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  1. Cap'n Piranha
    It's like the Good Lord wants Meyer or May in the rotation, and the Twins just won't listen. What is the point of moving Pelfrey back from the bullpen (where he might have created some value), instead of seeing what May or Meyer could do. I've been a Twins optimist, and sometimes apologist, for most of this decade, but I HATE this roster. Hunter, Robinson, Milone, Pelfrey, Stauffer, and Nunez have no business playing for us in the roles they're in. I'm just disgusted by this.
  2. Cap'n Piranha
    Torii Hunter on this team is infuriating. He forces Arcia to left, where his defensive flaws go from obvious to glaring. He is himself a terrible fielder, so we have the worst possible corner fielders in the league. He forces Santana to short, instead of a corner which would be the ideal place for him, which forces Esco to the bench. The only thing Hunter does is sell jerseys to the rubes who have forgotten the disingenuous manner in which he left.
  3. Cap'n Piranha
    It's like the Twins brass can't decide if they want to compete now, or build for the future. Because of that, they try to strike a balance between the two, and end up doing neither. They call up Arcia, Vargas, and Santana, and get production--future They sign Torii Hunter, despite the fact he worsens an already bad center field--now They seriously consider Trevor May for the rotation--future They go with Tommy Milone instead, who was not good last year, and showed no reason to be optimistic for change in spring training--now I'm getting so tired of this team continually running out tired old veterans with little to no upside, and zero chance of being on the next division-winning team (Hunter, Milone, Robinson, Stauffer). For once, just let kids who might be part of the future play, so we can find out what we actually have.
  4. Cap'n Piranha
    Wait a minute, a start with a 1.8 WHIP, 5.4 ERA, and 5.4 k/9 qualifies as "fairly good" Tommy Milone? If that's true, cut him right now.
  5. Cap'n Piranha
    This is a really good deal for both sides. Dozier leaves money on the table, but guarantees himself 20m. The twins save themselves money, and have Dozier as an even more attractive trade option should they choose to go that route.
  6. Cap'n Piranha
    I think a starting 5 of Hughes, Gibson, May, Meyer, and Berrios would be exciting at least 40% of the time, but it would be exciting for the opposing lineup. I love the potential in our kids, and I'm as anxious as anyone to see them in Twins unis, but Meyer would struggle to get through the 5th inning, Berrios was ineffective in his triple-a starts at the end of last year, Buxton has 3 ab's above A ball, and Sano hasn't played in a year. Letting them start in the minors is not the end of the world.
  7. Cap'n Piranha
    Why are we burying the lead here? Unicorn burgers? Why is Voldemort online, and writing Twins Daily articles?
  8. Cap'n Piranha
    Is Sano really up to 260? I knew he was big, but I thought more in the 230 to 240 range. 260 is Vargas big.
  9. Cap'n Piranha
    All I'm gonna say is that it'll be a fun year being a Chatty fan.
  10. Cap'n Piranha
    I think this is one of those articles where higher level analysis is irrelevant to the main thrust of the article. The point is, the Twins have been bad for four straight years, and whiffing on high level draft picks for 6 straight years, thus depriving the team of fresh talent or attractive trade chips, is a big reason why. It's not necessary to run a statistical regression to determine the impact compared to other teams. Good article Parker.
  11. Cap'n Piranha
    I have to think that, adjusted for league average, chatty is going to feature the best lineup in baseball, if not the best overall roster. How many other teams in the minors have legitimate big league prospects at every position?
  12. Cap'n Piranha
    The ideal scenario for the Twins is that Sano kills it in Chatty, while Plouffe looks good enough to fetch a handsome return at the deadline, allowing the farm system to continue to be stocked, but also letting Bocaton get his feet wet.
  13. Cap'n Piranha
    Because the hitter can do a good job of taking pitches that will be balls, and fouling off pitches that he can't square up, rather than putting them into play. To suggest that all walks are completely the result of pitching is utter nonsense.
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  15. Cap'n Piranha
    the problem with Pujols is that he's been declining for 2-3 years already. The Angels are going to be stuck with an absolute albatross of a contract for multiple years. The only question for me is; how many years do the Angels pay Pujols NOT to play for them?
  16. Cap'n Piranha
    It just happens to take two pitchers to make that one Ace. Between Carl Pavano's mindset, and Francisco Liriano's stuff, we actually do have that one Ace. Pavano demonstrated on Monday that he has that bulldog mentality that an ace needs, to decide that he is going to go out, compete, and get some outs for his team. Liriano demonstrated on Tuesday that he is one of the most mentally fragile picthers in the league, that is yet to learn how to handle adversity. If we could somehow combine them into Carcisco Paviano, we might really have something. In other thoughts, since I didn't get to see or listen to the game much, how did the Clete Thomas, Center Fielder thing work out? When I was listening, and heard Denard get ejected, my immediate thought was that a Willingham-Thomas-Plouffe outfield might just be the worst defensive outfield in the league. If that suspicion is correct, I woudl think it becomes imperative that Denard not jaw about balls and strikes, as he would ostensibly be our only outfielder who's even acceptable in CF, what with Revere running in Rochester.
  17. Cap'n Piranha
    It just happens to take two pitchers to make that one Ace. Between Carl Pavano's mindset, and Francisco Liriano's stuff, we actually do have that one Ace. Pavano demonstrated on Monday that he has that bulldog mentality that an ace needs, to decide that he is going to go out, compete, and get some outs for his team. Liriano demonstrated on Tuesday that he is one of the most mentally fragile picthers in the league, that is yet to learn how to handle adversity. If we could somehow combine them into Carcisco Paviano, we might really have something. In other thoughts, since I didn't get to see or listen to the game much, how did the Clete Thomas, Center Fielder thing work out? When I was listening, and heard Denard get ejected, my immediate thought was that a Willingham-Thomas-Plouffe outfield might just be the worst defensive outfield in the league. If that suspicion is correct, I woudl think it becomes imperative that Denard not jaw about balls and strikes, as he would ostensibly be our only outfielder who's even acceptable in CF, what with Revere running in Rochester.
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