MMMordabito
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Logically rose-colored? Oxymoron for 2020?
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How do you know that the FO didn't look at Stroman's GB% and think "this isn't going to work very well with our infield"? Like Keuchel, I don't think he's a good fit here. Also, at this point, won't the deadline market likely have more stock on the shelves. I can listen to the sentiment that the team won't do anything anyway when the deadline rolls around, but the current market (FA or Trade) doesn't look high on the "impact" stock anyway at least relative to actual availability or cost in either long term payroll flexibility or prospects. The interesting names seem to be on teams that want to see where their team is at (Ray and Gray) or don't want to sell low based on a bad half or full season (Archer and Boyd).
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If the Twins are so lucky as to land Donaldson, the real miracle will be the empath Baldelli ego-whispering JD and Dick Mountain.
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I would hope that these signing don't have any effect on the Donaldson pursuit. Winning 10-7 is still winning. It isn't sustainable, but it gives them until the deadline at least.
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Yeah, Kuechel would challenge the single season BABIP record with the current INF defense. Zero interest here as well.
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Is it too soon to make jokes about Target Field's fanny pack policy?
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44.5% career. Yes, but not extreme. I would have personally paid the extra $2 mill for fly ball boy Gausman, but who knows if he wanted to come here.
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Would the Red Sox take Homer Bailey and Rich Hill? I hear Rich Hill is from the area and would approve the trade.
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Didn't want to go three years? Falvey thinking Duran and Dobnak better options long term? (Going with guys he acquired)
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That part is a bit frustrating, but the silver lining is that they will have the early part of the season to see if the likes of Thorpe, Dobnak, Smeltzer or Graterol can be part of that long term solution. It would be nice if the Bailey contract had an option. Early report doesn't look that way though. Short term, I believe Bailey is a clear upgrade over Perez. Hill is better than Gibson, if healthy. That, of course, is the big question.
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High chance he goes on the 60-day IL out of the gate .... Those incentives are pretty creative and work well for both team and player.
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Good deal. Both one year. Bailey can be the Jeremy Guthrie. Hill can get healthy and then be the Johnny Cueto, or he can not get healthy and the Twins will have to do a deadline deal. 2020 Twins could be the 2015 Royals. Except power instead of speed.
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Top Ten Twins Prospects of the Decade
MMMordabito replied to Seth Stohs's topic in Twins Daily Front Page News
You make a good point, but Kepler didn't have the benefit of being a first round pick that just automatically got ranked high without ever producing. -
Littell is my pick to gain more high leverage. With the way the pitching staff is shaping up, I'm expecting to see him a lot in the 6th and 7th inning this season. Mostly the 6th, but he could get the 7th if a couple guys aren't available. I think he's ready. The second point kind of makes be short circuit. What?! Steps back!? How could you even suggest it?! I'll bite though and go with Trevor May. The only reason being that I think he is more inclined to get wrong between the ears from time to time. Maybe it's just that tendency to talk to himself on the mound after bad things happen.
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I will be surprised if Ryne Harper starts the year in MLB pen, unless a barrage of injuries hits. He was effective in the first half, but he appeared to get figured out in the second half. The numbers and usage support this. If Sam Dyson hadn't been injured, I doubt he would have collected the 17 innings that he did late in the year. It's way too early the throw Wisler under the bus. Sure he's a failed starter and the ERA doesn't look good, but he has improved since moving to a bullpen roll at least on the peripherals. A quick glance makes him look to be more of a fly ball pitcher which didn't bode well in San Diego and Seattle with the all the defensively challenged corner outfielders being trotted out to play each day. Healthy years from the trio of Buxton, Kepler and Rosario could make him look like a steal at $900K or whatever they ended up paying him. I wouldn't be surprised to see him used as an opener either.
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Top Ten Twins Prospects of the Decade
MMMordabito replied to Seth Stohs's topic in Twins Daily Front Page News
How does Southern League MVP Max Kepler not beat out Gordon and Gonsalves? Neither ever achieved his national ranking high. If it weren't for Flash and Dee, this would have never happened. Wait are you trying to build prospect helium, so that Gordon counts for more points on the trade simulator.- 20 replies
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I just started watching this after a co-worker suggested it several times over the course of a week or two. I'm only 5-6 episodes into season 1 and it's really good. Other than some obvious tokenism, it is really well done so far.
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I'm hopeful that you will have more faith in Duffey and May a couple months into the season. Both pitchers have electric fastballs and they can control it. Trevor May really took a step forward after that mid-season rough-up when he kept throwing that curveball that wasn't fooling anyone. Take a look at his season trajectory after giving up his fourth curveball home run - a three-run 0-2 shot to Dominic Smith on 7/17. He was lights out, except for a bad day against Chicago, in August and September (34K/6BB). Tyler Duffey has worked to use his pitches more effectively. This is probably the best article that I have read about it. The improvements have made him a real weapon. They both have to come back and do it again in 2020, but I like their chances.
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Hey, baby steps. We crossed the threshold of never seeing Hildenberger on lists anymore. Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.
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I'm all for any of these bounce back options. Walker, Wood, Sanchez and Nelson all fit the bill. I'd prefer deals with options. Rich Hill is fine too, as long as he isn't the only one. Stash him on the IL. Let him mend. Again, I would want a 2021 option. I do agree with spycake though. I don't think you will get more than Hill and one other of these guys to sign. You may not get the options either. These guys will want to get a lot of opportunity to showcase that they are back and effective. In return, they will probably be willing to take a couple games on the chin with a team like Florida or Detroit. I don't care about the Hill incident. He was just standing up for his wife and has already acknowledged that he was out of line and had an emotional reaction. It would be pretty hard for me to pass judgement on him due to that incident alone. I know I've behaved worse in my lifetime.
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I was just using a recent quote to support the idea that Graterol may likely be forced to participate in some type of MLB rotation duty due to the FO's apparent lack of interest in the available FA options. However, I did mention several other player's after naming Graterol, so I could see where that would lead it off track.
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https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2019/12/quick-hits-dombrowski-twins-moore-26th-player.html The Twins have “kicked the tires on the top remaining starters,” as per SKOR North’s Darren Wolfson (Twitter links), and also looked at several other pitchers who have since signed with other clubs, though “never really pursued any aggressively.” Minnesota entered the offseason with a severe need for starting pitching, and while the club has brought back Jake Odorizzi and Michael Pineda, at least one rotation spot must still be addressed. With so many top arms already off the board, Wolfson feels the Twins might need to swing a trade in order to add any further pitching upgrades. In another tweet, Wolfson notes that the Twins didn’t have any interest in left-hander Matt Moore, who is off to Japan after signing with the SoftBank Hawks earlier today. That blurb makes it sound like the likely plan for Graterol and Thorpe/Smeltzer/Dobnak is to get some major work in the rotation, unless a trade can be pulled off. I suppose Jhoan Duran is also a wild card as well. He's on the 40 now, so opportunity is only a phone call and a flight away.
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Sanchez would be a decent high-upside addition, but it has to come with a 2021 option. 2020 could be slow and go after that shoulder surgery. I'd expect some spring IL stints.
