Comments on: which outfielder should go(go)?

By: wadE

wadE — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 16:08:02 +0000

as I told you in person… you’re use of “consistency”, very Joe Morgan-esque… he’s ruined that word for all… just like Bill Walton ruined “terrible” and Hubie Brown ruined “upside”, or more specifically “tremendous upside”…

By: alex

alex — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 22:46:27 +0000

To what exactly are you taking umbrage?

By: wadE

wadE — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 21:01:04 +0000

… “consistency”… really Alex? for shame… for shame…

By: alex

alex — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 00:21:41 +0000

And I don’t think any of the recent signees were actual Type Bs (it’s a category). Possibly they were Type Bs at some point… heh…

By: alex

alex — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 00:20:23 +0000

Type As, as long as you don’t sign one who’s getting too old, have a track record of consistency. You can usually pencil them in for at least the low side of their career numbers (see for reference Torii’s 2008 season), and as such it’s harder to make a mistake. I’m not saying the Twins wouldn’t blow it, but at least it would be an impressive mistake.

By: anderswa

anderswa — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 15:44:18 +0000

oh, i dunno. our forays into the type B FA market in the past haven’t worked out so well, who’s to say we’d be any smarter with a type A?

By: alex

alex — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 02:43:22 +0000

Predictably: Twins won't sign Type A free agent, preferring to hold on to yet another draft pick to stockpile adequate players for five years down the road. Meh.

By: alex

alex — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 23:23:34 +0000

Ok, I have more to say. I keep hearing the Twins are gonna sign Casey Blake to a three year deal. To which I MUST say… really?! Casey Blake? He’s 35, never batted .300, never hit 30 home runs, and I’m supposed to be excited that we’re going to give him a 3 year deal? Seriously, WTF? Can’t the Twins just once overpay for someone who’s halfway decent? Why not Rafael Furcal? Why not back up a dumptruck full of money in front of Manny Ramirez and see what he says? At least with Delmon Young they were trading for that year’s Rookie of the Year. Why must the height of the Twins free agent wheelings and dealings be something as irrelevant as a misguided Casey Blake signing? Somebody call me when it’s June and the Twins have decided all their in-house options were yet again better than what they signed in the offseason.

By: wadE

wadE — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 01:00:27 +0000

I mostly agree…
Boras is a non-factor at this point (maybe in a few years)
None of them should be traded this offseason unless it’s too good to be true… also none of them have shown enough to warrant any good trade offers… on the other hand, some of them may be at their peak right now for their tradeability… that isn’t saying much, is it?
I think all 3 positions should open this spring. I’m not sold on DY whatsoever. No matter how someone is acquired, if it’s a mistake, you don’t hold onto that player just to save face.

By: alex

alex — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 22:53:16 +0000

I would honestly assume that the Twins won’t trade anyone unless it’s a really good deal… and that Gomez will start the year on the bench if Span has a decent spring, and come in late innings like he did in the last two months of the season. He *could* (or perhaps should) start in the minors, but I think Gardy would lobby against it, because he likes the D. Anyway. DY/Span/Cud in the OF, Kubel at DH. I really, really think Kubel is going to have a monster year this year, by the way…