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  1. beckmt
    I also think he needs a month or two in AA. Then see what happens.
  2. beckmt
    It is great to see this many pitching prospects with great upside in the system. Since success rate should be between 20 - 50% numbers do matter.
  3. beckmt
    This looks like a guess ranking based on stuff. Have no problem with it, he will either be in the top 10 if he can harness his stuff this year or way down next year if he can't. This is what rankings are about.
  4. beckmt
    Maybe the sides can come up with a plan to make salary work for all teams. I just dislike the Miami main owner, who has done this in other sports, buy the team, make good money for 5 - 10 years and then sell at a huge profit (usually be threatening to sell to a buyer who would move the club to drive up the local price). This same thing is going to happen here in Tampa (where I winter), if they cannot resolve the stadium issue. Making owners spend money to a minimum floor will at least fix some of the issues as far as player salaries go, but the playing field must be close to level.
  5. beckmt
    Maybe the key here would be for Wes Johnson to make a decision to concentrate on one of the breaking pitches with the goal of raising it to considerably above average. Would hope it would be the curveball, but any hanging breaking pitch is usually the launching pad in today's game.
  6. beckmt
    Hate the three batter minimum idea, it takes much away from the strategy of the game. Universal DH - No l like the differences in the leagues, if they want to do this put it in after the next CBA. Pitch clock - Sorry it has come to this, but yes it is needed. Roster size - 26 maybe even 27. Would put more strategy in the game - put you would probably have to limit the number of pitchers on the club, otherwise I can see teams just using the extra roster spot for another pitching specialist. anti - tanking almost impossible to enforce. Something needs to be addressed in the next CBA - probably for balance will have to be a hard cap with a hard minimum spend - even if only a percentage of total revenue. Owners should not be allowed just to pocket the money and let the team lose.
  7. beckmt
    I agree with the concenus and wish it could be better. He seems to be a third or fourth starter at best. Maybe something will click with him, or his third or fourth pitch needs to become a deceptive chase out of the zone. We shall see, the very good news is this is the first time in years a number of Twins farmhand pitchers will have the chance to make it in the major leagues and be above average for a rotation in 2 - 4 years.
  8. beckmt
    I like Enlow, a lot, but this type of pitcher does not seem to make a major player for me until he succeeds at AA. The third pitch will be key as will consistency in finding the strike zone. The FSL still has a lot of filler in it and while we all would like his numbers to be great, they are going to have to be very good to convince me he is the real deal. Maybe I need to see him, but am not going to be in Florida long enough this year to see an FSL game.
  9. beckmt
    You are correct about part of this. Earlier in this thread, it was stated that Baadoo was in the low 30% range the first two months, then dropped to the low 20's the last 4. (strikeout rate). Also a lot of the called looking K's were very marginal. It is hard to tell, but a walk rate is hard to teach, especially if their is not a big chase rate.
  10. beckmt
    One thing you cannot teach is OBP, and the walk rate. I am very excited about this. Twins have far too many swing and miss guys up higher that chase.
  11. beckmt
    We shall all soon see, but this and the Twins minor league depth at this time is why the Twins should be pursuing trades, especially with the tanking clubs to increase our major league talent. Problem is their is not a lot of talent at this time on non-contending clubs to be had.
  12. beckmt
    I do think that if Sano and Buxton have another bad year, they may not be here in 2020 to see if they can put it all together. That does bother me a bit, only because this originization has had major issues in unlocking talent.
  13. beckmt
    Gonsalves for me will have to harness everything he has just to be a #4, #5 starter in the major leagues. That is a tough path. I would rank him more toward where you have Stewart now. On the other hand some other pitchers should be higher, but do not know if you rank on status plus closeness to the major leagues or just pure upside.
  14. beckmt
    At the current time Pressly is probably among the top 15 relievers in baseball as Houston unlocked his talent. Your point of trading prospects may be correct if your origanization cannot unlock the top end talent, and Twins have not been able to do that among pitchers for a long, long, time. Alston seems to have started some process last year and I hope that Wes Johnson can turn these prospects into very good pitching. That will go a long way toward the sustainable process the new FO is hypeing.
  15. beckmt
    Jordan Balazovic seems too low on this list. Given what we are seeing from other sites, is that just a miss, or has he improved so much that he rose that far.
  16. beckmt
    this list is just showing how lower end the Twins farm system was after the 4 - 5 players graduated from it over the past 4 years. And very little pitching has come out of the system. Hopefully that will change over time.
  17. beckmt
    Given Garver's concussion issue, it is great we have a couple of catchers here. Can see why the Twins went for Grandal (though is looks like more of a value play). Both of these two catchers are at least 2021 prospects. Either or both could be good, but hope the Twins find more depth here. Fact the both Gordon and Gonsalves find themselves out of the top 10, shows how much this system has grown over the past two years. Next wave is hopefully coming, and maybe we do not have the number of top end prospects of the White Sox, but Twins certainly have the depth in the system. That is a good sign.
  18. beckmt
    I am far more concerned about the pitching than the hitting. Twins seem to be able to develop decent hitters, pitching well. Tools there will be fastball speed, control, command of secondary pitches, etc.
  19. beckmt
    Work on the mental side of the game with the younger players. Cut down on the silly mental errors some members of this ballclub seem to do. Make sure there are defined standards that your players are expected to follow, and make sure that there are consequences (like a couple of days on the bench) if you do not. You don't want the players to be safe and non aggressive, but at some point they have to cease being stupid.
  20. beckmt
    Only other thing this contract has going for it, it makes it easier to trade a starter if Twins are overwhelmed with an offer for Gibson or Orderizzi.
  21. beckmt
    According to MLBtraderumors contract is $3.5 million plus incentives plus a 2020 option or .5 million buyout, so contract is actually $4 million plus. Only thing going for it is the Perez is young and has maybe out of the Texas bandbox may pitch OK. Or maybe the FO saw something. If Perez is like last year this contract will be a waste of money, and with this money it will be harder to cut him early.
  22. beckmt
    you can call it lining the owner's pockets cheapness. Baseball has joined football as a sport where most owners can make very good money by being cheap. The bulk of the revenue no longer comes from ticket sales, but TV contracts, radio contracts and other items.
  23. beckmt
    But Merrifield is already around 30, so guaranteed money is a bigger thing to him, than risk.
  24. beckmt
    From what I have seen, the feeling is he will start in Ft. Myers and move up if things go well in May or June.
  25. beckmt
    Mets offer was supposed to be 4/60, Don't think the Twins went that high, guessing like 4/52 or 3/42. That was not going to get it done.
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