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  1. diehardtwinsfan
    To clarify, yes the Twins are on the hook for all but the minimum of he's DFAd. That's my understanding at least. Back to Ricky, I agree that unloading him should be a priority, but I hate to say that in reality, I doubt it happens. There has to be some demand. You might be able to unload him for a bad contract where the other player is owned more (see Tulo for Reyes). I'd be fine with that if a productive piece comes back. I think the Kimbrel trade is a good idea, though I'm not sure it would work in reality. I suppose if the Twins were including cash. I'm not certain I'd want to throw in Vargas or Arcia either. The Padres will likely want younger talent anyways.
  2. diehardtwinsfan
    pretty sure Kepler hasn't had 32 home runs on the season. There would be quite a bit more ferver in calling him up if he did
  3. diehardtwinsfan
    I'd consider putting him back at SS before 3B... just my 2 cents, but he's doing so well at 2B and Escobar is doing a fine job at SS that I don't see the point. Polanco and Santana need to earn it at this point, and if Escobar keeps doing well, then at some point, someone gets traded. The real problem here isn't 3B anyways. We have 2 of them. One is above average, and one is looking like a star. We have holes in other places (1B, C, RP, and OF). Fortunately, some of these are easy to correct with impact talent.
  4. diehardtwinsfan
    It was low enough to keep them for encuring any severe penalties. They won't be reduced to only 200k signings next season as they were over their budget by less than 5%.
  5. diehardtwinsfan
    Pretty much this. Smith would have traded Sano for a couple of relief pitchers if he was still in charge...
  6. diehardtwinsfan
    mid season next year. I think a lot will depend on how the rotation gets shuffled this offseason. Too many guys ahead of Berrios on the pecking order, and guys like Santana/Nolasco/Huges won't get cut... If someone can be traded, perhaps.
  7. diehardtwinsfan
    That might be fine in a 15 day DL pinch, but I think the AAAA player is the wise thing. Might be below average in MLB, but if Sano needs to be down for longer, having some AAA depth could be nice when it's needed to add a 40 man spot. On a side note, Escobar can play 3rd as well. You can always call up Polanco and slide Escobar over. Not ideal either, but an option.
  8. diehardtwinsfan
    I suspect that his hip injury is the main culprit there. Those tend to linger. He's out of options next year (which I might add is a position he's in due to being called up before he needed to be on the 40 man), so he's pretty much a lock to make the team next season. But keeping him in AAA is probably the right thing. Will be interesting to see what his role is next year.
  9. diehardtwinsfan
    I think the biggest issue is that he doesn't need to be added and there's no room for him in the rotation for next year. TR is going to have to dump a few guys (not to mention making room for May if that's in the plan) to open a spot for Berrios.
  10. diehardtwinsfan
    You sign a AAAA player to stash in Rochester
  11. diehardtwinsfan
    It takes time to put this stuff together. Just b/c a guy can hit 30 HRs in AA doesn't mean he's going to do well in the majors. He's being more selective, quite possibly at the instruction of his coaches. It might take some time for him to put it all together, but that K rate needs to go down and that BB rate needs to go up.
  12. diehardtwinsfan
    Berrios would get the call if the team was pretty sure there's a spot for him in 2016. I'm not seeing that, and since he doesn't need to be added this offseason, I have no problems leaving him in Rochester. Kepler I don't understand. He's on the 40 man, and even a month of a few pinch hit at bats and once a week starts could be beneficial I'd think.
  13. diehardtwinsfan
    He is out of options, keeping him down means he has to clear waivers and some other team can take him for free. The Twins would be very foolish to leave him unprotected this offseason.
  14. diehardtwinsfan
    You have to dangle him for some help. If you cannot get what you want, don't trade him, but I think there will be some package (whether it's an ML ready C, part of an SP swap, or prospect trade) worth taking. I think they have to at least look. Next year, Arcia is out of options, and there's plenty of replacement opportunities in Kepler, Walker, and Vargas. I think you have to open up that DH spot. Mauer isn't going anywhere, so as much as we might like to see something happen there, it's not.
  15. diehardtwinsfan
    Says Denny Hocking, one of the best baseball minds of the 20th century...
  16. diehardtwinsfan
    I fail to see how the 9th inning is more valuable than the first inning. A run is a run. I get that you have less time to make it up per say, but if the offense does it's job, it doesn't matter if that run is in the 9th inning or the first inning. Just because a guy excels at preventing those runs for an inning late game doesn't make him a better player than the guy who did a good job preventing them for 6 straight.
  17. diehardtwinsfan
    Vanimal, I was wondering if you could address the conspiracy about the Twins and the stock market. Investors want to know. Thanks.
  18. diehardtwinsfan
    No clue. He grew up here. His parents still live here too... so well known I guess. There were plenty of internet rumors floating around that he had sex addiction issues from many years ago, so it's not really I surprise I guess. that said, it sounds like this sting was in progress for years.
  19. diehardtwinsfan
    Like if you think the whine line should do some game thread intros.
  20. diehardtwinsfan
    what bothers me most about this is the amount of people screaming to sign more pitchers (and still are I might add) yet simultaneously being upset about bad contracts. Ervin Santana was a favorite here at TD for the last two seasons. We got him now, and suddenly it's a bad contract. This is why FA is not a good idea. These contracts are untradeable and guaranteed. The worst part is that it's keeping younger guys out of the rotation. May is out right now b/c of this. Next year, either May, Berrios, Duffey, or quite possibly all of them won't be in the starting rotation despite the fact that they have all shown promise as 3 spots are locked up with these bad contracts and Gibson and Milone being deserving as well. At least Milone is very tradable, though I'll be thrilled if the return is nothing more than a real good reliever.
  21. diehardtwinsfan
    He's gotten better each of his seasons in the minors. I'm hoping that trend continues. If so, he could be absolute steal.
  22. diehardtwinsfan
    Honestly, I would role with Escobar at SS. He's been slightly better than league average when playing there. I can live with that until Polanco or Santana claims it.
  23. diehardtwinsfan
    Last I heard, he was done for the season with that concussion. I like Morneau, one of my all time favorites, but I think his career is over.
  24. diehardtwinsfan
    yeah, those guys won't be cheap. I doubt the Dodgers AAA guy is going to be cheap either, but yeah, I see your point. The good news is that the Twins have some bullets to get things done right now.
  25. diehardtwinsfan
    Jarred actually lives in the same town I do, just a few miles from me, so this is kind of close to home in a not so good way. It sounded at first like it was his associate. It's unfortunate that he was involved too. I'm at a loss though how having sex with 14 minors and having child porn on his computer is only worth 5-10 years.
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