Vanimal46

Yeah he doesn't sound like a guy we can pin our hopes on to make an impact on the Twins. Unless he's a gold glove caliber C, I'm not too excited about a .650 OPS guy in AA.

Vargas will most likely be hitting 50 bombs a year in Japan or Korea next season. Nunez if everything goes right this year will be playing somewhere else. Dozier as well - if he can be traded I'm all for it. I'm also fine if D Santana is not tendered next season. OF - Buxton, Kepler, Grossman, FA Veteran OF - Depth: Rosario, Arcia IF - Mauer/Park, Polanco, Escobar, Dozier or Nunez (if one isn't traded), Sano - Depth: Beresford C - FA C, Centeno - Depth: Murphy, Garver/Turner

Hello? Bark? I'm not used to calling into the program here. Test... test. Thanks for filling in for me! Professional gadfly, and first time caller. I could use your wisdom here. You see, Miss Vanimal has been dropping hints all over the place lately that she wants to get a dog for us to share. We're what you call an expansion team for dog families. Since the Twins are my favorite team, I only know one way to acquire talent... By searching the waiver wire and acquiring anything with a pulse. Does that logic also apply to dogs? I'll hang up and listen.

There was also a grand slam bat flip controversy in the Miami vs. Boston College game yesterday. http://deadspin.com/miami-and-boston-college-clear-benches-after-grand-slam-1781900393

Woah, didn't even look to see the picture of Brett Favre I posted before had the F word on it. Sorry Moderators! http://cdnph.upi.com/ph/st/th/8091403190631/2014/i/14031930248035/WATCH-Bearded-Brett-Favre-campaigns-for-Thad-Cochran.jpg?lg=1

May I offer a suggestion so we can all recognize you at the game? Go ahead and have Mrs. Glunn paint Glunn - Head Moderator on your chest, then dance like this guy. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FSfadN29kP8

I'm assuming 25-30 HRs is Arcia's peak, given he has 400-500 ABs in a season. Some team will have him during a hot season where he does nothing but mash RH pitching. I just don't know how many bad seasons it will take to reap the rewards of 1 hot season. And I certainly don't want the Twins waiting around for that hot season.

I don't know, that's beyond my pay grade as a fan. But there's certainly a trend dating back to the Ortiz days of power hitters not really putting things together here. Lone exception I can think of is Morneau.

It could be a system/teaching/philosophy thing for power hitters struggling on the MLB team. In the case of Arcia, I just don't think he's that good. Some other team could probably use him as the RH platoon at DH or RF I suppose. That would be playing to his strengths. I can't see him hitting more than 25-30 HRs in a platoon role.

My interest in college sports overall has dwindled over the past couple of years, which is another topic we don't have to dive into. I'll get into college baseball a little more than I have in the past since the Twins are barely on the radar anymore, and I still enjoy watching baseball.

Yeah it's really bad. The only person I have a remote interest in taking a flyer on is Brett Anderson. But even he could be cooked since he's out for this current season.

My adrenaline would be through the roof driving on the autobahn. I'm pretty sure I would also be terrified of changing lanes or making any sudden movements traveling at 131 MPH.

I can't say I'm the biggest fan/supporter of College Baseball, but there was one game yesterday that had me hooked. For those that didn't see the Louisville vs. UC Santa-Barbara match up, you missed out on a great finish. Sam Cohen for UC Santa Barbara hit a walk-off grand slam that I'm sure he'll remember for the rest of his life. It was also hit off of a familiar name, Zack Burdi. http://www.sbnation.com/lookit/2016/6/12/11914270/uc-santa-barbara-stuns-louisville-with-a-walk-off-grand-slam-to-reach

There's no reason why he remains on the roster. Other than he once hit 20 HRs on a team that possessed less talent than this current team. It's coming up on 1.5 years since he showed that promising season, and these last 1.5 years he's been bad in the field and at the plate. I won't lose any sleep letting him go.

Pictured: TR finds a shiny new toy on the waiver wire... Little does he know it's the same type of player every time.

Pictured: AAA staff has a break-through with Eddie Rosario as they show him video of pitches he can take to earn a "Base on Balls" http://24.media.tumblr.com/f4472087f39983931e64b739c21d10c5/tumblr_mj1ugelTkQ1rkzjbto1_500.gif

Pictured: Checking in on Oswaldo Arcia, who's started 2 games the whole month of June so far. http://media3.giphy.com/media/AA68X2b1xDqcU/giphy.gif

Well I'm a guy, so....

In case your significant other is wondering what I'm wearing at 10:57 in the morning, ummmm... khakis.

I would hope I'm better than an insurance agent! To explain the gap between shows, well, Tim from IT switched phone providers on us... And... umm... He forgot to turn the phone off silent! We didn't know people were trying to call in!

ANND Welcome Back! To Minnesota Twins Whine Line. I was hoping we'd all forget about this little radio show, but we're back! By popular demand. Since we last checked in, the intern and I decided to take a vacation from radio to stock pile all of the SCORCHING hot Twins takes you will ever need. Let's discuss a couple of them before we get to the phone lines.... The Case for Joe Mauer as All-Star: Eduardo Nunez seems to be the hot name to make it to the All-Star Game. Boy are his stats PRETTY! But I'm here to tell you different. #VoteMauer. I'll tell you why. When we look back 10 years from now at Joe's resume, it will make a ton of sense that in his 13-14-15 year career, he made the All-Star game 7 times, MVP, and multiple batting titles. What will happen when we look back at Eduardo Nunez's resume?? Hmm, he made an All-Star team once? That doesn't sound too appealing to us. So #VoteMauer. Blocking TR's phone calls: All of these prospects are considered friends. They grew up in the system together. They're competitive with each other. Well, almost every single prospect had an MLB stint that lasted less than a week. Why would a prospect want to take that flight up to Minneapolis now? To get rocked and immediately sent back down? I'm proposing that they block TR's number from their cell phone, and just stay in Rochester until it's safe from poor handling of the youngsters. Special Guest Host? As Twins Whine Line gets back on the air, we've received interest in guest hosting the program! Will their be a special guest host coming on the air soon? Find out! We'll take calls in the order that they were received. You're on Minnesota Twins Whine Line, hello?

Couldn't agree more. From my point of view that's exactly what it looks like TR is trying to do - squeeze out another win or 2 in order to make this season not look like a complete disaster.

IMO these moves reek of a desperate FO trying to save their jobs. They're showing zero patience with prospects, and are trying to throw anything at the wall in order to keep their jobs going forward.

Check out Randal Grichuk as an example. Signed at 17 years old, got through A+ by his age 20 season, 1 full season at AA, most of the next season at AAA, then MLB debut at age 22. Still managed over 1000 ABs between AA and AAA.

I have no idea if Ramirez is better than Casey Fien... To be honest I didn't know who Ramirez was until this morning. Much like you I was hoping to see the young pitchers too. Figured the ETA for Chargois, Burdi, and the likes were June or July this year. Sounds like they're going back to the dumpster to keep the winning percentage above .300.