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  1. jokin
    Yohan Pino is now listed as tonight's starter for the Red Wings, with May moved back to Friday night, and Alex Meyer to Saturday. This sets up Johnson to start on Monday for the Twins (as he's been listed on ESPN since Sunday evening) and Pino to get the start for the Twins on Tuesday if Nolasco can't go. So, bottom line no imminent move to May or Meyer before the deadline trading period is determined one way or the other. I suppose a bad performance by either Johnson or Pino in the meantime might change the timetable without a Correia trade or longer DL stay for Nolasco.
  2. jokin
    FWIW, in Klaw's midseason Top 50 Prospect review of Sano today, coupled with his #11 prospect ranking, he also still concludes that he plays 1B or RF in the majors.
  3. jokin
    By contrast, the most encouraging write-up was for Nick Gordon's lofty debut ranking at #25. Has anyone else gone out on the limb and rated Gordon this high? He's ranked just after wunderkind Raul Mondesi Jr. - turns 19 at the end of the month, playing in A+ ball, and who is probably the highest ceiling SS among all prospects.
  4. jokin
    Alex John Meyer (twitter: @Meyer17A) Position: Pitcher Bats: Right, Throws: Right Height: 6' 9", Weight: 220 lb. Actually listed at 6'9".....EVERTBODY looks short next to The Big Unit 2.0
  5. jokin
    For the record, Klaw in his analysis of Meyer, although he loves his FB and Sinker, because of the lack of a third pitch and lack of strike consistency, he still leaves open the possibility that he ultimately ends up as a reliever. (He did say in a seperate article while reviewing the Futures Game, that he thought Meyer had the best movement on both the FB and the Sinker). For Berrios, he's overall positive on his chances, despite his diminutive size, suggesting he add a fourth pitch, a two-seam FB to his repertoire, and favorably compared him to Yordano Ventura. The most disturbing review was for Sano, on an issue that some on TD insist and assume is a settled issue with him being at 3B for the next decade:
  6. jokin
    Solarte is back up with the Yankees and is listed as #1 on their depth chart at 3B. http://espn.go.com/mlb/team/depth/_/name/nyy/new-york-yankees Having said that, all it would take for the Yankees to get on a phone is to take a look at Plouffe's spray chart: http://pitchfx.texasleaguers.com/charts/gen/4618582014033120140716AAAAAspray-chart.png At only 318 down the LF line and 314 down the RF line, Plouffe would have a field day in NY, plus his gap doubles in TF become gap triples in the spacious Yankee Stadium power alleys.
  7. jokin
    Yep, I'm banking on the thought that Ryan recognizes that Plouffe could have his career year next year and give him the chance to pull the trigger on a nice deal if Sano proves he's ready. And if he doesn't, his arb value stays low for another year and you can repeat the process, only with Plouffe taking on a utility role.
  8. jokin
    Great post. I just hope that Jack Goin finally convinces the braintrust that these realities are an economically sound way to derive more production, and thus more wins. For example, I'm not sure that Arcia will ever hit LHP at an acceptable level- you have a cheap internal solution to that problem for the next 3 years. It's easy to see why Plouffe would be a perfect fit on the Rays at $3M.
  9. jokin
    And rightly so...I'm the biggest pusher for promotion of the best prospects, but this clearly is one case where there is absolutely no need to rush, another setback with the wrist, or a compensation injury because of the wrist should be avoided at all costs, the Twins would be smart to take this very slowly with Buxton. Plus, you have a scenario in CF that has to play out with Rosario and Hicks. If he's back to the old Buck by the end of the month, then fine, let the chips in New Britain fall where they may, and move him on up.
  10. jokin
    And it's also possible that he falls back to earth with his acquiring team, significantly lowering his value going into the off-season.
  11. jokin
    I have no idea what you're responding to here, but if it's in regards to trading Span, it's public knowledge that the Nats were pursuing Span for years. Ryan himself said the Phillies called out of the blue on Revere, pretty clear that Ryan did not initiate either deal. I'm sure there was some thrusting going on in making both deals, from both sides. May had actually plummeted down from the top of the Phils prospect list- turning more to suspect. This is the type of move I'm advocating for Ryan to make again here, finding an arm recently out of favor, but still with decent upside.
  12. jokin
    Yep. And add Toronto to that mix of teams, and possibly the Dodgers, they have some prospects and their group of catchers for the year has a BA of .196 with a .568 OPS (Drew will do that for you).
  13. jokin
    A top 100 guy, perhaps in a down year, who projects possibly better than back-of-the-rotation or utility position player (Jays have a couple of these pitchers, as does Baltimore)...and to get this type of deal done would likely require other players to be involved- plus a highly motivated buyer.
  14. jokin
    Not necessarily true. They can attempt to re-sign Suzuki in the offseason if they decide that Pinto still won't be ready in 2015, or look to teams who are looking to move soon-too-expensive vets to be replaced with their prize prospects, like Houston and Jason Castro, for example. I do agree about Fryer, though.
  15. jokin
    Or get a great, or not so great deal for Suzuki, let Pinto get the bulk of the PAs for the rest of the year. And then make a more informed analysis on whether to re-sign Suzuki in the offseason.
  16. jokin
    I just erased much of my post, as you said it all and better, well done. I'll just say, Plouffe is fine for now and his new mature approach at the plate is in complete contrast to year's past and possibly augurs well for the near future. There's a good chance he posts a career year before FA in 2018, giving the Twins an excellent sell-high opportunity. The team is going to need some veteran presence during this upcoming phase, he's going to be cheaper than bringing in some rent-a-vet- he might make an excellent part-time partner with someone like Arcia- who has an OPS split differential of 200+ points in the minors and 155 points in the majors (an ugly .612 OPS vs. LHP career, .454 OPS vs LHP in 2014)
  17. jokin
    What is the alternative in your scenario? AJ? Internal? Another FA on another one-year deal?
  18. jokin
    To tell the whole story though, it was Washington and Philadelphia that initiated the trade talks in both cases, not Ryan. Based on that history, I hope St Louis or Baltimore, or both, and others like the Jays, start a bidding war for Suzuki's services and the Twins net another future potential ace currently playing at A+ or AA ball & another serviceable bat or arm.
  19. jokin

    Right field wall

    jokin commented on Obie's blog entry in Blog Obie

    Since the removal of the trees in CF, I have long thought the high right field wall and scoreboard is the second worst aesthetic in the park. I have long dreamed and proposed that the incomplete overhang be extended in both directions, ultimately extending from the break in center field to the foul pole. To further add to the new look, scrap the existing boring digital scoreboard- bring back an analog look!, and then recreate a version of the stone arch bridge as "supports" for the overhang, with portions of the scoreboard within each arch along with added ground level seating, something like RF in AT & T: http://imagesbyjosh.smugmug.com/Journalism/Blog-P/ATT-ParkRight-Field/868549214_apJLG-M.jpg but built with arches like the most iconic public works project in the state: http://cdn.c.photoshelter.com/img-get/I00003oc4yY3fKRw/s/750/mnqual265-75148.jpg
  20. jokin
    I'm not sure about any of your conclusions. The city went all out to get the park, and then to get it built where it was, there can be no doubt that it was acquired for the millions of fan and tourist dollars beyond the thousands of Minneapolitans (maybe that's why they oppose having to pay for it) and the prestige it brought to downtown, especially to build up the Warehouse District. If it wasn't such a big deal, why is it at the nexus of the entire metro public rapid transportation system- which will end up being a multi-multi billion dollar enterprise when it ends up with 6 rail lines?
  21. jokin
    Yep.
  22. jokin
    All of the above, and don't forget his spray chart. As I posted in another thread, he's a completely different hitter from a year ago if you compare this year's to last year's- his RF and LF gap power and power along each foul line could very well turn into a few more long flies before all is said and done.
  23. jokin
    The MLB system is set up to ascertain readiness at the major league level- and the organization acknowledges that AAA is no substitute for the real thing. Dozier and Gibson missed badly on their first attempts.... future Hall of Famer, David Ortiz, as well as Cuddyer, didn't stick until their third try. For every Aaron Hicks- who completely flops in 2 attempts- and of whom the Twins haven't used his options wisely, you're going to get some who succeed immediately, as in the case of Santana, others like Dozier and Gibson, and then a third group, like Pinto, who start with a modest promise of success and hopefully build on that success by using Rochester as a remedial school to fine tune their areas of deficiency.
  24. jokin
    Suzuki is very good at keeping the low throws from becoming wild pitches. And he represents the antithesis to the typical Twins player of recent years lingering on the "day to day" list with minor dings.
  25. jokin
    The yin and yang for the small market teams has to be the Twins "yin" to the Rays "yang". The Rays have generally been very, very good since 2008, (arguably) the best field manager, GM, talent developmental staff and scouting system in terms of return on investment in working from a very small revenue base and payroll. Around half their home games they get to host the behemoth draws in their AL East foes, the Yankees, Red Sox, Orioles and Jays as well as in-state rival Marlins. Yet the Tampa Bay marketing department seemingly can't even give away their compelling on-field product, apparently the "experience" in their poorly situated plastic dome and lack of imagination in selling the Rays outweighs the positive results on the field- and in a demographic area where the majority of the people have all kinds of free time and disposable retirement income to spend. The Twins marketing group are geniuses by comparison- they put one of their marketing guys, of all people, into the GM chair- and why not?- he helped get 3 million people to watch indoor baseball in an ugly, outmoded park built for football. Then they sold a dream to governmental bodies and the taxpayers to build them their very own outdoor Field of Dreams. Too much time and effort spent on selling the dream, not enough on the light-of-day reality.
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