation that puts 2022 ahead of 2019.
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