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  1. diehardtwinsfan
    I think Meyer gets another chance to start this season, but it may be his last. Lots of upside here. With maybe the exception of Vielma, each of these guys could be well above average at their positions of play.
  2. diehardtwinsfan
    Plouffe has value, but not really to a team like Milwaukee. I think they would want young guys. I do agree that Plouffe and Gibson are tradable assets, and should net nice pieces, but I really don't see any of them getting you Lucroy. I think Gibson would fetch quite a bit on the market if he was made available. I'd center a deal for Lucroy around Gibson, but I wouldn't be tossing in much in terms of decent prospects at that point. Gibson has a lot more control and is already an above average pitcher. His peripherals moved quite a bit closer to his minor league numbers. He's not a thrown in, he's a valuable piece. I think he's being undervalued if he's being added to a prospect package for a concussed C with 2 years of control left.
  3. diehardtwinsfan
    Just curious if Ryan said anything about Josmil Pinto on that. His bat was ready last year, though the concussion certainly affected him. Is the org looking at him more as a DH or does he have a future at C still?
  4. diehardtwinsfan
    I'd be up for something like that. If Milwaukee thinks they are a couple years away, I don't see them being interested in Gibson. They want guys who they can develop. This would be a pretty good haul.
  5. diehardtwinsfan
    As bad as the Vikings have been, the last time they drafted #1 overall, it was with someone else's pick.
  6. diehardtwinsfan
    I definitely agree that you don't trade if you don't get good offers, but I'd be pretty surprised if there wasn't an offer on the table this offseason for Plouffe that wouldn't upgrade the starting 9. You won't get a superstar C, but you should be able to get a good one. That moves Sano to 3B and puts a competition at DH between Arcia and Vargas, and I have far more faith in one of them running with that job than I do finding a decent FA catcher... As for Dozier, I'd certainly listen, but it would have to be a really good deal. He's been a pretty good 2B now for 2 years. I'm fairly certain that whatever in house replacement we have would be a downgrade. I could see rethinking that next year if someone really breaks out at AAA and continues it in a short term call up, but I'd like to see someone earn that job.
  7. diehardtwinsfan
    Rookie league success always comes with the 'grain of salt' condition, but there is a correlation between success at a younger age and continued success down the road. Palacios could be a steal. He's on my radar to watch closely next year in Cedar Rapids.
  8. diehardtwinsfan
    I just need to say this and it needs to be said more and more and more: SHIELDS IS NOT AN ACE ANYMORE. He's 33 and saw an increase in ERA, WHIP, B/9, and HR/9 in a pitchers haven of all places. I know he gets Ks, and I'm open to picking him up for the right price assuming guys like May and Duffey still get to pitch, but in no way should we be giving up a ton of value for him. He's 1 year into a 4 year deal that is going to be about as untradable as Nolasco is now, and he's got about as much of a chance of pitching like an ace as Nolasco does going forward. Pass please.
  9. diehardtwinsfan
    Generally agree with Nick's conclusion. If buying one is the answer, which I'm not against, someone needs to ship Nolasco out of town to go with Milone and quite possibly Gibson. You cannot give Nolasco away right now, and I have to think that Gibson and Milone are already going to be dangled this offseason. I think the odds of one of Santana or Hughes pitching like one in 2016 is pretty good. I also think the odds of May or Berrios becoming one at some point in the next couple years is good enough that you don't leave them out of the picture or ship them off for a marginal upgrade.
  10. diehardtwinsfan
    Seth commented in a thread about all of us having lists. Here's mine. Post yours in this so we can flame each other .
  11. diehardtwinsfan
    Gomez for Hardy was a great trade, and lest we forget, Gomez sucked in Milwaukee for a couple years after the trade... what we got for/did with Hardy on the other hand.... ugh.
  12. diehardtwinsfan
    I think Duffey and May are way to low. Both are young, have tons of service time left, and have had success at the major league level. Both also have very acceptable peripheral rates with May sporting peripheral stats saying he could be a top of the rotation guy. Those aren't tier 3 guys, and if that's what is on the table for them, you keep them. If Gibson is a tier 1 guy, I also think he's on the block. I'd be open to trading some prospects at this point to fill in some holes, but I think the team needs to be very very careful about that,as they need to trade from depth. I would be openly entertaining offers this offseason for Gibson, Milone, Nolasco (not that anyone is going to bite) and Plouffe. I'd note though, that I'd probably only be willing to trade 2 of the 3 pitchers. From the prospects, I'd probably be very open to moving D. Santana at this point as there's no room at the major league level and there's a better prospect (Polanco) at his level. He's blocked, and I don't see his value rising much. If Escobar continues his success, Polanco would likely be on the block next season as well.
  13. diehardtwinsfan
    Oh wow... as well as he pitched, I'd have thought he would stick around another year. Good luck to him.
  14. diehardtwinsfan
    This. I think it's the right approach. You cannot give up on either. Part of the frustrating things about a young team is these types of things.
  15. diehardtwinsfan
    He doesn't have to be. He was a top 10 SS this season. That said, he's 26. He juts might get better. I'm all for upgrades, SS isn't it. You're just as (if not more so) likely to downgrade the position seeking an upgrade.
  16. diehardtwinsfan
    I'm all for finding upgrades, but based on the season he had, it's going to be hard to upgrade on Escobar. Not very many SS were better than him, and we don't have anything in the system that you could plug there and exceed what he's done at the position. He's done this for a few years now, and I think he's earned the shot to prove it's legit. The idea of getting Reyes is absurd. I'm all for offloading Nolasco, but not to block Escobar. Now if you want to talk about bullpen, catching, a bench bat, or a time machine capable of bringing 2009 Mauer to the present, I'm all ears.
  17. diehardtwinsfan
    I work in the defense sector. She knows the rules. We all do. That was a blatant violation. If I did that, I'd be in jail. Period.
  18. diehardtwinsfan
    I'm pretty bullish on Garver. I'd note that he had a pretty big disparity between his first two months in the FSL and the remainder of his season. Not sure if it was concussion related or just a slow start facing a harder league, but he put up numbers much closer to his MWL line once he figured it out.
  19. diehardtwinsfan
    Have we already forgotten the uproar when Kris Bryant was assigned to the minor leagues to open the season? There was talk about a grievance at one point.
  20. diehardtwinsfan
    OK, 2 hit wonder I agree it would take more than Arcia, but I think that has to be the framework of it to even begin to make sense for the Twins. If Puig is out of favor in LA as suggested, you could probably do that. Giving up the farm for him, no I'll pass. Our problem really isn't OF right now. We have the Mauer problem, and that problem really isn't fixable. We need a C, lots of pen help, and to figure out our SP situation. Replacing one question mark (Arcia) with an admittedly better question mark on the cheap, I'm fine with. Sending away a guy like Kepler in the process... not so much.
  21. diehardtwinsfan
    I might be game for some sort of Puig/Arcia swap given both are OF and out of favor. I guess the question with Puig is whether or not he just needs to make some minor adjustments or if he's a one hit wonder.
  22. diehardtwinsfan
    Hmmm... so leadoff help. Wonder if Hicks can step into that role next year. Not sure I'm ready for Buxton there just yet, but letting Dozier bat with meon on base would be nice.
  23. diehardtwinsfan
    yeah, i think a rebuilding team would love Walker as a bench bat. He's also incredibly dangerous when pitchers have to throw him strikes. I think he could fill that role next year, which is why i think he's protected.
  24. diehardtwinsfan
    I'd agree with this. Souhan's idea of shaming him is rather ridiculous and unoriginal. It's not going to work. Mauer's problem isn't that he's lazy. His skills have declined, and to some extent I think teams have figured him out. Can he have a resurgance? Let's hope so. The Twins desparately need that if they want to take another step forward. What that looks like long term who knows. We have 3 more seasons with him, he needs to be better than the last 2.
  25. diehardtwinsfan
    Not against the super utility idea. I see value there, more than what he's providing now. It also means he's on bench a lot more. Side note, he needs to get rid of the beard. That's his problem. Shave that, and old Mauer returns.
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