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  1. DaveW
    Of the 5 mentioned in this article only Beslie and Breslow interest me at all. The rest? No reason why they should sniff the major league roster
  2. DaveW
    Did I excuse him for it?? Did I ever say it was ok for him to do it or if he wouldn't have died he shouldn't have gotten punished? Just curious before you accuse me of "widening the gap" whatever that means. I said he made a mistake and paid the ultimate price for it. I have one friend who was almost paralyzed due to a drunk driver, and another who drove his motorcycle wasted and died after he collided with an SUV at 90 MPH. Tragic mistake and he paid dearly, that doesn't make it any less sad to lose an otherwise good person at such a young age. Not everything has to be so black and white you know...also his friends in the boat were also high and drunk at the time, they made mistakes as well getting in the boat and they paid the ultimate price as well. Sad all around. Also I'd wager that the majority of people on this site (whether they want to admit it or not) at least got in a car at one point in their life with a driver who was over the legal limit.
  3. DaveW
    Well my two finalists are out: nova and Iowa State (lol) Solid bracket.
  4. DaveW
    Also fwiw: Fernandez was loved by his teammates, organization, city, country and troughout sports. By all accounts he was a great guy. A great guy that unfortunately let substances cloud his judgement one night and he made a terrible mistake.
  5. DaveW
    Not sure which is more troubling with this statement: 1. Felix Hernandez is alive and well and is beloved in Seattle and across baseball. 2. Crapping on the grave of a dead early 20 year old. People make mistakes, there is no need to trash the kid (Jose Fernandez) that's a tragic story all around, lessons can certainly be learned, but to trash him like this? Come on.
  6. DaveW
    This team would have lost 110 games had Dozier not put up an MVP season. TBH I would prefer they trade Dozier for some front line pitching, but he absolutely was NOT the problem with the 2016 Twins, Dozier is highly respected in media circles and within clubhouses and front offices as one of the "good guys" in baseball. To suggest that his leadership was the reason why the Twins had historically bad pitching is preposterous. In fact he was one of the (few) reasons to actually watch this team during the season last year. I wish him the best wherever he lands.
  7. DaveW
    If he didn't have the "stuff" to potentially be a #1/#2 SP, why on earth would you spend the 6th pick in the draft on him to begin with? Also if they drafted him knowing this was going to be the likely outcome (a RP) then it's one of the worst decisions in recent draft history. Also his numbers and "look" last year in A+ was pretty solid overall (2.85 ERA in 13 starts, 8.8 k/9 etc) sorry that's pretty good, even for a college pitcher I wish we had more guys putting up those numbers that you would just consider "ok". Just seems so counterproductive to move him off of SP already...unless they knew this was going to happen the entire time?
  8. DaveW
    I wonder if Duby is hurt or not 100% He has never looked THIS bad since he has been here. Shut him down this week regardless IMO. Only way they catch the Hawks at this stage is if the Hawks melt down anyways. Hopefully Nashville, LA or St. Louis can pull off the upset against them in round 1?
  9. DaveW
    How is dozier part of the problem??
  10. DaveW
    All goes in line with my earlier point: Ryan in his first stint here had the front office clicking on all cyclinders more or less, something happened org wise when Ryan stepped down the first time, and they haven't recovered really since. I do wish they would have just cleaned house from top to bottom, instead of bringing in a few new guys and promoting others in some sort of half measure. Makes me very worried about the future, and makes me wonder if it's going to take an ownsership change at this point to make a big diff
  11. DaveW
    2016 Alex Kirilloff OF Plum High School (Pittsburgh) 15 TBD, too early to tell. 2015 Tyler Jay LHP Illinois 6 While it's still early for Jay, having him already go back to the pen this quickly is definitely a disappointment. 2014 Nick Gordon SS Olympia HS, Orlando, Fla. 5 TBD: Hopefully this is a breakout year for him 2013 Kohl Stewart RHP St. Pius X High School, Houston 4 TBD: I went over the issues Stewart has above, but as it stands now? Not looking good for a #4 pick 2012 Byron Buxton CF Appling High School, Baxley, Ga. 2 Should be a stud. 2011 Levi Michael SS North Carolina 30 Bust 2010 Alex Wimmers RHP Ohio State 21 Bust 2009 Kyle Gibson RHP Missouri 22 Back end rotation guy 2008 Carlos Gutierrez RHP Univ. of Miami (Fla.) 27 Bust 2008 Aaron Hicks OF Wilson H.S., Long Beach, Calif. 14 Bust 2007 Ben Revere OF Lexington (Ky.) Catholic HS 28 4th OF, one decent year (2012) 2006 Christopher Parmelee OF Chino Hills (Calif.) HS 20 Bust
  12. DaveW
    I wish for once the press would actually hold this club accountable rather than just being a glorified PR arm of the team. This off-season has been a D at best IMO, they barely improved the 2017 team (Castro is a decent signing) and haven't managed to make the 2018-2020 teams better (Failure to make any trades) like I guess it's nice they signed a few veterans on the cheap, and culture IS important, but honestly, they are just putting lipstick on a pig at this point IMO with articles like this. It's not poorly written or anything, just frustrating this is the kind of stuff that is getting written leading up to the season (not about the big trade that was made or the impact signing that should have happened etc)
  13. DaveW
    Honest question for the "Jay could become a starter again crowd" Has there been any cases in the last 20 years where a team drafted a college relief pitcher, brought him up to the mid to high minors as a relief pitcher, then put him as a starter in the majors at some point? With ANY sort of success?
  14. DaveW
    As it stands now: the Twins current rotation is probably one of the worst 5 in all of MLB. Depth wise in the minors? Prob worst 5 in the MLB. They are going to pull off some nifty trades, signings or catch some serious lightning in 2-3 bottles to get this club back to a playoff contending rotation. Not sure we can just count on finding the next Johan Santana in the rule 5 draft or getting a Liriano type thrown into a lopsided trade.... At some point this org needs to figure out how to develop some front end starting pitching. Garza, Berrios, Gonzalves are about the only ones they have developed in the last 10 years. Not good.
  15. DaveW
    I think it is a major setback personally. As my post above lays out, out then Gonsalvez and Berrios there aren't a whole lot of "cant miss" types in this farm system currently, or at least guys that you can count on to be more than a #4/#5. We are talking about the worst team in baseball over the last 5-6 years, and with one of the worst pitching staffs in baseball during that time. We can't afford to be missing with these sort of high picks this often, especially when said pick was supposed to help the rotation initially. I think bullpen pitchers are important, no doubt, but you can have the greatest 9th inning guy of all time and it won't matter if you are down 8-5 late in games 90+ times a year.
  16. DaveW
    Romero has significant injury issues and is still very very far away, additionally he hasn't even thrown 175 innings since he joined the org in 2012. I like the upside no doubt, but he still has a significant "bust" chance as well. I'm higher on Stewart then most, but he is still far away, and his lack of strike outs thus far in the low minors (5.9 k/9) is cause for some concern when it comes to his ceiling. I'm also higher on Mejia then most, but he projects to be a #4/#5 type. Gonsalves I feel the best about for sure, I am confident that he will be an asset for this starting rotation. So basically we have one guy in Gonsalves who looks to be a pretty good bet to be an asset for the Twins starting rotation, 2 guys with upside but a lot of question marks (Stewart+Romero) and a guy who is backend type (Mejia) Seeing how the current Twins rotation is a complete mess, where Berrios may be the only "contributor" for them in 2019 onwards, I'm not sure I am confident that the Twins farm system is going to be able to produce enough SP to help fill out the rotation. Losing Jay from the SP candidate list is a major blow IMO. If we had the Mets current rotation I don't think people would be as concerned, but our rotation is already in dire straits, we need as many SP arms in the minors as possible!
  17. DaveW
    The problem isn't that Gibson didn't become an Ace, it's that he has been the most "successful" 1st round pick of the Twins over the last 10 years. You can't strike out 9 out of 10 years, and the one year you get a decent player he ends up being a #5
  18. DaveW
    Johnson may have ran the drafts, but Ryan and co probaly had a lot of say when it came to the first few round picks I imagine (as do most teams) I do think Ryan was very very very good at scouting and evaluating talent, and it shows with the core he was able to build when the Twins were winning those divisions: Santana, Mauer, Morneau, Span, Hunter, Liriano etc In fact, I'd say that Ryan was one of the best 5 GM's in all of baseball during his first stint here. Something definitely changed though after he first stepped down, and unfortunately he couldn't re discover the mojo/success. Much like the players on the field, I think managers, GM's, etc also have peaks and decline phases as well (this goes across sports) It's super super super rare to find a coach or GM that can have continued success for 10+ years. (Bill Belicheck, Epstein etc come to mind) Just like it's super super rare to find a baseball player or NBA player etc who can be effective for 15+ years anymore. I think Ryan ultimately just hit his "decline" phase, and unfortunately there wasn't a lot of other help in the Twins org as well to help ease this.
  19. DaveW
    Keep in mind that this list INCLUDES Mauer who was drafted in 2001, Span in 2002, and Plouffe and Perkins in 2004. Since then it's been pretty abysmal, Garza was a solid pick of course, but we decided to trade him away of course. Also this proves the point that drafting will make or break your team. There is a reason why the Twins were able to win all those division titles: because they were able to make some good picks. Since 2005 or so though, it's been a disaster overall. If you were to look at the last 10 years of draft picks, the Twins would likely be one of the very worst in baseball. Buxton, Gordon, Stewart of course could help this out a lot, but other than them? It's been pretty pathetic.
  20. DaveW
    Yeah, it's a completely different scenario. A better comparison would be if the Twins decided to put Berrios in the pen for a year or so instead. Berrios was always viewed as a starter and always was a starter. Jay apparently wasn't "good" enough to be considered a starter for a middle of the road college baseball conference. I think he still has plenty of upside and can be an asset, but you absolutely should NOT be drafting college relief pitchers in the first round of the draft, even more so when you are talking about a top 10 pick. The Twins seemingly have been trying this "college RP----> ML starter" bit for a while now, and it hasn't worked out at all. You need to be looking for guys that can be #1/#2 type starters in the first round, or guys that can be heart of the lineup type players, not settling for relief pitchers or 4th OF types.
  21. DaveW
    Americans off to a very strong start this season
  22. DaveW
    The problem is a lot of the old regime is still around. I was sitting behind home plate the other day for a Twins ST game against team USA, everyone surrounding us was a scout. The guy 4 seats down? Mike Radcliff, like honestly, I'm not sure he should be with the team at this stage, especially in an important facet. He had a really really really nice run, and is a legend for this club no doubt, but at some point you need fresh blood and fresh eyes IMO. Especially after so many down years.
  23. DaveW
    Josh Donaldson, Todd Frazier, Brett Cecil....to name a few. Just because Revere has been around 9 years doesn't make him a good or even close to a good player. Juan Castro somehow played 17 years for instance.
  24. DaveW
    He's a #5 basically. You need to do better with your first round picks.
  25. DaveW
    The prob with Revere is his ceiling was always a "meh" 4th/5th OF type. He has reached that ceiling which is fine, but never should have been a first round pick to begin with. He had negative 1.2 WAR last year, so not sure he is going to have too much longer of a career....
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