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  1. Loosey
    I would agree with the OP if the only alternative is signing middling veteran FA's. If there is young top of rotation talent available go get it.
  2. Loosey
    I think he gets the Minor League contract he signs, whatever that would be. Then I believe if he makes it back to the majors he will be paid a pro-rated major league contract. I think it would be the veteran's minimum. Unless he negotiates a "two way" contract where he will be $XXX prorated in the Majors and $XX in the minors.
  3. Loosey
    Who makes the 40 man decisions right now? I know Antony is still Interim GM, but the boss is still in Cleveland watching his team waltz to the world series. Does any of this need to passed by Falvey before the transactions happen? I know they were no brainers, but they are decisions that usually need some sort of approval you would think. If I bought a house and before I moved in the previous owners decided to take remove a wall and cover up the hardwood wood floors with carpet, I would be upset because I should be the ones making the decisions now that am going to be the one who should make this decisions.
  4. 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.
  5. Loosey
    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.
  6. Loosey
    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.
  7. Loosey
    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.
  8. Loosey
    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.
  9. Loosey
    As I continue to read the thread I see my questions have already been answered.
  10. Loosey
    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.
  11. Loosey
    I didn't notice that, but then it says the Sherry Robertson award is Player of the year. So were both right? or were both wrong? Now I'm confused.
  12. Loosey
    PLAYER of the year. Not HITTER of the year.
  13. Loosey
    Seth, at the beginning of the 2015 season when Granite was tearing it up in Cedar Rapids I asked you if Ben Revere is a good major league comp for Granite and you agreed it was. Do you still feel that is a good comp for him if he makes it to the majors?
  14. 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.
  15. 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
  16. 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.
  17. 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.
  18. Loosey
    I would non-tender Plouffe, Milone and possibly Santiago if they were able to identify someone (or two) better to use the ~$20M on.
  19. 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.
  20. Loosey
    I was there in Mid February last year and saw a bunch of the minor leaguers working out. My 4 year old at the time almost wiped out Joe Benson before the Twins took care of it a few weeks later.
  21. Loosey
    My parent's live there in the winter and unfortunately other family members and friends go visit in March when "real" spring training is going on. So i get the last week in February usually. Hopefully they will have at least reported by then.
  22. Loosey
    But who fired them? Molitor? And if so, does Molitor need get the OK from Falvey? It is strange that the person who will be in charge soon would let the current regime just make moves without him there.
  23. Loosey
    Since were in the off-season. Who's heading to Fort Myers this year? I'll be down there Feb 23-28. We should get the Thread of who's going and when going again, only this time start it early. Maybe try to meet some of you in person. Loosey: Feb 23-28
  24. Loosey
    The Musician or the Baseball Player?
  25. Loosey
    Maybe the Twins should only have pitchers with the last name Santana? They seem to be the only ones who pan out. Off-season Blue Print Item #1: Convert Danny Santana to Pitcher Off-season Blue Print Item #2: Have Gibson, Berrios and May legally change Last names to Santana Off-season Blue Print Item #3: Print 2017 World Series tickets in advance
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