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Comment on Fixing the Twins without spending huge money by Nate

Nate — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 03:19:28 +0000

Howard,

Any truth to the rumor that the Twins are working on getting Uggla and Nolasco from Florida?

Comment on Fixing the Twins without spending huge money by Nate

Nate — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 22:42:24 +0000

For those that are curious, I’m betting that Brandon Phillips will come very cheap. There’s a glut of 2B on the market this year and 1 other big trade option in Dan Uggla (who will also be cheap). The point is that with their contracts as they are and the options available on the market, guys like Phillips or Uggla won’t cost much. I’m guessing that deal centers around Perkins and a prospect (but not a top one).

I’ll say this again… Pedro Feliz is one of the worst possible things we can do. I’d rather get Crede.

Comment on Fixing the Twins without spending huge money by mickey mental

mickey mental — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 06:03:56 +0000

crazy as hell, sane. i hope it’s true.

Comment on I like Gardy, but… by Curtis C.

Curtis C. — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 04:32:56 +0000

So, in most of your minds, has Gardenhire ever done a good job as manager of the Twins? It seems as though this is the “Bash Gardenhire” show here. Tell you all what, give the Twins that $200 million payroll and then we will compare them to the Yankees and Angels! In the meantime, I for one, was pretty pleased with the incredible job Gardenhire and his staff did getting this team to the playoffs, regardless of how futile their post-season effort was. Personally, I feel thst Gardenhire should have won the MOY award because this Twins team had no business being anywhere near the playoffs! Let me repeat that for all of you hard-of-hearing (reading!) out there: this Twins team and NO BUSINESS BEING ANYWHERE NEAR THE PLAYOFFS! You tell me any other manager in baseball who could get their team to win 16 of their final 20 games with a starting pitching staff ERA near 6.00 and with 3 deadweight hitters in the lineup! Add to that the most productive hitter goes down for the last month of the season! The job Gardenhire did with this team was nothing short of a miracle! Nothing else to say!

Comment on Fixing the Twins without spending huge money by sane

sane — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:29:27 +0000

On the other hand, we played against the Tucson (AZ.) Pony League All-Stars in 1997 and their SS was JJ Hardy.

He looked like the total SS package, then and now.

Comment on Fixing the Twins without spending huge money by sane

sane — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:23:24 +0000

“do you think plouffe would be better at second? third? listening to his mother and working on a college degree as his backup plan?’

I think that Plouffe would be better at 3B after bulking up in the weight room.

He was a good enough HS pitcher to become the second coming of Jesse Crain.

But everyone should listen to their mother and stay in school.