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  1. diehardtwinsfan
    The point is that most of the vets couldn't be unloaded, and the ones that were able to be were traded. My only beef with Ryan's rebuild during that timeframe is not going after lottery tickets and stocking his minors with AAAA type guys. He did that a bit with guys like Colabello. The high minors were pretty baren of talent, and the major league level was awful to say the least. At that point, I'm loading up with guys with a former track record coming off of injury. In other words, go get the Feldman and Pelfrey's of the world and not the Kevin Correias. Yeah, some of those guys flame out, which is what you have your AAAA guys for, and the guys that succeed get flipped for talent at the deadline... and that's where the AAAA guys come in. If you're lucky, one of those AAAA guys figures it out and you have more trade bait or a core piece... Rinse and repeat until the kids are ready.
  2. diehardtwinsfan
    given the insects in those climates, wearing clothing would be beneficial.
  3. diehardtwinsfan
    I should note that if dragon glass can kill a white walker, then I'd think dragons can too. Just my 2 cents.
  4. diehardtwinsfan
    I don't know... maybe she stole a few faces from the faceless. The training might be boring, but I suspect it will be used at a later time.
  5. diehardtwinsfan
    Yeah, here's to hoping he does a Mike Trout on the majors...
  6. diehardtwinsfan
    Fair enough, but that's the easy part of baking. There's a million recipes out there that aren't hard to follow. Just skip the part where they end up burnt.
  7. diehardtwinsfan
    I remember those days. I think I still have a half pound of drywall dust permanently residing in my lungs.
  8. diehardtwinsfan
    It would have been nice to have had an aunt that would spoil me with baked goods back when I was in college/young adult. So sad...
  9. diehardtwinsfan
    That's easy. Don't bake them. Just eat the dough.
  10. diehardtwinsfan
    Does Chief pick up the cost to fly to AZ? If so, I'm in. So for my question... well, what do you suppose we could get for Trevor Plouffe? I keep checking TD daily for something indicating a trade was made. I'm thinking Tyler Glasnow from Pittsburg should be good. Do you think we'd need to throw in Brian Duensing to make it work?
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    yes... then again, it might encourage those young guys to focus more on getting ahead in the count and striking out the batter I'm just saying at one point, given that we won't be doing anything this year, we may as well focus on figuring out what works. In Arcia's case, getting him in the lineup every day should have been a requirement.
  12. diehardtwinsfan
    I never said any of that wasn't true. What I am saying is that you're being pretty unreasonable if you think his failure to do better in this area is on the org. He was a 3rd round pick for a reason, and these types of players fail all the time all over MLB. That was my point.
  13. diehardtwinsfan
    I wouldn't put ABWs BA on the org. He was a 3rd rounder for a reason and it was well recognized he'd have these problems (hence his draft spot). The fact that he hasn't been just promoted ought to say something, and I'm sure it's not that no one is saying take more pitches... judging by his results, that's what he's doing (or at least trying to) and not doing well I might add.
  14. diehardtwinsfan
    Usually I do as well. John has a thing for toolsy OFs if you're curious. More of a bat guy than a pitching guy any day. Yeah, I suppose there's less risk there, but that's how you end up signing the Santanas and Nolasco's of the world. Still got to have decent pitchers.
  15. diehardtwinsfan
    Honestly, it's a lost season, I'd have played him in CF just to keep his bat in the lineup and see if he can adjust to major league pitching. Would one or two more losses b/c of it really make things worse than what they are now?
  16. diehardtwinsfan
    going to the plate looking to take one (such as Aaron Hicks) is a bad idea. Being willing to take one is a different story, something Rosario, Vargas, Arcia, and Santana all need to learn. If the pitcher isn't throwing enough strikes, then take the free pass. Swing freely at those pitches out side of the zone and more often than not you're headed back to the dug out. That's what a good at bat looks like. The outcome is a result of the good process. We get into trouble when we look at the outcome and want to see more of it, but forget that there's a process that is not easy to change.
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    Well I for one hopes he keeps it up a bit longer. He's a free agent next year and exactly the type of guy that can be flipped for a lottery ticket prospect in the low minors. It won't be much, but I'm all about collecting those power ball tickets. If Herrman could get Palka, I'd think Kurt could bring in something of value as well.
  18. diehardtwinsfan
    Figured I'd post that one here. Sickles does a shadow draft each year and this was his shot at it. Some similarities. Seems like a lot of people don't think we can get Blazovich signed (even though Wolfson supposedly said it was done). http://www.minorleagueball.com/2016/6/18/11968976/2016-minnesota-twins-shadow-draft
  19. diehardtwinsfan
    If memory serves me right, his injury last year was a hip injury, which are notoriously difficult to just bounce back from. I doubt he sucked in AAA b/c he felt he didn't belong... likely more b/c it hurt to swing. That said, my biggest beef is consistent PT. There's no excuse for Molitor to have gotten Arcia as little PT as he did. None. A day off now and then wouldn't have been hard, and it wouldn't have been hard to get some others guys days off to get Oswaldo in the lineup more. There's enough positional flexibility on this team to have accomplished it.
  20. diehardtwinsfan
    Crowd noise isn't surprising, and I'm not sure you can do much about it. Those minor league stadiums aren't going to see attendance over 5k very often, and as bad as the Twins have been, that's still quite a bit less than what shows up at TF, and at road games it's worse. You can be told about that one till the cows come home, it won't prepare you for hearing the real thing. But back to the point, I am fairly convinced that the Twins have issues in developing talent. Exactly what I'm not sure. Identifying it seems to be something they can do well, and even developing it through the minors seems like it works too... but something happens when a guy is first called up or a failure to adjust if he's had some success. I'd love to know where the Twins sit in those categories in respect to league average. I have to think they are below average there.
  21. diehardtwinsfan
    Not quite so sure. He had posted OPS values of .737,.687, and .679 in his three seasons prior. That's pretty MEH for a CF and he was 3 seasons removed from his .807 and .809 OPS years. His first year in Washington wasn't that great either. Hardly a sure thing. The big thing was his cheap contract to go with a floor that was league average and a ceiling that was much better. As I said, I was spit balling it a bit on Dozier, but I'd certainly be asking something like that. If Dozier's start was just him needing to adjust a bit, he's going to have some pretty decent months. He's well above average as a 2B on a 2.5 year contract. That has extreme value to a contender with a decent window and a hole at 2nd.
  22. diehardtwinsfan
    Perhaps, I'm guessing just a bit. Span had some concussion concerns though as well. There was more risk with him.
  23. diehardtwinsfan
    Maybe that was the Twins rebuilding strategy all along?
  24. diehardtwinsfan
    Speaking of Kepler, his OPS is now sitting around .750 after that nice night yesterday. If I were to put money on someone turning the corner, it might be Max.
  25. diehardtwinsfan
    I think we all agree there. The problem with Nunez is that he's not suddenly worth a lot. You might get another Miguel Sulbaran type player for him. We most certainly won't walk away with a top 100 prospect or even a top 150 prospect.
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