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  1. Vanimal46
    My perspective on TR's All or Nothing mentality was he wanted ALL of Mike Pelfrey's years and sold him for NOTHING.
  2. Vanimal46
    U of M Regents Chair Dean Johnson voiced strong support for Tracy Claeys in the fish wrap west side. “But when you look at these matters, you have to look at the totality of the season, and 8-4 is very respectable,” Johnson said. “Tracy Claeys, in my opinion, has done a very good job. He’s assembled a great coaching staff with great values." “When all is said and done, stability is a good thing. Stability in any program — and yes, with appropriate adjustments — but you start changing out personnel, you’ve got these players who have to get to know new coaches. So I err on the side of stability.” So he's fine with mediocrity....
  3. Vanimal46
    Concur. Claeys should be let go on Monday. Even though this is technically his 1st full season as HC, I view it as his 6th year running the program. There hasn't been enough improvement to prompt an extension. As soon as he's out, I'm calling the NDSU head coach for an interview.
  4. Vanimal46
    Pedro Martinez... what a scrub. #3 pitcher at best since he's 5'11"
  5. Vanimal46
    He may or may not regress. There are plenty of catchers in their 30's that are doing a fine job behind the plate. Bottom line is this 3 year contract isn't going to cripple the payroll for the Twins. There's a solid 3 year window before Buxton, Sano, Kepler, Berrios, and pick your flavor prospect become multi-millionaires. This is a perfect time to pay a premium price for someone who they feel is going to help a young pitching staff, and bring stability to a positional need in the organization.
  6. Vanimal46
    If there's any consolation in that trade, Aaron Hicks was pretty bad too. So no blood lost in this trade battle. I do agree that the clock is ticking for JRM. He probably gets one more shot next year to prove he's a worthy backup. Otherwise he'll be AAA fodder and Garver takes over the backup spot.
  7. Vanimal46
    Thanks for helping me waste soooo much time during the week days... I wouldn't change a thing! This is an awesome community of people who love Twins baseball.
  8. Vanimal46
    Woah man... It's way to early for our minds to be blown like this. http://img.pandawhale.com/post-28553-Steve-Jobs-mind-blown-gif-HD-T-pVbd.gif
  9. Vanimal46
    Hope he is a defensive wizard behind the plate! Anything to help out a young pitching staff gets a thumbs up.
  10. Vanimal46
    Plouffe was a valuable piece for the roster when he was hitting in the .750 OPS range making $1-4 million. He's no longer valuable at $8 million without improvement at the plate, and declining skills in the field. I could see the Brewers or some other rebuilding team giving him a shot to start at 3B for 2 years in the $10-14 million range. He may have to wait until March to sign that kind of contract though.
  11. Vanimal46
    Nothing better than a good fall cleaning. Good luck to both of them. Keep it coming, Falvey & Levine!
  12. Vanimal46
    Concur with Nick. The Twins need a starting caliber C this off-season... Not sold on JRM or Garver as Option A to start the season. That being said, this list is gross. They need to aim much higher than this. Castro is the guy we all seem to have our eyes on. gSutter brought up some good potential trade targets with Plawecki / d'Arnaud in New York, or one of the 3 C in San Diego. If Castro can't be had, call up San Diego, who's in tear down mode, and toss a prospect or 2 their way for Hedges, Norris, or Bethancourt.
  13. Vanimal46
    He's another year older and hasn't progressed past AA is my guess.... Wouldn't lose any sleep if he were drafted by another team again.
  14. Vanimal46
    Sano and Berrios are the top priorities for bounce back seasons since they're integral players for the future. The Twins need any and all pitchers to do well, so let's go Gibson! Plouffe's gotta go.
  15. Vanimal46
    I know the NFL is experiencing a lack of good QBs in the league.... But if Leidner is in a QB competition 5 years down the road, shut down the NFL.
  16. Vanimal46
    For all of the Jason Castro fans, per Mike Berardino on Twitter: #MNTwins and Jason Castro's rep had "agreed to reconvene" next week, I'm told. Target Field meetings w/senior scouts should start Mon/Tue. And per MLB Trade Rumors: The Twins did meet with Castro’s representation during the GM Meetings this week, tweets Mike Berardino of the St. Paul Pioneer Press (via Twitter), though the two sides only discussed “general needs and wants” at the time. Sounds like they had a good first date. Will Falvey wait three days to call Castro and ask him out again?
  17. Vanimal46
    I understand that's what Falvey's focus is on, the long-term outlook of the organization and building the organizational departments. Isn't Levine supposed to be the one focused on the roster along with wheeling and dealing?
  18. Vanimal46
    Even though the Twins are standing pat here, this feels like a very risky proposition. We're assuming here that Ervin stays hot and keeps his value high until July... It could happen! Or he could have a clunker year too and lose that momentum we have right now. Same thing with Dozier, though I don't believe he's as risky as Santana to keep. Don't think there's a right or wrong answer, it just feels like we're taking on more risk doubling down on another very good season from Ervin and Dozier.
  19. Vanimal46
    Watching him hit was literally the only reason for people like me to turn on Twins games during the dog days of summer.
  20. Vanimal46
    If we finally see some of the awesome RP prospects that's been touted for years, I'll be a happy guy. I hate being this guy, but I don't think we'll see Gonsalves until September at the earliest, that is if there isn't a regression from last season. Jay I don't anticipate seeing at all. It's more important to build up his work load in the minors this season.
  21. Vanimal46
    Feels like we've been waiting 2 years for Plouffe's value to be at a point where it's acceptable to trade him... Frankly I'm tired of waiting for this magical moment to happen.
  22. Vanimal46
    There's a good 3 year window where the Twins can afford a FA premium contract before Sano, Buxton, Kepler, etc. are due to become multi-millionaires. Teams don't transform from 60+ win teams to 90+ win teams overnight. They have to make improvements, get a little better, before jumping back into a sustained contender.
  23. Vanimal46
    Castro or Wieters works for me. Standing pat with Centeno/JRM would be the worst decision out of all the possibilities IMO...
  24. Vanimal46
    Agreed on Plouffe. I'm also tired of the Plouffe will rebuild has value argument. I'm not comfortable at all with a Centeno/JRM platoon, and think it's crucial to sign a defensive minded C to help the rotation. Centeno was very, very bad defensively last season. He doesn't hit well enough to make up for his lack of defensive abilities.
  25. Vanimal46
    This is a very cool feature. Thanks for sharing with us little TD minions!
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