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  1. jokin
    Who has said that the numbers "mean" anything? All anyone is "suggesting" is to look at the facts- Melotakis is a LH pitcher with a history of high K rates and who is young enough to possibly being able to restore his velocity might be just as deserving (or more deserving) of a shot at a 25-man spot as any of those who have come through the roster despite a long string of failure on their resumes. Scouts don't like Melotakis' stiff arm action. I concur and I don't think that there's any doubt that Melo is an iffy prospect and the TJ thing obviously still is overhanging it all... but given the facts as we know them- and then alternatives that have been thrown into the fire for the big club thus far, isn't it reasonable for Twins fans to want to flesh this thing out more definitively before just abruptly pulling the plug?
  2. jokin
    Someone else posted 30% chance he gets claimed. I'd say it's closer to 100%. The guy's splits are near identical. What team wouldn't want to take a chance on a hardthrowing lefty strikeout specialist? Is Melo being dangled out there as potentially part of an envisioned trade package for more experienced pitching?
  3. jokin
    Good thinking. Those are also my #1 and #2 picks for accelerated promotion, although Jorge makes it relatively simple to get first cup of coffee being already on the roster. Regardless, it's past time to end the parade of AAAA arms coming up like lambs to the slaughter. (At least Pino and Heston have been awful enough in AAA to preclude the brain trust from going down those roads).
  4. jokin
    Soo... The Twins have a plan for Melotakis, right? Or what am I missing? A left handed strikeout pitcher who appears fully past TJ surgery on a team whose pitching depth has more holes than Swiss Cheese is suddenly out of their long term AND short term strategies? If they don't have a trade in mind, are they thinking that Melo won't be claimed, or that they have given up on him having ML chops?
  5. jokin
    September? Perhaps sooner, much sooner.
  6. jokin

    Turley

    jokin replied to DaveW's topic in Minnesota Twins Talk

    Mine was not an analysis of the Angels pitching woes. The Twins have plenty of their own and the sad fact remains- taking a shot at Fister is likely a better alternative than anything that the Twins have currently healthy and available. (Fister's #s are PCL inflated, too)
  7. jokin
    Nice sarc, I presume?
  8. jokin

    Turley

    jokin replied to DaveW's topic in Minnesota Twins Talk

    Trading two SPs for one SP to the Angels didn't exactly help the depth chart, either. Speaking of the Angels, they just released Doug Fister.... Steamer actually projects that he would be the Twins 3rd best starter...
  9. jokin
    Seems like only a matter of time for when Zach Granite gets the call to replace Rosario.
  10. jokin
    That is an understatement and then some. I just checked the leaderboard in the Southern League. Gordon is the ONLY 21-year-old among qualified position players. And he's either first or among the league leaders in multiple hitting categories. Despite the necessary caution needed for an inflated BABIP, he's in the midst of a monster season- and showing newfound power (leads the SL in XBH). As a SS, arguably you could make a strong case for Gordon being the first half SL MVP.
  11. jokin
    Oh, the humanity!
  12. jokin
    Don't get me started... this will likely be the deal that will forever banish Rob Antony to the metal desk in the janitor's hallway.
  13. jokin
    Already multiple mentions of Lewis moving to the OF should lower his ranking to the middle of the Top 10 (3-6?). I tend to think Javier should be somewhere in the Top 5, whichever one of the two sticks at SS should automatically be rated higher- thus far I've heard fewer projections that Javier will definitely have to move away from SS. Not to say that Lewis won't become an eventual standout Twins regular, but all in all- a disappointing decision by the Twins for a #1 overall pick. I think you're spot on with Gordon. I can easily forsee Gordon and Javier eventually being the Twins MI mainstays for many years to come.
  14. jokin
    The migrants aren't necessarily the target audience. Monterrey offers more chances for corporate sponsors and luxury box consumers, more disposable income in the native population, modernized urban infrastructure and facilities. Closer ties to the US economy, more people speak English... Much of Mexico City is Third World... and as pointed out by RB, Guadalajara won't do.
  15. jokin
    How many besides you, me and Chief get the reference?
  16. jokin
    Sometimes it's fun to be wrong
  17. jokin
    It would help if there were enough people to buy tickets- 37% of Puerto Ricans are on food stamps and the "official" unemployment rate is 15% (actually much higher) and the Commonwealth is on the brink of bankruptcy. In short, it's an economic basket case.
  18. jokin
    Monterrey would be a better choice. Much higher per capita income, more industrialized, closer to the US for travel purposes.
  19. jokin
    He just hasn't been traded to the Cubs yet.
  20. jokin
    Wondering about Wander....?
  21. jokin
    Whaaaa......? Baseball Reference lists him in 3rd place in dWAR... for all MLB players, just a shade behind only Addison Russell and Nolan Arenado.
  22. jokin
    Jorge has really turned it on in his last 5 starts. Superb command and control while upping his K%, WHIP @ .87, AVG @ .192 and 1.83 ERA. And going 7 or nearly 7 IP each outing. Lofty strand rate over career avg. might be a concern... but I think he's ready for an extended look-see at Rochester. Speaking of promotions, it certainly appears that Mason Melotakis is fully healthy. He's dominating both lefties and righties. He might be able to help the major league bullpen before the end of the season... and the way things are going with the Twins SPs, Jorge might even help the Twins, too. Anyone know Melo's velocity so far in 2017?
  23. jokin
    You are the one with fairly strong certainty that he is aging and going to regress. You believe that, not me. Your argument is your downfall, because you assume you know something more about Santana that gives the Twins the franchise-saving upper hand in a trade. OTOH, I think there is a decent, but not certain, chance that Santana can pitch strongly enough over the course of the season, that, with a little bolstering in the rotation and the pen, the team can remain in the playoff hunt. I don't have consternation over trading Santana- if they're clearly fading between now and August 1, you solicit your best offer(s). But my position is that you hold on to him while you are clearly playoff-viable. ...And, you most certainly don't automatically assume that because you have all of these intractable personnel, payroll and institutional issues, that the ONLY course to take is that you HAVE to trade your best pitcher in a Cy Young-type season- while your team is on the developmental upswing, with a potential MVP., a revived 1st baseman, oh... and also in 1st place in a division that is up for grabs.
  24. jokin
    Quick tip: Any amateur who uses the phrase "Pro tip" in their summation, isn't all that sure of his own convictions. 1) Again, my response was to another poster- who characterized it as fairly perfunctory to acquire two "cost-controlled solid MLB-level SPs" for Santana. So, throwing away any chance in 2017 while the Twins are still in 1st place and taking a 50-50 gamble at improving the team over the intermediate run- at best- is the "solution" to the Twins pitching woes? Trading the guy that YOU- not me- say is aging and on the brink of regressing to the mean? Sorry, but the rest of the MLB GMs are smarter than that. 2) Your factual accuracy is wildly off on Nunez. He is a starter for the Giants and started 141 games in 2016. 3) Who said "dump what's left of the farm"? I clearly said they have 4 very intriguing SS and 4 potential Top 100 arms. And another top 100 position player. And they have the #1 pick in the 2017 draft and two more top picks in the first 35. Still a lot of talent floating around in the system, even after a deadline trade for pitching. 4) Who said anything about "renting" an SP? I proposed acquiring a salary dump front-end guy, and possibly trading on the cheap for an impending FA back-end SP- who could possibly re-sign in the offseason. 5) "But it's pie in the sky to think they can get two prospects for Santana. Riiiiight....." No one is arguing whether or not they can get two prospects for Santana. They most certainly can. The risk is in who they are and what transpires- health and developmentally. That is Chief's "extension of the window of sucking"- trading quantifiable known assets for relatively unquantifiable uncertainly.
  25. jokin
    "Thank you." To end my flippancy, myself and many others on this thread have made it extremely clear that consideration of a Santana trade is clearly in the Twins best interest if/when it becomes obvious that their weaknesses have caught up with them and their luck has run out. That time has not come yet, and there are still measures the team can take to increase their chances of making the playoffs, without significantly jeopardizing the future.
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