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  1. h2oface
    Yikes. Buxton is 2 for his last 22 and hitting a Hicksesque .209 now in the AFL. It may be longer than hoped for a centerfielder to appear from the farm.
  2. h2oface
    Pino was such a better option that he was released at the end of the season. Having seen them all pitch, I can't put Pino, Logan, Gilmartin,or Johnson even close to Meyer's class as a future MLB pitcher. Meyer's stuff is just way better. Meyer misses bats, and buckles knees. It is very debatable that Meyer wasn't just as ready at the times the Twins chose Pino and Logan. Meyer was lasting just as long into games as most of the Twins' starters were, and that Pino and Logan did after they got there. We will never know how he would have done because he was never given the opportunity, so all the talk is just that.
  3. h2oface
    Because a player rededicates himself to the game and the change of position after an injury, and prepares and adds strength and weight in the off season to evolve and just hit the ball 10 to 15 feet further with that "perfect swing". Boys become men in their thirties, and many hall of famers have developed the most power in their thirties. Cuddyer has hit better in his thirties than he ever did in his 20's (I realize that is not a great example, but it is true ). Mauer has once been a power hitter with 28 dingers. Mauer is a great player, a rare great player that someone like me believes can evolve. He has it in him. And then there is the comparative ease and far less body punishing position in the field, and supposedly far more games played per season that it allows..... and there you have the hope for the evolution of the 6'5" singles/doubles hitter into a power hitting first baseman. Or......... just hit the ball 10-15 feet further on the fly, and call it what you may.
  4. h2oface
    When will Terry Ryan be replaced?
  5. h2oface
    While I think it would be lucky if a team got into the playoffs with 5 low 4 ERA pitchers, it certainly is not a staff that could take you deep into the playoffs once you were lucky enough to get there. But anything can happen, I guess, as long as you get in.... hence, the 2015 wild card world series. You just have to get hot and perform once you get there, and a new manager won't have a 6-21 playoff record with the last win coming in 2004 weighing him down.
  6. h2oface
    Roll with what we have? Isn't that what has been done for the last 4 years? I sure hope not. But until Ryan is replaced, it is what I fear.
  7. h2oface
    I have no expectations for Joe Mauer anymore. I thought last year would bring out the very best he has to offer, and that he would evolve like a 30 something large strong athletic 6'5" 240 lb. man and develop the power to add 10-15 feet of travel to balls hit with that "perfect stroke". If he doesn't, he will be an expensive liability at first base, and make us all lament the choice of giving up on Morneau for Joe to take the position. With Vargas ready to take some scary starts at first, and Sano maybe the firstbaseman of the future..... it will be interesting to see whether Joe earns his spot in the Hall of Fame, or fizzles and enjoys his family with all the comforts that booty he is under contract to receive can bring, regardless of how he performs.
  8. h2oface
    Mark me as one that was disgusted with the middle of the barrel Nolasco signing from the get go. All one can do now is hope that he provides relief from the 2014 horror in 2015 and makes himself valuable to the team on the field and as a trading chip. He is good for a drinking game where one has to take a shot after every crotch grab. You never get to see the end of the game though.
  9. h2oface
    Parmelee just can't make the jump, whatever his problem is. Maybe it is all in his head. He rakes in AAA, but can't transition. He would be great as the owner of a Michelin Tire dealership, and have a great presence there. Escobar would be my choice as the utility man, and Nunez therefore has no spot. Schafer would be my current choice as the 4th outfielder, late inning base runner, and a utilize him against right handed pitchers, which the majority of pitchers are.
  10. h2oface
    Vision. The vision to have a plan before you fire someone. All year (and years before) it has been apparent that Gardenhire (and Ryan) need replaced. I don't need a synopsis of what someone feels is a step by step plan, or the assumption that I don't understand how it can be done, but I welcome that and am happy to read it. I just express my personal feelings on the matter. That feeling is that there was no plan or vision developed throughout the year(s) to get the job done expeditiously when one finally had the guts to do what was clearly needed. Other than interviewing and making the selection, all other steps could have been done throughout the year, and would have been prudent. A team doesn't need to hire a manager for 10 years. It could be a transition manager for 2 years. I am sure even a transition manager can probably come in at between 90 and 100 loses, and might even do better.
  11. h2oface
    The search for a manager dragging out as it is...... leaves me feeling that Terry Ryan is certainly not the man for the job - the job of selecting a new manager. It feels like he has a total lack of vision for the task at hand, and is treading water. By keeping Gardenhire when Buck Showalter and Terry Francona became available left the Twins out of the game when veteran managers with impressive track records were available, and facing the changing game, Terry Ryan is flailing in an undertow. Still, I am pleased that at least it will not be Ron Gardenhire.
  12. h2oface
    How does one get to see that 3 minute Alex Gordon video?
  13. h2oface
    The fact that Terry Ryan is still in position to be making these decisions makes my days thinking about the Twins' future glum. Great article by Gleeman. As the Nats tried to convert from being a patsy to the contender they are, they knew that it was important to get good free agents........ not Nolasco and Pelfrey types.... but really good established players. The had several years of rejections, as the top free agents wouldn't sign with them, but they kept at it. Starting with Werth, who they may have paid too much for, it started to come around. One might have to pay too much for the first signee, but that will get the momentum started. The Twins have an attractive group soon to arrive, and now is the time to invest in the Ace that will help lead the staff to the promised land.
  14. h2oface
    I can't believe that Smith is still managing these young folks. The Bobby Knight school of leadership is not going to help communicate with the young internationally diverse personalities that will be the future.
  15. h2oface
    Great run down. Thanks Seth. Seems to be a lot of dead weight and old age. That doesn't seem to really get a chance even if they have seasons in AAA like Colabello had...... speaking of which....... what is Colabello's status for the coming season?
  16. h2oface
    I see the future catcher(s) as the Garver/Turner tandem. Pinto is a placeholder at best, and could be a nice addition as an added chip in a multi-player trade. I can't see him as anything close to a Gomez evoulution. I would like to see him as the backup, and getting at least two starts a week for through June. I am open to be surprised.
  17. h2oface
    Santana should be at SS. Period. It is folly to adjust your team to second best options. That is a ticket to the cellar door once more.
  18. h2oface
    Get Santana to shortstop. Escobar is the utility guy. Nice breakdown by Kirby_waved_at_me. I am sure that the new manager will understand platooning. I think only one manager didn't, and he will not be managing the Twins anymore.
  19. h2oface
    Joe Mauer needs to hit like a 3 hole hitter to be always penciled in there. He hits like a 2 hole hitter without the speed. But he does have deceptive speed. Unless he earns it, he is no longer a 3 hole hitter. I don't see Buxton or Sano coming up until June or July, maybe the end of May if they are going balistic. Sitting out a year really does take you backwards. It will now take a little time.
  20. h2oface
    OBP is always good. But......... the only time a walk drives is a run is if the bases are loaded. I too hope Dozier figures out how to hit for at least a .260-.270 average. I would take that and the same OBP and less walks any day of the the week. That would give Dozier more RBI and less personal LOBs and the Twins sure could use a higher average as a team with RISP. I like teams that we know and love and not a lot of strangers. That is what the trends have been - to have a team of strangers. I hope Dozier sticks and keeps improving.
  21. h2oface
    I was one who predicted a career year for Joe Mauer in 2014 - 30-35 homers and at least a .333 average with 110 RBI. It has never ever made sense to me that a man 6'5" and 240 lbs could not be a homerun hitter with that "perfect" swing his dad repeatedly said would bring the next .400 hitter to MLB. I fear that marriage and fatherhood has taken focus from the ball player. I root for him to become what he once was while playing the very little taxing position of first base. It is sad that Morneau was forsaken for Mauer. If Joe wants to be a father and a husband above all else, maybe he will do the Ryan Dempster and sit out a season without pay and figure it out. Otherwise, there are 23 million reasons a year to focus and do the Twins right. He needs to evolve and develop power that carries 10-15 feet further with that "perfect swing" and just hit it over the shifts and into the stands. He is a huge man. Time to man up.
  22. h2oface
    OK. I just figure that anybody's performance to date counts. Anything projected is something that a jury is not allowed to consider. A jury can only consider something that happens. What May did happened, and counts. Meyer can't be considered yet. Years after Span has been helping the Nats, Meyer still hasn't happened. Nolasco - yup, that 2014 performance really really happened. All year it happened. That is the thing about most things in baseball. It all counts.
  23. h2oface
    I don't understand why Nolasco and May are not included in the terrible decisions by Ryan. Both are the direct result of the Terry Ryan genius.... Nolasco by free angency and May by trade of the last centerfielder at the time....... in fact, Worley should be in there, too. It sure is a shame that Worley appears to have been totally mismanaged and coached, after his performance bookends in Pittsburgh and Philly (maybe the Pennsylvania factor?) Terry should be fired now, before the new manager is selected, and the new GM should get to decide that. The second best thing that could happen now, is that Ryan picks the new manager, and then retires gracefully.
  24. h2oface
    do you think anyone would see him? maybe it would teach him to look?
  25. h2oface
    That would be great for him to go to the Rangers. I think his future is limited, as he has not embraced changes in the game well - changes in the personalities of the younger players, the newer analytics, platooning, and playing people in position - but he deserves to see if he can manage to success without inheriting a team that was set up for it before he takes the helm. I am pretty confident some team is going to buy the kool aid and give him a shot. nicksaviking makes some great points about the value he may have suffered the last 4 years. If he goes to Texas, maybe he will do the Twins a favor and take fellow Oklahoman, Mike Pelfrey, with him.
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