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  1. Monkeypaws
    I vote for hybrid: •top of the order filler with speedy platesetters like Buxton, Dozier. •middle of the order with mix of power, average, and even a wee bit of speed like Sano, Arcia, perhaps one day Walker. •bottom with some power and a speedy 9 guy who isn't an embarrassment. Pretty classic lineup really. The Twins will hopefully put that together for me.
  2. Monkeypaws
    Nice one VeryWellThen - your name almost sounds like a Monty Python reference.
  3. Monkeypaws
    If the Twins want an advanced stats guy they should name Perkins player-manager.
  4. Monkeypaws
    I like Oswaldo a lot - he is very fan-friendly, he as an elite tool in power, and he projects well given his minor league numbers. Too often he was put in the role of the guy who has to do it, and as our lineup gets better, so will he. Even the presence of Kennys Vargas improved his performance markedly, to the point he almost overtook Dozier for HR lead on the team. 23 years old, and some good learning experience and 34 HR MLB homers in his pocket. He is a total stud imo. BTW, he is 5 months older than Adam Brett Walker. We are just scratching the surface with Oswaldo.
  5. Monkeypaws
    11-14 looking pretty strong!
  6. Monkeypaws
    The Twins should emulate the Wild, not the Royals - TR needs to sell Jon Lester on the future of the team by pimping the prospects and the future, much as Chuck Fletcher did when he lured Parise and Suter to the Wild. Imagine a rotation going forward with the phantom twins, the rumored linchpins of the Santana trades that didn't happen, Lester and Hughes.
  7. Monkeypaws
    Yep - Gardy is a big man - he has my respect.
  8. Monkeypaws
    I guess he'll have to change his name to Gardenfire. No hard feelings Gardy, but it was time.
  9. Monkeypaws
    And what opposing GM is gonna go for that? "Hmm, if there's anything I like better than average/bad players, it's lots of them."
  10. Monkeypaws
    Couldn't say it any better. Agree - 2011 was a face plant, 2012 and 2013 were denial. 2014 the Twins finally embraced the rebuild, and even then is was somewhat reluctantly. So we've only really been rebuilding for a year or so.
  11. Monkeypaws
    Who would have predicted after that first Target Field start that those 3 walks would be close to 1/3 of his walks for the entire season! Or that the 2 in the first inning would be 1/8 of his future season total. Crazy numbers for Mr. Hughes.
  12. Monkeypaws
    If I was a Twins teammate, I would lobby: a. Gardy, to let Hughes mop up at the end of an upcoming game for the bonus. b. Hughes, to pay for a team dinner if it happened.
  13. Monkeypaws
    Way to get around on those Parker! Maybe you can give Oswaldo lessons
  14. Monkeypaws
    I was at a game that Eades started in CR, and Jorge ended up finishing. I thought Jorge's stuff was much more electric than that of Eades. I think they shipped him to E'town shortly thereafter....
  15. Monkeypaws
    What a bungled up deal - just once i'd like to see an owner say: "I'm gonna build this stadium for the team, the community, and the fans. I'm rich enough, and want to give something back to the society that made my tremendous wealth possible."
  16. Monkeypaws
    My one hope would be continued improvement on the part of everybody. Much has been made lately of Plouffe's arrival as a respectable MLB 3rd baseman, and Dozier's all-around game, and even Escobar's as a reasonable MLB SS - if Arcia, Hicks, Gibson see similar improvement next season, and guys like Vargas and Santana continue their current level, they could at least become a middle of the pack team and set the stage for the uber prospects' arrival.
  17. Monkeypaws
    Nice article. •Mauer is the obvious question mark, given the disparity between past performance/salary and what he has been this year. Hosken Bombo's points are well taken, but I hope he is young enough to turn it around. I'd hate to see him become the Dany Heatley of baseball and just fall off the planet. •I'd love to see an ace in a Twins uni next season. Who knows, maybe the Earth is round after all. •Speed seems like it would be useful on both sides of the game at Target Field. •Totally agree on fundamentals - need Tom Kelly to kick some butt in this organization.
  18. Monkeypaws
    At the time, contraction seemed a heavy handed attempt to make the Selig family owned Brewers the only team in the upper Midwest. Wouldn't that have been convenient?
  19. Monkeypaws
    Very bright future for this heavily used part of the Twins lineup.
  20. Monkeypaws
    I guess if you are gonna stink, stink royally. Buxton, Stewart, and Gordon have been our rewards so far. One more for posterity's sake.
  21. Monkeypaws
    Boy would it be fun to read the vitriol in here were that to happen There are some interesting internal candidates to replace Gardy, no doubt. Mint would be perhaps the most radical choice of the from-runners mentioned here, and for that reason I would like to see it happen. Wake-up call for the Twinkies.
  22. Monkeypaws
    It is a miracle!
  23. Monkeypaws
    Plausible, sensical, but just wrong on so many levels....
  24. Monkeypaws
    When you trade for guys or sign them via free agency, and they go on to have historically bad seasons, like Vanimal, like Nolasco, and now, like Milone, something's gotta give. Maybe Anderson gets some credit, for Hughes, but not necessarily. Our rotation needs a new approach, and letting Anderson go would be a nice first step.
  25. Monkeypaws
    Good read. I'd add Santana as another guy who generates surprising power with almost no leg kick to speak of.
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