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  1. diehardtwinsfan
    alright... tie game. Let's go for 19-13...
  2. diehardtwinsfan
    First, I don't get the promote him piece. He doesn't deserve it right now. He's still a great prospect, but he's getting hammered. He had control issues last season as well, and I suspect that what he's doing is working on that at the expense of his stats. That might suck for us watching the box score, but this is something he needs to figure out... and soon. Second, no pen just yet. He has 3 options, with this year being his first. I have zero issue letting him figure out things as a starter. Short term pen stint at some point? sure, but I want him building up that arm strength anyways. Third, from what I read, the velocity is still there... Problem is that the pitches are hittable. He's just missing his spots, and it's enough for him to get shelled. That will probably come around, we just need to be patient. The nice thing is that we have 2 younger guys doing well in Gibson and May, with several more on the cusp. The Twins can afford to be patient with Meyer, a callup now isn't going to fix him, it's likely going to make things worse.
  3. diehardtwinsfan
    So here's the real question. People get promoted, someone gets demoted or released... So who gets the axe to make room for Gonsalves, Lee, etc.?
  4. diehardtwinsfan
    There's something to it. Cecil Fielder hit 50. Babe Ruth, the home run king, wasn't exactly the picture of a modern athlete
  5. diehardtwinsfan
    Agreed Chief.. I do think you make sure Sano can hit MLB pitching first. Side note, where's Halsey?
  6. diehardtwinsfan
    Bad defense or not, he's upgrade from Kubel/Hammer last year. I think we can agree on that. We all knew his defense wasn't going to be the Torii that we used to know, and that's fine. What I really hope from this signing is that all of the tricks that he learned in his gold glove days are transferred to guys like Arcia, Hicks, Buxton, Rosario, etc. as they spend time up here. Arcia in particular, who should be a far better defender than he currently is. I don't know if that will happen or not, but with defense becoming a higher premium in MLB again, having one of the better defenders to play the game in recent history giving advice to some of our guys certainly cannot hurt.
  7. diehardtwinsfan
    winner
  8. diehardtwinsfan
    Alex Meyer doesn't finish the 3rd today... gave up 8 runs
  9. diehardtwinsfan
    Ryan O'rouke is in AAA. Righties hit him pretty well, but he shuts down the lefties.
  10. diehardtwinsfan
    I thought this was a family friendly site.
  11. diehardtwinsfan
    Well, there's a phone. Perhaps Phil should take some new found money and retain Anderson for some consulting services.
  12. diehardtwinsfan
    I can see the benefit of trading Plouffe or moving Sano. Honestly, it's going to come down to where there are openings when Sano is ready. Right now, Sano hasn't given much indication showing he's ready. He's south of the Mendoza line, though he's hitting home runs and drawing walks. I'm hoping that's just rust and the switch will flip here soon, but let's pretend for a second that Sano catches fire, gets sent to Rochester, and continues to rake there... Come 2016, do you put Sano in the OF knowing that Arcia, Buxton, Rosario, and quite possibly Hicks are all competing for time there, or do you trade someone (probably Plouffe)? Do you extend him with a trade in mind? Do you wait another year and slowly work Sano in? I think Plouffe would get a top 100 prospect, and possibly some others thrown in (assuming he hits well this season). I'd think long and hard about that. He's not a star, but you could pencil him in as a starter on a lot of teams, including quite a few playoff contenders.
  13. diehardtwinsfan
    That's nice, they can use that signing out of the 2014 bonus pool. I'm guessing it wasn't for a lot of cash and this kid knew he wasn't getting any more later.
  14. diehardtwinsfan
    I was about to offer bonus points to whomever figured out where this was coming from. You win.
  15. diehardtwinsfan
    They are off to a decent start. I'm quite happy for that, as it's keeping me far more engaged on what they are doing as opposed to living in the minor league forums. That said, yeah, a bit too early. I thought this team had a reasonable shot at 80 wins this year, and I still think that, especially with reinforcements on the way.
  16. diehardtwinsfan
    Anti-patriotism is a completely different topic altogether, and unfortunately people like to lump in all sorts of actions into this definition that have no business being there (like this one for instance). I don't think it is terribly wise from a marketing concept being a team in the US with some silly nationalistic tendencies, but in reality, I really don't care if these guys were there or not. That's part of what being in a free country means.
  17. diehardtwinsfan
    If we want to talk about that, I haven't forgiven him for 2004 playoffs.
  18. diehardtwinsfan
    I think that managers (like players) can contribute to wins over the course of the season... probably much along the same lines, with the best mgrs. out there doing something like 4-5 WAR with the worst being in the negatives (though quantifying this in a measurable way is impossible).... Not sure where Gardy fits into that equation. I've never liked him as a game manager. This early in the season though, I don't really know if the sample size is big enough. Perhaps Molly has been better by a win or two, but not really sure.
  19. diehardtwinsfan
    The big thing I like is that the offense is picking up. I'd like to see some power, but hopefully that will come. We are seeing good pitching from several guys as well. That said, I really don't know what the org is going to do with Nolsaco. He was pretty bad (minus a month or so at the end of last season) last year and this. He's got some success in the majors, but at some point, he's going to have to be released as I don't see anyone trading for him. That very well may wait until Santana is ready, but I have to think that's in the cards. He's still on payroll for 2 more years after that. That's way too many to keep doing this, and with Hughes and Santana locked up long term, and promising output from Gibson and May, I have to think that last spot will eventually make it to one of Meyer, Wheeler, Rogers, or Berrios. Heck, even Duffey will be in play shortly I suspect. I do agree that it's a bit too early to take them seriously. They were over .500 for a bit the last two seasons, but this does seem to be a better team, and one real positive is that reinforcements aren't far behind.
  20. diehardtwinsfan
    I think we can live with that. The real question is whether or not this will translate in this way in the majors. He's doing better than he did in FTM last season to start the year. That's encouraging. But yeah, he needs to be a bit more selective at pitches out of the zone. Would do him wonders.
  21. diehardtwinsfan
    When is mothers day?
  22. diehardtwinsfan
    I think there's something inherently wrong in calling a statistical variant luck. If pitching was nothing more than Ks, BBs, and BABIP, every one of us could pitch up there and maintain an ERA around 9. I don't buy it. There's definitely some luck there. Seeing eye singles happen. Sometimes a guy hits it hard, right at the OF. It happens. That, I think, distributes somewhat randomly over a large enough sample. But the ability to induce weaker contact in general is a skill. Gibson may be one of those guys who walks that fine control line. I get that... But it still isn't luck. That's my problem with the advanced pitching metrics. You have enough people pitching at that high of a level that their output is similar to a bell curve, which then leads them to conclude that it's all luck. I don't buy it. Not one bit.
  23. diehardtwinsfan
    For what it's worth, the 2012 draft was said to be pretty weak. We came out of that with Buxton, Berrios, Walker, Duffey, and a few others...
  24. diehardtwinsfan
    That write up on Javier makes me think of A-Rod... Granted, just a writeup, but SS with power and a good hit tool...
  25. diehardtwinsfan
    I like that idea. It will be nice having reinforcements with guys like Stewart, Allard, Thorpe, etc.
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