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  1. nicksaviking
    Everybody wants that but a talented winner is still better than a hard working loser. Don't kid yourself into thinking that if ARod helped this team win a World Series that we would refuse to accept it due to his lack of integrity. It's frustrating that people think this philosophy is unique to the Twins. EVERY manager and GM want hard working and talented players and would prefer to not have to work with large egos. But that's life, everyone else in America has to put up with jerks, drama queens and slackers at work, why should Ron Gardenhire be the exception?
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    I actually would disagree. Last year Ryan complained that free agents didn't want to come to Minnesota. Many people around here didn't buy it, believing that Ryan simply didn't put the best offers out there. If Ryan was being honest last year (or partially honest) then the Twins need to be out front this year with a big sign saying "Open For Business." It's going to take an image change to attract free agents. If free agents don't want to come here due to the losing, the Twins need to be advertising that the culture has changed and they are willing to do what it takes to win. Cleveland did it last year and they didn't have trouble courting free agents.
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    I don't think you guys are as far apart as you might think. I agree with nurse that there is plenty of blame to go around. However I don't think that just because one person can't be saddled with all the blame that everybody gets away with it. In the judicial system that's why they have a charge of accessory. Five guys don't get to all stand around a dead body each pointing a finger at the guy next to them and walk away free. They were all there, they were all involved so everyone is getting cuffed. I know it's callous but that's why I want an entire regime change. If we cannot be sure who is most culpable, it's time to hedge our bets and just start over.
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    GM's don't generally win a battle of wills with the owner.
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    All the losses makes it look like they are tanking, but I really can't see that being the case. The White Sox, Cubs, Twins and Mariners all have managers who are in jeopardy of losing their jobs. While the GM may secretly want to lose for better draft picks, the manager surely doesn't, and while the GM has say on who is on the roster, the manager still gets to decide who plays. About the only play the GM has at this time of year to undermine the team, is screwing with who gets a September call up. I think the losing has more to do with some really, really awful teams ending the season playing some really good teams that are still fighting for playoff spots. Additionally, many of the awful teams are playing young players to gain experience and evaluate their usefulness next year regardless of whether they are ready for the MLB or not.
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    John be honest, that wasn't the first time you had to apologize the next morning was it?
  7. nicksaviking
    I guess we have a difference of opinion on filler. The Red Sox gave Victorino, Napoli and Drew a higher per year deal than any external free agent has ever gotten from the Twins. David Ross and Johnny Gomes would likely be similar filler but filler seems a lot more forgivable when you already have a solid team around them. I don't think Ross and Gomes improve the 2013 Twins much if at all.
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    No disagreement other than perhaps with the idea that $10M per year maybe isn't such a fat contract considering he'd only be the second highest paid guy on the team. Either way they do it, I'll applaud them if they spend their money on a few actual upgrades as opposed to spreading it out to a bunch of filler as they have in years past.
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    That would be great, but to be able to sign him, the Twins would likely need to take a college player in round one. At this stage of the game, Gatewood or Kolek probably wouldn't enable another high profiled HS kid in round two. Edit: Ha, this level of speculation in September really seems silly.
  10. nicksaviking
    Those statements completely contradict each other. Any GM who goes the later route with a top 5 pick needs to be removed from his duties. While I am critical of Ryan, I do not believe he would actually do that with a #4 or #5 pick.
  11. nicksaviking
    $1. I think it's 50-50 at this point.
  12. nicksaviking
    I think Pinto is a below average defensive catcher but I'm not sure I totally buy into the pitch framing metrics. It just doesn't take into account the human factor in regards to the man standing behind the catcher. For instance, doesn't an umpire already have a preconcieved notion that Trevor May has a hard time finding the strike zone long before the pitch even reaches the catchers glove?
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    Now hold on a second, I believe the city of Oakland (and the territorial concsious Giants) say the Collesium is just fine and the A's don't need new digs in San Jose.
  14. nicksaviking
    Agreed. Plus he's on the wrong side of 30 with bad legs. If the Twins had more young pieces set in stone he might be a decent 1-2 year veteran pressence, but the Twins need to get younger as it is. He might be a better signing in 2015 if the Twins have a roster full of players under 26 all with defined roles and positions.
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    And every one of those managers is on the hot seat, which means they actually have incentive to put the best team on the field. Pretty sad there's such a talant gap with the bottom tier teams.
  16. nicksaviking
    So let me see if I'm reading the box score correctly, the Twins managed zero hits after the second inning and somehow won the game? Madness.
  17. nicksaviking
    Yes, you didn't miss much except for a huge swelling of national pride in the form of Hollywood/US government propaganda. Basically Rocky ended the Cold War all by himself. He punched Russia into submission. Spoiler alert: We won! Die Commies! If you are curious about which Rocky movies are the best, you can figure it out by reading the titles. They are ordered best to worst based on their numerical values.
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    Nope that's Rocky V and the random dude was former heavy-weight champ Tommy Morrison who just died from complications from AIDS. I'd get tested if I was Rocky.
  19. nicksaviking
    Is the game on WGN or is anyone listening on the radio? I imagine by now the once hostile fans at US Cellular are now chanting Do-zier, Do-zier. Soon this will be Hawk Haroldson: http://withleather.uproxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/Gorby-Claps.gif
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    IV John Danks, circa 1985 http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRLTKYVrn0mEH0aRj5mHL9-ePmDXwbcqgG48BJLdtrCmZAnrDaFamtthPTURg
  21. nicksaviking
    If he dies, he dies. Four runs, four RBI on four singles. Looks like it's back to 2006. We're playing piranha ball again now?
  22. nicksaviking
    But that's not what the scout is saying, he's saying a middle-of-the-road 1B is his floor. $10M for a floor that is average is pretty good when you consider what the ceiling may be. I'd also argue that until this year Loney was a well below average 1B and Reynolds has been below average his entire career save one year. I'd also prefer Tanaka, but I think he is going to be much more expensive and if the new posting rules surface, where the player can choose between three teams, he's almost certainly going to chose a coastal city with a larger Japanese population unless the Twins have a substantially higher offer. If these new rules take hold, it is going to make it near impossible for the Twins to get a top Japanese player. Not that they seemed likely to get one in the first place.
  23. nicksaviking
    To be fair, this is the entire quote: "If he is simply what he is right now, he will probably develop into a middle-of-the-road first baseman with '80' raw power, who guesses and kills mistakes and inferior pitching but struggles against top-quality guys," the scout said. "That's not a bad floor, actually, and that's the reason why he'll get paid anyway. But he may disappoint the expectations of 'best hitter on the planet' that some have already placed on him." Most players struggle against another team's ace and feast on the back of the rotation arms. If he's not going for more than $10M/per, I think a guy with a floor of a middle-of-the-road 1B is a pretty good bargain.
  24. nicksaviking
    I agree with your take on years for Ervin Santana and Hughes and I also think Chargois still has a decent shot. However, I don't think Johan Santana would have actually had the surgery if he wasn't going to attempt a comeback. I'd still be interested in him as the 2014 Zumaya/Harden flier.
  25. nicksaviking
    It's not the losing that is the problem, it's what inevitably results from an extended period of losing in a group dynamic that is concerning. If present, the sense of negativity, desperation, resignation and futility is that I want the younger players removed from.
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