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  1. clutterheart
    Rochester got into the playoffs on the last day, but they seem to have home field advantage. That strikes me as odd. Is that because they own a better record in head-to-head matchups?
  2. clutterheart
    Amazing Congrats. Their coach has to be the Twins next manager...right?
  3. clutterheart
    No Guarantees But you could look at the Pirates and what they did. They have a good young core of prospects coupled with veteran pitchers like Burnett & Wandy Rodriguez. Sometimes it woks, sometimes it doesn't. But what else is there to root for?
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    Dozier is a good fielding second baseman with a little pop in his bat. Unfortunately the Twins offense has been so terrible his decent production has been elevated in importance. Couple that with the total futility we have seen in the MI for the last several years and his status has been elevated beyond what it should be. Right now Dozier among all 2B ranks: 6th in Slugging 13th in OBP 14th in BA 11th in wRC 3rd most SO UZR doesn't like him much. Comparison: Dozier at age 24: AA 78 Games: .322/.423/.472 A+ 49 Games: .318 /.384 /.502 Rosario Age 22: AA: 68 Games .288/ .337 /.420 A+ .52 Games 329/.377/.527 I like Dozier but Rosario projects to be better. Dozier gives Rosario one more year in AAA to learn field better, and learn to hit better. But Rosario should be left at 2B and Dozier should be moved or traded by 2015
  5. clutterheart
    The twins have no one on their current roster who will demand any kind of budget busting contract in the next 4 years. There is no reason for them to not spend like drunk sailors on anyone to bring them into respectability. Especially since the Twins play in palace built on the back of the tax payers. Yet the Pohlads work to avoid paying taxes, hire a GM who is seemingly out of touch with the current market and won't spend on players. Its depressing...
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    The positive is more high draft picks to keep the pipeline full! 2015 Here we come!
  7. clutterheart
    Seth maybe this was already answered elsewhere but I missed it. I saw Randy Rosario was on the DL. Any word on that injury?
  8. clutterheart
    If the Twins can't/won't overpay and improve their team via FA or trades, the FO needs to seriously consider trading Mauer and eat some of his contract for a few really good prospects. It makes me sad to watch the Twins waste such an amazing talent like Mauer.
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    Mauer changing Berrios's position and doubting the young kid would be a bad decision. Mauer's role is not to win playoff games for some town in Iowa. - no offense CR- I don't care if they win the playoffs. All I care about is players like Berrios have confidence in their ability, get better and improve. Mauer's job is to develop players and allow high impact prospects prove themselves in high impact situations. Leave Berrios where he is. Call him your ace and let him go out with full confidence. Perhaps this is the reason the club demoted Mauer to the coach of Single A?
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    Thomas, Ramirez, Willingham, Florimon, Parmelee Arcia & Hicks have had high SO rates their whole careers Now guys like Colabello Bernier & Herrmann are getting AB and proving to be High SO guys How can a hitting coach change the trend of high SO guys in one year? It all falls on Ryan. He is the one who brought in these guys and put them on the same roster. He is the one who traded Carroll one of the team's lower SO guys. Ryan built this team to SO a lot and Bruno is responsible? That doesn't fit for me.
  11. clutterheart
    Could be Baltimore too. They have DH issues. Hope Ryan can get someone good!
  12. clutterheart
    JD Williams is an interesting prospect. Very fast with a good OB% as you noted. If he was in other organizations, he would be getting some hype. But he has been overshadowed by people like Hicks and now Buxton. Hes a guy who is probably looking forward to becoming a Minor League FA
  13. clutterheart
    You are right As the use of PED's steriods and the like decline, we will see guys age faster. To be frank, its bad for baseball. As the consistent stars decline faster the causal fan could lose interest. But any team that signs a guy into his 40's is going to look stupid
  14. clutterheart
    I saw Randy Rosario is on the E-Town DL any word on that?
  15. clutterheart
    2014 Starting Staff: Correira Deduno Gibson Worley Diamond Meyer and May in AAA
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    Sounds great, but I am not hopefuly about 2014 -at all. So whats the point of quick promotions to watch these guys learn on the job with Kevin Correa pitching opening day? I say keep them in the minors for as long as possible - keep hope alive!
  17. clutterheart
    I'm in the opposite camp here. I want the Twins to play the service time game long and slow with both Buxton and Sano. I see no chance of competing next year so want to delay their MLB debuts as long as possible. June or July 2014 for Sano assuming he does well in AAA next year June 2015 for Buxton. Hopefully that will give the organization enough time to figure out its starting pitching problems.
  18. clutterheart
    I'd like to see the org to keep Hendricks starting for the rest of the year. What's the harm? He will have a chance to prove himself. If he grabs the chance, great. If not, that's fine. Its not like there is a lot of options anyway, so I don't see the harm.
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    This is probally true of 95% of all players in the minors. Most guys don't make it. Injuries, life, and talent get in the way. But its still fun to watch as guys work torward their dreams.
  20. clutterheart
    I'm suprised that Pinto isn't on the team now I expected him to get the call when Mauer went down
  21. clutterheart
    Statistically Boyd is having a disappointing season. I've been hoping he could step up this year but he is still scuffling. Probably should repeat at CR next year What did you think of Melatokis's delivery? When they drafted him reports I have read said it was "high effort" and they tagged him as a fast rising Bullpen guy. But Twins have kept him starting and have been wondering if he'll break down.
  22. clutterheart
    And they got Correa who looks to be damn good and they were able to use that money to also get McCullers I don't think they are complaining too much in Houston about passing on Buxton. Houston had a pretty good '12 draft.
  23. clutterheart
    Zach Larsen sure has made an impression on me this year Good Power, Looks to have decent speed, Looks to have a decent eye - but his SO are up in his short time at E-town And he still 19, so looks to improve. He's no Byron Buxton, but so far so good in his 2nd year in the system.
  24. clutterheart
    I like Gardy very much. He seems like a good human, I like his caustic attitude and as he gets older he has developed the "bitter old man syndrome" and his quotes crack me up. I would not like it if he was let go. Even though he I think he is a lousy in-game manager, too differential toward to the players and he seems very passive about the whole thing. - too much of a player's coach. But I just think it would be horribly unfair for him to go but Ryan stays. Ryan deserves to go. But, I really caution against "change for change sake" type of moves. As a life long T-Wolves fan, this has burned us in the past. That is how we lost KG, Flip, and brought in disasters like Kahn. I don't trust the Pohlads to bring in the right talent in the FO to get us out of the mess. They seem to be a pack of second generation gadflies relying on their Father's team to manager their inheritance. So....Stay the course! All other options are worse.
  25. clutterheart
    Sigh This whole thing Stinks. Anderson probably isn't the best pitching coach. But don't forget Don Cooper is a pretty highly regarded coach who couldn't "fix" Liriano too. I mean....what's a pitching coach to do? The starting pitchers are not good. Anderson has to work with who he has. And let's face it, none of his pitchers could be a #2 guy on any other team. - regardless of coaching. I could buy into the idea that Anderson probally needs to go but...its not fair to blame him for the train wreck that is the Twins pitching staff. The fault lies with Ryan.
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