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  1. diehardtwinsfan
    Is this a new alias for Dankind? In all seriousness, we get that you don't like Stewart. Can you provide somethign concrete other than that he's a red neck and cocky? That description fits most baseball players.
  2. diehardtwinsfan
    Ignoring trades when looking at the Twins success with pitching is like Terry Ryan ignoring free agency when filling holes... It matters. The Twins have shown quite a bit of success of finding good pitching prospects in other systems. What they haven't done of late is develop an ace, and they are hardly alone in that. Of course picking late in the first round for most of the decade is part of the reason, as is the fact that they've spent most of their high picks in recent memory on position players.
  3. diehardtwinsfan
    Parmelee's time is running out while his manager puts him on the bench way too often. This kid needs to play every day, and he shouldn't be loosing PT to the likes of Doumit or Ramirez. I don't know if he's the future or not, but we are never going to find out when he doesn't get an extended trial. He started out pretty good having an .800 OPS in the first couple weeks. He hit a slump and got replaced by Arcia. Kind of silly. We came into the season wondering if Parmelee was a component of the future. At his point, we are still wondering. Let the kid play every day between now and October.
  4. diehardtwinsfan
    Is it the coaching or the competition? I'd say a bit of both personally. It's not like these guys were getting lucky in Rochester. They destroyed their opponents. The inability to hit a 95 MPH fastball doesn't suddenly show up when being promoted from AAA to MLB. As a side note, I remember reading many years ago during Atlanta's heyday that their minor league coaching was so good that their players were ready for MLB as soon as they were called up. I never got that feeling with most Minnesota players, as so few shined right away. Mauer was one. Morneau was pretty good too until he struggled in his sophomore year, but Cuddy and Kubes got jerked around quite a bit as did a number of other core players.
  5. diehardtwinsfan
    I think this post also puts you in as the lead candidate for the next opening on the Twin's medical staff.
  6. diehardtwinsfan
    If the Twins were confident that this ankle/hip thing with Manaea is a fluke and that they knew he'd be there in round 2, I could see this, but truth be told, I doubt Manaea drops that far, nor do I feel comfortable with this pick.
  7. diehardtwinsfan
    Hmm... isn't "The voice of Reason" married to Mr. Bonnes?
  8. diehardtwinsfan
    I find it amusing that people who complain about Gardy's lack of patience with young players are ready to jettison younger players after just a few months. It can years for a young player to figure it out at the major league level. Giving up on guys like Hicks, Plouffe, Parmelee, and others after what would be sporadic playing time in some cases is a bit silly. You have to have patience with younger players. Not all will be stars right away.
  9. diehardtwinsfan
    Problem with calling him up is that someone gets DFAd... I'm not against sending Hicks back down for more seasoning, but with no obvious replacement on the roster, the Twins have boxed themselves in here.
  10. diehardtwinsfan
    I've been a big fan of Bensons and have been tracking him nearly daily. I'm not sure he should have been first in line to waive, but it's painfully obvious that whatever he needed wasn't happening in this org. I think in this org he'd have been a 4th OF. Not sure he'd have amounted to much more. In Texas, he might have a chance at reclaiming his career. I wish him nothing but the best.
  11. diehardtwinsfan
    Perhaps it did... Either that or the Twins had some pretty strict instructions on what they wanted him to do and he couldn't do it... He seems to have gotten off to an OK start in Texas.
  12. diehardtwinsfan
    I have to say I tend to agree with grabbing a lot of high upside prep players at positions of need for this draft. Not quite sure I agree on everyone you've taken in the higher rounds, but I'd pretty thrilled if the Twins landed a good number of these guys in the later rounds. All have potential to be very good players, and while most will bust, the hope is that the ones that don't are home runs.
  13. diehardtwinsfan
    Actually, I believe the highest bust rate goes to HS catchers if I'm not mistaken.
  14. diehardtwinsfan
    For all this talk about Ryan needing to sell high on prospects, that's pretty much what he did with Revere. I'll be surprised if Revere ever gets a season where his OPS tops out well over .700. I get that there's GG defense in center, but his bat (and arm) don't play well. He's a 4th OF that Ryan managed to spin into a decent pitching prospect and a back of the rotation arm.
  15. diehardtwinsfan
    Worley is at worst a placeholder. Given his minor league track record, it's quite possible we develop something out of him... It isn't like he's holding back the next Johan Santana here.
  16. diehardtwinsfan
    Based on your questioning, I think you'll get along just fine here. To answer the question in the title of the thread, no, the experiment is far from over. Look how long Nick Blackburn got before he was taken off the 40 man. Vance had 2 solid seasons in the majors and struck out more guys than Blackie ever did. Clearly something isn't right here, so he's going to get as many chances as he has options to prove it.
  17. diehardtwinsfan
    I say put him in AAA and tank this season...
  18. diehardtwinsfan
    So are we going to get a thread now every time Benson has a decent game?
  19. diehardtwinsfan
    And these reasons to stay away from Stewart are what exactly? Why then is Stewart considered to be better HS talent than Ball? I get that Ball is a leftie, which is a plus, but this is odd.
  20. diehardtwinsfan
    Who is Kevin Appel?
  21. diehardtwinsfan
    I'm fairly certain that the Red Sox doing something like this would result in pretty severe penalties... not to mention that if the Twins took him, there's nothing he can do but wait 3 years and hope Boston drafts him again.
  22. diehardtwinsfan
    Keep in mind that most other teams missed on these guys too. If a draft returns 2 ML players, it's generally considered to be a decent draft... Think about that... Lots of these guys will fail.
  23. diehardtwinsfan
    I'm not sure how exactly Span and Revere are being lumped into Benson. They have 3 pitchers to show for them. One is looking like a front of the rotation guy.
  24. diehardtwinsfan
    Given that Revere has a .561 OPS, I think it's safe to say that it hasn't panned out for Philly.
  25. diehardtwinsfan
    Does this kid throw hard or something? I ask b/c there's a lot of love for him, but his K rate has dropped pretty precipitously in his first year of pro ball. He's barely hitting 7 per 9 in Cedar Rapids, and that should drop quite a bit more as he moves up... I'm glad he's doing well, but he doesn't strike me as a great prospect.
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