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  1.    roger reacted to a post in a topic: Potential Trade Packages for José Berríos
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  4. thegambler
    Berrios is already a front line starter, and any team who can get him for $15 million for two years is getting a steal. You people are fukking blind. You just can't see it because the Twins suck ass. If Berrios had a 3.75 ETA and 400 strikeouts in two years for the Yankees, he'd have at least 30 wins of not more, and you'd think he was a God. Stop critiquing players based on how ****tty their squads are.
  5.    LA VIkes Fan reacted to a post in a topic: Front Page: Minnesota’s Top Regression Candidates
  6. thegambler
    "I believe Arraez will NOT have a large regression." Agree 100%. I could tell that this guy was going to be special after being with the club for a few games. I don't think he will regress at all. If anything, he's going to develop more power, and become a .300 hitting RBI machine.
  7.    mikelink45 reacted to a comment on a blog entry: Why the Eddie Rosario hate?
  8. thegambler
    Rosario leads the majors in HRs hit on pitches located outside of the strike zone, for the past two years, and his strikeout ratio is very low. The only guy I've seen like that is Vlad Guerrero. Maybe Rosario's average isn't at Guerrero's level, but his ability to hit the ball from various locations in and outside the strike zone is amazing. You can't let a guy like that go.
  9.    mikelink45 reacted to a post in a topic: Front Page: Moneyball Redux: Will Red Sox Raid Twins' Front Office?
  10. thegambler
    Apples and oranges. Beane has stuck with a franchise always running on fumes and still needs a stadium. The Twins are a profitable franchise, great stadium, great fans, great market, and great history.
  11.    Hosken Bombo Disco reacted to a post in a topic: Article: Twins 2019 Position Analysis: Catcher
  12. thegambler
    If Astudillo is not on the 25 man roster to start the season, I'm going to PUKE. The guy has produced at every level with the bat, and he is starting to get some sneaky power. He absolutely tore up Winter Ball this year. He's not a Gold Glove defender at any position, but he is far from the worst, above average in the field. He could be a starter on a lot of teams. He needs to be on the roster, if winning is more important than options that is.
  13.    Cris E reacted to a post in a topic: Article: Don’t Sleep on Jorge Polanco
  14. thegambler
    The Machado/Harper rumors are just BS, planted by their agents to push other teams into paying more, and quicker. Twins probably put a call in, just to test the waters, now they are "the big mystery team". Sorry, not buying it. Twins need to give Gordon a chance. Very exciting player. Would you take Dee Gordon on your team? Of course you would. Nick Gordon is a splitting image. Give him the shot.
  15.    DocBauer reacted to a post in a topic: Article: Twins Sign Left-Handed Pitcher Martin Perez
  16.    jud6312 reacted to a post in a topic: Article: Twins Sign Left-Handed Pitcher Martin Perez
  17. thegambler
    Bluejays got Matt Shoemaker for 1 year $3.5 million. I would have much rather had him. Could have had Mike Fiers on a two year deal for $7 million/year. Even Garrett Richards went for.$7 million/year for two years. There's still options in free agency as well, like Ervin Santana (not sure why we're giving up on that guy).
  18. thegambler
    Well, the good news is that we can to take another bum off the 40 man roster to make room for this bum. I guess it's a very small bum improvement for $3.5 million, or at the very least Perez is just a higher priced bum
  19. thegambler
    Oh my GOD! We just wasted $3.5 million on the WORST pitcher in the league. So many better options than this guy bum. I don't know what the Twins are thinking. How many 5th starters can one team possibly employ? Trick question, Perez isn't even good enough to be a 5th starter. He shouldn't be pitching in the league, much less making $3.5 million. The pay structure in MLB is ridiculous.
  20. thegambler
    The Twins need to stop watching service time clocks and trying to hoard mid level prospects. You can't build a franchise around mediocre MLB players, while not giving your top organization minor league players any time to play before they are Rule 5 eligible. I'm less concerned about finding the next Johan Santana, as I am giving the next one up. We need to play these guys. Stop wasting money on players like C.J. Cron or Logan Morrison. No reason to spend money on a Quad A players, when you have a surplus sitting in the cupboard.
  21. thegambler
    I always thought the Twins should have turned Liriano into a closer, rather than trade him for next to nothing. (Ok, we got Escobar). Liriano's stats first time through a lineup were amazing. When he started to get 2nd or 3rd time through the lineup, he suffered. We missed out.
  22. thegambler
    Hindsight is 20/20. There were a lot of pitchers who went earlier. It's possible the Twins had their eyes on someone else, didn't get who they wanted, and ended up taking the best guy in the board. Letting Burdi go is a headscratcher though. They could have put him on the DL, and not needed to put him on the 25 man roster. Maybe they felt they using a 40 man roster spot on a DL player was too high risk, for a team ready to win now. Either way, they took the guy who they think can contribute now. Maybe not, but they must either know something about the guys we had, or the guy we are getting, otherwise they wouldn't have done it.
  23. thegambler
    I don't understand the logic here. We go from losing two promising relievers that we could have put on the 40 man roster, to picking up a guy that we HAVE to put on the 25 man roster. Where is the logic in that?
  24. thegambler
    A large amount of money and higher risk by typical "Twins" standards. However, in the grand scheme of MLB market and money, it's still a modest amount, and modest risk. This move signifies to me that the Twins are willing spend some money, and might spend a little more money soon on a bigger puzzle piece. Keep it up!
  25. thegambler
    Lackey maybe. Werth, absolutely not. We need to start moving our youth through the program. We just lost Daniel Palka. We're going to start losing more players unless we start making them an option.
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