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  1. Twinfan & Dad
    Thank you for bringing up the comparison. Moderators had muted me when I tried to comment on Darvish and this topic a month ago. IMO Kimbrell would have signed with the Cubs unless the Twins massively had the bigger offer. Now let's use some of these prospects and go get us a closer before the deadline.
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    Odorizzi was tough. He knows how to pitch. Worked both sides of the plate and kept bats off balance with breaking stuff. His fast ball up in the zone absolutely tied batters up. Hoping that the rest of the staff can duplicate the command. Optomistic after watching him.
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    This young man makes it difficult for the "glass half empty voices on this site" to say anything negative. Hard worker,humble and just gets it. It doesnt matter what position he ends up playing Lewis will be fun to watch mature.
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    Either you're a believer or not. Let's believe that now "yes I'll have my eggs odor izzi" will regain his 3 slot stuff. He is only 27 and has proven that he can do the job.
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    When you say if you had to lean one way or another, Tampa got the better of the deal. COME ON MAN!
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    Like most trades only time will tell who got the better end of the trade. I believe Falvey is a capable and bright baseball mind. I believe any decisions that are made by him are to make the Twins a better team. I believe that he has more information than any of us to make these decisions. I believe he is a better GM than any of us. Some posters might not agree with these beliefs by the sound of it!
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    Or just maybe in this case you have a pitcher that is top 3 in salary on a team that also designated another top 3 salary the same day. Salary dump! Odorizzi trended down last year but finished strong and Tampa believes they can replace him with a young cheaper arm since the team is going nowhere. I dont have Tampa GM on speed dial so don't know what other offers they had. From the Twins perspective, only a glass half empty view can look at this trade and not feel optomistic. This trade buys us time for the young guys and improves our rotation vs. 2017.
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    I guess beauty is in the eye of the beholder!
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    If you read what their front office is saying they absolutely believe that Palacios is going to be a stud. Odorizza was their 2 or 3 pitcher and yes they had doubts about him going forward due to high home run totals. Most importantly they have numerous young arms to throw out there. As far as someone beating the Twins offer you'll have to tell me what Tampa Bay was looking for as their best offer for him.
  10. Twinfan & Dad
    They call it a salary dump by Tampa Bay.Top 3 salary on their team also designating Dickerson proves this.
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    I've defended Falvey and have been a strong supporter of his moves. This one though has me scratching my head. I don't see where he fits. This looks like a throw enough **** against the wall maybe some of it will stick move. We already had one older broken down arm in Hughes.
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    I guess time will tell whether we missed out on Darvich or not. Just my opinion but I think we'll be glad we didnt pay him. Yes he would of provided us a true #1 when not on the DL but this also allows us to usher in our young pitchers and get the ball to May when he is ready. Santana will only miss a handful of starts so our rotation of Berrios Gibson Meija Gonsalves? Duffey? Or new signing??? vs. 2017 of Santana Santiago Hughes Meija Gibson (Berrios was called up in May) looks in as good as shape to me to start the year. Keep the faith Twins fans all is not lost! Gonsalves and Romero have a lot of UNPROVEN talent so add them to Berrios and we will see the makings of a young core that we can grow with hopefully sometime in 2018.
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    I am in complete agreement with so many unknowns. I like the idea of finding that stopgap guy who will sign a one year deal. We had great hope for May as a solid starter until his injury. I still believe he will be a solid starter hopefully by the second half of the season. I like May over Cobb and Lynn especially with the 3 or 4 year commitment the later two will be looking for. I also think that Gonsalves and Romero will both get looks in spring training and one will earn enough praise to earn a shot early on. So what I see post All Star game is Santana,Berrios,Gibson,May and Gonsalves or Romero.
  14. Twinfan & Dad
    Romero and Gonsalves unless we trade for Archer.
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    Bullpen now vastly improved. Dont forget about our young arms that also may help at some point this season. Now trade for Cole or Archer. Shorter term committment than Darvich and much cheaper for now. Buys us time to see what the young guys look like and how May comes back. Darvich is just going to take too long a contract at 25mm plus per year. He has too many question marks and has a history of the injury bug.
  16. Twinfan & Dad
    Pay the man! He was a major reason on why we reached the wild card game. Sano went down and he filled in beyond expectations and unfortunately Im sorry to say this but "he will have to do it again". Sano will be DH more this year so unless they move Dozier to 3rd we need Escobar.
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    I couldnt agree more. Last year was the year of the young hitters coming of age and this year our young pitchers will step forward. There will be plenty of opportunity for many to shine.
  18. Twinfan & Dad
    Burdi annoited to All Star status. Oh wait he has to pitch above AA and be healthy first. Four years and AA. On track if healthy but he isnt. When rolling the dice on 95mph to 100mph fastballs and staying healthy good luck. In todays game there seems to be more and more arms that can create that velocity. I guess Falvey just decided to take a different direction to 100mph. IN MANAGEMENT I TRUST!
  19. Twinfan & Dad
    Last season our young hitters made great strides as Falvey didnt have them on the elevator going up and down from AAA much like Ryan had. I believe the plan was the same for our young pitchers but injuries to many of them prevented this from happening. This will be the year we get to see a few of these young arms so maybe we dont need to fill as many bullpen holes as many seem to think. We also should see May and Hughes at some point and both will work from the pen IMO. Guess we'll have to see how it all shakes out.
  20. Twinfan & Dad
    Maybe Kinley is better than the crap we had at the end of our bullpen last year. Guess we'll have to wait and see.
  21. Twinfan & Dad
    I dont think you can judge Falvey on these moves until the players actually are on the field and we see how they perform. Burdi wont see the field and Bard didnt throw in high leverage situations. Guess Falvey thought he could do better. We shall see!
  22. Twinfan & Dad
    Yes. Cy Young candidate. Biggest surprise and comeback player of the year. Anchors staff that is the best in baseball. Fastball consistently sits at 96. Oh how I love the offseason.
  23. Twinfan & Dad
    Keep Santana and sign an ace. Santana has been the one constant for our staff. The idea of acquiring mid tier starting pichers and hoping they produce hasnt worked out so well recently other than Santana(Hughes,Pelfrey,Nolasco). If the Twins are committed to winning a true ace will be signed but we also need legitimate 2 and 3 pitchers like Santana. In my mind Berrios can be a reliable 2 or 3 guy but doesnt have the experience yet. Keeping my fingers crossed!
  24. Twinfan & Dad
    Thanks for your work on this prospect list Seth. My question would be the same as Hans Joelo in that if we have 2 pitchers that may be ready to give us some starts this year plus we have May in the background, how many off season additions do we really need to upgrade the starting pitching? I would argue that Santana and Berrios give us a solid 2 and 3 in depth and our existing staff plus Romero,Gonsalves and May surely allows us to find 2 additional arms to round out the 4 and 5. Give me the leader of the staff through free agency or trade, overpay if you must, but DO NOT TRADE AWAY YOUNG STARTING PITCHING unless the offer is needed to acquire starting pitching. We are a franchise that is in need of developing our young arms and are on the cusp of something great with our young starting pitchers. The more arms you have the greater the chance that 1 or 2 of them become core parts of your staff. Starting pitching is very expensive on a teams payroll if you have to buy it but much cheaper when you can develop it.
  25. Twinfan & Dad
    Looks to me that Falvey came in and wanted to see what the young guys could do if they didnt have to keep worrying about being sent down to AAA everytime they encountered a slump like Ryan would do. This approach worked well for our young hitters as we now know that they can prosper if given consistent playing time. On the other hand the approach didnt work so well for our pitching as injuries prevented us from seeing exactly what the young guys could do. Is Falvey at fault for not looking into his crystal ball and forseeing all these injuries? Should he have traded young prospects for middle tier pitching help? Knowing that we were not a World Championship caliber team I think he played his cards right. Would keeping Kintzler and Garcia made a difference in the ending to our season? I dont think so! Garcia couldnt put it together for the Yanks and we actually received a young asset from flipping him. I am in agreement that moving forward Falvey should know exactly what holes he wants to fill and has plans A,B and C to make it happen. This is the offseason that he should be judged by not last year as he let us all see what our young hitters could do. Go Twins!
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