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  1. Thrylos
    Not sure that it was mentioned previously, but DJ (aka Dalton) Hicks retired. He did not come down to Fort Myers.
  2. Thrylos
    Boston at 77 wins and Rays at 83? Alrighty.
  3. Thrylos
    The new CBA will make this probability minuscule. Also: The team that picks 1-1 has the opportunity to already agree on a contract before they draft someone and not not draft someone who is not willing to agree. Olden times were different
  4. Thrylos
    Haley was never in the bubble. The pitcher who took "Park's spot" is Tonkin.
  5. Thrylos
    Here. And by a blogger who went on to get a job in an MLB FO.
  6. Thrylos
    Ted Williams' head is rocking in his freezer
  7. Thrylos
    He has to do better than his age 22 season .282/.332/.424 in 2016 and .284/.340/.429 MLB total. I am looking at .300/.365/.450 with 15 HR, 30 2B, and 15 SB or so, in a full season.
  8. Thrylos
    Working on off-speed pitches and breaking balls and the like "tinkering" in the Spring, is wonderful and great if you are a veteran pitcher who has a secure job (like Hughes) with one exception: Unless you are coming back from a serious injury (like Hughes) and you need to build up velocity, command, and control of the fastball to get out major league hitters when the season opens. That's the issue here. Not sure that Hughes is there yet as far as his fastball goes from what I have seen in the Spring and what I read. And if his fastball is not there, he will be more like the 2015 (lead the league in HR with 29 in 27 games) than the 2014 Hughes. Spring Training stats "do not matter", unless they do. And Hughes allowed 7 HRs in 6 games this Spring, all but one (change) with fastballs. I file that under stats that matter in the Spring, because it was not experimentation, it was on something that should work. Could I live with 2015 Hughes in 2017? I'd take his first half (18 GS, 88-1/3 IP, 8-6, 4.32 ERA, 1.251 WHIP, 5.4 K/9, 0.9 BB/9) over a whole season, which translates to 36 GS, 177 IP, and 14-12 record. I do not think that: a. we can expect more than this from Hughes in 2017. and b. I cannot think of many people who would be upset if Hughes does that. That's his 2017 ceiling (maybe few more IP), pretty much But he has to prove that he can use his fastball to get major league hitters out.
  9. Thrylos
    The Twins own the E-town team, unlike the Kernels, and they are free to move it, like the owners of the New Britain Rock Cats moved their team to Hartford. Period.
  10. Thrylos
    Until the 5th starter is announced, I am still hopeful for Duffey over Tonkin in the pen. At least no Buddy. That's progress.
  11. Thrylos
    .290/.400/.435, 430PA, 15 HR
  12. Thrylos
    Partially correct. Full answer here.
  13. Thrylos
    Actually this is not quite correct. There is a waiver fee that is smaller than the Rule 5 fee but larger than the average minor leaguer salary. When someone is traded for "cash considerations" usually the amount is higher than the waiver fee.
  14. Thrylos
    Yeah, they might make the mistake of Duffey over Mejia, but I hope that they have seen enough of Tonkin. They have been praising Wimmers a lot lately, so I think that he is ahead of Tonkin as far as depth goes. The way you have it they just need one spot back - for Park - and that would mean moving Perkins to the 60-day DL. If Wimmers makes it over Tonkin, he gets his spot.
  15. Thrylos
    Comparing player development in 1982 to player development in 2017 is like comparing player development in 1982 to player development in 1947... Long long time passed since then and it is a different game, esp. as far as development and availability of talent goes.
  16. Thrylos
    This is affirming the consequent
  17. Thrylos
    For a team that young, I would not worry about having the high OBP first, but I would worry more about protecting strikeout prone batters. I think something like: Polanco-Buxton-Mauer-Sano-Dozier-Park-Kepler-Rosario-Castro might work pretty well.
  18. Thrylos
    Unlike Duffey, all of the above had more than 2 pitches and did ok the second and third time around a batting order. There is no comparison...
  19. Thrylos
    That's better than both Phil Hughes and Hector Santiago Nah you cannot take into consideration ST numbers than much. As far as the OP goes, that's about it, other than Duffey over Wimmers. Mejia outperformed Duffey all spring and we had 191 inning of Duffey staring in the majors to know that Duffey is not a starter. If I see Tonkin and/or Buddy go up North, I might O'Rourke a bit.
  20. Thrylos
    Same reason Kepler (check his spring numbers, btw) is a lineup lock: they are the best players in their positions and have some pretty darn high ceilings. TR Screwed up enough with Sano, about time to let him play a position familiar to him and see what he can do.
  21. Thrylos
    AA game, which at this point is more like high A hitters. Perspective.
  22. Thrylos
    Drew Butera is Turner's ceiling. Hope that helps.
  23. Thrylos
    Grossman has a groin injury. Adrianza just left the game tonight with an oblique injury. It will be unlikely that Adrianza will be in the opening day 25-man roster, Grossman is 50-50 I think. Not sure what someone would pay for Grossman. But pretty sure that trading Grossman or not will not make or break this team. Trading Dozier on the other hand...
  24. Thrylos
    I do not completely disagree with this. Matter of fact, after I saw Hughes' start at Port Charlotte last week, I was disappointed with the velocity (touched 91 once) but not the results (14% SwStr%) . It was reported that in his following start he was up to 94, which makes me feel better. Here is the thing: Do I trust Duffey more than Hughes as a starter at this point? I cannot say yes, after the last 2 seasons. 191 innings are enough. Duffey belongs in the pen, and I'd rather have Hughes than him in the rotation. And having Duffey over (let's say Tonkin) in the pen will help the Twins in 2017... I do trust Mejia. He is a strikeout pitcher and the Twins need more than that. For me the rotation should be (in order of personal trust on particular pitchers) Santana, Gibson, Mejia, Hughes, Santiago (if he is stretched enough).
  25. Thrylos
    Well... Berrios did it to himself. He realized that he would not pitch enough with Puerto Rico to be stretched enough to be a starter for the Twins by opening day, and still did it. The teams' highest upside relievers (Burdi and Jay) are in AA. Chargois had really horrible command of his fastball. Unless he regains it, he will suck. And it will be less consequential for the Twins for him to do that in AAA vs in the majors.
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