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  1. Aichiman
    You had me with you until you mentioned the word: "lawyer." You blew it with that one. But I'll overlook it and focus on the more honorable part of your resume. Yes, you are right. There's a learning curve in everything. But until the quants produce a world series championship, my trust and heart remain with the blue collar guys who brought the team to Minnesota and delivered two world series victories.
  2. Aichiman
    Compare 2016, the last draft from the dark ages, to 2017, the first draft of the enlightened age Under new management, the Twins amateur draft unfolded as follows: The number one pick in all of baseball, Royce Lewis Round 1, pick 35; Brent Rooker Round 2, pick 37; Landon Leach, Round 3, pick 76; Blayne Enlow Round 4, pick 106; Charlie Barnes Round 5, pick 136; Andrew Bechtold Round 6, pick 196; Riley Widel And the list goes on. And it doesn't get any better. (Though, they did get Baily Ober in the 12th round. Still, not too inspiring.)
  3. Aichiman
    My thoughts exactly!
  4. Aichiman
    How about Gibson? I read somewhere that he might be available. If so, a potential reunion could be nice.
  5. Aichiman
    He's neither hero nor villian. The word that comes to mind is "uninspiring."
  6. Aichiman
    A few weeks ago on the other network, an ironic headline appeared: "Buxton Getting Back to His Old Self." Apparently he had a couple of hits that day, and the writer got a little excited and kind of let his emotions dictate the story. Well, he was right, he is back to his old self: teasing with potential and failing to deliver. That's Mr. Buxton. We're enthralled with his potential, but he rarely delivers. Why we signed him to a multi year multi million contract is beyond me. (Actually it's not; but I'll save those thoughts for a different place) Like with Mauer, I know our hands were forced by impending free agency. But unlike Mauer, Buxton has no track record to warrant a huge contract. When we signed Mauer, he was coming off an MVP season and backed that up with many years of solid to all-star caliber play. Track records matter. Maybe we can find another club dazzled by Buck's potential to dump him upon. IMHO, we should try to trade him.
  7. Aichiman
    In hindsight it I don't think it was worth it. We still got our superstar shortstop, so we'll see what happens. I think the more interesting question at this point is the Buxton deal. Will that be worth it?
  8. Aichiman
    I like Festa much better than the over-hyped spin master, Mr. Enlow!
  9. Aichiman
    Looks like Cavaco is finally starting to figure things out. Maybe's he not a bust. On the other hand there's Sabato.
  10. Aichiman
    Why should Donaldson apologize? What is his offense?
  11. Aichiman
    You can can the Front office for getting rid of our best bullpen arm on the first day of the season.
  12. Aichiman
    The "greatest" player in the game today is 0 for his last 26 and is batting 202. Maybe t'werent a good idea to sign The Buck to so many bucks for so many years?
  13. Aichiman
    Much ado about nothing until it was exploited by Tony La Russa to rally his troops. It seemed to work, at least for the short-term. They swept the Yanks on Sunday. That Tony is a sly one!
  14. Aichiman
    So we've got a guy who's having Tommy John surgery for the second time out for this year and probably for a good chunk of next year. And we gave up our only proven closer who's having a career year, leading the league in saves with a minuscule .52 era in order to possibly realize the possibility that Paddack might possibly contribute something in 2024. And we're paying his full salary to boot. Even with Pagan thrown in, how could anyone put a positive spin on this?
  15. Aichiman
    Just got sent down. Two earned runs in two starts, a no-decision and a win, why send him down? Bad move; bad message, bad management, and it leaves a bad taste.
  16. Aichiman
    I don't like that one. I'd send down Winder down before Smeltz. I think Smletzer has earned his spot in the Twin's rotation.
  17. Aichiman
    It'd be nice to see Kirilloff turn it on. And this Spencer Steer character, you can't corral the guy!
  18. Aichiman
    I'm not buying it either. We could do much better than Rocco at the helm!
  19. Aichiman
    Miranda is good, or seems good based on last year's AAA stats. But he's completely untested. I don't know much about Terry. If we still had Brent Rooker, I wonder if he could have filled in? Maybe a trade? Or maybe we can sign a castoff from the May 2nd roster contraction? How far along is Sabato?
  20. Aichiman
    Us Falvey/Levine/Rocco detractors are still here. It's been a good week; don't get overly excited. With that said, I'd gladly eat crow for my complaints against the FO and our fearless manager if the Twins continue to win! Go Twins! Prove me wrong!
  21. Aichiman
    Sure it's great to get a young guy with a lot of potential, but we lost our closer to do it. And since we only--realistically--have our new superstar shortstop for one year, dumping our only proven closer to "build for the future," makes no sense. Imho, Falvey and company made one move too many. They got too cute and lost their sense of time.
  22. Aichiman
    I hope the Twins take one of the catchers.
  23. Aichiman
    Ben was good,; but I was thinking about the little round one from Chicago.
  24. Aichiman
    The last time we took a 5' 8" guy in the first round, things worked out pretty good.
  25. Aichiman
    Rocco is Corn Ferry's guy. He'd do very well as the manager of a human resources department.
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