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  1. gunnarthor
    That is great because McDaniel is fairly stingy with his praise. Glad he put up that kind of outing with Ryan in attendance.
  2. gunnarthor
    I think Shane is right. Ryan has already said he hopes that Buxton will be up this year. He'll be up around mid-season.
  3. gunnarthor
    Hopefully, Eddie plays well. From a million miles away, Rosario seems more confident than Hicks does so maybe he can deal with the failures at the ML better. If so, maybe he won't struggle as much with going 0-4.
  4. gunnarthor
    So it does look like Buxton has shaken off the rust. Assuming that's true and he continues to hit .400/.500/.600 for another month, do you think the Twins promote him to AAA or skip that and put him in our OF? (Assume the Twins are still around .500).
  5. gunnarthor
    Actually, Sano isn't doing too bad in the peripherals either. His krate is a little high at 28% but considering he missed a year, that's not that bad. His walk rate is nearly 15% which is darn good, considering he missed a year. His babip is only .171 and it won't stay that low.
  6. gunnarthor
    On the plus side, Buxton has been walking a lot more lately and striking out a lot less. That's good. Hopefully, Sano gets going soon. As to Meyer, just let him keep plugging away. Not much else they can do. I'd call him up as soon as there was an opening so the ML staff can look at him. And maybe have Rick Anderson to work with him 24/7 in the meantime (isn't he technically still getting paid by us?). Trevor May said Anderson really helped him when he had trouble throwing strikes.
  7. gunnarthor
    I think Milone ends up the odd man out when Nolasco comes back but I think Nolasco will get a few more minor league starts.
  8. gunnarthor
    Agree with AM. there is too much talent there for them to continue to struggle.
  9. gunnarthor
    Well, maybe he should calm things down in KC? I thought he was for sure going to replace Yost last year if they missed the playoffs. He seems the type of manager DM wants, local writer Joe Posnanski has always spoken highly of him. The Royals are a Twins-like team. Anyhow, it looks like he wants to manage again and I hope he gets a job.
  10. gunnarthor
    Why on earth would the player's association be ok with that? Do they get a clause granting FA early if the player out plays his expected return on the contract? I know, as fans, we tend to root for the team over players but that's pretty extreme.
  11. gunnarthor
    I don't have any doubt that, if the Twins take Aiken, they'll sign him. They'll have worked something out with Close before hand. The issue is solely on how they view his medicals.
  12. gunnarthor
    So, Nikorak then?
  13. gunnarthor
    Great. I'd love for Aiken to be our pick if the docs ok it.
  14. gunnarthor
    Man, I cant believe he's staying in the game.
  15. gunnarthor
    Seth would know better but I believe Ryan and Steil have done a lot of house cleaning of coaches in the minor league systems since Ryan came back. I remember the AA manager in the late 00's had some friction with the FO.
  16. gunnarthor
    Travis Harrison
  17. gunnarthor
    Is it this thread we use or the pinned one?
  18. gunnarthor
    Has Ryan let a potential FA just walk away since he got back? I guess he's let a few guys go (Casilla, Marquis, Parm). He's traded (at the deadline and beyond it) Hammer, Morales, Butera, Carroll, Correa, Morneau, Liriano. You could make a case that he should trade guys like Dozier or Perkins (like he did with Span and Revere), instead of having them under contract for the next nucleus but I do think he's done a decent job of trading away the parts that he's decided won't be part of the future clubs.
  19. gunnarthor
    Well, it's baseball season so even if the Twins are bad, it's baseball season. It's the only sport I care about anymore. I think the Twins can be a .500 team but a lot will ride on Nolasco and Mauer rebounding and the continued improvement of guys like Arcia and Gibson. And I'm extremely anxious for Meyer to debut. I'm also very excited about the prospects - especially the ones we have at AA and above. Guys like Harrison and Walker could have breakout seasons for us to go along with the high number of impact prospects.
  20. gunnarthor
    I would argue the opposite. Ryan's keeping a level head and basing his decisions on a bunch of important factors. He saw that Meyer's control is really bad right now. He understood that you use more than 5 starters in a season so who is on your April 5 roster isn't that important. He probably wanted Hicks to win CF but saw that he's still not hitting and decided to go with two guys who will probably hit as well and probably play better defense.
  21. gunnarthor
    Did anyone actually see how he's pitching out of the stretch? Same issue as last year or was he better this spring (in SSS)?
  22. gunnarthor
    Nice article. Gibson has been listed as a break out guy by Schonfield at ESPN (along with Arcia) and an article at hard ball times. Don't have the links for either but both noted his ground balls and his strange splits - he had some clearly dominating games to go with some absolute stinkers.
  23. gunnarthor
    Nice article. How much did Davis sign for? Hopefully the team can get lucky with a few of these guys.
  24. gunnarthor
    I like May a lot. I said I thought he'd lead the Twins in strikeouts this year so (course, I also said Meyer would get the 5th spot so Nostradamus, I am not). I really hope he's on the ML roster from the get-go.
  25. gunnarthor
    Darn it. i really wanted him in the 5th starter spot.
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