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  1. MangLitch
    I’m not the smartest “Baseball Guy” but it seems the duo is an average way of plugging up some rotation spots for 4 years. I get they can be traded, but the disaster scenario where they both are sub-par and act to block the way of the young guns just scares me. Personally, I go Darvish. If you can’t get him, roll with what you got and maybe add a wild card signing to compete. I think we may be getting ahead of ourselves to say we are in win now mode rather than win over the next five years mode. Crazy Mitch Brain Scenario: Roll out what we have and see what Gonzo and Romero do first 2 months of the year. If they have what it takes, give them a shot. If not, plenty of assets to go pop the trade market and grab what you need for the push. This gives us the ability to see what we have, flexibility to extend/sign who we have and then make the decision when we have a feeling on the season. I think we still are in 3-5 year plan mode. I don’t see our young core at the point where we have to capitalize now or we miss it. Let’s ride this young wave and leave doors open. Could you imagine have 3 Hughes type contracts sucking up valuable payroll when the young guys are better (I get it, worst case scenario) To me, I work to avoid this before taking a big risk. Long story short......
  2. MangLitch
    Odd debate here. I’m not mr. morality and won’t claim to have made all the best decisions in my life but I know one thing stays true 99.99% of the time, speculation on this stuff usually makes idiots out of everyone. I have found myself to never be wrong when I just let the facts come out before I say things that may look very bad and me way of another. If Miguel did this, he’s gone in my eyes. If she is lying, that is too bad for all people this really happens too. But to debate this really puts a bad look for people on this board. You will never look good for debating this subject
  3. MangLitch
    First off, I'll preface this comment that I have a bias. Ruesse and Souhan are hack writers. If they have a strikeout rate, it's much higher than Sano when it comes to writing Lastly, find it funny and ironic. A lazy article written about a player's lazy tendencies..... hmmm... didn't hear this in May when Sano was on a tear. I know it's click bait but I feel cheered for wasting my time reading that garbage. Souhan has a reputation for intentionally preposterous articles. Sure, Sano could be slimmer and strikeout less in a perfect world but who is perfect. We have other issues as a team and I think picking on a young star when he is on the DL is a FedEx Friday move
  4. MangLitch
    Genius
  5. MangLitch
    Rooker 2 Hr Already? Bump him. Let's go(PA Emphasis)
  6. MangLitch
    Didn't Gonsalves pitch 2 days ago?
  7. MangLitch
    Really. He is hitting at a ~.250 clip in the last 28 days last time I looked (Yesterday)... I would say that shows some competence.
  8. MangLitch
    I could be seriously wrong here, but I work with a guy that is a life long Indians fan and he didn't seem surprised at all with these types of moves in the draft. Seems as if Falvine is under the model of grabbing the athletic hitters early and throwing darts at the board later for pitching. Seemed to build a decent club in Cleveland. He also pointed out that the Indians stockpiled SS prospects as well. This also explains quite a bit about the strategy here. These are high value objects for trades and they can also be moved to different parts of the field if their hit tool is that promising. I am not saying I am 100% sold, I am actually more skeptical than most, but I will give these guys the benefit of the doubt after talking to my colleague. Seems there is a track record here
  9. MangLitch
    Well that was unexpected.... humphf
  10. MangLitch
    Canning or Carlson 37?
  11. MangLitch
    Ugh.. Greene will haunt us.
  12. MangLitch
    I guess I wouldnt consider Buxton a one trick defensive pony when over his last 28 days he is hitting .247 with a .313 OBP and 7 stolen bases... Maybe that wasn't the whole point of this post but I think the last thing I call Buxton is one-trick. Otherwise I am with you completely on Vielma... guy has little value when you have a couple SS in the system and MLB that can play adequate SS and provide offensive firepower. Just hate to see a good argument spoiled with a bad example. Cheers
  13. MangLitch
    Im just failing to see how some of these guys are benefiting us over seeing what we have in the minors with these prospects. It's not like the B-squad yesterday is setting the bar all that high. Seems like a no lose situation to bring some of these guys up at this point.
  14. MangLitch
    Well we had to get our weekly bullpen blow up in... I think the next weapon of mass destruction will be called the Belisle/Breslow project. Sure to wreak havoc when it blows up. Hopefully like most WMD's, the owners have them stores away in a secret location but never really intend to use them.... Twins have yet to realize this.
  15. MangLitch
    In a perfect world, you would be able to leverage that cheapness of the contract with the years and talent. Find a suitor that has a NOW window for 2-4 years and pluck a HighA/AA prospect in the top 50 plus a piece or two more. This would likely be the best value creation possible and they have a darn nice #3 or #4 for a deep playoff run for a couple years. I think a team would value that highly enough to give up a high upside prospect that still has enough to prove. I think this would fit our timeline as well. Berrios looks like he can be a 1/2 of the future. Gonsalves and Romero are TBD but would like to think 2-4 is a range for them. #1 pick will hopefully factor in this conversation in 2-3 years. Anything we get from this would hopefully be ready to join the roto when this team is "HOPEFULLY" hitting full stride. If I am a contending team and I have the option to role Santana out as a #3/4 for a late season/playoff run... Im fairly happy with that and willing to sacrifice a high upside arm for a couple runs at a CHIP
  16. MangLitch
    Do we have 3 good starters? Any shut down arms in the Pen? I would argue hitter are doing better than expected and thus are at risk for mean reversion. This is not a title team, its as simple as looking at their record versus top teams compared to bottom. We feast on the lowly teams and get feasted on by the real teams. Perfect definition of average, common, best of the lousiest, lousiest of the best
  17. MangLitch
    Couldn't agree more. It is the weighted return scenario. Is Santana likely to be relevant when this team is ready to compete for a WS run, if ever? Likely not. But he is a nice piece to mentor these young starters while providing a consistency that is hard to come by when trying to groom young starters. It keeps the twins relevant but doesn't push the needle IMO. If we get a deal that is hard to pass up, dont. I think the Twins have a luxury with Santana that is as simple as trade him if the value is there. If not, keep him because he has value for us. We are no longer in the position that we need to get value for anything that is above average on our roster because we are 25 games back and miles from contention. Feels kinda nice for once. We might be able to have nice things here.
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