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Sweet and Sour Pork Recipe (咕嚕肉)
(Popular and All-Time Favorite Chinese recipes: Broccoli Beef, Chow Mein, Egg Drop Soup, Kung Pao Chicken, Cashew Chicken, Fried Rice, Orange Chicken, Mongolian Beef, and more.)
Sweet and Sour Pork, the ubiquitous and arguably the most well-known Chinese recipe in the world, is a classic Cantonese dish. Called "咕嚕肉" or "goo lou yok" in Cantonese dialect, sweet and sour pork is very pleasing to the palate because of the flavorsome sweet and sour sauce–the sweetness from sugar plus the tangy ketchup and sharp rice vinegar–with the crispy fried pork pieces. The green and red bell peppers and pineapple pieces are just icing on the cake.
The secret of an authentic sweet and sour pork dish lies in the perfect balance of the sweet vs. sour taste of the sauce. To master this dish, it's not about the technique of stir-frying nor the use of the freshest ingredients, although both are equally important and wouldn't hurt. To me, the sweet and sour sauce is the soul of this dish. If you fail the sweet and sour sauce, you fail the dish. With that in mind, I will teach you how to make that perfect sweet and sour sauce and share with you the secret ingredients I use.
While traditional Chinese/Cantonese sweet and sour pork recipe calls for the use of rice vinegar and ketchup to bring out the sour taste, I also use plum sauce to add some extra zing, plus a few dashes of Lea & Perrins Worcestershire Sauce and oyster sauce to complete a harmony balance. They are my secret ingredients and do make a nice difference in terms of taste, in my honest opinion.
Other than the sauce, the frying batter is no less important. A great batter recipe promises crispy and crunchy coating for the pork. In my recipe below, you will also find the instructions and exact measurement to make the batter. It is simply awesome!
Rasa Malaysia's Secret Ingredients for Sweet and Sour Pork:
- Plum Sauce
- Lea & Perrins Worcestershire Sauce
- Oyster Sauce (my not-so-secret seasoning medium)
So, discard the canned pineapple juice or orange juice in the Americanized sweet and sour pork recipe. Do try out my secret ingredients above the next time you prepare sweet and sour pork.
Anyway, once you master the techniques of making sweet and sour sauce, you can pretty much whip up any sweet and sour dishes in a jiffy: pork, chicken, fish, or shrimp…just don't tell Panda Express my secret recipe! *wink*
If you like my sweet and sour pork recipe, you might also want to check out the Chinese recipes on Rasa Malaysia:
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Tried cooking this scrumptous recipe this evening and it was really good!
Been actually trying on the recipies posted here,for four dinners in a row! My little son and my husband just love it! Thank you so much rasamalaysia for sharing your great cooking skills to all of us!
Keep cooking and keep posting!
how do I get to the actual recipe? I have read through the sweet and sour pork info and it says after the jump???What is after the jump? most confusing…
I tried this recipe this evening. My pork was crispy when I finished frying it, but once I combined it with the rest of the ingredients, the pork fell flat and the batter was soggy. I even used a temp to monitor my frying temp. so I don't think that is the problem. Should I be frying it even longer? My pork was golden brown once I fried them….so I don't understand what I may be doing wrong.
The sauce however, is very nice. It has more complex flavours in it than just ketchup. I will be def. be keeping that as base recipe for sweet and sour. Thanks!
Hello. I was wondering what you meant by half an egg? Does that mean the egg white or the egg yolk?
hi, just tried the recipe. what a disaster! haha the batter ended up sticking on my wok. when i took out the pork, it was as if i was frying the pork without any batter. the batter just wont stick to the pork when frying….help…what's the trick??? :S
You can first add a little flour to the meat before dipping it in the batter. The flour works like an adhesive to help the batter stick. It commonly used for frying fish and chicken.
what's the difference between baking powder and soda bicarbonate?
hi, i did it after trying 2nd time. Thks! planning to try your kung pao chicken soon… :)
can i omit 1/8tsp of chinese rice vinegar for this sweet ans sour pork recipe? will this make the taste different?
Quick question: regarding this marinade ingredient:
1/2 teaspoon corn flour
Is corn flour different from cornstarch?
Is the sweet and sour sauce appropriate to use as a dipping sauce?
How many serves does this make? Just for 1?
Hi, Bee
Thanks for all your fun recipes. I may have a silly question but I hope you don't mind :) I noticed that you have 2 different marinating, batter and ingredient instructions for your Sweet & Sour Pork and Chicken recipes…may I ask why? Why no pineapples for the chicken? Why is the batter different? I mean what would happen if I used chicken indtead of Pork with your S&S Pork recipe?
Much thanks,
hi!! i want to make a bigger batch and i was wondering whether we can store any leftovers in the fridge and, if yes, for how many days??
We had Chinese out last night and it was $65. We love it but can't afford it very often. Your recipes are wonderful, easy enough for me who is not an accomplished cook and you are so good about answering questions. Wow. This website is quite the find for me. You are terrific.
Many thanks,
ill try this recipe tonite.. It looks yummeehhh.. Cant wait *drools*
I disagree. I live in Guangzhou, Guangdong (Capital of Cantonese) and to get 咕嚕肉 or various varieties of sweet and sour pork (there are several) you almost always have to go to a "DongBei" (North-East) China cuisine restaurant.
Hi Der, I don't understand. To have a traditional sweet and sour pork (糖醋里脊 (táng cù lǐjǐ)), we can't make it at home. Is it only a dish prepared by Chinese restaurant in the North?
What is a "DongBei"?
Hi, can I know how much is a cup of water?
My educated guess would be 8 ounces.
I used this recipe as the base of last nights meal. Upped the quantities and added extra veg, Onion, Carrot and some thinly sliced fresh ginger.
Overall very good. It will be made again.
Batter was a little soggy not crispy. I noted your comments on frying twice.
Do the oz of flour and cornstarch refer to volume or weight, and would it be possible to provide us with a conversion to tablespoons?
rasamalaysia i love your recepies.
Hey i was wondering how many people this recipe serves?
Hi, thank you for sharing your recipe. The sweet & sour sauce is very good, my family love it. Keep posting!
I look forward to making this sauce. Many years ago my family was a yearly guest of an Asian restaurant that served us an amazing family style Christmas dinner. I took for granted the DARK & RICH sweet and sour sauce I grew up with (not the sticky red goo). So wish I'd asked for their recipes 30 odd years ago. And thier egg foo yung is unmatched as well.
I'm excited to try this tonight since sweet and sour pork is a family favorite. I've tried so many sweet and sour recipes but none tasted like the one in Chinese restaurants. Just wondering if i could use the Japanese rice wine & rice vinegar because it's all i have in my kitchen. Will it change the authentic Chinese sweet and sour taste? I am so glad I stumbled upon your very informative website. There are so many recipes I want to try. By the way, is there any brand of plum sauce that you can recommend? This is my first time to use this ingredient. Thank you very much Rasa for sharing not only your wonderful recipes but your cooking secrets as well.
Hi whats the difference between lee kum kee plum sauce and light colored plum sauce?can i use the light colored one? (Light colored plum sauce is a diff brand)tnx
Hi again! I'm wondering if the baking soda in the frying batter should be baking powder instead. I noticed a slight bitter taste in the cooked batter & I think it might have come from the baking soda. I've encountered frying batter recipes using baking powder. Just asking
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This has become my go-to recipe for Ku Lou Yuk. Only thing I do different is up the amount of rice vinegar, wooster sauce by quite a lot. And use potato flour for the deep-fry batter.
My wife likes it more than those served in restaurants around my place. Thanks.
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I tried this recipe, but the pork I not crispy enough after frying, I did fried two times… what's the trick?
Maybe the temperature of the oil? Rasamalaysia?
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Can I use pork belly for this recipe? Thanks bee
Hi Rasa,
Seen a lot of comments regarding the chicken not staying crispy. I make a Tso's Generals Chicken. The recipe states for their chicken:
1 Chicken Breast Cubed
1 Egg (beaten well)
1-1/4 cups Flour
Salt & Pepper to taste
Put beaten egg in with diced chicken and coat well. Dredge chicken in flour until well coated. You can double dip if you like. Let chicken set for 2-3 minutes while oil is heating. Heat oil to 375 degrees or until water droplets sizzle–approximately a 7.5 on my electric stove. Fry chicken in oil in small batches until golden brown. Drain on wire cooling racks.
This turns out CRISPY chicken every time. I will use this version for your Sweet & Sour Pork as well. :)
I want to make a spicy sweet and sour dish this weekend, and would love to try it with chicken instead of pork.
Thanks for sharing, Terri :)
Hi,can I substitute plum sauce with hoisin sauce or maybe other sauces? Since I can't find any plum sauce in my city. Thanks
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This is a great recipe….but I found if you don't mix the pork into the sauce before serving it stays crunchy….plate the rice & then add the deep fried pork on top, pour over the sauce & it's sensational. Thank you for this lovely recipe
I tried this recipe tonight and changed it slightly according to earlier comments and suggestions. I added more stir fry vegetables and used the batter mix that someone suggested. To keep the meat from getting soggy, I sliced the pork very, very thin instead of cutting it into cubes. It kept it very crisp. Also, I added the meat to the pan and let it cook a few minutes with the vegetables before adding the sauce right before adding the scallions at the end. I increased the sauce recipe as well. I will definitely make this one again.
Hi Bee,
Can this pork be air fried in a Tefal Actifry or similar, will it go crisp? I prefer to fry this way, and would like to try your recipe.
Many thanks
I am thinking on buying an Actifry; is it actually working better?
Hi Bee
Many thanks for the amazing recipe.
Just a pointer. I had some trouble when it comes to "oz" in the midst of preparing the ingredients for cooking.
Thought it would be easier to standardize to 'tablespoon' or 'teaspoon' instead.
Thank you for doing a wonderful job of providing us with some of the all-time favorite recipes
Best rgds
i'm not a big poster, but wanted to say thanks for all the good recipes. Due to my wifes health troubles I do most of our cooking for a while now, and cooking Chinese makes it a lot of fun. I figure on getting your cookbook soon as I can afford it
uhm,where is the procedure to how to cook this sweet and sour pork????? please post the procedure..i need it now for my group activity
We were in China this summer and our Chinese host ordered sweet and sour pork for us. I was very skeptical because I've never eaten it in the USA and liked it. We couldn't believe how delicious it was. I'm going to make it tonight as a surprise for my husband. Thanks.
I was shocked to see that in some chinese recipes they use Ketchup … what do you think of it ? I've heard that ketchup is actually coming from south east Asia but still… i cant see what is the point in using ketchup ..
Hi Bee, I was thinking of buying your recipe book but what is the difference between what you've posted on your blog and those in your book?
Thanks for this fabulous recipe..
I cooked the sauce with fresh pineapple, and use it as a dip sauce and it's simply awesome!
Love it & Thank you!
I just made this tonight and loved it! I doubled the recipe, and would reccomend tripling the sauce as I thought it was a little dry and actually didn't even use all of the pork. But, that might just be a personal taste. For those of you questioning the conversion of the flour and cornstarch, I used almost 1 cup of flour and a little over 3 Tbsp. of cornstarch (reminding you that this was doubling the recipe). I didn't have any trouble with the deep frying as I let the oil get very hot. I would highly reccomend this recipe. My husband thought it was better than the usual chinese take-out!


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My business partner used to tell his grandchildren that owning a business meant you could choose whatever eighty hours a week you wanted to work. It's too easy to let that be true. Entrepreneurship is fundamentally a lifestyle choice, and entrepreneurs need to learn to manage their business rather than letting their business manage them.
Early in the life of our business, we had the opportunity to travel for three weeks with our Asian partner. We had a single employee who had been with us for only a matter of weeks, important development projects under way, shipments to receive and products to ship. What to do? It seemed unimaginable to miss out on the combined opportunity of international travel and cementing the relationship with our distant supplier. But how could we leave our nascent company in the hands of someone we barely knew? The answer was to trust that our hiring instincts were good, and that nobody could irreparably damage the company in a mere three weeks. I gave only one instruction – solve every problem with your best judgment. The only firing offense was losing customers because of issues that were ignored. The result of this choice was that we had a wonderful vacation creating a personal relationship with our supplier that could never otherwise have happened, and developed a long time employee who treated the company as if it were her own.
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One example of this is a friend of retirement age who poured every minute and every dollar of his personal wealth into developing a business idea. His product was timely, well priced, and had a large potential market. He chose the route of going for the big killing rather than slow steady growth. In the end, after pouring thousands of dollars into marketing, trade shows, software development, and many sales calls on large prospects, the business failed. My friend had not only lost his home and ruined his finances, but by investing all of his time in his business, had lost most of his personal relationships as well.
Learning to balance our work life with our personal life takes practice – if you haven't succeeded yet keep trying. I suspect it took me well into my forties to learn this lesson, and my second business was more successful than the first because I was a more levelheaded person who was able to look at issues from a more objective point of view. Once I stopped seeing each small failure as a personal disaster because I had no other life for balance, it was amazing how much easier these decisions were to make and how much my business improved. If only we knew these things when we were young…
It's an interesting (and somewhat tricky) question where you see the border between work and life. For instance, I know some people who say they get stressed if they have to work just 30 minutes overtime. On the other hand, some are totally used to a 10-hour work day. I also want to share some remarkable stats on the topic. Recently, we asked 2,000 team members, managers, executives, business owners, and also freelancers, about their working habits. 87% said they overwork regularly, but the most interesting thing is that almost 38% of the overworking people feel absolutely satisfied with their work-life balance (http://www.wrike.com/blog/Snapshot-Work-Life-Balance-Realities-Wrike-s-New-Fascinating-Infographic). It would be interesting to know their secrets for preventing stress :)
Thanks for your post. I agree. It's all too easy to let technology sweep you into a non-stop working frenzy. It's up to each of us to make the decision to prioritize our own personal life and balance that with our work life everyday.
The reinvigoration of the company is regarded by many commentators as one of the greatest turnarounds in business history.
We all must make choices regarding work/life balance. As our technology grows, it doesn't, as we thought, provide more time. Technology actually gives us less time as we are pushed to get more done each and every day. It pays to learn to balance and as Sally said, practice until we get it right.


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|God's power revealed through an open mind
|Written by BILL RYAN Sentinel Religion Editor
|Monday, 17 September 2012 11:04
(Editor's note: Previously, we deliberately challenged ideas regarding other faith traditions. A purpose of this series is to lead people to expand concepts involving all the energy, all the capacity of God.)
There is an old expression, "The mind is like a parachute, it works best when it is open."
The concept also applies in our personal relationships with God and all God's people.
The ground-breaking documentary, "Three Faiths, One God: Judaism, Christianity, Islam" compares similarities and differences in religious beliefs and practices that Islam has with Christianity and Judaism.
Christianity and Islam are the two largest religions in the world and share many points of contact. Both inherited from Judaism a belief in one God who created the world and cares about the behavior and beliefs of human beings.
The prophet Muhammad knew Christians in his lifetime and respected them along with Jews as "People of the Book." Because of their monotheism and roots in the Torah, the prophet and his successors extended to conquered Christians and Jews more freedoms than conquered pagans.
In recent centuries, mutual distrust between Christians and Muslims has grown and differences have widened. With the actions of the 9/11 terrorists, remembered this week, those divisions were magnified. That one day 11 years ago escalated the chasm between the faith traditions. Those differences often focus more on political and social grounds than religion. Other attacks this week demonstrate the ongoing problems.
Imam Farooq S. Aboelzahab, who leads The Islamic Center of Greater Toledo, in Perrysburg, spoke prior to this week's activities.
"Religion should not divide us, religion is there to unite us — no matter one's beliefs," he said.
"God has a covenant with all good people. Be good and you are included in it. God is not racist," he said.
He makes a huge distinction between his faith and those involved in 9/11 and other atrocities.
"Terrorists are not human and they have no covenant with God," Aboelzahab said.
The power of God transcends human actions. As God's children, many people of faith see it as our role to assist the Creator as examples as we struggle in our daily lives.
"The challenge is how to take the beauty, love, consideration and respect of God to real life — to take it to all mankind, that is the real challenge," the imam said.
He echoes the comments of many Christian philosophers and theologians noting the knowledge of one's faith and religion is not of much value if it cannot be applied daily.
Aboelzahab explained how book knowledge, including the Bible, does not always translate to practical knowledge in life.
"We have to reach outside the walls of the institution and feed the hungry, give justice for the oppressed, find jobs for the unemployed," among several goals for people of faith.
"God wants me to get outside the mosque to work for the goodness and welfare of the people. Otherwise, my religion is a dead religion," he said.
It truly all boils down to respect and how we need "to be civilized" as part of our civilization.
He listed good qualities of being more open-minded, humane and sensitive. He contrasted those with negative qualities including greed and selfishness.
"Your deeds make you good or bad — that's what makes you godly. It's how you live your faith that makes you a good Christian, a good Muslim, a good Jewish person," he said.
By your actions you show yourself to be a good parent, spouse, friend and neighbor. Most Christian traditions teach, however, that salvation is not achieved through works.
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One's faith is not diminished nor compromised or challenged by accepting, at least the possibility, God may be at work alternatively in other children of God.
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2014 blueprint
I will proceed in two parts. The first one is a realistic prediction for how the Twins might navigate in this offseason. The second is what I think I might do if I were actually the GM.
First scenario:
Trade Ryan Doumit to the Texas Rangers for RH SP Nick Martinez. Justification: unless the Rangers strike gold and land McCann, resign AJ, Soto, Murphy, and Cruz, and refrain from trading anyone else, it looks like a cheap DH/C/RF option with a potentially good enough bat might be something the Rangers need.
Nick Martinez ranks around 15-20 in the Rangers system and has a career 3.30 ERA in 327.1 minor league innings, compiling an 8.1/2.7 K/BB rate, reaching AA in 2013 (which is where he would start in 2014). The Twins are in need of some SP support between Gibson, Meyer, and May on one end, and Berrios, Sulbaran, Stewart, Thorpe, etc. on the other end. Martinez would join Baxendale and Duffey in that spot, and is probably better than both.
Sign RH SP Phil Hughes to a 3 year, $39 million deal. (13 a year)
Sign LH SP Chris Capuano to a 2 year, $15 million deal. (7.5 a year)
Starting rotation:
Kevin Correia
Phil Hughes
Chris Capuano
Kyle Gibson
Scott Diamond/Vance Worley
Send Ryan Pressly to Rochester to get back to starting.
LR: Swarzak/Diamond/Worley
MR: Tonkin/Swarzak
MR: Thielbar
MR: Burton
SU: Duensing
SU: Fien
CL: Perkins
vs. RH
Dozier, 2B
Mauer, 1B
Arcia, RF
Willingham, DH
Plouffe, 3B
Hicks, CF
Pinto/Herrmann C
Presley, LF
Florimon, SS (some Escobar action here against righties)
vs. LH
Hicks, CF
Dozier, 2B
Mauer, 1B
Willingham, DH
Plouffe, 3B
Pinto, C
Arcia, RF
Presley, LF
Florimon, SS
Herrmann, C/LF/RF
Parmelee, 1B/RF
Escobar, Util infield
Chris Colabello 1B/RF
(Deibinson Romero next option in AAA for bench role)
Sano should be up fairly quickly. May, Meyer, Rosario, and perhaps Buxton to follow by the All-Star break at the latest for the first two, and September for the second two).
Sano joins the team and Trevor Plouffe moves to platoon with Presley, and someone (Colabello, probably) gets optioned.
I am then looking to *unload* that bullpen as long as the replacements are doing well in AAA. I am thinking Burton, Fien, Swarzak, and Duensing flipped at the deadline or before. Achter, Watts, Oliveros, and Ibarra could be suitable replacements on the roster, with Tonkin (likely) moving to the setup role for Perkins.
Trading Doumit and adding those two free agents would make for a rather modest $76.5 million payroll.
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The second scenario involves being more proactive, unloading some more payroll before adding much more back.
1. Josh Willingham and Casey Fien to Baltimore for RHP Parker Bridwell and LHP Lex Rutledge. Justification: The Orioles are going to want one bat and to bolster their bullpen. They do it here for very cheap, especially since I would pay part of Willingham's salary if necessary.
Bridwell is young with great stuff. His numbers are very Trevor Mayesque at this point, but he is still figuring it out. He would start in A+ in 2014. Rutledge would start in A+ as well, and might be worth taking a look as a starter again. He was bad early in his career there, and was very good as a reliever in 2013, but he does have a good curveball to go with a decent fastball and that could mean for more experimentation this year, perhaps splitting time and get over 100 innings this year.
2. Kevin Correia and Jared Burton to San Francisco for LHP Ty Blach and RHP Keury Mella. Justification: The Giants want A: a solid starting pitcher, and B: a solid MR/SU man. For $8.75 million, they get both of those things here (or less, I would pay some salary to make this happen).
Blach is a LH starter who ranks around 10 or so on Giants' prospect lists. He would start at AA in 2014. Mella is very young and missed a lot of bats in rookie ball. He is a RH starter and would start in A- in 2014.
3. Sam Deduno and Anthony Swarzak to Philadelphia for LF/RF/1B Cameron Perkins and RHP Jeb Stefan. Justification: the Phillies pitching situation is a mess and here is a way for them to improve it for $1.5 or so million. Lannan and Kendrick are not very good, Cloyd needs more time in the minors, and they could try Swarzak out as a starter. Deduno and Swarzak would be 4-5 after Lee, Hamels, and Pettibone.
Perkins posted a .790 OPS in A+ in 2013. He's a RH bat with doubles power and plays corner OF and 1B. He would fill an organizational void in the OF in the middle of the system and would immediately be a better option than Danny Ortiz, Angel Morales, etc. moving forward. Stefan pitched fairly well in A-ball in 2013 and would start the system in A+ starting for the Miracle or developing into a setup man.
4. Ryan Doumit to the Texas Rangers for RHP Nick Martinez. Justification: see first scenario.
In all of these cases, the Twins should think about paying part of the 2014 salary to lure these teams to make these deals. Let's just say that salary contribution totals $8 million. The guys dealt with substantial contacts totals about $20, so this amounts to a saving of $12 million, dropping payroll to $47.5 million or so.
Try to sign: Masahiro Tanaka for a $55 million post and a 6 year, $60 million deal. FAIL (Yankees will win):
Sign Ervin Santana for a 5 year, $85 million deal.
Sign Phil Hughes to a 3 year, $39 million deal.
Sign Chris Capuano to a one year, $8 million deal (and hope for deadline trade this way)
With Santana, Hughes, and Capuano, this adds $38 million, meaning an $85.5 million payroll.
Send Ryan Pressly to AAA to become a starter again.
LR: Diamond/Worley, or Hendriks, or Albers
MR: Watts
MR: Oliveros
MR: Thielbar
MR: Duensing
SU: Tonkin
CL: Perkins
vs. RH
Dozier, 2B
Mauer, 1B
Arcia, DH (but with OF time)
Parmelee, RF
Plouffe, 3B
Hicks, CF
Pinto/Herrmann, C
Presley, LF
Florimon, SS
vs. LH
Hicks, CF
Dozier, 2B
Mauer, 1B
Plouffe, RF
Pinto, C
Colabello/Arcia DH
Romero, 3B
Presley, LF
Florimon, SS
Herrmann, C/LF/RF
Colabello, 1B/RF
Escobar, Util INF
Romero, 3B/1B
I understand how this lineup looks, and I understand the animosity towards Parmelee and Plouffe, and the craziness that appears to be involving Colabello, Romero, Pinto, and Herrmann in such a meaningful way. Moving Plouffe to RF, however, makes room for Sano to play 3B when he arrives and to have both Sano and Plouffe in the lineup against lefties. Sano would replace either Colabello or Romero on the roster.
Rosario and Buxton would follow eventually. I would definitely give time for some Dozier at SS experimentation, but if Rosario is up by mid-season, some combo of 2B-LF, RF, and DH for the remainder of 2014 isn't going to hurt. And by the end of the season this might mean a Rosario-Buxton-Hicks OF.
Willingham and Doumit have zero future for the Twins, so I see no reason bothering with them at all this year. Maybe the Plouffes and Parmelees don't have a future either, but this is a maybe . . . and in a rebuild, I will take maybes over definite no-future types. The Mauer-Buxton-Sano core needs its players around it.
By season's end, I would expect a rotation of Santana, Hughes, Gibson, Meyer, and May. The Twins would end 2014 with five starting pitchers who have been top 100 prospects.
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It's not a bad idea. I think Willingham's value will be higher at the deadline. I know next to nothing about the minor leaguers you're targeting but they seem the "type" of guys we should go after, if not the exact ones (Martinez for example, isn't on Mayo's top 20 Rangers list and Sickels ranks him #20 as a possible bullpen arm).
I don't think SF makes that trade and Deduno and Swarzak have no trade value.
I don't like Capuno at all. A one year deal is ok I guess but I think he's done. Mauer is going to be the catcher most of the time so we have to figure out a firstbaseman unless we want to platoon Mauer and Pinto between the two (I don't think Pinto's bat will be good enough there). Corey Hart might be interesting one year stop gap. Could have some decent RH pop for a midseason trade and then move Plouffe across the infield when Sano comes up? Not sure. I have no faith left in Parmelee. A bit more in Plouffe but not a lot more.
So you think it's realistic that TR will sign two FA pitchers that cost more than 4 or 5 $million/year? That's awesome. After penny pinching on Pelfrey and Correia last year when there were other options out there, I really hope he opens the wallet a bit more this year.
I won't mind if Doumit and/or Willingham are traded away. I have lost confidence in Parmelee. He had a good September, what, three years ago? And hasn't really found any consistency since. Plouffe hit for some power two years ago, so I'm willing to give him another year. I'm also really hoping to see what Pinto can do next year. I'd give him a chance for sure.
I'd keep Deduno and Fien around next year. As for Burton, I really hope he improves from last year.
Realistically, I wouldn't trade Deduno away if it meant being left with 3 pitchers who weren't good enough last year (Gibson, Diamond, Worely) to hopefully fill in the last two spots. Heck, for the short time Albers was up, he was at least able to have a few solid performances. That said, I really hope Diamond has a bounce back year. That would be huge for the Twins, especially if they sign a couple of solid FA pitchers.
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I like Gunnarthor's idea of bringing in Hart, he seems like he could be a good fit with this club. He can play a solid first base, provide some pop, and can play a corner outfield spot to keep his bat in the line up when Mauer needs time at 1B. Also a nice DH from time to time if Doumit is still around.__________________
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Both are fairly nice ideas, though I have a few quibbles.
I don't think it's wise to platoon Hicks at this point. I really think he belongs in AAA playing every day. I'd be fine letting Presley have a shot in MLB at the 1% chance that he suddenly clicks and can be an asset. Platooning really doesn't make sense. Given where this team is, I don't think they can afford to give up quickly on guys who could potentially be solid pieces.
I would thrilled if Doumit or Willingham netted any sort of prospect. I just don't see it. I like the idea of packaging them with some relievers, as I do think there's a glut in the pen and some of these guys could have some value, but I also wonder if the relievers would fetch more on their own while rolling the dice this spring that Doumit and Willingham bounce back... who knows. If Ryan could get Martinez for Doumit, I think most of Twins land would be thrilled.
I like the Hart idea - I'm also 100% behind being rid of Willingham and Doumit. Doumit for sure needs to go. He's becoming the new Punto - only the bizarro/goatee version that can hit a little but fields like a tee-baller. I'm done with having him on the roster.
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Thanks for putting yourself out there, Shane. Overall, I think you have some good ideas. I know you have been a big proponent for dumping most of our veterans. I like your ideas, but just don't think most of your trade proposals would be taken by the other teams. Relievers are pretty fungible and Doumit and Willingham's stock are way down. I think you have the right idea regarding free-agent pitchers, although 5 years of Santana scares me a bit. Every couple of years he throws out a clunker. Unfortunately, the Twins will have to go 4 or 5 years to get somebody who is an upgrade. I agree that Plouffe and Parmelee should be given another opportunity. While Plouffe didn't take the next step last year, I am still intrigued by his power. We need to find out if Parmelee is capable of being a player. I'm starting to get the feeling that both he and Colabello are AAAA players.
I know that paying some salary is not realistic for this team to do, but I would do it and some of those teams might be interested. I tried to go top end of the realistic prospects (these guys, aside from Blach who is probably 250 or so overall, are 400-600 overall).
And all but one of them is either A+ or AA.
The alternative to not going big is to go with either Kazmir or Haren with Hughes. And probably for quite similar years and money. That's acceptable to me too.
There's little doubt in my mind that the Twins will get one of those guys, and Hughes makes the most sense.
Capuano is about an average #4 starter. He's my Correia replacement, but with more strikeout capability. In the first scenario, the two years is just based on the idea that I think it is fairly silly for the Twins to sign a guy for one year at all if he is one of two FA pickups . . . because they are just in the same mess again next year. If the Twins sign three FA starters, then Capuano at one year and would be either disposable (from the rotation) or if good, tradeable at the deadline or before. He also goes back and forth between being above average and below average and in 2013 he was below average . . . In many ways he is an asset that isn't too expensive and could be deadline fodder.
With regard to Ervin, the vast majority of pitchers are going to have one bad year out of five, and many will have two bad years out of five. Only real aces escape one bad year out of five.
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The general direction is great. Get rid of the guys who are not going to contribute in the next phase. Unfortunately, most of these guys value is very low right now. Willingham and Doumit are more likely to be moved at the deadline. Perkins ans a primary piece, potentially w/others is actually there best bet to yield a quality player or prospect IMO.
I would prefer Kazmir on a 3 year deal. He might end up being just as good and I don't like the idea of a 34-35 y/o Santana at 18M/yr in 2017-18. Hopefully, by then, out propects will make us contenders again. I would rather Kazmir and the $18M to spend in 2017.
I would spend the difference on a corner OFer or add a little and sign Morales or Loney if they decide to catch Mauer.
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I think the Twins learned their lesson with Hicks, no matter how good he plays in spring training on opening day he'll be in AAA and will have to earn his way back. They picked up Presley for a reason.
I heartily agree with your idea of jettisoning Doumit and Willingham, but not until the trade deadline. Right now their value is at its low, if they could get hot, they might be worth more by then.
I understand that the value might increase for those two (more than likely, but I still wouldn't actually bet on it), but in the meantime they are clogging the roster as non-contributors post-deadline. Also, that money saved now could be . . . nevermind.
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I agree with Shane. Use the money elsewhere.Lighten up Francis....
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Campuano is someone I forgot about. You can add him to the Pelfry, Yoon and Campuano types. I can see the Twins signing 2 of them as they will not be expensive. I don't see any big name pitchers coming here because we are in too much of a transition here. Most elite pitchers know we have 3 OF prospects, 3B, C that we are breaking into the big leagues over the next 2 years. Who wants to wait 2 seasons to be stable on the Diamond again. Hughes won't be signed unless the contract is a value for the team so 3/39 is out of the Question. A 1 year 8 million maybe. Hughes did have an awful year last year. we could add an option year or go higher for the 1 year. Hughes may have the talent but hasn't shown or earned it so if the bidding for him goes to 3/39 it won't be us getting him. Hart would be a great pickup for us if we do not resign Morneau. I would be really happy if the Twins would sign one of Ubaldo or Santana to go with above pitchers to fill out the rotation, but I don't see the Twins doing that unless it gets mandated from ownership to overpay for one of these guys for ticket sales. Also I forgot about Romero. He does deserve a chance to come up and play a little bit. I was thinking Punto who could play some SS and 3rd but Romero can handle 3rd defensively if Plouffe is not improving there. Shane has some real good ideas. Though there is no way the Twins will go extreme. Plus Willingham could rebound and sign a 2 year extension to DH...it could happen for the right price.
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The basic blueprint
Sign a good pitcher - Tanaka or Jimenez but I could settle for a Hughes type
Send Doumit packing for anything (or basically nothing if necessary) - Joe says he wants to catch so Doumit is expendable with Pinto as a half time backup/starter
Keep Willy until deadline as a middle of the order bat to take pressure off of Arcia and Sano. And he could have a nice season
Trade Perkins IF there is a top prospect available for him. At a minimum top 50ish regardless of position.
Sign a FA OF'er - this doesn't seem like a good choice but this is where the talent is this offseason. If you are going to spend money then go after somebody good. And even though the farm system is stacked with hitters the MLB team sucks at hitting and prospects bust all the time.
Start Arcia and Hicks in AAA because they have some issues at the plate that need some work. Bring them up in June/July if they look good.
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Thanks Shane. Solid work. One part I really enjoy about your plan is the flexibility in the lineup. I love that you list a RHP/LHP-pitcher approach that includes a players place in batting order and whether or not they play that day. One of my hopes for next year and beyond is that our club embraces platooning. I agree with the FO that its not the ideal but if that gets the best possible production out of our current team then it must be. MUST.
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For example it's inevitable that some of these guys will be starters next year but this simply cannot be the #4-9 hitters on opening day. Please let there be more talent on the roster than this next season.
Parmelee, RF
Plouffe, 3B
Hicks, CF
Pinto/Herrmann, C
Presley, LF
Florimon, SS
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Shane, in your first scenario I don't see Deduno anywhere (either on the staff or as trade bait). I think Ryan is on record as saying that he feels Deduno has earned a chance to be back in the rotation, soI think Deduno is likely to be in the rotation, assuming a clean bill of health.
Sign Ubaldo, Sign Hughes. Sign Johan.
Sign Corey Hart. Trade for A-Rod.
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Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) provides pretty decent access to Event Logs, so surely there
was some scriptable way to do what I wanted -- and there was. The result is ArchiveLogs, a command-line tool written in VBScript that grabs logs from one or more computers, saves them to a standard .EVT file, and then clears the log to make room for new events. You need to be a local Administrator on the targeted computers for this to work.
Run the tool with /? to see all the available options; the most common use
will be ArchiveLogs /list:computers.txt /ping /path:C:\Logs.
Or something like that; you'll obviously provide a file name of your own that
contains computer names (computers.txt in my example), and your own path for
the archived logs to be dumped in (C:\Logs in my
example). Figure 1 shows a sample run: Notice that I added the
/verbose switch to generate more detailed output, and note also that
the tool displays an error if it's not able to back up the log (this is generally
due to a lack of security permissions, but it can also be the result of a failure
to connect to WMI, perhaps because of a local firewall configuration). If the
tool can't back up the log, it doesn't try to clear it, thus ensuring you don't
lose anything.
When it's able to grab a backup, the tool uses the path you specify in the
/path argument. Under that path, it creates one sub-folder for each computer
you target, and names the event log files based on the current date: YYYYMD
(year, month, and day). That'll help you keep everything straight.
Download this month's tool from www.ScriptingAnswers.com/roboto/col5.zip
The big caveat with this tool is security, security, security: You'll need to have appropriate permissions to back up the log file, and clear it, in order for it to do its job. When in doubt, target it to your local computer first, as a test, and make sure you're a local Administrator. If it works on your local computer, it should work on other computers, provided connectivity exists and permissions are correct.
If you'd like to customize this tool a bit, you can have it grab logs other than the Security event log. Just look for this line, at around line 179 of the file:
Set cLogFiles = oWMIService.Exec Query("Select * from Win32_NTEvent LogFile
where LogFileName='Security'")
Set cLogFiles = oWMIService.Exec Query("Select * from Win32_NTEvent LogFile
where LogFileName='Security'")
Changing the log file name from "Security" to "Application"
or "System" will back up the appropriate log. Those other logs often
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ARLINGTON, VA - DECEMBER 30: Transportation Security Administration Security Officer Nyamsi Tchapleu looks at images created by a "backscatter" scanner during a demonstration at the Transportation Security Administration's Systems Integration Facility at Ronald Reagan National Airport December 30, 2009 in Arlington, Virginia. Backscatter technology uses low level x-rays to create a two-sided image. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** Nyamsi Tchapleu
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~ The game emphasizes basic soccer skills
including dribbling, passing, receiving,
defending, foot work, running and shooting.
When are the games played?
Our season starts on April 6th and runs through May 18th. The season has a length of seven (7) weeks.
What time are practices and games played?
Practice and games take place every Saturday and start between 10am-1pm. Your assigned team will practice for 30 - 45 minutes and play for approximately 45 minutes each weekend.
The approximate start times and approximate age groups
for flag football are:
~ Pee Wees (4-5 year olds) 10am - 11am
~ Juniors (6-8 year olds) 11am - 12pm
~ Seniors (9-12 year olds) 12pm - 2pm
The approximate start times and approximate age groups for soccer are below:
~ Pee Wees (4-5 year olds) 11am-2pm
~ Juniors (6-9 year olds) 12pm-3pm
Game starting times may vary each week and will conclude 1.5 hours after the starting time officially scheduled.
Can I play both Flag Football & Soccer?
Yes. The instructional Soccer league for ages 4-9 will begin later in the morning, so that children can play in both leagues without a time conflict.
What is included in the league
~ A 7 week season which includes a clinic and six regular season games.
~ Flag Football jerseys and flag belts will be provided, plus a football for each team. Soccer jerseys are provided for each player.
~ An i9 Sports participant medal which will be awarded to
each player at the end of the season.
~ Trained officials for all games and
certified volunteer coaches.
~ An awesome interactive website featuring
online registration, schedules, team standings, and
Here are our pricing options.
The earlier you sign up, the bigger the savings!
1) If paid In Full By January 8th, 2013, Fee is $145.00,
Save $20.00
2) If paid In Full By February 8th, 2013, Fee is $155.00, Save $10.00
3) If paid in Full By March 8th, 2013, Fee is $165.00
4) If paid After March 10th, Late Fee is: $175 (Space is not guaranteed)
How Do I Register?
You may register online or by phone.
Click on the "Register For a Program" tab located on the home page or the under the "Flag Football or Soccer" page. Use the pull down menu to view the details of "Flag Football or SoccerSeason." You will find more detailed information and can register online.
You can call the Rockland office Monday
through Friday from 9am-8pm at 845-624-PLAY (7529).
You can call the Rockland office Monday
through Friday from 9am-8pm at 845-624-PLAY (7529).