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  1. diehardtwinsfan
    This is a component, but hardly the only thing. Some guys just aren't ready and need to work on some things, and you don't want them working on said things at the major league level where they are dragging down the roster.
  2. diehardtwinsfan
    Last time Buxton had a wrist injury, it cost him a season. Let's hope that's not the case here. Was he hit by a pitch or something?
  3. diehardtwinsfan
    This isn't Danny Santana who posted a BABIP over .400. The ML average is right around .300 and many players can get that consistently into the .320/.330 range. I agree that .357 a bit high, but that doesn't justify the idea that Terry Ryan was aiming low (which is what I was responding to). Regression may happen, but it isn't likely going to crush him like it did Santana last season. Considering also that you're talking about a guy who posted those numbers at age 24 in the majors, who has shown the ability to put up similar numbers in the minors while being quite a bit younger than his competitors, and a guy who is still yet in his prime, an OPS hovering around .750 is a very real possibility, and it's well above average for a major league catcher. Bottom line is this, Murphy was not some mediocre low upside pickup. He's got a very realistic shot at being an above average starter at a position of need for the next 4 years or so. This is a pickup similar to Eduardo Escobar, not Pedro Florimon. While the results may not end up as good as EE has been, Murphy will very likely contribute better than the league at his position.
  4. diehardtwinsfan
    What about Murphy is aiming low? He has a career .733 minor league OPS while being significantly younger than his competition and put up the same number last year in the majors in his age 23/24 season. That's well above average for a catcher. I suspect we are a bit spoiled by some guy named Mauer if we think this is aiming low. Look, he may not have a Hicks ceiling with the bat (and as others said, at this point that ceiling is pretty questionable), but you're talking about a guy who can be a legitimate above average starter.
  5. diehardtwinsfan
    Arraez got off to a nice start last year in rookie ball before cooling off (and was overshadowed by Palacios), but boy does he look like the real thing. He's 19 too and doing that. That's a really exciting guy to be watching right now. If he keeps it up, he might find himself on a lot of top 10 Twins lists.
  6. diehardtwinsfan
    He's 21 and pitching in high A. He turns 22 in October. The best college prospects will likely start in high A as a 22/23 year old. I'm not terribly worried about it. He's still quite a bit young for the league and has been (to date) aggressively moved by the team. Letting him return to high A, a league where he held his own but didn't dominate, was likely the right decision. I'll be more concerned if at the end of the season, his final line looks quite similar to last years.
  7. diehardtwinsfan
    yeah, I think there's something to the wear on an arm about warming up almost daily, throwing very high leverage, and then getting up and doing it again a day later. Not to mention all the times they warm up and don't pitch.
  8. diehardtwinsfan
    Got to say that I like what we've seen so far. Probably wouldn't hurt to temper those expectations just a bit as he's had good stretches in the past, but it would be nice to see the old Mauer for 3 more years.
  9. diehardtwinsfan
    that would be nice. No one would complain about a .500 April.
  10. diehardtwinsfan
    You know what would really be nice? Actually playing Murphy for a few games. I'd like a backup that actually spells Suzuki and keeps him fresh. I'd like to see if Murphy can get into a rhythm. I'd actually like to see the team play Arcia more too... And I'd actually like to see the team win some games. I'm probably asking too much
  11. diehardtwinsfan
    Given the results of today's game, I highly suggest you have something planned for tonight too... and well every other game on the schedule.
  12. diehardtwinsfan
    I think the problem is that they've been set to unrealistic.
  13. diehardtwinsfan
    hmmm... I got me some aged Dominican rum that's just screaming open me right now.
  14. diehardtwinsfan
    I think the intern's bailing him out of jail again. Might have been for a bit more cash this time.
  15. diehardtwinsfan
    Me thoughts that Sweeney was the backup plan, but they ditched it.
  16. diehardtwinsfan
    glad to see Stewart and Garver off to very nice starts.
  17. diehardtwinsfan
    This really cannot be emphasized enough. What I find interesting is that all those long term contracts are what was screamed for at TD for years. Ryan finally went out and did that, and look what we got. One decent one (so far) in Santana. An OK one in Hughes...and well, we really don't need to go over the pain of the other one again, do we?
  18. diehardtwinsfan
    I've said before that I wasn't sure he was the man for the job beyond this season. That assumed a natural progression of the young guys and a bit more established core. I think I echo what Chief said that I'm not sure he's the man to take you from a decent team to a WS contender. That's somewhat more loose depending on the development of the core. On the flip side, a massive step backwards this year (and I'm not ready to concede that just yet as they had bad stretches in 2015 as well) would definitely mean in my opinion that the premise of this is true. I would just hope that whomever was brought in to run things came from outside the org. They need some fresh blood in the ord. I like what they did with Neil Allen, unfortunately, it seems as though the hitters have gotten a bit confused about his K message thinking it applied to them instead of the pitchers.
  19. diehardtwinsfan
    So Rochester will be in Indianapolis on Memorial day. I know a few TD folks live around this area and I'm curious who would be interested in meeting up at the game.
  20. diehardtwinsfan
    That CF is hitting worse than the Twins right now: .091 .167 .091 .258 Now that's impressive...
  21. diehardtwinsfan
    That Mauer guy isn't all that smart. Couldn't he have sapped the collective offense of the Royals or the Whitesox?
  22. diehardtwinsfan
    If Gordon is great, he will be promoted this year. They did that to Buxton when he tore up CR. They did that to Arcia as well. We can have that conversation in 2 months if he still has an OPS north of .900.
  23. diehardtwinsfan
    I think the K thing really is the issue here, and not just with Park. This team needs to tone down on the Ks, and if they cannot do it, then it's time to find a new hitting coach (and in some cases, new players)
  24. diehardtwinsfan
    I think we need to realize that there are a lot of valuable lessons than can be learned in the minors. Breaking pitches in AAA won't be as good as the ones in MLB, but they should in general be a bit more difficult than AA. Sometimes there's something to be said with putting someone at an appropriate skill level and letting them adjust there. Buxton is what, 22? 22 in AAA is hardly a bad thing. It just means he's one step away from the majors. I can tell you what's bad for everyone though... letting him sit in MLB when there's still a clear talent gap expecting him to just figure it out. It rarely works and even in the best case it means service time wasted with well below average performance. I don't care where he is on the lists, he still needs to progress at a pace that he can learn. I wouldn't send my 12 year old son off to a college calculus class and simply say that he should be there b/c he's going to have to learn it some day. I wouldn't put Buxton in MLB at this point either.
  25. diehardtwinsfan
    I highly doubt it. See my posts in the political thread I suspect there's a lot more to this one than someone's personality. Group think is a problem that occurs on both sides of this debate.
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