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  1. diehardtwinsfan
    I'm guessing AFL is likely. Gibson is a different scenario. Wimmers lost more than a year of his development thus far due to medical staff failures and steve blass disease and has not pitched above A+. I think Wimmers starts in A+ or AA next season and will not be protected from the rule V draft unless there are several extra roster spots available.
  2. diehardtwinsfan
    Minnesota Twins Affiliates Scoreboard | MiLB.com Scoreboard | The Official Site of Minor League Baseball Alex Wimmers struck out 6 in 4 innings worth of work. Wilkin Ramirez has started his rehab assignement in the GCL as well.
  3. diehardtwinsfan
    I think this is a flaw in prospecting in general. Lots of interest in the new girl simply because she's new. That's how guys like Arcia consistently get underrated despite the fact that they've put up results at every stop.
  4. diehardtwinsfan
    Like what was said in the other thread, I'm concerned that he told his manager to take a hike when confronted about it. That type of attitude won't play well anywhere.
  5. diehardtwinsfan
    Won't happen... but Morney and Pelf with the Twins picking up the salaries for Bundy... Common TR, get'r done.
  6. diehardtwinsfan
    There's something to be said about your point, but this isn't an apples to apples comparrison. For one, Perkins is insanely cheap for a closer. He's basically signed on at a reasonable rate for a relief pitcher. As well, his final year is an option, so if by chance he flops, he can be cut free. I don't see Perkin's value possibly increasing over the offseason. He's been doing this proven closer thing for 2 seasons now and has been a dominant reliever for 3. His contract is very affordable too. My guess is that he hasn't been moved because no one wants to pay what Ryan wants for him.
  7. diehardtwinsfan
    Tigers system is pretty weak, so keep that in mind. 4th best prospect in Detroit is likely 10 in our system. 4th best prospect in Boston is 2nd best prospect in Detroit. I would expect a much better return than what Detroit gave up.
  8. diehardtwinsfan
    I cannot believe people are complaining about this. He's got what, 4 days off? 5? I got 2 weeks when my daughter was born. I get that he's paid a lot... But you know what? He's still human. He's a father, and his wife just gave birth to two kids. I guarantee you that she appreciates this far more than anyone else.
  9. diehardtwinsfan
    MLBTraderumors is saying that Baltimore is willing to move Bundy for the right return. I doubt that he'd be in play for Morneau, but I wonder if they'd consider him for Perkins... Though if I remember right, he had TJ surgery this season...
  10. diehardtwinsfan
    Of course they don't. If odds were good, the player would get a major league contract.
  11. diehardtwinsfan
    Here's the problem. He's going to hit AA in the next couple of years at which point, he's going to see curve balls that he has not seen before. Pitchers are going to be able to locate those said pitches, and if he cannot lay off of them, he's in trouble. He's an intriguing prospect, without a doubt, but he's going to have start walking more and swinging less or he won't make it past AA.
  12. diehardtwinsfan
    I was just looking at his numbers, and other than a small SLG drop (which might have more to do with his first week in transition), his numbers are nearly identical to FTM. I suspect he'll be playing in MN sometime next year.
  13. diehardtwinsfan
    Voiding contracts isn't that simple. For one, what would stop someone who was underpaid from taking PEDs so they could test positive for a test and get their contract voided? You and I both know full well that after the suspension that guy gets a lucrative deal? What would stop a team from trying to get an overpaid guy (like A-Rod) from testing positive so that they could void the contract? There are some issues at play here that have to be considered.
  14. diehardtwinsfan
    Nice games for Rosario, Darnel, and Vargas.
  15. diehardtwinsfan
    I think people need to settle down and try not to read between the lines on some of these comments. The Erickson trade was different for a number of reasons. 1) Small market team where the owner would order trades to reduce salary. 2) A malcontent player that everyone in the league knew was a malcontent. 3) Said player wasn't exactly performing. Those situations right there make it pretty difficult to pull off a trade, and Ryan was under orders to do it. You won't get much, if anything, of value in that situation, yet somehow Ryan got it. Things like that need to be taken into context. I get that Ryan is risk averse when it comes to spending money, and I get that it's to a fault. I'm not sure that is what is in play here.
  16. diehardtwinsfan
    Sano doesn't need to be added to the 40 man this offseason. He's not getting a cup of coffee in September. If they add him to the roster and send him back, they lose an option. He'll get called up in 2014 when the Twins brass decides that they are going to stick with him for the remainder of the season.
  17. diehardtwinsfan
    I think a couple of key things are being lost in this conversation: 1) Cubs fans show up regardless of the product on the field. 2) They are diehard fans that want a championship. 3) Theo brought a couple of the trophies to a similarly cursed franchise. 4) Any reasonably intelligent cubs fan should know by now that getting the biggest FA signings doesn't work. They've seen it fail every year for decades. 5) The Cubs are likely closer to the Yankees in terms of revenue than they are the Twins. This is a large market team. I'm not sure what the majority of cubs fans think in regards to Theo, but what I can tell you from the ones that I know is that they recognize he's doing this the right way and are willing to be patient. Their patience might wane a bit over time, but this is the mid west and not the east coast. I've yet to hear significant complaints from Cubsville in regards to their GM... though admittedly, I'm not that attached to them.
  18. diehardtwinsfan
    I don't remember the terms of the contract, but he only had 2 decent years for them too.
  19. diehardtwinsfan
    With the exception of Sanchez, who is unavailable, none of those guys excite me. DePaula might be acceptable given the reward, but no way I'd trade a guy like Perk for him.
  20. diehardtwinsfan
    We drafted 3 catchers this year. No reason to go after a 4th that we passed up on. I'm guessing the Pirates won't want to pay for Perkins, but I wonder if we pry Hanson or one of their non-Tallison pitching prospects off of their hands for Morneau and Burton if we covered most of the salary.
  21. diehardtwinsfan
    You didn't answer my question. I asked what good comes from this, not what harm. No good thing comes from showboating like that. None. Sano's (or someone else's) career can be ended as well. Even if it isn't, that doesn't provide any sort of strategic advantage over the opposing team. Nothing good can come from it.
  22. diehardtwinsfan
    Trevor May pitched well in the loss.
  23. diehardtwinsfan
    PEDs don't work that way. If Plouffe's improvement was due to using, he had been using for far more than a day or two.
  24. diehardtwinsfan
    Agreed, but given the org needs, pitching and middle infield are without a doubt what's needed.
  25. diehardtwinsfan
    I'll ask the question again, but tell what good comes out of something like that?
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