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  1. Ryan Atkins
    Per the report, the Twins "are mentioned by rival officials and agents". Of course agents are going to mention everyone, they want to make it seem like all teams are IN so you best blow us away with your offer. The more interesting part here is "rival officials". I really wonder where/who that came from? Because, you would think that any team official would prefer to make it seem like NO ONE besides my team is interested so you might as well accept our offer. Prefer Harper. I would love to see the crazy numbers Sano could put up if you had Harper hitting behind him.
  2. Ryan Atkins
    I fear the Twins may have missed their window with Kyle Gibson. I thought they should have extended him during last year's offseason. He has now put in 1.5 years of solid, consistent SP work. If he continues the path and has another good year in 2019, it is doubtful the Twins will be able to afford him on FA market terms.
  3. Ryan Atkins
    I hope for the best with Buxton and as others have said, I would be thrilled with a .250 average and his stellar defense in CF. I don't know what getting him "back on track" means. Has he ever really been on track? He has essentially had 2 nice months during the 2nd half of 2017 where he looked like a serviceable player. That seems more of an anomaly than his actual track record of struggling to make contact. If he learned how to bunt, he should at least be able to hit .200 and maybe that is even good enough considering how valuable he can be on defense. Baseball is hard! Just look at Carlos Correa who was drafted just after Buxton. He struggled mightily this year after three pretty solid years to start his career. I'm sure they are saying in Houston right now--if we can just get Correa back on track...
  4. Ryan Atkins
    Joe Mauer will be in the Hall of Fame
  5. Ryan Atkins
    That's a pretty solid plan / list of action items. On Buxton, I don't know why he or anyone else at this point should be thinking that you are robbing someone from millions who can't hit major league pitching. Yes, of course he could have an epiphany and become a serviceable as a hitter, let's hope so. Looking back to Opening Day 2017, it seems utterly silly now that Molitor thought he could be a #3 hitter at this level. On Rotation, agree 100%, Twins are in good shape if they can sign one top tier starter. I would also like to see Mejia in the mix for that #5 spot. Extend Berrios, this is a no-brainer. Roster and the corners. I can't be the only one who hopes that Mauer returns on a 2-yr deal. His defense at 1B has been outstanding (no Gold Glove last year was a crime) and is still in the AL Top 25 in hitting and over .400 with RISP. Not as easy to replace as some may think.
  6. Ryan Atkins
    1. Everything goes right for Kyle Gibson this year and he has a career year going 17-7. 2. Twins go 5-11 against Gardenhire-led Detroit, but have winning records against all other AL-Central foes.
  7. Ryan Atkins
    Has this been reported? Is this info released to the public? I'm curious as well simply because I have seen people assert that his strong 2nd half production was influenced by this drug use. How can one make this assertion without knowing when he tested positive? Also, does all it take for 80-game suspension is a single isolated test or does it require at least two positives within some time period? I feel bad for him, but also support these suspensions to ensure a clean game.
  8. Ryan Atkins
    ...and build on any lead they might get. They need to score first and never relinquish the lead.
  9. Ryan Atkins
    I am prepared to be OK with the Twins getting swept in the Division Series. But, please please please beat those stinkin' Yankees! Score early and often (remember how quickly that 3-0 lead turned into an 11-3 defeat last week? Ugh!)
  10. Ryan Atkins
    Bright lights, big city, big stage, big choke. It is so frustrating to see the endless missed opportunities, misplays, and bad fielder positioning that seemed to pollute this series more than most others. You can say that is all hogwash, and maybe it is, but this Yankee team simply isn't that good and I'm very surprised by the sweep. Nevertheless, I will gladly trade this sweep for a single game win if the Twins are fortunate enough to play the Yankees in New York in the wildcard game. The best chance for a win in this series was in game 1 with Santana pitching and that will be the Twins' likely wildcard starter. So, there's that.
  11. Ryan Atkins
    I believe that Joe Mauer is deserving of a Gold Glove award and to win it at multiple positions would be a really amazing accomplishment. I only know about these two players having done it: Darin Erstad won 3 GG (2 in OF and 1 at 1B) and Placido Polanco won 3 GG (2 at 2B and 1 at 3B). So, I think he would be the first catcher to accomplish the feat. Craig Biggio (HOF) won a Silver Slugger as a catcher and also was an All-Star as a catcher, but all 4 of his GG awards were as a 2B.
  12. Ryan Atkins
    My sample shows consistency and reliability. Yours shows a 4 month snapshot which is already wrong after less than 3 days. Dozier is now 7th in WAR (not 9th) for AL 2B. Ahead of such scrubs as Dustin Pedroia and Jason Kipnis. League-wide, if you're only interested in WAR, Dozier is ahead of the likes of Adam Jones, Miguel Cabrera, Andrew Benintendi, Ryan Braun, Mike Moustakas, Yasiel Puig, and Albert Pujols. Dozier (31 next May) will cost $9m next year. A bargain. Pedroia (34) will cost $16m and Kipnis (30) will cost $13.6m.
  13. Ryan Atkins
    Great article. I'm excited and hoping the Twins can win 5 in-a-row for the first time all season. One big reason CLE and KC are ahead is that they both had an 8-0 run while Twins were getting beaten up by a very good Dodgers team. If the Twins can string together their own run now, it should be an interesting September. Pitching continues to be a concern so it would be great if either Falvey picked up a good rent-a-pitcher or we luck out and Gonsalves comes up and goes 5-1.
  14. Ryan Atkins
    Mauer is proving to be one of the better fielding 1B in the league and he should continue to be good at working the count and getting on base. But a traditional power hitting 1B he is not. For 1B/DH, I wonder what Levine/Falvey have in mind for ByungHo Park & Kennys Vargas? Will Park get another shot? Will Vargas ever have staying power at the big league level? Do either have trade value? What do you do with these guys?
  15. Ryan Atkins
    Yes (answering the question), with all of the qualifications noted by others. With respect to Dozier, I don't see the logjam. You have an established better-than-average 2B who can play every day. Why would you want to indiscriminately dump him in favor of uncertainty and hope. Over the last 3+ seasons (2014-now), Brian Dozier is 3rd in AL in WAR, 1st in HR, 2nd in RBI, 2nd in SB, 2nd in Runs Scored. Extend Dozier and hopefully have Gordon starting at SS in 2019 (giving Polanco one more chance to prove himself next year).
  16. Ryan Atkins
    Correct. I was going to break apart each point, but this post is sufficient. They tried to trade Dozier when his value was higher than it is now and all they could get was Jose De Leon who has not pitched well this year and has been injured. That would have just been dandy. We'll see what happens. Dozier is not in the lineup today and Twins brass will surely try to get him pushed through waivers so they may test the waters again before August ends.
  17. Ryan Atkins
    Berrios was brilliant last night. As Eric Karros said on FS1, "he does not deserve to be down" in this game (when trailing 1-0). Maybe he'll win a 10-8 game soon to balance this one out. It was tough to watch the no-no broken up by a dribbler and then Max K. doing his Nelson Cruz impression (circa 2011 WS, almost identical play).
  18. Ryan Atkins
    He really deserves a gold glove this year. Since its voted on my managers and coaches (not the BBWAA), I have hope.
  19. Ryan Atkins
    All great points. I don't understand the zeal for trading Brian Dozier. As others have pointed out, there isn't much of a void at 2B across the league right now so demand is low and return would likely be disappointing. Dodgers wouldn't budge, in part, because they weren't competing with anyone else for Dozier. Meanwhile, I too don't believe there is a logjam at 2B in the Twins organization either--certainly not yet. There does seem to be a budding logjam in the OF with the emergence of Granite. It could be argued that we now have 4 everyday OF for 3 positions: Buxton, Rosario, Kepler, and Granite. It will be interesting to see how that shakes out.
  20. Ryan Atkins
    I don't think it would have been overturned, but it seemed worth the challenge being that it was a crucial run and already late in the game. When you challenge, does anyone know if you can you specifically ask that they look at whether the catcher was blocking the plate? I think that would be the only reason to overturn as I didn't see compelling evidence that the tag was not applied.
  21. Ryan Atkins
    Fortunately for him, he's only had to do that a handful of times in his career.
  22. Ryan Atkins
    The Twins have been equally poor at home. They need to learn how to win at home. It should be an advantage, not a liability. If their road domination were to continue, they would only need to play .500 at home to have a good chance at the post season. And most importantly, I agree, beat your central division foes.
  23. Ryan Atkins
    I would like to see them wait a bit longer. Maybe if they were to trade Escobar, then it could make sense to bring up Murphy as a 3rd catcher. But if we're starting to characterize a .232 BA at AAA as a "strong start", then it suggests he can't do much better than that. And those numbers probably drop at the big league level (down to say Castro/Giminez level). Either way, this seems a low impact decision whichever way they go. In unrelated news: Chris Herrmann (.185) hit a walk-off HR for the D-backs a couple nights ago. Folks, there just aren't many Buster Posey's out there. The 7th top hitting catcher in MLB is hitting a whopping .214
  24. Ryan Atkins
    Many great posts here already. My takeaways are: 1. Defense. Aside from the blown rundown of the busted squeeze play the other day, the D has been outstanding. 2. The strong early play from Jason Castro, Miguel Sano, and Jorge Polanco. So important when you have the likes of Buxton, Dozier, and Mauer starting slowly. 3. Pitching. The key to any team's success. Santana has lived up to being out #1. I was impressed with Hughes. Underwhelmed be Gibson and Santiago, but they did OK. Mejia, we'll see, deserves a few more starts. Bullpen is strong and I think that can continue if they don't get overworked (i.e., starters continue to do well).
  25. Ryan Atkins
    2nd best record in baseball (5-1) after week 1 gets you ranked #14 by ESPN -- LOL. Just behind them at #15 is Toronto (1-5).
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