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  1. diehardtwinsfan
    It's never OK to use A-1 on steak.
  2. diehardtwinsfan
    The more I read about it, the more I like it.
  3. diehardtwinsfan
    heheh... point taken... though he watched all 3 strikes and managed to foul off a two strike pitch in that at bat. Kind of sad. I like working the count, but I get the distinct impression he needs to swing the bat a bit more.
  4. diehardtwinsfan
    Dear Hicks, When the pitcher throws you a strike, you do actually have to swing the bat.
  5. diehardtwinsfan
    I hope you are right Dave. I'd love for this to be another Aaron Rogers situation. Let Cassel man things for the season and transition Bridgewater in for 2015.
  6. diehardtwinsfan
    Interestingly enough, both got the Gardy treatment as rookies as well.
  7. diehardtwinsfan
    The reason why you extend him is to get him on a cheaper contract. It gives him some certainty, which allows you to buy out a year or two of FA on top of it... If he continues to develop, he becomes immensely tradable as well. I think Jokin is right here, he should be a contract priority this offseason.
  8. diehardtwinsfan
    I don't know.. I think I'd prefer a few pitchers to Florimon or Herrmann.
  9. diehardtwinsfan
    Excellent article. My 2 cents. 1) A bad team with one or two reclamation projects is not a bad thing. It's quite possible that Kubel gets flipped at the deadline for a C+ prospect that could turn into something decent down the road. My concern with this is that it was pretty clear that Bartlett in particular was not going to work out well. And he didn't, and it cost us Pressley. My beef here is that I think long term, Hicks would have been better served in Rochester, not in MLB stinking up the joint. Instead, we have another year where Hicks is overmatched and not ready, and I don't see how this is good for his development long term. We could have let Pressley have that shot given that he's proven he can hit AAA pitching, and if he flopped, no big deal as Hicks needs more time. 2) Some of this mismanagement goes back to the Pelfrey deal. I know a few people weren't exactly thrilled about it (Levi in particular if memory serves me right), as there was a chance we lost somethign good... and look what's happened. To prevent losing someone, the Twins are currently carrying a ridiculous amount of pitchers on the major league roster. If Pelfrey wasn't on the roster, Deduno would be starting right now and we'd be deciding whether or not to move him to the pen permanently, and potentially debuting Darnell, May, or Johnson.
  10. diehardtwinsfan
    If they need starting help, I have to think that Johnson, Darnell, and May will all get the call ahead of Meyer at this point... If they all flop, then yes, you'll see him sooner than later. My gut says he's a September callup and starts in the 2015 rotation.
  11. diehardtwinsfan
    Bridgewater scares me, but he scared me more at 8 than at 32. I like the moves for them. They needed help badly at LB and picked up arguably the 2nd best LB in the draft. I'm not complaining. That, and to Spielman's credit, he's done a good job in the draft.
  12. diehardtwinsfan
    I'm not terribly excited about using #8 on any of the QBs.... There's a lot of talk of the possiblity of Kahlil Mack sliding down to #8, not because of lack of talent but b/c there's great match ups for other teams at other positions of need. I kind of hope he does and we grab him, giving how desparately we need help at LB.
  13. diehardtwinsfan
    I don't know if this is an Anthony or Ryan thing. I do know that it seems as though every year at some point there's some discussion about poor roster management as injured guys are on too long and it seems like they take forever to make moves. Sometimes I wonder if there's some obscure rules associated with roster changes that aren't common knowlege... Because for the life of me, I cannot figure out the logic in the roster as it's currently configured.
  14. diehardtwinsfan
    common number 9
  15. diehardtwinsfan
    The Twins have already won the Liriano trade... Now we must pray that Escobar becomes the second coming of JJ Hardy so we can laugh at Sox fans for a long time.
  16. diehardtwinsfan
    It's not like free agents WANT to come play for the Texans
  17. diehardtwinsfan
    Nolasco actually looking like the pitcher we expected to get... Unfortunately, the offense is looking like the offense we expected to see behind him.
  18. diehardtwinsfan
    yeah, we just make fun of the fact that the Twins CF position is OPSing something around .600.
  19. diehardtwinsfan
    and there goes the no-no
  20. diehardtwinsfan
    Significantly better than a Dozier double after a Florimon base hit.
  21. diehardtwinsfan
    Me thinks it is the Twins lineup making him look like Garza.
  22. diehardtwinsfan
    Interesting line from my gamecast. I' be interested in a detailed explanation here.
  23. diehardtwinsfan
    You overestimate how little I have.
  24. diehardtwinsfan
    Baby steps... Batting Dozier first all season long was due to months of occupational therapy this offseason.
  25. diehardtwinsfan
    I don't think my wife will allow it.
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