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  1. diehardtwinsfan
    yes, I'm sure Mr. Ryan's goal was to build a losing team... I'm not terribly happy about the offseason, but there are some extremes on this board that border on ridiculous. I'd give Ryan a pretty poor grade for 2013 for much the same reasons everyone else did, but he set this team up very nicely for 2014/15 and beyond, and given the state of the team, that makes far more sense than spending everything to win now. Hopefully, come this July, he's flipping Morneau and Willingham for a SS and an SP that can help as well.
  2. diehardtwinsfan
    It has far more to do with the fact that Mauer has had far less opportunities to drive people in. RBI is cumulative, and the guy hitting fourth in the order will typically have more opportunities to drive in runs than the guy hitting 3rd... especially when the manager consistently puts a 2nd basemen in the 2 spot... no matter how good his OBP is.
  3. diehardtwinsfan
    If he gets injured, he won't go high if he wants slot... I think most would be fine giving appel whatever is left of the cap space available, but if that was the case, he should have signed this year. The extra 2M or whatever it was is not nearly worth the year of FA he lost.
  4. diehardtwinsfan
    If he hates bad defense and poor fundamentals, he'd have benched almost the entire team at one point last year. The problem is that Gardy doesn't see things like range, he simply sees misques... That's how a guy like Jason Bartlett toils away at AAA while Juan Castro and his reputation remain at the ML level.
  5. diehardtwinsfan
    I don't quite get the love some people have for toolsy guys that far down. Setting aside the obvious 1 year rule, I'd trade Buxton for Olt in a heart beat, simply because Olt has the tools and has thus far lived up to the expectations *** full disclaimer, I would have drafted Gausman, Zimmer, or Appel ahead of Buxton as well*** Now that being said, the Twins have Plouffe at 3rd presently, and while he's a question mark, unless there's a plan to move him to 2nd should he succeed there, I don't know why Olt would be on the Twins' aquisition list. The Twins should be looking to get a middle infielder or another pitcher, not for a guy who could be potentially blocked and has a very highly rated heir apparent not that far behind him.
  6. diehardtwinsfan
    Why exactly is there so much love for Hermann?
  7. diehardtwinsfan
    someone needs to be fired if the Twins take an outfielder with that pick. None of the OFers in this draft can clearly separate themselves from the others. The Twins should be taking a pitcher, middle infielder, or catcher, with an emphasis on the first two.
  8. diehardtwinsfan
    I'll take a guy with a legit shot of hitting .300 with 30 home runs over the guy with the legit shot of hitting .250 with 40 hrs. That's a lot of hits that you are taking away to get an extra 10 home runs. I'm also not sure how Arcia qualifies as having "severe power issues" as compared to Sano. Yes, Sano could be a perennial 40 HR guy... assuming he fixes his contact issues, but Arcia could be a perennial 30 hr guy who has no contact issues. Both are on pace to reach the bigs at the same time. Arcia has the tools and much fewer question marks at this point. While I don't quibble too much about Sano being #1, the idea that Arcia is not in that discussion is rather strange. If Arcia is not #1, he should be the consensus #2 on any list.
  9. diehardtwinsfan
    I'll be a bit disappointed if Parm only has a .770 OPS in his rookie campaign. I'm hoping he can crack .800... but to answer your question silver, .770 or .800, that's going to earn him a shot at 1st for the forseable future. There's too many guys in the OF in the high minors for the Twins to leave him there. He'll be a placeholder for Sano only if he never improves on whatever he does this year. But given what he's done in the minors the last few years, Parm has the chance to be a very good regular. As for Morneau, I kind of hope he signs a deal to stay in MN and rotates with Parm at 1B/DH. The 2015 team is going to be lacking a DH, so having Morneau around isn't a bad option. I suspect that he's going to get traded at the deadline, but I still really want him to finish his career in MN.
  10. diehardtwinsfan
    I'm pretty excited about the guy. He might be another one of those guys who never turned up on prospect lists but somehow ended up being an above average regular. I'm hoping he can settle in a bit and raise the average while keeping the power... Sano is still a bit too far down, so to be competitive in 2014/15, Plouffe has got to fill a spot.
  11. diehardtwinsfan
    Prospecting seems to be as nothing more than a fascination with the new girl at the bar for no other reason than that she is new. That's how a guy like Buxton ends up getting to be the #2 overall propsect of this team from a weak class despite being incredibly raw and not exactly dominating in rookie ball. Arcia has gotten the job done at every level, and as you mentioned, he put up stats that ranged from very good, to video game numbers. He has the tools as well, but people are down on him because they know him... at least that's all I can think of. He should be the consensus number 2 propsect on this team, and I think a strong case can be made to put him ahead of Sano. I see no reason to think he cannot be an all star in the big leagues.
  12. diehardtwinsfan
    I highly doubt that Boras called all the shots... Any agent good agent is going to lay out the risks/rewards with a course of action. Appel likely said he wanted as much money as he could get... and Boras said this is the best way to do it, but here are the risks... If Boras didn't do that, he wouldn't be Appel's agent right now.
  13. diehardtwinsfan
    I agree, but I would restate what fairweather said. I have no faith in Gardenhire to acutally want to keep a decent middle infielder when they come along. I can think of two decent SS that this team has had since Guzman, and both were traded for meager returns in large part because Gardy didn't like them.
  14. diehardtwinsfan
    Morneau was pretty good when he got called up... It was his sophomore season that was utterly disappointing.
  15. diehardtwinsfan
    I'm glad to see he recognized a lot of this... He seemed overwhelmed last season... nice to see he has a good enough head on his shoulders to be able to take a step back and recognize this. The kid OPSed over .800 in AA two years ago. Here's to hoping he can translate that to the big leagues. It would be nice to have a middle infielder with an above average bat... even if his defense is only average. The 2014/15 team doesn't have a good middle infield prospect. It would be nice if Dozier could hold down one of those spots.
  16. diehardtwinsfan
    He's going to stay at 3rd as long as possible. Period. It isn't as though there's some glaring hole in the OF that they can slot him into... Honestly, if he hits anywhere close to his potential, his defense can be below average and he'd still be a huge asset.
  17. diehardtwinsfan
    This org is overflowing with toolsy OFers... I'd be OK with a college toolsy MI or a P, but another outfielder would be down right stupid. There won't be 4 strasburgs in this draft. Once you get to the 4 pick, there will be a number of similar type players, so spare me BPA...
  18. diehardtwinsfan
    Both Marcum and Pelfrey signed for 4M ish... Both have injury risks, and one a much higher upside than the other. Perhaps Marcum wasn't in the mood for 4M when the Pelfrey signing was in the works... I don't know, but it seems to me that if I had to choose my injury risk, I'd take Marcum over Pelfrey any day of the week, and I'd likely take Marcum and Pelfrey over Pelfrey and Correia as well. I get that TR cannot go out and sign every pitcher (as eventually, they realize there won't be playing time), bit I have to admit that this one is odd.
  19. diehardtwinsfan
    Dozier should get a shot, yes, but I'd have to think he'd be better served by getting some PT and confidence in AAA before coming back. The big issue I see is that this 2014/15 team will still suck up the middle... Maybe the draft will change this, but even that Cuban defector will likely not be playing in MLB by 2015
  20. diehardtwinsfan
    Unfortunately, I think so.
  21. diehardtwinsfan
    The Twins need to find a way to leave Hicks and Arcia in the system so that they can be top 3 next year
  22. diehardtwinsfan
    yeah, this list is not very impressive... last year's class was considered weak... Rosario not making it all? This is a 150 list, how Kepler or May isn't on that is a bit odd as well.
  23. diehardtwinsfan
    I'm farily bearish on Diamond repeating his season. Those type of pitchers walk a fine line. He might be able to do it for a season or two, but the league will catch up, just ask Blackburn. I do think that he has one big thing going for him in that he's a lefty... Mark Buerhle is the guy I hope he can pitch like, but I really wonder if Buerhle would have been nearly as successfull had he been right handed.
  24. diehardtwinsfan
    On that I agree... I just find it interesting that a toolsy guy who has outperformed Sano at nearly every stop and is on pace to make the majors at the same age is somehow 93 on the list when Sano is 12. I have no problems rating Sano high, as he has produced fairly well, but Arcia should be right up there with him. Not very guys make AA at 21, much less post a .900 + OPS with above average defense at the corner.
  25. diehardtwinsfan
    Arcia is sorely underrated, and not just on MLB either. He should be either the number 1 or number 2 prospect on any Twins list right now.
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