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  1. Cap'n Piranha
    Glen Perkins with a bullet. Dozier and MAYBE Plouffe if there's an injury at their position, or they really get hot over the next month.
  2. Cap'n Piranha
    I hate the idea of moving people up based on how old they are, and not how they're producing. If anything, the results gap between Gonsalves and Batts is even larger, given that Gonsalves is that much younger. Additionally, aggressively promoting kids who sign right out of high school (who have earned it) can send a message to other kids like Gonsalves, and get them to sign after being picked in the third or fourth round, instead of going to school for three years. I'm not saying that should be the determining factor, just that it should be taken into account.
  3. Cap'n Piranha
    I'm not thrilled that we have 3+ more years of decline Mauer ahead of us, when the best thing that could happen to this team positionally is to have Vargas at first and Arcia at DH.
  4. Cap'n Piranha
    Why is Batts being promoted over Gonsalves? What more does he have to do to move up?
  5. Cap'n Piranha
    I'm so tired of the cliche "player x doesn't hit enough for y position". When it comes to defensive positions, as long as a guy can field it, and not be an offensive black hole, I'm fine with it. After all, if offensive production is what matters for defensive production, we can greenlight Vargas for right field.
  6. Cap'n Piranha
    If Rosario is playing, one out of Hunter, Vargas, Escobar, Hicks, Plouffe, Mauer, or Santana needs to sit, all of whom have very legitimate reasons for playing every day too.
  7. Cap'n Piranha
    Everyone needs to relax on Bocaton. We're still only a month into the season, a season coming after he missed an entire year. There's going to be a hefty amount of rust, not just physically, but psychologically too. Given that he has an OBP over .300 despite a BA under .200, I'd say he has an approach and it's working. Now the hits just need to start falling.
  8. Cap'n Piranha
    Oliveros is basically at 18 k/9. If he's not in a Twins uniform soon, I say we riot.
  9. Cap'n Piranha
    To the eyes-on-the-ground Chatty correspondents, thanks for the great info! One question--what's going on with Stuart Turner? I had hoped he would build on last years success in the second half, and give us a good defensive catcher with some hitting ability.
  10. Cap'n Piranha
    Not really. Let's say Aaron Hicks is in AAA until June 1, giving him a decent sample size. Let's say he's hitting .300/.375/.450 at that point. Does that guarantee he'll hit in the bigs? What if that was his line after being at AAA until August 1? The time to find out if we have soemthing in Hicks is now. Let's say he's not in the Twins plans going forward, because of Buxton/Rosario/Arcia/ABW/Plouffe; is there any GM out there who will think more of him because he has a great line at AAA? The only way to build his value is to have him succeed at the Major League level, and the time to do that is growing shorter.
  11. Cap'n Piranha
    It is laughable that Hicks remains in AAA while Jordan Schafer eats up AB's in the bigs. There are no words.
  12. Cap'n Piranha
    MiLB had a nice write-up yesterday about Gonsalves where he talked about how training with and learning from Strasburg and Shields in the offseason really helped him. In the story, it also mentioned that his fastball is in the low 90's, with a decent change, and he has an iffy slider and curve. As for the bunting to break up a no-hitter being against the unwritten rules, that is the stupidest thing ever. The pitchers job is to get outs, and the hitters job is to avoid making outs, however he can. If you don't want to give up a bunt single, then play a bunt defense. Otherwise, get over it and move on.
  13. Cap'n Piranha
    Please, please, please a starting pitcher with ace potential. With Meyer not exactly lighting the world on fire, and Kohl Stewart apparently allergic to strikeouts, we could use a guy that profiles as a potential top-of-the-rotation arm, as right now we have a collection of 2-3's
  14. Cap'n Piranha
    The solution is simple, but impossible. Call up Doc Brown, tell him to fire up the Delorean, and stop TR, from consummating a deal with Hunter. Keep Arcia in right, call up Hicks and play him every day (so at the end of the year you know whether you should keep him or not), and move Santana to left. Esco plays every day at short, and voila, you've improved your defense at at least two spots, without giving up much in offense.
  15. Cap'n Piranha
    Thanks Seth, I missed the write-up on him, so this was a nice quick hit! As a small-ish guy who relied on speed myself, I've always had something of a soft spot for that type of guy myself.
  16. Cap'n Piranha
    Seth, can you tell me a bit more about Zach Granite? He has great stats to start the year--.373 BA, .500 OBP, and more walks than strikeouts! Is he thought of as a potential push candidate to A+ if he keeps this up for another 3-4 weeks?
  17. Cap'n Piranha
    Talk about the fun police.
  18. Cap'n Piranha
    That should be correct, since if you're driving south from Minnesota, you end up in Louisiana, not Canada. Unless you have some sort of fancy boat-car, and you're attempting a North/South circumnavigation, in which case observation time is the critical factor.
  19. Cap'n Piranha
    On the urinal subject, it's also important that if there are 3 of them, and all three are open, you must never choose the middle urinal. It is only polite to give another person the option to stand next to you, or not.
  20. Cap'n Piranha
    (In my best Chris Farley from the superfans sketch voice...) That was me.
  21. Cap'n Piranha
    Twins don't want to give up that regular season championship belt! 1-1 in chances to claim it, 2-2 in defending it!
  22. Cap'n Piranha
    I would guess that the "braintrust" is familiar with UZR, but because it can't be scouted with the eye test, doesn't use it. I would also imagine that they remember very well what Hunter did in 2007, but figured the potential of a few thousand more tickets, jerseys, and concessions sold due to the homerism of rubes would more than offset that + the $10m they're paying him to be a mentor (which, given that Rosario, Buxton, and Hicks are all in the minors, apparently he's mentoring Schafer and Robinson).
  23. Cap'n Piranha
    That's because the locals think UZR is a modified Israeli machine gun, and don't remember the first-rate donkey Hunter was on his way out of town in 2007. Every week, he appeared as a guest on the Dan Barreiro show to profess how much he wanted to be in Minnesota, but that is wasn't up to him. He claimed it was in the Twins best interest to talk to him as soon as possible, so when the FO offered to re-work his deal, he of course refused to even negotiate. And lo and behold, when he got his free agency, he rejected the Twins offer, and demonstrated that it WAS up to him. Now, I'm not saying Hunter should have taken 3 and 45 instead of the Angels' 5 and 90. I'm just saying be honest about what you're after, which in his case, was the money.
  24. Cap'n Piranha
    Banishing Hunter from the lineup is a good start. Now how do we do the same with Schafer (without replacing him with Robinson)? Also, I'd like to order the Josmil Pinto for my starter at catcher please.
  25. Cap'n Piranha
    Hunter's going to get as many at bats as his health allows. He's not a stopgap player (even though he should be). If he's healthy, he's playing. Regardless of what Hicks/Ortiz/Rosario/Buxton are doing in the minors. Just one more reason why I hated and still hate the signing.
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