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  1. mnfireman
    Trading Span and Liriano for starting pitching does what? Right now Liriano is pitching as good as any starting pitcher being made available so that would be a wash and Span is currently better better than Mastroianni, Tosoni, Benson, Hicks, Thomas, Parmalee, etc... so that would be a step backwards. Same with Willingham, none of the righthanded mashers, Sano, ????, ????, etc... are major league ready. Starting pitching is the teams biggest concern right now, so keep running bodies out there and hope for 6 innings so the BP can settle into their roles. All hands on deck!
  2. mnfireman
    This team is 25-23 since bottoming out at 15-32 on May 27. The teams needs are glaring (starting pitching and middle infield), but I don't think they should blow the team up because, while it MIGHT strengthen an area of weakness, it WILL weaken another area. Span, Willingham, Doumit and Perkins are good players on good contracts, Nishioka and Blackburn are bad players on bad contracts. Morneau is still serviceable and showing signs of improvement, though he might struggle when he returns. Mauer's contract is what it is and he is a future HOF'er at his current rate of production. The rest of the roster is interchangeable in that they aren't going to help another team, but aren't really hurting the Twins and there are more just like them at AA and AAA. A slow start by just about everyone hurt this team more than anything, plus the various injuries. Unless they are overwhelmed in a trade offer (which it sounds like Ryan is holding out for), keep 'em together, add some kids and free agents next year, keep drafting well and maybe, just maybe Your Minnesota Twins will catch lightening in a bottle sooner rather than later.
  3. mnfireman
    No, Willingham should not be traded. Hicks, Benson, Sano, Arcia, etc... are 2-3 yrs away from making the majors. How many of you would watch Revere, Mastroianni, Mauer, Doumit, Plouffe, Parmalee, Carroll, Dozier, Casilla play. The team has got to keep some major league players for this season and next. Span & Liriano are the two best chips to deal, and then hope the kids at AA & AAA are ready next year and the year after.
  4. mnfireman
    Once again the Twins grasp defeat from the clutches of certain victory. Getting pretty hard to watch this stuff, could have been a 4 game sweep to salvage the homestand, instead 2-5.
  5. mnfireman
    This is getting tough to watch.
  6. mnfireman
    And so on and so on and so on......
  7. mnfireman
    Span's defense has sucked a** lately but maybe he should be DH'ing today because he has been raking! Unless there's more to his day off than just "getting a day off"....
  8. mnfireman
    Willingham is going NOWHERE! He is producing and signed for 2 more seasons to a team friendly contract. Liriano's value right now, today, is as high as its going to get. I don't know our minor league system very well and nothing about any other teams systems, but I would think we would need to find a team that needs 1.) Starting pitching today (Liriano), 2.) An OF who can lead-off and is under team control (Span) and 3.) Maybe a veteran utility IF (Carroll) or veteran RP (Duensing or Gray) and has 1.) An excess of SP that is 2 years or less away from MLB and 2.) A power bat to replace Willingham, Doumit or Morneau in 2 years and some other throw-in pieces. Find the this fit and make the deal.
  9. mnfireman
    Hammertime, minus the Span pickoff
  10. mnfireman
    Span......again
  11. mnfireman
    If Tim McCarver ia good enough for Steve Carlton, Butera is good enough for Liriano. Goofy lefties anyways!
  12. mnfireman
    Straight up comparison before Saturday's games: Kubel/Cuddyer - .278/.345/.504 .849 OPS Doumit/Hammer - .274/.352/.501 .853 OPS Same production, plus draft choices. Good call by good guys (Twins) on that front.
  13. mnfireman
    Why Gardy, why!?!?
  14. mnfireman
    According to baseball reference, Revere is right at league average for runners advancing the extra base, even with his very much below average arm. He has turned my opinion of him around. Congrats young master Revere and may you have continued success.
  15. mnfireman
    These same guys would bash Carew, Boggs, and Gwynn, to name a few, because they would have gotten "Mauer Money" if they played today but "don't hit for power." Pretty sure their career OPS's were above league average over their careers.
  16. mnfireman
    I bet these same guys that hate on Mauer would hate on Carew for the same reasons, no power. Imagine if Boggs and Gwynn had played for the Twins, alot more complaints that they don't hit for power. Let's appreciate what we have here, a future HOFer and one of the best pure hitters of this or any era.
  17. mnfireman
    Yeah,my bad. Busy weekend. Couldn't watch any games, so I read the box scores at the same sitting. Or maybe I confused Mauer with our other HOF catcher who homered today.
  18. mnfireman
    BTW, Mauer homered today.
  19. mnfireman
    Sacrifice bunting in the first or second inning. Giving up an out that early doesn't make sense, but Gardy did it consistently during interleague play. Also when a pitcher hits a batter when he's ahead 0-2. Pitch inside yes, but not that far.
  20. mnfireman
    Mauer may not be "worth" $23 M per but who really is? It was what the market would have dictated had he been allowed to test the FA waters. And with 2009 being the exception, he is right around his career slash numbers. He has been fairly healthy this season and productive. Signing Doumit is a good idea in my view, he is putting up almost exactly his career splits and he's not so horrible that 1 or 2 days behind the plate hurt the team. Now if this was about Butera.....
  21. mnfireman
    I think the team should have erred on the side of safety and had the MRI done immediately. Not to take the trainers side, because their track record is not very good the last couple of years, but if the player is not forthcoming about how much pain he is in or what motions hurt or anything along these lines, then the teams hands are tied while the player gets "a couple of days off to figure it out". Being a tough guy is a good thing, but if your hurt admit it.
  22. mnfireman
    Yep, sorry missed that!
  23. mnfireman
    Why isn't Casilla on 2B? Need to show a little hustle, not take it for granted that the catch will be made.
  24. mnfireman
    Who cares. Everybody complains when Mauer and the team aren't forthcoming with information and now everybody complains when he says what he was doing and thinking on this play. Unbelievable. He stated he didn't like the slide but understands its part of the game. Would rather have his $23M on the DL like Posey or his career wrecked like Fosse? He didn't like the slide, he'll take a day or two off and the world wil move on.
  25. mnfireman

    2013 Payroll

    mnfireman commented on mnfireman's blog entry in Blog mnfireman

    http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/MIN/2012-roster.shtml?sr&utm_source=direct&utm_medium=Share&utm_campaign=ShareTool#payroll::8 I couldn't get the table too paste with just 2013 salary.
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