Comments on: Twins Notes: “Psst. It’s Over.”

By: Bird

Bird — Tue, 16 Aug 2011 15:21:12 +0000

Is Perkins tiring? It would be hard to believe his future career ERA out of the bullpen would be a miniscule 1.80. He very well may be tiring but quite simply he could also be returning to the mean. A 2.20 ERA is still extremely impressive.

By: mrgerbik03

mrgerbik03 — Tue, 16 Aug 2011 00:50:25 +0000

Only thing that bothers me about DY departure is the irrational fear that he will start mashing and complain that the Twins always asked him to take the ball the other way.

By: Ben

Ben — Mon, 15 Aug 2011 22:35:51 +0000

As much as Young sucked, which was a lot-at everything it seemed, it seems very stupid to trade him now unless this Nelson kid is better than he currently appears. Young never starts to hit until late, too late to have any impact most years, and is always horrible to start the season. It would have made more sense to hold onto him until after the season just to see if he gets hot in August and September hoping to sucker somebody this winter. As is all they did was save about a million bucks. Now if they’re gonna send that on over to me, great. If they’re just going to stuff it back into their pockets then it’s just another bad move. Bush league even.

Rene Tosoni has struck out every bit as much in his minor league career as Joe Benson has without hitting nearly as well. I have to hope this means that Benson starts 2012 in right. He actually seems better suited to center than either Span or Revere but they aren’t likely to move Span for a rookie. I’m sure he would move right over if asked though. Right?

By: Scott

Scott — Mon, 15 Aug 2011 20:06:31 +0000

If they actually play the youngsters, i give this deal my OK. Revere needs to go back to AAA, Tolbert DFA, Plouffe plays everyday.

By: mike wants wins

mike wants wins — Mon, 15 Aug 2011 19:36:19 +0000

Jeff, Young does not solve that problem. DO NOT go to the STrib comments if you value your sanity^ (BS reference there with the ^)

By: Jeff

Jeff — Mon, 15 Aug 2011 19:29:49 +0000

Given that this is the same article that points out how disappointing Ben Revere is, and considering Span’s situation is looking pretty scary… is there a plan here? Seems like we’re short an outfielder.

By: Pedro Munoz

Pedro Munoz — Mon, 15 Aug 2011 19:21:06 +0000

Delmon Young is 2-3 years from being out of baseball. No one is looking to put Delmon Young in their plans. If we get nothing more than Detroit picking up his salary for the rest of the year, we did well.

By: mike wants wins

mike wants wins — Mon, 15 Aug 2011 19:00:26 +0000

Good first move, though you have to wonder if they could have gotten more for him in the offseason. This clears up $5-7MM for next year. Hopefully Smith spends it well.

By: mike wants wins

mike wants wins — Mon, 15 Aug 2011 16:16:04 +0000

That’s not quite true….the two players in front of Michael are signed, as are the two players two behing him…..check here

http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2011/06/list-of-first-round-supplemental-draft-picks-to-sign.html

This minor league system is not stacked at all. If they don’t sign all three of these guys, it will just be another failure of this FO. That said, I definitely expect Michael to sign.

By: ML

ML — Mon, 15 Aug 2011 16:02:41 +0000

They aren’t signed because no one ahead of them is signed either. It’s all relative and I’m betting it will all get done close to the deadline.