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  1. gunnarthor
    Oh, yeah, you might be right. Fun.
  2. gunnarthor
    I like Graham. I hope he comes back. But I'm not sure his departure is quite at the level of frustration needed to equal the loss of Zach Jones or Joe Benson.
  3. gunnarthor
    No, those already happened.
  4. gunnarthor
    Nice article.
  5. gunnarthor
    This doesn't have a thread? They added Maestro to the 40 man. It's ok if he's on the bench/late inning defense/speed but hopefully Molly isn't going to use him and take at-bats away from Rosario.
  6. gunnarthor
    Maybe we're talking past each other? The Twins have some higher paid (but moderate compared to MLB salaries) players not playing well. I would argue that Mauer and Santana are playing well, Milone, Plouffe and Dozier's salary were set as part of the CBA although the Twins locked in a value on Dozier. The other salaries are pretty minimal. Basically, what you are arguing is that FA signings aren't really worth it. Which is a reason the Twins don't do it much and only do it on the smaller scale.
  7. gunnarthor
    And if the Cubs called and offered Lester for Sano, we'd hang up on them. Doesn't mean Lester has negative value. I don't think Santana's contract is a bad one. He's pitched well for us. Obviously, the PED suspension is a big mark against him but when he's on the mound, he's been good. He's not an ace but he's also not being paid like an ace. I agree that the Nolasco signing hasn't been a good one.
  8. gunnarthor
    Sickels has a nice write up on Dakota Huson of Mississippi State. http://www.minorleagueball.com/2016/5/5/11569152/2016-mlb-draft-dakota-hudson-rhp-mississippi-state-university He's #10 on mlb.com's list so he probably doesn't fall to the Twins but I'd be very happy if he did.
  9. gunnarthor
    It's not really the same salary. Santana and Nolasco combined for just under 100m. Lester signed for 155m. While Santana and Nolasco will be paid 25m this year, the Twins won't be paying 25m to them in 2021, which is the real problem with those long term contracts. And I agree that there are some good contracts, too. Arrieta is a steal. But Mauer and Santana might also be overpaid (actually, Santana probably isn't) but they are good players.
  10. gunnarthor
    Well, sure. But when Kepler was called up, the 40 man was full. I, and I think most of us, were fine with the Twins not putting a vet like Robinson (or Murphy) on the 40 man. Santana got hurt, the Twins needed another body. It happens. They could have cut Hicks on April 7th (or whenever) and put Maestro on the 40 man so Kepler stayed down but I'm not overly concerned with them not doing it. That doesn't bother me nearly as much as Molitor starting/not starting Buxton or how he treated Meyer.
  11. gunnarthor
    Maybe trading off young talent for quick fixes and not understanding where you are in the rebuild process? Maybe signing 100m deals for bad FA? Looking at the Twins 40 man roster, there does seem to be some pretty nice talent there. They have 6 OFers 25 or younger (Sano, Arcia, Rosario, Buxton, Kepler and Walker). The 1b/3b/RF/DH plan of Mauer/Plouffe/Sano/Park worked out pretty well so far. The current team is getting very little from C/2b/ss/lf/cf. The two OF spots and second base are basically set and just have to get better with the talent within the org. Catcher sucks but that's a league wide problem. The Twins should try to upgrade short stop. (I'd love it if they could pry Profar away from Texas but that's probably a pipe dream, even though the Rangers could use some OFers). But really, the offense will improve when Dozier and two more of those young OFers start playing well. The pitching staff still needs to improve but they have some nice pieces in the system. I expect that Burdi, Chargois and Melotakis will make the bullpen better and get call up this season. I want Meyer to get another (real) shot at starting in the majors but a final rotation of (healthy) Santana, Berrios, Gibson, Meyer and Hughes (or May if Hughes can't start), could be good enough by the end of the year.
  12. gunnarthor
    I'll give him a pass on Kepler and Polanco. Kepler was up b/c the 40 man didn't have a dead weight guy like Shane Robinson on it. So he had to come up. Polanco has been the Twins emergency call-up guy the last few years and that's ok. I wish Molitor had played him a bit more but with Santana and Plouffe on the DL, he was the obvious call-up.
  13. gunnarthor
    I don't think you're right on that. The main reason teams don't bring on salary are worries over longer contracts, not one year guys. (Or injuries, of course). So I do think the Twins could trade Jepsen or (healthy) Perkins, for instance. And I suspect that Nolasco will get traded this year but we'll see if the Twins have to cover some of the money. Obviously, Milone and Fein weren't good signings but their combined 6.7m is hardly a sticking point. (It's also strange that you used a top 12 list). Most teams top paid players have the same issue - look at the Cubs top paid players. Whose trading for those players full salaries? (And that's the best team -record wise - in baseball). Lester - 25m Heyward - 22m Lackey - 16m Montero - 14m Zorbrist - 10.5 That's 87.5 right there. And you could probably find something close to that on nearly every team. Now you could argue that some of those Cubs guys are earning their salary, of course. But I would say that Mauer and Santana are both playing pretty well, too. The real concern is the Nolasco signing and the Hughes extension. I liked the Hughes extension. Wasn't a big fan of Nolasco although I understood it. It looks like both will be pretty bad.
  14. gunnarthor
    I'd be ok if Molitor was gone but I think Ryan's fine. The way Molitor treated Meyer and Buxton was nuts.
  15. gunnarthor
    MLBpipeline has their list of the top 30 international guys. I don't believe the Twins are connected to any of them at this point. http://m.mlb.com/prospects/2016?list=int
  16. gunnarthor
    Vargas is off to a pretty slow start in AAA and was never a major prospect. He was a nice lottery ticket but it probably didn't work out. My guess is that he's in Japan or Korea next year.
  17. gunnarthor
    Frankly, outside of a few guys, the 40 man is pretty good. You can drop Fein, Vargas or Dean and add an outside catcher or eventually Burdi but there isn't a lot to do other than wait. You have a pretty decent group of potentially good OFers, all 25 or younger in Arcia, Sano, Rosario, Buxton, Kepler, Walker. In two years, I would assume Sano is at first base. But they need to play at get at-bats. I'd probably push Molitor to have Rosario play a bit more CF but that's hard to do when he's hitting like crap and Santana is hot (and an obvious Molitor guy). I do like Danny Santana as a super utility guy but I don't think he should be a consistent starter. If the Twins are out of it at the break (and that seems likely), they could look to move some guys like Nolasco, Milone, Plouffe. Mauer can't be traded and I don't think they'd trade Dozier. (I'd also see if I could trade for Arizona's supp pick somehow) The hope would be that you can upgrade the bullpen during the season by adding Burdi, Chargois, Melotakis. By the end of the season I'd want to make sure Meyer got a real chance to start at the ML level. I'd want a rotation of (healthy) Santana, Berrios, Gibson, Meyer and Hughes (unless his velocity is gone, in which case switch him with May in the pen). I might also fire Molitor.
  18. gunnarthor
    As to Buxton, let's keep him in AAA for a bit so he gets going. Nice to see Kepler starting to hit. I think those two just need at-bats.
  19. gunnarthor
    I'd be very, very surprised if PEDs impact was more psychological than physical. I suspect the reason NFL lineman can approach 400 pounds and run faster than me has a lot to do with massive improvements in drugs. I'm sure it also makes them feel like they could run through a wall but being physically able to actually do it is probably a bigger thing.
  20. gunnarthor
    http://espn.go.com/espn/otl/story/_/id/15458724/more-ped-busts-coming-major-league-baseball-soon Apparently no big names. The article is pretty interesting though as it explains how and when players use. "The updated testing also could help explain why the recent positive tests turned up in spring training, which seemed odd to anti-doping experts. Players know they'll be tested in spring training, so it's rare for a player to have anything in his system when he reports to camp. Because testers found a metabolite of the drug and not the parent drug itself, they know those players probably used Turinabol more than a week before they were tested. The players have all denied knowingly taking the drug, but if their use was intentional, it would make sense that they stopped more than a week before reporting, with the belief that the drug had cleared their systems." Hopefully, no Twins will be listed.
  21. gunnarthor
    Nice read on some guys who are expected to go mid-first round (hey, that's when we pick!) by Callis. http://m.mlb.com/news/article/175909022/2016-mlb-draft-prospects-rising-and-falling?topicid=151437456
  22. gunnarthor
    Good lord. Does anyone remember when the GOP had guys like Arlen Spector or Jim Jeffords? Clinton has to be favored in, what, 27 states? The Dems could take back the House with Trump at the top of the ticket. Unreal.
  23. gunnarthor
    That's the part I don't get. How the hell can Molitor only let him throw 3.2 innings in all the time he had him? Clearly, he and Ryan aren't on the same page and Ryan should make sure he has a manager that is. That was brutal.
  24. gunnarthor
    I reached my breaking point with Molitor. If the Twins don't come back with a winning road trip, Ryan should replace him. Even if it's just letting Gardy finish the season before he does a full search or just promoting Dougie Baseball but both of those guys would have never treated Meyer like that.
  25. gunnarthor
    Exactly. And that is on Molitor who (I think) is not willing to let Meyer get a shot. He clearly thinks he's a bullpen arm and not one he even trusts.
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