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  1. diehardtwinsfan
    If the next wave has no immediate needs, then sure. But I doubt you will get a Bogarts/Profar/Tallison/Bundy type guy for Rosario. Team's dont' give up on types of prospects. What you are left with is a good 2B and Rosario being traded for something that you really cannot use right now. I'd rather move Dozier to short if that's my choice.
  2. diehardtwinsfan
    Probably more in the high risk high reward category right now. I wouldn't call him a bad prospect. He'd be top 10 in a good number of systems, though in ours I'm not sure anymore. Peripherals are improving, but the rate stats have not. He's going to take a bit longer to develop, but I could see him putting it together and becoming a well above average ML pitcher. He could also end up being a reliever. At this point, I'd say he's likely going to make the majors... just not sure the capacity.
  3. diehardtwinsfan
    He's my favorite player, but this is a business. I'm a bit surprised he wasn't put on waivers right away. Given that he's been heating up, someone might claim him. I'd think the return would be better if he wasn't claimed.
  4. diehardtwinsfan
    Me thinks there's good reason to be negative here. Though truth be told, it's clear that the Twins are adjusting this mentality in the farm system. Unfortunately, we haven't gotten to the point of purging the P2C guys out just yet. That started a bit this season with Gibson and will continue as Meyer, May, and Darnel (not a huge K guy, but an improvement) move into the rotation.
  5. diehardtwinsfan
    Wow that's harsh. Think I should complain?
  6. diehardtwinsfan
    It's a bit of a crap shoot. Those 2000s teams didn't exactly have tons of positions to be doing this with... and for every Fein, Burton, or Deduno there's a Jeff Gray, Walters, or DeVries.
  7. diehardtwinsfan
    20 triples? I see him more of a 30/40 doubles and 20 HR kind of guy. Great production coming out of CF, even before you account the GG defense to go with it.
  8. diehardtwinsfan
    wish it could be autocorrected.
  9. diehardtwinsfan
    Yeah pretty much this. I think at worst you could keep Rosario in AAA all year next year if Dozier and Florimon do well, but if Rosario continues doing what he's doing, he's going to force the issue by 2015. I'm not against that, but no need to let the kid languish either. Also, I don't see how we are messing with his head by moving him back to SS. I don't have a problem keeping him at 2nd for now as he gets more comfortable hitting, but if Dozier continues to hit (and Rosario does too), I think it makes a ton of sense. He came up as a SS, so it isn't as if he has to learn the position, he's just going to have to work a bit more on defense and probably wont' be a GG. That's a fair trade if he can be average.
  10. diehardtwinsfan
    5 innings, 1 run, 7Ks, 4 hits? What's your definition of good? These rookie league guys don't typically go more than 4/5 innings as they restrict the pitch count more...
  11. diehardtwinsfan
    Not to pick nits, but Stanton is not the biggest Marlin. Fernandez fits the Twin's needs a bit more, and unfortunately, Stanton will be cheap in comparison.
  12. diehardtwinsfan
    Sarcasm... We have a kid in rookie ball with the same name.
  13. diehardtwinsfan
    If Dozier continues to hit, you have to give him a shot again at SS. He's posted a .900 OPS for the last two months now. If he can keep an OPS for a season over .800 and provide average defense at SS, he's a huge asset.
  14. diehardtwinsfan
    Didn't work out so well for the folks in Aastapor and Mereen.
  15. diehardtwinsfan
    I like this kid. Nice outing. He's 18 too. Hope he continues to dominate the Appy league so we can see him in CR next season.
  16. diehardtwinsfan
    Every GM has to do this from time to time, and as others have pointed out, TR does well in this area. Granted the Twins need to do this a bit more than most right now, but if you can pick up a decent role player (Fein/Burton/Deduno), then it's a win.
  17. diehardtwinsfan
    It was always 3.9. I believe they've spent around 3.1, but I could be wrong on that. The dollar amount is assigned based on a "slot" so to speak. The slot is based on how they did last year.
  18. diehardtwinsfan
    Nope, this year was 4M...
  19. diehardtwinsfan
    Thorpe looked more human today.
  20. diehardtwinsfan
    Best seats for hecking WhiteSox fans is my computer with a WSI logon.... and it's far more entertaining.
  21. diehardtwinsfan
    I'm not sure "prove" vs. not prove, but if you think that it's possible to simply assemble a winner via FA, you are wrong. There are good "sure-thing" FA signings out there. They do exist. Those guys get top dollar for a reason. There are rarely enough to fill an entire team, or even plug all the holes that a team may have. There's also the problem that there are several teams with the pockets to get such guys (Angels, Dodgers, Yankees, RedSox, and Cubs). If these teams want a guy, they will get him and when they bid against each other, the price becomes exorbitant. As others have said, going crazy in FA to get that one piece makes a ton of sense. Doing so to turn a 90 loss team into a 90 win team is a recipie for having an at best 80 win team with a bunch of really expensive contracts.
  22. diehardtwinsfan
    He's a placeholder with the luxury of being able to earn a permanent position somewhere before Sano is ready. At this point, I say he has about a year left to prove something. At that point, they can decide if he's a 1B, SS, OF, or whatever. Given his pop, he could stick around as a super utility type guy.
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  24. diehardtwinsfan
    Yes, the argument can be made. Buxton is doing pretty well in A+ as a 19 year old, where as Sano, if this hot streak continues, will be destroying AA as a 20 year old. That said, Buxton is likely a GG defender at a premium spot to go with it. Given that both are top 5 guys, I'd say it's really just semantics.
  25. diehardtwinsfan
    I just don't see this happening. The Twins are fairly set in the OF and trading away their top 3B prospect to add another outfielder seems strange. Don't get me wrong, an OF of Buxton, Stanton, Arcia makes me drool, but I doubt that the Marlins would do this for a Hicks, Walker, Berrios swap, which is about all I'd personally be willing to give for him. If Sano was being blocked by an all star 3B, that might make more sense, but Sano is being blocked by Plouffe, who's a wildcard in his own right.
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