SB Nation User Blog: Beerbear

Rank your Poison...

Beerbear — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 16:51:42 -0000

What sports do you follow besides baseball? Rank the following from 1-10, one being best. Which ones do you have Fantasy teams in and how well have done?

NBA

NFL

NHL

Soccer

College Basketball

College Football

Auto Racing

Tennis

Baseball

Golf

I will try to come up with some sort of blog average at the end of month. This will show us if we are really complete sports fans or just baseball fanatics. Give it too me guys.

Was our 2008 #1 draft pick worth the money?

Beerbear — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 02:32:26 -0000

Aaron Hicks -

Aaron Hicks	CF	45	173	32	55	10	4	4	27	85	28	32	12	2	.409	.491	.318	.900	2

Aaron Hicks

173

.409

.491

.318

.900

I know he is only 18 but I expected more out of him this season. .318 is a good looking average but only 4 homeruns doesn't shout power hitter. Am I missing something or did we draft him for his defensive abilities? Tonkin might have been a bigger draft success considering when and where he was picked. Let me hear ya!

September call ups?

Beerbear — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 19:16:50 -0000

Do we call up a catcher for insurance when we rest Mauer? Do we call up bullpen help to rest some arms for the post season? (You all know the Twins are going to make the post season, don't you.) Do we call up some utility players so that the G. has some options on the bench the rest of the way? What do you think?

Here are my September call ups:

1. Luke Hughes - he has had a good year at Roc. and deserves a shot at some playing time and AB's in the bigs.

2. Garrett Jones - 21 home runs should be enough to get a bench spot in Sept.

3. Jason Pridie - utility outfielder/pinch runner

4. Ryan Jorgensen - insurance catcher

5. Bobby Korecky - 25 saves could mean a few innings here and there in the bullpen

6. Anthony Swarzak - lets see how good he is in the bullpen or a spot start.

7. Tim Lahey - gives the team another bullpen arm and G. more options

These are my opinions ...lets hear yours.

(This is my first post on this site so go easy on me.)