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  1. gunnarthor
    Twinkie town linked this:http://www.rsvlts.com/2014/07/11/yankees-vs-orioles-brawl/ Everybody remembers Yankees/Red Sox but the Yanks and Baltimore had a darn good rivalry in the late 90s. The brawl was freaking awesome.
  2. gunnarthor
    3 Buxton 20 Sano 25 Meyer 27 Berrios 49 Stewart http://www.minorleagueball.com/2014/7/14/5898649/minor-league-ball-top-75-prospects-mid-season-update-2014-sickels
  3. gunnarthor
    And replaced by Erin Andrews. http://www.si.com/nfl/2014/07/14/pam-oliver-erin-andrews-fox Obviously a good move for the demographics but journalism takes a bit of a hit. Sideline reporters are basically kind of stupid but I always thought Oliver was the only sideline reporter who actually was good at the job. The only thing I remember of Andrews sideline reporting is how lost she looked interviewing Sherman after the NFC title game.
  4. gunnarthor
    No faith in Gordon?
  5. gunnarthor
    Nice link. 5 in the top 25? Wow.
  6. gunnarthor
    http://m.mlb.com/video/topic/26271672/v34504109/twins-futures-game-players-tour-minneapolis/?mlbtax=undefined They take a tour of the Mall of America. Neat part about 3:30 minutes in was a woman showing them the red chair Killebrew hit at Met. Berrios asked if it was a BP home run.
  7. gunnarthor
    http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article/min/barry-m-bloom?ymd=20140713&content_id=84629558&vkey=news_min Good ambassadors for baseball.
  8. gunnarthor
    Agreed. And it's one of the reasons I like Reusse - he has a genuine love of baseball.
  9. gunnarthor
    Best of luck to Diamond. He had a really solid 2012 season and he pitched for the Canadian National team if I recall. Not bad for a non drafted kid from Ontario.
  10. gunnarthor
    Nice to have May back.
  11. gunnarthor
    JB Iowa has it right. I also think a good portion of people expected him to be much worse last year and have been waiting for the other shoe to drop to unload more on the FO.
  12. gunnarthor
    OK. If we equate "he needs to work on X" to bashing, I suppose you're right. I think most of us thought of bashing meant something akin to "he's all screwed up b/c of the pain pills he's taking" or "our pitchers are too busy drinking beer and eating chicken to pay attention to baseball". Or, "he took some 7 year old kids shoes in ST, made him cry and his grandma had to get the shoes back from a coach". Honestly, I haven't seen the Twins treat players much differently than most organizations. Last year, the Mets manager said something relatively innocent about Wheeler getting smacked around in KC and the critics said he was throwing his rookie under the bus. Nats manager benched Bryce Harper! for not running out a grounder to the pitcher (never saw Gardy do that). Heck, Gardy refused to bench Young after he misplayed a KC out into a 3 run double his first year with us. Ron Washington made CJ Wilson give him the ball "the right way" when he was pulling him from a game. Joe Maddon has told the press that Wil Myers has made mental errors and was struggling.
  13. gunnarthor
    I think Willingham's value is much higher - if he only brings back a Doumit haul, I'd be stunned. Half a season of Beltran got Zach Wheeler, half a season of Shane Victorino (1.5 WAR, 94 OPS+ at the time) got 3 players back, including a guy who was the #80 prospect on the next rankings. He might not get those returns but he should get a lot more than Doumit did. A backend top 100 type and another prospect to go with it. Something like that. If they are just going to trade him for a AA soft tossing pitcher, just keep him and let him hit a few more homers at TF.
  14. gunnarthor
    Outside of Slowey, who are these other players the Twins have been bashing on their way out?
  15. gunnarthor
    I'm not sure that's true. What if Baltimore was willing to give up Dylan Bundy? With Rosario, Santana and Polanco, the Twins should get decent production from second base after Dozier is gone and Bundy could anchor a rotation for years. Not saying that would happen but that's the type of trade the Twins would have to make and it wouldn't greatly affect the time table of the Sano/Buxton/Meyer foundation. But they shouldn't trade Dozier for a low A prospect, IMHO.
  16. gunnarthor
    Depends on what the other team thinks of him. If they think he's a consistent 3.5 WAR guy over the next 4.5 years (and he was better than that last year and this year), then they are trading for a pretty cheap 15 WAR. That brings back a big return.
  17. gunnarthor
    I bet AJ ends up coaching somewhere in our minor league system.
  18. gunnarthor
    Reds just lost Phillips for the year and Votto for a bit. If they would package something around Robert Stephenson, or if Bundy could be pried away from Baltimore or if the Nats decide to fix their second base problems long term and are willing to move Giolito, the Twins should move Dozier and hope that one of Polanco, Santana, Rosario can take over second. But absent something like that (Tavaras from St Louis would be amazing but I don't really see a need/fit to get him), I'd be ok with the Twins hanging onto Dozier. He can be a piece when the Twins are good again.
  19. gunnarthor
    Reports out of St Louis say the have no interest in AJ. Mild on Buck. I do hope the Twins try and trade Suzuki. They got Gilmartin for Doumit and Suliman (sp) for Buetera. Both were top 15 prospects in their orgs. Catchers are more valuable than we think.
  20. gunnarthor
    But it's pretty much the accepted medical path. I believe Ervin Santana had a successful "wait and see" that didn't result in TJ surgery. I'm sure others have as well but he's the only one I can really remember.
  21. gunnarthor
    Who?
  22. gunnarthor
    Good article. Caple has quietly been one of ESPN's best baseball writers for, what, 15 years now?
  23. gunnarthor
    http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2014/07/yadier-molina-out-eight-to-twelve-weeks-with-torn-thumb-ligament.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+MlbTradeRumors+%28MLB+Trade+Rumors%29 Molina is out for 8-12 weeks with torn thumb. Suzuki could be a good fit, per ESPN Bowden.
  24. gunnarthor
    Not the Twins, that's for sure.
  25. gunnarthor
    Wow, just wow.
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