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  1.    Blackjack reacted to a post in a topic: Hamstrung: Twins Place Josh Donaldson On Injured List
  2.    dbminn reacted to a post in a topic: How Long Can the Twins Keep Their Window of Opportunity Open?
  3. Blackjack
    What the Twins really need is for Buxton, Sano, and Berrios to become the super stars that we were hoping they would become. Can we even call them stars?? How many All Star games have the the three of them been in?? And yet we're already talking about them becoming free agents!!! Every very good team needs a few superstars surrounded by good players, who are the Twins superstars?? If two out of the three would emerge as truly great players, then you could build around them, make a big trade or two, but at this point is just a 'poke and hope'. Hope that they emerge so the other moves the front office makes pans out.
  4.    Blackjack reacted to a post in a topic: The Time Has Come to Begin Phasing Out Eddie Rosario
  5.    Blackjack reacted to a post in a topic: The Time Has Come to Begin Phasing Out Eddie Rosario
  6. Blackjack
    Disapointing to hear of Donaldsons injury, especially when you hear 'he has a history of calf injuries'. Where were the Twins trainers?? They should have been on top of that and working with him every day. And then there the often injured Buxton. Its a head shaker. At some point it has to more than just 'bad luck'. I hope the Twins don't give up any top prospects in a trade, MLB is only one or two Covid breakouts from having to cancel their already shortened season.
  7. Blackjack
    dumb...
  8.    Blackjack reacted to a post in a topic: Are Twins Top Prospects Being Held Back by Loaded MLB Roster?
  9.    Blackjack reacted to a post in a topic: Break Glass in Case of Emergency: Could Gilberto Celestino or Royce Lewis Cover Center if Byron Buxton Gets Injured?
  10.    KevinLloyd reacted to a post in a topic: Spring Trade Targets: Should Twins Swap Young Arm for Albert Almora, Jr.?
  11.    KFEY93 reacted to a post in a topic: Spring Trade Targets: Should Twins Swap Young Arm for Albert Almora, Jr.?
  12. Blackjack
    With Buxton and his injury history its not IF needed, its WHEN needed.
  13.    bird reacted to a post in a topic: Twins Daily 2020 Top Prospects: Recap
  14.    mikelink45 reacted to a post in a topic: Twins Daily 2020 Top Prospects: Recap
  15. Blackjack
    The list seems short of true defensive centerfielders, who is in line to come up when Buxton hurts himself by trying to run thru a wall again?
  16. Blackjack
    Looking at your 2019 list, where is Luis Arráez?? How can he make it to the big league team and not even be ranked?? Who will be the 2020 surprise??
  17.    Nick Nelson reacted to a post in a topic: Twins Daily 2020 Top Prospects: #9 Brent Rooker
  18. Blackjack
    These are the types of informative articles that I like on Twins Daily and the reason that I log in. Thanks!!! Keep it up!!!!
  19. Blackjack
    You'd think other teams would have picked up on this 'trash can banging' noise and reported it??!
  20. Blackjack
    I like the way the new regime will put an injured player on the injured list right away and bring up a replacement player. It used to drive me crazy when they'd have an injured player sitting on the bench, wouldn't put in on the IR list, but then Gardy would complain about being shorthanded. A head shaker...
  21. Blackjack
    I liked this line from the original article by Seth: And keep an eye on the phone, always looking to make a big addition in July… or June… or May! Jump in and make a trade in late May or June before teams start to get desperate at the trade deadline, forcing the price up. I think they do need to add more pitching before spring training, with the poor starting pitching, the bullpen is going to get wore down.
  22. Blackjack
    Nice series of articles!!! Thanks!!
  23. Blackjack
    I agree with you, I think it will be a three team race, but you scare me when you say that a healthy Buxton is what it will take to be really good. When was the last time Buxton had a full healthy season??
  24. Blackjack
    I like it!!! You'll win a lot of races that way!!!
  25. Blackjack
    Good article!!!! Reading the comments is also interesting, it summarizes the continual debate here on TD, go all in, trade prospects, sign big $ free agents, gotta have that World Series vs. trying to build for continual success. Its actually getting kind of amusing. It goes round and round....
  26. Blackjack
    You make a good point, they have yet to prove that they can stay competitive for the next 8 years but so far I really like what Falvine has done, upgrading the farm system, coaches, showing us a 100 win season, etc. We'll have to revisit this issue in eight years. I will also say that getting one big buck pitcher doesn't guarantee that the Twins would be in the world series, which is what a lot of the posters here on TD think. The older I get the more I realize that slow and steady will win a lot of races. Stay competitive, make the playoffs, excite and draw lots of fans, generating lots of revenue, helping you stay competitive, and hope that you catch that lighting in a bottle and win a few playoff series --- works for me.
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