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  1. nicksaviking
    Swarzak probably has earned himself a bit of appreciation. As for Hicks and Parmelee, I think there is promise there, but WAR isn't supposed to grade on projection.
  2. nicksaviking
    I like the fact that the Rays are in on Morneau. His value is down, but the Rays have a bunch of pitchers with upside and several shortstops who are not among their top prospects.
  3. nicksaviking
    I hadn't heard that one. In my opinion, only one of those statements is foolish for a GM to make.
  4. nicksaviking
    I would and wouldn't think twice about it. Stewart is where Fernandez was two years ago, the odds are slim he will get to Fernandez' level.
  5. nicksaviking
    Yeah, to teams making the offer, "not enough" likely sounds the same as "no." Ryan has already said everyone is available.
  6. nicksaviking
    Yeah, but that's counting Yonder Alonso who had every intention of going to college. Three other 1.0+ WAR guys are Chris Parmelee, Anthony Swarzak and Aaron Hicks. I think that is more an indictment on WAR than anything. Clearly the guys going toward the top of the draft are more likely to succeed, but the Twins inability to find many useful players past the 2nd round is terrible. The guys at the top are the obvious names everyone team has heard of. The guys going past round two are often players many teams have discovered by themselves and many other teams have not seen and may be completely unaware of. For a team that thinks they specialize in scouting, they have not been discovering their own talent very well.
  7. nicksaviking
    And I doubt anyone believes Hicks strikeouts will be remedied at any level. If Hicks succeeds, it will be inspite of his strikeouts.
  8. nicksaviking
    So no Perkins as of yet. If Jim Leyland is saving him for the 9th, that should probably tell us a little about the Tigers interest in him. Of course Joe Nathan also has yet to pitch and he's the best reliever in the AL at the moment.
  9. nicksaviking
    Yeah, but Alex Cobb and his 4th round designation is another great example that was absent from his post.
  10. nicksaviking
    I hate to point it out in a well written post, but Butera is already getting paid more than league minimum. Strangely, the Twins willingly gave him a raise beyond neccissary to play AAA baseball this year. The sum is still paltry considering most MLB salaries, but I thought I'd bring this odd tidbit from the off season back to light.
  11. nicksaviking
    Many don't work out, but the problem is, this team has drafted and developed 2 ace caliber pitchers in the 50 years they have been in this state. This organization has historically not been able to evaluate and develop their own guys who could lead a pitching staff to a championship. So, is free agecny a long shot? Sure, but at least it's a shot.
  12. nicksaviking
    The Twins first round picks, even during the minor league drought, have likely been better than average considering nearly all of their top picks have contributed in some form. However, it may speak to the depth of the scouting department that they have only had a handfull of guys drafted and signed after round 2 that have made even minor contributions. I'm no scout, but this might suggest that the Twins were able to succesfully evaluate the top players that were commonly know and every team was aware of, but they may not have been very good at the discovery of players. Things may have changed, recent drafts will tell.
  13. nicksaviking
    It required a 10 year $240 million deal to sign the 32-year-old Pujols. It required an 8 year $184 million deal to sign the 28-year-old Mauer. Those deals were only similar in the fact that they invovled a team's franchise player. The Cardinals had already given Pujols one $100 million + contract. And the Cardinals had won one World Series with Pujols and now one without him. They have proven that they know what they are doing. As you mentioned, St. Louis has a similar revenue as the Twins. They have had no reservations about signing and trading for star players of every caliber. Bonus: St. Louis asked for the public to pay for 13% of their stadium. The Pohlad's demaned the public pay 66%. I can't think of any positive way the Twins can be compared to the Cardinals.
  14. nicksaviking
    Still have to think Vargas moves up with Hicks now at Ft. Myers.
  15. nicksaviking
    Is this a game thread? I didn't know we had one today.
  16. nicksaviking
    I agree they need to find room for Walker, but it likely was due to a space crunch. There's still only three OF spots in Ft. Myers and they likely had to chose between Walker and Williams and Williams has already spent 1 1/2 years in the Midwest league. Williams is justly deserved of a promotion aside from just the service time and the guy knows how to take a walk, something the Twins clearly love. Polanco is tough, he deserves to be moved too but Petterson and Mejia have been huge surprises at Ft. Myers and they are blocked at NB by Rosario and Santana. They are currently blocked by Escobar and Beresford at Rochester. The following is a rediculous statement: Polanco is blocked by the surprising depth of the middle infielders ahead of him. Though a special talent needs to be prioritized differently, we shouldn't forget that Arcia last year and Buxton this year were the only HS age offensive players the Twins didn't require spend a full year in Low A in a very, very long time.
  17. nicksaviking
    They still have Walker and Polanco, who will now be 1-2 in the league in RBI along with Berrios and Harrison. They still have some pretty big names who now possibly have chips on their shoulders due watching their buddies get promoted while they stay behind.
  18. nicksaviking
    Or traded. He had two more arbitration years left.
  19. nicksaviking
    I am. That Gomez/Santana trade was terrible. Or were you guys talking about the other one.
  20. nicksaviking
    How do you figure? The Twins had been interested in Liriano up until he was signed by Pittsburgh.
  21. nicksaviking
    Rosario has been very good at 2B this year, there is no reason to think he won't stay. I'd wager had Rosario cemented his status as a 2B when the prospect rankings came out, he would have been on each and every one of them.
  22. nicksaviking
    Four walks is too many, but really not that concerning to me considering the progress he's made. Had he only issued three walks it likely would have been considered by all a successful night for him.
  23. nicksaviking
    Good news and about time. Both those guys are pitchers though and it's the offense you first look at with that club. Tyler Jones should have been promoted awile ago so you have to think he'll be moving. Walker and Hicks are both college guys, they likely need no more time in Low A. Williams has already spent a year and a half in this league. Polanco is young but what more could you ask for a middle infielder who is hitting the cover off the ball and has no contact issues at this point?
  24. nicksaviking
    And even if it isn't eminantly clear, isn't it possible Liriano's problem's were not entirely on him, but perhaps those coaching and instructing him held some blame? He came up as a rookie and was lights out using a healthy dose of his slider at the expense of his fastball. He got hurt and the team asked him to stop using the slider excessively and he struggled. He signs with the Pirates and he's back to using the slider as mush as his heart desires and again the fastball is the pitch that takes a hit. The increased slider, decreased fastball did happen one other year in a Twins uniform, his seemingly resurgent 2010 season. Why they made him alter his approach the following season is puzzling. Obviously the talent has been lacking in the rotation lately, but still, if for the past half decade you have more starting pitchers underachieve than overachieve, there might be a coaching/stratagy issue.
  25. nicksaviking
    I was never high on Roosevelt. He could knock them out of the yard but you could never get him to walk. It really hurt his OBP.
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