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  1. MMMordabito
    I doubt Polanco sees Gordon in the rearview mirror .... He'd have to get hurt or play pretty horribly for that to even enter the conversation right now .... I remember Thad Levine talking about how Gordon's bat was close, but he still had a ways to go with the glove last year. If the bat is "close" with a .544 OPS at AAA, I'd hate to see where the glove is. If I remember correctly, there were some posters who watched Gordon live last year and echoed Levine's thoughts on his defense. I'm looking forward to a full productive year from Polanco. He can be an asset to this team.
  2. MMMordabito
    Lower the bar and dreams come true!!! This is how we baseball!!
  3. MMMordabito
    That's exciting, but it hardly spells the end of free agency or the early trade season ... at least not with the current MO of the league.
  4. MMMordabito
    It's January 23. Ownership has already added $31 mill to 2019 in new players. That's more than double what had been added by this time last season. Lynn, Odorizzi and Morrison came much later. $60+ mill just came off the books. Can they at least have the full off-season to show commitment? The whole process is running slowly, just like last season (and it probably will until the CBA expires).
  5. MMMordabito
    This!! Kirilloff, Larnach, Maciel, Celestino, Wade, Baddoo .... That's the top end of just the outfield prospects .... They aren't all going to roam at Target Field ... Don't gut the system, but there is definitely wiggle room.
  6. MMMordabito
    This is click bait.
  7. MMMordabito
    And for what it's worth ... Boston only had one north of 190 IP
  8. MMMordabito
    I think the first thing you need to do is donate about 80-90% of your yearly income or whatever gets you down to the poverty level of [insert marginalized group of choice], then you can write posts telling everyone how they should behave and take responsibility. If you are already doing that, then congratulations, you're the first person that I know who puts their money where their mouth is when it comes to this "issue". Posting on an internet forum isn't really standing up and taking responsibility. Perhaps, it just make you feel less guilty about something you really shouldn't feel guilty about. Next time just skip the post, just get in your $25K Subaru (they're committed to making the world a better place), stop and take in a Twins game (they're committed to diversity) and then ride the rest of the way up to your cabin. You can feel good about what you did to make the world a better place.
  9. MMMordabito
    The Twin acquired Odorizzi, Lynn and Morrison after mid-February last year, so I'm not sure we can look at the current $100 million number as anything more than a current number. The Perez deal may make it seem like starting pitching isn't in the works for further moves, but we don't know the full structure of that deal yet. If someone has info on that, please post. They haven't announced the DFA candidate yet, so it doesn't seem finalized. I view Perez as being somewhere on the "if-Pineda-doesn't-come-back-well" depth chart, being given a chance to win that fifth spot and otherwise working as long man or second lefty in bull-pen. Is anyone penciling anyone other than Gibson, Berrios and Odorizzi in for 30 starts? I'm not. I doubt Falvine is. They're still shopping, IMO. I'm quietly still hoping that Marwin Gonzalez stays available deep into the off-season. Perhaps he could be the Morrison/anti-Morrison signing that we didn't expect. It would be great to have him on the team and then tell guys like Sano, Buxton, Kepler and even Polanco (on the defensive side) "give me a reason to start Marwin somewhere other than the spot that your supposed to occupy as a starter."
  10. MMMordabito
    While we are riding through Oz, I'll take a '65 Shelby Cobra CSX1000 Series. (pay no attention to that man - Jim Pohlad - behind the curtain)
  11. MMMordabito
    Appears to be low level filler fodder and just something to allow the Angels to avoid the claim line. I wish they would have kept Curtiss and dumped Duffey.
  12. MMMordabito
    Tyler Austin will probably hit 30+ homers this year ............................................... for Kansas City, Detroit or Baltimore.
  13. MMMordabito
    Baseball America does this every year, and it is more of a prospect prediction exercise than anything. Here is their 2022: C Ryan Jeffers 25 1B Brent Rooker 27 2B Jorge Polanco 28 3B Jose Miranda 24 SS Royce Lewis 23 LF Eddie Rosario 30 CF Byron Buxton 28 RF Alex Kirilloff 24 DH Trevor Larnach 25 SP Jose Berrios 28 SP Brusdar Graterol 23 SP Fernando Romero 27 SP Jhoan Duran 24 SP Blayne Enlow 23 CL Trevor May 32
  14. MMMordabito
    Lil' Flash has certainly fallen out of favor. Can he figure out AAA in his second go, or does he get added to the pile of failed first rounders? If Kirilloff, Lewis, Rooker and Larnach are all in the starting lineup in 2022, that would be amazing. I doubt the Twins have ever had 4 consecutive first rounders on the same major league field, let alone in the starting lineup.
  15. MMMordabito
    Hall of Famer? Which Hall of Fame?
  16. MMMordabito
    I think it's somewhere in the middle. Joe definitely deserves more than a "passing notion", but the retirement ceremony and four bobblehead days goes a bit beyond that. An outsider could easily say that the Twins have no current identity other than being Joe Mauer's old team. It seems the marketing department is certainly leaning that way. I mean, who's the face? Buxton? Can we get a full season of at least above average production at the plate combined with elite defense? Sano? Can he at least be a right-handed Adam Dunn? Berrios? Can he start to pitch well against good teams? I have the most faith in J.O., but it's tough for a pitcher to be the face unless they are truly elite of elite or do something like pitch 10 innings of shutout ball in Game 7 of the W.S. Cruz? Maybe for the second half of 2019, if he isn't on another team by then. Royce or Alex? Need to get at least one MLB PA. After much thought and deliberation, it's gotta be Astudillo.
  17. MMMordabito
    Oh god, worst awkward silence ever
  18. MMMordabito
    Yep, still room for a Tortuga ... I'd be torn, as I always root for Skeeta (It's a superstition that, combined with Ben's 100%, I believe leads to me being bit less than others at outdoor summer gatherings)
  19. MMMordabito
    Not to get off topic, but how about that Brew Crew getting no respect (Hader hatin') at 5 - 5.5 wins behind their more popular division opponents.
  20. MMMordabito
    Reading this article made me think about the lost causes that were Adam Johnson and J.D. Durbin. Terrible debuts (although less-than-Gonsalves MiLB careers to stand on) followed by no career .... Ironically, the Twins passed on Rocco Baldelli to take Adam Johnson.
  21. MMMordabito
    Wow, innings and performance-wise, Reed doesn't look so bad right about here. Hope he's healthy in 2019 and is what we thought he was.
  22. MMMordabito
    This may be correct, but I'm setting myself up to be surprised (like the the Cruz signing), rather than disappointed (like the expectations of what Sano and Buxton would have produced over the last 3-4 years). Adaptive traits and learned behaviors are the only way to survive.
  23. MMMordabito
    Good luck to Aaron Slegers. He's given the organization a lot of good innings to almost the top of the ladder. However, it's good to see the front office replace a lesser talent with a proven one, even though it's on the other side of the ball. We've become accustomed to rooting for too many of these types of players to play above themselves. You occasionally get the good story and definitely get the fun moments (e.g. LaMarre's walk-off hit in the 16th in P.R.). But, a quick look at the 2012 pitching staff will show you what over-betting on too many of these types tends to return. Hopefully, someone like Cody Allen or Kelvin Herrera can be brought in to push Matt Magill off next.
  24. MMMordabito
    Buxton will probably say no anyway after Controlgate.
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