Drew

His career k/9 (9.1) would rank #2 in Twins history. Even if he never pitches like we hope he can I like the thinking behind this move and the direction Falvine seems to be taking our pitching staff.

Good lord. They aren't even from the same country, much less played in the same league....or the same position. They are as comparable as Jeff Reboulet and Chili Davis.

I wish there were targets I were interested in, the current structure of this team would fit a huge SP signing. But I'm not much of a fan outside of any of the FA SP's other than Darvish (why not?). Just more Ricky Nolasco's.

I'm convinced I don't care at all about the Gold Glove. But I would've been very upset if Buxton hadn't won it. So I guess I care. But starting next year I will no longer care. Unless Buxton doesn't win it.

If the Twins are using that small a sample size to make decisions then nothing has changed.

I've never heard of Brant Alyea until today, he had a pretty solid 1970 though. .299/.366/.531 with 16 HR in 94 games. I have been looking for a sneaky throwback jersey....

So...is Molitor still mad about the George Brett pine tar HR reversal? Or did he pick names out of a hat for a different reason? Either way, baseball! Real, live, actual baseball.

I'll go with .255/.310/.480 20 HR, 45 SB and a Gold Glove. My main concern is that I drafted him in my fantasy baseball league, so if it all goes to hell I am very sorry to everyone.

"interact and joke with Hispanic speaking fans" Oh no, not the Hispanic speaking fans! It's Spring Training, be (a little) concerned about his weight, his at bats or his defense. But a guy having fun during ST or talking to fans, even the Hispanic speaking ones, or using his phone in the clubhouse seems the kind of thing that doesn't matter in any way at all.

0-1 in SB tells you next to nothing about his speed. And judging a players defense on fielding percentage is like judging the taste of a steak by me telling you over the phone that it’s brown. Torii Hunter had a .895 fielding pct in his first year in the minors and he did alright.

When I was a kid I had a 'Tommy' corner in my room where I had Tom Lawless and Tommy Herr cards stuck to the wall. I'd drawn faces on them with marker and had deemed them my least favorite MLB players after the '87 World Series. Then we traded Tom Brunansky, one of OUR guys, for one of the guys in my Tommy corner? Tommy Herr has been my least favorite baseball player for 28 years running.

Oh that's not a thing anyone believes right? But I agree with Russo and Berardino, miles better than the competition.

I'm very happily surprised by the timing, as Brock said this is a statement move and this team needs to scream about something. Hopefully this is the first in a series of bold moves.

David Clyde just felt a great disturbance in the force. I don't mean to be rude but this one time when we were kids my little sister mixed roast beef and cheese with her blueberry yogurt. Until today that was the worst idea I'd come across.

Ha okay then. Good internetting.

Reminds me of the conference championship game in 9th grade (okay, first playoff game) . I made a diving catch in CF (okay, it was just a flyball to the gap but I did have to range SEVERAL feet to my right) and I went 4-5 with 3 RBI in a 2 run game (okay, I think it was really 2-4 with 2 seeing eye singles and 1 RBI and I think we won by 4?). On top of all of that I was very, very good looking.

The fact that he thinks the education his 14 year old son would get in a clubhouse is greater than the education he'd get at a school is bonkers.

Uhhhhh.....this is weird.

The 1899 Cleveland Spiders started the season 1-4. They finished their season with a 1-40 stretch. We're too late to have a better start but we can have a better finish.

At this pace Eduardo Escobar would more than triple the all time single season doubles record.

Sano has made a couple of catches look easier than I expected but between the horrible dive that cost a run and his close-your-eyes-and-stab-at-the-air miracle catch I have a hard time saying he looks fairly competent. He could very well get there, but right now he looks like a guy who has never played RF before (imagine that). I've been a baseball fan too long to overreact to 3 games in April but man Escobar looks like a legit, 1st division SS. Great looking swing, obviously good gap power and his D is perfectly fine. If he gets his OBP to .325-.330 he'll get AS consideration. Sort of a big "if" but I don't think it's out of the realm of possibility.

I died laughing at the eyes closed, stab at the ball technique. I'm pretty sure I used that same form when I was 8 and my dad was first hitting pop ups to me in the backyard. I'm not very concerned about any of the other trends mentioned in the thread. Well, not any more than I was before the season started. But I really enjoy watching Escobar hit doubles. He could keep doing that.

Stay healthy. Otherwise I don't really care what happens in March. Stats are meaningless in Spring* *Unless you're Tyler Duffey.

Complaining about free stuff is a weird thing to do. "Here is a free chocolate chip cookie" "Your chocolate chip cookies SUCK!" A simple thank you would've sufficed.

Oh is this where we voice complaints? Because I was promised punch and pie and there is an alarmingly small amount of both pie and punch around here.