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2011 Minnesota Twins: Yoshi, Pavario, and Big Jim's Quest for 600

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15-0 now. It's either just one of those nights, or the Loch Ness Monster ate your pitching staff before the game and you dug up Wild Thing Rickey Vaughn and stuck him on the mound, 22 years later.
 
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Hammer said:
15-0 now. It's either just one of those nights, or the Loch Ness Monster ate your pitching staff before the game and you dug up Wild Thing Rickey Vaughn and stuck him on the mound, 22 years later.
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Mauer came back and destroyed the team chemistry - that's the theory being floated by at least one twin cities sports columnist, anyway.
 
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My next guess was that Frank McCourt bankrupted your pitching staff along with the Dodgers this morning.
 
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I hope the Twins are sellers not buyers when it comes to the trade deadline
 
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Biddco said:
I hope the Twins are sellers not buyers when it comes to the trade deadline
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Kubel and Cuddyer are our only proven commodities. Maybe Thome if someone wants a partial season pinch hitter.

I'd be happy with Kubel gone, but i'd miss Cuddyer. Also we suck at trades, so we would probably get nothing in return and be worse off than keeping them.

Also people keep telling me Delmon Young is young. When exactly will that excuse not work for his mostly poor seasons (1 exception)? History proves you play to your average, so I have always doubted he would reach any greater potential. I'd like to be wrong about this, but I doubt it.
 
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Kubel and Cuddyer are our only proven commodities. Maybe Thome if someone wants a partial season pinch hitter.

I'd be happy with Kubel gone, but i'd miss Cuddyer. Also we suck at trades, so we would probably get nothing in return and be worse off than keeping them.

Also people keep telling me Delmon Young is young. When exactly will that excuse not work for his mostly poor seasons (1 exception)? History proves you play to your average, so I have always doubted he would reach any greater potential. I'd like to be wrong about this, but I doubt it.
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I had heard that signing Cuddyer for the years he and money he wants (like Torii) are outside what the Twins are willing to give. I would like us to trade some folks to rebuild the farm system
 
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At least we can hang our hat on winning the Grapefruit League this year at 20-12. A half-game better than the Phillies.
 
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JF_Gophers said:
Also people keep telling me Delmon Young is young. When exactly will that excuse not work for his mostly poor seasons (1 exception)? History proves you play to your average, so I have always doubted he would reach any greater potential. I'd like to be wrong about this, but I doubt it.
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Very soon. While he has played a lot of games for his age, he is still only 25. He's just about at the end of his "he's young" stage. It's not unreasonable to think that he's got at least a decade left in his career. I would hazard a guess and say that by 26-27 (which he's 1-2 years away from), you are what you are as a player.
 
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Delmon as a hitter isn't nearly as big of a problem as Delmon the worst defensive left fielder in history.
 
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JF_Gophers said:
Also people keep telling me Delmon Young is young. When exactly will that excuse not work for his mostly poor seasons (1 exception)? History proves you play to your average, so I have always doubted he would reach any greater potential. I'd like to be wrong about this, but I doubt it.
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In terms of cost vs productivity, the best thing to do is to sign players until they're 32 or so and then trade them as they become way too expensive for their numbers and durability (both of which are about to decline). I suspect there are few players that are worth the money beyond their early 30s (IIRC, Torii Hunter is making $18 million a year right now... no way in hell is he worth that).

And a player's prime is generally considered somewhere in the 26-32 age range.
 
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The losing six in a row wasn't ideal, but it was nice to come back from that 15 - 0 game to win the next two (and the series). That's something.
 
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In terms of cost vs productivity, the best thing to do is to sign players until they're 32 or so and then trade them as they become way too expensive for their numbers and durability (both of which are about to decline). I suspect there are few players that are worth the money beyond their early 30s (IIRC, Torii Hunter is making $18 million a year right now... no way in hell is he worth that).

And a player's prime is generally considered somewhere in the 26-32 age range.
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I feel like among professional sports, it's the worst in terms of overpaying players that aren't worth what they're paid; torii making 18mil/year. Without a cap so much money goes to waste because players can jack up their contracts, with their playing abilities of course, to lucrative amounts.

Winning two hopefully starts a trend for the rest of the year, and gets rid of any more of those 4+ game losing streaks.
 
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Way to go Capps!
God you suck
 
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