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  1. diehardtwinsfan
    So Van... The Dozier non-trade. More to the story, right?
  2. diehardtwinsfan
    You'll start seeing those changes later this year. Falvine aren't going to gut the FO just b/c. They need to figure out who needs to stay and who should go.
  3. diehardtwinsfan
    My issue is that Berrios isn't one of the five best pitchers now. He clearly has the upside, and he's close to ready, but letting him spend a month in Rochester while the team sorts out the rotation isn't a bad thing. He can work on those things he needs to work on and the Twins can jettison the guy that deserves being jettisoned instead of guessing. If everyone does well, you're flipping a guy like Santiago for a prospect and promoting Berrios. That also is a good thing.
  4. diehardtwinsfan
    I'm not too concerned about anyone right now. If Sano isn't picking it up by the end of the month, then I'm concerned.
  5. diehardtwinsfan
    FA contracts will do more to check any video game behavior... But that said, I still think May can be a 1/2 type pitcher. I think the move to the pen was short sighted (though it may have helped a bit, so I cannot bash it completely). Here's to hoping Trevor locks up one of those 5 spots not just out of spring, but for the next 4-6 years.
  6. diehardtwinsfan
    keep in mind that Kendal's value is as a CF. He wouldn't be the best college hitter by a long shot. He may be the best hitter at a weaker hitting position, but that's a different issue. Count me in though on being a bit skeptical about K rates, BABIP, and the wood bat stuff. Those are all big red flags. I'd think about him with the comp pick or the #2 if the was there, though to be fair I don't he falls that far. I'd much rather have Green, Faedo, or Wright at #1.
  7. diehardtwinsfan
    So Van... on a slightly different take. I made a lot of money investing in Minnesota Moonshine companies last spring. Is it time to sell, or should I hold my investments in expectation of another 100 loss season?
  8. diehardtwinsfan
    Rodriguez and Harrison are probably the best bets to make it, but those chances are definitely slim. If I wanted a dark horse, I think Derek Rodriguez may surprise some people this year though. He's only been pitching for a short period of time, and based on the light coming on last year, I'm wondering if he will continue. In all, I wouldn't be surprised at all if none of them make though.
  9. diehardtwinsfan
    I'm still holding out hope that Glass-Steagle gets re-enacted... probably asking too much though that the politicians actually do what is in the best interest of the constituents.
  10. diehardtwinsfan
    I'd add that the economy is not near good enough to raise rates. They have to raise them b/c they know inflation is getting bad. They never fixed 2008. They just punted on the problems.
  11. diehardtwinsfan
    A correction is one thing. That's a 10-20% drop, which will recover in a reasonable amount of time. For example. we had a correction in Jan of 2016. The market recovered over the rest of the year. A crash is what you are very vulnerable to right now. That will take a year to unwind, and the time back can be long.
  12. diehardtwinsfan
    The market is unwinding a lot of the Trump trades right now and testing it's bull market trend line. I maintained before that I think we're due for a correction, and I still think that (though it's taking its time). As for your points. 1. Trump will do plenty stupid. he's already done plenty stupid. The bulls though are irrational and I don't think Trump's stupidity will be the reason for a correction. 2. This will probably happen. 3. This will almost definitely happen in some way. I think the EU is going to look drastically different in a couple years. 4. Let's hope not 5. Let's hope not. In my opinion, the Fed raising rates in a couple weeks will be a wake up call, and not in a good way. The market is pricing 2 rate increases in, and if they go up in March, the thought is that we get 3 or 4 this year. Might not be a bad time to buy some out of the money put options. I'm considering it.
  13. diehardtwinsfan
    supposedly, the jump to AAA isn't that much different from AA. Gonsalves did fine (minus the walk rate) in AA. I think starting in AAA would be appropriate. If he gets the walk rate down, he's on the short list for an eventual call up.
  14. diehardtwinsfan
    and every other post you insist he needs to be in the majors despite the fact that he was absolutely shelled when he was there. You've concluded, whether you've said it or not, that he's incapable of learning anything else in the minors.
  15. diehardtwinsfan
    Because he has a list of things that people want to see done differently. And his coaches will have that list too. And they will watch him because that's what they are paid to do. And when they see that, they call tell Falvey and Levine at their next meeting that he's doing much better in these areas and is ready for another shot...which will probably come by end of May at the latest... So I don't get the problem here. All we do is look at box scores. Oh, 9ks in 7IP... he's got nothing left to learn.
  16. diehardtwinsfan
    I'd like to see him fix whatever it was that was causing MLB hitters to tee off of him like he was throwing batting practice. I don't care what the box scores said. He wasn't ready. Asking him to work on those items isn't unreasonable.
  17. diehardtwinsfan
    I get what you're saying, but the key word is "at some point". I don't think that point is there. Berrios came up and pitched 14 games and got shelled. There's nothing wrong with sending a guy back down after he fails to give him some things to work on. That's why he has options. He's not one of the best 5 guys on the team right now. That, we can safely say. He may have the most upside of anyone on the team, but he's got a laundry list of things to work on. At this point, that can be done in AAA. He will be back up at some point this year, giving a guy like Hughes a shot to see if he still has something in the tank will not derail his career.... and if Hughes fails, then Berrios can come back, hopefully with some changes to his approach that will better ensure future success.
  18. diehardtwinsfan
    I'm not getting this logic at all, especially since Viola was pitching in a different era. I don't mind letting Berrios struggle to an extent, but he got brutalized and has things to work on... so let him work on them. He's going to be in MLB at some point, and there's no reason to incur service time while he's failing at MLB. He has stuff to work on. That's what the minors are for. Baring injury, he will be pitching for Minnesota at some point.
  19. diehardtwinsfan
    Probably a bit of a reach at 1-1, but this college lefty is worth watching. http://www.minorleagueball.com/2017/3/7/14783176/seth-romero-lhp-university-of-houston-2017-mlb-draft
  20. diehardtwinsfan
    What I can say is this. I don't think Berrios is one of the 5 best starters right now... and I do think he's going to be in the rotation at some point due to injury and/or ineffectiveness. Letting him start in AAA is just fine, especially given how bad he was last year. He'll be up again, hopefully with much better results.
  21. diehardtwinsfan
    And then there was Miguel Cabrera.
  22. diehardtwinsfan
    That's because they want to win.
  23. diehardtwinsfan
    Given his results last season, I think there's plenty for him to work on in AAA. Just b/c he's better than the competition doesn't mean he doesn't have things to work on. It just means that those items won't necessarily show up in the box scores.
  24. diehardtwinsfan
    I think my issue here is that it is easy to look at this with hindsight and say the Twins screwed up. The Twins drafted 4th that year, and that also means that all the prognosticators and scouts across baseball screwed up too, because no one saw what would happen. Benintendi is a good prospect, but he had questions... enough of which to drop him down significantly. There was no chatter about him going one overall that year, and for good reason.
  25. diehardtwinsfan
    silly question, but if we already get TD emails, do we need to sign up?
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