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  1. h2oface
    "Baseball America became the first place to rank prospects on a national level in 1990. Since that time, other national outlets like Baseball Prospectus and MLB.com have also grown in popularity. The top-5 prospects in Twins history were all considered among baseball's top-10 prospects at some point in their professional careers. " Does the first sentence work? I kinda missed it the first time, too, but there were no rankings of this sort until 1990. This is a historical list of how they were ranked, and the highest ranking Twins on prospect lists since it the prospect rankings began.
  2. h2oface
    I mean really, there is already a rule that is being ignored! Love a pitch clock, but it should also come with a caveat that the batter has to step into the box within 5 seconds of the pitcher standing on the rubber ready to pitch, or he gets an automatic strike. Goes both ways when it comes to wasting time. I am really tired of watching these prima donnas adjust their gloves every pitch and grabbing their balls. The game itself is still without a timed ending. I hate changing the base 3 inches. I hate a free runner on second in extras. Do not move the mound/pitching rubber at all! I hate excessive shifts. Minimum 2 infielders on each side of second before the pitch is good enough. Also, letting an outfielder come to the infield is fine. I hate MLB games, even double headers, ever being 7 innings. Hate hate hate that. I hate a ghost win in the playoffs. I hate so many teams getting in the playoffs. I guess I could go with 12 (10 is plenty), but any team that is not even above .500 (not at .500 or less) for the season and they are ineligible and it reduces the number automatically. I thind the seeds should go totally based on W-L record regardless of the division, like the NBA.
  3. h2oface
    Seriously? Not even one of the best? Lost me there. I guess Ted Williams, who did get in a World Series, but wasn't enough of a bulldog to lead the team to win it, was not one of the best Red Sox? And you have to take in account that Mauer was saddled with Gardenhire as a manager.......
  4. h2oface
    I didn't even consider Liriano..... as we didn't draft him but traded for him, and was only in the Twins' system for 2 of his 5 MiLB years - with the first 4 being not so special, and the first 3 being mediocre at best. Not that much of a comet until his 5th year in the minors. But he did get on the lists. "Baseball America became the first place to rank prospects on a national level in 1990. Since that time, other national outlets like Baseball Prospectus and MLB.com have also grown in popularity. The top-5 prospects in Twins history were all considered among baseball's top-10 prospects at some point in their professional careers. " Since we are only talking about actual rankings being in exsistence since 1990, it is not arbitrary, it is a fact.
  5. h2oface
    I just meant performance, not injury. Assume......... Perhaps you should utilize the ingnored user option in your account settings, dude........... I wish the best for Ober. I just don't see it progressing much better than Dobnak's progression has, All 100 or so innings. September was telling. I hope I am wrong.
  6. h2oface
    This years Randy Dobnak. The hitters are not MiLB hitters in the show.
  7. h2oface
    It amazes me that people are counting on Baily Ober to stick. If we will be relying in the prospects who will be limited to less than 150 innings in this coddling world of present day baseball, and some just around 100, we will be needing a dozen sleepers.
  8. h2oface
    Has Miguel Sano Met Expectations? Not my expectations.... but in general. Fair or not, Sano was projected to be a HOF player from the beginning. Movie and all. So the short answer is........... no. Justify it all you want, unless he has a renaissance and becomes the sustained late career consistent hitter ala Nelson Cruz, no HOF will be in his future. And there are about 5 young players right now, and some more established young vets, that are in the one in 10-15 years of Cabrera realm, so it really is not that rare....... by 5 to 10 times....... But it certainly isn't Sano.
  9. h2oface
    Millionaires arguing with Billionaires. Big Dix Hot Dogs should be catering........
  10. h2oface
    Homer prognosticators are much more stubborn than national prognosticators.
  11. h2oface
    Another shortstop when he was originally signed....... Mistake? No. Just a prayer that he would actually become what he was hoped to become. Twins' luck prevailed. $8,000,000 to Happ.... that's a mistake.
  12. h2oface
    Not far from fixing? Get rid of the best you have, and not far? Dream on..........
  13. h2oface
    Everybody is a shortstop..... and then they are not.
  14. h2oface
    I'm a fan of Donaldson in general..... his progression from childhood, his fire, and his ability, and am glad he is on the team. I hesitate, however, to give him credit for "what the batted ball data shows he should have hit". The only thing that matters, is what he did. And that was, even in 2021, not coming up with the hero big hit so often when we needed him, and the opportunity was his as he stepped up to the plate. I would even go so far to say that Josh has failed the Twins in the first two years, and not the other way around. 2021 was a disaster not only from the pitching staff performance, but also because just about all the players were suffering at the plate, other than Polanco, and Buxton when he was on the field, There were times when you could look at the box, and half the batters were hitting around, or less, than .200! When we really needed him, in the short 2020 season and down the stretch and for the postseason, he could not take the field, and be the player he was paid to be. I know..... injuries happen, but that was the biggest failure in the tenure so far. I hope, if we even have baseball, he is prepping and doing what he needs to on his own to stay healthy and on the field, and provide performance that justifies his contract.
  15. h2oface
    Damn. I was all stoked up to find out who it was.... who the new Madden of Baseball was ...... and A QUESTioN !!!??!!?? OK. I have to decide now? Brockmire. Jim Brockmire.
  16. h2oface
    First of all, I am an advocate of these guys being in a noted Hall of Roid/Hall of Gambling in the Hall of Shame in the Hall of Fame, and have been for years. Of course my example is a hypothetical (as was yours, the one I responded to), as is anything that we cannot know exactly as what did or would have happened. But we are not talking about cheating on a test in school. The guys that are considered and nominated for the MLB Hall of Fame already were great before they did the roids and got caught, or gambled on baseball, figuratively or literally. The comparison to a C+ student (player) is not one that is really even part of the discussion - is it? - as the C+ player isn't even ever nomitated for a vote of admission, and were never as good as the A player that decided to take roids to heal faster or get even better, which is what happened to all the players considered. The C+ players that took roids and had a great year (50/50 Brady Anderson? - maybe a B player?) still were never even close to being nominated to the HOF to vote on (although the Baltimore Orioles didn't care and he is in their HOF). All of the ones that are denied, but are still worthy either before they took the roids, or bet on baseball etc...... are already famous players, and surrounded by FAME. The roids were a part of baseball, and these guys should be in the Hall of Shame room in the Hall of Fame in my opinion. It is part of the famous story of baseball, a more complete museum. I don't even know if it would be an honor to be in the Hall of Shame in the Hall of Fame, but it would be truthful, and tell a more complete story of greatness in baseball, and what did and can happen.
  17. h2oface
    What if the cheater that got an A+ was already an A and just had an inferiority disorder, and for some reason was still obsessed to be even better? So without cheating he was an A, and with cheating was and A+. A non cheating A would still be better than a non cheating C+, wouldn't he?
  18. h2oface
    Here's to Big Papi and the Hall of Roid in the Hall of Shame in the Hall of Fame. He deserves it. He represents them all well, and is barely stained! And theTwins' braintrust let him go...... They are really missing the boat on Nathan. Not even 5% of the votes. Shameful from another angle. Still, fans should never have votes for the HOF. The Hall isn't a popularity contest. Fans already ruin the All Star voting. That's enough damage. And do you really need an official test for Bonds? I mean really, heads don't swell twice normal size on their own! He should get a reward for having all the right chemicals to avoid official test detection. That is a real talent.
  19. h2oface
    All but 3 of the 11 are 24 or 25. I hope they start showing up in the show.
  20. h2oface
    Totally agree. Hall of Fame should be for the elite few, not the pretty damn good, or worse. All three of these guys just water it down. I like Gladden and Tovar, but not HOF, not even close in my book. And Gardenhire? He couldn't even take the 2006 team to a WS, or win in the post season. He was more of a detriment to the fine teams, than an asset. The Twins HOF seems more of a marketing ploy, than a legit HOF.
  21. h2oface
    Prospect ratings mean nothing, in the end. Just something for people who think they know more than others to do. And so far Lewis doesn't deserve notice, but he has plenty of time to change that. It is disappointing progress so far, for whatever reasons.
  22. h2oface
    Berrios was going to test the marketplace, too. But didn't. He signed a more than fair value extension. So did Pressly. Go figure.
  23. h2oface
    We could have used him in 2019. He could have been the difference in playoff victories. 3 1/2 seasons later (or just 3 if you could 2020 as a half season), Alcala and Celestino, at this time, still, are hope and dreams, and not even close to the value Pressly has provided in that same time, or even just in the 2019 season, all in the Show, and not the minors. Not even close. Still a losing trade. Trading winning now in a 100+ win season of 2019 for the maybe of the future on perhaps mediocre teams? Big lose.
  24. h2oface
    Ortiz and Nathan. That is it. Ortiz is only hindered by the obtuse roid thing. And not that much. Soon, the younger voters will vote all the roiders in if they are on a ballot. The younger the fan, the less they seem to care about cheating. I still like the Hall of Shame room in the Hall of Fame (Clemens, Sosa, McGwire, Rose, Shoeless Joe, etc), and a transitional hallway for the unconvicted/unconfessed, but head that swolt twice normal size (ala Bonds) Nathan flat out deserves it. When Starters don't start, what is the Hall to do then. Great Relievers flat out win and save games, in the regular season and playoffs. They need to be recognized and inducted in, too. Nathan is one of those.
  25. h2oface
    That is some surefire optimism. The only one I have high hopes for is Ryan. Good luck to Rodriquez.
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