Jump to content
Twins Daily
  • Create Account

sploorp

Provisional Member
 View Profile  See their activity

  • Posts

    162

  • Joined

  • Last visited

 Content Type 

Profiles

News

Minnesota Twins Videos

2026 Minnesota Twins Top Prospects Ranking

2022 Minnesota Twins Draft Picks

Minnesota Twins Free Agent & Trade Rumors, Notes, & Tidbits

Guides & Resources

2023 Minnesota Twins Draft Picks

The Minnesota Twins Players Project

2024 Minnesota Twins Draft Picks

2025 Minnesota Twins Draft Pick Tracker

2026 Minnesota Twins Draft Tracker: Picks & Bonuses

Forums

Blogs

Events

Store

Downloads

Gallery

Everything posted by sploorp

  1. sploorp
    Buxton is tearing it up at Chattanooga. I don't think he is going to be a minor league player for very much longer. Forget projections, his glove and his speed is elite and major league right now. Even if he comes up and stinks with the bat, because of the rest of his tools, I can't imagine him not being an improvement over what we have in center field right now. All winter I've been listening to posters complain about the team not investing in a center fielder. More and more I'm becoming convinced the team has believed they had one all along. I'm really loving the way the team is starting to come together and a Buxton promotion would be the icing on the cake.
  2. sploorp
    I was at work, so I had the game reduced and was listening more than watching, but my impression is that he was working things. I can't really point to anything specific about the pitches he was throwing or anything like that. All I can say is that it "felt" like he was throwing a bullpen more than a pitcher actively trying to prevent runs.
  3. sploorp
    I don't believe I'm the only one who's never seen the guy play, but people who have say he does just fine at third. I say put him on a diet if you need to, but let the kid play third until his performance demands it and/or a position opens up elsewhere. It's not like a potential championship is on the line or anything. The thought of Sano, Arcia and Vargas hitting back to back to back with Buxton, Santana and Rosario all in there somewhere is making me drool all over my keyboard.
  4. sploorp
    There are a lot of questions, but for me the number one thing is Hicks. Can he get it together enough to stay in CF? A productive Hicks would help solve a number of the teams problems, not just offensively, but in the field and on the mound too. It would also mean Santana stays at short. I wonder how much he would have to improve to stay at the position? I don't mean what he should do, but what would be the minimum he would have do to get a passing grade and stay with the team.
  5. sploorp
    Hicks hit .250 in the second half last year. Nobody doubts he can get walks. He's got some speed or he wouldn't be a center fielder. He also is a decent defender too. I would love to see him develop into a total stud, but as far as I'm concerned, he finally turned the corner and if he continues where he left off, he's plenty good enough to keep sending out there.
  6. sploorp
    I think it's Hicks' position to lose. At worst, it will probably be a Hicks/Schaeffer platoon. I'm hoping Hicks' second half stats weren't a fluke and that he really has figured it out. With Hunter joining Arcia in the corner spots, the team needs decent center field fielding more than ever.
  7. sploorp
    They all can't win more games. The wins have to come at somebody's expense. If all the teams in the central are better, it just means they will all beat up on each other and finish about the same. In spite of everything that people feel needs to be done, for me, the number one thing I will be watching is Hicks' bat. Will he hit well enough to stay in the line up everyday? He really showed signs of finally figuring it out toward the end of the season last year, so it's definitely possible. Beyond what that would mean offensively, a outfield defense with Hicks seemed much more capable than what they ran out there when he was sent down. Just that one thing alone could have such a positive affect on so much of what ailed the team last year.
  8. sploorp
    Every one of them, dates that will live on in Twins infamy and, until the day I die, I will always remember where I was and what I was doing when each of them broke ... ... I was on my computer at work, blowing off my projects and ready to reduce at a second's notice if the boss walked by.
  9. sploorp
    I was hoping this would happen! I'm one happy Twins fan today. I'm happy for Hughes because he deserves every penny and happy for me as fan because of what he brought to the rotation and will now continue to bring for an extra few years.
  10. sploorp
    I'm wondering if the Twins front office are thinking the same thing. Is it possible that Ryan & Co. think the team can contend this year?
  11. sploorp
    I totally agree on the middling pitcher statement, but as for the type of pitcher that could be lured here, the obvious to me would be a high upside guy coming of an injury. After how well Hughes worked out, I'll bet there's a lot of guys out there that could be swayed. My first pick would be Bret Anderson.
  12. sploorp
    This all came about so suddenly. Even Maddon claims he was unaware of the clause and seems genuinely unsure of his plans going forward. I can't help but feel that he's opting out only because he can and only has a small window of opportunity to do so. At 60, I could really picture himself comfortable where he and not eager to pull up stakes and start over someplace else. Anyhow, the long story short is I wouldn't rule out Tampa Bay as the team most likely to sign him. He could be just looking for a longer contract and a pay raise and isn't really serious about other teams.
×
×
  • Create New...