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Kevin Goldstein of BP has his list out. Sano is #12, Rosario #87, and Benson #90.

I'm pleasantly surprised with Sano nearly cracking the top ten. Next year, the Twins are going to have a nicer showing on this list. Sano, Rosario, Arcia, Hicks, and Appel are all going to be listed, in my opinion.

4 months ago Tiny AM. 3 comments

Who would you rather have: Matt Capps and Jason Marquis, or Roy Oswalt?

Here are a few reasons the Twins should go a bit over their arbitrary $100m cap for this year and sign Oswalt. He can reestablish his value in a pitchers park (he's only played in Houston and Philly, two notorious hitters parks), and if the Twins are out of it, he might be flippable for some prospects at the deadline. If they keep him all year, he might yield a draft pick. If he does well all year, given their track record, they might keep him (think Pavano). Lots of good possibilities for a cheap price and a short-term commitment.

5 months ago Tiny AM. 12 comments

His line: 8IP, 0R, 5H, 8K,0BB.
You know where the Twins coul have used 8 shutout innings last night? Oakland.

I can't imagine how trading him away for nothing could go wrong.

10 months ago Tiny AM. 4 comments

Just about everything in this article makes me sick. Please, please let the trade deadline pass without any moves. Lock Bill Smith in a room withou phones or Internet until Monday, for the sake of Twins fans everywhere.

10 months ago Tiny AM. 7 comments

Toby battles tail off and gets after it in a gritty performance on Thursday, allowing one hit in the ninth to shut the game down for Rochester.

10 months ago Tiny AM. 4 comments

Twinkie Town Giving up on Slowey during his age 27 season

As the Twins prepare to dump Kevin Slowey via trade this month, failing to give him a single start with the Twins all season thusfar, in his age-27 season, let's play a little guessing game.

Let's compare two pitchers through their age-27 season:

  W L IP ERA WHIP HR/9 K/BB H/9
A 49 28 644.3 4.39 1.31 1.2 2.5 9.1
B 39 21 488 4.43 1.28 1.4 4 10.1


Which of these pitchers would you rather have on your club moving forward?  Kind of a close call; there are advantages to each player.  Player A has logged more time and is a bit better at avoiding homeruns, while Player B has better K/walk ratio and allows fewer baserunners.

Before you make your decision, let's take look at their minor league track records, too:

  W L IP ERA WHIP HR/9 K/BB H/9
mA 26 17 378.3 3.43 1.27 0.9 2.4 7.3
mB 21 14 386.7 2.00 0.86 0.5 6.9 6.4

Whoa.  Player B was dominant in the minors. 

Got it yet? 

Before we name names...one more piece of valuable (giveaway) information about Player A.  Player A was TERRIBLE in his age 28 season.  He went 5-8 with a 6.29 ERA and 1.52 WHIP in 16 starts before getting demoted to AAA.

Who's who after the jump...

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