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  1. diehardtwinsfan
    The reason Florimon has been a pleasant surprise is that there were no expectations that he'd be any good. Accounting for defense and offense, he's been average. That means there will be some demand for him if the Twins can find a good replacement, but not a ton. BTW, Andrus is having a worse year than Florimon. He has a name, and right now that's it. I'd stay away from that deal personally. As for the world series comments, ideally, you want all of your guys to be above average. If Florimon can improve with the bat, then yes, I'd say he's a guy who could be on a series team. If not, yes, a series team can get by with a guy like Forimon, but it narrows the room for error for the rest of the team. Given that above average hitting SS are hard to find, I'd much rather the Twins have targed an above average offensive SS who can play average or better defense. Those are hard to find though.
  2. diehardtwinsfan
    Seems to me that control is the last thing that comes back from TJ surgery, and your article indicates that he's having control issues. He's not getting nearly enough first pitch strikes and is leaning more on his fastball than his secondary pitches, which I assume is because he isn't commanding them as well. My guess is that he'll take a nice step forward next year.
  3. diehardtwinsfan
    Um... no. That very much is Gardy's job. I don't get the consternation here personally.
  4. diehardtwinsfan
    I'm not trying to compare the two, but Jose Reyes had tons of errors when he came up too. Part of that was rushing, and part of that was that he had a greater range and was getting to more things that others couldn't get to... Not sure if that's Santana's problem or not, but worth thinking about.
  5. diehardtwinsfan
    Pretty much this... Dozier will give Rosario a chance to learn and earn it in AAA. No complaints there. When Rosario is ready, the question becomes whether we trade Dozier, or move him to short/super utility. Having a guy who can play SS and 2B will at the least keep a fresh rotation in the middle infield.
  6. diehardtwinsfan
    There's some nice pen options in the minors too. I do think that a good pen is underrated, and I miss the hard throwing guys from the early 2000s. I hope Ryan uses a couple of those guys to generate some additional talent this offseason.
  7. diehardtwinsfan
    He did in Hi A... not in low A... interesting.
  8. diehardtwinsfan
    He's younger than Stewart.
  9. diehardtwinsfan
    I think Phil Hughes could turn out to be a steal in Target Field...
  10. diehardtwinsfan
    Part of me wonders if he isn't tired. When's the last time he played this far into a season without significant time on the DL?
  11. diehardtwinsfan
    Cruz was implicated long before the deadline. The Rangers not acting is their problem.
  12. diehardtwinsfan
    My 2 cents... Seems like certain teams (like the Yankees for instance) have always gotten the benefit of the call. I'd be curious if they are consistently up there in pitcher framing from year to year. To me, these numbers say that the balls and strikes need to be automated. There shouldn't be that much disparity.. Period, and how a catcher frames the pitch should have nothing to do with whether it's a ball or strike.
  13. diehardtwinsfan
    Hmm... Doumit is the Diamond whisperer?
  14. diehardtwinsfan
    Pinto and Parmelee having nice nights so far.
  15. diehardtwinsfan
    Dollar dome dogs and random fan events between innings.
  16. diehardtwinsfan
    The only way biogenesis is good for the Twins is if Morneau and Willingham come out swinging in August and both pass through waivers unclaimed.
  17. diehardtwinsfan
    it should be noted that he did publicly apologize for his rant...
  18. diehardtwinsfan
    Seems pretty likely, though I'm surprised Thorpe hasn't been moved to E-town yet... wonder given his age if they will keep him back at EST and pitch him in E-town next year. Gonsalves has already gotten promoted with less innings and it sounds like Stewart is a couple of starts behind him (due to injury).
  19. diehardtwinsfan
    Seems like he's having a decent year this year in the high minors. The Twins look like they have a pretty nice core of relief prospects coming up through the pipeline to complement the guys they have now. All the more reason to consider trading off a guy like Perkins this offseason if they can get the right price for him.
  20. diehardtwinsfan
    Truth be told, I'm not sure what people expected. These things take time, especially for pitchers. I seem to remember a young Scott Baker who got lit up by everyone, except for some odd reason, the Yankees. He's up now, and I'd imagine that his arm is tiring has he hasn't had a full work load in 2 years. He just has to pitch through it.
  21. diehardtwinsfan
    The Mets are a bad team, but I would be really disturbed if the Twins MI situation consistently performed their OF situation.
  22. diehardtwinsfan
    what in the world is he doing differently with the cleanup hitter?
  23. diehardtwinsfan
    Couple of things to comment here: 7/32 is a pretty reasonable price for this kid. It comes out to less than 5M a year. The Twins have the financial ability over the next 7 years (given the kids coming up) to absorb this contract and not hurt them competitively. What they don't have over the next 7 years is the financial ability to absorb multiple bad contracts like this. That, to me, is the dilemma. It isn't my money, but with no obvious SS prospect in the high minors to complement the next wave, taking a risk like this certainly makes sense. He's the right age and could immediately start at SS. He'd be locked up at a reasonable price throughout his prime. Couple of other things. His bat certainly looks like it will play in the middle infield. I'd give him every opportunity to stick at SS because it looks like this team has 3 guys that could all be above avg 2B now in Dozier, Plouffe, and Rosario. I'd be OK moving Dozier or Plouffe back to short at one point, though I get the distinct impression that this particular ship has sailed. This kid could be another clone of these guys, where the defense is questionable but the bat will play. I'd probably go hard after him... That's me.
  24. diehardtwinsfan
    last I checked, that one could be true...
  25. diehardtwinsfan
    You confuse present reality with future reality. Yes, he was pretty bad from day 1. To argue though that a guy with a career "underwhelming" minor league OPS of .800 who plays gold glove defense in CF has little chance of being really good is kind of silly. Hicks clearly needed a year at AAA, and I wouldn't be surprised if he gets some of that next year, but he's 24 and has had a pretty decent minor league career to date. He may never be an all star, but an .800 OPS if he were to maintain his minor league career and good defense will play up well anywhere in the outfield and keep him in the majors for a long time.
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