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  1. diehardtwinsfan
    Let's not get carried away or anything. Ben is a super speedy guy who relies on making contact... much like his pitch to contact guys on the mound, there's a very very very fine line he needs to walk in order to remain productive. It isn't as simple as removing one bad thing and adding a good one, not to mention, opponents will adjust.
  2. diehardtwinsfan
    The problem with this CBA is that they should let teams that were below .500 spend a little extra on draft/international without penalty... that's just me at least. That said, this situation is pretty interesting. Appel may be upset, but there really isn't much he can do about it. He's taking a huge risk by not signing. Here's the thing. If they guy was Bryce Harper or Steven Strasburg, I have no doubt in my mind that teams would be willing to potentially forfeit a pick next year to sign him overslot. But he's not one of those guys. He's likely to be a good MLB pitcher, but I doubt he's playing in Pittsburg come September. The Pirates would be wise to play hardball with him.
  3. diehardtwinsfan
    kind of odd in that this is a bit of a nice problem to have. Though I'm not quite sure Hunter is going to want to return here. He's commented before that he'd love to be back, but he's also commented unfavorably about MN since...
  4. diehardtwinsfan
    Kind of curious how Plouffe will adjust when he starts seeing less strikes.
  5. diehardtwinsfan
    Dozier's career minor league OPS is .795 and he put up a pretty nice season last year as well. His floor at this point (though very realistic) is a utility guy. But he could be a cheap starter that gets somewhere near an .800 OPS and plays average defense. That would be a very nice commodity on just about any team.
  6. diehardtwinsfan
    Not much that looks to be of help soon. Some nice high ceiling guys down in the low systems... Not much has changed. They took an interesting gamble with the draft and went after a bunch of hard throwing college relievers who have a feel for a 3rd pitch... If they can get one of them to learn a 3rd pitch, they might have found a nice diamond in the rough.
  7. diehardtwinsfan
    wow... Law loves his toolsy guys, doesn't he... not quite sure how I'd justify that, though it's nice to see 3 guys in the top 50. Presumably he thinks all could be above average players throughout their career.
  8. diehardtwinsfan
    TF isn't kind to lefties at all. Right handed pull hitters on the other hand love it. Not sure how much tinkering unless there's evidence that a leftie dead pull hitter could hit more out down the line than in the right center gap.... that said, Morneau (pre concussion) didn't seem to have much problems hitting there.
  9. diehardtwinsfan
    Correct. In Gardy world, the 9th inning outs are the most important, and games lost in April don't count.
  10. diehardtwinsfan
    yeah, this has to be a "showcase" type move in hopes of dumping capps... Doubt they will get much for him, but I want nothing to do with that option, so trading him for a C prospect right now would be nice.
  11. diehardtwinsfan
    I just threw up a little.
  12. diehardtwinsfan
    this is true... most catchers play a bit over 100 games or so... He won't hit 90 at his current pace. I have no issues getting him reps at 1st/DH to get his bat in the game more, but that value drops signficantly when he isn't behind hte plate. Hopefully, with a full offseason where he isn't recovering from various ailments we can see something between this season and 2009...
  13. diehardtwinsfan
    Even in this dread scenario, I have a tough time believing Dozier woudln't take over at 2nd... Not quite sure why people suddenly don't like him. Everyone was lining up to make him a starter in spring training. He's a rookie who is going to take his lumps. Even the highest regarded rookies typically have problems.
  14. diehardtwinsfan
    Seems to me that if you can get 2 or 3 major leaguers from a draft class, you did a decent job. Am I missing something? His assessment seems fairly accurate.
  15. diehardtwinsfan
    The Twins have misallocated funds, and there's no question about this. Mauer deserves some of the blame, as he's playing more like a 15M/year catcher right now than a 23M/year catcher. Then again, that money was getting spent regardless, as the Twins would have been run out of MN had they not locked up Mauer after getting a public stadium... The real question is whether Mauer would have gotten more on the open market... I suspect he would have, and I certainly don't blame him for maximizing his income. The question will be how he performs in the next few years. Even this year he doesn't seem 100%, but he has plenty more prime years on that deal.... Hopefully, next season looks like something a bit closer to 2009 where he at least is a lock for 10-20 home runs to go with the BA...
  16. diehardtwinsfan
    that blackburn kid in Rochester is pretty good... wonder when he's getting called up.
  17. diehardtwinsfan
    not to state the obvious here, but why in the world are we debating statistics pulled from seaons in the 80s? We've already seen a huge trend progressing towards more LH hitters from the 80s to today... to this simple minded idiot, that would mean that there's going to be more hits to right than what there were in the 80s or 90s... We should be able to pull this data from 2011, which would tell us whether or not Revere and his range belong in left or in right.
  18. diehardtwinsfan
    I'm of the opinion that you trade teh more valuable piece, which I assume to be Span at this point... but if you get better offers from Revere, I would trade Revere in a heartbeat. Hunter makes sense from a stop gap solution, but there's also a Parmalee problem. Where you do you play him? I could buy letting him sit in AAA this year, but I'd have a tough time believing you will need to justify it this and next season. Morneau has 1B through next year. Mauer and Doumit will occupy the DH spot quite a bit. Perhaps you clear the OF spot and let Chris play in right for the forseable future? Just a thought.
  19. diehardtwinsfan
    I should note that if Cisco was traded, the receiving team could offer him arb, but there's no first round pick loss should he choose not to accept.
  20. diehardtwinsfan
    yes, I recognize this which is why I said that I know everyone will disagree... but these guys all heavily base things off of tools... and just tools.... and no performance. Arcia, Benson, and Hicks all have tools as well, and yes, Buxton may have better tools, but those 3 have also preformed pretty well also against much more talented competition. As such, I don't understand how it is that Buxton will rate right under Sano. He shoudln't... not until he gets some results.
  21. diehardtwinsfan
    well, to answer the original question, assuming those numbers are accurate, one ownership group is far more willing to spend to win than another....
  22. diehardtwinsfan
    I'm not against this... just speculating. Perkins is clearly a better pitcher now than what he was. If that's simply cause he can dial it up a few notches, then yes I'd agree. If there's something else there though, then we are under utilizing that talent something fierce... Glen will be seeing much bigger dollars if he can successfully start.
  23. diehardtwinsfan
    You coudl be right, I don't watch many games living in Indiana. That said, I did watch the Detroit series as I was in Michigan that week. It seemed as though every at bat he got a pitch somewhere in the 80s right down the middle (and well more than half were strikes), and the Detroit announcers kept talking up the fact that he only swung on less than 10% of first pitches... sure, that's SSS, but that's also a knock on him that we've all heard for years now and it seems that others know it too. You are correct that he doesn't get them "every" time, but he's getting them quite a bit.
  24. diehardtwinsfan
    I'm with you, though what I saw of him in Detroit is that he's making very solid contact on the ball. One of our OF is expendable. I agree willingham would get the most, I also think he's the most important cog if this team thinks they can compete in 2013. Morneau, whether you like it or not, isn't going anywhere, and given that Parmalee has experience in RF, he'd be a fine stop gap there for the time being until one of Benson/Hicks/Arcia is ready to man it. If Morneau shines at first, you can deal him in 2013 for help and moving Parmalee over there and then call up one of the OF guys. Span or Revere should get something as well. I'm not picky. I just want a starting pitcher that should be a 2/3 type guy.
  25. diehardtwinsfan
    Yes, I do hope he returns to the top 100 in the near future, and while his peripherals were excellent, he needed more time in the minors. Instead he lost that to TJ. The Twins would be wise to plan on him spending 2013 in Rochester to get used to piching again and to get a bit more polish. Expecting him to start in Minnesota in 2013 is not wise. Yes, he could prove me wrong, but I'd say the odds are not in favor of him doing so.
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