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  1. diehardtwinsfan
    JWE and Verve will be stopping by your appartment later.
  2. diehardtwinsfan
    I'm going to tell myself we will have 3 top of the rotation guys. A new big 3... That's my hope.
  3. diehardtwinsfan
    I'd argue that Johnson, Pino, Darnell, Meyer, and May are all guys pitching well enough in AAA to deserve some time in MLB. I've said before I don't think Meyer will be the guy due to his innings limit/pitch counts, but if the decision was made to sell (and it should have), you may as well use the time to rotate those guys through the rotation and see who is MLB ready and who still needs work. I'd still trade Correia.
  4. diehardtwinsfan
    Learn something new every day... I didn't realize it had lowered that much.
  5. diehardtwinsfan
    Is pitching that much improved that league average is 3.9?
  6. diehardtwinsfan
    Common Hughes... Now would be a great time to make sure everyone in the lineup has a hit today.
  7. diehardtwinsfan
    regressing to the mean with this RISPY numbers.
  8. diehardtwinsfan
    Favorite all star game memories... may as well throw one out from a few years ago. Kurt Schilling was on the mound and I think A-Rod was hitting. He told him was going to give him a high fastball and dared him to hit it... He struck him out.
  9. diehardtwinsfan
    Fort Meyers was rained out. They have a double header today, so if he's not in the lineup for at least 1 game, it might be time to be concerned, but nothing has been reported.
  10. diehardtwinsfan
    The extra-base hits are likely what's driving this. He's been consistently among the home run leaders for his league in his career, so that right there is going to count for a lot of runs scored. I'm not sure I'd put a .300 OBP in the middle of the order. My fear is that he's going to kill a lot of rallies too. That production at the lower part of the order would be a bit more acceptable, except that he's not going to get the RBIs batting down there.
  11. diehardtwinsfan
    Probably not. Though I have to admit thinking that the Angles were out of their mind for giving him that contract... Hunter, however, didn't fade in the way a typical ball player does going into his 30s.
  12. diehardtwinsfan
    should add... 3/5 with a double tonight. Average over .300.
  13. diehardtwinsfan
    Florimon had an OPS greater than .127 Just giving you a hard time a bit... I do agree though, Hicks is actually hitting quite well in AA. I hope he keeps it up for a bit more and can get a bump to AAA. The Twins need to get him experience in the higher minors.
  14. diehardtwinsfan
    I think that depends on who he's replacing. The reality is that there isn't a whole lot of good pitching on the market right now... and look what the Cubs got from Oakland... What I can say is this. If every 5 days you are trotting out the Andrew Albers of the world b/c you don't have much better, KC is looking like a godsend, and you won't need to give up an Addison Russel to get him.
  15. diehardtwinsfan
    I did a mid-year study on the 2012 free agents, and it turned into an 18+ page thread that closed due to a lot of arguing. The end result, if I remember correctly, was that Correia was actually one of the better 2012 gets that we had a shot at, and most of that pitching class ended up having some pretty bad seasons. I'm not sure if the KC pickup was a 'cheaping out' type deal or if the FO simply thought that this was the best option. I do think that most of us were pretty down on what we ended up with, but it's quite possible that we'd have one or two really bad contracts at this stage of the game had they done what everyone on this board (myself included) wanted. That said, I do agree that much of the KC hatred is probably a bit misdirected. That said, he's pitching pretty well right now, so I hope that means he can turn and net us a decent prospect later this month.
  16. diehardtwinsfan
    He's got a career minor league OPS of .810. That's not bad, but there's zero power there as his OBP is higher than his SLG. I'd say he's not a bad 4th OF type, he does appear to move around, though I have no idea how good his defense is. He's a DFA, so he can be had for a 40 man spot. I'm not sure what he has in terms of options, but if he's out of them (which is probably why he'd be DFAd), then he requires a spot on the 25 man.
  17. diehardtwinsfan
    155 million I thought... It was a lot. Not sure if the posting fee was part of that.
  18. diehardtwinsfan
    Yeah, pretty forgettable debut, but he's adjusted. I'd imagine that if he keeps it up, he'll be bumped up to the FSL.
  19. diehardtwinsfan
    I'm not disagreeing with you here. That might be the best role for him as well. The question at hand is whether or not that 5 start stretch is sustainable... and that's on the coaches/scouts to determine.
  20. diehardtwinsfan
    Cheap and cost controlled is an issue that affects all of MLB. It has value, and I don't know if it's fair to stereotype the Pohlads on that particular issue. I'd argue that it's nearly impossible to go out and buy a winner. We had 5 major FA acquisitions this year (though Pelfrey was technically a re-sign). Suzuki and Hughes were hits. Nolasco is looking like a miss so far (and could be a costly one in the 'bad contract' realm). Pelfrey was a miss, and the book is still out on Morales. I'd also note that pitching is always a scares commodity, so a guy who can potentially be a 4/5 guy for a reasonable price has a lot of value to a lot of teams. Given what the Twins have coming through the pipeline, I don't see Pino having much of a future here, but showing that he can get major leaguers out, to me at least, means that someone will give something up of value for him. That is part of the business of baseball, and for the long term health of the franchise, it's a good thing. Side note, while I found it despicable (and still do), I think contraction was more a bluff to get Target field.
  21. diehardtwinsfan
    Yeah, there's a lot that goes into leverage. The big thing the Twins have in their favor is that Suzuki, Morales, and Willingham in particular appear to be impact players for whomever needs them. Suzuki in particular given the position of need factor should give the Twins enough leverage to get a prospect on the low end of the top 100 I think. That and he's cheap. Not quite as sure on the other two as their value is tied to their bats, so they need to hit well. Where I don't see a ton of leverage is for guys like KC, Guerrier, and Burton. I could see Fein generating a nice return given his level of play, but still more in the higher risk high reward type prospect. I suspect a pitching desperate team might trade a Sulbaran/Gilmartin type guy for KC, but it's going to have to be a team who has been yo-yoing guys in the 4/5 spots of their rotation in order to stay in the race.
  22. diehardtwinsfan
    Regardless of whether or not they are ready? I think that's kind of extreme isn't it? This should be a case by case thing.
  23. diehardtwinsfan
    I'd agree, but those also tend to be fastball situations as well. Walker can destroy fastballs in the zone. He needs to learn to lay off breaking pitches out of the zone and be able to do something with the ones in the zone. As he progresses, he's going to see much better breaking pitches. I really hope he figures it out, because if he does, he's going to be a star.
  24. diehardtwinsfan
    Hopefully he stays decent. I would like him to make it up to AAA at one point and hopefully continue there. Not sure what should happen in 2015. He's got one option left, but given the issues, I don't know if putting him on the roster is the right choice... I suspect a 1year stop gap in CF is needed. Of course the real issue will be what to do with Hicks, Rosario, and Buxton in CF as all will be looking for time in AA/AAA.
  25. diehardtwinsfan
    Regardless of when it was reported, I still think that the posters comment to calm down was right. Let's please not turn this into that thread again. If May is suddenly out with Tommy John, then there's good reason to gripe. But this is a calf strain. It will heal when it heals, and there's little reason to get upset as there's really not much anyone can do other than to let it heal.
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