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  1. diehardtwinsfan
    He's not actually. Plouffe has a slightly higher OPS. The other conern about Escobar is his ability to play every day. I like Escobar a lot better up the middle personally. A 3 man tandem of Santana, Dozier, and Escobar is going to do a good job scoring and defending runs. Move Escobar to 3B, and then you have a big hole up the middle and are in deeper trouble if Santana turns back into a pumpkin. I think the best solution here is to keep Plouffe another year. The Twins can (and should) go year to year with him right now. He's not going to yield a good prospect at the deadline, he's got a decent chance of improving, and he's not dragging down the team. If he improves, he's going to be worth a lot more next season, and the Twins will also have seen Sano play an entire year against tougher pitching.
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    I take offense to that.
  3. diehardtwinsfan
    I think Buxton slipped with either fangraphs or BA recently too. The injury cost him something... that and Bryant's 1.15 OPS right now between AA and AAA. The guy can hit.
  4. diehardtwinsfan
    I still think at this point that this team is a pretender and not a contender. Not trading Suzuki and Willingham is a mistake in my opinion.
  5. diehardtwinsfan
    He's a major league average 3B. These don't grow on trees. You won't be able to just look down the bench and find a replacement. I think you're confusing an average player with a replacement level player. As it is, Plouffe is preforming better than half of baseball's 3B right now. As such, he's fine as a placeholder until Sano is ready. When that happens, he's traded. If we are really lucky, he continues with his improvements this year and breaks out next year, increasing his value.
  6. diehardtwinsfan
    I think you offer him arb and hold on to him for at least one more year. Sano is going to need some time in the minors next year anyways, so Plouffe holds down the spot for 2015. If this improvements are for real and continue, he'll have more value next offseason than presently. That also gives the Twins an insurance policy of Sano struggles next season.
  7. diehardtwinsfan
    yeah, Suzuki is going to want a big contract this offseason. He'd be crazy not to want that.
  8. diehardtwinsfan
    John Jay made sense as a contender with a hole in CF. I think I'd rather do Denard Span as a 1 year stop gap/reclamation project this offseason and get something of value in the minors for Suzuki.
  9. diehardtwinsfan
    From Sickles: Reds list. Not sure they match up well. Guys I really like are rated too high. Kind of meh on org need for lower guys. Cards list. Piscotty might be nice if the Twins think his power will develop. He's 23 in AAA (though it's the PCL). Gonzalez or Kaminsky would be nice. For fun, a link to all lists.
  10. diehardtwinsfan
    Dumb question, but how new is pitch framing as a stat? I ask b/c I haven't heard much about it until recently, and that tends to make me a bit nervous about quoting it as gospel truth.
  11. diehardtwinsfan
    I thought I read somewhere that DeMuth had lied to the Twins about something... not sure on the details.
  12. diehardtwinsfan
    Agents should be explaining this. It's not difficult to understand, but I have to think that this falls squarely on the agent.
  13. diehardtwinsfan
    I agree with this, but the problem is that eventually, that good player you signed to a major deal is no longer a good player and is blocking guys who could out perform him. I'm fine personally with a short term deal for Morales knowing that the spot is free for 2015 for sure, but there are guys in A+/AA that look like they can be ready in a year and even an interesting bat in Romero at AAA who could in theory DH and occasionally be counted on being a butcher in the field for a fraction of the cost... I might add that all of this is moot if Morales doesn't pick up the pace. He's been here for a month now. Spring training is over.
  14. diehardtwinsfan
    The MLBPA would be wise to get involved for no other reason than the fact that they are being sued for essentially not negotiating on behalf of minor leaguers. This is a CBA related issue, and I'd have to imagine it's going to go to an arbitrator. I'd have thought after the service time mess that Selig would have called the front office and told them to put a stop to this. It's bad publicity for baseball all around. Add this to it, and I really think someone in the FO needs to go. The best way for that to happen is for an arbitrator to rule that Aiken gets slot and that the 2 pick gets what was offered to him... at that point, heads roll, Houston loses a pick, and it will never happen again. I'd also add that for Houston's sake, they should hope that they were able to remove all the back doors put in place by whomever hacked them, or the Bud Norris thing could turn out to be child's play... This is a poorly run franchize.
  15. diehardtwinsfan
    Yes, but the negotiate these types of things in advance of the draft. They had an agreed upon amount prior to drafting Aiken. The Stros came in and are using a very dubious reason to try to lower his value and squeeze him for more. To me at least, that's pretty unethical. I have a feeling the MLBPA isn't going to be too kind on this one.
  16. diehardtwinsfan
    I voted Dozier. I expect Hammer and Morales to be traded potentially, and if they aren't it's b/c they aren't hitting many HRs. Arcia in my mind is the only guy with a shot of beating Dozier.
  17. diehardtwinsfan
    Rosario is scuffling at AA, Polanco is at A+. Neither one is going to be ready next spring. I think a Dozier trade may make sense at one point, but I'd much rather that his replacement earn the spot first rather than trading off a well above average piece of the future before that has happened. It made sense with Span given that there was no chance he played out his contract on a winner. It made sense with Revere given that he was worth more than what he could provide. It doesn't make sense with Dozier... not right now at least.
  18. diehardtwinsfan
    I suspect Hicks will get promoted at one point if he continues to hit well in AA. I think that's good for him and for the org.
  19. diehardtwinsfan
    I find it pretty difficult to not like Neshek. Really comes across as a class act. I really wish he could have stayed in MN.
  20. diehardtwinsfan
    Honestly, I kind of hope that happens. As it is right now, they are basically getting the kid for 20M under market value by paying him slot. I just cannot believe they'd try something like this.
  21. diehardtwinsfan
    Think about Jeter.... a .649 OPS, crappy defense, yet a starting all star. Think about not having to see the press fawn all over him anymore after this season.
  22. diehardtwinsfan
    I thought they dropped their offer to about 5.6M. This is MUCH lower still. I'd be real curious about how 'finding issues with his arm' plays out. Strikes me as very odd that nothing surfaced at all in all the physicals/prescreens/interviews that were done prior to the draft. There very well may be something to this, but I just kind of assume that this is all a part of the scouting process. I echo the OP here. I'm with the kids. There's something very fishy about it, and there's a precedence being set that says we can do a separate evaluation and just ding you, no matter where we drafted you. I get it if the player lies to the team about info that could potentially change their minds, but I don't the impression this is what happned here. Fortunately for the kids, the MLBPA is one of the strongest unions out there, and I'd imagine that with the whole minor league lawsuit in play right now, they might step up front and center kill this one.
  23. diehardtwinsfan
    Brad Childresses lasting contribution to the sports world... stream of consciousness. Did you get to ask Jennie Finch how Casey is doing these days? Is he still in baseball?
  24. diehardtwinsfan
    I'm guessing they will pick someone up for a 1 year contract to man CF in 2015 to split time with Fuld. People won't like it too much, because for a 1 year contract, it's going to be a reclamation project or a pretty mediocre player, but the 3 CFs in the high minors won't be ready by spring of 2015.
  25. diehardtwinsfan
    Bit surprised Gordon or Vargas didn't sneak into the bottom of the top 75. Apparently, there's a decent drop off after number 5 in our system.
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