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  1. diehardtwinsfan
    Well, he does have his own practice and might actually be working today. By the way... is this Billy Smith you've been talking to? Did you get his take on the state of the Twins?
  2. diehardtwinsfan
    Hi Van, Can you comment on the Nick Punto signing?
  3. diehardtwinsfan
    Injuries will doom most teams. We have some nice depth this year and can potentially survive some of them. Not sure I'd argue for improve (though there's a couple scenarios where it's possible)
  4. diehardtwinsfan
    I'm bullish on Park right now. .850 OPS and 30 home runs. I think our offense will score a lot of runs this year.
  5. diehardtwinsfan
    If he's bad out of the gate, I suspect he will move to the pen and one of Duffey, May, or Berrios will take his spot (probably Duffey). Wildcards could be Dean or Rogers if they are lights out in AAA, but I suspect they don't see much time up unless we have a lot of injuries.
  6. diehardtwinsfan
    yeah, if they're all hitting well though, then I think TR might just bite the bullet and take what he can get. The flip side is that you have teams like the Mets and Red Sox who hope to contend with real expensive 3B contracts not performing. The Sox benched Sandoval, and I could see the Mets benching (or at least frequently resting/platooning) Wright if they are in contention and not getting performance.
  7. diehardtwinsfan
    I hope you didn't pay for the Wi-Fi. Hammond stadium will be largely empty next week.
  8. diehardtwinsfan
    hmmm... I lost weight... someone else must have picked it up.
  9. diehardtwinsfan
    Duffy's peripherals have improved as he's moved up the chain. That's odd, though to be clear what Duffy did in MLB was better than his minor league career. I still hold out hope that he can be a very good SP, but he clearly wasn't ready this spring, and I have no problems sending him down... May on the other hand... Poor planning is what led to that.
  10. diehardtwinsfan
    I hope I'm wrong, but I have a bad feeling about this one. I'll leave it at that.
  11. diehardtwinsfan
    I'm guessing his competition got a bit better. Rookie ball stats in general need to be taken with a grain of salt. I like Walker. I find that there tends to be a lot of irrationality with him though that drives me nuts (and sadly on both sides of the debate). What he is; however, is a flawed prospect with a very high ceiling and a very low floor. I hope the kid makes it. He seemed like a pretty nice guy.
  12. diehardtwinsfan
    I have to say I'm a bit surprised that Seth is the pessimistic one here EE showed promise even as a utility guy. In 2013, if I remember right, he was pretty hot for a month before coming back down to earth. He was better in 2014, and he was even better in 2015. I'm not quite sure he can sustain a .870 OPS for a season, but I really think he can keep an OPS around .800, which would make him one of the best short stops in baseball. What I find funny was the gnashing of teeth when he was what we got in the Liriano trade. If he posts anything close to what we expect around here, the second Liriano trade will almost be as good as the first.
  13. diehardtwinsfan
    I think he regresses personally. Fortunately, the team has plenty of options if he does. If he doesn't, that will be even better, as he plays above average D and can be above average with the stick. His minor league numbers were pretty good (excepting the year of his suspension), so I suspect long term, he's going to be a major leaguer... I just wouldn't be surprised at all if he has a bumpy first few years.
  14. diehardtwinsfan
    .739 OPS in AA and .661 OPS in AAA in 2015. The foul here is calling Polanco a major league ready bat. He may be close, and may be there this year, but that bat is hardly a sure thing to succeed, and his defense certainly isn't warranting a trial over Escobar and Dozier.
  15. diehardtwinsfan
    I believe he's a 4 year option guy. Not sure if this is year three or four. Even Sickle's has noted that Polanco still needs time in AAA. I'm not sure that's changed. Age is clearly on his side, that part I think we agree, and yeah, he could be pretty good. Dozier, on the other hand, has been very good. I don't see Jorge topping those numbers any time soon. I think Jorge might be a nice trade chip to dangle in the event the Twins are shoppers at the deadline, especially when you consider that they could always put Levi Michael on the 40 man if for some reason they needed another 2B.
  16. diehardtwinsfan
    Well now you do How's the weather in space?
  17. diehardtwinsfan
    your link is broken. http://www.minorleagueball.com/2016/3/24/11293302/thoughts-on-twins-prospect-jorge-polanco
  18. diehardtwinsfan
    Moderator note: I swear we are debating this trade Plouffe/Sano to RF in a half dozen threads right now. Let's not derail every single thread at TD to rehash this same debate. It's getting very old.
  19. diehardtwinsfan
    I don't get too worked up about anything involving the Yankees since Yankees prospects automatically lose shine when they are traded and every trade always favors them to start. I'm growing tired though of the idea that Murphy has no upside. that's not true. His offensive ceiling is likely a bit lower than Hicks. His floor is quite a bit higher, and he happens to be at a position where we need far more help.
  20. diehardtwinsfan
    I think he finishes the year with an OPS slightly north of .800.
  21. diehardtwinsfan
    Perhaps it's not May's K pitch...
  22. diehardtwinsfan
    wonder if he's confusing 2015 and 2014. In 2014, the HRs dropped off and many of the peripherals weren't as bad.
  23. diehardtwinsfan
    Exactly, blowback sucks. That's what all of this is.
  24. diehardtwinsfan
    Agree. I'd add that even the best pitchers see an increase in ERA second and third time through the order. The big thing with May is that he was improving. His K rate was going up too. In my opinion, May has the potential to be a 1-3 type starter and will likely fit in as a solid #2. Those are very valuable starters, far more valuable than an elite shut down pen option.
  25. diehardtwinsfan
    Oh I agree, highly unlikely, which is a big reason why I'm not a fan of big FA splashes... and in Rickey's case, the pen will likely be tried first. Though to be fair, it has happened. Mike Lamb, I think, got the boot, and I believe Jason Marquis was signed to a 2 year deal when he got let go. I could be wrong on both, but it has happened, even if it's rare.
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