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  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. 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)?
  5. 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.
  6. gunnarthor
    Nice article. How much did Davis sign for? Hopefully the team can get lucky with a few of these guys.
  7. 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.
  8. gunnarthor
    Darn it. i really wanted him in the 5th starter spot.
  9. gunnarthor
    Well, you can also go by history. In any event, I think we both want Meyer and let's hope that happens. We still have a few weeks for trades, injuries and bad play to come into effect.
  10. gunnarthor
    I get what your complaining about and I want Meyer on the opening day roster, too. But I think your larger point - that the Twins aren't promoting young arms isn't particularly fair. Until last year, they didn't really have any young arms that were worth promoting. And May, despite posting a 50 ERA+ and large negative WAR got more starts than Pelfrey or Milone and 6th most on the team. Certainly, Ryan has created a number of very young rotations in his time, so it's a bit of a stretch to suggest, as some have, that he doesn't understand getting pitchers up quickly.
  11. gunnarthor
    Seth, What is EST like? How much time a week to players put into baseball? Do they have jobs on the side? I assume they play scrimmaged games?
  12. gunnarthor
    I wouldn't read too much into it right now.
  13. gunnarthor
    I honestly can't see how anyone can say that. First of all, we do have a GM who has done this before. It's not like Ryan doesn't know how to rebuild a team with prospects. Cripes, he's already on record saying he thinks both Sano and Buxton will debut this season. I'm always amazed at how upset people get on here about events that haven't happened. Hunter is not blocking anyone right now and if it ends up that he is, the Twins will do something about it.
  14. gunnarthor
    Maybe, but the Twins go with Vets thing is old and overblown. And they had the same issue last year and went with the rookie over three vets.
  15. gunnarthor
    Yeah, that was my understanding.
  16. gunnarthor
    His "over the hill" bat was still better than a lot of other Twins last year.
  17. gunnarthor
    I have to say, I didn't think Rosario had much of a chance to make the team out of ST but I'm starting to think I'm wrong. It'll be interesting to watch Rosario/Schafer/Hicks fill in CF until Buxton is ready.
  18. gunnarthor
    I think Vargas gets first crack at DH but if he fails, than either Hunter or Arcia probably gets moved there.
  19. gunnarthor
    Not really surprising, most players want to stick around. We'll see how he does this year.
  20. gunnarthor
    Yeah, I was thinking the exact same thing. Molitor urged the FO to sign Hunter and benched a player for not hustling. Sounds a lot like Gardy.
  21. gunnarthor
    It's an interesting article and it was actually what Souhan argued for at the time. But I disagree. Mauer is probably going to the HOF so it's pretty hard to argue that the Twins made the wrong choice (one could also point out that David Wright was available too). I don't think it's likely that Prior would have stayed healthy and Baker's impact on him is overstated - even during the draft there were rumors that some scouts hated Prior's mechanics. (And isn't that what this article is actually suggesting - do everything you can to win in 02 and 03? Dusty rode his ace). The only way Prior comes up on top of Mauer is if both of these things happen - 1) he stays healthy (and the number of pitchers with a few great seasons and then hurt is very, very long) and 2) and he continued to pitch at a HOF level. I don't think it's fair to say that a WS ring in 03 would have made it worth it.
  22. gunnarthor
    I think there's a few reasons. 1) As I mentioned above, all three have had some struggles at AA and are all still working on their defense. Making a decision based on the small amount of ST at-bats would be a bad idea. 2) AAA is less a learning environment. The atmosphere there isn't always that great for young prospects. A couple of the prospect writers at BP have touched on this. 3) The Twins (and most teams) have started to use AA as the jump point to the majors and then use AAA as the place to refine.
  23. gunnarthor
    I think he makes the team out of ST but I'd rather he worked on things in AAA. It just seems that, at this point, expecting good things out of Hicks isn't a great idea. I understand that he's probably just a place folder for Buxton but I really had hoped he'd be a regular for us. Letting him get things straightened out in AAA with less pressure on him seems like a better idea. If one wants to be optimistic, he did hit well in the minors after his demotion and managed a .340 OBP last year, which isn't horrible (although everything else was). It does seem that he's this close to making things work but just can't get there. Maybe Molitor and Bruno and a different ML atmosphere help him. But it sure would be nice if got it all together.
  24. gunnarthor
    Good grief. Sano missed a full season, it's not unreasonable to start at AA. Rosario has a .260/.302/.403 line in 150 games at AA. He hasn't really shown an ability to hit pitching above A+ yet. And Polanco has a mere 37 games at AA and hasn't hit that well there either. And all three are still working on their defense as well. Additionally, all that ignores that fact that the Twins don't have any problem promoting players from AA to the majors without stopping at AAA.
  25. gunnarthor
    Levi Michael. (Technically is was .389)
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