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  1. jokin
    Good classifications and projections. (I predict Hughes will be gone by August 1). I guess the question we all ask: Can Romero become a #1? In any case, I see the potential rotation by mid-2019 becoming possibly Berrios, Romero, Odorizzi, Gonsalves and Littel. The good thing is, to get to that point would mean great internal competition and the potential of the 4 young arms to rise to the top to claim those spots. (And again, as you hinted, the starting depth would be near-Dodgers-like, with the above, plus Jorge and Thorpe knocking at the door).
  2. jokin
    Best cure for a losing streak is returning back into the Classic Lake Division.
  3. jokin
    Good AAA debut for Littell against the #4 team OPS in the IL. Perhaps he's got the secret location sauce to keep good hitters mostly guessing wrong. It would be a big plus if he can come on into the League as a strong #4-5 man in the rotation with a high K/BB ratio. Even though his 2018 AA numbers don't look great, his K% was nearly 33%, as was his IFFB%. If Littell can somehow break through and continue his magic, this rotation could be almost completely made over (for the better) by mid-2019.
  4. jokin
    Virtually all Air Force Academy graduates get commissions as officers. Nice pay scale for Jax while he waits for his MLB call-up. (Some time after the 2020 Olympics?).
  5. jokin
    It looks like that ERA over 5 is a "Littell" misleading. Zack's K% at Chattanooga is nearly 33%, coupled with an astounding 31.6% IFFB percent rate. He also has a .431 BABIP. Seems like he's been experimenting with his location, perhaps more up in the zone, as his GB% has dropped precipitously from career norms and LD% has climbed atmospherically (especially with respect to repeating AA from 2017). Regardless, Littell had an excellent debut start at Rochester today- 6IP 6K 0ER. I think with his solid MiLB history of command and control, plus his increasing penchant for Ks, gives him an excellent chance at becoming the Twins backend starter very, very soon.
  6. jokin
    Paging Peter Bourjos, who just signed a minor league deal after being DFAd by the Braves. Shouldn't cost much to rent him for a couple months.
  7. jokin
    Very telling.
  8. jokin
    Next time, think about multi-tasking.... at least then, you'd only lose an hour and a half....
  9. jokin
    Well, actually... for his career, he's hitting .226 with a .688 OPS before May 1. This year he's hitting .226 with a .668 OPS.... Pretty much what to expect from a notoriously slow starter.
  10. jokin
    Signing: Good Extending: Not Good
  11. jokin
    MLB experience. Twins experience. Making the minimum out of the Twins pocketbook Might get on a hot streak until MiLB help matures/arrives. If not, Can be DFAd in a moment's notice.
  12. jokin
    The nameless, faceless are usually that way for good reason. It would have been nice for the author to have explained how many interviewed for the pitching coach job and why this faceless wonder was determined to be the No. 1 pick. The bullpen has succeeded in raising their K-level.... BUT, every other statistical measure is much worse than last year..... the pen ERA is now over 6.... that's 1.5 runs above their worst years in this century.
  13. jokin
    Ouch, indeed. That one is going to leave a mark. Feel free to forward your feelings to Falvine and crew. Probably still too soon to push the panic button, but there's no denying that this is some of the worst Twins baseball in this decade- beyond Escobar and Kepler, this team looks to barely be clinging on to life support. Not sure of the bonafides, of the pitching and hitting coaches, either. Time for a shake-up of the status quo. How about along with bringing up 3 of the top 10 prospects, hiring Tori Hunter as the bench coach?
  14. jokin
    Seems like that has been strictly a weather-related decision to keep the true prospects playing regularly in better conditions, no? I don't think they could have forseen all the "issues" that have befallen this team in the last two weeks. With the calendar turned to May and the Twins' playoff prospects turning to crap, I'm looking for a lot of prospect promotions to AAA and inevitably to the big club in the next 60 days.
  15. jokin
    Uh-huh.... Wait! What?
  16. jokin
    Yes
  17. jokin
    Nailed it. Add a corrupt and incentive-stifling political economy and it means many who want opportunity in life are forced to emigrate. The island was already subject to scattered blackouts before the hurricane.
  18. jokin
    Can we throw in a third,fourth and fifth option? Duke's 12.5 BB/9? Mauer's 21.4% BB% Sano's 44.6% K%?
  19. jokin
    But maybe at least partly effective in Houston?
  20. jokin
    Maybe not a huge fan, but I bet you might have been at least a middling fan of Big Papi?
  21. jokin
    Are we forgetting the silver lining in every cloud of "frustration"? After just one (extended and brilliantly pitched) game, the Twins team ERA went from 3.54 to 3.05 and the Twins dropped from 11th place to 5th place in team ERA rankings. If the Twins can maintain anywhere near that level throughout the season (and not to forget, significant veteran and rookie help is waiting in the wings), the run drought will be much less frustrating.
  22. jokin
    My nephew's college teammate is from Puerto Rico and I had the good fortune to be able to travel there to see them play in San Juan a couple years ago. Both my nephew's teammate and the people I met there are very proud of both their island home and their American citizenship. And curiously enough, they share the same distrust and cynicism we statesiders have of political corruption and hypocrisy that have benefitted the few at expense of the many. Because of the pervasive corruption and imminent and looming bankruptcy of the local government, Puerto Ricans have been fleeing the island and heading to the US mainland in great numbers, long before the recent weather disaster- of which has only served to make a very bad situation even worse. Through all of this, support for statehood has grown from about equal to status quo in referenda 30-50 years ago, to now slightly above 50%. Meanwhile, support for independence has steadily shrunk over this same timeframe, also to the benefit of statehood support numbers.
  23. jokin
    Yep. Noticed that immediately- the dangers of writing articles beyond one's scope or depth. US Unincorporated Territory and officially referred to as the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico (from English Law?). Puerto Ricans are US citizens. Past referenda have shown overwhelming public support for either statehood or maintaining the status quo- as opposed to very tiny support for independence.
  24. jokin
    Yep. And that was the point. No one was "up in arms". We were just wondering why they would go the route they chose instead of these obvious alternatives. Heck, they could also just get on the phone and make a deal with the Marlins so that they can ship Kinley to the minors.
  25. jokin
    Corresponding move? Presumably for LaMarre, who is being bounced around the system like a pinball, and is evidently going to celebrate his demotion in San Juan with the big boys, before again donning the AAA uniform next Friday in Rochester.
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