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  1. Brandon
    Seeing who the losing pitcher was in the Fort Myers tweet about the game I just have to....You pitch Junk, you get junk....
  2. Brandon
    I like that last night I saw the Twins down by 1 with 6 outs to go and I felt confident that we would get a run or two. We got 3 .....
  3. Brandon
    Our line ups #8 hitter is on pace for 36.58 2Bs and 28.74 HRs. (Schoop) Polanco is on pace for 83.61 XBHs this season. Rosario is on track for 47 HR and 130.6 RBI. Twins are on pace for 5.22 3 HR games by individual players. Kepler is on pace for 2.61 3 HR games this season. Odorizzi is on pace for 168 innings of sub 2.00 ERA Ryne Harper is on pace for 67 relief innings of sub 2.00 ERA after pitching last year in AA. Here is a fun one for someone to calculate. The bench players typically hit worse then starters which is why they are on the bench. a .750 OPS is typically a decent OPS for a starter. and over .700 OPS is ok for a bench player. What OPS does our bench currently have. They have hit well overall this year too but do not get as much press.
  4. Brandon
    Of the two my preference is Kimbral because our top 4 in the rotation are pitching great and that is good for a playoff rotation. The 5th spot can go back and forth with Smeltzer, Pineda, Kohl Stewart, and Mejia and others. If we sign Kimbral we may not need to make any other moves at the trade deadline as the whole roster is firing on all cylinders right now.
  5. Brandon
    Seriously? You want to dump a player with over a .900 OPS? Who is your favorite team? Should we trade him there? I bet Sano still gets to 30 HRs this season.
  6. Brandon
    9th inning...last call for HRs!
  7. Brandon
    6 of the games.starters.have hit a HR today and 2 hit 2.
  8. Brandon
    I'm at the game and I've seen 6 HR and a Willian Astudillo walk. Trying to decide which is the more impressive feat.
  9. Brandon
    The Twins number 8 hitter today is on pace for around 30-35 HRs.
  10. Brandon
    Some title concepts you can turn into actual titles include:. Twinsdaily Stats line.....Incremental Adjustment Bureau...... Analyzing our own Swing ......data analytics, stats and geometry......and The Accountant....
  11. Brandon
    The way I see things. We have 5 good enough starting pitchers. Though we can add one in July is fine by me. We have 6 relievers pitching good right now so I'm fine waiting there too as we have 1 or 2 spots available to give others chances. Signing Kimbral or trading for a relievers does make sense but we don't have to rush into anything either. Our offense is awesome. Our bench is real strong too. Only the Yankees have a stronger bench, maybe Houston but that's it. We are sitting good and don't have to make any moves until late July. Maybe add a starter, likely add a reliever, and only if injury would we add in offense and even that is a maybe.
  12. Brandon
    They could sign him to a minor league deal with a promise of a promotion after 30 days...I'm indifferent on Kimbral. I would like the Twins to sign him. But not at the Price he wants. I'm thinking 2/24 or 26 tops. I don't want to get stuck in a bad contract. But at the above price Is a good risk point to me .
  13. Brandon
    Or bring Romero back up and give him a full workload. He had 7 consecutive scoreless innings when demoted. He was demoted because the Twins didn't need an 8th man at the time.
  14. Brandon
    So they are going back to the basics that Terry Ryan promoted....Nice...
  15. Brandon
    Looking at the bullpen its the last 2 spots that have dragged us down. I think Mejia will be fine. We just need to find someone to adequately fill the last slot and we will be fine. We have lots of internal options at this point and as much as I would like to sign Kimbral, He costs a lot more than should be spent for that last slot. Even if he is bringing another elite arm to the pen.
  16. Brandon
    I agree with this but we can keep McGill on a 20 day rehab assignment why not take advantage of that and use most if not all of that time since he didn't get much of a spring training?
  17. Brandon
    Duffey was also on for most of 2017. His ERA was in the 2s going into august if I remember correctly and he did have decent peripherals.
  18. Brandon
    Next Season we can replace Cron, Schoop, Castro, and Odorizzi and Pineda, with our own minor leaguers. That is almost 40 million off the books. almost forgot 8.5 million for Reed also comes off the books. The rotation will have Berrios, Mejia, (I think we will resign Gibson) pick up Martin Perez option and bring up a starter from the minors. Cron can be replaced by either Rooker, Killeroff, or Gonzales to start the season. Schoop can be replaced by Gordon or Gonzales, then by Polanco when Lewis is ready to come up and play SS. Castro's replacements are already in the big leagues. Of the replacements above only our rotation seems a little scary.
  19. Brandon
    I'm gonna go B on Average between B and C in on base percentage and between C and D in power. I see Polanco developing into a .280-.300 hitter with 30-40 2Bs, 5-10 3Bs, and around 15-20 HRs and 10-15 Stolen Bases. That 2009 international signing period really has impacted this team. Sano, Polanco, and Kepler.
  20. Brandon
    Odorizzi is still showing he isn't more than a 5 inning pitcher again however. Martin Perez has flashed a 97 MPH fastball which is promising but he has been wild and hittable. and Pineda looks to be great and is still being brought back up to a 6-7 inning pitcher slowly. I don't know if we have enough reinforcements in AAA or AA for the rotation but I think we should take a closer look into offering Keuchel a 1 to 3 year deal and get him going if Perez doesn't turn a corner real soon. The added benefit of Keuchel is his ability to pitch 6-7 innings consistently saving some wear and tear on the bullpen. The offense is too good not to take an extra step like this.
  21. Brandon
    We have the deepest bench I've seen since I became a fan in 87 at the age of 12. We also have 6 starters in the majors and several more in AAA waiting for an opportunity. It would be helpful to make our pen deeper with a Kimbral signing. As that would make the rotation situation justifiable. Our offense is deep with lots of options in case we loose 6 everyday starters again. Plus we still have a deep system for trade, development and to fill in for injuries. Not bad. But great if we get the Kimbral.
  22. Brandon
    Under Macphail we not only won 2 world series but he engineered the first player opt out clause with Jack Morris, gave us Major league baseballs highest paid player in the game. Though we didn't go to the world series under Ryan, he did have many prospect heists as gm he hit on so many that rival GMs did become more cautious trading us prospects. As much as I'm a fan of Ryan, I have to go with Macphail.
  23. Brandon
    If we signed Kuechel, we could put him on the DL and he can spend up to 20 days on rehab. This gives him the extra reps he needs and he could be ready by the time we need a 5th starter. I think the main idea is do you think we have enough depth to handle 2 or 3 injuries in the rotation at the same time. Currently our 6th starter seems solid to me, Mejia. Next we are looking at Stewart, Gonsalvez, Littell, Thorpe, DeJong, and others.... Do you see anyone or two in the group you are comfortable giving 4 to 10 starts to? If so then we only need to sign Kimbral. If not then we should look at another starter. Though I think Gio Gonzales would be a cheaper option with a similar results to Kuechel.
  24. Brandon
    We have to remember last year payroll was higher do to 50 million windfall from sale of bamtech. So we may be tapped out at this point. But I think a 3 year 51 million with option for 4th year is fine. If we can get him cheaper than do it.
  25. Brandon
    The good news for this season is that we have 6 or 7 20 HR guys in the offense or 4 who have hit 30 and a 5th with 28. Sano won't be the out every opposing pitcher is focused on this year as our 1 big power hitter. That lowers the pressure on Sano a little and makes a .240/ .320/. 480 a fine season.
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