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  1. diehardtwinsfan
    I'd be OK with this if the 3rd piece was decent. I think my preference is De Leon, Alvarez, and Stewart.... I'd tell LA that I'd be happy to take Puig off their hands to sweeten it
  2. diehardtwinsfan
    and since we cannot trade that 1 overall pick.... if there is no clear cut BPA, I think you take the best pitcher. Right now, that's Greene. That will change I'm sure in a few months, but I wouldn't simply grab the bat b/c it is lower risk.
  3. diehardtwinsfan
    To me, this is a flawed approach as well. You can find good arms late, I agree, but like anything else, the best ones happen in the 1st round. You have to go for those aces when you think there's a chance to do it. Simply taking a bat b/c it is lower risk can also significantly lower the reward, and when you need arms, it makes it far more likely that you still need arms at the end of the day... and getting arms via trade is going to cost you more than that high upside bat.
  4. diehardtwinsfan
    guess I'm not quite sold on Buxton just yet. I really hope I'm wrong there, but he showed promise in Sept of 2015 too only to start out horrid in 2016. I'm not sure I'd be sold handing him CF for 2017 just yet. I'd probably have a plan B
  5. diehardtwinsfan
    Point taken... I got my movies mixed up. I hereby rescind my geek card.
  6. diehardtwinsfan
    Santa can give belated presents, right?
  7. diehardtwinsfan
    This thread will get a lot cooler if someone goes Harper/Strassburg on their classes this spring... just sayin...
  8. diehardtwinsfan
    Carrie Fisher died this week.
  9. diehardtwinsfan
    That could be a trilogy all on its own... but do we really want any more Star Wars movies with Hayden Christensen in them again?
  10. diehardtwinsfan
    3-D is really cool the first time you see it... after that... not so much.
  11. diehardtwinsfan
    Well, I took my 12 year old son to see it this weekend. I wasn't worried about that at all, but I'd be lying to you if I said there weren't some dark moments that I think would be difficult for a 6 year old. Lots of characters die. It is after all, a story of the "many Bothan spies" which died getting the plans to the death star... now that said, speaking of things that I was a bit disappointed in, they really didn't work the Bothan aspect of it at all into Rogue 1.
  12. diehardtwinsfan
    after watching it, I will agree that they did a pretty good job for the most part of leaving the Jedi dead. There was still (in my opinion) way too much force reference at a time when it was associated with an ancient and dead religion... That said, I lived the force ninja... very good character.
  13. diehardtwinsfan
    Lots of hidden easter eggs. I liked how they ran into random characters from Mos Eisley. I'm also wondering why they didn't use Ion torpedos more in 4-6. The ion canon took out a star destroyer in empire, but those were a pretty wicked and simple ways to disable a rather large starship.
  14. diehardtwinsfan
    yeah, flipping Dozier for 2 mlb ready pitching propsects is not a complete teardown... It's not.
  15. diehardtwinsfan
    yeah, count me out on Wacha... I'd be really interested in STL if Reyes was on the table. Weaver is a nice prospect in his own rights. He's not the K machine these other guys are, but he keeps his walks down as well, and he's very stingy with the home runs. If they offered Reyes, Weaver, and some low A lotto tickets, I'd probably take it over DeLeon/Alvarez.
  16. diehardtwinsfan
    baseball front offices don't take time off for the holidays I doubt we see much for a couple weeks for now... Just my guess.
  17. diehardtwinsfan
    I like him. Young for his league and put up a 1.110 OPS in A+. still respectable in AA after his promotion. For a system without a ton of upside at 3B behind Sano, he's not a bad get as an extra piece. Again, I don't call this the second piece, but if the deal was De Leon, Alvarez, and Rios instead of Brock Stewart, I'd probably take it.
  18. diehardtwinsfan
    You cannot understate this. This type of trade is not one you Bill Smith.
  19. diehardtwinsfan
    I think the premise here is off. I don't think they all have #3 ceilings. Gonsalves, Jay, and Romero could all easily be better than ML average. I wouldn't write Stewart and Jorge off either, though the odds aren't as much in their favor anymore. To answer the premise, would I trade one? Certainly. If Kohl Stewart was what it would take to make a De Leon, Alvarez, Buehler deal possible for Dozier, I'd do it. I'm not sure, however, that I'd be packaging anyone for any position other than a near ready high upside ML ready catcher that can fit into the current crop. I'd rather let them develop and keep the ones that succeed knowing that some will and some won't. Now if the Twins were contenders, that would be a different story obviously.
  20. diehardtwinsfan
    Settlers of Catan Copious amounts of alcohol.
  21. diehardtwinsfan
    I'm not sure I want Sano at 1B until he's beyond his rookie contract. that's me personally, but I think he's of more impact at 3B and in his 20s he should be able to play it. Rosario is the name on this list that I suspect will most likely be replaced. He needs to improve on that walk rate and we have two years now of him just swinging at anything. He's young enough to improve, but I think there's a hole there in the OF that someone else can move into. Blankenhorn switched to 2nd, so while he was drafted as a 3B, he's being worked at a tougher position defensively. I like that. He may move back to 3rd, but if he can stick defensively and continues to hit, he will be of much more value at 2nd. I'm with Thrylos on Wade, I have to think he's in the picture by then. He's a CF too. I'm not sure how good he is defensively, but I tend to think this means he can play a corner spot with an above average defense. Vielma, on the other hand, I hope is only a defensive sub. Not sure I like the idea of him being an every day starter unless his bat takes huge strides forward. Here's another under the radar name. AJ Murray. I'm not sure of his defensive makeup at C, but I think he might be a candidate that not many expected to take a big leap. That's a hunch on my part. He was hot for a long stretch this year before cooling off (and getting promoted). I personally hope that was due to him tiring out.
  22. diehardtwinsfan
    If the offer was De Leon, Bellinger, quasi-decent 3rd piece, I'd definitely do it. The problem though is that the Dodgers were planning on using Bellinger in 2017, which makes that one a bit more difficult for them, especially with Dozier being a win now move. Given the org needs, I'd rather have Alvarez, even with more risk. We need good pitching badly. De Leon, Alvarez, Stewart. That's what I want for Christmas. That's two arms ready now allowing us to potentially trade Santiago and possibly Santana leaving us with a starting five of Berrios, De Leon, May, Stewart, and Gibson. 2017 might be a bit rough, but I really like how that pans out in 2018 and beyond.
  23. diehardtwinsfan
    yuck pass...
  24. diehardtwinsfan
    I guess I don't understand the fixation with Hispanic hires here (which is what I'm assuming the minority comment is about). I want the Twins to field the best possible candidate for the job description as it's written. If that's a minority, by all means hire him/her. If not, don't. (side note, I don't subscribe to the idea that coaches have no or minimal impact to the product on the field). I get the need to have more Spanish speakers in particular in the org, but that can accomplished with non-coaching positions too. Bottom line, let's get the best possible coaches out there, and if we need to bring in more support to do it, then by all means do that as well. But let's not shoehorn a person into a role simply because they may be bi-lingual. There's value in that, and I don't want to disparage that, but it should not trump all things.
  25. diehardtwinsfan
    Very true. I think with pitchers though, that risk is amplified since throwing baseballs tends to lend itself more to injuries than hitting them or catching them. That has to be priced into those negotiations. We saw what happened with Alex Meyer. He was a good prospect... very good one. Probably a bit better than De Leon is now, but further from the majors. Injuries played a large part in why he's still not cracked the majors.
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