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  1. REPETE
    Hughes scares the crap out of me. His velocity was struggling to hit 90 when he came back last year, and I don't see many closers not named Fuentes being successful at that speed. That said, if he doesn't get back to 93, he won't be much of a starter, either.
  2. REPETE
    Rosario alone accounted for a 2% team rise in free swinging...
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    Thrylos, I have 3 questions on this: 1) Is there anyone still out there in FA that could possibly fill this need? 2) Were any of the other options worth a 3 year deal? 3) do you see 2-3 of these young arms possibly stepping up to be the next Perkins & Jepsen? I guess I'm not panicking until I see this group in spring. It's very possible that the BP looks like Swiss cheese, especially early on, but the question still remains, would it have made sense to sign a better guy for three years, and in year 2, they start looking more like Fien, but salary is blocking the young studs from being called up?
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    MOLLIE!!! If for no other reason we saw guys playing every day. No more of a guy getting a hang nail on Tuesday, then sitting out Tues & Weds, so he could get 3 days rest with the Thurs off day. I also don't miss one of the pirahnas pinch running at 1B for one of the big boppers in the 9th inning of a tie game with 2 outs. He'd never make it to 2nd, and then we'd be stuck with said pirahna batting with 2 on, 2 out in the 11th. I believe Mollie has completely changed the attitude of this team. We'll see how it goes this year, without a Hunter in the locker room.
  5. REPETE
    Does the racial slur make it a "hate crime"?
  6. REPETE
    I'm OK with Buxton starting in AAA, even for a short time. A little more seasoning won't kill him, and possibly makes him better in the Majors a little sooner. The CF question isn't necessarily going to be answered by who plays the best there in spring training, though. I think the real question is: "How does Sano adapt to the OF?" That will drive almost all of the answers, including: 1. Does Plouffe get traded? 2. Who plays CF 3. What are the final roster moves between Santana & Arcia.
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    My problem with Suzuki last year went beyond hit hitting (or lack thereof). By the end of the season, he couldn't throw the ball to 2nd without 2 hops. My guess is, the veteran Suzuki starts the season catching 4 or 5 games a week, then by about the end of May, it becomes more of a 50/50 timeshare. I'd love to see Murphy play more at the outset, but I have a feeling they'll let Zuk play himself out of the lineup.
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    Here's where I think we have to be careful. TR is an honest (to a fault, sometimes) GM. However, if he says "We didn't entertain any offers", to me, that's not the same thing as hanging up the phone the second someone called saying "What do you want for Plouffe"? The closest I've ever been to being in a GMs office is watching Moneyball. If it goes like I see it, a GM calls TR, and the conversation goes like this: GM: Hey Terry, how about Minor league player A for Plouffe? TR: (thinking to himself, "that guy sucks") No, we're not entertaining offers for Plouffe. GM: C'mon Terry, you got the phenom in the wings, you gotta get rid of Plouffe. TR: We can move Sano to the OF (thinking to himself, "Come on, sweeten the offer!). GM: OK, we'll add Minor league player B. TR: (those guys both suck). No, we're not entertaining offers. GM: OK, final offer, Players A & B, and a used ball bag. TR: Yeah, thanks for the call, but as I said, we're not entertaining offers for Plouffe at this time.
  9. REPETE
    does he have the thick cajun accent?
  10. REPETE
    True, but that was a different regime (Gardy), and a team with a glut of holes. This team, it can be argued, has question marks in the OF, and this is just another risk-free signing in the event all of the "worst case' scenarios play out. At least I HOPE that's what this signing is. San Quentin has a long way to go to prove he can still play at the major league level.
  11. REPETE
    I think the hammock pix says it all. Dave St Peter's got to take him to get the MN Eye Clinic for lasik. You can't hit what you can't see!
  12. REPETE
    not only does the value rise, but I believe many are using sports teams as tax write-offs, so even when the team loses money, it generates more revenue in other avenues for the owners.
  13. REPETE
    a healthy Verlander alone puts them at 500. Let's hope Kate Upton can really screw up his head so he can't pitch.
  14. REPETE
    Check me if I'm wrong here, but yes, the Randy Johnson comparison has been made repeatedly. That said, wasn't Randy Johnson the exception to the rule of 8' tall pitchers being able to figure out the "repeatable motion"? Personally, at this point in his career, I believe a Relief role may be the best option. if he figures it out, and dominates, we can have the discussion of "should we move him back to starting", but worst case, he becomes a good/dominant reliever. As we've seen in the TD vitriol over the last 8 months, we desperately need those!
  15. REPETE
    I say cut the season by 2 weeks (8 games), and leave the playoffs as is. God forbid the Twins ever make the World Series, we'll be wearing snowmobile suits to watch "the boys of summer". I know this was just in fun, but adding a wild card round was abysmal to me. The 1 game play in somewhat fixes that, but I'd rather not see any more playoff teams, especially if it means division winners sitting around for 2-3 weeks. Sano will gain 28 lbs in that time!
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    If Plouffe is worth $20+M a year, I'm grossly underpaid in my job!
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    That part is pretty obvious. I'm wondering if it's possible other teams were waiting to see what his final salary number was. Or is $1M one way or the other not that significant for a team looking for an upgrade at 3B?
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    As for Plouffe, does the final salary they settle on make a difference in his trade value? ie, does his final # make it more likely, less likely, or no change on him being traded?
  19. REPETE
    He's out of options, and there's no way some other team doesn't snap him up for his potential. He either makes the team out of Spring Training, or he's on to his next team in very short order. Personally, I'm OK with Buxton starting in AAA, and Arcia making the team. He may never "figure it out", but I certainly would hope the Twins give him every possible chance to do so, with us, and not someone else.
  20. REPETE
    Is this a good spot to propose we trade Ricky Nolasco for Buster Posey? That would change this list, wouldn't it?
  21. REPETE
    Great read, and fun clips! Watching the Sano video, what was telling was how important his HRs were, looking at the scoreboard. There's a lot of guys who hit HRs when their team is up or down by 7. Most of Sano's HRs came when they were needed to either take the lead, get the team back in the game, or put the game away.
  22. REPETE
    I think we should be more concerned about the wall's safety.
  23. REPETE
    I'm not as concerned with Rosario as others. Sano's time in the majors started red hot, then slowed. Did pitchers "figure him out"? Rosario was up for most of the year, and every time he hit a slump, the "pitchers figured him out" line came up often, but then he'd go on a hitting streak & bring the avg right back up. Agreed that his K rate is ridiculous, but I have high hopes he can trim that a bit. I don't think he'll ever walk much, but better pitch selection will raise the Avg, and that's the only way he'll raise his OBP.
  24. REPETE
    Agreed. It's another example of complete over-reach which has become all too common in today's society. Sure, some fans will get hurt, no doubt, and not always because they're on their cell phone. But should we also be warning fans they have a better chance of being hurt by the light rail just outside the stadium? Fans should know the inherent risk of sitting close to the field. I love being close to the field, for the view, and also the opportunity to get a foul ball. Our season tix are just to the left of the netting, BECAUSE OF THE NETTING! We could've gone behind home plate many times, but stayed away from it because we didn't want to watch the game through the net.
  25. REPETE
    Perkins was an anomaly, in the fact he signed an extremely team friendly contract to stay in MN, I don't disagree with TR keeping him on the roster one bit, as he's now an integral part of the bullpen as we start to compete again. Also, If you sign a guy to a team friendly contract because he wants to stay here, you don't trade him away. That's how you end up with players NEVER signing a team friendly contract with you. During the lean years, he wasn't keeping the team down with his contract. Should they have given him more money, then traded him? Sure. They would've gotten good return, but you can't have it both ways.
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