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  1. diehardtwinsfan
    I've got to think Shaggy is going to be up sooner than later given the cluster that is the Twins pen. I don't see May moving out of it though. That weakens it. Even though I wholeheartedly agree that May shouldn't have been there in the first place, but that's a problem that should have been solved last December.
  2. diehardtwinsfan
    Dear Twins, I'd like to offer my services to pitch in the closer role for the time being. I'll be more than happy to take the league minimum, and I'm pretty certain I'll blow my first seven saves too. Maybe I'll get lucky and only give up a few warning track fly balls in an outing. Sincerely, Diehardtwinsfan
  3. diehardtwinsfan
    Pretty much this. They should give him every chance they can to start. If he keeps putting up those numbers in Rochester, he's going to force the issue, and I would add that as bad as the Twins have been this season, you'll likely see some trades opening up spots for guys like Meyer, Berrios, Duffey, and May at some point. Send him to the pen when he fails as a starter, but given how well he's been thus far, you keep throwing him out every 5 days. The mis-management in my opinion is not Meyer's start. It certainly wasn't ideal, but hardly unusual as there are a lot of circumstances outside of the team's control. The mis-management was coveting those mediocre pieces that are nothing more than depth (i.e. Tommy Milone, who should have been shipped away this offseason for anything) in conjunction with not using the money saved from sending Milone away to bolster the pen. With Duffey and Berrios in AAA, lesser options who performed well in Rogers and Dean in AAA, and May's success as a starter, shipping off one asset (even if the return was going to be little) was hardly unreasonable.... and that's before Meyer's resurgence. Sure, there would be some musical chairs in the 5th starter spot, but again that is hardly unusual and with the talent they have in AAA, a wise thing to do. Hopefully, the Twins learn from this mistake and send Rickey (assuming he continues to pitch well) and Tommy away. They won't get much, if we're lucky a C prospect, but they will open up needed spots for some of the young guys with little left to prove in AAA.
  4. diehardtwinsfan
    I was with you until you defamed Reese's. Chili is just disgusting. But hating on a Reese? Wrong, just wrong.
  5. diehardtwinsfan
    This is why Brock needs to add a dislike button. Minus the all beef hot dog, there's nothing good about those toppings. Though I must say the idea of frying a hotdog is worth trying... but boiling? I'd rather microwave it.
  6. diehardtwinsfan
    I'm more worried right now about what the Dr. said after the game As for errors, they can be a function of extended range too. That was a big knock on Jose Reyes when he came up. He was getting to balls no one could get to and trying to make plays he had no business making. Not sure if that's Gordon's issue or not... then again, given his age, he doesn't have the repetition that a lot of guys have either... could just be that he's young. I won't worry about that too much. If the scouts like his defense, I'm fine with it. I'm rather excited about the .790 OPS he has to date in a pitchers league.
  7. diehardtwinsfan
    Hopefully.. He had a few decent games in late April too. Personally, however, I think the Twins need to leave him in AAA for a good chunk (if not all of) this season. I want him ready in 2017, and he clearly had a ways to go.
  8. diehardtwinsfan
    It will be interesting if the first 9 games was all Park needed to adjust to ML pitching. I do think, batting where he's at, he might be setup more to succeed than what he would in the middle of the order, and for the time being, that isn't a bad thing. Granted, if he keeps hitting anywhere close to those numbers going forward, I think you put him in the cleanup spot. Personally, I think this team could benefit more from higher averages/OBPs than anything. Park has been pretty respectable in those departments since that start, but there's a few other guys that really need to improve there.
  9. diehardtwinsfan
    I still want him starting, and I hold out hope for that at some point, but yeah, he's got an open path to closer right now with Perkins hurt and Jepsen sucking at it. I think a little RP experience is always good for a starter, but I really don't think we should take a guy who is likely one of our 5 best starters and stash him in the pen. That said, does someone want to give Tonkin a hat tip? Maybe I'm jinxing him, but he's done pretty well in his albeit limited role.
  10. diehardtwinsfan
    That's impressive.
  11. diehardtwinsfan
    horseradish sauce on a hot dog is the bomb... Throw some shredded cheddar and an all beef hotdog and yum... of course I cannot eat bread anymore, which kind of kills eating hot dogs. so let's get predictive today Van... What will Meyer's final line be? I'm thinking 6 IP, 7Ks, 3BB, 6 hits, and 2 runs with Jepsen blowing the save in the 9th.
  12. diehardtwinsfan
    Buck needs more minor league seasoning. Period. I think we forget that he basically lost all of 2014 due to injury as well. And yeah, comparing him to Trout certainly does no one any favors. I'd let him spend the rest of this season in the minors (unless he forces it) and simply learn to hit advanced pitching. From the looks of it, he's got plenty to learn there. I also wouldn't hand him the 2017 job like we handed it to him this year as well.
  13. diehardtwinsfan
    Stewart spent all of 2015 in Ft Meyers and wasn't as good as Eades was in 2015. Gonsalves got a mid year promotion there and took some bumps. Sorry, but Eades does deserve that shot in AA, and he deserves more than 5 starts to figure it out, even if Stewart/Gonsalves are better prospects. That's how these things works. If the Twins (or any team for that matter) operated with this type of patience, there would be a lot more "one who got away" stories out there than what there are. Like it or not, this is how things work, not just in baseball, but our careers as well. Promotions often come with opportunity, and rarely does someone get new responsibilities taken away after a month on the new job. If Stewart and Gonsalves keep doing what they are doing, they will get the bump. Just be patient.
  14. diehardtwinsfan
    I'm sure the Twins are the only team to use minor league FAs to fill out their AAA rosters.
  15. diehardtwinsfan
    If Nolasco was untradeable in March, he's still untradeable now. Perhaps by July if he's continued to pitch well we can ship him off to an NL team, but it's going to take more than a month of decent (except for 1 start) results to unload Ricky.
  16. diehardtwinsfan
    Seriously people????? No one in the front office wants Meyer, Duffey or even Berrios to fail. Meyer got called up b/c he was the best option available to go long term if he was needed after a 16 inning game, and after another bad Milone outing and a couple of injuries, he got the option to start. That's all it is. Is this an ideal circumstance? No, but callups rarely are. That's the nature of having guys that go once every 5 days and having guys in AAA who still have lessons to learn. Lets sit back and root for the Twins instead looking to blame someone every time something bad happens. I guarantee you that Molitor and Ryan both want Meyer to do well, as does everyone else in the Twins organization.
  17. diehardtwinsfan
    I seem to remember Gardy going with Mays for game one of the ALCS in 2002 much to everyone's chagrin. And then Mays channeled his 2001 self for one game...
  18. diehardtwinsfan
    yeah, you got to be wary of SSS situations. A move up to AA means someone is going on the DL, getting promoted, or getting cut. The Twins will definitely be a bit patient there unless injury forces it (and they should be), though with all the promotions out of Rochester, I suspect someone from AA moves up at some point soon, at which point one of these guys can make it up.
  19. diehardtwinsfan
    Mira Reed.
  20. diehardtwinsfan
    I thought the books hinted that Tyrion was Tywin's only true son and that Jaime and Cercie were not his.
  21. diehardtwinsfan
    first full time job was a paper route as well. That was a pretty good gig and with tips I was routinely over $10 an hour when minimum wage was half that.
  22. diehardtwinsfan
    that OF alignment won't get any hits either. Honestly, for a quick fix, I think Rosario to Rochester and calling up one of Kepler/Walker makes sense. As for the pitching, Meyer, Duffy, and Berrios are getting their chance at the moment. If they do well with it, I think you'll see some changes there.
  23. diehardtwinsfan
    Jepsen is in... Guess even Molitor is giving up.
  24. diehardtwinsfan
    I'd start him at 2nd actually. I think Dozier needs a 15 day mental break on the DL.
  25. diehardtwinsfan
    Hello??? Hello???? I've been on hold for days.
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