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  1. nicksaviking
    I don't want to see a single Twin in DR Winter League next year. The front office should already be figuring out how to break it to the young guys.
  2. nicksaviking
    Arcia is too young to platoon. If there are attitude or behavioral issues, a team imposed suspension or benching could be considered, though not if the issues are arrogance or over-confidence.
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    Agreed. Smith was largely known as a bean counter so it's doubtful he actually made any moves without thurough consultation. It would be interesting to find out who was involved in all those decisions. While Ryan had retired, he was still consulting with the team. For all we know, the good, the bad and the ugly may have all still been in part influenced even by Ryan himself.
  4. nicksaviking
    Dalton Hicks and I have a Cinderella story to finish.
  5. nicksaviking
    While this is on Santana, there doesn't seem to be any supporting evidence that any team other than the Twins were willing to give this guy more than a one year deal, and the Twins of course tried to sign him up for three+ years twice. I'd guess the other clubs were rightfully suspicious about his consistancy, age or his UCL, but for all we know, other clubs had doping suspicions, especially his former clubs who knew him much better. There's one thing that I've been thinking about today. I think it's pretty well understood that Ryan is well respected in the league, regardless if fans here think he should be replaced. I'd bet that normally GMs may warn other GMs they like about particular players, however, in this case Ryan probably would have been kept out of the loop. The Braves made a QO clearly to only get a draft pick as they made no further attempt to re-sign him, so John Hart wasn't going to be giving anyone a heads-up and Dayton Moore probably would feel compelled to keep his mouth shut so a division rival would be hurt by the consequences. And of course judging by how he handled himself with the Josh Hamilton situation, Jerry DiPoto has no friends and is a world class scumbag.
  6. nicksaviking
    Well let's just hope if contracts become voidable, teams would handle themselves as classy as the Angels are now with the Josh Hamilton situation.
  7. nicksaviking
    Well they already all claim they don't know how it got in their system so the excuses would be the same.
  8. nicksaviking
    You're not really going to start insisting on reasonable doubt? Did another club benefit from Santana last year? The Braves are under budget and were needing pitching going into the off season. The probably made no effort to sign him because they knew.
  9. nicksaviking
    Ryan can't be blamed for Santana taking steroids, but he can be blamed for signing a 32 year old pitcher with a torn UCL to a four year deal. It's not just armchair fans who were critical of the move, most pundits nationally couldn't figure out why a team on the verge of promoting its young talent would do that to the roster.
  10. nicksaviking
    The Braves should not be benefitting from a draft pick when they were the team benefitting from Santana's cheating.
  11. nicksaviking
    In the business world they call it inside information. In the underground gambling world they call it losing at Russian Roulette.
  12. nicksaviking
    I don't like the idea that the local homer media types will now use this as an excuse for the Twins front office, ignoring every national publication that predicted a terrible 2015 for the Twins before the Santana incident. They're just not making wise decisions. The poor decision to sign an aging pitcher was bad, but now they are making bad auxiliary moves in reaction to it. I know plenty of front office supporters would even agree. I like the men in charge as actual human beings, but this can't continue. Why is this team so damn old after so many losing seasons? What will it take to get new people in charge who will sacrifice the now for the future?
  13. nicksaviking
    While I think we are all hoping for this, that means there's a ton of players to clear off the 25-man. Unless we're talking a ton of significant injuries, it wouldn't seem to me the front office would be comfortable losing 11 players even if many of the posters here may. Sano alone would seem to make Plouffe, Hunter, Arcia, Mauer or Vargas have to move. We're not even talking about the cutable guys like Herrmann, Schaffer or Robinson. Then make room for ten more guys? I don't think the team is OK with this much in season turnover.
  14. nicksaviking
    But I could care less if Plouffe and Dozier start losing velocity due to the natural decline that comes with a build up of innings and age.
  15. nicksaviking
    Of equal concern to me: Who can get righties out?
  16. nicksaviking
    Mauer will be fine if he goes ahead and makes a concerted effort in beating the Mauer shift, he always was a good enough hitter to do what he wanted with the ball anyway. However it was clear last year that he needed to adjust, and he didn't, so I'm not sure he's willing or able to adjust any longer.
  17. nicksaviking
    For pitchers, I'm very on board for limited innings at the upper levels. Again, not sure what they can learn in the minors they can't at the majors.
  18. nicksaviking
    May and Meyer should both have debuted early 2014. The team stunk so extra team losses should have had zero influence on the decision. I fail to see how pitching in AAA as opposed to the MLB can make a pitcher "more ready" for MLB competion. Besides, a GMs best pitching coach supposed to be the one at the MLB level? Meyer's is going to have a hard time learning Neal Allen's change up six states away.
  19. nicksaviking
    Cleveland released Scott Downs. It seems the Twins have flirted with him for years. He can't strike anyone out anymore, he's a lefty and he's old as dirt. Even money says the Twins are already on the phone with his agent.
  20. nicksaviking
    Three of which premeired over a decade ago. Gomez on the otherhand debuted with the Mets; I have serious doubts the Twins would have done the same.
  21. nicksaviking
    Well I'd hardly say Gibson was fast tracked. He had TJ consideration so there is some room for benefit of doubt, but he also could have been called up in early 2013 instead of late 2013. The team was already in the tank and Gibson could have had a shot at getting his struggles out of the way early in the year instead of late in the year and carry over into 2014. As for the other players listed, yes, they have been promoted earlier than expected (though only because they stayed so long in the lower levels) which is what has some of us perplexed. Why are the position players allowed to come up and learn at the MLB level but not the pitchers? Pitchers have shorter useful careers, they should be called up when they are young to get everything you can out of them.
  22. nicksaviking
    I don't like the advanced age of the prospects, but that's really only the overlying issue. As Indiana Jones said, it's not the years honey, it's the milage. May has 775 minor league innings on his arm that we will never get back. It's silly to continue wasting them in Rochester. It certainly seems like the organization thinks they only have to run the counter when they pitch in the majors. They should know better considering how many of their prospects have gone under the knife before they even debuted with the big club.
  23. nicksaviking
    Well I've nearly given up on Hicks so I'm basically on Buxton watch it this point, but playing Schaffer, Robinson and Hunter do nothing to help the future. My frustration lies mostly with the May situation. Overlooking the notion that he actually may have been the best of the three this spring, it shouldn't matter who is the best person for the job now, the projections for the club this year are bleak. It should matter who is best for the future, and letting May work out his issues now, so he's better down the road is best for the future.
  24. nicksaviking
    This is why companies get and use earnings reports. If the projections are not favorable, they take steps that are in the companies future best interest. Target's not popular with employees or consumers of their stores due to layoffs, but it is the best for the future of the company. Ryan's blind optimism or desperation is causing him to year after year ignore the projections. Going in each of the last several years, the team has operated like they expect to compete, in what appears, at least in part, to be an attempt make the employees and consumers happy at the expense of meeting future goals.
  25. nicksaviking
    I think he was agreeing with you using thinly veiled sarcasm.
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