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Garvers's main nemesis may be that he was drafted in the 9th round instead of the 3rd. It is like the pundits (management) choosing the best college teams for the polls. They won't let you past the competition because they already picked you better, even if perhaps you become better, which might have meant, you were better to begin with and the pickers just didn't see it. His bat should take him past Turner. You aren't a finalist for the Johnny Bench award if you don't have a fine glove and throw. Turner is proof of that as well. Thanks for the article on the young men that should become the next Twins' catchers after the transition years of Suzuki. Pinto should be traded.

So if the Twins don't bring Meyer up this year, what is to say they won't be motivated to not bring him up until july of 2015? The same playing time, super 2, arbitration, and control arguments fit every year. I guess Will Middlebrooks should be the Twins GM. Then it would happen.

It wouldn't shock me either, if the Twins let Meyer finish out in Triple-A. But it would very much upset me. I hear all the reasons, and disagree. Tell me that Alex doesn't want to give it a shot, and I wouldn't believe it unless I heard him say it, and then I probably wouldn't believe it. Who cares if he taxes the bullpen now? Really? Anybody? Even the taxed bullpen would want to see Meyer and May pitch. 3 or 4 starts, immediately if not sooner? Don't all the other pitchers tax the bullpen? Aren't there bullpen moves that need to be made, and other pitchers to try in the pen, too, as the Twins settle into the cellar? It wouldn't shock me if the Twins don't do what everybody wants and needs to see sooner than later (it is already later) either. Unfortunately, I pretty much expect it and expect to be more upset.

I would sure like it if a Twins' pitcher would go 91 pitches, 8 K's and only 2 hits, ....only one more out to get in the 6th... only 10 outs in the game... and leave the game with a runner on first and second and the score 4-0. I would like that every single game. His "relief" gave up his inherited runner's runs plus one. It could have been a line of 92-97 pitches with a 6 inning shutout and 9 Ks. I will take Meyer's line every game for our Twins. Every Game.

As good as A.J. Achter was for the first half of the season, he is been totally not that recently. How does a pitcher go 1.1 innings with 3 hits and 2 walks and no runs score? That was Deolis Guerra's line...... What a game in Louisville for the Redwings.

Schafer, Shafer, Schaefer, Schaffer, Schaeffer, Shaffer........... it is starting already. At least he isn't another Pressly, or Presley, or ............

Coming to the site today was like going to the gorcery store you always go to and some manager from the home office had come in and made the staff move everything around. Nothing tasted different, it wasn't better, it just looked different and you just had to wander around more to find what you want. I hope it was fun. I am sure I will get used to it, but is just seems more cumbersome right now, with a different look and more white. I see there is 4 game threads on the home page right now. It probably takes more space, but I really liked how the MLB site keeps the "gameday classic" so after change upon change, you can always use the one that never needed changed anyway. Hey......... thanks for the site, and I hope all the work was worth it to you.

I trust what Middlebrooks said way more than the Twins front office at this point in history. His arrival is way overdue.

suzuki transitions to garver in 2016......... trade pinto.

Deduno, when starting, got Pinto behind the plate. Anderson coached him to not be himself and the fastball movement disappeared. I don't think they want anybody to fail, they just fail at knowing how to handle individuals and help them be the best them that they can be.

The thing about Johnson replacing Nolasco so far......... he is doing a great impersonation of Nolasco, getting spanked and behind by 5 after a couple of innings...

MVP - Suzuki Pitcher - Hughes Relief - Perkins Rookie - Santana In this rebuild......... is there even a rookie on the active 25 right now? (except maybe Kris Johnson? Would he even count?) Doesn't seem like much of a rebuild when you look at it that way.

Gardy should have been fired in 2007. I am happy for another passionate post. I hope it helps.

Three cheers for Gibson......... but an ace? really? Dire straits must really lower ace standards. I won't say it too loud, ...... I don't want to wake you from your special dream during your nap. :s-chainsaw: :s-chainsaw: Perhaps I am misreading what you meant, and without saying it, you meant the ace is someone else....... like Hughes? Maybe, but after the last few starts, we might want to reserve the ace talk for later. It is a long season.

Joe really needs to step up and be a good player where he is. Moving around a .250 hitter just because he has such a high percentage of your payroll has no merit. How about an outfielder that is a true athletic outfielder that can crush and hit for average and steal bases play in the Twins' outfield? Now there is a novel idea. Joc Peterson, anyone? We can spout career stats all day, but that doesn't get the job done. Now is now, and Joe needs to step up. The team needs him to step up. It is getting to be quite sad. He is even making himself untradeable (yes, we all know he has a no trade clause and would have to approve one).

These 2014 stats are just as valid as the "small sample" of the last half of 2013. I think a lot can be told from small samples, especially if you are managing a team. It is important to be able to identify a players streaks and make lineup changes sooner than later to maximize the benefits to the team. Waiting for the average or the mean, will lose games that could be won.

An outing like Trevor May's today for the Twins would be so very welcome. Just putting the "ineffectivenes" in perspective. The rotation could use some of that not the best stuff.

I guess I would reserve the word "great" for greatness, and not goodness. The first three starts still count. Certainly just about all great pitchers will have a few real rotten outings each year. 3 out of 5 and I am not ready to anoint Hughes an All-Star. He has time to become one, I guess, since the All-Star designation, especially with the fans voting as they do, has become quite fickle, and is only usually based on a hot start each year. If the All-Stars were picked and voted on for a whole season's work, the teams would rarely look like the same teams, and especially the pitchers.

Thanks again. I love it!

Exactly. So from this perspective, it appears that if they dedicate half of the TV money to salary, (and of course pocket the other half like they have been doing with the salary money the last two years.....), they are still say 20 million plus 12.5 million (32.5 million!) short of spending money on salary that they should. That is pretty characteristic of what they usually do, and the team is left with 2,3, and 4 years of mediocre starting arms.

Great article! Pythagoras and the Twins. teflon twins and pythagoras. pythagoras and teflon twins. I like how it all projects! Well, kind of, in the sense that it is not a 60 win season. I enjoyed the read a lot. I am increasingly amazed that it is erroneously stated that the twins "uncharacteristically spent a real chunk of money in the off season". The payroll, as it stands right now, is virtually the same as last year. They didn't actually spend a real chunk of money! Have they really fooled so many astute observers? If they would have taken the payroll up to 100 million or more, THEN they would have brought the payroll up to where it should be. If they would have raised the payroll to what is has been before, without additional chunk of MLB TV money, and up to around 110 million........ THEN they would have uncharacteristically spent a real chunk of money in the off season. As it is, Terry Ryan has loaded the pitching staff with high hopes, and dreams with potential. The smoke screen is in effect, and apparently working for the front office. Now it may happen, that is true. And the team may hit. That is true, too. But let it stop, please, let it stop........ this dogma that the Twins have spent a real chunk of money.

K rates are rising across baseball......... except for the Twins pitching staff. A respectable rate for the hurlers would be a welcome change.

Tim Raines, the guy that was outed by Ken Burns in his documentary for admitting he wouldn't slide on his butt, but always head first because he kept his cocaine filled glass vials in his back pocket? Maybe cocaine is less performance enhancing than roids or HGH, and is really not something to keep a guy out of the HOF for. Personally, I could never vote for Bonds or Clemens. I could see the HOF creating a category for the fallen..... which would include those that would have been a lock except for the PED's or gambling.... and make them a part of the history. Shoeless Joe, Bonds, Clemens, Pete Rose, etc. I think it would make for a true representation of the sport and the culture, and the education of the coming generations on how easy it is to go down the path of shame instead of fame.

Kazmir all day. I don't blame him for liking the A's though. And a 4 year for Nolasco is going to be too long. They have Billy Beane, and the Twins have Terry Ryan. That's a no brainer. It would be cool to hear Led Zeppelin's Kashmir on the way to the mound........ if he doesn't use it, he should.

I think Gardenhire would be perfect for the Cubs. Then both managerial and Cubs' trends could continue without pause.