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  1. diehardtwinsfan
    the trick is to lock up your guys during their prime and then jettison them when they are on the other side... That does work.
  2. diehardtwinsfan
    very little of which has to do with stuff.... almost all of which has to do with the fact that he's got a 10 cent head.
  3. diehardtwinsfan
    4.57 ERA isn't much higher than league average. He's also 25 and striking out nearly 11/9. His walk rate is his real deficiency. If he cuts that in half, he's an ace.
  4. diehardtwinsfan
    The problem with quoting career stats is that they often miss context. Justin's career numbers are really nothing special, yet Justin in his prime was a special player. That's due to a nasty sophomore slump and a year or two worth of playing through various injuries. You cannot look at a guy like Lopez and state "he has a decent career OPS" when his last 3 seasons have been nothing close to his career average... He's on the downside of his career at this point, and taking on a flier like that makes absolutely no sense for a rebuilding team.
  5. diehardtwinsfan
    Hicks hits a HR. Arcia 2/4. Kepler has a couple of doubles....
  6. diehardtwinsfan
    It's why Liriano isn't an ace.
  7. diehardtwinsfan
    The problem is the log jam. You have Morneau, Doumit, and Mauer all taking reps at 1B/DH thus ending any hope to get Parmelee up playing every day. The only difference between 3B and 1B is that you need an arm and that you will get far more throwing opportunities. 1B is just as much a hot corner for lefties except that there's less lefties in MLB. I haven't seen enough of Mauer at 1st, but I've not heard there being issues with him fielding grounders. If Mauer has the arm, why not let him play 3rd? That will give Plouffe an occasional day off, or you can shift Trevor to the middle if you want to go with an all-offense lineup.
  8. diehardtwinsfan
    Gibson started, went 3 innings, struck out 4 and walked 1.
  9. diehardtwinsfan
    that looks like something you'd see in a beer league softball game.
  10. diehardtwinsfan
    same here... that said, I have a hunch that says that ship sailed long ago.
  11. diehardtwinsfan
    I'm not sure I agree with this at all. Revere has more range (though Span is above average in the field) with lousy arm. Span has more power and gets on base more. He's not quite as good of a base stealer. Span is the better player right now. You are correct that Span will start his decline phase too, but I'm highly skeptical of guys whose only tool is speed and rely on a high BABIP. He's one tweaked hammy away from being a lousy player. I agree that Span gets traded, but let's be realistic. Revere is not an upgrade.
  12. diehardtwinsfan
    The Reds.
  13. diehardtwinsfan
    I'm not the biggest Revere fan, in part b/c I'm not convinced he can do this year in and year out. Between Revere and Span, I'd trade the guy that nets the most value, though I admit that Revere in my opinion is nothing more than a stop gap until Hicks or Benson is ready. I would guess that Span is going to get more value because he's an established player, whereas other GMs might like Revere's cost, but still see the risk. The nice thing is that if Revere does this again next year, and Hicks/Arcia/Benson all do well in AAA, we could be looking at the exact same situation next season. This offseason, trade Span for something nice. Move Revere to center and let Parmelee man right. Trade Morneau at the trade deadline and move Parmelee to 1B. Call up one of the outfielders (most likey Arcia). Next offseason, trade Revere assuming that Hicks and/or Benson is ready. Keep the other one in AAA and consider flipping Willingham at that deadline (or potentially move him to DH to open up the last OF spot).
  14. diehardtwinsfan
    Not sure it's quite fair to compare Dozier to Valencia just yet. Valencia plays at a position where you are expected to hit, whereas Dozier does not. Dozier certainly shows some nice flashes from time to time, but he hasn't "put it together" so to speak. In his case, I think you just need to be patient. I agree that not having decent options helps, but unlike the other options, you can at least claim that there's some upside. He has a nice enough minor league track record that the Twins should be patient and see if he can turn into a .750 OPS guy, which would make him above average for his position (at the plate at least). There's no reason to think he cannot do it, but the idea that as a rookie he's going to come in and produce is somewhat unfair. That doesn't happen nearly as often as we would all like.
  15. diehardtwinsfan
    I'd agree with that, but Gardy won't.... Doumit has certainly warranted PT with his play as well and Gardy is going to give that time to the vet. Honestly, if Mauer could play some 3rd instead of 1st, it might make a bit more sense. I'd think if Joe can play first, he should be able to play 3rd.. He has the arm for it.
  16. diehardtwinsfan
    Here's the thing, if Morneau is reasonably close to his old self, someone will do that, because 13M is a bargain. Had it not been for injuries in 2009 and 2010, Justin would have likely been in the MVP conversations, but between a cracked spine and a nasty concussion, he had pretty bad second halfs of those seasons, and then in 2011, he was obviously not back... For that matter, he struggled this spring as well. He's starting to hit lefties again, he's hitting with authority, and if he keeps that up for the remainder of the season, some team will give something up for him as he's put the injury issues behind him. Worst case is that Ryan has to wait till June/July to trade him.
  17. diehardtwinsfan
    Berrios was clearly ready based on his numbers... Buxton kind of surprised me, though if you subtract the slow start, eh hasn't been bad.
  18. diehardtwinsfan
    yeah, short of trading span and letting Parmelee sit in right for a bit, I don't see how they can keep Morneau and Parmelee long term. Morneau is a fan favorite, and my personal favorite, but from a business standpoint, the Twins would be wise to flip him for pitching as I assume they would never flip a guy like Parmelee. By the end of the season, it should be fairly obvious if he's back, and with less money owed and a track record that states that he is a difference maker when healthy, I think some team would trade a nice pitching prospect for him.
  19. diehardtwinsfan
    why exactly would Morneau want to extend? He extends now, he's leaving significant dollars on the table. He knows he is returning to normal, just like we do. He plays out his contract and does decent next year and someone gives him a nice deal.
  20. diehardtwinsfan
    Sano hit number 23 today.
  21. diehardtwinsfan
    If RA Dickey could figure out how to control a knuckle ball, then Deduno can figure out his fastball... If the kid ever learns to control it, the Twins just lucked out with an extremely valuable asset... I'm not expecting that. Like others said, if he gets a bit less wild with it, he should be a fairly servicable starter on a team that doesn't have nearly enough.
  22. diehardtwinsfan
    I'm somewhat surprised we got anything at all of value for Danny. His "attitude issues" whatever those are, were well documented before he even made the bigs, and they have to make room on the 40 man roster somewhere, so you know that no one was going to offer much. He's not exactly playing lights out baseball either. I had hoped he could be a league average 3B for a while, but for the moment that ship has sailed. Perhaps Boston can right his ship a bit, but given all the club house problems out there, I'm not sure that Danny was the best pickup.
  23. diehardtwinsfan
    It's been a while since I've seen a box score where most players had 9 at bats...
  24. diehardtwinsfan
    Benson's HR was a grand slam.
  25. diehardtwinsfan
    something like that... he had the procedure done in teh offseason and tore his UCL right away in spring training. I've read that bone chips can be a factor for eventual TJ surgery, so knowing the Twins, he'll be in line for TJ surgery in June or so.
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