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How are you going to acquire said front end pitchers? Certainly not by trading a bunch of "back of the rotation guys."

If they have value, they must be decent ballplayers. Maybe we should keep them.

I still think that when ABW II gets to repeat a level, the pitch recognition will kick in and the Ks will come down to a managable level.

If the Twins end up behind Chicago or Detroit next season, Eric Cartman will eat my underwear.

And do you know for a fact that TR didn't reach out to any of these guys? Twins are just one of a large family of 30 siblings. I had a hard enough time getting heard as one of 6.

Well, an injury to Nolasco (pretty sure to happen), a step back by Milone, and May will be on the front line again. We need one of those fireballers in the minors to step up.

I think Rosario wil have a much better career than Hicks. The latter's hit tool vs. rightys will always be suspect

Love to see people do good with their wealth and fame - that's why everyone still loves Dickens' Christmas Carol

Like the looks of this prospect - Can't teach glove like he has, and the offense looks like it will come.

Let's not forget Taylor Rogers, who turns 25 ... today. Happy birthday. He has the look of a prime LH pen guy sooner rather than later. What is the point of having a great farm system if you don't use it?

Oooh la la the negativity. :shoot:

Ryan is giving Molitor some options. I'm a lot like TR in that I like looking for bargains more than I like paying top dollar. Given the prospects the Twins have, I think this is a pretty good approach. BTW, I think Buxton will shock a lot of folks next season, i.e. all the hand-wringing over trading Hicks will seem laughable. Bold prediction, or is my crystal ball better than yours? We shall see.

I have a french friend named Abad. Like signing just for that. Still, last year was a step back, but he still struck out almost a batter an inning, and gave up less than a hit per inning. These are the stone-age metrics I tabulate on my abacus, but over the years they've been reliable to me.

I'm a sap for old-school values, but I think loyalty is an admirable quality, and I believe it can compensate for a lot of flashier qualities if accompanied by a modicum of wisdom.

Really, I'd pay money for a book of actual scouting reports of players that made it, especially if they were Twins. We all know how pundits hit and miss, but pro scouts? Just amazing stuff.

Trading Plouffe for a reliever - no way. Good prospects would be more welcome than another Capps. The Twins pen will be fine.

That sir is outstanding stuff. Mientkiewicz can't field, riiiight. Jim Thome as a shortstop. Fascinating.

Me, no. Twins already have Nolasco's albatross contract, and Mauer's. By all reports, the Twins have an excellent farm system. Time to move forward, and stop grasping at the past.

Jimmer, it's ironic because the Twins had the golden touch for a while there: Mauer, Pierczinski, Damien Miller, plus they also drafted but failed to sign Hinch and Varitek, and they gave away Ramos. Somebody in the organization had a good sniffer for catchers.

Zack who?

There some very nice photos in there.

If Mauer continues to underperform, then he should grab some bench. Play him 120 games, with the rest of that time going to Sano and Park, assuming of course the latter are outplaying him.

I disagree with the headline 100%. How can we say until these guys have actually played for their respective teams, and for a few years at that? Shoulda woulda coulda isn't how it works. There are 30 teams, each with a GM, each with an agenda. Because team A got player B for player C from team D doesn't mean Team E could've swung the same deal for player F. Deals gotta make sense both ways, and sometimes GMs are looking for specific players in return, despite what you think would have made a great deal on paper.

Gotta like a guy with a few magic tricks up his sleeve. In some ways, Plouffe reminds me a lot of Cuddy, drafted as shortstops , moved to 3rd, never elite offensively but solid all-araound ballplayers, and good teammates. I'm with ya Stringer, perhaps not my favorite, but one of my better liked Twins all-time.

46 ip or%^ spinx 45/wtf? Well, they had the same BA and home runs - pretty incredible given the results, last to first. Reardon? Just a guess. Berengeur?If so, they had enough to win with just that extremely modest pen. Neither were really that elite, at least no more so than what the Twins have today.