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  1. diehardtwinsfan
    Hicks seems to have done a better job avoiding the ice streak... lots of 1/4 in his slumps instead of 0/4... that said, his emergence has me liking their future OF of Hicks/Arcia/Benson, all of which could be above average offensively and defensively. I'm not quite ready to give up on Joe just yet, though he's pretty clearly not ready for the show... I'm guessing Hicks is similar... I'd simply move him to Rochester next season and find some filler in 2013 if Span is traded. If Benson, Hicks, and Arcia are all hitting well next season, you have reason to trade Revere and get two of them playing every day.
  2. diehardtwinsfan
    Boyd had a good night too... 6 innings 5ks 0 runs.
  3. diehardtwinsfan
    I remember that too, and most analysts at the time thought the Cubs offer was better... and if memory serves me right, none of them ever panned out.
  4. diehardtwinsfan
    unless you are the Yankees, you cannot spend your way out of the cellar. Spending has to be targeted and strategic. With the Twins, there's quite a bit of hitting talent in the farm, but next to nothing for pitching. They are going to have to spend their way out of that, whether that's eating bad contracts to aquire good pitching talent or going out in the FA market and bringing in some pitching, but if this team is going to contend at all down the road, it's going to have to do some targeted spending. I'll give them credit from a draft standpoint that they made an attempt to alleviate this, but I'd be willing to bet that this won't solve it. They are going to have to buy pitching... period.
  5. diehardtwinsfan
    1. I don't think anyone trusts them, and quite frankly, they have no reason not to... though I'll say with Carl now deceased, you do have different people running things. But like others said here. the 50/55% of revenue essentially guarantees ownership a huge raise after getting a public funded stadium. I think they'd have been wise to go all out and make a decent run just to give the fans a ring. 2. You are a tad optimistic here. It's a middle of the road system with teh potential to be top 3rd by the end of the season (depending on who they pick up). It's lacking in impact pitching. The hitting prospects are nice enough that I'm pretty excited to see what they have coming up in the 2014/15 timeframe, but there's not much of anything for pitching prospects to help those guys out. Unless something changes, their next contending teams will be pretty flawed. 3. You are correct here, this team is much better than last years... they are tolerable to watch and they won't nearly as bad as they were in the 2nd half of last season. 4. The problem is that there's little for high ceiling impact players onthe mound... quite a few at the plate, but sans Gibson, there's not much there.... and he's hurt.
  6. diehardtwinsfan
    Casillas saving grace is that he'd be an upgrade for many contending teams (not much of one, but that tells you how bad the MI is right now)... Do agree that defensively he's much improved. That said, I dont' think he's in the 2013 plans at all, which is why he's doing what he's doing now.
  7. diehardtwinsfan
    Unless Baker wants to stay here, this isn't going to be a case where we can just renegotiate with him... He has no incentive to do so. We will have to decline that option and fight for him in FA, but I could see a lot of teams going after him strong. With 21 M to spend, we don't have enough. We need more than 2 decent pitchers. We need 3. I'd be OK with one of them being a 1 year "prove it" deal for something like what Bedard got this year, but we need something more stable too. 21M isn't going to get you two very good FA pitchers. It will get one 1 and a value type pitcher.
  8. diehardtwinsfan
    Here's to hoping this kid can stick as a starter eventually... 5Ks in 2 innings of work for Elizabethon http://www.milb.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?pos=P&sid=milb&t=p_pbp&pid=600885
  9. diehardtwinsfan
    I'm just curious what everyone thinks he will fetch at the deadline. In my pipe dream scenario, we swap him for Michael Pineda, but I'm guessing NY wouldn't go for that.
  10. diehardtwinsfan
    never underestimate the Twin's medical staff to misdiagnose an injury.
  11. diehardtwinsfan
    I think you are a tad bit negative. Yes, they need more production at 1B, and quite frankly they should be willing to let Justin re-acclimate himself to the bigs as this season is done. But the middle of the road stats are a bit misleading given that there's a two months of Valencia that has been replaced by Plouffe, as well as Dozier who looks to be an upgrade up the middle. Revere seems to have figured things out too, but all of that has been in the month of June, not April-June... They are pretty solidly above average at a number of positions (C, LF, CF, 3B, and SS). They are likely about average at DH, RF, and 2B assuming Revere can hit... 2B has been bad for us, but it's been bad for most teams. 1B has been well below average, so I won't argue there, but letting Morneau play, or eventually replacing him with Parmalee will alleviate that. The offense is in pretty decent shape. Their problem is pitching, pitching, and pitching. The pen is doing fairly well, especially given the number of times starters don't make it through 5 frames. They get 3 good starting pitchers who can be counted on ERAs better than the league average and this team would be competing with Chicago.
  12. diehardtwinsfan
    Definitely something I could get behind.
  13. diehardtwinsfan
    I agree that Young walked a finer line than Gomez, but both could have spent more time in the minors. The approach, while tougher, certainly wasn't the only issue. Vlad Guerrero had a pretty nice career as a free swinger... Young's contract forced him up sooner than he should have been... as such, he got expensive as he figured things out, and quite frankly the contract didn't give him much of an incentive to change his approach...
  14. diehardtwinsfan
    I couldn't find this on his site... do you have a link?
  15. diehardtwinsfan
    Arcia was a centerfielder up until recently... He shoudl be a pretty decent option in the corner... not expecting Span or anything like that, but average or slightly better seems reasonable unless he's slowed down a lot....
  16. diehardtwinsfan
    I'd kind of like to see him tried out at 2nd if he continues to hit.
  17. diehardtwinsfan
    the problem with moving top talent rapidly is that you end up with guys like Gomez or Young.... or on the other side, the guy finally figures it out as he gets expensive... Sano would get killed in MLB right now... no reason to be agressive with him just because he's highly rated.
  18. diehardtwinsfan
    There's going to be backlash no matter what he does. He has a few tradeable pieces, but not much to get value... One of Span/Revere, should get something decent. I'm betting Span. Capps, though the injury saps a lot of that. Doubt you get much. Casilla might get a low A prospect. Willingham would fetch quite a bit, but I doubt he's on the market. Liriano... who knows Figuring out what Ryan could get for Frankie is like knowing what Liriano is going to do his next outing. Pavano won't fetch hardly anything. Burton could get you a decent prospect. I'm guessing Burton, Capps, and Span are not with the team come september at best...
  19. diehardtwinsfan
    The Twins problem right now is that the system is relatively barren for any type of SP impact in the next year or two. The ones who are close are either low ceiling or high questionmark, and even if everything went our way, there isn't enough there. If they fancy themselves as regrouping for 2013, then getting SP has to be a priority. Trading Span, Liriano, and Burton might get them a couple of decent AA options, but that would be about it. If that's the case, they will have to go out and sign pitching this offseason, and likely more than one guy... with 20M to spend, they could go all out and get Grienke, but there wouldn't be that much left other than a 1 year prove it deal for a higher upside guy.
  20. diehardtwinsfan
    I thought he was day to day with a minor injury
  21. diehardtwinsfan
    Part of the problem is that those were different markets. When Ryan dumped Milton and Lohse, it was at a time where prospects were not nearly as valued as they are today. I doubt you'll see a Casilla for something decent trade. I do think that the Twins could trade Span (and potentially Willingham if they want to blow up the team) and get back some nice propsects, but beyond that, I don't see us restocking the farm system through trading... As for drafts, say what you want about Bill Smith, but the 2010 and 2011 drafts/international signings under his watch were not nearly as bad as Ryan... There is upside to them, and performance. Part of this mess is without a doubt the fact that Ryan had a couple of really bad drafts prior to his departure.... that one isn't on Smith, it just made it harder to work with things.
  22. diehardtwinsfan
    yeah, a Liriano who isn't a headcase and a Baker without the TJ and this team is battling Chicago right now... The Twins desparately need good starters. If they fancy themselves as competitors this offseason, they are going to need to go out and get 3 above average ones and hope that one of Gibson/Hendricks steps up in 2013 and that Diamond doesn't turn back into a pumpkin. I don't think the 20M they plan on spending is going to be enough. Perhaps they can get something nice for Span... Perhaps the Yankees would be so willing to give up on Pineda and trade him to us for Span and Liriano... That's a pipe dream though...
  23. diehardtwinsfan
    perhaps I'm missing something, but if that is the case, then he would have had to have been DFAd when he was sent down initially. Options last the entire year. If he was optioned out of spring training, then the option is still good for the remainder of the year.
  24. diehardtwinsfan
    It was, by the time the OF got to it, he was rounding 2nd.
  25. diehardtwinsfan
    I am pretty sure it will happen, but I don't know how it is that Buxton will be rated ahead of Arcia and/or Rosario...
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