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  1. Whammy
    On the technical aspects of the actual podcast, Bonnes and Nygard's audio sounded great. Don't change a thing. Stohs' audio was worse than the last one.
  2. Whammy
    Boras' goal might be to break the draft.
  3. Whammy
    I haven't listened to the podcast yet, but I was just thinking yesterday, "I wonder if the Twins even want Appel to fall to them." I think most of us fans do, but I'm curious if the Twins would like that. If that does happen and we end up with Appel, think back to a year ago, and imagine if you could tell 1-year-ago you that the Twins were going to end up with Appel and Buxton in their farm system.
  4. Whammy
    I like the short format. What does it take to get on iTunes? That would be great because the web-based format limits my listening options. I differ on opinion with John, though. I have tons of time (commute) to listen to two guys shoot the breeze and mix in Twins talk.
  5. Whammy
    Jeremy's audio was the best, although he was getting a little bit of feedback. Bonnes' audio was a little bit quieter than the other 2 Seth's audio was fine, maybe a little bit "phone boothy"
  6. Whammy
    I has to be uncommon for two "famous" evaluators to have that big of a difference of opinion. I mean, it would be normal if they were 16 spots different with guys in the teens and twenties, but 2 on one list and 18 on another seems odd. Was this the same guy that called Appel a sleeper?
  7. Whammy
    Bryce Harper went #9 in 2011 (Single A at the time) Trout went #12 (AA at the time)
  8. Whammy
    Keith Law picked Price with the 30th pick, leaving Buxton in the scrap heap. This brings up an interesting question though.... Assume for a second that Price is signed long term (at a relatively high cost), would you trade Buxton straight up for him?
  9. Whammy
    ESPN's annual franchise player draft is happening right now (1 pick every 5 minutes). It's the typical "you're starting a franchise from scratch and everyone is available" thing. So far we have 1. MIKE TROUT, LF, LAA JERRY CRASNICK (ESPN.COM) 2. BRYCE HARPER, LF, WAS DOUG GLANVILLE (BBTN) 3. MANNY MACHADO, 3B, BAL AARON BOONE (BBTN) 4. BUSTER POSEY, C, SFO JAYSON STARK (ESPN.COM) 5. CLAYTON KERSHAW, LHP, LAD MOLLY KNIGHT (ESPN THE MAG) 6. EVAN LONGORIA, 3B, TAM DAVE CAMERON (ESPN INSIDER) 7. YOENIS CESPEDES, LF, OAK JIM CAPLE (ESPN.COM) 8. MATT HARVEY, RHP, NYM TIM KURKJIAN (ESPN THE MAG) Keith Law picks 30th (last). If Buxton is there, will he take him?
  10. Whammy
    Kohl Stewart (and Sean Manaea to a lesser extent) is the Grand Prize if the Astros take Colin Moran 1st overall. The further he drops past the Twins, the more likely he is to freefall as his signability comes into significant question. But, if the 'Stros take Moran and give him 4mil, they would have about 4mil to overslot Stewart if he slides to Rd 2. Scenarios like this are why we hear "the Astros aren't going to make a decision until Thursday morning." Logically, they've been scouting these guys for at least a year (probably longer) so why are still waivering?..... It's because they want to gather as much intel as possible on possible over-slot candidates before coming to a decision on whether the risk is worth the reward.
  11. Whammy
    Sounds like the thing they have figured out is that owning a sports franchise isn't all about operating in the black every year. I am sure there are many teams that operate in the red every year but still come out hust fine because the value of their business has gone up 5-10x since they purchased it. They owe the community that supports their 9-figure business and builds them stadiums on the taxpayers dime.
  12. Whammy
    Metro area isn't that great of a metric for determining market size. I mean its ok, but what really matters is TV and radio watcher/listeners. In those cases I would guess that Detroit kills us because they draw from the entire state of Michigan (almost 2x the population of MN). All his thread does is make me depressed about something that Detroits ownership apparently sees that MN ownership does not. (Sad face)
  13. Whammy
    For those that can't access the article, Law also did a "also considered" list of 5 more guys. So he has Gibson outside of the top 30
  14. Whammy
    I wonder how far outside the top 25 Law would put Gibson. He was #41 at the start of the year and that was with fairly significant injury concerns still. I would think that he has improved in Law's eyes since then
  15. Whammy

    Dozier

    Whammy replied to DaveW's topic in Minnesota Twins Talk

    The only reasonable argument for playing Carroll is highlighting him for trade bait.
  16. Whammy
    No surprise but someone asked about a re-rank of the 2012 draft and Law had Buxton 1st.
  17. Whammy
    Not really sure which forum this belongs in, but I was reading the "Molitor" thread in this forum and it sparked a question. Specifically people were talking about Buxton's power potential vs Trout. Based on what Trout did last year I was thinking that may have been a little aggressive on that commenter's part. So I did some digging... Trout had 23 HR in what was basically 2 full seasons of minor league ball. That surprised me a bit based on Trout's 30 HR in most of one full MLB season last year. Here's where the question comes in.... For players who either have elite bat speed or in inane ability to square up pitches (I think we'd put Buxton in those categories) does the move to the major leagues actually increase their power potential because of the presumed increase in average pitch velocity they are seeing on a daily basis? So, assuming Buxton is going to square up a 93mph fastball just as easily as a 88mph fastball, how much more of the time will that 93mph fastball turn into a HR than a 88mph fastball? Conversely, we see players like Parmelee who rake at AAA but get to MLB and lose a ton of power. Truth be told, he obviously hasn't LOST the power he just lacks something that Buxton probably has which is the ability to equally handle an increase in pitch velocity. Parmelee was relying on that 88mph fastball to be able to hit HR because he can't square up a pitch must faster than that.
  18. Whammy
    This part of the article made me LOL
  19. Whammy
    Or, you can pay for insider and get the Mag for free!
  20. Whammy
    It's like 1/5 of the whole article. I didn't even post all the stuff about the Twins. But, if it needed to be deleted, that's fine.
  21. Whammy
    I especially like that last sentence
  22. Whammy
    I know I wasn't the only one that was nervous when he was jumping on home.
  23. Whammy
    Walk off Grand Slam, down 3, it LITERALLY doesn't get any better than that.
  24. Whammy
    Sano with a couple HBP tonight. WORK THAT OBP!
  25. Whammy
    Also, from Law's mock draft today, he mentioned the possibility (small one) of the Astros not taking Gray or Appel "There is one hot rumor this week that has the Astros on UNC third baseman Colin Moran, one of the top statistical performers in this draft and someone likely to rate at or near the top of Houston's internal analytics." Don't get my hopes up Mr Law.
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