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  1. diehardtwinsfan
    I'm not sure you can compare their minor league numbers for many of the reasons mentioned here. Context matters and they don't have much in common. That said, Dozier has shown the ability to be an elite hitter and above average defender at the major league level for long periods of time. While Polanco to be fair hasn't had the opportunity to do so, those types of players don't exactly grown on trees. I think at the end of the day, trading Dozier is the right answer, especially with only 2 years left under contract, but I don't pretend to think that Polanco can walk in and out produce him in 2017. He may never put a season like Dozier.
  2. diehardtwinsfan
    Nothing wrong with asking for someone who actually cares about people, especially when your product is people. That doesn't bother me. Competent though... Kind of what that too. All of a sudden we get to see how much of this mess is on ownership, and ownership appears to be unable to understand. If ownership doesn't understand their contribution to total system failure, then we're unfortunately going to see more total system failure.
  3. diehardtwinsfan
    Just about everyone on the list needs to move up a level, with exceptions to Walker (needs work) and Palka (not on the 40 man and really no place to play at the moment). What I really want Antony to do is make the trades/DFAs needed to get them up there. The following should be removed from the roster, some by Aug 1 and the rest by Aug 31: Plouffe, Abad, Kinzler, Suzuki, Milone, and Nolasco. I'd argue Dozier should be traded too, but if that waited to the offseason, I wouldn't necessarily be upset.
  4. diehardtwinsfan
    Yes and no. No one bats 1.000. I expect a GM to make smart moves, and take good calculated risks. I expect some failures. Honestly, my biggest beef was the lack of smart moves once it was clear the season was toast with Berrios, Polanco, Chargois, and Arcia being on top of that list. We can blast Nolasco pretty easily in hindsight, but the Nolasco signing was driven by a team that desperately needed pitching with not much help in the minors, and believe it or not, Nolasco was one of the more coveted FAs that year. Sadly, I looked No one saw Duffey turning into what he did, and Gibson, Meyer, and May had a ton of question marks.
  5. diehardtwinsfan
    love this piece. Hope the owners make it an article.
  6. diehardtwinsfan
    I decided to re-read the Park signing thread... Not a lot of slamming at all... certainly not by you as you didn't post in it at all. LewFordLives was really the only one really adamantly against it, with most of us being optimistic to varying degrees for varying reasons. Of course, remember how we all thought we could get a decent catcher for Plouffe? Yeah, those were the good old days.. We were all off there. Every single one of us. I'm guessing that's the part that backfired on the FO. They expected more too, and when they didn't get it... Sano to the OF went from being a bargaining chip to the plan all along.
  7. diehardtwinsfan
    I won't argue Plouffe with you. I expected them to actively try and trade him, and based on MLBTR this offseason, teams did inquire. I'm not sure if the Twins told them no, or imply weren't interested in parting with Trevor as the return was going to be low. A lot of us hoped to get a decent catcher for him. That wasn't going to happen based on what Freese signed for and a much better 3B was traded for. It's easy to say in hindsight that they should have dumped him, especially given the season he's had to date, but a .750 OPS is above league average and 22 HRs to go with it is not a bad component in the lineup. I think my biggest problem is that Plouffe would have been the first guy I was moving. He'd still get some occasional 3B, but I'd have put him in RF a bit more than I would Sano. Mauer is another one that would have found some PT out there.
  8. diehardtwinsfan
    You'll see soon enough if the sunk cost side of things was a Ryan or Pohlad thing, because yes, by all means they should be eating some of Nolasco to get rid of him, and if they aren't getting a decent offer for Santana, they should be eating some of that too (though I'd have no issue keeping Ervin)... But I digress... Are we seriously slamming Ryan for Park? I don't know if Park will work out or not, but we all knew there would be a learning curve here, and no one should be complaining about adding cheap talent. BTW, Park has an .864 OPS (SSS I know) in AAA at the moment after taking some time off to rest an injured hand. This included his bad start. I'm not going to fault TR for making those types of moves. Those are the types of moves we've all asked him to make, so we don't get trash him when it doesn't work (they do fail, all the time I might add).
  9. diehardtwinsfan
    yeah, seems more prevalent in the NFL, which is a bit more cut throat than MLB.... Then again, Steinbrenner had no problems crossing ethical barriers back in the day.
  10. diehardtwinsfan
    BTW, count me as a no against a all glove no bat catcher in Maguire. We have one of those in Stuart Turner.
  11. diehardtwinsfan
    In my humble opinion, this really for the most part is a baseball matter. MLB can sanction them much like the NFL does when teams cheat. That's how CBA type items work. I'm a bit surprised to be honest that Correa is charged/convicted at all for this reason (though the law does allow for it). Really the only other avenue here would be the Astros suing the Cardinals for damages, which is what would happen in normal circumstances... however, that is why baseball has a commissioner and MLB's business model doesn't fit normal circumstances... Now if the league does nothing, that's an issue.
  12. diehardtwinsfan
    That was only component to the housing market. Plenty of mis-representation and fraud occurred on the mortgage side of things (and yes, I know plenty of buyers engaged in that too), which soaked investors rather heavily, not to mention the back door deals that allowed for the tax payers to pick up the tab when the guilty parties got bit by it... that's before you even start talking about the foreclosure mills. Yes, there was buying based on desperation and foolish decisions made based on that mentality, but let's not pretend that no crimes were committed by people looking to take advantage of it.
  13. diehardtwinsfan
    I'm arguing semantics more than anything else here. I'm not even saying there shouldn't be a punishment, but the term does have different connotations, and guessing a password because you knew the guy is something just about anyone could do. Not exactly what I call a hacker.
  14. diehardtwinsfan
    To be fair, there are issues with cross boarder prosecution, and most hacking falls under that umbrella. Internationally, nothing has really been done which makes it even more difficult... But if you want have some fun, the broad definition could give fits in lots of areas, such as high frequency trading where companies like JP Morgan and GS use technology to front run large trades so they can mark them up. And yeah, let's not talk about everything that caused 2008. No one has been prosecuted for that at all, despite the fact just about every person in America was impacted by those crimes.
  15. diehardtwinsfan
    I think you need to re-read what I was said. I said I didn't get the justice system (given the punishment the Stanford swimmer got for rape). Think about that for a second. Drug and rape a girl who is passed out... 6 months... wouldn't want to ruin the kids life after all. Re-use a password and leak a bunch of embarrassing information that has little long term consequence (and yes, long term consequence should have an impact on the penalty assigned).. 4 plus years. It just doesn't compute. I also said that to stop calling him a hacker. That's not what he is. I work in IT for a living and have a security background. I don't have too much of an issue with him receiving punishment as he broke the law. Then again, hackers have gotten off on some interesting technicalities (one that comes to mind is the system owner using a welcome banner instead of a warning banner when accessing a system). That said, given the laws MLB is exempt from, why they aren't being asked to police this themselves is a separate issue altogether.
  16. diehardtwinsfan
    His peripherals have been slowly improving over the last year, though his production hasn't caught up. Hopefully this is a sign that the production is starting to be impacted by those peripherals. I suspect he gets another season in AAA, which will be the real judge on whether or not Walker has figured it out.
  17. diehardtwinsfan
    Garver was a good defender in college, being the runner up to Turner for the big defensive award that year. He's just not Turner level. I'm fine with that given that his bat might be above average to go with good but not great defense.
  18. diehardtwinsfan
    They just called up Glasnow, who is a pretty good pitching prospect. Not sure they will send him back down.
  19. diehardtwinsfan
    A good player does not equal a good GM or manager. Heck, Dave Stewart was a pretty good player in his day. I'd like to see Torii as a coach long before he gets any higher level responsibilities. Also of note, I have zero problem if he gets a coaching job in the Minnesota system.
  20. diehardtwinsfan
    Let's not just pile on for the sake of piling on. Ryan picked up plenty of decent talent in his second stint. Berrios, Walker, Duffey, and Chargois are all sitting at the majors or on the cusp. None of these were the products of drafting super high. He picked up nice pieces in Palka, Thorpe, Burdi, Jorge, Romero, Wade, Garver, etc. as well... and these are just off the top of my head. I won't argue there's a problem on the development side. I've been saying that much myself. We are about to find out how much of that is on Molitor/ownership than anything else. Like it or not, the industry recognizes the talent that sits in the Twins system, and much of that is on Ryan as he manned the helm for the last four or so seasons. The new GM gets to figure out why it is we cannot seem to develop it.
  21. diehardtwinsfan
    This makes sense, to an extent, but given how loyal TR was to Gardy, I struggle picturing it... then again, you kind of wonder if there was some sort of rift between the two, particularly surrounding guys like Polanco and Meyer.
  22. diehardtwinsfan
    You know, I don't get the justice system in this country. That Stanford swimmer got not even close to that amount of time. Oh, and let's stop calling him a hacker please. Just because Luhnow was too stupid to change his password doesn't mean that the guy who know it previously is a hacker... not exactly what I call a true cybercrime.
  23. diehardtwinsfan
    Next time I'm in NY, might have stop by and visit...
  24. diehardtwinsfan
    You've been drinking on the job, or need to fire the intern. Bit of a Coup d'état in the Twins front office with Terry Ryan stepping down. You have such good scoops. Clearly there's a scandal needing uncovering. You're just the guy.
  25. diehardtwinsfan
    I'm still looking for the posting... not on MLB.com. Found this little site, but it's not there either. I'm just curious how the job description reads. New GM opening, must love Molitor.
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