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  1. clutterheart
    While I agree that the Ryan's plan is to wait out this bad patch, I am not sure how they are mishandleing Hicks & Arcia. I think both are going to go to Spring training and if they play well, it would be shocking f they both don't see time on the 25 man roster next year. Further I am not unhappy at all to hear that Gibson would get reduced innings. His long term health is more important. But in the unlikely event they team plays well out of the gate next year and is contention, hopefully they take steps to have him avaiable for the playoffs. (By limiting his innings in Late July & August)
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    Great article. Arcia's stats are far superior to Garcia with more power. The future is verybright for Arcia BTW can we please stop the notion that he can come up and be handed a starting job before we even get to spring? We have no idea how he will fare against MLB pitching. No need to rush him
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    105+ MM USD is where I want it to be but really it doesn't matter. The Team needs to spend money smart and with a target approach. The whole point of the stadium was for the team to get extra revenue and use it to cover up mistakes that would have killed them when they were in the dome. The team needs to spend what it thinks will bring a team who won't embarrass the fans and a pitching staff that actually give the team a chance to win. Hopefully Ryan uses his scouting ability to find guys who can help the team, target them and spend the money needed. With their payroll they can afford just about anyone. There is no long term super stars on the roster who are going to need a huge pay raise in the next 3 years. So the team knows where they will be in the next 3-5 years salarywise. If he thinks Grienke can help the team, get Grieke, they have the money to do it. Same thing with about 3-4 other guys. Forget the money limits and find the guys who can stop this club from becoming an embarrassment. I am not asking for a team of all-stars...just a pitching staff that doesn't make me surprised when they go 5 innings and only let in 3 runs
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    Jester is awesome. I love watching him play. I never understood it too.
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    Seth Any idea on his velocity and pitches he was throwing?
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    It would take a very high quality prospect to land Shields. Johnson might be cheaper but they would a player like Hicks not Revere
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    Next year Twins will have 1 pitcher on this list - Berrios. With the #4 draft they are sure to get 1 or two more quality arms. Also E-town and the GCL twins had some nice very young pitchers with some nice years. Players like R. Rosario that Taiwansee kid and a few others are Twins prospects to watch next year. I feel like the future is very bright.
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    White Sox have an some interesting young pitchers and a willingness to spend a lot of money. They haven't let a few bad contracts destroy their organization. Their GM is brash and they take huge risks. They seem to ask for accountability. I wish i was a white sox fan.
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    One thing to note in the GM handbook, the Twins have money to spend with a lot coming off the books this year AND no player on their roster will require a significant investment in the next 3-5 years. So if they sign a pitcher for 4 years 20 Million, it would not cause them to lose any young superstars on their current roster to FA. Twins need 2-3 Starting Pitchers & maybe a MI if there is one to be had 1 Staring Pitcher 20 Million a year makes the payroll around 90 Million 1 Starting Pitcher 8 million a year makes the payroll around 98 Million With a million or two to spend for a decent MI bench player or a flyer on a project makes the payroll around 100 million. Unless they plan to cut payroll down even further, this team has the long term room to get some decent starting pitchers if they choose to.
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    I was.about to go check the 2013 FA SS and give a nice response with outside the org options. Then I remembered which team i follow.
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    Leaving out 2011 leaves you open to the charge of cherry picking, as that is when the sentiment changed due to the mysterious injuries, unsourced quotes, and an unprofessional training staff. He had a weird attitude that year and his agent / PR team / GM / Coach did him no favors. Black Marks are hard to erase, he needs playoff success to win the fans the back. Hope the new GM backs him up with pitchers so he has the chance.
  12. clutterheart
    What?!? Please elaborate. You can't just throw that out there. You don't have to divulge your sources but it would be great to hear more on that nugget you dropped.
  13. clutterheart
    They keep showing that the bats are enough to at least win the central division. But Ryan keeps bad mouthing the line up because he wants to continue to lower expectations so he doesn't have to justify not spending any money this offseason. But in my opinion they are two quality starting pitchers away from contention.
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    No. The Twins are trailblazers here. They are cutting payroll while the ballpark is still brand new. Most teams use new ballparks to increase payroll while the Twins cut payroll in the attempt to bring revenue to a manageable level. They were spending too much money on green eye-shades, carbon paper and new technology like abacuses. The Pohalds are trying to copyright this strategy with the tagline: Think Different
  16. clutterheart
    Any idea where Buxton and Berrios fit in next year? Some people are putting Buxton in front of Sano. But I would disagree.
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    Folks, please understand Parmelee is NOT a substitute for Willingham or Doumitt Willingham is Right Handed and Doumit is a Switch Hitter. Parmelee hits Left Handed and the Twins need a convincing threat the right side. Span or Morneau have to go for him to get playing time. And I for one dread an OF consisting of Parmelee, Wllingham and Revere. This would be a bad defensive OF.
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    Pugh is a different case. He was tried at AA last year a few times and failed but it was his first full year as a bullpen guy so there was an adjustment. He came in this year and had his first good stats at AA. He threw a no hitter a few years ago as a starter so he could be a good pitcher at some point. But for now I am happy for him to stay at AA. Slama has been doing it for years. It doesn't mean Slama will be any good, but he seems to have earned his chance to at least show the Organization what he has.
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    Ryan has always been conservative so I am not shocked that Hicks and Arcia were not given an opportunity. It sends a signal to me that Ryan does not plan to trade Span, Revere or Willingham in the offseason. Instead I think they expect to start the year with Hicks and Arcia at AAA. If Ryan was planning on trading one of those guys, they might have called these guys up to give them a taste. Slama is just a big headscatcher to me. I am sure that he beat up Toby and stole his lunch money in the minors. Toby cried to Gardy and Slama wouldn't give the money back despite Gardy calling Slama's parents.
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    When his reasoning is based on fallacies, I think its more shocking that anyone WOULD appreciate his reasoning
  21. clutterheart
    I think I am in the majority when I say: WTF
  22. clutterheart
    Michael has done nothing to be promoted to AA. If he gets promoted it will be only because of the bonus money the team threw at him. Keep him at FM next year. Grimes had a poor offensive year so Beloit does not have an obvious SS bearing down on him. So Michael has one more year to prove he can play. But if AJ Peterson gets promoted I would expect him to out play Michael.
  23. clutterheart
    We will see. The offense should be good but the pitching staff will have a lot of 2012 draft picks being starters for their first full seasons and that could be a dicey affair. The organization is looking strong when it comes to hitters but its pitching still looks very weak. Hopefully Berrios will be the star at Beliot next year with someone like Mark Appel as his wing man after the 2013 draft.
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    Great write up Seth I noted this at Twinkietown but thought I would post here as well: The average age of the Royals was 20.5 while the Twins are Twins 20.3 This is not the typical case of Twins sending a bunch of polished College players out and beating up kids. This is a young team beating the Royals who have had top draft choices for the last decade. The Royals feature one of the games top prospects in Bubba Starling and some good pitchers as well. Two 2 out HRs, one to tie the game and 1 to win it. What a fun game to follow.
  25. clutterheart
    Twins are bound to have another top 4 draft pick next year. So hope they can get a few more pitchers and infielders next year too.
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