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  1. diehardtwinsfan
    Fastball changeup doesn't strike me as a very good reliever. That's basically Matt Capps (though admittedly he had some good years)... I hope May is better than that. His curve doesn't have to be great... just good enough to complement the fastball. Personally, I think he's been working on control, and it shows. The problem is that other parts of his game slip. I'm not worried yet, b/c as the control improves and becomes innate, he can start bringing those other parts back.
  2. diehardtwinsfan
    IT... and where I work we have plenty of it.
  3. diehardtwinsfan
    Just so you are aware, Olivia is a much better preacher than you... Not that I remember what you said.
  4. diehardtwinsfan
    He has one of the best ERAs in Twins history, so no.
  5. diehardtwinsfan
    Nice to see Olivia again.
  6. diehardtwinsfan
    They took the video down off of youtube... that one was priceless. One of the few times he was just speechless after Thome absolutely clobbered that pitch that Hawk said he couldn't hit. I miss Thome. I don't see why they couldn't sign him to a bench role on this team.
  7. diehardtwinsfan
    It could be worse. You could be the lead engineer for your organizations blackberry infrastructure....
  8. diehardtwinsfan
    I don't know about you, but I just hate listening to Hawk... Though that Thome home run a few years back was priceless.
  9. diehardtwinsfan
    Coming from the preacher, that must be true. Of course I have no room to talk either
  10. diehardtwinsfan
    Wow... A blackberry. You and I must be one of the few. Glad I don't pay for mine. Unfortunately, in a round about way I do, since it's government owned.
  11. diehardtwinsfan
    I don't know... Parm worked with Bruno last year in AAA during his monster campaign. Personally, I think Parm tends to be too patient, though others around here think his batspeed just isn't quick enough.
  12. diehardtwinsfan
    Not sure Nathan applies. He was a trade from SF and was already a reliever at that point. As for Perk, I'm not sure. He got bounced around quite a bit when he first came up. I don't remember if he was out... Of note, he also miserably failed as a starter, something May has not yet done. His ERA isn't spectacular, but the peripherals are trending in the right direction.. I'd expect he starts in AAA next year as as stater.
  13. diehardtwinsfan
    In other words, keep checking Twins Daily for up to the minute updates.
  14. diehardtwinsfan
    I'd probably give him till he runs out of options to be a starter. It's not hard to stash a guy in the pen and develop him. The potential of a front line ace though is well worth the patience.
  15. diehardtwinsfan
    I speak of him as a kid who has spent almost 5 years in the majors now who: 1) Hasn't shown much improvement 2) Has a game based primarily on speed. 3) Is having a bad year when he should be improving. 4) Is really freaking expensive. If you want any indication as to what Texas thinks, my guess is that they'd love to get rid of him to play Profar over there. But that contract makes him untradable. I get that Florimon and Andrus are not the same player over their careers. That isn't the issue at hand. The issue at hand is that right now, they basically are, and history says Andrus won't age well, especially till 2022 or whenever it is his contract expires. I would rather Morneau get traded for a clone of the guy that we got for Butera than a guy like Andrus, and unfortuantely, Profar is a pipe dream.
  16. diehardtwinsfan
    I've been to two Indianapolis Indians games for company outings. A couple people are interested when I mention that Nick Castellanos is a pretty big prospect, but for the most part it's "You <explicative> suck Toledo"
  17. diehardtwinsfan
    Yes I'm sorry, he's been about equal. .624 OPS compared to Pedro's .608 and from what I've read, Florimon's defense has been GG worthy and better. We can go year to year with Pedro, but we get Andrus until 2022 for the nice price of 120 million. As I said before, players with his skill don't age well, and while I see him bouncing back a bit over the next couple of years, this season is going to be more the norm than the exception during that contract. Pass.
  18. diehardtwinsfan
    Not a bad outing. 4 innings, 1ER, 1BB, 5K. 2 more unearned runs, but that's on defense.
  19. diehardtwinsfan
    I seem to remember Cliff Lee taking less from Philly, though I do think there was an extenuating circumstance with a special needs child... I could be wrong on that, this is just from memory. I should note people turn down opportunities all the time. I just turned a good one for family reasons. It happens. I'm sure ball players do it. Though I do agree that it doesn't happen often.
  20. diehardtwinsfan
    Pass. Andrus is worse than Florimon this year and is signed for a loooong time. He's primarily a speed guy, and while he's young, those guys typically don't age well.
  21. diehardtwinsfan
    Honestly, that's the type of return I expected Morneau to get. One can only hope that b/c Morneau is much better than Butera that he's return a better prospect.
  22. diehardtwinsfan
    There's a few things that come to mind. There's a ton of strategy. For one, waiver priority does come into play (I think). If you claim a guy, you lose priority. Second, you cannot claim everyone, because if a bunch of teams decide to give you their guy, you are now potentially on the hook for paying their salary and you have to make room for them on the roster. So it isn't cut and dry. Third, you have blocking strategies and those type of things, especially if you know that he won't be given away. If I know the guy isn't free, I might try to block my opponent who really needs him and what not. Fourth, I think (someone needs to correct me if I'm wrong) you'd need to clear roster space if you get him, and I don't think you can claim a guy and then DFA him. Where Morneau comes into play is that his overall line is not terribly impressive for the salary. I'm guessing most GMs might not be aware that he's been hitting like the Morneau of old for the last couple of weeks. I'm sure Ryan will be calling Pittsburg, Boston, and New York saying as much. I do think that the Twins will likely be eating some of his salary, and I'm fine with that (not sure Ryan will). That said, I'd be shocked (but thrilled) if the Twins got a guy like Owings from Boston for Morneau. I suppose technically Boston doesn't need him since they have Bogarts, but I doubt they'd dangle him for Justin, just as I doubt they'd dangle Rayunado, Webster, or Barnes... OK, Barnes maybe given his bad year, but he didn't take well to AA.
  23. diehardtwinsfan
    I'd like to have that many intelligent fans sitting around me in a game.
  24. diehardtwinsfan
    I have heard that younger players with great range can have trouble in the errors department b/c they get to (and attempt to make a play on) balls that others just cannot get to. I'm not sure if there's truth to that, but I specifically remember that linked to some guy named Jose Reyes who is a pretty good defensive SS and make his fair share of errors when he first came up. I'm not worried about the errors if the range is there. However, his bat does not inspire me.
  25. diehardtwinsfan
    I dont' think service time is nearly the issue here people are making it. Here's the issue. Does Sano have anything else to learn in the minors? If yes, he should stay. I personally am not a fan of skipping AAA for anyone, if for no other reason than that they player will have less to learn once they get up. The jump to MLB is hard enough, and where service time comes into play in my book is wasting it on a player who could have still learned some lessons in the minors.
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