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2 back to back rough defensive play.  Even still overall I have felt the defense has been playing well. A couple nice plays behind Gray.  

2 back to back rough defensive play.  Even still overall I have felt the defense has been playing well. A couple nice plays behind Gray.  

Ladles and jellyspoons, your POM for April.

Gray's ERA now at 0.77.

The biggest advantage is he is already in the United States. As to what the current issue is I have no idea.  

Berrios pitches 7 shutout innings against the White Sox, 4 hits, 9Ks, 1 BB. ERA now down to 4.71.
3 good starts in a row after the first 2. This one the best yet.

Luis Arraez is missing time due to a knee injury. Not sure if the Twins factored his durability into the trade, but it has been an issue for Arraez in his career. 

Small sample size but looking pretty good to me. Home run 2 walks tonight.  Cut the strike outs down and we might have something.  

Let's just ignore the metrics that indicate he has been our best hitter and focus on strike outs.   Let's hold on to our preseason position about a player even when the facts are quite clear that we were wrong.  The guy has been a great addition to this team so far.  Let's get over the need to be right and be glad we have him.

Your post I was responding to was about OPS and everything in my post was about OPS yes I thinks it’s fairly obvious,  you also  know there just so many hitters with an .800 batting average LOL.  I was back on Gallo watch tonight hit another double.

Then after 3-4 moves they have completely moved the needle?  Correa fell into their laps, it was an odd journey.  However the Twins remained available, they were willing to take the chance but they also worked from a position of leverage to get a better deal than they were originally offering. The twins keep offering team friendly contracts. Buxton and now López have accepted, Berrios did not.  Some players will work with you, some won’t.  That doesn’t negate the value their moves tend to improve the team. You can’t always hit the big deal you need a partner whether a player or team willing to work with you. Things have lined up pretty well this year.

I believe a better comparison is Lopez to Bundy, Mahle to Ober and Maeda to Archer. But the biggest difference between this season to last is the BP. Last season we had Pagan & Duffy as closers, Smith who quickly petered out & the rest unproven rookies. The BP imploded which broke the rotation. Plus you have to take into consideration our SPs had little to practically no ST to ramp up, our game calling was terrible last season. Our rotation & BP make up last season  was totally adverse to the way Baldelli likes to manage than the one we have now.
The addition of Lopez & Vazquez, normal ST ramping up, strong BP, Ober taken slower, supervision of Paparesta (probably the result of Maeda sitting out), I don't see the BP imploding or the injuries & ineffectiveness of our rotation we had last season. If good care is done, I don't see much recession.

Good inning by Lopez getting through the heart of the Yankees' order.

Priellip after his last outing I was expecting to be dominant.  He was good through 3 with only one run then thing fell apart in the fourth. Most likely a little nerves and not being fully stretched out and still working a bit on the feel.  Zebby is definitely one I will be keeping an eye on.  Not mentioned here listened to the Kernels game for an inning and they had high praise for Cavaco, seemed to have better plate discipline contact, and was playing outstanding defense at first. Still not expecting much, was more surprised to hear the name.  

Priellip after his last outing I was expecting to be dominant.  He was good through 3 with only one run then thing fell apart in the fourth. Most likely a little nerves and not being fully stretched out and still working a bit on the feel.  Zebby is definitely one I will be keeping an eye on.  Not mentioned here listened to the Kernels game for an inning and they had high praise for Cavaco, seemed to have better plate discipline contact, and was playing outstanding defense at first. Still not expecting much, was more surprised to hear the name.  

Priellip after his last outing I was expecting to be dominant.  He was good through 3 with only one run then thing fell apart in the fourth. Most likely a little nerves and not being fully stretched out and still working a bit on the feel.  Zebby is definitely one I will be keeping an eye on.  Not mentioned here listened to the Kernels game for an inning and they had high praise for Cavaco, seemed to have better plate discipline contact, and was playing outstanding defense at first. Still not expecting much, was more surprised to hear the name.  

This is the definition of small sample size. However Detroit has been drastically behind the curve on analytics. It may not be so much Castro is a late bloomer as much as the education and support isn’t as developed as with the Twins approach. That gives me hope they may be able to tweak something. However I would think it’s in Castros best interest to continue to develop in AAA rather than in the big leagues. Maybe he can make the adjustments no matter where he is . . . Or it doesn’t matter and midnight is coming in either case,  it was a worthwhile gamble and he looks like an equivalent or step up to palacios. I continue to be impressed by the front office of making marginal improvements that add up over time.  

This is the definition of small sample size. However Detroit has been drastically behind the curve on analytics. It may not be so much Castro is a late bloomer as much as the education and support isn’t as developed as with the Twins approach. That gives me hope they may be able to tweak something. However I would think it’s in Castros best interest to continue to develop in AAA rather than in the big leagues. Maybe he can make the adjustments no matter where he is . . . Or it doesn’t matter and midnight is coming in either case,  it was a worthwhile gamble and he looks like an equivalent or step up to palacios. I continue to be impressed by the front office of making marginal improvements that add up over time.  

This is the definition of small sample size. However Detroit has been drastically behind the curve on analytics. It may not be so much Castro is a late bloomer as much as the education and support isn’t as developed as with the Twins approach. That gives me hope they may be able to tweak something. However I would think it’s in Castros best interest to continue to develop in AAA rather than in the big leagues. Maybe he can make the adjustments no matter where he is . . . Or it doesn’t matter and midnight is coming in either case,  it was a worthwhile gamble and he looks like an equivalent or step up to palacios. I continue to be impressed by the front office of making marginal improvements that add up over time.  

Hopefully the #5 pick in the 2023 draft.

First off I fully agree potential supersedes production often on these prospect lists. In the same token, it takes true talent and stuff to make it to the big leagues and then be successful.  Ok so let’s talk honestly, his raw stuff in 2020 and 2021 was elite even for college pitchers.  This is what makes the scouts and projections state he has the potential to be an ace or a #2 pitcher. Now 
lets be clear he hasn’t pitched in 2 years (not 3 as has been stated). Honestly I think one of the biggest thing that hurt Priellip last year in the draft was making the decision early to not pitch and to only focus on the scouts in controlled outings. There was no sacrifice for the team this was clearly what he thought would best serve him in the draft. Even still by all standards he was well in the recovery window to slow play it.  If I have any red flag, this might be it I see #1 pitchers ultimately as bulldogs wanting the ball and will run through a brick wall, this may have been a smart play but also very passive. Had he came out even in relief and struck out a couple of the top hitters he is a top 15 pick.  
 
Otherwise one injury or tommy John doesn’t make a player injury prone. In some cases it takes that risk down significantly in the future.  I think health wise we will be pleasantly. Surprised.  As to the stuff if he pitches the way I expect him to he will be top 5 in the prospect rankings in short order.  Right now if he shows he can produce even in the lower levels his prospect ranking sky rockets.  I wish good health and stand out performances.  

First off I fully agree potential supersedes production often on these prospect lists. In the same token, it takes true talent and stuff to make it to the big leagues and then be successful.  Ok so let’s talk honestly, his raw stuff in 2020 and 2021 was elite even for college pitchers.  This is what makes the scouts and projections state he has the potential to be an ace or a #2 pitcher. Now 
lets be clear he hasn’t pitched in 2 years (not 3 as has been stated). Honestly I think one of the biggest thing that hurt Priellip last year in the draft was making the decision early to not pitch and to only focus on the scouts in controlled outings. There was no sacrifice for the team this was clearly what he thought would best serve him in the draft. Even still by all standards he was well in the recovery window to slow play it.  If I have any red flag, this might be it I see #1 pitchers ultimately as bulldogs wanting the ball and will run through a brick wall, this may have been a smart play but also very passive. Had he came out even in relief and struck out a couple of the top hitters he is a top 15 pick.  
 
Otherwise one injury or tommy John doesn’t make a player injury prone. In some cases it takes that risk down significantly in the future.  I think health wise we will be pleasantly. Surprised.  As to the stuff if he pitches the way I expect him to he will be top 5 in the prospect rankings in short order.  Right now if he shows he can produce even in the lower levels his prospect ranking sky rockets.  I wish good health and stand out performances.  

Genuinely surprised by the comments here. Yes, Prielipp is almost all upside. But the overall stable of prospects has been depleted over the last couple years with trades and graduations. 
But discounting him because of his lack of track record isn't completely fair. There's a reason he was the #1 starter in the best conference in college baseball. There's a reason he had success in his limited time there.
Dylan Lesko was also projected to be a top pick in the 2022 draft before his season was cut short by Tommy John. Baseball America has him ranked #79 overall in baseball. Prospect rankings are always looking for potential.
Sure, this could end poorly and he could never live up to his billing as a top prospect in the system. But no other pitcher in the organization has the ceiling he has and that counts for a lot here.
There were 10 writers that submitted prospect rankings. Prielipp was #4 on half of them... so he was much closer to being #4 overall than not being in the Top 10.
As far as innings go... sure, maybe it's closer to 100. The innings he is destined to throw on the back field in a very controlled setting under many watchful eyes are going to happen - and not count towards the total. If he does that for 3 weeks instead of going to an affiliate, his innings count will look different than if he goes north immediately. But, either way, the organization will have a plan to help him increase those innings in a way they feel comfortable with.
 
 
 

Losing body fat should do nothing but help a baseball player. Losing muscle mass is a different matter of course, but there's no reason that this should have happened with Miranda. 

I'm not seeing the connection here. So he got in better shape and that means he won't hit for power now? It sounds like he ate better and worked out more. Not sure how that equals the Twins taking away his power. He openly admitted he wore down at the end of the year and needed to be in better shape. I could argue that him slimming down and being in better shape will improve his power numbers because he'll be able to sustain his performance better over the course of a full season. And if he can play 3B well he can shift over to 1B when the time comes and be good enough there. 
Mass<>Power. Strength and/or bat speed= power. Byron Buxton doesn't have a whole lot of mass to him, but he sure can hit for some power.