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Following Doc's advice to post multiple times.
Ackley: Have you noticed that the Twins only got really bad long enough to draft Joe Mauer and since then they've been back in the playoffs just about every year?  Mayyyyyyybe that was Bill Bavasi's genius stroke?
Triunfel: I think they are very anxious to see him on the field -- key fact: he played SS last night.  Carlos as a long-term SS changes the whole off-season equation in my book.  If he's a 2b-3b option only, then you've two more of those in Lopez and Tui and he's not "solving" anything.  They need to know two things: (1) is he "can't miss" and (2) is he a SS?  If the answers are "yes" then the whole dynamic of the future roster changes.
Tui: Doc is casting this guy in "The Natural" and Matt sez "limited actual ability" -- we'll see.   I love his potential but still fear he'll just have some "Bo Jackson" "flashes of brilliance" and fade.
Pineda: Gutsy call, Matt.  Maybe it's his beanpole 6-5, 180 frame.  But yeah his numbers have always impressed.
Ramirez: Seems ranked too high given the degree of uncertainty.