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  1. nicksaviking
    Seperately, I don't think I really like any of the White Sox moves, but combined, they now have few holes. When you put it in those terms, it really puts it in perspective, the Twins should be so lucky if their remaining concerns were lack of offense from their catcher and the development of one of their top prospects.
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    This just in: Houston, Colorado and a "mystery" team are all involved in talks for Ryan Vogelsong, Stephen Drew and Dan Uggla.
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    Exhibit A: http://mlbreports.files.wordpress.com/2012/05/aj-2005.jpg Exhibit B: http://stmedia.startribune.com/images/ows_139882729899394.jpg
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    Yeah, it certainly looks like they're taking the Royals lead and adding flamethrowers throught the pen and doing their best to get them in the rotation also. Only Perkins can hold a candle to the butt kicking these teams will bring in the later innings. That is, only the healthy Perkins.
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    I'm barely middle aged, but I feel the same. This is all closer to passing notes in the junior high cafeteria than journalism.
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    LaRoache is a good defender though, I'd guess unless they're platooning two guys who they paid $100 million, that Abreu will be getting most of the DH AB's. He likely will regress some, after all, if he didn't, a continued pace of a .964 OPS is going to have us talking HOF in a couple years. Still, even if you want to go extreme and use that 14.5% regression that Cespedes had in year two, Abreu is still putting up a .825 OPS, which is better than any player the Twins had last year.
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    Actually, looking at that pattern it apears like a great time to buy low on him in an odd numbered year. He seems to enjoy those.
  8. nicksaviking
    I survived with the team during the lean years of 1993-2000 which saw lots of losing, a strike and a threat of contraction. I'm pretty sure I can weather the current tsunami of sadness. My son is four and when sports appear on the TV instead of cartoons he thinks it's the end of the world. I'll complain and critique in the meantime, but ultimately, the team needs to be good when he finally starts to take notice, so they have a couple years before the losing impacts my long term goals to perpetuate the sport within my family.
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    I would enjoy the Twins being a mystery team, but I don't think I'd like a 7-year deal to a pitcher on the wrong side of 30.
  10. nicksaviking
    Thanks AJ. As fans, all we can do is speculate on the type of person the athletes we cheer for really are (and often over-speculate). Thanks for some actual insight and the story.
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    Berardino got around to following up his rumor/speculation/shot in the dark with a quote from Ryan: https://twitter.com/MikeBerardino/status/542144058060075008 Ryan says: "Very humbled to hear but I'm a GM. I'm a baseball guy." Which would seem to imply that at the country club, the president of baseball operations is not supposed to be a "baseball guy."
  12. nicksaviking
    Good for him, if there is one organization and one ballpark that will embrace his grip-it-and-rip-it swing, it's those guys. The Twins had very little room for him. This might be his last shot, and it looks like it might be a pretty good one.
  13. nicksaviking
    Good for him, if anyone is going to get the most out of his all-or-nothing swing with way too much movement, it will be Toronto.
  14. nicksaviking
    Um, shouldn't that go without saying? Why the hell is there a 'might' in there? That sentance should be devoid of all 'mights.'
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    With the rumors of the perported multi-year deals to Headley, Plouffe's value can only go up. I'm doing my best to see why anyone would give Headley more than a "prove it" one or two-year-deal, but I just can't understand it. I also was flumoxed as to why anyone would give a 300 LB guy with decling OPS numbers a six-year-deal to man the hot corner. Has 3B really turned into SS lite, where the prerequisite is a solid glove and any offense is just a cherry on top? I'm really struggling to wrap my head around these new expectations. I think there is a real market inefficency here, the Twins should jump all over it before every other team remembers that Mike Schmidt could also hit a little bit.
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    That hurts. Three votes shy of being an unexpectedly great day in Twins history.
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    Wilson is older, but he actually has less tread on his arm as he spent his first 5 years in the bullpen. I'd guess the Angels would have no interest in taking on the longer contract, especially since Wilson was far less of a disaster last year. Also, while a change of scenery may do both good, both are California boys and playing in Minnesota would probably at best have a neutral effect on their mental states. Fun side note though; when Joe Nathan went down with TJ surgery in the spring of 2010, the rumor was that the Twins and Rangers had at least some casual discussion of a getting Wilson to Minnesota in exchange for Kevin Slowey. I believe it was the Twins who balked as a promising young arm like Slowey was more valuable than a 29-year-old set up man. Of course had the Twins gotten Wilson, they likely wouldn't have had the foresight or need to convert him to a starter.
  18. nicksaviking
    Contact brings the element of chance into play every time. Strikeouts prevent sac flies, moving runners over, errors, seeing-eye-singles, Texas Leaguers, hit-and-runs and your all too common brain farts that are a favorite of Twins outfielders. Hopefully May and Meyer will miss a bunch of bats, but Gibson doesn't look like he will. His sinker looks like it's made to induce a lot of contact. Hopefully Hughes stays a strong strikeout option, but it was a career year for him in that department (and basically every department) so we'll have to see how that plays out. Nolasco was 8.0 K/9 or better twice, in his mid 20's in the NL. He's not a strikeout pitcher any more.
  19. nicksaviking
    Yes, all the more reason NOT to sign Vogelsong to be an "innings eater."
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    Wouldn't squabbling imply there is a disagreement as to whether the Twins should sign Vogelsong? I think this might be the first unanimous thread in TD history! The "nays" have it, Mr. Ryan.
  21. nicksaviking
    I think there is some hope here. We'll never know if Gardy made it a rule to let Mauer do his own thing, and if he did, the practice may continue into the future. However, perhpas if there was a "don't touch the sacred cow" approach with the previous management, the idea will be scrapped now that one of the few men who can claim to be a better hitter than Mauer is in charge.
  22. nicksaviking
    While you never want your pitchers to get hurt, the Twins are in a position where they need quality innings, not a quantity of innings. After all, if Liriano or Anderson can only get you 150 innings, doesn't that at least mean there are 50 extra innings available for Meyer? I'd much rather see 200 IP between Anderson and Meyer than 200 IP for Ryan Vogelsong or whoever is this year's version of Kevin Correia. I like the idea of Liriano, but not the years. I want one year deals, maybe with an option.
  23. nicksaviking
    Mauer's strikeouts are concerning. It's not the first time an aging player trended upward in the strikeout department, and it's not always a death knell, but usually the guys who remain succesful, do so because the strikeouts conincide with some late blooming power. On the otherhand, his BB% wasn't much off his career norm and his IBB% was actually up, and both numbers saw large increases in the 2nd half. Mauer may have been pitched around more than usual last year and failed to take full advantage of the free passes, particularly early on. The collective .696 OPS from the 4th spot in the lineup probably was doing him no favors. I'm skeptical of a full rebound, but considering Mauer's production has always been at least partially tied with his on-base numbers, I'm going to guess his turnaround is going to be more dependant than we may like on the development of Arcia, Vargas, Sano, Plouffe or whoever gets tasked with batting behind him.
  24. nicksaviking
    With no judgments on Ryan in this post, I would have to say the Blue Jays have been making mostly poor decisions most of the last decade.
  25. nicksaviking
    You must have missed the roster decisions last spring training?
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