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  1. Loosey
    I can see more changes being made next off-season. I assume Falvey and Levine know a bit about the coaching staff/front office, but have not really seen them in action. If incumbents who are staying go about their routines the same way they have in the past and get the same results I assume they will not be here long.
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    I'm wondering if game recap missed a stolen base, or balk or something.
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    Typo?
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    My argument against signing Plouffe again is stated in your first sentence: "Breaking news... The Twins aren't going to win the World Series in 2017." Plouffe is a solid middle of the road 3rd baseman, but is not needed on a 103 loss team. The market for him will be low level prospect if he is traded. On top of that he takes playing time from players the Twins need to see on a daily basis.
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    What is Arraez's future position? Is he Shortstop or 2nd Base?
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    Really of all the moves Maddon made the only one I would 2nd guess is Chapman's usage in game 6. Pulling Hendrick makes sense if he has a gut feeling that he could implode at any moment. (I know a bad call against a Twins pitcher in a key situation usually resulted in the next hitter immediately hitting a bomb). So moving from Hendrick to Lester was alright in my mind. Then an errant throw and a fluky 2 run wild pitch. The safety squeeze call was actually a good one in my opinion. Baez seems to have that Buxton quality of chasing strike three breaking balls out of the zone and getting him to square up at least sets him up to hopefully putting ball into play. It just didn't work.
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    Purchased!
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    IF, big IF, he comes back healthy in a year or two Teddy Bridgewater could be added to this list. He is only 23, if he comes back he will be around 25. However, he is could also never play a snap again. I would lump him in toward the back end based on first 2 seasons of play. But man, this pre-season he looked pretty stellar until his leg folded in half.
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    Considering Grossman was released by the Indians this year already. I assume Falvey had some sort of say in that decision. So based on that, his terrible defense and his known ceiling and floor I am going to guess he is left off the 40 man. I think he is the sort of player that fits the mold of a deep bench bat for team already set with known quality veteran OFer's who needs a guy who can hit lefties when asked and play the field as little as possible. The Twins need to use their roster spots on youth to see who can make a long-term impact on the team.
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    So in theory could the Twins DFA Hughes? If someone else picks him up great for the Twins and him. But if he passes through waivers they go to AAA. Hughes could then be added back in Spring Training after they move guys around. Basically it's more of a clerical DFA? No one will pick him up, at his contract and injury.
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    The Twins won't need 8 years. They hopefully have most of the offense in place that will lead this team. We need him to use his past experience to find the pitching staff the team needs to make any sort of progress.
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    Hence why Tim Tebow is playing in it. . . .
  13. Loosey
    The "Save" stat is about as useless the "Win" stat in my opinion. Let say it's a tie game with runners on 2nd and 3rd with one out in the 7th or 8th inning. You bring in a reliever who strikes out the first guy and then induces a lazy grounder on the next. Now you're out of the jam. If your team scores 3 runs in the 8th to take a 3 run lead, your "closer" gets to come in in the 9th inning and get save if he gives up less than 3 runs. I think the 7th inning guy was more important in that scenario. But Saves are sexy to some I guess.
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    If the Twins had taken a step last year for or even a slight step back from 2015 (not the enormous one) I would be on board with backing a dump truck of money up to a high end reliever like a Chapman or Jansen. However, the Twins would essentially be wasting money on those two as leads were rare for this team. As bad as the bullpen was, they didn't even have the chance to blow many leads. They did create bigger deficits to overcome, but that wouldn't be a good use of resources to bring in guys to hold 2 run deficits steady vs. 2 run leads. But it's not my money.
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    Five years from Today. He won't be drafted until next June and then gets 2 months there. Then I don't think it's unreasonable to think he will be in the minors 2018,2019,2020. Looking back at my math its bad. But 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 if he needs to refine secondary stuff more 2021. Five years.
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    I like when teams can get top 3 round ability in the 11th round. He will have a tough road in front of him but its a gamble that has little risk for the Twins. And he will be able to have professional trainers helping him recover from an injury. - Good Luck.
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    I like Greene at #1 for a few reasons: 1) He seems to have the potential to be a true #1 starter with electric stuff. 2) He is young and hopefully will get much better than he already is and more refined 3) He is probably 5 years away from seeing time in the Majors - So 2021 or 2022 is when he would make his debut. Which (if things work out the way we hope for the Twins) will be around the time when perennial all-stars Sano, Buxton, Berrios will be approaching free agency. Also if the Twins are winning they won't be getting high picks so timing Greene with possibility of losing an all-star will be a nice timing for reloading instead of rebuilding.
  18. Loosey
    As I continue to read the thread I see my questions have already been answered.
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    Feel free to put me in my place and tell me I am wrong and this won't work, etc, etc. But if one of the scenarios here is to put Polanco and his sub par arm at 3rd base, why can't they move Dozier to 3rd base and have Polanco play 2nd. That move obviously takes Sano out of the 3rd base position, but it also gives an opportunity to move him to 1st base. In turn it creates flexibility with Mauer who can split DH/Backup 1st base duties with Vargas or Park. I think Polanco is longer term piece to this team's future than Dozier so getting him in his natural position is important if the plan is to keep Dozier.
  20. Loosey
    Looking at it that way (Comparing to Plouffe instead of Mauer, Park) makes a ton of sense since hopefully Plouffe will be let go. I like it. Good way to show this.
  21. Loosey
    Temporary fixes without Trades or FA, but how about this for some shuffling simply by moving Dozier to 3B: That bench though - Woof. Lineup Polanco 2B Escobar SS Dozier 3B Sano 1B/DH - Think he ends up there eventually anyways Vargas DH/1B Kepler RF Buxton CF Rosario LF Murphy C Bench Mauer DH/1B Grossman OF Garver C Santana Util
  22. Loosey
    Thanks for this. The Twins future bullpen looks like it could be an asset rather than a detriment if a just a few of these guys pan out. They don't need to be Andrew Miller, but reliable middle inning relievers are would be fantastic compared to what is currently going on in Minnesota. Good Luck to all these guys.
  23. Loosey
    If his natural ability is as great as he shows, would any team be willing to let him actually pitch and play Shortstop? His ceiling would end up being lower at both due to not be able to specialize, but imagine the roster flexibility if you have a very good starting Shortstop and a #2 type starter in the same person. OR would you rather have an ACE pitcher Cy Young type candidate or All-Star Shortstop? But only one or the other.
  24. Loosey
    I don't get the dislike for Gonsalves that some on this site have had for the last two years? Coming out of High School he was a projected 1st round pick but fell due to some personal life question marks (which have turned out to be nothing other than he is a stand up guy with great character who stands up for his teammates) and fell to the 4th. I don't know if his draft spot turns some off or what? But, since then he has done nothing but perform extremely well at every level he has played, despite being 2-3 years younger than the competition at all his stops. In my opinion he is not a 'fluke' that is just getting by. I think he will be a very, very good starting pitcher for a long time. He is 21 years old and has the pitch repertoire, even though it is still evolving. And from what he might be lacking in stuff, he makes up for in smarts on the mound I like the MadBum comp and hope it's somewhere close to that. Either way I think the Twins have a lot of starting pitching hope in the future.
  25. Loosey
    The Musician or the Baseball Player?
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