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I agree. Why bother with a Twins game report in an article called Twins Minor League Report? They are usually the weak point of the article anyway.

Some things to consider: Morneau and Parmelee are essentially redundant. The Dodgers reportedly preferred Morneau to Gonzalez. They gave up a lot of talent and took on a ton of bad contracts to get Gonzalez. There is some demand for him. Morneau is healthy now. There is a non-zero risk that he won't be healthy at the trade deadline. The Twins have many other needs besides pitching. Like SS, 2B, and LF (assuming Willingham DH's or is traded). The Twins can eat some or all of his contract. There is a possibility the Twins can resign him for 2013. If they want to.

OK, I've got to work on proof reading. I just can't paste from Word. 1. Did you support trading Justin Morneau before last season’s trade deadline? Yes. Especially if it would have meant getting Allen Webster, Rubby de la Rosa, and one year's salary savings. [And Yes, I play one year's salary savings both ways.] 2. What do you think Morneau’s slash stats will be in 2013 if he plays half ofhis games at Target Field? Based on his 2012 numbers without June: .276/.349/.468/.817 Phil Mackey thinks .279/.353/.496/.849. I was thinking something like that before last September. That would likely take some bounce back in his vs LHP split. Imagine what Morneau's line would be like if he played half of his games in Camden Yard or Rangers BPIA. 3. What do you think Chris Parmelee’s slash stats will be in 2013 if he plays half of his games at Target Field as a regular? .270/.340/.470/.810 FWIW, Phil Mackey says .260/.338/.432/.770 4. What do you do with Parmelee if Morneau is still a Twin? I assign him to Rochester. To me, he's unacceptable in OF. As is Willingham, when I have a perfectly good DH slot for him. 5.Do you support trading Morneau this off-season? What would you expect to get in exchange? Yes. Because he's healthy now. I don't know if he will be healthy at the deadline. I think I would target Baltimore and Tampa Bay, but I don't pretend to be an expert on trade values. The Twins have two things Tampa Bay needs desparately. A legitimate 1B available and money so they can afford the 1B. Could they turn Morneau and $11M into Wade Davis, Ryan Roberts, and what? The Orioles have a surplus of pitching. They don't necessarily need the money because they are talking about pursuing Josh Hamilton -- how unlike Peter Angelos? Imagine though if they got Morneau for no $ cost -- just Jake Arietta. And maybe Brian Matusz. 6. Do you support trading Morneau later – before the next trade deadline? The only reason for not trading Morneau if he is tradeable (not injured) is if the Twins are in contention. He might be worth a draft compensation pick, but then he would be worth a lot in trade.

On 11-Oct,Seth asked: “When can the Twins compete again?” How you answer that question affects the answer to the question: What to do with Justin Morneau? [Not tomention Josh Willingham.] Or is it the other way around? So let’sdiscuss Justin Morneau – again. 1. Did you support trading Justin Morneau before last season’s trade deadline? 2. What do you think Morneau’s slash stats will be in 2013 if he plays half ofhis games at Target Field? 3. What do you think Chris Parmelee’s slash stats will be in 2013 if he playshalf of his games at Target Field as a regular? 4. What do you do with Parmelee if Morneau is still a Twin? 5. Do you support trading Morneau this off-season? What would you expect to get in exchange? 6. Do you support trading Morneau later – before the next trade deadline? JustinMorneau is what he is – past his prime, injury-prone, relatively expensive at$14M per year in a contract that expires after 2013. At the same time, he is better than any 1Bavailable in the free agent or trade market. And thereare at least 6 teams in the market for a 1B: Baltimore, Boston, San Francisco, Seattle,Tampa Bay, and Texas. Of course some ofthose matches work only if the Twins are willing to eat some of that $14Mcontract. And that could be the Twins’secret weapon. After all, one year’ssavings is likely to go to the Pohlads. On 25-Aug,shortly before the waiver trade deadline the Dodgers traded with the BoSox for1B Adrian Gonzalez when their stated preference was Justin Morneau. In order to get Gonzalez, they had to eat alot of bad contracts and give up Allen Webster and Rubby de la Rosa. Is that a fair trade or an example ofdeadline frenzy? http://www.baseballamerica.com/today/majors/trade-central/2012/2613953.html We don’tknow what the Dodgers were offering for Morneau. Given the bad BoSox contracts eaten, I thinkthe Twins could have turned Justin Morneau + Jamey Carroll + 2 month’s salaryinto Webster and de la Rosa and 1 year’s salary savings. Does that seem reasonable? Would you have done that? _____________________________________________________ In 2012,in his second year coming back from concussion and other injuries, JustinMorneau appeared to be regaining some semblance of his All-Star form in Julyand August – at the trade deadlines. And then September happened. No one seems todiscuss Justin’s September. Morneau put up the following monthly splits: [TABLE=width: 288] [TD=class: xl65, width: 64, bgcolor: transparent, align: right]Month [/TD] [TD=class: xl66, width: 64, bgcolor: transparent, align: right]AB [/TD] [TD=class: xl66, width: 64, bgcolor: transparent, align: right]AVG [/TD] [TD=class: xl66, width: 64, bgcolor: transparent, align: right]OBP [/TD] [TD=class: xl66, width: 64, bgcolor: transparent, align: right]SLG [/TD] [TD=class: xl66, width: 64, bgcolor: transparent, align: right]OPS [/TD] [TD=class: xl65, width: 64, bgcolor: transparent, align: right]Apr [/TD] [TD=class: xl66, width: 64, bgcolor: transparent, align: right]74 [/TD] [TD=class: xl66, width: 64, bgcolor: transparent, align: right]0.23 [/TD] [TD=class: xl66, width: 64, bgcolor: transparent, align: right]0.313 [/TD] [TD=class: xl66, width: 64, bgcolor: transparent, align: right]0.459 [/TD] [TD=class: xl66, width: 64, bgcolor: transparent, align: right]0.772 [/TD] [TD=class: xl65, width: 64, bgcolor: transparent, align: right]May [/TD] [TD=class: xl66, width: 64, bgcolor: transparent, align: right]53 [/TD] [TD=class: xl66, width: 64, bgcolor: transparent, align: right]0.264 [/TD] [TD=class: xl66, width: 64, bgcolor: transparent, align: right]0.317 [/TD] [TD=class: xl66, width: 64, bgcolor: transparent, align: right]0.642 [/TD] [TD=class: xl66, width: 64, bgcolor: transparent, align: right]0.959 [/TD] [TD=class: xl65, width: 64, bgcolor: transparent, align: right]June [/TD] [TD=class: xl66, width: 64, bgcolor: transparent, align: right]95 [/TD] [TD=class: xl66, width: 64, bgcolor: transparent, align: right]0.232 [/TD] [TD=class: xl66, width: 64, bgcolor: transparent, align: right]0.298 [/TD] [TD=class: xl66, width: 64, bgcolor: transparent, align: right]0.316 [/TD] [TD=class: xl66, width: 64, bgcolor: transparent, align: right]0.614 [/TD] [TD=class: xl65, width: 64, bgcolor: transparent, align: right]July [/TD] [TD=class: xl66, width: 64, bgcolor: transparent, align: right]89 [/TD] [TD=class: xl66, width: 64, bgcolor: transparent, align: right]0.315 [/TD] [TD=class: xl66, width: 64, bgcolor: transparent, align: right]0.365 [/TD] [TD=class: xl66, width: 64, bgcolor: transparent, align: right]0.483 [/TD] [TD=class: xl66, width: 64, bgcolor: transparent, align: right]0.848 [/TD] [TD=class: xl65, width: 64, bgcolor: transparent, align: right]Aug [/TD] [TD=class: xl66, width: 64, bgcolor: transparent, align: right]105 [/TD] [TD=class: xl66, width: 64, bgcolor: transparent, align: right]0.314 [/TD] [TD=class: xl66, width: 64, bgcolor: transparent, align: right]0.345 [/TD] [TD=class: xl66, width: 64, bgcolor: transparent, align: right]0.505 [/TD] [TD=class: xl67, bgcolor: transparent, align: right]0.850 [/TD] [TD=class: xl65, width: 64, bgcolor: transparent, align: right]Sept [/TD] [TD=class: xl66, width: 64, bgcolor: transparent, align: right]89 [/TD] [TD=class: xl66, width: 64, bgcolor: transparent, align: right]0.236 [/TD] [TD=class: xl66, width: 64, bgcolor: transparent, align: right]0.351 [/TD] [TD=class: xl66, width: 64, bgcolor: transparent, align: right]0.315 [/TD] [TD=class: xl66, width: 64, bgcolor: transparent, align: right]0.666 [/TD] [TD=class: xl65, width: 64, bgcolor: transparent, align: right]Total [/TD] [TD=class: xl66, width: 64, bgcolor: transparent, align: right]505 [/TD] [TD=class: xl66, width: 64, bgcolor: transparent, align: right]0.267 [/TD] [TD=class: xl66, width: 64, bgcolor: transparent, align: right]0.333 [/TD] [TD=class: xl67, bgcolor: transparent, align: right]0.440 [/TD] [TD=class: xl66, width: 64, bgcolor: transparent, align: right]0.773 [/TD] [TD=class: xl65, width: 64, bgcolor: transparent, align: right]wo June [/TD] [TD=class: xl66, width: 64, bgcolor: transparent, align: right]410 [/TD] [TD=class: xl66, width: 64, bgcolor: transparent, align: right]0.276 [/TD] [TD=class: xl66, width: 64, bgcolor: transparent, align: right]0.349 [/TD] [TD=class: xl66, width: 64, bgcolor: transparent, align: right]0.468 [/TD] [TD=class: xl66, width: 64, bgcolor: transparent, align: right]0.817 [/TD] [/TABLE] I calculated it without June because I thought there might be a special cause -- his wrist injury, IIRC. These are Morneau’s splits vs RHP/LHP for 2006-2012. [TABLE=width: 192] [TD=class: xl66, width: 64, bgcolor: transparent, align: center]YEAR [/TD] [TD=class: xl67, width: 64, bgcolor: transparent, align: right]vs RHP [/TD] [TD=class: xl67, width: 64, bgcolor: transparent, align: right]vs LHP [/TD] [TD=class: xl67, width: 64, bgcolor: transparent, align: right] Overall [/TD] [TD=class: xl68, bgcolor: transparent, align: center]2012 [/TD] [TD=class: xl66, bgcolor: transparent, align: right]0.902 [/TD] [TD=class: xl66, bgcolor: transparent, align: right]0.569 [/TD] [TD=class: xl66, bgcolor: transparent, align: right]0.773 [/TD] [TD=class: xl68, bgcolor: transparent, align: center]2011 [/TD] [TD=class: xl66, bgcolor: transparent, align: right]0.729 [/TD] [TD=class: xl65, bgcolor: transparent, align: right]0.400 [/TD] [TD=class: xl66, bgcolor: transparent, align: right]0.618 [/TD] [TD=class: xl68, bgcolor: transparent, align: center]2010 [/TD] [TD=class: xl66, bgcolor: transparent, align: right]1.113 [/TD] [TD=class: xl66, bgcolor: transparent, align: right]0.966 [/TD] [TD=class: xl66, bgcolor: transparent, align: right]1.055 [/TD] [TD=class: xl68, bgcolor: transparent, align: center]2009 [/TD] [TD=class: xl66, bgcolor: transparent, align: right]0.905 [/TD] [TD=class: xl66, bgcolor: transparent, align: right]0.836 [/TD] [TD=class: xl66, bgcolor: transparent, align: right]0.879 [/TD] [TD=class: xl68, bgcolor: transparent, align: center]2008 [/TD] [TD=class: xl66, bgcolor: transparent, align: right]0.928 [/TD] [TD=class: xl66, bgcolor: transparent, align: right]0.777 [/TD] [TD=class: xl66, bgcolor: transparent, align: right]0.873 [/TD] [TD=class: xl68, bgcolor: transparent, align: center]2007 [/TD] [TD=class: xl66, bgcolor: transparent, align: right]0.907 [/TD] [TD=class: xl66, bgcolor: transparent, align: right]0.694 [/TD] [TD=class: xl66, bgcolor: transparent, align: right]0.835 [/TD] [TD=class: xl68, bgcolor: transparent, align: center]2006 [/TD] [TD=class: xl69, bgcolor: transparent, align: right]0.950 [/TD] [TD=class: xl66, bgcolor: transparent, align: right]0.904 [/TD] [TD=class: xl66, bgcolor: transparent, align: right]0.934 [/TD] [/TABLE] These are Morneau’s September splits since 2006. [TABLE=class: outer_border, width: 288] [TD=width: 64, bgcolor: transparent, align: center]Year [/TD] [TD=width: 64, bgcolor: transparent, align: right]AB [/TD] [TD=width: 64, bgcolor: transparent, align: right]AVG [/TD] [TD=width: 64, bgcolor: transparent, align: right]OBP [/TD] [TD=width: 64, bgcolor: transparent, align: right]SLG [/TD] [TD=width: 64, bgcolor: transparent, align: right]OPS [/TD] [TD=width: 64, bgcolor: transparent, align: center]2006 [/TD] [TD=width: 64, bgcolor: transparent, align: right]115 [/TD] [TD=width: 64, bgcolor: transparent, align: right]0.348 [/TD] [TD=width: 64, bgcolor: transparent, align: right]0.402 [/TD] [TD=width: 64, bgcolor: transparent, align: right]0.487 [/TD] [TD=width: 64, bgcolor: transparent, align: right]0.889 [/TD] [TD=width: 64, bgcolor: transparent, align: center]2007 [/TD] [TD=width: 64, bgcolor: transparent, align: right]93 [/TD] [TD=width: 64, bgcolor: transparent, align: right]0.215 [/TD] [TD=width: 64, bgcolor: transparent, align: right]0.324 [/TD] [TD=width: 64, bgcolor: transparent, align: right]0.333 [/TD] [TD=width: 64, bgcolor: transparent, align: right]0.657 [/TD] [TD=width: 64, bgcolor: transparent, align: center]2008 [/TD] [TD=width: 64, bgcolor: transparent, align: right]103 [/TD] [TD=width: 64, bgcolor: transparent, align: right]0.243 [/TD] [TD=width: 64, bgcolor: transparent, align: right]0.298 [/TD] [TD=width: 64, bgcolor: transparent, align: right]0.398 [/TD] [TD=width: 64, bgcolor: transparent, align: right]0.696 [/TD] [TD=width: 64, bgcolor: transparent, align: center]2009 [/TD] [TD=width: 64, bgcolor: transparent, align: right]39 [/TD] [TD=width: 64, bgcolor: transparent, align: right]0.077 [/TD] [TD=width: 64, bgcolor: transparent, align: right]0.178 [/TD] [TD=width: 64, bgcolor: transparent, align: right]0.179 [/TD] [TD=width: 64, bgcolor: transparent, align: right]0.357 [/TD] [TD=width: 64, bgcolor: transparent, align: center]2012 [/TD] [TD=width: 64, bgcolor: transparent, align: right]89 [/TD] [TD=width: 64, bgcolor: transparent, align: right]0.236 [/TD] [TD=width: 64, bgcolor: transparent, align: right]0.351 [/TD] [TD=width: 64, bgcolor: transparent, align: right]0.315 [/TD] [TD=bgcolor: transparent, align: right]0.666 [/TD] [/TABLE]

On 11-Oct,Seth asked: “When can the Twins compete again?” How you answer that question affects the answer to the question: What to do with Justin Morneau? [Not tomention Josh Willingham.] Or is it the other way around? So let’sdiscuss Justin Morneau – again. 1. Did you support trading Justin Morneau before last season’s trade deadline? 2. What do you think Morneau’s slash stats will be in 2013 if he plays half ofhis games at Target Field? 3. What do you think Chris Parmelee’s slash stats will be in 2013 if he playshalf of his games at Target Field as a regular? 4. What do you do with Parmelee if Morneau is still a Twin? 5. Do you support trading Morneau this off-season? What would you expect to get in exchange? 6. Do you support trading Morneau later – before the next trade deadline? JustinMorneau is what he is – past his prime, injury-prone, relatively expensive at$14M per year in a contract that expires after 2013. At the same time, he is better than any 1Bavailable in the free agent or trade market. And thereare at least 6 teams in the market for a 1B: Baltimore, Boston, San Francisco, Seattle,Tampa Bay, and Texas. Of course some ofthose matches work only if the Twins are willing to eat some of that $14Mcontract. And that could be the Twins’secret weapon. After all, one year’ssavings is likely to go to the Pohlads. On 25-Aug,shortly before the waiver trade deadline the Dodgers traded with the BoSox for1B Adrian Gonzalez when their stated preference was Justin Morneau. In order to get Gonzalez, they had to eat alot of bad contracts and give up Allen Webster and Rubby de la Rosa. Is that a fair trade or an example ofdeadline frenzy? http://www.baseballamerica.com/today/majors/trade-central/2012/2613953.html We don’tknow what the Dodgers were offering for Morneau. Given the bad BoSox contracts eaten, I thinkthe Twins could have turned Justin Morneau + Jamey Carroll + 2 month’s salaryinto Webster and de la Rosa and 1 year’s salary savings. Does that seem reasonable? Would you have done that? _____________________________________________________ In 2012,in his second year coming back from concussion and other injuries, JustinMorneau appeared to be regaining some semblance of his All-Star form in Julyand August – at the trade deadlines. And then September happened. No one seems todiscuss Justin’s September. Morneau put up the following monthly splits: [TABLE=width: 288] [TD=class: xl65, width: 64, bgcolor: transparent, align: right]Month [/TD] [TD=class: xl66, width: 64, bgcolor: transparent, align: right]AB [/TD] [TD=class: xl66, width: 64, bgcolor: transparent, align: right]AVG [/TD] [TD=class: xl66, width: 64, bgcolor: transparent, align: right]OBP [/TD] [TD=class: xl66, width: 64, bgcolor: transparent, align: right]SLG [/TD] [TD=class: xl66, width: 64, bgcolor: transparent, align: right]OPS [/TD] [TD=class: xl65, width: 64, bgcolor: transparent, align: right]Apr [/TD] [TD=class: xl66, width: 64, bgcolor: transparent, align: right]74 [/TD] [TD=class: xl66, width: 64, bgcolor: transparent, align: right]0.23 [/TD] [TD=class: xl66, width: 64, bgcolor: transparent, align: right]0.313 [/TD] [TD=class: xl66, width: 64, bgcolor: transparent, align: right]0.459 [/TD] [TD=class: xl66, width: 64, bgcolor: transparent, align: right]0.772 [/TD] [TD=class: xl65, width: 64, bgcolor: transparent, align: right]May [/TD] [TD=class: xl66, width: 64, bgcolor: transparent, align: right]53 [/TD] [TD=class: xl66, width: 64, bgcolor: transparent, align: right]0.264 [/TD] [TD=class: xl66, width: 64, bgcolor: transparent, align: right]0.317 [/TD] [TD=class: xl66, width: 64, bgcolor: transparent, align: right]0.642 [/TD] [TD=class: xl66, width: 64, bgcolor: transparent, align: right]0.959 [/TD] [TD=class: xl65, width: 64, bgcolor: transparent, align: right]June [/TD] [TD=class: xl66, width: 64, bgcolor: transparent, align: right]95 [/TD] [TD=class: xl66, width: 64, bgcolor: transparent, align: right]0.232 [/TD] [TD=class: xl66, width: 64, bgcolor: transparent, align: right]0.298 [/TD] [TD=class: xl66, width: 64, bgcolor: transparent, align: right]0.316 [/TD] [TD=class: xl66, width: 64, bgcolor: transparent, align: right]0.614 [/TD] [TD=class: xl65, width: 64, bgcolor: transparent, align: right]July [/TD] [TD=class: xl66, width: 64, bgcolor: transparent, align: right]89 [/TD] [TD=class: xl66, width: 64, bgcolor: transparent, align: right]0.315 [/TD] [TD=class: xl66, width: 64, bgcolor: transparent, align: right]0.365 [/TD] [TD=class: xl66, width: 64, bgcolor: transparent, align: right]0.483 [/TD] [TD=class: xl66, width: 64, bgcolor: transparent, align: right]0.848 [/TD] [TD=class: xl65, width: 64, bgcolor: transparent, align: right]Aug [/TD] [TD=class: xl66, width: 64, bgcolor: transparent, align: right]105 [/TD] [TD=class: xl66, width: 64, bgcolor: transparent, align: right]0.314 [/TD] [TD=class: xl66, width: 64, bgcolor: transparent, align: right]0.345 [/TD] [TD=class: xl66, width: 64, bgcolor: transparent, align: right]0.505 [/TD] [TD=class: xl67, bgcolor: transparent, align: right]0.850 [/TD] [TD=class: xl65, width: 64, bgcolor: transparent, align: right]Sept [/TD] [TD=class: xl66, width: 64, bgcolor: transparent, align: right]89 [/TD] [TD=class: xl66, width: 64, bgcolor: transparent, align: right]0.236 [/TD] [TD=class: xl66, width: 64, bgcolor: transparent, align: right]0.351 [/TD] [TD=class: xl66, width: 64, bgcolor: transparent, align: right]0.315 [/TD] [TD=class: xl66, width: 64, bgcolor: transparent, align: right]0.666 [/TD] [TD=class: xl65, width: 64, bgcolor: transparent, align: right]Total [/TD] [TD=class: xl66, width: 64, bgcolor: transparent, align: right]505 [/TD] [TD=class: xl66, width: 64, bgcolor: transparent, align: right]0.267 [/TD] [TD=class: xl66, width: 64, bgcolor: transparent, align: right]0.333 [/TD] [TD=class: xl67, bgcolor: transparent, align: right]0.440 [/TD] [TD=class: xl66, width: 64, bgcolor: transparent, align: right]0.773 [/TD] [TD=class: xl65, width: 64, bgcolor: transparent, align: right]wo June [/TD] [TD=class: xl66, width: 64, bgcolor: transparent, align: right]410 [/TD] [TD=class: xl66, width: 64, bgcolor: transparent, align: right]0.276 [/TD] [TD=class: xl66, width: 64, bgcolor: transparent, align: right]0.349 [/TD] [TD=class: xl66, width: 64, bgcolor: transparent, align: right]0.468 [/TD] [TD=class: xl66, width: 64, bgcolor: transparent, align: right]0.817 [/TD] [/TABLE] I calculated it without June because I thought there might be a special cause -- his wrist injury, IIRC. These are Morneau’s splits vs RHP/LHP for 2006-2012. [TABLE=width: 192] [TD=class: xl66, width: 64, bgcolor: transparent, align: center]YEAR [/TD] [TD=class: xl67, width: 64, bgcolor: transparent, align: right]vs RHP [/TD] [TD=class: xl67, width: 64, bgcolor: transparent, align: right]vs LHP [/TD] [TD=class: xl67, width: 64, bgcolor: transparent, align: right] Overall [/TD] [TD=class: xl68, bgcolor: transparent, align: center]2012 [/TD] [TD=class: xl66, bgcolor: transparent, align: right]0.902 [/TD] [TD=class: xl66, bgcolor: transparent, align: right]0.569 [/TD] [TD=class: xl66, bgcolor: transparent, align: right]0.773 [/TD] [TD=class: xl68, bgcolor: transparent, align: center]2011 [/TD] [TD=class: xl66, bgcolor: transparent, align: right]0.729 [/TD] [TD=class: xl65, bgcolor: transparent, align: right]0.400 [/TD] [TD=class: xl66, bgcolor: transparent, align: right]0.618 [/TD] [TD=class: xl68, bgcolor: transparent, align: center]2010 [/TD] [TD=class: xl66, bgcolor: transparent, align: right]1.113 [/TD] [TD=class: xl66, bgcolor: transparent, align: right]0.966 [/TD] [TD=class: xl66, bgcolor: transparent, align: right]1.055 [/TD] [TD=class: xl68, bgcolor: transparent, align: center]2009 [/TD] [TD=class: xl66, bgcolor: transparent, align: right]0.905 [/TD] [TD=class: xl66, bgcolor: transparent, align: right]0.836 [/TD] [TD=class: xl66, bgcolor: transparent, align: right]0.879 [/TD] [TD=class: xl68, bgcolor: transparent, align: center]2008 [/TD] [TD=class: xl66, bgcolor: transparent, align: right]0.928 [/TD] [TD=class: xl66, bgcolor: transparent, align: right]0.777 [/TD] [TD=class: xl66, bgcolor: transparent, align: right]0.873 [/TD] [TD=class: xl68, bgcolor: transparent, align: center]2007 [/TD] [TD=class: xl66, bgcolor: transparent, align: right]0.907 [/TD] [TD=class: xl66, bgcolor: transparent, align: right]0.694 [/TD] [TD=class: xl66, bgcolor: transparent, align: right]0.835 [/TD] [TD=class: xl68, bgcolor: transparent, align: center]2006 [/TD] [TD=class: xl69, bgcolor: transparent, align: right]0.950 [/TD] [TD=class: xl66, bgcolor: transparent, align: right]0.904 [/TD] [TD=class: xl66, bgcolor: transparent, align: right]0.934 [/TD] [/TABLE] These are Morneau’s September splits since 2006. 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There are a lot of great ideas here. The problem is that don't generate as much commenting as they would if each had their own thread. Also, it makes referring to a plan problematical. Is there a way to systematize this next year -- like have each thread in the forum styled something like: 2013 Off-Season Blueprint - Lonestar

I would prioritize the bullpen in the sense that I want (at least) last year's productivity out of a 6-man bullpen instead of a 7-man pen. Right now it looks like they have a 4-man bench made up of Butera/Herman, Dozier/Escobar, Parmelee, and Mastro. The bench and the defense just gets worse if they trade Span and insert Parmelee into RF.

Delete reference to Span. Like Kab pointed out, they have Jennings.

I think you should add Jake McGee and Jeff Niemann to that list - also relegated to the bullpen in Tampa if they don't trade Shields. If the Twins could see Niemann pitch and have him pass a rigorous exam, he would be interesting. McGee has been relegated to LOOGY but has good splits and started in AA. Morneau and $11M for McGee and Niemann? Or McGee and Davis. Span and _________ for McGee and Niemann?

I hope I conveyed to Seth that I respectfully disagreed with him. And while I don't deny Colabello had a good season relative to his league, look at Kepler's. Drawing the line at 140 AB's because I didn't know where else to draw the line and focusing only on rate stats, Kepler was 13th in BA, 7th in OBP, 1st in Slugging, 3rd in OPS and 7th in Iso P. And why didn't Polanco get mentioned when he was Apply League MVP: 7th in BA, 6th in OBP, 6th in Slugging, and 4th in OPS as an 18-year-old shortstop. What you are implying to me is that if the Twins would have signed Manny Ramirez to a AA contract and he would have put up better numbers than Arcia as a DH, then he would have been Hitter of the Year. I think you have to adjust for age relative to league and position. Or are you going to come up with a later list of MiLB Players of the Year. I wouldn't exclude players just because they are in short-season ball. Would we have done that to Sano, Rosario, or Arcia.

I'm guess Parmelee didn't make it because of the limited number of plate appearances. But Kepler and Roberts had better OPS than Colabello at younger ages. Colabello was 28 playing 1b in AA. I know he's a feel good story but he does not merit an honorable mention. Kepler was young for his league and played CF until Buxton was called up. Roberts is not young for league and was repeating (which may or may not have been a organization mistake). He played only one game in CF. Can he suffice in CF? If YES, he might be something more than an organization soldier. Describe Pinto as a defensive catcher.

When is the last time any teams exchanged elite prospects? Other than Ramos, when was the last time the Twins traded a prospect?

At first they viewed Slama as a ROOGY. Now they view him as a One-Inning Only guy.

Who would you feature at 2B and SS the rest of the 2012 season? Why?

Sorry, RPG, I misread. If Benson outperforms Hicks (with whom the Twins are clearly being deliberate) why add Hicks to the 40 man roster until after the season?