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  1. diehardtwinsfan
    The team should be looking at 2-3 starters. I could see getting one via trade, but they will have to go out and sign one decent one and go for one or two prove it deals with others. If they are relying on anything more than Diamond and one of Hendricks/Gibson, they are being foolish. Rookie pitchers rarely come out and do what Diamond is doing. You have to expect struggles, and at the same time be patient. Plus you have to account for the inevitable injuries that will hit them over the course of the season.
  2. diehardtwinsfan
    Personally, I'd dump Ulger and bring him up here... but that's me.
  3. diehardtwinsfan
    Except by Twins fans.... We like to rag on the FO, and they do deserve it (particularly of late), but in the last decade, we've seen 6 playoff apperances and one ALCS from a team whose budget has consistently been on the low end. They certainly aren't Tampa Bay when it comes to front offices, but they aren't the worst either, by any means.
  4. diehardtwinsfan
    guys who have been rushed can come out of nowhere so to speak. One guy in MN that could eventually be on this list is Plouffe.
  5. diehardtwinsfan
    He wasn't ready prior to his surgery. Peripherals were great but hadn't "put it together" so to speak. As well, command tends to be the last to come back. He's pitching against guys right now that he's much better than... I expect good results. The time to get excited is when he's dominating against AAA type guys.
  6. diehardtwinsfan
    One of the best nicknames I've seen in awhile. Hilarious. wasn't mine..
  7. diehardtwinsfan
    the thing about those relievers is that they are also going to be quickest to the show. I don't know how many will pan out as starters, but if none do, you have a number of guys who have a good chance of making it as a reliever. If the starters in this class were bad, then I would no doubt be happy with the relief picks... To honestly answer the question, I wasn't thrilled with teh Buxton pick personally. I keep hearing BPA, but that seems so subjective, and it isn't like we don't have a bazillion guys like him in the system. I'd have prefered getting a pitcher. In all, you really cannot judge this draft for a while. If it produces 2 ML players, it was pretty good.
  8. diehardtwinsfan
    conservatives need to put these wars on the table too. 1/3 of the budget goes towards that type of stuff. We cannot pretend to want to scale back government and social welfare while ignoring this obvious expense... it doesn't work... and on drugs, I'm with you there too. Instead of spending billions to fight it (unsuccessfully I'd add), why not legalize it and tax it?
  9. diehardtwinsfan
    of all the things to complain about, I'm not sure the time to DL is one of them. In all, it probably costs them a couple more games than they'd like, but it's hardly a team killer. It would be a bigger deal during a penant race, but the problem with day to day injuries, is that they are just that. No one has a crystal ball that says that Span is still going to be in pain a week later. That's the nature of injuries like that. My bigger concern is constantly muffing up the big things.
  10. diehardtwinsfan
    seems like Bruno and Vavra have made a good team working with guys the other one couldn't fix. I'd hate to break that up... Maybe you can find a special assistant job where he and Vavra share hitting duties.... But it's nice having him in AAA, especially with the crop of talent coming up. I'd like to see him working with Benson on a consistent basis.
  11. diehardtwinsfan
    Having lived in Fort Wayne for most of the last 6 years, I can tell you for a fact that the new stadium is part of it. They just built a beautiful park downtown that is considered one of the best MILB parks nationwide. It helps that San Diego has also had some nice propsects going through there which gave them one MWL championship to go with it. Fort Wayne also has 0 major league teams and a strong city identity, so there are a lot of people who will be diehard tincaps fans, that you won't see in a place like Beloit.
  12. diehardtwinsfan
    I could see him benig dealt for the right package, but his value will likely only continue to rise as time goes on (unless he gets hurt again). One advantage to dealing him is that a team can make a QO to him and get picks if he leaves. He appears to be more like the old Morneau now and could benefit from a normal offseason. At the deadline next year, if he's looking closer to MVP Morneau and is only owed 7M, I can pretty much guarantee you that someone will offer something very nice for him.
  13. diehardtwinsfan
    There are open stand up MRI'S Google it. There are options here, and typically hospitals have both. My brother in law is an MRI tech and has operated both types of units. Typically the open MRI is for those who cannot fit into a standard MRI (which I'll admit is a bit of an experience even for someone who is mildy claustrophobic). I'm trying to figure out why they just didn't let him use the open... that said, standup/open MRI's exist, but they aren't exactly common. My brother in law got to operate one in Fort Wayne, IN... There's only 1 in the entire city, and it was brand new.
  14. diehardtwinsfan
    So to be honest with this list, I think most teams would be happy to have Diamond next year and rely on one of Hendricks/Gibson to be starters. The rest classify as depth for an AAA rotation. This team needs 3 SPs up at the top. It would be in their best interest to make a calculated FA splash on one guy, trade Span or Morneau for another, and sign a couple of guys to very cheap prove it contracts like they did with Zumaya last season. I don't necessarily expect it to work, but it is the type of deal you do because every now and then, a team gets a guy like Erik Bedard on the cheap. But the reality is that this rotation is pretty bad. I wouldn't mind seeing them give Vasquez a shot just to see if his peripherals can hold up in Minnesota, but given his age, I'm not expecting much.
  15. diehardtwinsfan
    I don't think anyone is saying this is impossible. Medical staffs do make mistakes on every team. The problem with the Twins is that there seems to be A LOT of mistakes.... and some of them (like Wimmers, Neshek, and Gibson's TJ surgeries) have been very predictable.
  16. diehardtwinsfan
    Even with everything you are saying Brock, I highly doubt they go and fire the whole staff. This problem is a culture/management issue (at least from here), and I suspect they start at the top relieving the person in charge of them and bringing in someone who will change the culture. The rank and file that resist will go.
  17. diehardtwinsfan
    I find it mildy amusing that the team with the worst rotation in baseball is talking about a 6 man rotation. I guess I have no issue if they are simply looking at reducing Diamond's work load and potentially getting a look at Vasquez, but my fear is that Gardy woudl do something stupid like fall in love with the filler Ds and ask for a rotation of them, blackburn, and Vasquez.
  18. diehardtwinsfan
    Hudson Boyd channeling his inner Deduno? Also, what's up with Benson, is he hurt again?
  19. diehardtwinsfan
    We are talking about this Phil Humber, right?
  20. diehardtwinsfan
    I seem to remember reading somewhere (could be wrong here) that Tampa Bay has consistently had less TJ pitchers than the rest of the league... if that's true, I have to wonder what they are doing out there.
  21. diehardtwinsfan
    Yes apparently the free Neshek slogans that people adopted were because Neshek was being fast tracked. The Twins were in desparate need of pen help while he was absolutely dominating AAA hitters and they took their time calling him up. Morneau and Bartlett didn't perform well in their September callups and went back to AAA where they dominated. In Bartletts case, he spent 3 years there posting an OPS of .887, .864, and .779 while playing above average defense at short. The Twins, instead of giving him an opportunity, signed Juan Castro and wondered why they couldn't get the offense going. At the same time Morneau spent a half year in AAA following his demotion where he only had an OPS of .992 while Dougie M blocked him with his .700 OPS. All of these players could have been up sooner... that said, if you actually bothered to read my posts, you'd have realized I was largely agreeing with the idea that the Twins are not holding guys back. I specifically mentioned these guys in terms of super 2 status, which is exactly why Neshek and Morneau were delayed (though I suspect but cannot prove there may have been other issues with Bartlett)...
  22. diehardtwinsfan
    September callup is just about it.
  23. diehardtwinsfan
    The Blackburn of old had plenty of red flags that indicate that this is the real thing and that was an illusion. He's a right-handed Allan Anderson, except not quite as good. After looking at the stats, Anderson wasn't as bad as I remembered when he bottomed out. Even when he was good, those SO/9 rates were amazing - 3.7 and 3.2. A batting tee has higher rates. I didn't say the Blackburn of old was exceptional or anything. It was a n acceptable back of the rotation starter that eats innings. The one we have right now isn't as good as a lot of AAA options.
  24. diehardtwinsfan
    in 2 months they will find a torn labrum... they'll rest and rehab it and realize in spring training that it needs surgery anyways.
  25. diehardtwinsfan
    yes, because Hendricks intentionally dogging it out there.
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