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  1. diehardtwinsfan
    He's apparently saving the something for runners on so people can call him clutch.
  2. diehardtwinsfan
    Neither. They have no business doing that right now. You overpay this time of year if you are a buyer. If they are contending, that's one thing. But they aren't. They should be selling at the deadline.
  3. diehardtwinsfan
    Nope... Go put your clothes back on.
  4. diehardtwinsfan
    For some reason I thought they had a big pitching prospect in the international FA market last year...
  5. diehardtwinsfan
    Only if you decide to call one of the escorts whose photo you're browsing. You think you're choosing between Ginger and Mary Anne, but it's really Rosie Odonel and Melissa McCarthy.
  6. diehardtwinsfan
    Where are you at?
  7. diehardtwinsfan
    This one is easy... Both.
  8. diehardtwinsfan
    They have no business doing that this year. This is not a playoff caliber team. They should be adding talent to go with the next wave, not removing it for a shot at the playoffs now.
  9. diehardtwinsfan
    I think you overreacting, which is my point. An extra week or two at CR is hardly going to hurt the kid's development, and as I said, if it bothers him, he has bigger issues, as in how is he going to handle real adversity when he eventually struggles? Also, this org is hardly deft of CF talent. Even trading Span and Revere (and I'm not sure I'd call Revere a legitimate CF, but that's a different debate), they have plenty. Morales, Buxton, and Kepler all come to mind, and two of them are fairly high regarded prospects, and Hicks is a pretty decent prospect in his own right. My concern with this "slowplay", is that I can find plenty of examples of what rushing a prospect does to their development, and most aren't good. Buxton is going to finish this season in Fort Meyers, and if he does really well, may start in NB. That's already pretty fast, and an extra week or two in Florida won't change that.
  10. diehardtwinsfan
    Since Cubans don't go against the cap, I hope this means they are going to go hard after every Cuban defector on the market.
  11. diehardtwinsfan
    Buxton is going to get promoted, I'm not sure why exactly people are getting their panties up in a wad b/c it doesn't happen on their timeline. Moving Buxton to Fort Meyers is going to involve making other moves as well. It's not as simple as just getting him a plane ticket. No doubt this will happen soon. Also, if this is bothering Buxton, then we have much bigger problems here.
  12. diehardtwinsfan
    Knoby was one of my favorite players growing up... Disappointed he got traded, especially knowing he asked for it.
  13. diehardtwinsfan
    I don't think anyone reasonably expects to get a top prospect for KC, so stop dreaming of KC to Baltimore for Dylan Bundy and Dr. James Andrews... But if you want to talk about selling high, KC's value is probably about as high as it gets. He's on contract for one more season, but the reality is that he won't be a key cog in the next wave. If someone wants to trade a B prospect for him, I think Ryan pulls the trigger. He'd be silly not to.
  14. diehardtwinsfan
    I know you can bring back the word filters.... do it. do it. do it.
  15. diehardtwinsfan
    He was a rule 5 this offseason, so he has to stay up this year. He could definitely spend next year in AAA as a starter, but at this point, he's not stretched out to do it so other than an emergency, I don't see that happening.
  16. diehardtwinsfan
    There were some that thought he could make it to the show about the same time as Manaea (before the injury). If that's the case, I could see Stewart being a key piece, but he doesn't need to be. I'm guessing 2016 at the earliest, at that point the next wave should be fairly well established... though I suspect they will still need pitching.
  17. diehardtwinsfan
    1) Like others, I don't see him bringing back enough to make it worth it. If TR is blown away (like Pitt offering Tallison Cole or something silly like that), sure. But I dont' see anyone beating down the doors for Plouffe. 2) He's young enough, and cost controlled enough that he fits into the next wave. His bat is good enough now to play at most positions on the diamond and he has experience at LF, SS, 2B, and 3B. When Sano is ready, I'd consider moving him, not trading him. For that matter, if the Twins are convinced that Romero can be decent, I'd be fine moving Plouffe to SS or 2B (especially since his bat plays up a lot better there) and allowing Romero a 1 year shot at 3B to build up trade value. 3) The bottom line is that there's still a good chance that some of these high ceiling prospects don't pan out. Plouffe has panned out and appears to be getting better. I think it makes more sense to shop him when there's no obvious position for him, not to do it now. Not that I think it will happen, but if Rosario for example were to fail, then there'd be no one to man second, and Plouffe is capable. If he's traded, we are right back where we are today.
  18. diehardtwinsfan
    I think the walk rate is going to be the key though to his ascension. If this improvement continues and his walk rate drops, I think May finds himself back on those top 100 lists. He's doing pretty well in AA, which is a great thing. Drop that walk rate to around 3 per 9 and we have another stud pitching prospect on our hands.
  19. diehardtwinsfan
    Good Lord, there's a bazillion other threads in both the minor league and major league forums where people are arguing about this. Do we really need to bring it up in every single freaking thread?
  20. diehardtwinsfan
    FWIW, I don't think Liriano was a good fit in this org either. I'm quite happy with what we got in trade for him, and that's sad as I was hoping he'd get off to a decent start and net more... That said, he wasn't going to flourish here. Just read in another article posted here that Pit made a few minor adjustments and he's walking a lot less guys while still getting the grounders... he also does his game plan based on what he has working... I hope he does well and gets another payday... never felt he was a cancer or anything like that.
  21. diehardtwinsfan
    I've heard people complaining about this pick in other threads here. I don't get it. He might take a bit longer to the show than Gray or Appel, but he's one heck of a consolation prize. 4 plus pitches means he's a starter, baring injury of course.
  22. diehardtwinsfan
    A couple of things: 1) Based on the consternation from some on this board from trading Revere after last season, I hate to think what the blow up would have been had the Twins traded Benson 2 years ago when he was an actual prospect. Add to that, I'm not sure what they would have traded him for at that point, given that they were well on their way to 99 losses that year. The thing about prospects is that they are just prospects. Picking and choosing the right ones is not simple. Its easy to look back at a failed spec in Benson and go "we should have traded him when he had value". It's also unrealistic. 2) I agree that if you aren't going to bolster your teams by trades and FA, that you had better be good at drafting. The problem is that Ryan does build his teams via trades. He executed 2 big ones this offseason and has a reputation for being a very shrewd trader. I'd be hard pressed to find a trade where Ryan was clearly the loser during his tenure in Minnesota. You are right in that he tends to hold on to his prospects, but as others have noted, that's usually teh best course of action.
  23. diehardtwinsfan
    Will Meyers wasn't the magic line between super2/not super 2. My point is that the main reason being put about on these forums for Gibson's lack of call up is money. IT'S NOT MONEY. He'd be up by now if money is the driving force. Something else is going on here, and I'm not going to sit back and pretend that it's a combination of being cheap and being inept.
  24. diehardtwinsfan
    Based on the fan posts I've seen here, the fans cannot even agree how to run the organization.. Half of them would spend 300M on any available free agent, and the other half would trade off the farm for a few marginal upgrades. I tend to agree with Brock and Levi, there's definitely some room on the FA side of things, but given where the Twins are right now, strengthening the farm is a priority. Trading off prospects for established players right now can only be described as foolish. Even signing free agents might make the team more competitive, but hurts them in the draft/international FA market as well. As it stands today, I think we pick 7th next year... A few more wins and that might be 10th. A few more losses and we are back in the top 5, and when picking that high, there's a huge difference between what we get. I see the FA market as a way to fill in the gaps as the next wave hits; I'm not sure it makes sense during a rebuild. Some guys won't cut it or we will still have postions of need, and FA can plug that hole, but not until then. I realize that the farm is stocked now, but rushing the rebuild will deplete it quicker and give us less time at the top (and potentially less elite teams to win a WS).
  25. diehardtwinsfan
    Um, Meyer's been pretty good until his DL stint..
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