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  1. Brock Beauchamp
    The Astros are good but not without flaws. Still, a tough matchup. The first Royals series is troublesome. It's early enough in September where the Twins will be facing a Royals team focused on maintaining the best record in the American League. The second series, maybe not so much. There's a better than 50/50 chance the Royals will phone in that series.
  2. Brock Beauchamp
    If Berrios doesn't get the call this season, is he a unanimous top ten prospect on major lists? I'm leaning toward "yes". It's almost impossible to doubt the kid at this point.
  3. Brock Beauchamp
    Hicks had a .217 BABIP in August. That's really all you need to know about Hicks' August. He had just 16 hits but six of those hits were doubles or homers. He only drew one walk but given Aaron's history, that doesn't concern me a whole lot. He's going to be a somewhat streaky player, I think... At least until he's able to show a little consistency from the left side of the plate. By comparison, Hicks was truly awful in 2013 and 2014 (as we all know). Here were his BABIP stats: 2013: .241 2014: .300 Even during his disastrous 2013 season, his BABIP was .025 higher than it was in August.
  4. Brock Beauchamp
    Last night's start told me the last things I needed to know about Berrios. Up until now, I was mostly indifferent whether he should get the call. I saw some potential positives but didn't feel it was a pressing issue to call him up right now, especially if he's winding down for the season. Simply put, the kid is amazing. Berrios has pitched more innings this season than any other season of his career. He's 21 years old. He should be getting tired. Instead, he goes out and throws 14.0 innings of one run ball with an absurd 22 strikeouts over two starts. Terry Ryan is in the stands. Jose should feel stress about impressing the Big Boss. Instead, he goes out and pitches his best game of the season. I put Berrios on my untouchable list last season because he seems like the type of kid who succeeds through sheer force of will (on top of immense talent). I'm not sure that kind of mentality can be quantified, particularly in a pitcher. The kid seems unflappable. Call him up.
  5. Brock Beauchamp
    I don't think that's true at all. Beane vastly overpaid for Fuld and most of us felt that way at the time. The performance of each player since the trade has cemented that feeling. Fuld has been a replacement level player for the A's. Milone has been better than that for the Twins. It was a bad trade by Beane, doubly so after the A's collapsed and didn't even make the ALDS last season.
  6. Brock Beauchamp
    (begins adding multiple dentist appointments to Giles' calendar)
  7. Brock Beauchamp
    I don't see why not. May as well let him get a taste of flying from city to city instead of busing it. Bonus points if the Twins are still in contention.
  8. Brock Beauchamp
    One advantage of keeping Kepler in Chatanooga is he gets to play in the Southern League postseason. Does that matter? Dunno, but it's a consideration.
  9. Brock Beauchamp
    Fixed that for you.
  10. Brock Beauchamp
    He's quite a bit more athletic than Kubel, even the pre-injury version. IIRC, Kubel never graded out any higher than "mediocre corner outfield defense" while Max has fringy centerfielder potential in the vein of Wil Myers. You don't want him in center but he can probably hold down the position without completely embarrassing himself.
  11. Brock Beauchamp
    Took me a minute to get that. Whoops.
  12. Brock Beauchamp
    If I'm Terry Ryan, most of the rotation is on the auction block this winter. Nolasco, Santana, Gibson, Milone. Two of those guys are basically unmovable. Gibson is a good pitcher under team control. I'd prefer to keep him but would let him go for the right catcher or prospect. Which leaves Milone. I'd probably try to move him for a prospect. That shouldn't be difficult. He's a career 99 OPS+ guy with several years of control. Something has to give in the rotation and with the amount of mediocre vets under team control/contract, Milone seems the guy most likely to move for something of value while not crippling the 2016 rotation. If you can move Duffey, have at it... But I don't see that happening. That allows you to enter 2016 with Hughes, Nolasco, Santana, Gibson, May. Call up Berrios the moment one of them falters and never look back.
  13. Brock Beauchamp
    "when he gets mad at a call that to us is saying that son of a buck is competing." I can't do anything but laugh. Right or wrong, that is such a Twins statement to make.
  14. Brock Beauchamp
    That's easily the most frustrating part of this season. Many of us weren't asking for big changes... Get Oliveros (or somebody) up here in May because it was obvious Boyer was living on borrowed time. Convert one of the Rochester starters into a reliever and get him up here. Make some waiver wire moves or small trades in June because it was obvious the entire bullpen (minus Perkins) was on the verge of collapse. Make a bigger trade in early July and get out in front of the rest of the pack. There were so many options available to the front office, yet they didn't do anything. It's nice the bullpen is finally acceptable. It would have been nice to see it start happening 2-3 months earlier before the Twins handed away the Wild Card spot they had locked down for the better part of two months.
  15. Brock Beauchamp
    I'm fine with Berrios getting the call now, my post about service time was under the assumption he wouldn't appear with the Twins this season. I believe the Twins denied Jose's request to play winter ball so I suspect they're planning to shut him down relatively soon. I don't think he's going to make an appearance this season.
  16. Brock Beauchamp
    Well, no matter what the rotation looked like, it'd be nice to keep Jose in Rochester through the middle of April no matter what. That will convert his age 29 season into a team-controlled year. And I believe it's a solid strategy to game the controlled years in that fashion, particularly for pitchers. It's different if you have a guy at third who plays a single position. At some point, you either need to release/bench the existing third baseman and rotate in the new kid. But the rotation? 20% of an MLB roster is the starting rotation. The likelihood of a guy underperforming or getting injured early in the season is high. It's pretty easy to rotate in a kid who you feel is ready at almost any time from mid-April onward. All you need is one guy out of five to have some kind of setback in the early going. That's not only common, it's kinda expected in today's game. And that's not even including the option of bringing a young pitcher up through the bullpen.
  17. Brock Beauchamp
    This is my feeling as well. They'll give Ricky one more shot and if he stumbles again, I think they'll consider removing him from the roster. When healthy, he's not a great pitcher but he's a serviceable one. Personally, like many Twins fans, I hold nothing but contempt for the guy. I wish he was off the roster but I'm not ready to kick him to the curb for nothing, either.
  18. Brock Beauchamp
    How is it so different from the NFL, where wild card winners play an extra week while the two top division winners get to rest after a grueling season?
  19. Brock Beauchamp
    Toronto took the lead over the Rangers in the ninth. The Twins are on the verge of being only half a game out of the WC.
  20. Brock Beauchamp
    *cough*Harry Potter*cough*
  21. Brock Beauchamp
    Thus game is absurd.
  22. Brock Beauchamp
    That Sano kid might be a keeper. Time will tell.
  23. Brock Beauchamp
    I'm not saying it's not a good idea, I'm saying it won't happen because it means everybody involved takes a pay cut. A handful of extra playoff games don't counteract the loss of 120 (!) regular season games.
  24. Brock Beauchamp
    I don't see baseball cutting back the regular season. Ten games is a lot of butts not in seats, a lot of television ad space not being bought. The same goes for removing divisions. Too many regional rivalries live on through those division matchups. If it costs owners money and provides no tangible benefit for the players and their union, it's not going to happen.
  25. Brock Beauchamp
    I think adding a third division and the WC were the best things to happen to the sport since the DH.
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