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  1. Platoon
    I have never had a problem with the concept of Mauer hitting leadoff. He does lack the speed, but seems to be a very intelligent baserunner. But if this then moves Dozier to the third spot, what does that do to the amount of FB's he sees? Guys who hit third don't get pitched like guys who lead off, or hit often with the bases empty. If he is willing to hit two run doubles the move might work, if he tries to hit 3 run homers, I doubt it will.
  2. Platoon
    The Twins already have a plethora of DH types. (It's not often you can use "plethora" and "DH" in the same sentence). . The team has suffered for years with an out of balance roster. Adding a DH to the Twins would be like the Captain of the Titanic wondering if what the ship really needed was more water?
  3. Platoon
    I really have no problem blaming the FO for treating 2015 as a springboard! None at all. Anyone who watched 2015 could see that sequencing (dumb a*^ luck) was responsible for that out of the box year. But those guys are gone, sort of. As for this year, I think the offense will be a little bit better, but that was not the problem last year was it? We still will trot out a long list of mediocre SP. which will be most likely mediocre. Backed up by what could be a very decent OF, a very bad left side of the IF, and a slightly above average (if Mauer is at 1B) right side of the IF. As for what could have happened in the off season, I ask this question. Would this team be better as it is now constructed? Or would it be better with the acquisition of a fairly top SP prospect, Polanco at second, and a very defensive oriented SS?
  4. Platoon
    I love Morney. He married a girl from the area, and everyone who met him said he was a great guy. He was a great player for the Twins for some years, and one of the few guys you stopped doing what you were doing when he came to bat. Above all I will miss his very clear pronunciation of the F word when something went wrong during an at bat! A blind guy could have read his lips! But, on this team, at this time, he doesn't fit. And it's not even close. While I bet it's a no brainer for him, it should also be for the Twins. And I really hate saying that.
  5. Platoon
    I would not give up on Tonkin yet. Molitor rode him pretty hard last year. I think he still has a chance.
  6. Platoon
    The fact that Polanco has a MLB SS position fairly secure in MN does not necessarily mean he is a better SS than everyone else on the Leones team. But it is a reflection on either the level of talent or evaluation on the Twins. I read somewhere that Polanco was the worst SS in MLB during his time there last year? So it's not a stretch that another team, and even one in AA ball has a better player at that postion. IMHO, not cleaning up the middle of the Twins IF, was and will be just as big a failure in the Dozier Debacle as was not attaining a MLB ready arm.
  7. Platoon
    . Would you thus move Kepler back and forth between LF and RF? I don't want to waste a nice Sunday bashing Robbie, but he cannot play RF with that arm. But I would put Kepler in LF and Rosario in right, and see if his arm helps make up for some of his routes.
  8. Platoon
    I am not sure where Hughes is as far as actual effective recovery, but I would not be surprised to see him on the roster. That said I would be surprised to see him succeed. I am not as confident of Perkins chance to head north. As for Park, he is in that, "we gotta find out what we got" category, and if he can walk upright to the plate will get his chance. But O Lord, spare us from Robbie G! Either put a big bat with no glove on the bench, or a big glove, with elite speed and no bat. Yes, I know Robbie is part of both those categories, but I don't think that's what's meant by the term "versatile"!
  9. Platoon
    It would have helped had he had a little time to prepare, and if he had used the little time he did have to prepare. But to me the real problem was doing all this so you could keep Plouffe. That was the head scratcher.
  10. Platoon
    Since your technique is eerily similar to the way the current Twins manager makes out his lineup, is it possible you are in real life a former MLB AllStar, currently mis-employed in the Target Field home dugout?
  11. Platoon
    If I was a Twins pitcher, I would just close my eyes and sigh audibly!
  12. Platoon
    I fear not having any decent starting pitching, and having Polanco at SS, or just as bad, on the bench while EE plays. I fear a FO that thinks you have to be the "winner" in a deal. I fear someone signing Dozier to a 4 year extension. I fear us winning at most 80 games each year due to no SP, and then losing Dozier for nothing in two years. What we seem to fail to realize is that second baseman are currently a dime a dozen, and that there are 29 other teams in the league. And not one of them made an offer better than the Dodgers did. While one can argue that the Twins deserved more than they were offered, you cannot argue what Doziers current value to MLB teams is at this present time. You can hope for a debilitating injury to a second baseman who happens to be on a team who can afford to give you a couple good SP prospects, of course this has to happen before the trade deadline. And of course you have to have the good BD to deal at that time, not the bad one. I fear that's a lot of "ifs.
  13. Platoon
    All one can do when considering the non trade is to accept what is quite likely. And those things include the good possibility that Dozier will not repeat last year, career/league record years are rare for a reason. That the Twins lost out on a pretty decent low #2, high #3 pitcher. That Polanco is still the SS. That the Twins have few avenues to dramatically improve their SP. That the team lost 103 with Doziers heroics last year. For all these reasons I cannot see how keeping Dozier makes the Twins better? We been dere, done dat. This team needs pitching and a SS. There are only so many ways for them to acquire the SP. The trade chips are BD, or a Buxton or Sano type trade. Trading Santana is not really a net gain. Buy one? The Twins without SP are starting to look like a good football team without a QB. Drafts and economics are cause for windows of opportunities in ML sports. The Twins are entering one, but it won't happen without pitching. IMO they missed their first chance.
  14. Platoon
    SO is a good word. SO if the Twins did not trade Dozier for a piece that was described thusly, "It's possible they'll never get a shot at another prize like De Leon, but that's the gamble they are taking.", what is next? SO do they spend bucco bucks on a good SP, which btw seems neither available or in the teams DNA. SO do they trade a high ranking young player, or prospects? SO how do they fix SS and the lousy roster construction. SO far this FO looks like another Ryan, but with two better heads of hair. Fortunately SO is also the operative word in that sentence! Right now that is my only consolation.
  15. Platoon
    Not only is Molitor a lame duck, but so is Dozier. The team has done everything but walk into a bar, rolled up their shirt sleeve and asked, "wanna buy a second baseman"? Dozier will spend the season looking like a free agent on the last year of a deal we won't renew.
  16. Platoon
    To me the basic theory of baseball is you cannot hit your way to the pennant. You can win games during the season, taking advantage of weak pitching. That pitching disappears in the playoffs. Good. Pitching. Beats. Good. Hitting. And elite defense at certain positions makes pitchers better. (See Buxton v Shafer) Lots about the game has changed, but some things remain static. Corner guys are bat first, middle guys should be glove first, RF need better arms than LF. A good catcher really makes a staff better. I could go on. These are basics. And until they drastically change the shape of the field, angles and distances will continue to dictate those truths.
  17. Platoon
    I had given consideration to removing or revamping my "total system failure" tag on here. This saves me the trouble. BLEEP Then again if BD continues his solid upward plane and hits 50 this year, I will gladly remove said quote. But something tells me the plane will be more in Berts direction of angle!
  18. Platoon
    IMHO quoting offensive numbers for Polanco and EE is not actually missing the point, it is in fact making it! If you need to beef up your SS's creds with batting stats, it's an indication his glove is lacking. As for moving Polanco to third, putting EE at SS and Sano at DH? Sano is still too young and untested on the MLB level at third to be relegated to DH. He won't be a Brooks Robinson, but it's a bat first spot on the field. Moving Polanco over there likely lowers the offense at that spot and the defense is not markedly improved at SS with EE. And of course you can then deal with the Park, Vargas, Mauer issue. Or? We will just have 4 DH style players on the roster? That has a familiar ring to it!
  19. Platoon
    Cutting Polanco loose, or making him a Super utility player, isn't the answer. Taking reps from Sano at third? The outfield? Obviously SS? And Dozier sits how many games? Polanco appears to be a very good offensive player who can likely play second base. Putting him anywhere else negates his offense. What's troubling, so far, is no lessons appear to have been learned by management. Key word "appeared". They look to be sitting on a unneeded asset. And they appear to be using offense to evaluate a defensive position, while knowing they have a manager who seems to value such a view. Since they can't change managers, they should have changed the roster. (Yes I know that's drastic) The whole situation, and the continuing roster imbalance continue, even as spring training gets closer. While I am patient, and have faith in the core of this roster, the lack of fine tuning and tweaking necessary to move past a -103 team, is disheartening.
  20. Platoon
    IF there are no injuries, and IF like too much of last year, Molitor still spends as much time trying to fit the "Wamdering Albatross" into LF, it's going to negate the only defense advantage this team has. I don't view any of the non OF gloves as above average. Mauer and Dozier are solid, but lord the left side is not good. It would improve immensely with the Dozier trade, Polanco to second, and Vielma at SS. (If his leather is anywhere near as good as advertised) Molitor was quoted on the Caravan he wants Dozoer to stay. Now I know he has to make nice with fans, but if I managed that team, I would want Dozier gone, and decent pitcher sitting in front of his locker.
  21. Platoon
    I had already filled out half my employment application when I noticed the heading actually read "deploy"!
  22. Platoon
    IF I thought that either the SP or the RP would show up I could possibly squeeze 80 out of the Twins. But that's really a big IF. That considered, the best I can do is 73-75. I don't think they will lose 90 again, as I think the postion players will have an uptick. But the lack of defense in the IF is alarming, and frankly I am not convinced Molitor is adept at putting players in a position to excel. He spends too much time putting square pegs in round holes.
  23. Platoon
    I still have hopes we trade Dozier, move Polanco over, and bring up Vielma. In the past those hopes would not exist. i don't know if Vielma would be "breakout", as noted defense is not sexy. But if they don't change this infield, and the pitching coach goes out and says, "get us a ground ball, kid" I think the pitcher would be well within reason to look over his shoulder, back at the coach and say, "you gotta be bleeping kidding me"?
  24. Platoon
    Maybe he took the steroids for "contractions"?
  25. Platoon
    How one view injuries in the context of a players career will likely influence that persons perception of Mauer. And here is, IMHO, another. Mauer and Carew had a couple things in common, one was the enormous natural talent to make being an athlete look effortless, and two is the publics misconception that they weren't going all out. The game looked so easy for them. That said, I look at Mauer as someone who's final numbers will be severely blunted by his concussion(s). That he was one of the outstanding two way catchers in baseball history. That batting titles by catchers happen less often than we walked on the moon. And that using the end of a ten year contract to analyze a players career worth is not a useful exercise. The Twins and Mauer did what anyone else would have 8 years ago. The Twins locked up a great player in his prime, an absolute necessity after the TF promise of competitive payrolls, and Mauer took the money and played efficiently and quietly. How the Twins use Mauer in these last two years, is on the Twins, not on Joe Mauer!
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