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  1. dex8425
    Yeah, as I recall everyone thought Hunter Greene was the consensus #1 pick. He hasn't exactly been amazing, although some of that could be the Reds development. Brendan Mckay went #4 and he looks like a bust. Mackenzie Gore looks good, he went 3rd OA. I'd still rather have Royce than any of these guys...
  2. dex8425
    Of those, I'm most surprised that Julien and AK are above average, and surprised that Nick Gordon grades out as just about average and slower than AK and Julien.
  3. dex8425
    Oh wait, I figured out who it is. Would definitely take a haul to get him. But, his team should've traded him before the season started when his value was higher.
  4. dex8425
    I don't know who the player is. That said, for 1.5 years of team control, and better stats and track record than Pablo Lopez and Tyler Mahle, it would take a haul to get this pitcher. Like Lewis and Duran, or Lee and Miranda. I wouldn't do it.
  5. dex8425
    Agreed, unfortunately Correa, Polanco, Larnach, Gordon, Buxton, Lewis all have injury issues at the moment. Have to think Royce will be playing third/SS for the Twins in a few days. If Correa has an IL stay, he plays short and Farmer is the primary 3b. If Correa is able to play, Royce plays third and Farmer is back to infield utility role.
  6. dex8425
    Best: 1. Cruz for Joe Ryan 2. Palacios for Jake Odorizzi. Odo was an all star and even pitched well enough to get a QO. 3. Dumping Donaldson's salary and replacing him with Urshela, who gave the Twins the same production at what, a fourth of the cost? 4. Escobar for Jhoan Duran 5. Petty for Sonny Gray. Even if Petty turns out to be really good, the Twins still got 2 years of front-line starting pitching at a reasonable price for a total lottery ticket that likely won't pan out, and if so, for years. Gray has been huge at leading the rotation emotionally this year. He's like a coach.
  7. dex8425
    Not sure how you can say it's not working. Buxton leads the team in games played and has already accumulated 1 WAR just from DHing by hitting at 25 percent above the league average. Miranda and Julien were both below league average hitters this year, even worse than Taylor.
  8. dex8425
    They have pitching, but 2.5 bats if you are being generous and Clase has looked kinda hittable. They are given 22 percent chance to make the postseason and projected record of 79-83. Twins have 79 percent chance of making playoffs according to Fangraphs. Nobody thinks this is Cleveland's division to lose except Cleveland players/fans.
  9. dex8425
    Yep, and a strikeout is better than hitting into a DP.
  10. dex8425
    Ryan has a lot better stuff than Radke ever did. Radke was mostly in the high 80's with his heater. When he got hit, he got hit hard. Radke is one of the most underrated pitchers of all time though.
  11. dex8425
    I was going to say his start reminds me of 2017 Ervin Santana. Both Sonny and Ervin had reeived Cy Young votes in one other year and were all stars one other year, but mostly throughout their career were solid #2/#3 starters. Santana led the league in complete games and threw three complete game shutouts. After that year, Santana was not effective. Gray is of similar age to Santana back then, but I have to think Gray will be effective beyond this year.
  12. dex8425
    I guess he'd be on the IL all of this year and most/all of next, so it wouldn't really create a 40 man crunch. We KNOW Mahle can be successful at the MLB level, and we don't know that about SWR, Enlow, Balazovic, etc. Better to have depth at the starting pitcher position. I like Mahle's stuff.
  13. dex8425
    He will definitely receive at least the QO from the Twins. Sonny will get an offer at least comparable to what Chris Bassitt got (3/63) on the FA market so it would take that to keep him.
  14. dex8425
    9th in the majors in home runs is good, and 16th in runs scored is passable, though not good. Twins have a lot of high slugging, low contact guys in the lineup. 2nd to last in majors in OBP too. We don't walk.
  15. dex8425
    Can we have Coulombe back?
  16. dex8425
    At least Larnach swung at strikes and took balls. Buxton's AB and Correa's AB were both terrible. Buxton swung at the first pitch, which was up hear his hands and inside. No surprise, it broke his bat and was an easy play. Correa's soft contact on a ball was not good either.
  17. dex8425
    Royals series is at target field
  18. dex8425
    Eligible for a qualifying offer though, I believe. At least the Twins will do that.
  19. dex8425
    Analytics don't favor giving away outs. Bunting reduces overall run expectancy. However, in that situation last night, you only need one run, not multiple. Taylor isn't a great hitter and is supposedly a good bunter. And you've got Solano, a contact guy, coming up next. So you could win the game without a base hit. It's a defensible strategy even from an analytical standpoint to bunt there. If I'm the away team, I wouldn't bunt the guy over to third.
  20. dex8425
    We both know the only reason Sands made the team over Coulombe is because Sands has options and Coulombe does not. I'm in favor of putting the best team on the field though...Sands has never looked like a MLB pitcher to me.
  21. dex8425
    Exactly, the importance to the leadoff spot for teams now is that guy gets more AB's than anyone else over the course of the season. So some teams are putting their best overall hitter there. Put Buxton there.
  22. dex8425
    I also suspect some of his issues are related to the cultural changes between living and playing here vs in Korea. Playing in the MLB is hard enough but when you're getting used to new surroundings, diet, teammates, language, plus high expectations etc. it's even more difficult. Lots of NPB and KBO players have the talent and skills to succeed in MLB, but they choose not to come over here. It's not for everyone. The competition in the KBO is not THAT much less than in MLB, maybe AA level. He just never looked comfortable here.
  23. dex8425
    Wait, why didn't we sign Josh Bell again?
  24. dex8425
    I like your analogy.
  25. dex8425
    That seems about right. Gordon should definitely hit before Kepler.
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