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  1.    gman reacted to a post in a topic: Derek Shelton, Paul Skenes, and the Next Wave of Twins Stars
  2.    FlyingFinn reacted to a post in a topic: Derek Shelton, Paul Skenes, and the Next Wave of Twins Stars
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  4.    chpettit19 reacted to a post in a topic: Derek Shelton, Paul Skenes, and the Next Wave of Twins Stars
  5. dex8425
    To be fair, all of those guys were viewed as "can't miss" top prospects, first round pick type pitchers. The Twins don't draft pitchers high, for whatever reason. Charlee Soto and Chase Petty were later first round picks but high schoolers, and they turned Chase Petty into 2 yrs of Sonny Gray, so probably a good return there. I guess we'll see how Riley Quick pans out. Matthews, Festa, Varland, Ober, Ohl, were all later round picks, not really fair to compare them to #1 overall pick Paul Skenes.
  6.    dex8425 reacted to a post in a topic: Derek Shelton, Paul Skenes, and the Next Wave of Twins Stars
  7. dex8425
    More don't make it than do. But we notice the ones who succeed and forget about the once top prospects who don't succeed. Look at the orioles this year-they had a bunch of guys who looked like up and coming superstars and top prospects, coming off two great seasons and then Jackson Holliday hit .240 with OPS+ of 95 and Adley Rutchmann, 1st overall pick, was even worse. Baseball is hard.
  8.    dex8425 reacted to a post in a topic: Twins President Derek Falvey is In Over His Head
  9.    Parfigliano reacted to a post in a topic: Firing Rocco Baldelli is Moving Deck Chairs on Twins Titanic, and the Pohlads Sank the Lifeboats
  10. dex8425
    Agree with your conclusion but not your premise. A lot of the prospects came up and were good or pretty great right away-Julien, Kiriloff, Wallner, Lewis, Miranda, Keaschell, Sano, etc. But then either the pitchers adjusted and they didn't adjust back or the league figured out holes in their swings and confidence cratered. Julien finished 7th in ROY voting and is now worthless. Miranda- expected to be a middle of the order bat, also worthless. Lewis was incredible for his first two injured riddled seasons (2022-2023). Keaschell is the only one who hasn't slowed down yet, which is encouraging. Martin looks to be figuring it out after a slow start. Theoretically it should be easier to hit in the minors than the majors, and a lot of guys are great players in AAA but never figure it out at the MLB level. The fact that the Twins have had a lot of guys who had some success at the MLB level but couldn't sustain it suggests some other issue with coaching or development.
  11.    Patzky reacted to a post in a topic: Two Very Different Roads Forward for Twins Roster After Pohlad Family Ownership Decision
  12. dex8425
    Easy. To save $. He's due raises in arbitration and a minimum salaried player will be cheaper! Slash payroll and cash in those revenue sharing checks to get the new investors their return on investment.
  13.    dex8425 reacted to a post in a topic: Two Very Different Roads Forward for Twins Roster After Pohlad Family Ownership Decision
  14. dex8425
    I think he'd finish 4th in voting if the season ended today behind Skubal, Crochet and Hunter Brown. But it's still pretty close for that #2 spot. Skubal is a bit ahead of the others.
  15.    dex8425 reacted to a post in a topic: Twins 4, Yankees 1: Snarling and Hurling
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  17.    SF Twins Fan reacted to a post in a topic: NEWS: Pohlad Family Will Remain Principal Owners of Twins, with New Limited Partners Coming Aboard
  18.    dex8425 reacted to a post in a topic: NEWS: Pohlad Family Will Remain Principal Owners of Twins, with New Limited Partners Coming Aboard
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  20. dex8425
    I assume since they're not announcing who the limited partners are the partners want to remain anonymous and thus are going to care about making $. So, lower payrolls and make decisions based on $$, not winning. Just like the trade deadline.
  21.    dex8425 reacted to a post in a topic: NEWS: Pohlad Family Will Remain Principal Owners of Twins, with New Limited Partners Coming Aboard
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  24. dex8425
    Johan will definitely get in via one of the committees in the future. He debuted on a very crowded ballot, unfortunately.
  25. dex8425
    I assume you are not in favor of Billy Wagner, Trevor Hoffman, Rollie Fingers or Goose Gossage being in the hall of fame either then. Good thing you don't have the choice.
  26. dex8425
    Totally agree. It is definitely vague, and I think that's an issue, because everyone has a different worldview and judge of character. It's not like there aren't guys who did questionable things in the HOF already. Ortiz is in, but Sosa is not? There's a double standard that seems unfair to me. If the character clause was used as a push, rather than a bar as it seems to be, that would be more acceptable-guys like Dale Murphy should get in based on a push from the character clause. Mauer may have benefited from that, but he should've got in based on his stats anyway.
  27.    ashbury reacted to a post in a topic: Rose and Jackson Off the Banned List
  28. dex8425
    Well, I guess the character clause still exists, right? So players who broke explicit rules of baseball should not get in, along with people like Omar Vizquel. Rose had sex with a minor during his playing days... I'd personally rather they get rid of the character clause and vote people in based on their contribution to the game only.
  29.    DJL44 reacted to a post in a topic: Matt Wallner Leading Off in Spring Training Probably isn’t a Coincidence
  30.    chpettit19 reacted to a post in a topic: Matt Wallner Leading Off in Spring Training Probably isn’t a Coincidence
  31. dex8425
    Totally agree. Kenny Lofton was talking with Chris Rose about how he wanted to hit leadoff and talking about how there aren't guys like him in the game today. I thought well, if the twins had a guy who got on base at a .390 clip and stole 50 bases in a year that guy would definitely be leading off. But the Twins don't have Kenny Lofton. Put your best hitters at the top of the lineup. Wallner vs righties is definitely one of the three best hitters on the team.
  32. dex8425
    I was watching some of the 1991 ALCS vs TOR on youtube last year and the announcer mentioned in game 4 preview that Todd Stottlemyre was a "power pitcher" who could "hit 90 mph". Yeah, times have changed.
  33. dex8425
    Twins get a comp pick if that happens though, which is valuable.
  34. dex8425
    None of these packages are enough to get Cease for a year plus the comp pick you get when he signs elsewhere next year. Padres want quality, not quantity. Does Erod + Paddack get it done? I would do that trade if I'm the Twins.
  35. dex8425
    Seems about right.
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