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  1. diehardtwinsfan
    Not a fan of Trump, but he probably is the lesser of two evils. But if you want to see a mandate, watch what happens when one of the parties loses a closely contested election and a 3rd party takes 5% of the vote. You want to see change, that will change things. But it really doesn't matter who wins at this point, we all have some pretty big worries with regards to our country's future. We made this mess by being sheeple or just flat out staying home. We need to take back DC, and we need to do it soon.
  2. diehardtwinsfan
    That starts with us. We keep voting for these clowns. Do you really expect anything different when the people keep sending them to DC?
  3. diehardtwinsfan
    No it doesn't. That's group think. You're just part of the problem at that point and not part of the solution. Your one vote won't fix it. Dare to be different.
  4. diehardtwinsfan
    There have been good 3rd party candidates for years. You have to actually go out and vote for them, not wait for someone to tell you they are viable. The system rigged. No one will ever tell you they are viable unless an insider like Romney or someone with billions to self finance an election forces it... Your one vote won't change an election. Vote for the person that you think will do the best job, regardless of whether they have an R or D after their name. I've been doing it since 2004. It isn't hard.
  5. diehardtwinsfan
    That works too. Of course, they will do that and then Hughes tosses a no hitter.
  6. diehardtwinsfan
    Harrison has always shown flashes of good things. He's doing that again right now... definitely enough that I wouldn't give up on him. What I would say though is that his BABIP could simply be that he's hitting the ball hard. Those hits might not be finding the gaps, or as Thrylos noted, they could be getting killed by the cold, wet weather in the mid-west. I wouldn't be too concerned just yet. The biggest thing with Harrison is that he needs to do this for a season. He's had good stretches for several years now, but he tends to slow down over the year.
  7. diehardtwinsfan
    This. Buxton has failed twice now in the majors, and part of that has to do with a lack of at bats in the high minors and the fact that he's been taking horrible ones as well. I'm assuming the results mean his approach has improved, but I'd like him to reinforce those good behaviors for a while.
  8. diehardtwinsfan
    This isn't hard. Next blowout (which at the rate we're going will be some time this weekend), he gets 3 innings and gets inserted into the rotation at the appropriate time for a start. It's a shortened start where he's expected to go 3-5 innings. Hughes gets moved to long relief for that game and then moved to closer from there on out.
  9. diehardtwinsfan
    I don't get the dislike for putting May in the rotation. I think this is a no-brainer in terms of a decision, especially given the pile of you know what that's been on the field this season. May didn't deserve his demotion last year, it was done more out of seniority and need than it was that he didn't cut it as a starter, and I think he deserves that chance to show it. When he drafted, he had a top of the rotation ceiling, and that lust wore off on him due to a lack of control in the minors. Like it or not, he fixed that and was down right excellent in AAA in 2014. Yeah, he struggled a bit in his call up that year, but he was pretty good in 2015 and showed some flashes of being that top of the rotation guy we all want. It's a lost year, let him start. If he fails in a full season at the position, then by all means, put him in the pen.
  10. diehardtwinsfan
    We need to figure out how to SEO that article. It needs to be on every banner add of every website in surfed in the Angels front office. Brock, I know you can do this.
  11. diehardtwinsfan
    Just an FYI, but I added Twinsdaily to my trusted sites list and all of a sudden it runs a lot better.... Just make sure Brock doesn't start sending malware via the ads
  12. diehardtwinsfan
    I don't think anyone is saying it's all on Buxton/Berrios. Yes, those two would play key roles, as would Arcia, Polanco, Sano, Duffey, May, Burdi, Chargois, Melotakis, Kepler, and Walker. Not exactly tweaks, but all of these guys could be above average contributors at their positions in very short order.
  13. diehardtwinsfan
    Why are we talking about selling Park? He's pretty good and would part of the turn around. Only way you sell on him is if the team isn't going to contend the next 3 years of his contract and if the Twins have seen enough to know that MLB will figure him out eventually. I don't care what offer would be on the table for him. Not sure I'd take it the way he's hitting right now.
  14. diehardtwinsfan
    The real answer to this question is quantifying just how many more butts in seats that rookie provides, not to mention the possible drop in last minute sales when fans realize the team is waiving the white flag. I'm guessing not much, if any at all. It would be an interesting study though. Attendance records are kept for a while and one could try and correlate them pre and post white flag trades. That sounds like a job for Jack's department... not exactly analytics on the field, but it is analytics at the ticketing office.
  15. diehardtwinsfan
    Antony served as an interim GM when Ryan was out in 2014, and he wasn't very impressive then. I'll echo what other said, very little about his body of work says that he's the right guy for this job. Yes, I get that guys can learn a lot, but of the internal names floated, I have the least confidence in him. At the very least, Krivisky went outside the org and ran the reds for a few years. I'd take a guy like that who has seen other orgs over Anthony at this point. As for Molly, let's put to rest the 'no experience' meme. He's an HOF baseball player who has been in the game for longer than many of us have been alive. He was pretty good as a manager last year. I won't argue that he's made some mistakes this season, but I do think he deserves a chance to learn from them... now, one caveat to that. If he's refusing to play the kids and pulling a Gardy, then he's all but saying he isn't right for this team.
  16. diehardtwinsfan
    MODERATOR NOTE... Let's tone down the bickering, and let's do so by supplying some substance to claims.
  17. diehardtwinsfan
    I don't know, I'd be pretty happy with that Revoldt kid in round 2. I think it would behoove them to pick up another one later in the top 10, though neither of those would be ready to help any time soon. If we want help soon, those answers are Murphy, Garver, and Turner... like it or not.
  18. diehardtwinsfan
    Only guy I might argue with here would be Escobar. Seems to me like he got off to a great start and then got hurt and hasn't quite done well since. I might be willing to give him a mulligan on that one, but yeah, pretty bad overall.
  19. diehardtwinsfan
    I think you need to rethink your expectations. If this was true, every coaching staff in the league would be unemployed. Talented prospects fail on every team.
  20. diehardtwinsfan
    Gibson strikes me more as off season move personally. He gets off to a bad start each season and then really turns it on and finishes with some pretty decent numbers. I think he's on the block, especially with the guys sitting in AAA right now, but I don't see him being moved at the deadline. Plouffe is a no-brainer, and with a couple of decent teams looking for help at 3B, we could potentially get something back for him. I doubt we get anything for Suzuki and Hughes. We might get something for Nolasco if he can string a few decent starts together and keep his ERA down. We may have to eat some of that contract to get a C level prospect, but given what we've gotten out of him the last two years, I'd do that in a heart beat. I don't mind Nunez as a bench bat, but he's going to start getting expensive for that role, so if you can get something for him, I would.
  21. diehardtwinsfan
    Minor league update: Gonsalves through 5: 8K, 2BB, 2H, 0R.
  22. diehardtwinsfan
    So with that in mind... the Twins Daily powerball fund. Proceeds go to buy the Twins.
  23. diehardtwinsfan
    So... that means he's going 4/5 tonight with a couple of home runs.
  24. diehardtwinsfan
    Baby steps?
  25. diehardtwinsfan
    pretty sure a little league quality error is required too.
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