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  1. Brandon
    15 strike outs in 31 innings is a little low. But he had a great month otherwise. I see Barrios is 4th n the league with 52k's.
  2. Brandon
    The difference then is the increase in batting average. So we need to break that down. Whats his BABIP? is his average unsustainably high? Though I do agree that if he keeps this up he deserves a promotion. His bat I think has always been in the plans. as he has been compared to David Ortiz for a while. We'll probably release him after posting an .830 OPS so Boston can sign him and .....
  3. Brandon
    Also Kubel is probably the one being cut when Fuld returns. Santana has earned his playing time so far.
  4. Brandon
    It might be time for Kubel to learn Catching to be the 3rd string so Pinto can hit.
  5. Brandon
    Seven starters is good depth. with Gilmartin and by 2015 Barrios can enter the equation too. We'll have the pitching depth = to the depth we had that allowed us to trade Garza and Slowey in the same year soon.
  6. Brandon
    We are currently 1 of 9 teams within a game and a half of the 2nd wild card spot. Knowing our major weaknesses can we fill them enough to be a contender this season? Our SS position went hitless in April causing a huge whole in the lineup. Escobar is currently at .347 with around 100 plate appearances. if he even hits.275 its a huge upgrade at that position. CF appears to be a patchwork of Hicks, Fuld, and Santana until something gets figured out. Still a black hole. but one hole is ok. Colabello has been slipping along with Kubel and Plouffe. Parmelee seems to be this months Colabello. Willingham is about a week or 2 away from coming back and Arcia is a phone call away, so we have internal options for offense. So on offense we really only need a CF who can hit and maybe a back up IF who can too. On pitching, Deduno has moved into the rotation and has been ok. Hughes has been excellent, Gibson is inconsistent after a good start, Nolasco has come on after a terrible start, and Corriea is nearing his last chance. Luckily we have several candidates who can come up and start games in Meyer, May, Darnell, and Johnson. The bullpen is a strength with depth in the minors too. We even have surplus players we can use in a trade if the opportunity presents itself. I feel like we have the depth to compete minus CF everybody contributes and gets deployed properly.
  7. Brandon
    I wish the Twins would go get someone like Juan Pierre to be a back up or AAA filler. He has no arm but can still run just good enough to fill in. and he probably hits better than Hicks right now.
  8. Brandon
    The Twins were aggressive in trying to sign Raj Davis last offseason. Does this article get written if he signed here instead of Detroit? Didn't Davis sign before Pierzinski,who the Twins offered 16 million over 2 years vs 2.75 million for Suzuki? If Davis waited he may have received a higher offer from Minnesota. We'll never know. And here's the funny part. I wasn't thrilled with the idea of signing Raj Davis back then and I don't think it was considered a great idea here either but I bet if we did sign him we would have 2 or 3 more wins.
  9. Brandon
    Yahoo has the Twins ranked 26th. Annoying yes, but when I go back and look at the standings there aren't many teams that are more than 2 games under .500 and the Twins still have one of the worst rotations. I don't think I would rank them higher than 20th at this point. but at the end of the season if the Twins remain at .500 then they should be ranked from 14th to 18th more than likely.
  10. Brandon
    When I see the type of numbers Florimon ended up with last year I can't help but hope for a replacement. when I dig deeper I see he is not that far off from another long term SS who was at the time considered the fastest Twin and was near gold glove caliber. That SS was Greg Gagne. Gagne has a career batting average of .254 with averaging close to 10 HRs per season and 10-15 SBs too. while Florimon hit .221 with 9 HR and 15 SB. With just a little bit of improvement he could be a fine SS for the next 3-5 seasons as we can live with less offense in exchange for more defense which he does provide, just there is no margin for regression as we can not have a black hole hitting at SS since the rest of our lineup is not as strong. He could also end up like another Twin who is his 7th best comp through his current age on baseball-reference.com Ron Gardenhire...
  11. Brandon
    Plus we have Kubel back in the fold too. The question is how many of our young players going to stay status quo or move forward? (Pinto, Dozier, Plouffe, Hicks, and Arcia) I expect a return to normal career numbers for Willingham, Mauer may improve a little, Florimon if we get a .250 average with 10HR and 10SB I am content. There are holes but there are also more reasonable remedies for the short term (Bartlett, Presley, Plouffe, Suzuki) then last year. I expect our offense to be ranked around 8th - 10th in the league with the potential to hit 6th or 7th if everything breaks right.
  12. Brandon
    I think there is definitely the potential to match up for a trade if they do not sign Cano and don't trade for Phillips first.
  13. Brandon
    I thought Hughes had a 6+ era last year and Arroyo is 36. MLB traderumors has Hughes down for a 1 year 8 million. The Twins won't overpay much for Vargas. they are throwing all kinds of names down letting pitchers know that they are interested. The Twins are waiting to see what the market will be for each pitcher before they start signing more than likely. MLB Traderumors has that Arroyo has mutual interest in signing with the Twins. Which makes this a realistic possibility as 1 of the 2 or 3 starters they sign this offseason.
  14. Brandon
    I wonder if Parmelee and Colabello would make a good platoon at either 1b or RF next year.
  15. Brandon
    Its a good idea IMO. But your numbers are a little light. probably 10-20 million. Steve Trout will be eligible for arbitration soon and there is already talk he can get 10 million his first time through. so we should expect more than 3 million after arbitration. If Sano were to sign a contract like this he will need to leave some money on the table but not that much. They would probably look at how much he could make if he was to make the team out of spring training and how much he would loose if they wait till June and sign him for fairly close to what he would make market value if he was called up in June. at least that's where I start if I'm Sano.
  16. Brandon
    It looks like this will give Hendriks one last chance to show something when he comes out for the season or Kyle Davies has been mentioned for a September call up and Diamond if he shows improvement and Blackburn.....who should take his place? I think PJ Walters took himself out of any consideration with his performance last night.
  17. Brandon
    I probably should have added Rosario to that question too as he has been consistent all year.
  18. Brandon
    Miguel Sano has been tearing it up in AA the last few weeks as he has raised is average from .180ish to .243 as of today and his OPS has increased 100 points or so too. His power in AA has been constant where he slumped initially on arriving but hitting for average the last several weeks. I doubt he gets called up to the Twins this season as he doesn't need to be added to the 40 man roster. However, Rochester is in a playoff race while New Britain is not. Would it be better for Sano to finish the season in AA or compete for and possibly in the playoffs in AAA? Why or why not?
  19. Brandon
    Miguel Sano has been tearing it up in AA the last few weeks as he has raised is average from .180ish to .243 as of today and his OPS has increased 100 points or so too. His power in AA has been constant where he slumped initially on arriving but hitting for average the last several weeks. I doubt he gets called up to the Twins this season as he doesn't need to be added to the 40 man roster. However, Rochester is in a playoff race while New Britain is not. Would it be better for Sano to finish the season in AA or compete for and possibly in the playoffs in AAA? Why or why not?
  20. Brandon
    for further evidence check out this video from the movie revolver. Embrace the Suck! where is your enemy hiding. He's hiding behind the Suck.
  21. Brandon
    Just think how much better the list will be if the Twins would be aggressive in the international market and sign some more top prospects. Or get the advanced pitcher from Cuba on the FA market.
  22. Brandon
    On May 31rst, Mike Pelfry started the day with a 6.85 Era. On that day he gave up 3 runs in 5.33 innings. Not very promising but it was better than what we were getting out of him. Back then we were clamoring for him to get demoted or designated for assignment. Including that start and everything else since then through today, he has averaged right at 6 innings per start with an era of 3.47. His peripherals have improved too as he has 31 k's in 49.33 innings and he has issued 13 walks with 4 of them on May 31rst the day he turned the corner and has allowed only 48 hits since. I think that makes his WHIP 1.24. That's very solid production for a number 3 starter and what we were hoping for when we signed him. The question now is do we try to sign him this offseason to an extension if he continues to pitch like this or do we trade him and see if we can get a C+/ B- prospect for him with one more solid start. Pelfry does have ties to this area as he grew up in Wichita and would probably be interested in staying here. What could we expect in a trade for Pelfry? and Should we trade him? and what could he expect for his next contract if he continues to pitch like this?
  23. Brandon
    On May 31rst, Mike Pelfry started the day with a 6.85 Era. On that day he gave up 3 runs in 5.33 innings. Not very promising but it was better than what we were getting out of him. Back then we were clamoring for him to get demoted or designated for assignment. Including that start and everything else since then through today, he has averaged right at 6 innings per start with an era of 3.47. His peripherals have improved too as he has 31 k's in 49.33 innings and he has issued 13 walks with 4 of them on May 31rst the day he turned the corner and has allowed only 48 hits since. I think that makes his WHIP 1.24. That's very solid production for a number 3 starter and what we were hoping for when we signed him. The question now is do we try to sign him this offseason to an extension if he continues to pitch like this or do we trade him and see if we can get a C+/ B- prospect for him with one more solid start. Pelfry does have ties to this area as he grew up in Wichita and would probably be interested in staying here. What could we expect in a trade for Pelfry? and Should we trade him? and what could he expect for his next contract if he continues to pitch like this?
  24. Brandon
    I thought he was going to be the next comissioner of baseball. He is a logical choice for that job too.
  25. Brandon
    I like that I expect our #19 prospect Eades to be able to compete for a spot in the Twins rotation as a #3 starter upside guy in the next 2 years.....what does that say about our first 18 prospects?
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