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  1. Han Joelo
    I really want Romero to be on this list. Not saying he should, but he's only a half step behind.
  2. Han Joelo
    Any chance they push Romero to AA?
  3. Han Joelo
    If there wasn't room for Vargas to play in the second game yesterday, after homering twice in the first, I don't see how there is room for A-Rod. Aside from that, not a fan of bringing a hated Twin killing Yankee on board to chase some meaningless (to me) round number. I do hope next year's roster has room for some kind of high character/leader/veteran/mentor type.
  4. Han Joelo
    Unfortunately for Gonsalves, completing the game only served to lower his K/9, which will be a net loss for scouts. I kid. 2 of the 4 strikeouts recorded by Stashak and Rosario came courtesy of an old friend on a rehab assignment. You'd never guess who. Great day! Del Rosario keeps climbing my Intrigue-O-Meter, he is already high on my list of fun aliases to use when ordering pizza. Prospect lists are interesting. A high school outfielder picked 14 spots ahead of Kiriloff debuts at #30 overall, while he is unranked (I probably have that all wrong)…should be interesting to see post-season lists.
  5. Han Joelo
    And to be fair, I don't really think it was any kind of wisdom to have one, let only (was it?) four open spots on the 40 man. Smart and responsible, maybe, but probably standard operating procedure. I can just imagine a scenario, though, where the Twins wouldn't have had a spot available, and been forced to either go with the one inning reliever on the 40, or try and pull of some DFA gymnastics, losing someone better in the process. Cheers!
  6. Han Joelo
    Fine. Dumb luck. On a double-header day, particularly with Millone and Berrios starting (and Jose is unfortunately proving my point right now), I think it was wise to bring up a guy who can absorb multiple innings. Development-wise, it is probably better to have an "expendable" guy get beat up for multiple innings, than to have a prospect thrown in there.
  7. Han Joelo
    Had this happened a day earlier, it would be Meija on his way and everyone would be excited. Or two weeks ago it would have been Berrios toiling in AAA, and maybe he would have been the call. I'm just glad they wisely had the spot on the 40 man open and didn't have to mess around. As a fan interested in building the Ultimate Perfect Domination Unit (acronym pronounced "OOP-dah"), not having a Urias or Giolito cued up would be grounds for indictment. As a baseball fan, this is just cool. I'm looking forward to the character test for this team--how do they respond to losing a 5 run lead and their "ace" on the mound?
  8. Han Joelo
    Are you suggesting he swings at everything in order to minimize the chance he gets hit in the face again? The best defense is a good offense? Actually makes sense. What the hell, why not. If you think your life may be on the line, making contact becomes a much more powerful incentive.
  9. Han Joelo
    Fantastic. Thanks for sharing. That seems so real, so relatable, especially when contrasted with the idea of an A-Rod--I'd certainly rather have my sons being mentored by Mark than Alex.
  10. Han Joelo
    In today's edition of "Other Teams Make Questionable Decisions Too," Blake Swihart needs ankle surgery. Apparently those clowns in Boston thought it was a good idea to have a top 20 prospect--a catcher no less--running around in the outfield. What were they thinking? The Cubs optioned a 27 year old guy, Tommy La Stella, who was hitting .295/.388/.457, in order to keep unoptionable Chris Coghlan around, who is hitting .158/.253/.276 in 229 plate appearances. Now La Stella is considering retirement. Maroons. Michael Brantley has had yet another setback, and may require surgery! Sheesh. Those guys should invest in one of those Star Trek, Dr. McCoy Insta-scanner thingeys. Ultramaroons. Blue Jays release Franklin Morales after getting just 4 innings out of him this year. For $2 million bucks, they could've signed Fernando Abad AND Brandon Kintzler and still had money left over to hire a food truck to feed their entire sabermetric staff. However big that is. Maybe one guy on a bike from Jimmie Johns would've been enough. How the hell would I know.
  11. Han Joelo
    Goodrum's always intrigued me as well. Started out very "raw", correct? Injuries, position changes, etc; seems like he could still put it all together if he has time left.
  12. Han Joelo
    Both articles are excellent. Especially the second. Thanks for sharing.
  13. Han Joelo
    Demote? No. But I'm afraid Sano's name might be now on the side of Antony's whiteboard that once also had the names Arcia, Nolasco, and Meyer on it. The names of Hardy, Lohse, and Garza are still there, as the Twins only recently caught up to the rest of the league in marker technology. Seriously, though, why not entertain the idea of trading him for pitching in the offseason?
  14. Han Joelo
    Just noticed Greenwood was a part of the three team trade that involved Kluber, Ludwick, Westbrook, and others.
  15. Han Joelo
    Nice. Love the guarded optimism. Good example of player, coach, and management working together to fix a problem and get another chance. To bad the same thing didn't work with another flash in the pan slugger. One of those links was broken, I guess.
  16. Han Joelo
    Nice start from Del Rosario. Does he have a chance to start making prospect lists?
  17. Han Joelo
    How about trading Sano for an ace?
  18. Han Joelo
    I think Sale could've used a 12 year old accomplice on this little caper. A
  19. Han Joelo
    Great story Seth, thanks for sharing. Reminds me of a lot of the stories in Feinstein's book, but one in particular. While that exhibition game in Washington might count as his reward, he strikes me as exactly the type of guy who would get that call up in September, maybe as a finale to his playing days and prelude to coaching.
  20. Han Joelo
    Perhaps Kintzler is an example of the rubber meeting the road--at what point, as a GM of a contending team, do you rely on long-term statistics vs. SSS theater? I read in MLBTR that teams are looking hard at Huston Street and other "proven relievers" with good career numbers, with the caveat that these guys aren't having their best seasons ever. Kintzler's currently gettin' her done. Obviously, no contender is trading for him to close or even pitch late innings. For teams going all in, and luxury shopping for every eventuality, acquiring a Kintzler for your bullpen might be a smart move, and one that would be worth a Hu-level prospect. Guy's who can get David Ortiz to ground into a DP, with the bases loaded, on the road, with no outs…again--I KNOW what his track record says. But he's hot right now. Relievers are lightning in a bottle. Grab it while you can.
  21. Han Joelo
    As good as 1,2,3 innings are, the occasional escape like he pulled the other night help to provide proof of his resiliency and calm under pressure. Given what relievers are going for, I could see Kintzler netting something at least as good as what the Twins gave up for Jepsen. Probably better. Then again, I know nothing.
  22. Han Joelo
    These were all excellent moves. Unfortunately, most of the relief options had to 'percolate' for a while before they emerged or were given the chance, meanwhile the early season bullpen was awful and made significant backbreaking contributions to the death spiral. Perhaps a high priced, big name signee would have been utilized earlier--the Twins couldn't have gone to Kintzler in the early season because he was still in Rochester. Perhaps. Or it would be just another lousy contract to dump. TR wasn't good at the big moves? Well, maybe he was pretty decent--many of the big deals are the ones you DON'T sign. It seems to me the only way to be good at 'big' deals is to sign only the absolute top tier free agents, vastly overpaying as you do, eating gobs of money in the end, and even then your odds are about 50/50.
  23. Han Joelo
    Yeah, maybe not graduate, but more or less reached the top of the ladder.
  24. Han Joelo
    Arraez=Uribe? When Polanco and Walker finally graduate sometime later this year (along with Palka), the current wave of hitting prospects will have all passed through the system. Great to see a new crop emerging in the lower minors. Would love it if Wander was a part of it, but Kiriloff, Blankenhorn, and Diaz, and maybe Minier, along with Arraez, Davis, and Wade constitute some pretty decent prospects to watch for the next few years. And I know I am missing some.
  25. Han Joelo
    May was one of those mid-tiered guys I thought would/should/needed to take it to the next level this season. I thought he had a leadership mentality. As the bullpen was imploding, I really hoped he would have stepped up and seized the closer job. Some guys, like a Smoltz for instance, are good in whatever role you give them. Not sure what to think of May at this point. I'm not opposed to giving him a chance to start again, but I have no more confidence in him being any kind of difference maker at this point than I do Meyer will. Maybe less. There may have been some mismanagement here, but then again, maybe he is who they thought he was.
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