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  1. jokin
    I think the Twins braintrust should care most about what the medical professionals' preferences are. Hopefully, they lay out the risks and percentages to Joe and the organization for the chances of permanent brain injury or becoming another Mike Quarry.
  2. jokin
    "Article?" How about a flurry of articles over the last month with the "conventional wisdom" that the Twins' bats are done? It seems like everyone forgot the principle of "regression to the mean.'
  3. jokin
    Finally. A voice of reason. Of all the major sports, baseball is second only to hockey for the possibility of the "inferior" team, on paper, to overcome the odds with a short hot streak of play.
  4. jokin
    Great article on Grzelakowski. I guess despite his hitting success, he's still considered too raw as a catcher to make the FSL All Star team. You and he mentioned that he's on a weight control program with the Twins nutritionist. Any idea of his current weight? Moving straight from Gulf Coast League to A+ ball is fairly extraordinary, especially at a premium position. Your quotes from him seem to indicate that he has the personal makeup to make it.
  5. jokin
    Yes and no. Assuming he makes the US Olympic team, that would be his focus for at least a year.
  6. jokin
    Hey Seth, what do you know about the guy who CAUGHT Griffin Jax las night, Taylor Grzelakowski? Doing a little research on his background, he appears to be another one of those undrafted mystery prospects the Twins scouting staff finds in strange places. - Alum of Madonna College? (NAIA) in MIchigan. - Absolutely mashed there his senior year with a BA of .426 and an OPS of 1.294. - And apparently, a softball player body build of 5'11" and 245 lbs. - Twins staff saw enough positives to send him directly from Rookie Ball in 2017 to A+ level in 2018. - Admittedly older for FSL ball, still, he leads all catchers in SLG, OPS, wOBA - Not only that, he ranks 4th overall in FSL in SLG, OPS and ISO (100 PA) - 30% CS rate - Seems like with those numbers lt should have been harder to keep him off the FSL All Star squad. What held him back? So.... does he have the chops with the glove (and the bat, for that matter) to be considered a prospect? Or... is he inevitably headed for superstardom in Independent League ball?
  7. jokin
    Lots of great questions. I believe that when he resurfaced it was stated that Jax would be in training as part of the 2020 US Olympic team. Little detail on a prospective roster or training schedule for the Olympic squad as of yet, other than the team would be made up solely of minor league players.
  8. jokin
    So can Dozier? (allegedly)
  9. jokin
    Nothing except a lot more strikeouts and a league average ERA for the first time in 9 years.
  10. jokin
    Twins are better at 4 of 9? Which makes Cle better at 5 of 9. Not exactly a landslide win for the Indians. (I sure do like Lindor and Jose ["Handley"] Ramirez, though... clearly a cut above all the rest).
  11. jokin
    Mr. Singles strikes again.
  12. jokin
    Your twitter re-post disappeared on my screen, your post now shows a blank screen on my phone. Then it re-appeared. Strange.
  13. jokin
    How did you do that?
  14. jokin
    There's always something each year in baseball where you see something kinda crazy that nobody has ever seen before.*** *** And then it anti-climatically nearly gets completely ruined with 5 minutes of standing around and waiting for a decision from the overlords in New York.
  15. jokin
    That D#%! Jose Hanley again! (quickly scurries back under cover.....)
  16. jokin
    I think he got demoted?
  17. jokin
    At Buxton's current value, the Twins would consider themselves lucky to get a lesser prospect like Danny Jensen C or Nate Pearson SP from the Blue Jays.
  18. jokin
    1) I can make the exact same argument about the Twins. 2) Or those 7 games just as easily could revive hopes of salvaging the season. You invariably seem to prefer allusions to the proverbial coffin half-full, I'd rather go with the coffin all-empty, for the moment, at least- lot of baseball left.
  19. jokin
    Now... don't you start using your multi-fangled factual arguments on me. I was sarcastically and (over)subtly stating Molitor's rationale for sitting Buck last night (via Dick Bremer) .
  20. jokin
    Logan Morrison over the last 28 days has an .813 OPS & OPS+ of 125. That number is not that far from his OPS .868 & OPS+ of 135 in 2017. And his May performance is actually well above his career total of .758 OPS & OPS+ of 108. The Twins are more than getting what they paid for in LoMo in May.
  21. jokin
    Duffy has a history of dominating Buxton.
  22. jokin
    Falvine haven't finished their jobs yet. They need another RH bat, SS with some pop to DFA Adrianza (or just call up Gordon in another couple weeks), and/or perhaps another OF should Buxton have to spend some time in AAA to get his stroke back.
  23. jokin
    Nothing newsworthy here on that perspective. Mediocrity has been been the story of the Classic Lake Division since 1994. The formula for success in the Central is simple- clean up on the unbalanced reg. season schedule, and get hot and/or really lucky in October.
  24. jokin
    Not really.
  25. jokin
    Truer words have never been said. Good post.
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