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Virgil Vazques having a nice game in NB, but likely getting a loss for his effort. Lewis Thorpe with another nice effort in the GCL today.
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Carlos Rodon?
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Joe and Maddie Mauer had their twins
diehardtwinsfan replied to Gernzy's topic in Minnesota Twins Talk
You've apparently never witnessed the birthing process -
This makes zero sense. If that offer was on the table, the Sox should have taken this and run. Ramirez isn't that good.
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RIP eleysian fields..
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That will get you on Friday's hot sheet. Average up to .231 now, not quite as abysmal.
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Really? I get trying to improve the team, but when you failure to do so handicaps the ability to do so in the future, just what does that get us?
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Couple things to think of. Voiding contracts is a bad idea. Craig Calceterra wrote an interesting piece for HBT on this one. It seems good at first until you try to flush it out. I wonder how quickly the other dominoes should fall. With the exception of A-Rod, who hampered the investigation, I would think anyone else named should be asking for the same penalty.
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Something tells me when this is all said and done, that second statement won't seem true anymore.
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I cannot help but think that this argument over racism completely misses the point. Murder is murder. Manslaughter is manslaughter. If I murder someone b/c I hate black people, it doesn't make my crime any worse than if I killed someone because I wanted to know what it was like. To me, race really clouds this issue. We have a dead kid right now whose death could have been prevented. The issue at hand is not whether or not Zimmerman was racist... It doesn't matter. The issue is whether Zimmerman was negligent in the way he acted so as to lead up to the death of Martin. The question I cannot seem to personally get beyond is that he tailed a 17 year old kid in a car and then on foot. What would a reasonble and prudent indvidual do when they realize they are being followed in that manner? What should they do? Go talk to him? Run? Defend themselves? I know personally, I'd be looking for a weapon, because I may need to stand my ground. Martin clearly thought he needed to do that. Perhaps he was being a hothead, but simply based on the undisputed facts, this situation was preventable. I could care less WHY Zimmerman followed Martin. I dont' think it matters. What does matter is that there's a dead kid out there, and that death would have been preventable had Zimmerman followed the rules of the neighborhood watch that he was a part of.
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What I wonder about Deduno is if his drop in K-rate is somethign he's done. If it is, I'd think he could revert back to old tendancies in pitchers counts, which would bring up that K-rate and make him even better. Like others said, I think at this point, he's earned a rotation spot next to Gibson next year, but like Diamond, it can be removed if he fails.
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No, but given he's recovering from TJ, you might get someone willing to send something over for him... Like others, it won't be for much, but if you can get a potentially useful piece, I think you do it.
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Gonsalves continuing to make the case to go to Elizabethon. 3.1 scoreless innings. 2k, 1BB, 3H.
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International Talk: Miguel Alfredo Gonzalez
diehardtwinsfan replied to diehardtwinsfan's topic in Twins Minor League Talk
I don't know if we can outbid the redsox/yankees, but I think we have to at least try. Agreed with Beckmt, we need ML ready impact pitching, and he's about as close to it gets... Given his age, this makes much more sense than browing the FA market this offseason. I'd rather give him 50M than a Hughes type guy... -
True, but they would have been marginal upgrades... which was my point in the article. Certainly not enough to make this team competitive.
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Braves eyeing Twins relievers
diehardtwinsfan replied to Parker Hageman's topic in Minnesota Twins Talk
I personally would target a hard throwing reliever getting good results in AA/A+ for Duensing or a number 3 type SP. -
I said this in my original post, but I'm not sure I said it clearly enough. There were only 3 good signings that the Twins could have reasonably acquired. One of those three they attempted and failed to acquire (Liriano), and I'd argue that this board would have been mostly up in arms about it. I'd also argue that I doubt he has as good of a season as he's having right now if he's still here. The second no one wanted because of his age (Colon) and there were also biogenesis concerns with him if I remember correctly. The third (Santana) was really expensive and would have taken up pretty much all of the budget. The Twins didn't have one spot to fill, they had 3 or 4. They did take a gamble on Worley, and I think that was a wise move. It hasn't panned out this far, but given his minor league track record and two seasons with the Phillies, it was a reasonable gamble, and a far better chance of success than many of the other signings we championed around here. Harden wasn't a bad option either given that it was a 50k minor league deal. The remaining FA options have all faired from mediocre to horrible. Very few of them would have amounted to more than a couple of wins for this team. I wasn't terribly happy about Ryan's free agent acquisitions, but look at this in hind sight, he did a pretty good job. I don't think it's fair to look at the 3 good guys and saying "you should have gotten them", when there were 30 some guys that we were quite glad we didn't get.
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I think you are right here. I don't see Ryan being terribly aggressive. I could see him going after one guy who can be an anchor, but any other signings will be of the 1 year type so as to not block the guys coming up. I think Gibson and Deduno will be the guaranteed guys. KC, if he isn't traded will be there as well. If KC is traded, I could see Ryan going after Hughes or someone like that, but those other two spots are likely going to guys like Hendricks, Worley, Diamond, etc. to see if they can figure it out. If they cannot, they start getting replaced with the likes of Meyer, May, and Darnell.
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Game Thread: Twins@Angels 7/22 9:05PM
diehardtwinsfan replied to Riverbrian's topic in Archived Game Threads
This thread is rapidly getting there. Side note: Why in the world can I not find this game on TV in San Jose? -
Game Thread: Twins@Angels 7/22 9:05PM
diehardtwinsfan replied to Riverbrian's topic in Archived Game Threads
You're too fat for your armor. -
I suspect most will get rotated in throughout the year as injuries/ineffectiveness hit.
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Game Thread: Twins@Angels 7/22 9:05PM
diehardtwinsfan replied to Riverbrian's topic in Archived Game Threads
Judging by the avatars, I think watching the Red Wedding again would be the best cheer. -
Yeah, I do think that scouting in general has drastically improved over the years. It's easier to spot the "cannot miss" kind of guys. It still isn't a perfect system, but having a few years picking in the top 5 essentially means having a few cornerstone players for the team's next run... I'm really hoping in a 2014 deep draft that an elite college player at SS/SP falls to them.
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Holy crap Tyler Duffey... Struck out 10. Lewis Thorpe continues to rack up the Ks and limit the walks, but couldn't get out of the big inning. Only 4 hits in 4 innings, but it looks like they call came in the same inning as he gave up 3 ER (0BB 6K).
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I don't expect many big moves. I could see them going after a guy like Hughes fairly hard. That said, the big difference next year is that they will likely have Meyer, May, and Darnell all lined up as reinforcements for next year as compared to the AAA guys they've been using.
