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  1. diehardtwinsfan
    I'm guessing they thought Santana would be playing sooner.
  2. diehardtwinsfan
    I was thinking of posting something similar. He's played well of late. One big thing I noticed as well is that he's also been taking less walks and his OBP is not 100 points over his average like it has been. For Parms, I think that may actually be a good thing. I still think that he should be playing every day, and I'm a bit perturbed at Gardy for not allowing that. He's destroyed AAA twice now. I get that it's a tough jump. I also think he can have a decent MLB career and just needs some consistency. Gardy gives up on him pretty easily, and I'm not sure why. He needs to work things out, and it's hard to do that given sporadic PT.
  3. diehardtwinsfan
    I doubt the Twins would get anything of value for Hicks right now.
  4. diehardtwinsfan
    I don't see anyone taking Nolasco right now. He's not being helped by having a SS playing in CF either... That said, they guy has always been streaky... and in a frustrating way too. He gets those Ks, but the results aren't always there.
  5. diehardtwinsfan
    Hicks doesn't have a ton of value, but I think the Twins are getting the raw end of that deal.
  6. diehardtwinsfan
    I do think the Twins will need to dip into the FA market for someone next season to help Pinto, as I don't see Fryer and Hermann as that guy. I'd normally say get a defensive guru who can teach him a thing or two, but I suspect Gardy would give him the Butera treatment. Regardless, it's worked well this year, and I think selling high here wouldn't be the worst idea. Suzuki has some value and might fetch a B type prospect for him that would slot into the mid to lower part of most team's top 10. I think that would be well worth it.
  7. diehardtwinsfan
    Honestly, I think Hicks has a confidence issue more than anything else. He strikes me as one of those people who gets overwhelmed when he's asked to work on too many things. That's not uncommon at that age, and I doubt the issue is that he doesn't take it seriously (though that can be a perception issue). That said, he should have started the year in the minors, and I'm glad he's there now and hope he spends the rest of the season there.
  8. diehardtwinsfan
    I'd pinch hit with Polanco.
  9. diehardtwinsfan
    The way they played of late, I think the Twins are more a pretender than a contender. I don't really care if they want to add something and make a run, though I do think selling high on those guys would be in the best long term interest of the franchise. None of them will be back next season.
  10. diehardtwinsfan
    I got one on my foot running a marathon last fall. That puppy hurt...
  11. diehardtwinsfan
    It was worse in book 4... took a while for it to develop. Book 5 on the other hand was much more too the point as it tied all of that up. I'm really hoping Winds of Winter concentrates more on the main characters and sticks more to action.
  12. diehardtwinsfan
    Unless Gordon gets off to a Buxton like start next year, I wouldn't hold out a ton of hope that he'll be there anytime soon. That said, I wouldn't be so down on the offense. I would think that by 2016, you are looking at the following guys playing every day and producing at better than average. That leaves out guys like Plouffe who would still be under control and could slot in somewhere and Rosario. Santana, if he's truly figured out the bat would slide into SS. That lineup should score some points. C - Pinto 1B - Mauer (assuming this is just a down season) 2B - Dozier 3B - Sano DH - Vargas CF - Buxton RF - Arcia
  13. diehardtwinsfan
    I'm pretty sure you can only contribute 2 prospects to the futures game. I suspect at that point, it's more logistics.
  14. diehardtwinsfan
    yep my bad... As for Berrios, I fully expect him moving up shortly. It's really a question of who they get rid of.
  15. diehardtwinsfan
    Because it's one start? Honestly, with the pitch count and everything else going on, I really don't think he's in Minnesota until September.
  16. diehardtwinsfan
    A deal for what? Hicks isn't going to generate much of anything for trade interest right now. His best bet is to sit in the minors and learn how to hit.
  17. diehardtwinsfan
    Arcia needs to learn some plate discipline. That, I suspect, will go a long way towards eliminating the famine in his feast/famine routine.
  18. diehardtwinsfan
    We really need to get a user account for WSI... Got to think that the weeping and gnashing of teeth would be pretty close to epic right now.
  19. diehardtwinsfan
    There's 3 billion nucleotides in the human genome... that 2% amounts to approximately 60 million differences.... That's still a lot.
  20. diehardtwinsfan
    Is Perk sick?
  21. diehardtwinsfan
    This would be my vote, but with Pelfrey on the roster in 2015, I don't see it happening. At one point I'd think they'd have to trade Darnell too, especially with guys like Gilmartin and Berrios playing in AAA at some point next year. This offseason should be interesting if Pino keeps pitching well. The Twins will have a surplus of cheap pitching and not nearly the roster spots for all of them.
  22. diehardtwinsfan
    The real question on trading is this... Is the team in it or not? If it's in it, then everyone but KC stays. Interesting thing about the trade deadlines. Bad teams don't have much to give, and so they don't usually get much... A pretender that realizes they are a pretender could bring in a nice return. I still think the Twins are more of a pretender this season than a contender, but if they want to go for it, I'd say find a stop gap CF, trade KC and give it a shot. I'm not going to complain either way. Edit: event as a pretender, no way I trade Hughes. I think he's legit and can help the next wave as they come up.
  23. diehardtwinsfan
    MLB's top 30 http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/prospects/watch/y2014/index.jsp?tcid=mm_mlb_players#list=int
  24. diehardtwinsfan
    Nice start for Gordon... hoping for a Buxton like start to his career. What's with the Twins drafting all of Vavra's kids? How many more does he have?
  25. diehardtwinsfan
    There's quite a bit of gravel/other drainage material underneath most professional ball diamonds. It can hold a lot of water.
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