clutterheart

2013 is written off as far as I am concerned. If you are going to do it, do it right. Trade Mauer. Trade Morneau. Trade Willingham.

Ryan needs to understand the market has changed. He needs to pay the market price for a decent pitcher. If he refuses to do this and fans continue pat his back by saying "that guy is too expensive" its time to trade Mauer because they aren't going to compete for at least 2-3 years due to their lack of pitching.

too bad I missed this Doogie rocks! Whats going to happen to ESPN1500 w/o the twins? I never listen to them except on game day. Will they go back to right wing talk?

If you have to over pay go for Sanchez. He is young and good so might as well pay the premium for him.

Seth A few questions: Any idea why Hendricks is not pitching? I thought I saw he was on Perth but he has not pitched at all. Why is Dozier and Hicks not playing? Injuries? Is there a chance for Rosario to get reps at 2B.

Ponder appears to be bad. But they have to play him because their GM drafted him...and somehow Frasier takes the blame? Why are fans are so quick to jump on Frasier but the GM (whose overall track record is spotty at best) remains untouched? But if we are going to talk Football, you should talk about the Motherfreaking Sea HAWKS!!! Their 3rd round QB might beat Peyton Manning's rookie QB record.

I think your rankings look about right. The system just got a lot more interesting and the number 4 pick in June won't hurt either.

Why do you link to other twins daily articles and not the original source? You wasted my time but I guess you got the clicks you wanted.

I always prefer: Rule "V" draft. Whenever we can we should also use Roman Numerals. Looking at our current XL-man Roster I am not sure who I would drop for any of these guys.

Did Ryan wait too long here? Seems like he did. I am sure the Braves offered some folks to him as they had incentive to save the 8 Million difference that Span would have brought them.

I think you are using the metaphor "revolving door" incorrectly as that suggests they are using the same few guys in a rotation.

Last time I checked, Pugh is doing well in Winterball. I would expect someone makes a claim on him in the Rule V but would be surprised if the Twins lost him as I doubt he could stick the whole year on the 25 man roster. I am surprised Santana is on the 40 man. If this was the plan, why wouldn't they have called him up to AA sometime last year? I doubt he would make it the whole year on a 25 man roster and probably would've stayed with the team through the Rule V draft.

Seth Goodrum didn't make your top 25? I just noticed that now. Why not?

Roberts had an amazing fall but long term we have to wonder where he would play. He is not fast enough for CF. He does not have the power needed for a corner spot. He is a good hitter with great on base skills. But put him in FM next year for half a season and see how he does. I wish he could learn to play MI.

At some point we might have to reconsider the reign of Bill Smith

Twins and Marlins might officially ruin any argument for a Public Funded Stadium. Time for the voters of Hen, county to demand a refund - I would LOVE to see that on the ballot.

These guys should not take innings away fromBerrios and Mata for Cedar Rapids I will be surprised if any of them make the club as a starter.

Seth From my memory he was healthy in the beginning of the year in 2012. He did not get injured until after he was sent to AA. So unless my memory is wrong, we can't blame his poor 2012 on injuries. Instead we need to blame his poor play.

I think you might have Mata too low. Also what about the 16 year old Dominican shortstop they signed last year?

How did they do it? They have payroll of 129 mm. They have drafted front line pitching talent and good sisters while surrounding them with veteran role players. They use strong revenues from the best ballpark in baseball to invest in their team

Is Seth's prospect handbook included in this? Is there bundling options of the two?

A good bullpen is the #1 cure to beat all of the SABR reasons why you should lose. (#2 is ground ball pitchers)

2011 Hicks went to Arizona in the fall league and really played well. Lots of people wrote that off as "everyone hits well in Arizona" But since then he has been playing at a high level. Something seemed to have clicked for him there.

Affordable options = not going to invest in the team to make it better. Affordable for a poor man does not mean the same as for a Rich man. And the Twins are not poor. Did the 1500 crew challenge him/follow up on this? (I doubt they have the balls to do this) This is beyond annoying to me. If the twins go the Affordable route, many people in MN will start looking for other "affordable" options to spend their entertainment money. The residents of Hennipen county should ask for their money back.

Boooo This goes against the spirit of a podcoast. I like to download the podcast and listen on the way to work when I'm on the bus / subway. Or listen to when I am walking around the city. I don't want to watch. Furthermore I live in a region where youtube is blocked. Can you make this available as audio?