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  1. howieramone2
    I had that same thought. Berrios needs X number of starts to be ready for the start of 2017, he doesn't need X+2 or X+3. No doubt TR, Antony, and our new GM would look at it the same way. The most important thing is to keep winning.
  2. howieramone2
    The only member of the team who doesn't pass the eyeball test is Brooks Sano, and I don't like the way Suzuki handles the run game. We can contend with these defenders in 2017, depending on how the Brooks Sano situation shakes out. This is off topic, but next time you're at the ballpark, try striking up a conversation with the fan next to you on pitch framing.
  3. howieramone2
    Duffey. The big picture is we need Berrios to go into ST penciled into the #4 slot. This is one of the few we really can't afford to miss on. It doesn't matter how they do it as long as they do. Plenty of time to end up with 15 starts in The Show.
  4. howieramone2
    Mike, I turned the game off. Did he pull an Alex Meyer?
  5. howieramone2
    At this point in time, the only player I am concerned about at all is Brooks Sano. Flushing board favorites Pinto and Arcia at least showed our hearts are in the right place.
  6. howieramone2
    That makes one.
  7. howieramone2
    You can't compare a college pitcher, who was taken 3rd in the draft, to Berrios. I do agree at some point they do have to take their lumps, but not their first time in The Show. I believe it was Molly who said he was badly shaken and needed to regroup. At the time, he was the 5th youngest player in the majors.
  8. howieramone2
    The last thing a team learns how to do, is how to win. The best thing for Sano, Buxton, Kepler, etc. is to play to win right now. It doesn't matter if the player who can best help them win won't be here next season. It doesn't matter if another player has more upside, They need players who will help them win today. For the 25 players in the clubhouse, it's real. It's not fan board fantasy.
  9. howieramone2
    After 4 starts he was beaten up and had lost his confidence. I believe priority #1 is getting Berrios to Target Field. Whether it happens today, tommorrow, or the next day is immaterial, it will happen. In a late response, to one of you're earlier posts, Jim Pohlad has no idea who Berrios or Chargois are.
  10. howieramone2
    I heard last night, in the past 22 games, our starters ERA is 3.55. Our opportunity to lose 100 games, is slipping away.
  11. howieramone2
    This is what King Theo would call a small move. I wouldn't read too much into it.
  12. howieramone2
    TR didn't do Mauer. Correct me if I'm wrong, but you were one of the ones screaming the loudest for free agents in 2013. In August of 2013, I coined the phrase, the parade starts in 2015. I missed by 3 games. I predicted 90-72 this season. In 2010 or 2011, BA had an extensive article, by their standards, on the process of rebuilding small/mid-market teams. They said it would take a minimum of 5 years. 2017 is year 6. If we don't contend next year, I'll join The Dark Side.
  13. howieramone2
    I beg to differ. We have the most valuable commodity in all of baseball, which is young starting pitching. BA had 6 starting pitchers in our top 10.
  14. howieramone2
    When you have 4.2 billion in the bank, that minimizes the need to have traits successful people have.
  15. howieramone2
    Interesting. All 4 are board scapegoats.
  16. howieramone2
    I don't understand your fascination with age. All of them look just about average.
  17. howieramone2
    Anyone with 7000+ posts should know some of those contracts are not movable. My concern is those who will help us win in the near future, many of whom are board scapegoats. I would prefer not hearing next year at this time, our favorite team has lost 90 games 6 of the last 7 years.
  18. howieramone2
    You do realize they were teenagers when TR took over, right? When the new Angel GM took over he inherited Trout and Pujols. When the new Tiger GM took over he inherited Miggy and Verlander. The new Seattle GM inherited Cano. Who got the short end of the stick?
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    Bingo!
  20. howieramone2
    Seth, my first thought was here comes a salary dump. In the short term by the trade deadline, followed by additional moves in the off-season to minimize payroll. Do you think I'm overreacting?
  21. howieramone2
    Our troubles have nothing to do with catching. I'm guessing we add Berrios and another youngish starting pitcher to the rotation in 2017. I much prefer them throwing to Suzuki, than Murphy or Garver. Ramos is a pipe dream, and I wouldn't overpay an injury prone catcher.
  22. howieramone2
    Bingo!
  23. howieramone2
    The new Angels GM inherited Trout and Pujols. The new Tiger GM inherited Miggy and Verlander. Etc, Etc, Etc, That Bill Smith obtained the most positive parts of the teams future is a myth.
  24. howieramone2
    It really depends on what direction the Pohlads want to go. I'm guessing Antony is a placeholder, but since the trade deadline is just around the corner, we should have a good idea what his marching orders are by then. I have a feeling we are in for a salary dump. If then the Pohlads don't open up the checkbook this off-season, I could see a fan backlash. Are they looking to put money in, or are they looking to take money out? Sano, Buxton, and Kepler......we were so close.
  25. howieramone2
    We should see Berrios shortly, so he'll end up with not quite 20 starts this season. I never really cared when they called him up, as long as he received enough innings so we could pencil him in by ST. I think throwing in money is rarely a deal maker or breaker.
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