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  1. drivlikejehu
    Plouffe is interesting. He was drafted in 2004 but didn't figure out minor league pitching until 2011. It translated to the Majors in 2014. Anyway, if another GM wants Plouffe, they can call Ryan, and it's rare for a player to be truly untouchable. Plouffe certainly isn't. But I do have a hard time seeing what kind of trade would make sense. He's not good enough to bring back elite talent, but he's too good to give up for a limited return. And he only has 2 years left under team control after this season.
  2. drivlikejehu
    Keep in mind that a replacement-level MLB player is actually a good AAA player. Veterans produce in AAA all the time despite not being very good; clubs keep them around in case of emergency. That's what Milone is. He has no place in the Twins rotation now or in the foreseeable future.
  3. drivlikejehu
    Rosario is over-matched, and his defense won't come close to making up for the bad offensive numbers.
  4. drivlikejehu
    Sano took walks in April, too, he was just striking out too much and not consistently hitting the ball well. Hopefully he stays comfortable at the plate and healthy.
  5. drivlikejehu
    1 - Buxton, Byron CF 2 - Sano, Miguel 3B 3 - Berrios, Jose RHP 4 - Polanco, Jorge SS/2B 5 - Gordon, Nick SS 6 - Gonsalves, Stephen LHP 7 - Hu, Chih-Wei RHP 8 - Stewart, Kohl RHP 9 - Meyer, Alex RHP 10 - Minier, Amaurys OF 11 - Kepler, Max OF 12 - Thorpe, Lewis LHP 13 - Rosario, Eddie OF 14 - Reed, Jake RHP 15 - Booser, Cameron LHP 16 - Burdi, Nick RHP 17 - Duffey, Tyler RHP 18 - Harrison, Travis OF 19 - Jones, Zach RHP 20 - Diaz, Lewin 1B Next five (not ordered): RHP Chargois, RHP Cederoth, OF Walker, LHP Rogers, RHP Ynoa
  6. drivlikejehu
    I don't question Walker's work ethic. I'm sure he'd rather be an all around great hitter. But there is something missing from his skill set in terms of picking up pitch location and movement. I'm skeptical it's fixable, based on other prospects with similar issues.
  7. drivlikejehu
    I don't agree with Kepler or Walker being up, considering they are ranked fairly high to begin with. Kepler is a corner outfielder who doesn't walk or hit for power. Walker is basically a home run derby player more than a baseball player. I do think Duffey's stock has risen, though Seth had him a little high after last season so I don't know that he should really be much higher even with improvement.
  8. drivlikejehu
    I'm mostly a skeptic because too many guys (rotation and bullpen) are muddling through without really looking sharp. I do think there is better depth than in the past few years, and that may well prevent things from getting totally out of hand if a few guys implode within a short period of time. There is some upside, but there is more probability on the regression side at this point.
  9. drivlikejehu
    You're giving the Twins a lot of credit for plans that almost certainly don't exist, but even so... Hicks is not just succeeding at AAA. Factoring in his position, he is the best player in the International League. He's utterly dominating the league offensively, with a RC+ over 180. A couple weeks isn't going to make any difference in his 'mental makeup' or whatever other dubious factors are supposedly keeping him in Rochester. He's just too talented for that level of competition. If his intangibles are really that bad, the Twins should trade him. If they aren't, he should be with the Twins. Either way, Rochester is pointless.
  10. drivlikejehu
    Definitely better than the stretch they had in '39-'45. It translates into hitting like an AL relief pitcher. Walker still has the same issues that led to him going in the 3rd round of the draft despite huge power. The light-bulb will either click (10% chance?) or won't, but he's not playing in a way that can translate to MLB in any capacity. He needs to figure out how to leverage his physical hitting ability into a legitimate, balanced approach at the plate.
  11. drivlikejehu
    Hicks clearly can play in AAA - it's just a waste of everyone's time to keep him there. There is zero question that Hicks is better than Schafer, and it isn't even close. Either the Twins should upgrade their own CF situation, or they should trade Hicks to someone else who will.
  12. drivlikejehu
    Schafer is a bad centerfielder. He shouldn't be in the big leagues.
  13. drivlikejehu
    There are always non-prospects that can be bumped. Wheeler in AAA (LOOGY at best), Peavey at AA, etc. You're not missing anything, he's not really a prospect.
  14. drivlikejehu
    Not that it diminishes the fact Berrios pitched very well, but McDaniel was already very high on Berrios per his pre-season prospect rankings... he ranked him 24th overall. There could be. Hitting fewer fly balls should result in a higher batting average but less power, generally speaking.
  15. drivlikejehu
    It makes no sense to move Plouffe off third base for Sano. Plouffe's improved defense there has made him a very solid player... a lot of that goes out the window as an outfielder. So the choice should be between moving Sano to a different position and trading Plouffe. Since I don't see Sano as a long-term third baseman, I think it makes more sense to consider moving Sano to the outfield until taking over for Mauer at 1B, assuming Sano gets back on track of course. The only issue there is that the Twins love Rosario, so there may not be an opening. Another possibility is that if Vargas doesn't put it together, to have Arcia and Sano split time between OF and DH, with Sano spelling Mauer at 1B also.
  16. drivlikejehu
    Good write-up. May's stock had fallen quite a bit by the time the Twins acquired him, so even though he was somewhat well known as a prospect, there's no doubt his turnaround is surprising. He deserves a lot of credit for making adjustments.
  17. drivlikejehu
    Rosario not starting against A's right-hander Chavez. Looking more and more like a motivational play by management to get Rosario hungry once he is back in AAA.
  18. drivlikejehu
    I think there's zero chance the Twins send Arcia down at this point. He has proven he can dominate AAA and he needs to develop his game in the Majors. If Rosario gets hot and they want to keep him, he could play CF.
  19. drivlikejehu
    There's no question that the Twins have been completely incompetent in their handling of Hicks. The problem with your argument is that, regardless of how long the Twins wait, there is no guarantee Hicks will immediately produce upon returning to the Majors. Even a good, consistent player can have rough stretches. If Hicks comes up and doesn't really hit for a couple weeks, what difference will it make that he (yet again) had performed well in the minors? Either he can handle it mentally, or he can't. Playing well in Rochester will do nothing for him in that regard, anymore than his previous minor league success did in 2013 and 2014 with the Twins. He's 25, he's not the centerfielder of the future anymore, and he's clearly shown he can hit minor league pitching over the years. If he can't cut in the Bigs, so be it... but I don't see any reason to think the damage the Twins have done can be reversed by hanging out in the International League.
  20. drivlikejehu
    Hicks had a RC+ of 84 last year, Rosario's was 83; Hicks did it in the Majors, Rosario in AA. The latter is a far more spectacular failure. For whatever reason, Hicks has been a favored whipping boy for the Twins organization and many fans. Other players make "mental mistakes" all the time but catch little or no heat for it. Rosario himself has had issues beyond his lackluster performance. For a temporary call up, I can see the argument against promoting Hicks, but the quoted post is hyperbolic in its criticism of Hicks and far removed from reality.
  21. drivlikejehu
    I'm not super persuaded by the argument that, seeing as the Twins have incompetently handled Hicks' development for 2+ years, they now are obviously correct to keep him in AAA despite the fact he's playing well. Maybe the better explanation is that they still are incompetently handling his career.
  22. drivlikejehu
    Does Gregory Polanco and his OPS of .762 not count? Rosario trailed three 20-year olds in AA, Polanco at 21, and was basically equal to three other 21-year olds once park factors are taken into account (Flores, Austin, Suarez). Among the youngest players in the league, he didn't stand out at all.
  23. drivlikejehu
    Rosario's AFL performance was almost exactly league average. His 2013 AA performance was also right around league average. True, he was 21, but for an alleged top prospect that isn't out of the ordinary. Noting that he could have a lucky streak isn't much of an argument... that could be used to justify almost any move.
  24. drivlikejehu
    Rosario has never had success above A-ball. He's 23, so it's not like he's especially young for a prospect, either. His reputation far exceeds his results... I understand that it's for two weeks, but I thought the Twins were trying to win? He doesn't give them the best chance to do so.
  25. drivlikejehu
    I don't get it. The better move would have been to call up Hicks, first to fill in for Arcia, and then to take over CF.
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