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    I agree. I think part of it is due to the fact that many high end minor league starters that can't crack their org's MLB rotation end up getting the bullpen roles and succeeding (Trevor May, Tyler Duffey, Taylor Rogers, hopefully Jorge Alcala). Hopefully, Jovani Moran can bust the trend. John Curtiss has been successful after leaving Minnesota and bouncing around a bit, but now he's hurt.
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    Most of these guys really need to cut down on their walks. I'd take Rozek over Featherstone going by these numbers and my impression watching Featherstone pitch live.
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    On the hitting side, it will interesting to see if Miranda gets the nod for the BA MiLB Player of the Year award. MJ Melendez and Bobby Witt, Jr from Omaha are probably right up there with him. I'm guessing it will be Witt due to name recognition and prospect shine (he's also had an incredible season), but Miranda has a chance.
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    Or, they could just get rid of Rocco and hire that guy to be the manager
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    Congrats, Louie! Great to see this from one of Minnesota's own! I have a feeling it won't be long until we see him on the big stage.
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    He's got an option, so I don't think this is a decision that needs to be made this off-season. I think he's done enough to keep on the 40. A 99 OPS+ in 212 MLB PAs is hardly a miserable failure for a rookie.
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    Thanks for the effort in putting this together. I'm sure I disagree on some grades, but having all this data together for reference is nice.
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    I'm trying to stay patient and hope for the same, but the sample is getting larger and larger. After showing promise when he moved from the bullpen to the rotation, I was hopeful, but the trend has gone the wrong way and the curve of it seems to be dropping at more accelerated rate. The HR/9 is just ridiculously bad. His calling cards of command and control have been lost along the way as well. If anyone will put the work in over the off-season to maximize success in 2022, it's him. Perhaps a move to the pen where he can work at 94/95 and focus only on the slider that has generated a lot of swings and misses at times would be a path forward.
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    I don't see how Kepler brings much back in trade value right now. If his 100 OPS+ isn't good enough for one of the worst teams in baseball, why would a better team want to acquire him and give up anything valuable? Larnach hasn't proven that he's ready to be an every day outfielder. Trading Kepler now seems like selling low so that a cheaper, slower player with less defensive aptitude who is still trying to figure it out at the plate at AAA can come in and struggle. Kepler has also been hurt this season. I'd give Max the first half of next season to try to build value for himself, whether that be staying as part of the core or being moved at the deadline at a higher return value. If Larnach figures it out a AAA and starts lighting it up there or Martin is banging on the MLB door otherwise, then that's when the 'move Kepler' conversation should begin. Kepler as a 4th OF is an interesting notion. Sure, he'd be expensive for that position in a vacuum. However, if you have pre-arb players starting in LF and RF, who cares?
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    I wonder if the Twins are keeping Miranda in AAA to let him keep fattening his numbers and continue getting looks from scouts of other teams. Perhaps, he will be traded along with others for the controllable arm that this team desperately needs. I could probably live with never seeing him in a Twins uniform along with a couple good pitching prospects, if it meant that the Twins could add Marquez, Means, Alcantara or at a lower price Kelly or Gallen.
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    It's pretty cool that Julien has been on base over 200 times in a short MiLB season. He's now adjusted at High A and would be a contender for the system hitter of the year not named Miranda.
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    Two strikeouts, no homers, a 2:25 game time, and 8 pitches on the BP usage chart going into 13 more games in 12 days: Those all seem like numbers and events that either fans have been wanting more of or would be helpful to a team if the stretch wasn't in September of a lost season. A healthy Dobnak is the anti-TTO pitcher, and watching a defense work quickly is a welcome change of pace. I would also guess that the two managers involved in last night's game would be the only two that wouldn't have let him go back out for the eighth. Let's be realistic and understand that us Twins fans will be lucky if the ceiling on a pitching free agent is higher that 5+ ERA E-Rod. For 2022, put Dobnak in the five-hole and forget about it.
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    "Names in this category include Corey Kluber, Charlie Morton, Alex Cobb, Andrew Heaney, and others." Other than the apparently ageless Morton (who I doubt will sign with the Twins), that looks like a group of names on that back side of 30 that Twins FO will consider #2/3 starters and try to sell as such to the fans. Kluber won't last through mid-May. Cobb and Heaney would be making about 10 times the salary to be no more effective than the internal options. Cobb probably wouldn't last the whole season either.
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    Juan Minaya gets to add this award to his Gaylord Focker-style trophy room. Meanwhile, Ober's thinking "Juan, call me when you find the zone".
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    I was impressed with Ryan in his first start. He battled to get through that 3rd inning where he lost his command. I honestly thought the homer pitch was competitive. It was high and tight inside just on or off the upper corner of the zone. I tip my hat to the batter for getting his barrel on it. All the damage Ryan gave up happened over a span of 6 PAs, and then he finished his outing the way he started it. He has more development ahead of him, and I wouldn't be surprised if he has one more stint at AAA sometime next season, but good first impression.
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    Knowing the kind of free agents that the Twins will actually sign (not pipe dreams), my best guess at the 2022 opening rotation would look something like this: Johnny Cueto Eduardo Rodriguez Jose Quintana Bailey Ober Randy Dobnak World Series experience, cherry-picked stat windows and the super-magical abilities of Wes Johnson will be used as selling tools to the fans. By mid-May comments like "DFA Quintana now!" and "Why is Rodriguez still in the rotation? Call up [insert prospect with hot start]!" will litter TD. I'll probably be one of the ones making the comments. Rinse/Repeat.
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    Hopefully, her name isn't Delilah.
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    Three first round picks and a top money international signing is like picking the four #1 seeds to go to the final four in a March Madness pool. Edit: I guess I clicked it though.
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    I'd like to see Jax moved to the pen where maybe his increased velocity and nice slider can play better without multiple looks. If he continues to give up the moon shots there, then he might just be a good story and not much more than AAAA. I was hopeful, but it's been a step forward and two back lately.
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    Post 2017 Hindenberger would be a good start! I still would take Colome over him.
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    Luis didn't help this piece age well out of the gate.
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