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I think to an extent, dead end characters are necessary for the plot. HBO has done a decent job getting rid of some of them. That's part of the interesting thing with this season as you are seeing who are the dead end characters before Winds of Winter comes out. speaking of which, that's sounding like Spring of 2016.
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Did Happ fall off a truck and hurt himself? What's the deal with his slide all the way down to 25? I think in this situation, with Tate off the board, I'd be looking at a high school guy, probably a guy like Allard. Given how weak the Twins catching situation is, I could see going after a guy like Tyler Stevenson under slot. -
Twins Draft Preview: Walker Buehler
diehardtwinsfan replied to Parker Hageman's topic in Twins Daily Front Page News
I think I'd rather the Twins go upside over fast riser. They have enough decent pitchers in the high minors and too many guys under contract in the majors. -
I highly doubt that Stauffer or Duensing would get picked up. I get that they can refuse assignment, but they are also going to face a very real situation of no one wanting them. Someone can correct me on the assignment thing, but I don't think they can refuse assignment if they want to get paid the remainder of their contract. Maybe I'm wrong there. Regardless, there's enough decent relief options in the high minors that letting those two go will not hurt the team.
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yay!!!
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It was a Monday
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Ricky with the Ks...
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Perhaps so, but I assumed it would play a bigger role in Winds of Winter. If it's being written out here, then I suspect it dies out quickly in the books too. that said... SPOILER They did keep the part about going through old Valeryia. Jorah and Tyrion didn't do that in the books.
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Dear Nolasco, A couple more innings like that one please.
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Nolasco is determined to turn this into a game.
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PLOUFFEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
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RUNS!
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Seems like the offense just knows it needs to score when Ricky is on the mound.
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Dozier showing them how it's done.
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I'll take it.
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Article: Making Sense of Second Place
diehardtwinsfan replied to alexlegge's topic in Twins Daily Front Page News
well, even if the season is lost, beating up on the WhiteSox is always a nice consolation prize. -
Pretty much all of that diverges from the books. HBO definitely conflates some characters for the purposes of production, but that also kind of tells me that Sansa ends up in the North for Winds of Winter and Jamie/Bronn were headed to Dorne as well. In the books Sansa never left Baelish and the Lanister girl lost an ear in that fight with the Sand snakes. They wrote out all of Tyrion running into Raegar Targarian as well.
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Silent Service... Master of Orion. Those were some great games. I still play Masters of Orion 3 from time to time despite the fact that it was incredibly poorly implemented. Hope that Wargaming actually comes out with MOO4 and does a decent job with it.
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He's holding his own. Keep in mind he started in A ball right out of highschool. Usually when that happens, guys don't go Buxton on the league. If he had, he'd probably be rocketing up everyone's lists. I wouldn't be surprised at all if he takes a half or even a whole season to click. He's a 19 year old this season. The fact that he's not being overwhelmed is a plus.
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I don't know. I'd DFA Duensing and Stauffer, move Pelfrey to the pen and call up Milone and Oliveros. I think both deserve a shot and both would likely be upgrades at this point.
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I think worst case, Hicks becomes a 4th OF. He'll be a defensive upgrade just about anywhere in the OF... that's if his bat never improves. He holds a minor league career OPS of over .800, so if by chance he figures out the bat, he'll be quite the asset. Honestly, I hope he figures it out b/c history has shown that decent CFs can get a nice return. A good year or two from Hicks and we can flip him to make room for Harrison or Walker.
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Souhan: Ryan finally has options
diehardtwinsfan replied to gunnarthor's topic in Minnesota Twins Talk
Yeah, I think Pelf and Nolasco are likely going to leave the rotation at some point. I'd replace them with Milone and Santana for now. You can move Berrios to AAA and use him, Rogers, and Duffey as spot starters if needed. Problem is that I really don't see anyone giving up much of anything for Pelf and Nolasco. Truthfully, I'd just be happy if they were out of town. -
Riverbrian avoided that by not doing 5 interrelated thoughts.
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that move would take some serious job security. Fans would hate it, and understandably so. But if you know your team is a pretender, that makes sense as that team would bring in the biggest haul. I could see the Twins doing something like that. Trade Plouffe at the deadline to make room for Sano. Send Hunter packing to bring up Harrison or Buxton. Short term, they would probably lose a few more games. Long term, it brings up key pieces and gives them valuable experience while picking up some pretty nice prospects. Not sure I'd do it though. I'm enjoying this season so far, and it's been a while since I've enjoyed Twins baseball. I think the press would crucify Ryan, and rightfully so.
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Sadly, that's quite the improvement on last year.
