siouxkid12

http://sports.yahoo.com/news/the-twins-are-about-to-hire-a-33-year-old-as-their-new-president-184105987.html Sounds like they are going young and they are giving this young man the title of President...

Tell that to the Bills, Browns, Bengals, Jaguars, Texans, Titans, Chargers, Eagles, Lions, Panthers, Falcons, Cardinals. Oh and don't forget to tell that to the Chicago Cubs....

I'm not sure why you always bring up the packers when someone shows disdain for the Vikings, do you secretly like them? Not sure what sports media talks about the Packers 24/7 but if I were going to complain about any team that gets the most attention, I would say its the Patriots and at times the Saints (and they are not even great).

As much as I hate to say it, good ol' Bill Belichick gets my vote (not that it matters) for coach of the year so far.

Boone....

No but they do need an O-Line. If Bradford keeps taking hits like he does he will be the next victim of the Vikings. I don't understand why all you Vikings fans get excited when you are 3-0, its a loooooong season and we all know how the Vikings CHOKE when its time to show up!!!!!!

Anyone familiar with the Twins front office knows St. Peter has never had any influence over roster construction, scouting, or really anything to do with baseball operations. He’s a marketing, business, and communications guy, and always has been.

Terry Ryan (and even the new GM) do not report to St. Peter. They don't and won't because as I have stated in the past, he has no direct hand in what they do. He isn't overmatched because he wasn't the one to put the team together, Terry Ryan and Rob Antony are the ones. A lot of MLB teams have positions that are for specific reasons, the Twins are no different. The title "President" is exactly what it is, a title.

St. Peter runs the business side of the Twins and has no association with who they will draft,trade,sign, etc.... He has been doing a great job for the Twins in the aspect of bringing in money and marketing them to everyone outside the MPLS area. How and who is overmatching him at the current moment?

I have a game worn Nick Mattson jersey with the Philly FF patch on it. PM if interested....

I'd personally like the Semifinal and Championship game on HD DVD

Is this a "I make it up as I go" theory?

how much can we nickel and dime until it comes down to cutting a major sport (i.e. women's hockey)?

How much of this is on Faison?

Haha, yes Brad did give up A LOT of runs but at least with him, you knew you were going to get 7/8 innings of solid pitching. You just better make sure you have him more than 5 runs of support.

My comment was in reference to someone saying that he was vastly underpaid before he got his big deal. To me teams don't care if you were underpaid and will not make it up down the road (i.e. Miami Heat/Dwayne Wade). At the time Mauer signed his deal was worth every bit of $23mm because he was the best catcher in the game but now that he has moved to 1B/DH, he isn't worth that amount of money for the productivity you get from him. His $23mm a year salary was not based off of just his hitting, it was based off of how important he was behind the plate. A-Roid, Hamilton, Pujols, Sabathia, Howard, Fielder and quiet possibly Bryce Harper were worth every bit of money when they signed their deals

At the end of the day we have different views on the Twins and Joe Mauer but I would at least like to think we could have a beer and discuss it even more

What I am saying is, yes he may hit .330 but what good does .330 do when you hit for singles and barely get anyone home? If you are going to hang your whole argument based off of how high his numbers are with RISP, then yes, runs scored and RBI's are a great stat to compare. Just because you hit .330 with RISP does not mean they score, he is just moving runners over. I somewhat agree that Mauer isn't the one hamstringing the Twins. Where I disagree is, I think there are other players that are not playing in positions they should be due to him taking up a spot. The Twins won't/can't get rid of him either, so they are stuck with an avg 1B/DH for the next 2 years. You don't get paid on what you have done in the past, you get paid on what you are doing now and he isn't worth $23mm, that's how sports work.

Sad thing is, Brad Radke was no dominant ACE. He was a solid 3-4 starter who would give you 200+ inning each year. The Twins need Berrios to be better than that! That's great that he has career number of .330/.457/..472 but when you avg only 91 R/83 RBI/13 HR throughout your 13 year MLB career (62 R/7 HR/ 54 RBI avg since he took over at 1B/DH), that doesn't put you in the top 3 or 5 of best 1B/DH. That actually puts you way below avg and when you are getting paid $23mm a year, you are definitely not performing up to standards.

Not sure where you think Mauer is the 2nd or 3rd best 1st baseman in the AL but I can name a handful of other players who are doing a lot better then Mauer. If you like high batting averages and a lot of singles for your 1st baseman/DH, than ya, Mauer is a top 3 1st baseman. If you look at Mauer's history, you can see that his "power numbers" never really dropped off except after his MVP season in 09. The only thing that has taken a huge dive is his BA. He has never been known as a power hitter or an RBI hitter and when you play 1B/DH in the AL you better be hitting that 20+HR/90+ RBI.

The Mauer dig has nothing to do with his concussions. It's with him being in and out of the lineup the past couple season for various injuries that most people have probably played through before. He is getting paid to be the cornerstone of a franchise but he is nothing more than an average player at best. For the amount he is getting paid he should be hitting 20+ HR and driving in 90+ RBI's a year, but no we are stuck with a sub-par 1st basemen/DH because that's all he can do. Ramos/Capps, Win NOW? Are you kidding me? Do you think the Twins actually had a team that could've competed with any of those other playoff teams that season? He mortgaged the team on a NON-All-Star player and before you tell me Capps was an All-Star, he was an All-Star on a crappy team that needed a representative for the All-Star game. That doesn't make you an All-Star, it makes you the best player on a crappy team. Let's trade Gomez for JJ Hardy and then get rid of him for Nishioka (didn't think I would forget about him) and watch Hardy hit 30 HR the following year (and 20+ the following two years). Like I said before, Terry Ryan's time has passed but he had a HUGE hole to dig out of once Smith was reassigned and I think a lot of his moves were based off of desperation. I would like to have seen the Twins gone with someone else after Smith was done because I just don't think Terry's heart was ever fully in it.

How is it tot hard to fully blame Smith on the Santana deal? He took the FORTH best option of players for him. To trade an ACE in any rotation and not get back a proven every day MLB star is sad. Making "pretty good" moves does not cut it when you are the GM of a MLB team, you need to make great moves! Thome and Pavano were "ok" moves but its not like there were tons of teams lining up for their services either. Again, don't even get me started on the flipping Capps for Ramos deal! Just think where the Twins would be if they had Ramos after that P(*&Y Mauer went down with another hangnail injury. Yes, Bill may have been the hand picked predecessor to Terry Ryan but there in lies the problem with the Twins, promoting people that shouldn't be promoted. At the end of the day Terry Ryan wasn't the answer anymore and they need to start over. They have the offensive power to compete day in and day out against the best teams but desperately need help pitching.

Knowing this team or the franchise? This team is not a bad team by any means, the front office was a mess (that has since been changed). They are 13-7 since Terry Ryan being released,12th in BA and 12th in Runs scored but pretty much dead last in pitching. Who's fault is that? some would say Terry Ryan and others would say the players themselves but if you really look at the whole picture, I would say that the reason the Twins are terrible has nothing to do with Terry Ryan but it has everything to do with having Bill Smith as their GM and here is why: Traded away Matt Garza, Jason Bartlett and Eduardo Morlan for Delmon Young. Traded away Johan Santana (at his high point and only got PROSPECTS) for Carlos Gomez, Phil Humber, Kevin Mulvey and Deolis Guerra (the worst offer that was on the table and he took it). He did get Carl Pavano, Jon Rauch, Orlando Cabrera and Brian Fuentes for nothing and traded Carlos Gomez for JJ Hardy but traded him away for Brett Jacobson and Jim Hoey. Let's not forget that he also dealt Wilson Ramos (58th overall prospect in MLB at the time) for MATT FLIPPIN CAPPS!!! Terry Ryan tried to fix the mess that Smith made but ultimately it became too much for him and it cost him his job. Bill Smith will go down as the worst GM ever in MLB history and it set the Twins back many years. The Twins need stop handing out #1 starter contracts to pitchers that are 4th or 5th starters on any other team. I hope the new GM comes in and makes some moves to get viable starters that can help this team now because the core of young players are there but for how long?

It isn't that hard. Wisconsin is sinking faster than the Titanic on a cold April day!

What was the "cost" to winning a NC this year?