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  1. beckmt
    It may be a factor with Berrios. I remember Molitor commenting the Twins would not be seeing Berrios for a while, and it was commented at the time it could be a long while. To me this is more an issue with Molitor not wanting younger pitchers, who may or may not be major league ready on his club. This may only be addressed when Molly is gone. If above is the case, since I do not think he is a great pitching handler, fire him as soon as Pohlad will sign off on it.
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    He is decent, but Twins need as ace, role the dice with Hunter Greene.
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    Agreed, but Twins would have to fall out of the race, or a team would have to offer a kings ransom for Santana, and the Twins would have to decide that it was still not likely to make a run this year. It is still early so another 2 months will have to go by and Twins will have to decide at that time. Early teams out do not seem to have the pitching to trade so it has a while to go.
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    Still in the Greene camp. You have take generational talents.
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    It will not be as hard as you would think for most of the on air personalities to find jobs. The national exposure if they linger on the market you will start finding higher local stations making room for them at the expense of the lesser local talent. Main issue will be TV has become a younger person game and many of these commentators are older. Some will have problems finding there next decent paying gig.
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    Part of the Tonkin issue is use. He is not a multi inning reliever. Twins have too many of one inning types and Tonkin is the bottom of the totem pole. Let's start bringing up the future and send Tonkin on his way. If Tonkin can be effective elsewhere is will speak volumes about Molitor and his pitching coaches. That would be a side benefit to find out.
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    This looks like a list written by a person with a coast bias. Would be shocked at this time if the Twins did not take either McKay or Greene(I prefer Greene). J.B. Bukauskas has closer/TJ surgery candidate written all over him. I know he has come up the board some, but think this would be a major mistake.
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    I will be unhappy if the Twins do not take Greene. I will understand if they take McKay due to timeline, but feel Greene has a chance to be real special and may be able to be here 2 years later than McKay. I agree Mckay could be here in 2019, I see Greene more likely to be 2021, maybe 2020. To me this is Greene's track 2017 - Elizabethon 2018 - Cedar Rapids/Ft. Myers 2019 - Chatanooga 2020 - Rochester or the Twins. Greene has a much bigger bust factor, but also has ace stuff. Downside is, if he cannot make a major league 3rd pitch, he ends up as a closer. McKay I see more of a #2/#3 starter with some potental to be a little more. I would still take Greene, Twins need an ace.
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    Above being said, we need to try other options, Option Gibson is you can, but cut your loses now. If he cannot be optioned, see if you can get a tottery ticket for him. He is useless here at this time.
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    This year is more about finding out what the Twins have and what they need. I have always felt that the new FO is going to have to convince Pohlad to dig into the wallet and sign an ace or close to an ace. Otherwise as noted above, you will be wasting the best years of a talented group of youngsters. Not all may work out, but probably enough of them will to make this an interesting team, just hoping interesting is not in the vein of the late 1970's Twins which had plenty of hitting and little pitching.
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    I was one on this website advocating a non tender last winter. Now we need to stick him in some low pressure situations and bring up some of the youngsters. Let's move on with the rebuild.
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    I have long held Gibson is not a major league pitcher, or if he is it will not be here, which should bring a change in pitching coaching and philosophy. It is possible that Gibson just needs a fresh start somewhere else, he is too much a head case to remain here. I am starting to agree with this and think a trade to a club that needs starting pitching for a class A lottery ticket may be the only answer. If free fall continues over the next two weeks, this may all become moot, as the Twins will start selling off pieces for prospects and bringing up the better minor leaguers. This would have been my course at the start of the year.
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    Salary cap finally got to them. They have to pay so much to their superstars the rest of the team is meh. That is their problem. Plus the better players get hit a lot more in the playoffs and the refs blow a lot less whistles on those borderline hits.
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    Twins 2012 Draft

    beckmt commented on rikker49's blog entry in rikker49's Blog

    There is a lot to like in this class. It has just taken longer to arrive than we all have hoped. To the haters, one gift from Terry Ryan. A draft where Twins might have 5-6 players make it and contribute. That would be an outstanding class.
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    It is early, but defense has played a big role in this. Also, the pitching is better, but making the plays may well have it looking better than it is. I am hoping the team plays meaningful games in September, that will require saying around .500. That could be realistic. Construction of this team is interesting. It seems to be built more on onbase tendencies than anything else, and that seems to be working if the Twins can get a key hit or two. There is hope, but I for one am more in a wait and see mode.
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    Heard a discussion today on one of the local sports talk station. There is a great belief that one or two major pieces will be traded because they lack on the defensive side of the ball and that is greatly irritating to our current management.
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    I'd vote for Breslow, maybe he clears waivers or maybe he doesn't or he could elect FA. At the current time this seems best as Molitor does not trust him.
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    Looks like most of the talent went to AA and A ball. This club should be interesting with the pitching, but will likely be considered a sucess if it finishes at .500 Second half could be better as players move up from Cedar Rapids.
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    I would hope before that, with the pitchers 2018 to blend with the nucleus already on the Twins.
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    Should be the Twins best farm club to start. Pitching should be excellant and this club should be able to hit. Most of us will be looking for a 1st half championship, unless the major league clubs implodes early and some of these players are early callups.
  21. beckmt
    The only way for the Twins to test the new pitchers is to trade the old. According to mlbtraderumors Santana would be the starter who could bring the most out of available pitchers with the exception of Quintana, if the Twins where to make him available. I would and hope to get one great A or A- piece and another useful player out of the deal.
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    I think what you are seeing here is commitment to fastball command, followed by pitch command. Not having it is causing pitchers brought up to fail(some in brutal ways) , New FO is giving the pitchers a chance to catch up, without being exposed(read Berrios), to get things done right in the minors(where their stuff can get many of them by) instead on being blown up in the big show. Expected this might happen after the disclosure of the article Neil Allen wrote last year on this subject. This is why many of the Rays pitchers, where this was practiced seemed to succeed rather than fail when they arrived. Yes this could be tough on Molly, but the 13 man staff is to help give him the tools to succeed instead of pounding square pegs into round holes with his pitching staff use. It just might take longer than he has to get there.
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    You are missing Romero from this list. If he gets off to a fast start in AA, he could be in AAA by midseason and a callup in September.
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    According to mlbtraderumors, Santana if he was made available could bring the most return, ranking somewhat below Quintana. Of course that would hurt this year, but he could bring some assets(probably more than Dozier at this point) that would really help down the line.
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    That would have encouraged Molly to misuse and overuse his pen again. There are a fair number of players who will not be on this team or on the 40 man by midseason. No need to lose someone now and then have an issue when Vargas or Boshers come off the DL(though both are likely to be optioned).. New FO wants to see what they have, and they feel no need to rush players into bad situations. I do not agree, but understand the logic. Plus Molly is managing on a one year contract. Do think he should have been fired, but do not want him to have excuses of lack of help from the FO when he loses.
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