Minnesota Twins Talk

This is pretty neat http://deadspin.com/5940365/red-sox-farmhand-flips-over-wall-to-wall-to-make-grand-slam+denying-catch

Am I the last person to have seen this? It's awesome. http://thechive.com/2012/09/06/well-played-35-photos/well-played-g3/

This may be a long shot and most of you might not be willing to participate, but maybe we can get an answer from Terry Ryan on the Anthony Slama situation. If all goes correctly and I receive a decent amount of signatures (TD names or real names, both work). I will send Terry Ryan an email using his email address from the MLB.com site and cut and paste everyone's name onto an email message following this statement (please critique it and respond if you have any issues with it). If he responds to my email, I will blog his response on TD. To give your signature, respond to my next thread response on this subject. Here is my opening message: Good Day Mr. Ryan. A lot o…

How would you all feel about trotting out last night's starting lineup (with Hammer and Doumit flip flopped) next year on a consistent basis? If we trade Span, and go with Parmalee and Hammer in the outfield, and then solid middle infield defense with some combo of Carrol, Florimon, Escobar. If Parmalee continues to hit well, and Morneau is closer to his old self next year, I like it for 2013.

http://www.twincities.com/twins/ci_21467559/minnesota-twins-recall-eduardo-escobar-luis-perdomo Pioneer Press's John Shipley asked GM Terry Ryan about why Anthony Slama was not promoted. There is some more, but I don't want to copy the whole article. Go read it. It only takes a minute... Here is one more quote from the article:

Hacker has two good years as a starter in the hit-happy PCL sandwiched around a dreadful year with Rochester in 2011. Given the Twins new love for late-20-something journeyman (and provided bridges haven't been burned), what's the harm in the Twins claiming and signing Hacker to a minor league contract (provided the Padres don't beat us to it) and give him a chance at a starting spot for 2013?

In town in preparation for Tom Kelly's number retirement ceremony this weekend, Frank Viola joined KFAN's Dan Barriero, spoke about the glory days, the current state of the Minnesota Twins and his experience as a low-A pitching coach. You can listen to the podcast here.

From my blog spot awhile ago. Soon it will be time to actually get serious about next year (imagine being a Cubs fan). Maybe a title like Dr. StrangeGlove, or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb of the 2012 Twins Season would be most appropriate here. An early blueprint for 2013: Trade Justin Morneau (Oakland, Texas, Tampa Bay would seem to be potential teams for this trade) for pitching prospects (hopefully at least one in AA or AAA) or even an arbitration-eligible pitcher. Maybe include paying for half of that $14 million left on Morneau's contract to sweeten the deal. Add in Anthony Swarzak to give pitching and Bigfoot back. Sign Shaun Marcum for…

With Oakland's history of trading SP for prospects what would it take to acquire Brett Anderson? His contract looks very manageable 13:$5.5M, 14:$8M club option ($1.5M buyout), 15:$12M club option ($1.5M buyout)

"He's a good player; he's one of the better defensive catchers, and his bat is a work in progress," Sal said.

Dustin Morse just tweeted that Vasquez and Walters will join the Twins in Kansas City tomorrow. It isn't clear if thatis it for Rochester September callups or not.

Not like he's important, just curious on thoughts about his rehab (but Id take Eric Hurley over Blackburn right now) Rehab started July 1st 4IP 5h 3er 2k 2bb 70 pitches in first action July 6th 5IP 5H 0er 2k 73 pitches Shoulder problems after this start, but it appeared by the pitch count that they were ramping him up to get back into the roatation Rehabbed another month Aug 4th 2IP 0h 0er 0k 0bb 18 pitches Aug 9th 0.2IP 4h 2er 1k 1bb 33pitches...admitted it was his pitch limit not performance on why he left Aug 14th 2.1IP 2h 0er 3k 1bb 41 pitches Today 3IP 3h 0er 6k 2bb 59 pitches I realize he's rehabbing after a 2nd shutdown but..... After 4 starts, they havent gotten…

Let's take the Rangers SS Jurickson Profar for example... Let's say you could buy him from the Rangers in a trade... Profar for Cash... I realize that this would never happen... But what's your guess... How much cash would you be willing to send to the Rangers for Profar straight up? Or better yet... How much cash would it take for the Rangers to give you Profar in return? $100 Million... Is that too High? 50 Million... Is that too High or Too Low? How Bout from the Pitching Side... What about Dylan Bundy of the Orioles?

Justin Morneau was not moved at the trade deadline. We can can deduce one of two things: the packages offered to the Twins were deemed no strong enough or the Twins feel that Morneau could be a part of their short term/long term future. For the sake of this thread, let's assume you are the Twins GM and you would like to extend Morneau. How many years and dollars would you be willing to go. Keep in mind what his market value may currently be and that he is a free agent at the end of next year. You aren't interested in trading him at this time. I actually believe that Morneau should stay with the team, and that he is back to being an above-average to great overall 1…

There has been a lot of talk about what will happen with the Beloit "Snappers" and if the Twins will move their low A team to a different city - St. Paul is one of the speculated destinations. What if they do indeed move to St. Paul (proposed Lower Town site) in a few years and share a stadium with the "Saints" - what in the world will be the team's name? What are your choices? I'll start with this - Pig's Eye "Bootleggers" of Saint Paul Let's have at it!!!

Now that my parents are retired, they have been dropping off boxes left and right. This was in one of the boxes they dropped off today. I was 8 years old. I went to game six with my dad. There is also a Homer Hanky in the box. Ahh memories ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ My Dad wrote a fiction book centered around the Twins titled "Mr. Base Man" - Check it out on Amazon, only $3.99 - http://www.amazon.com/Mr-Base-Man-eb...7960681&sr=8-1

I was bored recently and decided to create a Google Map with the birthplace tabbed for every person who has ever played for the Twins. Apparently they don't scout the Rockies.

As expected, the Twins make it official today announcing that they have recalled Matt Carson from Rochester to replace Denard Span.

Twins reliever Lester Oliveros was shut down more than a month ago with elbow issues. I believe that he was going to have bone chips removed. However, within the last 10 minutes, Lester Oliveros tweeted the following, "Yaa listo mi operacion de tommy john... Salio todo bien gracias a dios ahora a recuperarme para volver al monticulo lo mas pronto posible..." Using Google Translate, it roughly translates to "Yaa ready my Tommy John surgery ... Everything went well thank god now recover to return to the mound as soon as possible .." Maybe he is ready for it, or everything went well. but now he's thanking god that he can recover and return as soon as possible.

http://www.kare11.com/news/article/988779/391/Report-Twins-Joe-Mauer-placed-on-waiver-wire?odyssey=tab|topnews|bc|large 99% chance nothing happens, but interesting nonetheless.

Apparently today's post-game turned to the question of throwing out baserunners. I thought Mackey had a pretty good recap at: http://www.1500espn.com/sportswire/Notebook_Mauer_not_throwing_out_runners_but_problem_goes_beyond_him083012 I'm a little puzzled by why Gardenhire focused on Mauer's arm at the start: ""(Mauer) is not having any arm problems at all." although he did go on to say: " he's kind of sitting there catching it flat-footed. ... That leads to him having to stand straight up and throw the ball, rather than driving through it." When I first read the statistics, my first thought was about the problems that Mauer has had with his knees and legs not hi…

announced Gardy postgame....according move to be announced tomorrow lil surprised with Sept 1 callups a day away

http://www.startribune.com/sports/twins/167784175.html Not sure if this has been posted anywhere here. If so, my apologies. In a nutshell: Ryan says "I'll probably stick around. This is my fault...but I don't really plan to do anything to fix it. Maybe bring back the rotting carcass of Carl Pavano."

So with Gardenhire only under contract through 2013 (thank god for that), what will the great minds do about his future? 1. Let him manage 2013 and then decide what you want to do after that season. 2. Fire him. 3. contract extension. 4. He just walks away after this season and retires.

The Twins weren't going to wait until September 1 to add a bat. Chris Parmelee and his AAA domination have been recalled. Jeff Gray was (finally?) outrighted to Rochester. He's off the 40 man roster, which means we assume he (like Blackburn and Nishioka) will most likely not return to the Twins this season.

Alright, I am just curious about something here... Why in the world do the Twins send him down and have him play first base the whole time then bring him back up and stick him in the outfield. I am not complaining about Gardy putting him out there, but wouldn't it make sense for him to get some time in the oufield down at AAA? Maybe I am out of line on this but it seems like an odd situation. Lets give the kid every opportunity to succeed.

Misses his 7th straight game Monday and won't play Tuesday since he's getting another MRI. Just amazes me how the team just continues to burn active roster spots.

Hopefully you know the routine. Pick an image, quote it from my post, and then caption it. The best will be picked in two weeks.

I wrote a blog about this if you would to check it out, http://twinsdaily.com/entry.php?1812-Twins-Player-Who-Deserve-A-Look-At-A-Long-Term-Deal I proposed five players who should get a look are Jared Burton, Scott Diamond, Brian Duensing, Trevor Plouffe, and Ben Revere. I don't think they should get one, but the internal talks should at least being going on about these players. A couple of them the Twins still have under control for awhile and could wait on, but it wouldnt hurt to lock them up either.

He is on waivers. Any chance the Twins claim him? and if they do, what are the chances that they work out a trade with the Mariners?