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  1. Vanimal46
    CUBBIES!!!!!
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    Agreed. I could see a role for Vargas if he mashed RHP as a LH hitter. An MLB career .693 OPS with a 30.7% K% as a LH hitter leaves very little to be desired. Add on top of that he's provides minimal defensive value... I'll take the chance on Park over Vargas.
  3. Vanimal46
    It's sad that we have to clarify "scorched earth" and Trump style scorched earth.... I get what you mean though.
  4. Vanimal46
    As much Clinton would salivate over the opportunity to go scorched earth on Trump, I don't think she should. Trump is doing a mighty fine job on his own scorching his chances at the election. She doesn't need to feed the trolls in Trump's camp and go down to his level.
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    We still have this in inventory from Minnesota Twins Whine Line: Used Car Edition! http://stream1.gifsoup.com/view5/3192935/wacky-inflatable-waving-man-o.gif
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    Warren Buffett proves Donald's full of bleep once again by releasing his own tax information while currently being under audit.
  7. Vanimal46
    Brian Snitker sheds the interim tag, and will remain the Braves manager for 2017. They went 59-65 under his watch after Fredi Gonzalez was let go.
  8. Vanimal46
    Very much open to exploring the market for both Erv and Dozier. If the Twins can get an established MLB starter for Dozier, or near ready MLB prospect for Santana I'd say do it. I'm tired of Plouffe.... No longer want him taking at-bats away from other players, and don't believe in the dream that he could be traded at the deadline. The dream scenario is if Mauer decides enough is enough and retires. That dream will probably not come true, so his role is demoted to PT. 300-350 at-bats should be the target.
  9. Vanimal46
    I'm seeing a very large auto-play video ad of the new Benedict Cumberbatch movie this morning. Located between the 1st and 2nd most recently updated threads on Minnesota Twins Talk and The Sports Bar.
  10. Vanimal46
    Investing in the defense by finding a defensive catcher and SS, absolutely agree. Rolling with Mejia, and the trade acquisitions from Dozier/Santana, I'm not on board with. I'd rather have those guys in AAA beating the door down deserving of a call-up instead of planning on them making the rotation sink or swim. EDIT: At least at the beginning of the season... By June/July, it may be a different story. Just feel like we've been burned too much over the last couple of seasons by assuming the awesome RP and SP prospects are just a couple months away... We're still waiting for Burdi/Melotakis/Reed/Jones when supposedly they were ready by June 2015.
  11. Vanimal46
    In fairness, what were the other options besides the FA mercenaries this season? I was all on board for Jose Berrios receiving the Kris Bryant treatment and getting him up ASAP. Unfortunately he was not ready for the MLB, and was the team's closest prospect to being ready. I think we're all arguing for the same thing... To take a chance on a lottery ticket such as Brett Anderson to potentially flip for something else in July. Maybe a guy like him does get a 3 year deal, and if so, good luck to whichever team made that decision. Personally, I think this team needs to hedge their bets with better alternatives than Pat Dean and Andrew Albers in case if Mejia/Gonsalves/Berrios implodes in 2017.
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    They've been playing a lot of kids the last 2 years... Hell, they could pencil an entire lineup of players 27 and under if they want to. I'm just not that comfortable penciling kids in rotation spots without hedging our bet with someone else. Still feeling the burn of Duffey and Berrios' very bad seasons with Dean and Albers as a backup plan.
  13. Vanimal46
    Agreed. This last season was particularly bad on the injury side, but most any season, a team needs 5-6 MLB quality starters, and 3-4 fringe MLB players (top prospects) to prevent the Albers and Deans of the world from seeing an MLB field. Right now the Twins have 4 MLB experienced potentials (E San, Gibson, Santiago, May) and 3 fringe MLB starters (Mejia, Berrios, Gonsalves) I've purposely left out Hughes until there's more clarity with his injury, and I don't know what to think about Duffey. I'd prefer not to have a Duffey/Berrios MLB implosion again, so Mejia/Gonsalves should be handled more conservatively. I see 1 or 2 short term fixes in the rotation until some of the fringe MLB players force the issue. If they do force the issue, then a Brett Anderson type can be flipped for something else in July.
  14. Vanimal46
    After 2 great wild card games, the divisional series has been full of yawns IMO. Hopefully the Championship series is more competitive.
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    I'm absolutely on board with this. A couple of things though: 1. Is he going to post this off-season? It's been very quiet on that front. 2. The last thing I see on MLB Trade Rumors (granted this was from May) is Otani wants to go to a team that will use him as both a pitcher and hitter. That screams NL, or the Twins could be the first AL team to use him as a DH on his off-days I suppose. There's a lot of hype behind Otani, and more than likely he's going to shatter Dice-K and Darvish's posting fee record.
  16. Vanimal46
    I would not tender Milone or Plouffe.
  17. Vanimal46
    Gamble on someone like Brett Anderson in FA - low salary, high incentives if he stays healthy. It could turn out to be a Rich Harden situation where he never sees the field as a Twin, but they need to do something. Improve the bullpen and C. Move on from Centeno / Suzuki and make a play for someone like Castro, Wieters. Trade Dozier for SP help. What's Falvey's track record in the international market? The Twins have never been in on signing Cuban free agents before. Could he change that?
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    Flonase is missing out on a big opportunity to be the official sponsor of Trump's sniffles during the debate... Trump when speaking about foreign policy sounds like me trying to wing a book report about "To Kill A Mockingbird" in high school... Trump appears to keep on appealing to his diehard fan base, but he's not attracting any one new to the group.
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    I've seen enough of Tracy Claeys running this program. There was a sliver of hope that Kill would be the guy to take the program to the next level... Claeys is certainly not the guy to do that. They're going to have to massively overpay a Les Miles type to come on board. Or throw another dart for a coach at a smaller school (maybe the NDSU coach?) and cross fingers it works. As far as the game yesterday, the offense was abysmal. It's borderline criminal to have Leidner throw 33 passes, and only give the ball to Brooks 10 times. Embrace who you are, a heavy run team, and give Brooks/Williams the damn ball.
  20. Vanimal46
    Don't feel bad. This is a much better thread!
  21. Vanimal46
    Watching Walker would have been more embarrassing IMO. Beresford at least had years of data under his belt where his K% ranged between 10-15%. I don't think of him as a question mark. I think of him as someone who's still 1-2 years away from being considered as an MLB option.
  22. Vanimal46
    By all means, please find any example of a player who has that high of a K rate in the minors that translated to the MLB. What we would discover right now, is that Walker would get embarrassed by MLB pitching day in day out.
  23. Vanimal46
    Sano's K % in the minors ranged from 21.3-29.3. It was at 23.8% before he was called up. Now we're seeing 35% in the majors. Buxton's minor league K % ranged between 17.2-27.8. So what should we expect from Walker if he has a 38% k rate in AAA? 45-50%? I'm not holding Walker to a different standard. If he's striking out this much in AAA, he's going to be an automatic out in the majors.
  24. Vanimal46
    It's the same song and dance with ABW... He's going to have to cut down that 38% K rate in order to get the chance to beat up on good teams/pitchers.
  25. Vanimal46
    Set your DVR to http://www.bimmerfest.com/photos/data/500/espn-8-the-ocho.jpg
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