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  1. TheDean
    I know that he was likely committed to his rehab, and position players don't have nearly the recovery time that pitchers do, but I have to assume that he'll continue to get better as he A: shakes off the rust offensively and defensively and B: continues to strengthen and grow accustomed to his repaired elbow. He was out of baseball for a long time.
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    Bring him up. He's hitting AAA well, so add him to the list of guys who can hit AAA and have struggled in the majors: Parmelee, Colabello (doing better with the Jays I see?), Herrmann, Arcia, et al. What do none of them have that Hicks has? Defensive ability. Sure, it's only a month, but he's not like Buxton, Sano, or even Rosario coming off seasons with absolutely no baseball. He's had a tough time in the majors, but I'd like to imagine it wasn't wasted time. I can buy that he can hit AAA/AAAA pitchers (he did it in Spring Training twice before); it makes sense for his talent level and experience. I don't think it's a mirage. Add on top that he would likely be the second best defensive OFer on the team (assuming Rosario is only here temporarily-arguable on whether he's better anyway, and that Hicks is a more complete OFer than Schafer). Robinson might be better than them all, but even the rookie version of Hicks is on par with him offensively. It's time indeed.
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    No Deduno on the mound even!
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    I had Buxton and Sano up at this point, and was campaigning for a WS appearance. I don't get what's so hard about this, TR. I mean, OOTP=Real Life, right? PS. Chris Herrmann is AllStar material - flip him to the Rays for their top pitching prospects.
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    I know it's early in the season, and there are better measures of performance out there, but looking at the box with everyone under .250 except Mauer...I'm just imaging everyone with OOTP snowflake symbols next to their names.
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    I'll once again take fellow BHS alum Brandon Peterson. Here's to another TD RP of the year award!
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    I'd argue that there was room for a FA outfielder due to the lack of outfield prospects near ML level, but I agree to an extent on Hicks. I hope this is just a "rake for a few weeks in Rochester to earn your spot at 8, on defense and in the lineup."
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    This was my thought. Yeah, outfield is bad, rotation improved, infield the same as last year, but oh man, that bullpen doesn't inspire confidence. I don't actually feel that great about Perkins/Fien for some reason (probably my recent game viewing history) and the rest of the relievers are question marks in some capacity. I hope they prove me wrong.
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    I totally agree. The Sox should have an excellent pitching staff. And I also agree that they'll probably move to keep the hometown kid on a long deal. Any way you cut it, they're building what should be a better team for next year and probably years to come. I suppose I'm just acknowledging that there's a lot of risk involved here, and as a Twins fan, I hope that none of it pans out.
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    Watching all these moves made early in a pretty aggressive manner reminds me of Beane's moves during the season. However, I feel like I can usually see the logic behind some of his moves, even if they're risky. I can't say the same for the Sox in this case. Will it improve them? Yes. Do they have a bright future? Yes (and adding Rodon to the mix soon will make the pitching top-notch). That said, they're giving up a lot of money, and a lot of lottery tickets (picks, prospects) for middling upgrades. I say middling not because they're bad players, but because the total benefit:cost ratio isn't the best. Closer or not, I'd rather not invest like that in relievers, and dealing prospects for a rental wouldn't be my approach to climbing out of the cellar. Then again, my opinions are probably skewed by being a bitter Twins fan who wants to see the Sox in a state of continual dumpster fire.
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    I think you have to keep Milone. I still think he can be better than the majority of the AAAA filler and career #5s we've had lately. Bottom line is that I think he'll be worth more to the Twins than $2.5 mil. Guys get injured, so you need depth. You can't pass up an opportunity to keep a guy with a decent MLB track record approaching what should be his prime for only $2.5 mil and the option to stash him at AAA. A lot of teams would snap up that opportunity in a heartbeat on the free market I think.
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    FWIW, Hicks has been released by the Bravos de Margarita according to Berardino. Can't be a good sign, but can't be the end of the world either. His line was very much what we've come to expect from Hicks: .220/.381/.280.
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    Definitely. Fielding and also speed on the basepaths. The fact is that he'll likely have trouble getting on base like he did last year in a Twins uniform. However, when he does get on base, he almost automatically scores on a well-hit ball. He is obviously quite proficient at wreaking havoc on opposing batteries trying to hold him at 1B. That's a worthwhile skillset that I'm willing to put in LF on a regular basis until something better comes along (whether through FA or promotion).
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    I suppose it makes sense from a 40-man perspective, and he's never crushed AAA in the same way that Parmelee and Colabello have in the past. I just think it's too bad that he hasn't gotten a September callup at some point. He's a guy who has rarely had a bad year with the stick and has spent nearly a decade on Twins farm teams. But hey, who knows, maybe he gets his chance if the Twins resign him and find 40-man space if they ship CC to Korea and Parms leaves without an arb offer. Not likely, but you never know. I think he's only been optioned once, so he'd have the advantage of having options intact to be that 26th or 27th guy.
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    Maybe someone who knows a little more about the Twins farm system could help me understand why Romero hasn't gotten a look in the bigs at some point over the years? He's been hitting pretty well at AA and AAA for nearly half a decade, but he's been passed over for the Chris's a number of times (C and P deserved their shots, H has positional flexibility). I'd like to see the Twins retain him as their upper level 3B depth seems to be mainly light-hitting MI converts (besides Plouffe and Sano). He and Danny Ortiz were the only Red Wings OPSing over .700 on the season not to get a shot in Minnesota. That said, if I were him, maybe I'd consider taking my services elsewhere if I knew of a place with a less obstacle-filled (Plouffe and Sano) path to the majors. Has it mainly been a question of his glove?
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