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  1. diehardtwinsfan
    This is hard... I guess that's a good thing. I lean towards Garver and Polanco, given they are both playing premium D positions where offense tends to be depressed, and they are destroying those roles offensively while doing decent defensively. Big draw back on Garver is that he doesn't play enough... though to be fair, I don't understand why he hasn't gotten time at 1B during Cron's various DL stints.
  2. diehardtwinsfan
    For the record, this was a well written piece. People certainly can and will disagree (especially in this case), but it was good. Keep writing!
  3. diehardtwinsfan
    I would note that the need for a 5th starter at the beginning of the season is somewhat muted. Obviously, you have an issue b/c it's 40 games, but it's really not going to be much of an issue until May timeframe, so if they aren't going after a big name, I'm fine with something like this.
  4. diehardtwinsfan
    Pineda would have been a QO option. Now, I'm guessing he still signs a 1 year deal, but for a lot less... Guess that's one way to avoid the QO... That said, I tend to agree that he should be an option. We have 3 starters hitting FA next season, I don't see a scenario where they all stay, and I really don't want to open up more than one spot to guys like Smeltzer, Thrope, Graterol, etc.
  5. diehardtwinsfan
    What is it with everyone wanting to take our best starting prospects and turn them into closers? Have you seen our starting pitching? Graterol, in my opinion, stays a starter unless he cannot stay healthy (and this is definitely an issue right now) or be effective in MLB as one. Don't mind him getting good experience out of the pen right now, but he should be firmly entrenched in this team's plan as a starter until he shows he cannot be one.
  6. diehardtwinsfan
    Now.Lets.Dagger.Them!
  7. diehardtwinsfan
    every front office will make mistakes. The question at hand is whether or not they learn from them and how many they are making relative to other front offices... and I suppose some front office mistakes can be worse than others... The Pressley trade certainly stands out at this point... especially given that the return has been very uninspiring thus far. I'd argue not doing enough to fix pitching has clearly hurt us too. Perhaps they know what Cleveland has done for sucess and want to do this internally and it takes time (the pen has gone from a weakness to a strength)... who knows perhaps starters will too.. but it certainly has hamped a team this year that has legit post season homes. I don't think Falvey or Levine are going anywhere. I suppose Levine could move into a POBO role or something like that. Some of the coaches (Wes Johnson in particular) could... though I hope we get another year or two out of him before that happens... Over all, I think the FO has been much better than it is worse... so as Chief says, this is a good problem to have. I'm not going to complain too much.
  8. diehardtwinsfan
    yeah, and no matter who holds it, I suspect it gets broken in the not so distant future.
  9. diehardtwinsfan
    excess water will dilute anything in your urine. If that's the issue at hand, I'm not sure why they don't just drink a ton of water.
  10. diehardtwinsfan
    while you're right that a reasonably educated person knows that a diuretic is not a diet pill, the question I'd ask is whether or not Pineda knew that his diet pill was a diuretic. There's a pretty distinct difference there, and not one that any of us can conclude with any kind of authority... And then on the other side, if a masking agent is nothing but a diuretic, then why don't doping players just get in the habit of drinking a gallon+ of water a day. That will have the exact same effect without the need of a pill. Not to derail this into a scientific conversation, but I'm legitimately curious there.
  11. diehardtwinsfan
    Mod note... let's stop the bickering please.
  12. diehardtwinsfan
    My wife is in this line of work too.. There's a lot less regulation there. I'm not really giving Pineda a pass. He screwed up... but this is very possible that he took a tainted supplement. That's why he should have gone through MLBs process.
  13. diehardtwinsfan
    It's probably worth noting that you cannot assume the person taking the medicine knows it's a diuretic. People buy into that quick weight loss and sometimes don't ask the questions as to how it is. I wouldn't assume he knew it was water weight.
  14. diehardtwinsfan
    He will have served pretty close to half of his suspension by the post season. I'm assuming our length of stay in the post season doesn't affect this, but he'd miss April and maybe a week of May. well, they really don't need a 5th starter the first month of the season... that's the easy answer. But that may mean running Thorpe or Smeltzer as your 4. I'm not sure whether to sign him or not. On the one end, he should could cheaply on a 1 year deal (and pitched well enough to earn it)... on the other.. well, he screwed up and screwed us over and is one bad test away from a season.
  15. diehardtwinsfan
    Wise people do not judge... especially since a they've likely made plenty of their own judge worthy mistakes.
  16. diehardtwinsfan
    Was it Falvey or Levine that said they woud sepnd when the window is open... well, it's open. I do hope they open up the check book and bring in one top tier guy at least. I guess I'm fine with trades too, but I'd rather them get at least one above average starter via FA.
  17. diehardtwinsfan
    Probably Thorpe.. more upside than Smeltzer, but Smeltzer has shown enough too. With Gibson's injury, you could potentially see both. That's scary.
  18. diehardtwinsfan
    I really think they need to skip the next couple Berrios starts... Let his arm rest for a week or two. We need him on firing on all cylinders and right now he's a liability each start. I cannot imagine that Thorpe or Smeltzer would be worse right now.
  19. diehardtwinsfan
    Honestly, I think a lot of that will depend on how this week goes. If we take it to Cleveland this weekend and see that lead widen, a lot of guys are going to get rested... I personally think even if we don't that it would be wise to skip a start or two from Berrios. We aren't going far if he isn't fixed.
  20. diehardtwinsfan
    someone will get a QO... not sure who at this point that will be. There's no way they can find 2 starting pitchers in FA/trade. I do think they'll open one spot to Thorpe/Smeltzer... but I doubt they let 3 rookies take those spots next season.
  21. diehardtwinsfan
    Got to say that I'm thrilled with a 5.5 game lead... need to hold it coming into that Cleveland series. They still have enough games with us to make it close again.
  22. diehardtwinsfan
    I guess it depends on what you think of Cave and eventually Rooker/Weil/Kirilloff/Larnach. That might be a decision better made in a year, but if someone had some decent pitching help that they would trade for Rosie, I wouldn't think too hard about it... Problem is that MLB doesn't really value corner OF types. Rosario's bat could make up for his gove at CF I suppose.
  23. diehardtwinsfan
    I'm not sure the pen was ever the right answer here. We seem too quick to take a promising starter and turn them into a reliever. Romero has been a pretty good prospect for years now and was pretty decent in MLB at first too... He's gotten results and seems to have the stuff.. but man did the wheels fall off... I'm going to chalk some of it up to a lost season and hope that he turns things around next year and regain that status. We're going to need pitching next season, and while I don't want 3 spots in the rotation left to rookies, I think one of them will probably go there... and we'll need depth if someone fails.
  24. diehardtwinsfan
    by hoping they keep him as a starter, I was referencing long term. I don't see him starting this season... and yeah, color me skeptical.. then again, I seem to remember a similar experiment with Jose Mijares that worked well at first.
  25. diehardtwinsfan
    well.. .800 OPS in 100+ games now. I'd say the bat is for real. From what I understand his glove is a bit below average for a CF... that makes for a pretty darn good 4th OF though or perhaps a piece to trade for pitching help this offseason. If Cave keeps doing what he's doing, he'll be collecting a major league check somewhere.
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