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  1. John Bonnes
    PiPress Mike Berardino, who is killing it this offseaon, reports that Chris Herrmann was send home from Domincan Winter League after SLUGGING just .267 over 12 games. But that's not the worst news.... Seems like another good time to ask - anyone think the Twins should be targeting a veteran catcher this offseason?
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    I'm surprised. I'm a big Mauer guy, but I think I'd trade him for Fielder and definitely would with the $30M as part of the deal. But I'm also high on Fielder. I think the negative view towards him is driven mostly by a late season slump that extended into the postseason and the fact that we all tend not to trust fat people. Im thinking a bit note here - with the other hitters coming up, who would fit the lineup better? Do you want a Fielder-Sano power platoon, or a more traditional 3/4 with a Mauer and Sano? Buxton as a 3 in front of the sluggers is fun to think about - but maybe I'd rather he's clear if them a bit, so he's more likely to steal bases. Hmmmm.....
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    No doubt about it - you've got to man up to follow this team. You might want to take a walk around a lake or something. I'm not even kidding, because it is EARLY, and you'll need electroshock therapy by Xmas if you keep doing this to yourself. how early? There are at least 16 pitchers better than Correia in this year's handbook, and that's before we get to sleepers like Volquez and Colby Lewis and Santana AMD Halladay and Marcum and Floyd and whoever else. A grand total of TWO have signed so far. So there's still quite a bit left on the shelf. FWIW, I don't think youll need to wait too long. Since his return, Ryan has liked to finish up his shopping by Xmas. Even Correia was signed by mid-December. It was Smith who dragged it out, waiting for prices to come down (and he had a great deal of success that way, actually - Pavano, Hudson & Thome come to mind).
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    At least in the short term, I like this trade for the Rangers (and thus for the Twins). 1. I think rumors of Fielder's demise are premature. 2. Kinsler's value was based so much on HR and SB, and both have been in serious decline lately. 3. Yeah, the Tigers save some money, but not a ton. Kinsler is only making $8M less than Fielder the next two years, and the Tigers had to throw $30M into the deal, too. Frankly, it's encouraging to see that team, whose payroll was $148M last year, finally show a little fiscal sanity. 4. I assume this means Miguel Cabrera moves to first base, which means they have a hole at third base, and I don't see an easy solution there, unless it's Jhonny Peralta, which would mean yet more money. Bottom line: Kinsler isn't so much a replacement for Fielder as he is for Peralta statistically and position wise. And they gave up Fielder to get him. I don't mind that.
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    I'll say this for him - he put up a 2.53 ERA in 135 innings in AAA, and for the most part, his hit rate has been pretty low for the last two seasons. He's not a top half of the rotation guy, but it could be that the Twins scouts are seeing something here to make them think he's the 2012 Scott Diamond type. He's still far from a real prospect, but I'll be interested to see what he does. I'm treating it as an early Rule 5 pick.
  6. John Bonnes
    And yet another indy league veteran. Huh. When Johnson was drafted in 2006, he was the 40th overall pick. He was with the Red Sox into 2011, but never really had any success, topping out at a 4.88 ERA in 2010. This last year in AAA he had a 2.39 ERA, but it looks largely BABIP driven. He had only 6.2 K/9 and 2.9 BB/9. The good news is that since the independent league, his hit rate is just 8 H/9 and he's been pretty good at not giving up home runs, so maybe he's developed into a groundball guy?
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    I think the way Parks was talking about Australia, he was implying that the Twins have been doing relatively well there and it bodes well for them in the future if those areas continue to produce, as opposed to teams that will need to start from scratch there. Or maybe as a "these guys scout everywhere" anecdote. Overall, I don't think much WAR has come from any of those sources yet. As for Latin America, the Twins readily admitted early last decade they were late to the party in the DR. That's why they went hard into Venezuela, building that academy, before the country destabilized. I also know for a fact that they conducted an study by an internal group that became the basis for Jack Goin's group regarding where value can be found and concluded that it was in international signings. That's what paved the way for the Sano signing. That might be part of why things heated up. Unfortunately, it also happened just before the signing limits.
  8. John Bonnes
    You might try googling: - Talk to Contact - The Sportive Also, Jeremy and Seth will be doing a Google Hangout tonight right here at TwinsDaily that you'll be able to download tomorrow.
  9. John Bonnes
    It certainly bumps back his timeline. I doubt we'll see him at Target Field this year now. I also don't doubt that when he returns from his 50-game suspension that he starts the season back in New Britain.
  10. John Bonnes
    Fangraphs profiles Oswaldo Arcia in their fantasy baseball section today. There's a lot of fun stuff to digest. Here's what grabbed me: Lots more to break down, including his strikeouts and split. Bottom line: they think he's a sleeper. I hope they're right.
  11. John Bonnes
    Parks also just said that if you took away the Twins numbers 1-10 players and just listed 11 through 20 as numbers 1 through 10, it would still be better than some other minor league organizations, including the Angels, Tigers and Athletics.
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    For those who cannot read the story, listen to the podcast. I'm only 8 minutes into it and needed to stop to take a cold shower. "[The Twins minor league system] has the depth of the Astros' system and the impact of the Cubs' system."
  13. John Bonnes
    Boy, reading that Buxton profile - I need to take a deep breath. He is really exciting. Trout is the recent comp, but to me he sounds like Rickey Henderson. That's nuts.
  14. John Bonnes
    Just to nip the "mediocre Cy Young" topic in the bud and get back to the Twins prospect talk, here are the number of Cy Young awards won by each franchise since 1967, which is when the AL got their own award: [TABLE=width: 128] [TD=width: 64]BAL[/TD] [TD=width: 64, align: right]6[/TD] BOS [TD=align: right]6[/TD] DET [TD=align: right]5[/TD] OAK [TD=align: right]5[/TD] KCR [TD=align: right]4[/TD] MIN [TD=align: right]4[/TD] TOR [TD=align: right]4[/TD] CLE [TD=align: right]3[/TD] NYY [TD=align: right]3[/TD] CHW [TD=align: right]2[/TD] MIL [TD=align: right]2[/TD] SEA [TD=align: right]2[/TD] LAA [TD=align: right]1[/TD] TBR [TD=align: right]1[/TD] [/TABLE] You can decide for yourself what is mediocre or average. Now, let's get back to the prospect talk.....
  15. John Bonnes
    That was an awesome recap gunnathor. Thank you for sharing that. It's the kind of contribution that really helps the community.
  16. John Bonnes
    In his offseason blog post, Strib reporter La Vell E. Neal III has lots of notes on the Twins and their minors, and couple of interesting hunches. The reports are that: Twins would like to bring back AJ to shake up the locker room a little but AJ is pretty popular and will play the process out. If Santana returns, he would be like Harden - invisible until (if ever) healthy He wouldn't be surprised if the Twins contacted LaTroy Hawkins IN general, Twins are looking for guys who have won before. Jorge Polanco will stay at shortstop at least through 2014. But I thought the most interesting was this: Yep, that is talking about trading prospects for pitching. THAT would make an interesting pivot this offseason.
  17. John Bonnes
    Two interesting takes here. First, he likes Oscar Tavares more than Buxton, though he does think Buxton could win batting championships. Also, he's a believer in Rosario, but sees him starting out in AA next year?
  18. John Bonnes
    Well here's why I hated it: http://twinsdaily.com/content.php?r=852-Ten-Things-I-HATE-About-The-Liriano-Trade My primary criticism was on the timing. When the Liriano trade was made, he was the best remaining arm available, had been really, really good for two months, but his last start had been a clunker. But he had one more start before the deadline and the Twins traded him within 24 hours of it. Why not wait until the next start? It it wasn't because the offer was so compelling. At the time we knew what these guys were and they were just that. For that matter they weren't even far enough from the majors to project any real career. They were just two AAA guys with no future other than eating service time. It felt like Ryan panicked.
  19. John Bonnes
    You can view the page at http://twinsdaily.com/content.php?r=2482-Gleeman-and-the-Geek-Episode-120-Moving-Mauer-and-Wedding-Balls
  20. John Bonnes
    Aaron and John talk about Joe Mauer moving from catcher to first base, being sponsored by another Twins podcast, the Twins' odds of actually signing Ricky Nolasco or another big-money free agent pitcher, recapping Dave Chappelle's marathon show at First Avenue, Jason Bartlett rejoining the Twins, Hebrew school reunions, Pedro Hernandez' 2014 ERA, Twitter beefs, John breaking his toe, and Aaron getting married. You can listen by clicking below, download us from iTunes or find it at GleemanAndTheGeek.com. [PRBREAK][/PRBREAK]
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    I also liked him saying that if he had to build an organization around any one minor leaguer, it would be Buxton. Nice. We might have our own version of Thunder and Lightning in 2015.
  23. John Bonnes
    For a topic switch like this, please start a different thread. Thanks.
  24. John Bonnes
    Bid on the baggy right now is only at $125.
  25. John Bonnes
    Boy, I'd be really surprised if this was true. And this is from someone who really studied the Twins revenues, both shared and local. Do you have a source or link or something for that?
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