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  1. diehardtwinsfan
    problem with that proven major league talent is that it drops off pretty quick due to age or injury, and then you're stuck. Every opportunity is a dangerous way to run a team in my opinion. There's definitely, however, smart opportunities to add talent. If memory serves me right, we got Castillo for an absolute song during a Marlins fire sale. That's one example, but hardly the only one. picking up the Feldman's of the world or good bounce back candidates are great ways as well, especially or a bad team, but trading Buxton and Sano off for guys who will help now is quite likely going to leave us perpetually mediocre, especially when the team isn't one piece away from competing.
  2. diehardtwinsfan
    No wonder the Twins have been bad at developing pitchers. They keep changing their throwing hands.
  3. diehardtwinsfan
    Heck, Jack Goin just posted in another thread, so yeah, someone at the Twins has probably read it.
  4. diehardtwinsfan
    very rarely does 1 overall sign for slot, so the idea of loading up on talent with a huge bonus pool makes tons of sense.... hopefully they can get it done... knowing our luck though, there will be a clear cut 1 overall guy represented by Boras... then again, that might not be a bad thing if said guy is a pitcher or the next A-Rod (minus the roids and personality) at SS.
  5. diehardtwinsfan
    I suspect he's more of a 'closer to spring training trade'. Teams will target him once they know where all the chips have landed.
  6. diehardtwinsfan
    Santana was an above average AL starter last year... and well enough above average I might add that he would have a spot on just about any team's starting rotation. To put in perspective among starters: ERA - 23rd overall WHIP - 33rd overall K - 54th overall WAR - 32 overall That was right off of ESPN. I'm really not sure why it is people peg him as a #3-5. He's a borderline top 30 pitcher in all of baseball, which includes the NL where pitchers get a nice bump due to having a free out in the lineup. He's not going to get you a top 30 prospect if that's the question. He's cheap (2 inexpensive years plus an option), but he's also getting old (more risk) and has a PED suspension under his belt (still more risk). That does devalue him, but getting one or two B level prospects should be very doable if he's for sale. Whether that's worth it to MN, I don't know.
  7. diehardtwinsfan
    Obviously, there's some truth to this, but I personally maintain that scouting and development are two completely different ideas. Both are necessary, and if you do one of them poorly, you're going to have bad results no matter how well you do the other one... An article of how we drafted in relation to other teams measures both metrics especially when WAR is the main component, and there really isn't a good way to separate the two. That's a long winded way of saying that I don't think identifying talent is the problem in Minnesota personally, and on that most of the national pundits agreed (or else they wouldn't have rated the farm system so highly)... what they have failed at (and done so miserably in my opinion), is developing said talent.
  8. diehardtwinsfan
    I thought only our prospects struggled when they hit the majors He's in much the same place that Buxton is in. Still highly valued... not much results. He won't get in a trade what he's worth to the org, so he gets dangled only if Texas is desperate.
  9. diehardtwinsfan
    Agreed, it's not a cost issue in my opinion. He was humbled a bit last season, so perhaps he grew up. This would certainly add to the humiliation if LA was forced to give him away. I'd do this in that setting, taking a better 3rd prospect. 17.5M for an established player is a pretty reasonable price. There's some risk there, but given the downside is a .750 OPS player with decent defense, that's still a slightly above average player.
  10. diehardtwinsfan
    If as Dave says that the holdup is over pieces 3 and 4 essentially being org filler, I'm not to terribly upset that the trade hasn't been consummated... for that reason. Dozier is a pretty good player. Two top 100 guys (Alvaraz and De Leon) plus filler isn't likely worth it to the Twins. They want to rebuild the team, by all means make sure at least one more piece is a decent prospect. It doesn't need to be a top 100 guy, but definitely someone who could pan out at some point. I'd be happy to take one of their Lewis Thorpe type guys, but I want it to be a legitimate prospect. Prospects fail. They do it all the time. That's the nature of the game, which is why you need enough upside to justify the risk.
  11. diehardtwinsfan
    I'm not arguing any of those facts. You're right, no one wanted him at the deadline. You're right, he's a pain and has no value. I'm arguing though that sometimes people need to mature and things like that can do that, especially with a change of scenery. It's not my money (famous last words, I know), but I'd definitely consider taking the project and it's cost in exchange for a legit 3rd piece to the trade. There's room on the team for him, and if he figures things out, he can be flipped for a nice piece as well. He had an OPS > .900 his first two years. If he figures out what was wrong, that becomes supremely valuable either in July or next offseason. If he doesn't, you eat the cost. Puig wasn't the end goal, he was a means to get a better prospect.
  12. diehardtwinsfan
    Seems like the easy solution is to tell the Dodgers that we will take Puig and his contract if they upgrade the 3rd piece to a legit prospect. He's not going to be worse than Rosario, and if he comes out strong he can be flipped at the deadline for another piece if the clubhouse issues are too much to deal with.
  13. diehardtwinsfan
    Interesting idea for a 3 way trade. Twins pay Puig's salary. LA ships Puig to Miami for a prospect that either comes our way or used to upgrade another piece from lottery ticket to legit prospect... Like the idea. Of course, LA can print money, so I don't know why they'd do that unless there's some luxury tax implication or that debt problem is a LOT worse than what has been reported.
  14. diehardtwinsfan
    I'm not sure Kazmir would be an easy flip. He's been moving in the wrong direction now for a while. I don't mind picking up a bad contract for a better prospect, but I wouldn't be surprised if we end up stuck with said bad contract too.
  15. diehardtwinsfan
    anything that gets rid of Santiago is good in my book.
  16. diehardtwinsfan
    Well, one good came out of it. Chitown got rid of that creepy avatar.
  17. diehardtwinsfan
    The husky mix in my avatar says otherwise... at least he would have when he was alive.
  18. diehardtwinsfan
    I'm trying to figure out how they made the smog go away.
  19. diehardtwinsfan
    oh wow, a whole inch. Imagine what that would do to traffic in the LA area today.
  20. diehardtwinsfan
    At which point a mod might go rogue and lock it this one.
  21. diehardtwinsfan
    I cannot believe I just spent 10 minutes catching up on this thread...
  22. diehardtwinsfan
    Wait.... the Vikings fooled you? You don't say. Isn't being disappointed by the Vikings about as certain as death and taxes?
  23. diehardtwinsfan
    She likes squeaky toys too.... pretty sure that would count...
  24. diehardtwinsfan
    My dog thinks those are chew toys..
  25. diehardtwinsfan
    That's like every cat. Why do people own them? Dogs are so much better.
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