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  1. diehardtwinsfan
    Detroit's moves don't really make a ton of sense. This team is on the down swing and I don't see them resurging. Zimmerman isn't Price, and their core is getting even older.
  2. diehardtwinsfan
    SSS I know, but May was our best starter when he was demoted to the pen. That demotion had nothing to do with results and more to do with pecking order. That quality arm belongs in the rotation.
  3. diehardtwinsfan
    I'm not sure I agree with that line of reasoning. Now you're adding a guy in the fall just to DFA them in the winter. There really isn't an idea way to handle that I guess other than that it needs to happen. My biggest beef has more to do with who was kept and who was let go. Pinto most definitely wouldn't have been DFAd in my opinion, not in favor of Dean at least. Who knows, perhaps he's still seeing double and that's why he got the boot. Either way, no way I'd have given up that easily.
  4. diehardtwinsfan
    There's definitely a few guys on that list that I'd trade Zach Jones for in a heart beat, so from that aspect, I'm good. Not quite as certain about Josmil Pinto (rather not have lost) or for that matter, Pat Dean (not sure why he was protected). Honestly, if Dean is that valuable to a major league team, I'd have spent a lot of time trying to flip him to another team for say a similarly blocked OF or even an RP. It wouldn't have to be much I would think, as no one would have cried if Dean was flipped for a young reliever or a 4th OF. Dean likely isn't going to see much time in MN other than a spot start as he's likely behind Rodgers, Duffey, May, and even Meyer in the pecking order as well as being chased by Berrios who I suspect will get added at some point in 2016.
  5. diehardtwinsfan
    I'll be disappointed if May remains in the pen (unless this is his preference). Perk, Jepsen, and May isn't a bad back of the pen, but not exactly elite either. I'd think they would need to go out and get a Storen or an O'Day first and then someone else would really need to step it up.
  6. diehardtwinsfan
    Honestly, if Walker is up next year for anything more than a cup of coffee, that means some things went seriously wrong. He's behind several guys who will get a shot well ahead of him.
  7. diehardtwinsfan
    The solution is to have him hitting against Duffey this spring whenever Duffey is working on his curve.
  8. diehardtwinsfan
    I have a tough time believing that whomever they will take in the Rule V draft next month will have the upside or be any more likely to stick than Pinto. Achter isn't too much a loss (wish him well), but I'm a bit surprised about Pinto.
  9. diehardtwinsfan
    I cannot like this enough. May was our best starting pitcher when he got demoted, and that was in spite of those clunkers. The guy has a chance to be a 1/2 type pitcher. They need to let that develop, not waste it in the pen.
  10. diehardtwinsfan
    The thing about Duffey is that you saw his peripherals improve with each step up the ladder. That certainly was encouraging. I'm not quite sure the type of pitcher he's going to be, but with a mid-90s FB and a hammer curve, he could be a pretty good one. I thought he would profile as 3 at best. He pitched like that in his rookie year and could potentially get better (he could get worse too).
  11. diehardtwinsfan
    The issue with Dean is where he is on the pecking order and where to stash him. There are 7 guys on the 25 man roster right now who are starting pitchers. Even if Nolasco and Milone are traded, you now have Dean sitting behind Rogers, Berrios, and quite possibly Meyer in AAA. I'm not necessarily against keeping him if there's room on the 40 man, but I suspect that may be a bit of a long shot given the org's need for some decent relief pitching and quite possibly another OF.
  12. diehardtwinsfan
    May needs to be in the rotation. I'd trade Milone for a reliever or a prospect. Darren O'Day would be on my list, and getting Drew Storen for a reasonable price would be another one. The pen that you have laid out is pretty much last year's pen. Not a fan given how bad it was. You add O'Day and Storen and you have a pretty formidable back end of the pen. In AAA you have Berrios and Rogers or maybe even Meyer who can come up if someone struggles or is hurt. There's nice depth there. No reason to keep Milone around. I'd probably DFA Nolasco if I couldn't find any trade for him.
  13. diehardtwinsfan
    I think Milone has to be traded personally. You need May and Duffey in the rotation.
  14. diehardtwinsfan
    If this happens, next year will be a very good year. I like your optimism.
  15. diehardtwinsfan
    I'd probably note their ages here too. Fuenmeyer would be an interesting guy to grab if he was say 23. That said, Michael will be in Rochester next season playing an up the middle position with a bat that was well above average for said position. He's a former first rounder who definitely struggled at first. I can see it either way, but if I was hurting for MI help, Michael would be a decent get. He might be a bench guy in MLB this year, but you could burn an option getting him development in AAA and then have him for 5 more years after that. Personally, I'd protect him. I do agree that the Twins probably have a better feel for whether or not that is necessary, and that answer may very well be that it isn't. I'm not sure I'd take the risk unless there's a rule V guy they have to have or a few more FAs they plan on getting.
  16. diehardtwinsfan
    Rodgers, Walker, and Chargois are no brainers in my opinion. I'd probably rather have Levi Michael than Pat Dean personally. Dean is a guy I'd be trying to trade as he really doesn't have a future in MN and he's at best a 5th starter.
  17. diehardtwinsfan
    I think the encouraging thing about this is that most of the failures are younger guys not stepping up. That's not terribly unusual, and I do think that at least one of Pinto/Arcia/Meyer will likely step up and suddenly be an option that we counted out. That's somewhat normal. On the other hand, it's really really really hard to believe that Mauer, who was an HOF catcher/top of the order bat could see that hit tool fall so hard. I have to think he's got a few more seasons in him given his age. I suppose it is not without precedent that a 32 year old player could suddenly lose everything so to speak, but typically that doesn't happen for guys with Mauer level talent. I really want to believe that something will change there. He may not pick up that extra power, but it would be nice to see a .400 OBP again with a bunch of doubles.
  18. diehardtwinsfan
    Burton wasn't bad in 2012. Most of these guys didn't pitch much, which is a good thing. It goes back to the premise. Just go grab a bunch of these arms and throw them against a wall to see what sticks.
  19. diehardtwinsfan
    This is where we have to disagree. He's already an average catcher. Actually, you could argue he's already an above average catcher if you want to ignore his question marks. He was average to above in all of his minor league stops while being young for the league age. He has a higher upside than an average catcher, and he's 24.. Yeah, he's not a .850 OPS upside guy with good defense (which is more what Hicks could be if he figures it out), but a .750 OPS C with average to above defense is a well above average catcher and a very real possibility for Murphy. That's a young Derrek Norris, except that he's major league ready, younger, and has a lot more team control. I could be wrong, but I believe there were only 4 MLB catchers that cracked an OPS north of .800 last season with the average catcher OPS being around .700. Murphy has more than an average upside.
  20. diehardtwinsfan
    Or it could be a win-win. I think the Twins have a high enough floor guy that getting a win for need is likely. The Yankees have taken on a lot more risk. On the flip side, if Hicks does figure it out, they get more upside. The trade makes sense for both teams, even if it isn't the Lucroy we all wanted.
  21. diehardtwinsfan
    based on his 2015, I think there are plenty of baseball reasons to be concerned about Arcia. I do think he deserves a shot in 2016, but I really hope he spent some time working on both sides of his game this offseason.
  22. diehardtwinsfan
    I would definitely target a higher ceiling type vet on a make good deal in that scenario, but I do disagree with the premise that this will necessarily delay the learning curve. Kepler has no AAA experience, Buxton has a few at bats there. Buxton was clearly not ready for ML and could learn some things that would allow him to do better in MLB once he's there. I really don't buy the idea that letting Hicks spend 2013 in AAA would have necessarily pushed back his MLB results. I think it would have likely led to a much better 2014 (and probably 2015) in the majors had he spent 2013 in AAA. He wasn't ready. I also think that said high ceiling vet (unless he's doing phenominally well) would be flipped at the deadline to make room for whatever AAA OFer that has earned the job.
  23. diehardtwinsfan
    I wouldn't be shocked if Mauer ends up in RF at some point, especially if Park shows like he can hit ML pitching this spring. That said, I think both Arcia and Pinto make the roster, if for no other reason than to improve what was the league's worst bench. Both of shown they can hit, though both had a pretty bad 2015 (which may be due to injury since both dealt with those). Once someone invariably hits the 15 day DL, these guys can step in for another chance to shine.
  24. diehardtwinsfan
    Also, as much as I hope Hicks succeeds, can you imagine how the NY media would handle him if he gave up switch hitting like he did with us in 2014? I know he's going to have protection in that lineup, but I'm not sure he's going to do well in that pressure cooker that is NY. Perhaps I'm wrong (and I hope I am), but it seems like there's a lot of angst about what will most likely be nothing.
  25. diehardtwinsfan
    I don't think the prospects will play that well to start. One of those guys is a good fit in that they can give Buxton/Kepler a bit of extra time to develop in AAA and then get flipped for some marginal help at the deadline to make room for them. You'll have a better result in 2016 doing that. I don't think it's a bad idea at all if any of those guys would be up for a 1 year deal (just to caveat, I haven't at all researched whether they would be willing to do a 1 year deal. I would be going after an OF that was).
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