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  1. Vanimal46
    Anyone at College Football Game Day?? Looks frigid in the home land today.
  2. Vanimal46
    I like Big Mike and thought he was the best pitcher on staff heading into the playoffs. He would have been at worst the game 2 starter, preventing Dobnak from being tossed to the wolves in Yankee Stadium... If people are still mad about the timing of the suspension I've got no rebuttal to it... The timing couldn't have been worse for a playoff team. What are the Twins going to do when he's suspended the first 40 some games in 2020?
  3. Vanimal46
    Those bleachers look totally safe!!
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    Crazy. I thought he wouldn't get signed until February or March. Maybe that was his fear too and jumped at this opportunity. Good for him. Glad it wasn't the Twins investing another 3 guaranteed years for him.
  5. Vanimal46
    They found success in our disappointing pitchers last season (Lynn). I guess they're going back to the well for more!
  6. Vanimal46
    Shocked that his market is heating up this early in the winter...
  7. Vanimal46
    Do you believe in miracles?? YES!
  8. Vanimal46
    This is a new one I haven't heard before... So Tyler Jay's mid 90s fastball with late movement and plus slider meant nothing? Just his draft status earned him high praise on this website. Got it. And we're ready to crown Duran the better prospect based on performance? The 4.86 ERA in 7 AA starts so far? This argument is bizarre.
  9. Vanimal46
    A bit of revisionist history here... The number 5 Twins prospect in 2017 according to TD isn't much of a prospect? "I was going to say the opposite on Jay. I think his floor is dominant, late-inning left-handed reliever. His ceiling is #2 starter..." - Seth Stohs "The ceiling is there, if he can command his changeup and prove himself in the durability department, for Jay to become a quality mid-rotation starter in the majors. But what really bolsters his prospect status is the relatively high floor. There is little doubt the hard-throwing lefty can succeed as a reliever in the majors. Baseball Prospectus, in naming him the organization's second-best prospect, suggested he could even become a "poor man's Andrew Miller."" - Nick Nelson "...the plan for 2018 isn’t much different than it would have been in 2017 provided he was healthy. If he’s performing he could be a quick mover, with the Twins bullpen in sight before September rolls around." - Steve Lein I would love for one of these dominant back-end reliever floors come true one day.
  10. Vanimal46
    Are your big toes considered the "thumb" of your foot? If so, he should do everything he can to protect them!
  11. Vanimal46
    "Dominant back-end reliever looks like his floor right now" might as well be the kiss of death for Twins pitchers. Still waiting for Tyler Jay's dominant back-end reliever run with the Twins... That was his floor. I believe Fernando Romero also has that same floor of dominant back-end reliever... One of these years we'll remember to stop putting the cart before the horse when talking about prospects!
  12. Vanimal46
    The most valued resource in baseball. Got it. Teams don't exactly trade young, controllable pitching away.
  13. Vanimal46
    I love Black Friday deals!
  14. Vanimal46
    Echoing a lot of what's been said already. It's one thing to be added to the 40 man. It's another thing to produce while you're on the 40 man. Why are we putting the cart before the horse claiming these are "big hauls"? We've already seen plenty of players come and go on the 40 man during the Falvine regime. Also, it's not exactly breaking news that Falvine strongly prefers their acquisitions over the existing players from the past regime.
  15. Vanimal46
    Mr. Robot dropped the best TV episode of the year on Monday... That show is legitimately great and under appreciated just like The Americans.
  16. Vanimal46
    Concur! Even Detroit can't punt on a roster spot all season. He'd challenge Chris Davis for most consecutive PAs without a hit. https://mlb.nbcsports.com/2019/04/13/video-chris-davis-snaps-0-for-54-streak-with-rbi-single/
  17. Vanimal46
    The Raley add is redundant as the 40 man currently stands today. Pretty good bet 1 or 2 corner OFs are traded this winter. Jax is probably the only other player who will get selected in the rule 5 draft. Javier sticks and hopefully makes the decision more difficult next year.
  18. Vanimal46
    Luke Raley, Dakota Chalmers, Jhoan Duran, Gilberto Celestino, and Travis Blankenhorn were the adds. Raley is redundant given the current status of the 40. Makes me think there will be a corner OF or 2 traded this winter.
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    For a buy low player I'd look at Givens from Baltimore. Good stuff but hasn't been able to harness it. I'd trade one of the many rule 5 eligible prospects for him.
  20. Vanimal46
    That also requires the bad teams somehow developing these very raw players. Javier would be horrendous as an MLB player next year. Horrendous.
  21. Vanimal46
    The Cinderella run to the final 4 playoffs may be over... But there's still a lot to play for. I'd love to see them play in the B1G championship game.
  22. Vanimal46
    Win win all around! Hard not to love this development.
  23. Vanimal46
    I posted in another thread I'm interested in Hamels if he's willing to do a Nelson Cruz like contract. 1 year + option year at a lower rate than the first year. At the very worst he could be cut if prospects show they're ready for prime time.
  24. Vanimal46
    Yep. We've seen so many lean years of Gopher football. This year has been a blast to watch. I was a little skeptical of PJ Fleck's schtick at the beginning, but he is the real deal.
  25. Vanimal46
    The Twins need to invest in a bullpen regardless. I was bothered before about Odorizzi's inability to pitch deep into ballgames... Then I realized the innings he does pitch are usually really good. He doesn't give up crooked numbers, and keeps the team in the game on most of his starts. There's a lot of value in a pitcher who can give you 5-6 good innings every 5 games.
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