Monkeypaws

The Compleat Beatles songlist: Brian Dozier trade edition. Please please me I should have known better Can’t buy me love No Reply You’re gonna lose that *girl[*trade] She said she said[Dave said Dave said] And your bird can sing[substitute Dave’s source for bird] Tomorrow never knows Lucy in the sky with Diamonds [we dreamin/trippin] Hello Goodbye [already mentioned?] Baby you’re a rich man[after the lucky suitor’s extension to BD] The continuing story of Bungalow Bill[er, Brian Dozier] I’m so tired [of waiting] Come together[and make a bloody deal] Here Comes the *sun [*trade] I should have known better[already mentioned?] Don’t let me down[already mentioned?] I’ve got a feeling The long and winding road[already mentioned?] Apologies to others already mentioned.

One more: Lynyrd Skynyrd - The Missisippi Kid.

Mauer tied his highest home run total (11) since the MVP campaign in 2009, i.e. one less than Park had in 244 PA.

Jerry Garcia - Deal....

Husker Du - Everything Falls Apart

Gonna play devil's advocate.... Different situation, but when it came time to decide what to do with Torii, and the Twins let him go and he signed the 5 year deal with the Angels, I do remember hearing a lot of people saying, "have fun paying 36 year old Hunter 18 million." Well, that 36 year old did slash .313/.365/.451, drove in 92. He hit 105 home runs over the course of that deal, and still had something left in the tank. Turns out he wasn't about to decline as predicted. Dozier isn't Hunter, but the assumption is Dozier will fall off, never have his present value, etc. Well, he has improved his slugging every year he's been on the Twins. Who's to say the last half of last season was an aberration, when is was part of a greater overall trend of improvement? Perhaps he's about to take it to the next level. He has only 4.5 years MLB experience. There could be a lot left in the tank. I equate this situation more akin to that of Hunter, Santana, and Cuddyer, homegrown good guys who can play(ie the kind of guys they should keep), to that of Willingham or others who had peak value that slipped through TRs fingers. The Dodgers ain't exactly offering a king's ransom at this point if it's DeLeon and lesser pieces. I think Falvey is right to wait until they give him an offer he can't refuse. One thing Twins fans should be aware of is that prospects are never a sure thing.

Craig Kusick was part of the Lumber Company, but his heir apparent, Bob Gorinski, came up a bit short. I'd gladly have dinner with any of these old Twins. They made the show. 'nuff said.

I'll thank you in advance to lay off my all-time favorite Twins outfield: Hosken Powell, Willie Norwood, and Bombo Rivera.

Wouldn't be surprised to see this kid amount to something. Sounds like he doesn't overthink the game.

This thread is reminding me of the great Steve McQueen poker film, The Cincinnati Kid. Bluff? Call? Raise? Good test for our new brain trust. http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Admin/BkFill/Default_image_group/2011/11/29/1322584486939/cincinnati-kid-poker-vict-007.jpg

He is if you are an armchair GM: •Tremendous trade chip in Dozier •#1 pick in Rule 5 draft •#1 pick in amateur draft. •3 of the top 37 picks in said draft. •Core of former top prospects in Buxton, Sano, Berrios, even Kepler, all who have shown great promise. He's been given a chance to make an impact out of the gates, and has some young guns to work with.

I can see Falvey on the blower to LA: "Buehler ... Buehler...."

It seems to come an go with teams. Looking at the 87 champs, Hrbek, Puckett, Gaetti, Viola, Blyleven, Lombardozzi, Larkin, Bush, and probably others were all Twins picks, and only Gaetti and Puckett were 1st rounders. Boston has the midas touch these days it seems to me: going back to 2002, Bucholz, Ellsbury, Bradley all supplemental 1sts, Pedroia, Lester, Masterson as 2nd rounders, Betts a 5th rounder, Benintendi and Swihart on the way as 1sts. Those are 2 examples some good drafting and developing there. They also show that draft position needn't be a hindrance either, which I hate to say given the premium picks the Twins have had of late.

Nice read - thanks for posting it Mike. Falvey and Levine sure seem pretty sharp.

Pretty rare for the Pioneer Press to have anything better than the Star Tribune.

Russo and Bernardino are definitely top shelf beat guys, to the point of almost obsessive. LaVelle is pretty good. Perhaps he has a life outside of his job?

You have to achieve competency before competitiveness. If this guy can help them lose less than 90-100 games next season, it's a start.

What's missng from this convo is context: ABW was a member of 3 Champion teams coming through the system. Maybe he was a passenger on all 3, but when you are leading said leagues in HRs, I think he might have come up with some big hits over the years.

Time for the Scooby Doo unmasking - Dave W. is really, Dave St. Peter!

Is the the 1 for 17 you refer to in your signature

Wait, what, huh?! Stop rebuilding brilliantly White Sox dammit.

Hard to argue with that - the guy has done nothing but improve since his debut. Motherlode or nuthin.

LOL - glad to have him back. 2017 might be the breakout year

Until the Twins minor league cupboard is overflowing with top talent, Dozier + deals are a no-go for me. Keep the talent bubbling up from the minors, and buy the rest. When you have top talent in the minors that is expendible/blocked, then you can start dangling prospects. #1 overall plus a nice haul for Dozier sounds like the best way forward to me at this point.

Agree - plus, I enjoyed watching the White Sox resist the rebuild, sign past their prime free-agents, and have no prospects. This sets a dangerous precedent.