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pretty much no low level minor league numbers can be trusted. Plus you're talking about an extremely small sample of at bats

I'm sure you can't swear on here, so I'll just say no poop.

I mean a guy who is smart enough to hire guys to cover his deficiencies. Running a club isn't a one man job anymore.

I think so too. He can keep scouting since that's obviously what he loves and does best, but it's time to get a CEO type guy in the GM spot.

Oh yeah, you always take the BPA. I was really cheering for Zunino to be the guy but the more I read about Buxton the more I like him.

interestingly enough, Blackburn's xFIP got better the two years after he signed his extension, so maybe he was the victim of bad luck a bit in those two years. Still never should have signed him to that deal though.

I know they're for sure trying to turn Bard into a starter

I like him quite a bit. A little concerned about the HRs he gave up this year, but I think he'll eventually be a useful piece

Especially Nicolino, since he's more of a stereotypical Twins type of pitcher.

most of them do none of the things you described. They're not perfect but it's a lot better than going "well if we win these games we're only 3 games back and who knows...that has to be worth a lot of percent!"

"advanced" and "better" aren't the same thing.

Buxton is a lot more advanced than Starling too

Matt Cain signed a huge extension I'm pretty sure, so he's out. I'd love to see them throw some money at Greinke. I think he'd be a perfect fit.

agreed with all of this 100%

Assuming wins are worth 4 million or so per then Doumit is definitely worth it (so was Punto by the way). Plus he would definitely be a desirable asset in a trade with that type of deal.

Revere had some pretty decent gap power in the minors, but I'd be pretty surprised if this doesn't end up being his best season in the majors, assuming he keeps this level of performance up the rest of the season. Sadly you're probably right about Span, but I am sure they're going to get a lot less than full value for him and they probably should just hang onto him

If they could get Dom Brown for Morneau (which I kind of doubt) I'd do that in a heartbeat.

If he's really willing to sign a 2 year, 10 million deal they should be sprinting to get that done

Buxton is a lot different from Goodrum and (especially) Kepler

That of course assumes Chicago continues playing at their current pace. But yeah it's not going to happen. for the record cool standings gives the Twins a 1.3% chance