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  1. wsnydes
    If I remember correctly, Capps at the time had very similar numbers to Jon Rauch. I remember saying to myself that they just traded for a guy they already had.
  2. wsnydes
    I don't really disagree with anything you say. I think you laid it out pretty nicely as well. I don't see the money being the issue so much because it hasn't hampered the team for signing other players. I think that it comes into play more with the leash they're given though. They're salaries seemed to dictate that they'd get more slack to the detriment of the team. Now, they're performing so poorly that their salary becomes a hindrance in trade discussions. I never liked the Pelfrey re-signing at all. Regarding Hunter, he took time away from a guy like Arcia who should have been playing more than he was. I realize his injury and atrocious AAA play make this mostly moot, but you can't see that happening during the offseason. I agree, I doubt we miss Hu at all.
  3. wsnydes
    This is where I was last year. With that in mind, adding a reliever that doesn't help you become a legitimate contender made no sense. I was hoping they'd be sneaky good this year, and then make that type of deal. I do understand why they did it for the reasons you stated, but I didn't feel that they were in a serious position to really make a deal of that sort worthwhile.
  4. wsnydes
    I think most people that were okay with it also expected more to be done. I was in the boat that didn't want them to do anything because I felt last year was a mirage. They needed to stay the course for the future rather than detour for the short term. Stick with the long term plan (ha!), don't budge because you've somehow managed to find yourself within shouting distance of a playoff spot. In the end, TR did what he's been doing for years. He was stuck in neutral. Not advancing enough to be worthwhile, yet not really going backwards. In the end, I wonder how many of those that were okay with the deal were okay with it when they realized that's all that was done. At that end, what was the point of the move at all?
  5. wsnydes
    I think the inverse of this is true as well. TR has also committed to players he shouldn't. Extending Suzuki, Hughes, and Pelfrey would be the primary examples. As much as I loved having Torii around again from a fans perspective, it made little baseball sense.
  6. wsnydes
    I think most that want Dozier traded would like to see it for reasons that aren't knocking Dozier at all, myself included. The very reasons you state are what makes him valuable on the trade market. He could bring a decent to nice return, which would help rebuild this team faster. There also happens to be a top prospect in waiting that the organization has pegged at 2B. Those are the same reasons that Span and Revere were traded, it just didn't work out with Hicks. The returns on those deals is still up for debate as well. IMO, those deals were good at the time and either still are or can be. The other factor in this is that the team has squandered Polanco's options. They don't know what he can do at the major league level. This scenario has shades of Arcia, which a great many posters don't want to see repeated, again myself included. In order for a team in the situation the Twins are in, trading valuable veterans to bring in young talent and free up space for their in-house prospects is what needs to be done in order to revitalize things. I'm of the opinion that Dozier won't be a primary piece when this team becomes a legitimate competitor again, so why not use him to better the franchise now and in the future?
  7. wsnydes
    They've been fun to watch the last couple of weeks. There have been one or two blips in there where you just shake your head, but overall they've been enjoyable to watch. It's good to see the youth be the main catalyst too. I don't really believe that they'll continue on that pace, but it does give me something to look forward to for the second half. Hopefully a couple of the veterans are dealt and the youth movement continues.
  8. wsnydes
    I agree completely. A lot had to go wrong to get to this point, no doubt. I think a lot of the mistakes the FO made only compounded things. Many of the early struggles are a direct result of constructing a puzzle where the pieces didn't fit together. Molitor isn't blameless either, but his job was made more difficult because it was nearly impossible to put together an optimal lineup with what he was provided.
  9. wsnydes
    Recently, we're learning what it's like when they're clicking a bit too. They're supplementing the lineup enough to keep things moving along with Kepler and the veterans. The fact that they're hitting a little is a big reason this lineup has put up a ton of runs in the last week or so.
  10. wsnydes
    I'd argue that a team hoping to break 50 wins shouldn't have any value for a early 30's aged pitcher still owed $34M. He'd have more value to them on the trade market. He won't have any value to anyone by the time a team in this situation would have interest in that same pitcher.
  11. wsnydes
    I assume that it's more common, relatively speaking, in the minors for a pitcher to start both legs of a double header, but when was the last time that's happened in the majors?
  12. wsnydes
    Wuss. Where's your sense of adventure?!
  13. wsnydes
    Never heard of a Sharknado I see.
  14. wsnydes
    Ha! Now that I know I couldn't do. Way too many people out there and I enjoy the changing of the seasons. I'll leave you to enjoy LA! I have a good friend that lived out there for 5 or 6 years before he came back. He couldn't do it any longer.
  15. wsnydes
    I had a coworker in college from India. It was a particularly cold, cloudless, and sunny January day in Fargo and we were walking to lunch. It was his first winter in ND, and he looked out the window and commented on how nice and warm it looked outside. I stopped and looked at him for a second and crack a rye smile. I laughed and proceeded to explain to him that a cloudless, sunny day in January isn't something to celebrate in that part of the world unless you like it really cold.
  16. wsnydes
    I've had heat stroke, so heat is not my friend. Though, I wasn't a fan of heat before that either. Humidity is even harder on me. I've worked and camped in everything from -20 plus wind to 100 plus humidity. Even if I can't move dressed for -20, I can still function. It's hard to dress for 100+ and more difficult for me to function. I'm overly cautious in those conditions. To each their own obviously, but I'll take the cold.
  17. wsnydes
    That sounds pleasant...
  18. wsnydes
    If it got to that point, there likely would be plenty of pain and suffering on my part as well.
  19. wsnydes
    That's informative. Having only flown into DFW once in the early morning and upon walking outside immediately walked into a wall of humidity, I had simply assumed that my previous understanding of most of Texas was correct. I learned something today. I'll still take the -20. I'm not a fan of heat. At least it's better than a humid heat though.
  20. wsnydes
    "Game-time forecast: 95 deg F (but feels like 101)" But it's a wet heat... Ick. Give me -20 any day. At least I can put more clothes on. I can only take so much off without getting arrested. I don't really want to be arrested.
  21. wsnydes
    If you're talking about Barrio in LF, that was already a bar area. It just got rebranded. I'm with you, one new bar is unneeded but I get it. I'm 35 and don't really drink beer (whiskey!!!), but otherwise fit into your demographic and I have no interest in it. Even if I wasn't boycotting the concessions, I wouldn't then either. We simply don't go to a baseball game to drink. We're there to watch a ballgame. I know that we're in the vast minority. I'm more interested in the food options, but even those just keep getting spendier and spendier. We may have one drink at a game, but that's it. It does seem as though they're losing touch with what going to a baseball game should be about. You can have the beer and the bars, but you're just driving away families.
  22. wsnydes
    I'm in a similar boat, but I'm in market . I attend the games that I've already paid for, but refuse to buy more. I used to buy concessions at games almost every game we attended. Between the shear cost of those now and the fact that I don't want to give them any more of my money, I've stopped buying anything at all. I don't have kids, but I don't know how a family of 4 on an average income can afford to go to many games. Even kids days on Sunday's seem to have a dwindling following, but that could just be because of the putrid product. Target Field gets less family friendly with each passing year. It's an absolute shame.
  23. wsnydes
    Keeping making it hard for people to view said product and keep it affordable for families and that almighty dollar will disappear quickly in the not so distant future. kids are that future dollar.
  24. wsnydes
    It has gotten hard to believe any of their attendance figures. Sunday's game was similar. announced was 26k and I would bet that it was in the 18k-20k range as well. Those are the good ones. There have been a few games that I've been to where I'd venture to guess that it's around half of what they announce. Games that have had decent crowds, Toronto in particular, turn out to be home games for the opposition.
  25. wsnydes
    Where is Buxton? On the way to AAA to make room for May?
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