Comments on: About The Twins Outfield Situation

By: lisatwink

lisatwink — Fri, 05 Nov 2010 05:43:48 +0000

Delmon just turned 25. This can’t possibly be the apex of his career! If he were 28 and just hitting his stride, I’d consider it a fluke, but he’s got plenty of time to head upward.

By: Jim Crikket

Jim Crikket — Thu, 04 Nov 2010 17:44:52 +0000

Melissa, Tom and Lisa… I think your comments pretty much captured the challenge Smith is facing. Is DY on the brink of becoming a real superstar… or was this season the apex of his career? If you trade him, will you be trading a superstar just as he’s hitting his stride or will you be “selling high” before his performance plateaus or even regresses? Tough call and no matter what you do, you’ve got a good chance of being wrong and subject to a ton of “I told you so’s” this time next year.

James, I would certainly hope Smith is more than a bit disappointed in the pitchers the Twins sent to AFL. I haven’t checked their stats lately, but the last I read (in Seth’s blog I think), they weren’t just struggling, they were stinking up the joint. If their Arizona performances are indicative of what the talent is among the Twins’ next line of top pitchers, we’d better hope the current staff stays healthy and productive a long time.

By: Melissa

Melissa — Wed, 03 Nov 2010 08:29:14 +0000

As good as Delmon was at the plate this year, I held my breath just about everytime anything other than a routine fly ball was hit to left. That being said, I think (or at least hope) he can improve his defense enough because the Twins need his bat in the lineup.

By: Tom

Tom — Wed, 03 Nov 2010 02:35:26 +0000

I rather it be Kubes although DY would probably fetch more. I just don’t think you can trade DY after the yr he had, he’s finally figured it out.

By: James

James — Tue, 02 Nov 2010 19:11:05 +0000

I love voting. I am glad I live in a state where its so easy to vote too.

a Twins note, Bill Smith was on 1500ESPN this afternoon. Not a whole lot of news came out of it, but he did say that they are interested in bringing back Jim Thome, that is if Thome wants to play another year. He also said that he/the organization is a bit disappointed in the pitchers in the Arizona Fall League

By: lisatwink

lisatwink — Tue, 02 Nov 2010 18:01:10 +0000

I think trading DY would be a terrible idea. After all, we need some offense in the outfield. Yes, we’d get more for him in return than we would for Kubes, but it would be a much greater loss.