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  1. gbg
    Beresford re-upped with the Twins after he reached free agency, too.
  2. gbg
    "The offense managed 13 hits, but many players had seven plate-appearances and the team batted only .217 on Tuesday night." They were 13 of 54 last night, so they actually hit .241 for the evening. They are hitting .217 for the year. It's confusing the way MiLB.com does that.
  3. gbg
    We at least got one good month out of Nolasco last September. We've only seen one good start from Milone, including last year. At this point, I'd keep Nolasco in the rotation.
  4. gbg
    He can refuse the assignment (as a veteran with more than five years of experience). He does become a free agent at that point, but it does not void his contract. So, basically, he'd get paid twice if another team signed him, and we'd still be on the hook.
  5. gbg
    Five hits and two walks in seven innings in his last start. One base runner per inning is acceptable in my book. As to the questions of what to do with Nolasco - I think the reality is that we can't just stick him in indefinite rehab, per the CBA. Either he has to be back with the club or he's released, and I can't see the Twins swallowing three years of contract to release him. Both Milone and Pelfrey have had one good start, one mediocre one, and one poor one so far this year. Any differences in peripherals are because Milone struck out more batters in his one good start. We can no more call Milone consistent than we can say that about Pelfrey yet. As someone said above - each of our starters will get two more starts before Nolasco has to come back. A lot can (and will) change before then.
  6. gbg
    Pull up! Pull UP! Breathe, Doc. Breathe. That's a whole lot of words for one day for a sub-par baseball team! :-) Please, no strokes on the board. It's just not worth it, man!
  7. gbg
    You know it's bad when Nick is despondent! I can't see cutting bait on Gibson and his potential after one, or even two, rough starts. He's way too talented to say "He stunk last week, so move on." The sample size is simply way too small to be talking wholesale changes at this point. I would bring Pinto up as he's obviously got himself back in playing shape, but let's be honest, Herrman has not been the problem so far! Small sample size Exhibit A: Hicks' "OPS over 1.000" just dropped 200 points in a single game. Let's see how a few weeks pan out. The current Twins lineup is bad, but it isn't THIS bad. I can't believe that we'll continue this putrid play and record over the next three weeks.
  8. gbg
    I'm 100% with you, especialy on point F. We can Zips, Pecota, Siera and Bolera (ok, I made that last one up) all we want. It means nothing until the games are played.
  9. gbg
    There was definitely a report that he signed. But that report was later retracted. If he is with the Twins, he's not on their latest minor league work groups - not even EST.
  10. gbg
    He never signed with the Twins, that I've seen, so I doubt either option is likely.
  11. gbg
    I need more than five batters faced before I start making judgments, myself.
  12. gbg
    That's a really neat, and telling, perspective. Thanks for sharing that quote.
  13. gbg
    I'm guessing (hoping) he means Dalton Hicks.
  14. gbg
    That they both have a lot to prove is my point. I just don't think Rosario's AFL stint this year was that impressive (Championship game aside...). I think he had only the 6th or 7th highest OPS on the team, so Kepler's one of a handful who had a better month. League-wide, he was squarely in the middle. I want Rosario to step up (and long-term, I'm still a believer), but as you state - he has a ways to go. I'm just not able to point to the Fall League as a game-changer, even if it was an improvement over his season.
  15. gbg
    I keep reading about Rosario's amazing AFL stint. Interestingly, we never hear that Max Kepler's OPS with Salt River was 50 points higher. So if Rosario was that amazing, then Kepler must be superlative. Or maybe we just want Rosario to be better than he really was last year?
  16. gbg
    I think the part of the blue collar ethos that he's referencing is the "keep your head down and don't boast, just do your job" piece. Not sure exactly who the audience is for J.O.'s video. But I have to say, the pitch at 1:35 is positively sick...
  17. gbg
    I would look at this as he took one for the team, who enabled a path for the rising star, Mientkiewicz.
  18. gbg
    Those aren't his stats. He's played three seasons, and you took his numbers and divided by two. He actually averages 22 HRs, 82 RBIs, and 68 R per year. He's 22 years old and played High-A last year. He's below the average age for the league, and he's been promoted twice. If he hadn't been promoted, he'd still be at E-town. And frankly, if his make-up is such that not getting to spend about a week in spring training at age 22 is going to "kill his spirit", then we should trade him now before his psyche is completely crushed by the world.
  19. gbg
    We should definitely be adding Jose Abreu to our 40-man if we have the chance! Not even a question!!! Oh, wait, not THAT Jose Abreu?
  20. gbg
    I want to be more positive about Rosario, but beyond his AVG, there's not much. His OPS is only 5th in his team (excluding two guys with minimal at bats. I notice he's been playing a lot of LF. Any reports on his performance out there?
  21. gbg
    Why is "DM the clear winner". I think the casual fan is going to flock more to a hall-of-famer from St. Paul than to someone who played first base for the Twins a few years back.
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