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  1. Greglw3
    I think there is cause for concern but the presence of Gonzalez, Jenkins and Hendry Mendez softens the blow, quite a bit. And the accelerating development of Austin Martin! And Larnach’s significant progress. Maybe even Fedko? Hopefully E-Rod can overcome the chronic injuries like Byron Buxton has.
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    Let's look at the facts In 72 plate appearances at AAA: As of this moment, Mendez is hitting .379/.500/.569 = 1.069 OPS. He’s playing LF. Rodriguez in 108 plate appearances is hitting .247/.417/.506 = .923 OPS Same team, same league, essentially the same pitching. You may be sure, but I’m not yet. Mendez hit .290 and .324 at 2 stops in AA last year. I’m not saying he’s a better player than E-Rod but I think Mendez is opening some eyes and he’s starting to hit with more power, which I don’t think is that important at least with respect to launch angle. Give me a team of 9 Austin Martins over a team of 9 Matt Wallners. Much more reliable. Launch angle is vastly overrated and the Twins over-emphasis on power has hurt their offenses a lot and has seen two players demoted because they’ve gotten lost in the hit for a home run as their primary modus operandi, Wallner and Lewis plus the wretched Joey Gallo was only worried about home runs and hit .177 in one of the worst offensive seasons ever. Rod Carew was the greatest hitter ever to wear a Twins uniform and one of the few greatest hitters of all time, topping out at .350, .364, .359 and .388 in a 5 year period and he wasn’t worried about launch angle at all, his .388 with 38 doubles, 16 triples and 14 home runs with 100 RBIs and a .449 OBP as well as 239 hits was plenty good. So, I get excited when Mendez steps up to AAA and in 72 PA immediately registers a .379 batting average.
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    Are we sure that Mendez isn’t as good a prospect as, say, Emmanuel Rodriguez? I’m really intrigued at what his ceiling is and kinda wonder if he could hit major league pitching right now?
  7. Greglw3
    I really liked seeing Mendez doing the Buck truck! As to the high errors, not sure what this means, but I remember Garry Templeton as a real high error guy who had great range and was an all-star caliber player. He had 40 errors at SS in 1978 but was also the first switch hitter to have 100 hits from both sides of the plate (not sure if the same year, or not). Surely Young would have to cut the errors way down. If he ends up having a physique like Delmon or Dmitri, I would doubt he would stay at short. It seems like the rare player that stays at SS, even when they make their ML debut and then again, after playing the position for some years, may end up at 3B, 2B or 1B. Ozzie Smith played SS all the way into his 40s, I’m pretty sure, and Omar Vizquel did too. Jeter and Ripken? The really big star SS like Bert Campaneris, Dave Concepcion, Smith, Vizquel, Jeter, Ripken, Belanger, Alan Trammel, Maury Wills, Honus Wagner.....tend to hold the position most or all of their careers.
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  23. Greglw3
    I could tell you the tale of one Kirby Puckett, who was highly regarded but struggling at AAA Toledo, my home town. He was hitting in the .230s, may have peaked a bit over .240 before his callup but when he was called up immediately started with 4 and 5 hits a game and just took off, never to hit in the .230s again. Maybe if left in AAA and the heater continues, GG’d have an .886 OPS. The reason it’s .686 is because he hasn’t had enough time to bring it up any higher after a 1/20 start to the season. He was the Twins Minor League hitter of the year last year, not Jenkins or Rodriguez. I just happen to be a big fan of GG and very disappointed by his start but encouraged by his flip-the-switch, Josh Bell like awakening lately!
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  26. Greglw3
    Maybe, but he is 11 for his last 21 at bats, on a heater.
  27. Greglw3
    I see your sincerity and love of the Twins. I’d just respectfully point out, in terms of plan that the presence of and partial reliance on the group of Abel, Taj Bradley, Zebby Matthews, Andrew Morris, Austin Martin, Luke Keaschall, Kaelen Culpepper, Hendry Mendez, Emmanuel Rodriguez, the resurgent Gabriel Gonzalez, Walker Jenkins, Kendry Rojas, Allen Roden shows that they are looking to the future and do have a plan and soon enough, they’ll have a #3 overall draft pick to go along with the rest.
  28. Greglw3
    ZIPS Schmipps...get me the 20-80 well rounded scouting report from a few respected major league scouts!
  29. Greglw3
    It's the International League and when I lived in Toledo, it was not a hitter’s league, though that may have changed.
  30. Greglw3
    Two words: Brent Rooker
  31. Greglw3
    I'm in the minority with you. We made a rare brilliant trade to get him and should extend him ASAP. It would be much worse than letting Sonny Gray go.
  32. Greglw3
    The reshaping was referring to hiring Grady Sizemore and Latroy, the better in-game, on field managing, letting your starters go until they tire or have untenable pitch counts, being willing to bunt for a key run and majorly accelerating the running game. Plus his communication style. And actually, though the bullpen lacks the talent of other teams, all things considered, I think he’s done a good job of managing it! I really feel like Shelty and Zoll have this ship headed in the right direction and I’m happy about it!
  33. Greglw3
    It’s a testimony to the work of one Derek Shelton who hired Grady Sizemore, Latroy Hawkins, etc and has reshaped the team approach to hitting and overall approach to the game of baseball in a positive way. Be careful about run differential, it may look like better than 23-27 BUT the Twins had some big blowout games where they scored lots of runs which is misleadingly distorting run differential. The real story still includes too many hitters with low batting averages and lots of short ends of 2-1 and 3-2 games for lack of offense. Moving out Wallner and Lewis was un-Twinslike but ever so correct and necessary in multiple ways. The Gomez signing is looking good and Morris inspiring more optimism for the pen. Arcia contributing big hit in his first game looked good. When it’s time to (not too long), I want to see Culpepper maybe Fedko and Hendry Mendez up and helping the offense. And after a brutal start, Gabrial Gonzalez has started to hit lots! Improve the offense, and the bullpen, at least some and if Abel and Bradley come back strong, they could have one of the strongest starting rotations in Twins history 1-5. To be 23-27 is a big testimony to the way Derek Shelton is reshaping this team. And I’ll include the sometimes maligned Jeremy Zoll, who has help point the ship in the right direction as well. With what Baseball America called "The most talented roster in all of minor league baseball", the Twins really do have a chance the year. Surprisingly!
  34. Greglw3
    I like the way you’re thinking. Especially Josh Bell, his swing looks horrible. I wouldn’t be averse, also, to them sending Lewis down with a mandate to completely overhaul his approach to hitting such that he makes more contact. Clemens is so likable and plays a really good first base but has been .225 ish for about all of his Twins stay. That’s a tough one. Not only Arcia, but a case can be made right now for Sabato and Hendry Mendez. Even Ross is having a GREAT year! Possibly even Fedko to platoon with Larnach As in recent past years, too many .100s and low .200s batting averages on the Twins. It’s part of what’s dragging them down. T
  35. Greglw3
    Acton or Adams or Raya with Raya 3rd priority for a drop because of some wild possibility that he does a 180 and becomes a usable pitcher.
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