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  1. diehardtwinsfan
    There's a tale of two Sano's here with the first few weeks in the league being starkly worse than the last couple. I think that average will be climbing up as the season progresses, though I don't think he's "ready" by any means. I agree that he'd instantly be one of the better hitters on this team, but that doesn't make him ready. He still has things to learn. I'm guessing if he continues to progress, he opens up 2014 in Rochester for a month or two before being called up here after destroying the league. Wouldn't be surprised at all if Buxton was on a similar path starting in NB and making it up to Rochester in fairly short order.
  2. diehardtwinsfan
    Given how those two have handled rookie league, I would fully expect them both to pitch in CR. I'm a bit surprised Lewis Thorpe isn't joining them.
  3. diehardtwinsfan
    Unfortunately, unless he slips, Rodon is a pipe dream at this point. Even if the Twins trade off Morneau and Mauer gets shutdown, I don't see them losing enough games to pick one overall. Definitely would be nice to be in the top 3. There's some great talent there that fits some positions of need.
  4. diehardtwinsfan
    Plouffe is in his first year of arb. He's going to get a couple million. I don't think that's a reason why he'd be non-tendered... not yet at least.
  5. diehardtwinsfan
    Part of me wonders if we could get Stolmy Pimentel from Pittsburg for Justin. He's an AAA pitcher who's young (23) and doing fairly well. He was an honorable mention on Sickel's prospect list last season and he's never made a top 100 list, so I don't think he's a top 100 guy at this point even with the lists being redone, but he looks like a guy who can be more than #4/5 guy. I saw him pitch a couple of weeks ago. Was throwing 95 deep into the game. That said, he's got some control issues that I think could use some work. In the game I saw, he hit two guys and walked two more. I'd be thrilled for that type of return. Thoughts?
  6. diehardtwinsfan
    I'm not sure that they Twins would have to choose. The money is there to pay these guys during the next wave given that they won't have hardly any big contracts at that point (minus Mauer). That said, if it's a choice, it will come down to a few things. With Guerro, the questions I would have are as follows: 1) Can he stick at short defensively? 2) What is a reasonable projection for his bat? .750 OPS? .800? .900? 3) Are Rosario and Dozier the real deal and is moving Dozier back to short an option? For Abreau, I don't see as many questions. I have a tough time believing that the bat isn't for real, and defense at first isn't that big of a deal either. It's looking more and more like Plouffe and Parmelee aren't the answer at 1st long term, and with Justin in decline, it is starting to look like 1B might be a position of need for the next wave. I haven't given up on either of them, but neither have exactly forced the issue. The projections that seem to stick in this thread for Gurrero was a .750 OPS with defense that would be nothing special. If that's the case, I think I'd rather roll the dice with a Rosario/Dozier combo up the middle and put all the cash into Abreau (unless I'm wrong about the projected OPS). Abreau's bat is a difference maker and having him and having a lineup of Buxton, Rosario, Mauer, Abreau, Sano, Arcia, Dozier, Hicks, some DH (or something like that) makes me absolutely drool. I'm pretty sure that lineup could make this pitching staff a .500 team.
  7. diehardtwinsfan
    Trade him and then resign him this offseason? I'd be game for that, especially if they trade Doumit.
  8. diehardtwinsfan
    The key is next year... and not even all year. Plouffe will start at 3rd b/c there won't be other options (unless you think Romero is ready). Sano will likely be up mid year sometime assuming he mashes AAA pitching.
  9. diehardtwinsfan
    MLBTR is reporting that the Redsox are out of the sweepstakes.
  10. diehardtwinsfan
    Carroll wasn't over used when better alternatives were availabe.... Punto on the other hand...
  11. diehardtwinsfan
    I doubt the Twins call up any key piece to Rochester's run.
  12. diehardtwinsfan
    Not to steer this into politics... I'll just say there's a lot of reasons people choose not to serve. Some are as you describe... quite me centered... Others are quite valid.
  13. diehardtwinsfan
    For some reason, my mind is no longer on baseball.
  14. diehardtwinsfan
    Keep in mind Rosario's numbers were very good up until a bit over a week ago. He's been in a slump. That's the SSS of AA. I suspect he opens the season in Rochester with Sano for 2014. I'm perfectly fine with that. If Dozier is a mirage, then Rosario will likely get his chance sometime next year. If not, the Twins have a good problem, but I would hope Dozier finds his way back to SS since there really isn't much close in terms of impact talent.
  15. diehardtwinsfan
    I don't think anyone disagrees with the need to sign some actual upgrades. The disagreement is like more along the lines of "when" and not if. I don't agree when you say spots should only be reserved for Sano, Buxton, and Meyer (I'd add Stewart to this list, but he's got a ways to go). Spots have to be open to allow for tryouts. Guys like Rosario, May, Berrios, Parmelee, Darnell, Worley, Hicks, Tonkin, Pinto, etc. all need to get opportunities. In some cases (like starting pitching) spending some money and getting an established guy won't really get in the way of things. Getting several of them will. I personally think free agency needs to be targeted to fill in those gaps, but it's hard to know where those gaps are until the kids come up and start playing. That part takes patience. I think we all agree that getting the KCs of the world is getting old. I don't have a problem with some bargain basement guys, but I want upside (like Harden), even with risk. Given where the Twins are, I don't see a whole lot of signings this year, as spots need to be open to let the kids play. I would be wholeheartedly in favor of a FA signing of one solid pitcher, but beyond that, lots of guys are going to need to get auditions, and I'd rather target high risk high reward type guys.
  16. diehardtwinsfan
    I guess I'm not sure what you are arguing for. We have a nice farm, you've said so yourself. If we sign a crap load of players, those guys get blocked. If you are saying "Go out and get a good FA pitcher to complement these guys when they come up", I think you have a point, but I don't think you'll be able to make 2014 a playoff caliber team by what's available in free agency, even if the Pohlads gave Ryan the green light to spend on whatever he wanted. Nor do I think trading from that farm is particularly wise either. The time is now to stockpile talent that fits into this next group of guys. Rebuilds are typically a five year process. We are in year three, and I suspect we will really start seeing reasons to get our hopes up next year and in 2015. It takes time.
  17. diehardtwinsfan
    Gonsalves only went 4 innings, but struck out 5 and walked 2. 3 hits as well and no runs.
  18. diehardtwinsfan
    That might be one of those diamonds in the rough that Levi was talking about taking. Flip side though is that he's 29 and will be a FA soon.
  19. diehardtwinsfan
    Albers is the kind of guy you want in AAA to come up and make occasional spot starts but return to AAA when done. You don't want to rely on a guy like him. Unfortunately, we have too many guys like him, and not enough quality pitchers.
  20. diehardtwinsfan
    From what I remember reading, there was question whether or not the Red Sox even had an offer on the table and that this was a rumor to drive up the Yankee's price. We tend to forget that when we talk about this trade. IF that package was actually available, then the Twins messed up big time. The word though is if.
  21. diehardtwinsfan
    Kershaw/Kemp was speculated, but Santana had a no trade and said he wanted to go to the east coast. The Dodgers were never an option.
  22. diehardtwinsfan
    I'm not sure I'd call Kepler an org top 10 guy at this point. He got off to a great start in CR but has largely cooled. Right now, he's tools without a ton of results. He might be a top 10 guy in another org, but he's still very raw. It will be interesting. I don't think it's in the Twins or Kepler's best interest to put him on the 40 man and start burning options when he's in A+ ball, but if someone is going to claim him, you have to.
  23. diehardtwinsfan
    I haven't paid that close attention to him, but that certainly is encouraging. I remember Law kind of slamming the Twins for keeping him down, but he also said Walker isn't a very good prospect. Cutting down the Ks will go a long way to him turning into something workable at the MLB level.
  24. diehardtwinsfan
    Most of the trade speculation (in my opinion) should be what to do if Dozier is for real and Rosario is ready. You have 2B. Personally, I'd probably move Dozier back to SS, but I get the impression from some that this ship has sailed already. If it has, we have the luxury of having 2 quality 2B. I would think that ones value would be wasted as a backup. You'd have to trade one of them. Might not happen until next offseason.
  25. diehardtwinsfan
    The problem is that most teams looking to salary dump are looking to dump the guys who aren't performing to their salary expectations. This strategy won't net you a good pitcher whose expensive. It will net you a bad one and maybe a prospect for taking on the salary.
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