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  1. drivlikejehu
    Gibson is a lock to be DFA'd.
  2. drivlikejehu
    Then good luck to them getting such a return elsewhere, to include either would be insane for the Twins. Sano is worth more than Archer straight up. Trading away Berrios defeats the entire purpose of trying to build out a legitimate rotation.
  3. drivlikejehu
    I wouldn't rule it out per se, but I really don't see how dealing him could make sense for the Twins. For a top pitcher, he's not enough, and for an average pitcher he's too much.
  4. drivlikejehu
    It's not clear how many of the core are actual 4+ win players, which a club needs a few of to realistically contend. That's my main concern, more so even than pitching depth.
  5. drivlikejehu
    Um plenty of guys put up good numbers in A-ball without being top prospects. Is milb.com supposed to write articles on hundreds of different players a day? That's just not practical.
  6. drivlikejehu
    You don't need to envision this scenario because the chances are literally 0%. Not .00001%, but actually 0%. The fantasy trades on here are humorous, but certainly not related to anything that could happen.
  7. drivlikejehu
    93 isn't what it used to be, but also Stewart lacks the command to keep hitters off balance. I assume they pick up the ball well out of his hand, too. Stewart has had strikeout problems his entire career - his minuscule 12.7% K rate now is pretty much the same as 2015 in Fort Myers (12.8%). No modern starter that I can find has ever succeeded in the Majors with minor league numbers like that.
  8. drivlikejehu
    Stewart has 9 strikeouts in his 17 IP since returning. It is literally impossible to succeed in MLB with stuff that doesn't fool AA hitters. He should remain in minor league rotations for another year or two and then switch to the bullpen in the hopes he could throw harder out of the pen and potentially make it as a middle reliever.
  9. drivlikejehu
    Baseball is a business, everyone in the game understands that. Negotiations are part of the game. There's really nothing more to it than that.
  10. drivlikejehu
    The idea that the Twins should give up future value for an overworked San Diego-based reliever makes zero sense to me. They need their own pitchers plus more, not to exchange young talent for MLB mediocrity.
  11. drivlikejehu
    He's a fringe reliever prospect.
  12. drivlikejehu
    He could have changed his approach to throw more fastballs up in the zone. That increases strikeouts but also flyballs.
  13. drivlikejehu
    Well Rooker was considered to be quite advanced at the plate. He went 0-5 today with a walk and 2 Ks . . . how many stretches like this did he have in the past two years in the SEC? While we still don't know much, this really shouldn't be happening based on his profile.
  14. drivlikejehu
    I know there are various extenuating circumstances, but it freaks me out a bit that Rooker has a 1/9 K/BB ratio in the Appalachian League.
  15. drivlikejehu
    The 55% GB rate in AA projects to less in the Majors, however, so right now he looks more neutral than GB-oriented.
  16. drivlikejehu
    I think he has to start at Hi-A, with an eye on starting next year at AA. That would put him on track for an MLB before at a reasonable age, assuming he hits.
  17. drivlikejehu
    Wow. I guess what is confusing to me is that McKay didn't seem to have much leverage - going back to school or Indy league are very problematic options. So once he had already fallen to #4, what could he really do? If he dropped too far, it would become impossible mathematically for teams to meet his demand.
  18. drivlikejehu
    It doesn't impact your overall point, but I doubt they missed on Carlson (they very well may have missed on someone else). One thing we appear to be learning is that Falvey places a ton of emphasis on pitching mechanics in prospects - the Twins cited that as a big factor for Leach, in particular. Basically all the pitchers they drafted in the first 7 rounds appear to have relatively clean deliveries that could allow for them to be starters, if other aspects develop.
  19. drivlikejehu
    Buxton can't learn how to hit MLB pitching in AAA. We've already seen this exact thing before with him and others (cough*Hicks*cough). All those AAA adjustments immediately go out the window when MLB pitchers continue attacking the weaknesses that AAA pitchers can't. Then it's back to square one, player goes up and down, different coaches, loss of confidence . . . Absolutely horrible idea for a player comfortably above replacement level.
  20. drivlikejehu
    Buxton is already able to hit AAA pitching, pointless and counterproductive exercise to send him there.
  21. drivlikejehu
    Or the Twins could extend him on the cheap, because defense is undervalued, and then have an inexpensive all-star if he even becomes semi-decent at the plate.
  22. drivlikejehu
    They are the only team that selected mlb.com top 200 prospects with every pick through Round 7. So the objective evidence is that they did spread it out in terms of both quality and quantity. They landed 4 prospects in Law's top 100 and did well by Baseball America's rankings, also. Callis and other outside experts have reviewed the draft positively so far. So it's actually extremely easy to think this draft will be "average" or even above average, whether or not you do personally, based on your scouting of the draft's top ~200 players.
  23. drivlikejehu
    Yet Greene had mediocre stats, particularly given his level of competition, despite that being your argument against Lewis.
  24. drivlikejehu
    That's all well and good, except for the fact that the Twins probably liked several available prep pitchers and knew that not enough teams had space to take them all.
  25. drivlikejehu
    It's fairly common for certain pitchers to do well in the minors but not translate it to the Majors. Jorge has good control and ok stuff, but he's not an MLB starter. He's a C+ prospect due to the potential his stuff plays up in the bullpen.
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