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  1. Thrylos
    The foundation idea maybe makes sense. Giving him the bonus anyways it does not. Maybe they should give Swarzak the bonus on the games started next, he is pretty close. (Not that close, but I think that the point is made; "close" is up to interpretation...)
  2. Thrylos
    I dislike the geography move as much as you (with Reading, Harrisburg and New Britain being so close I used to see them about 20x a season.) But I think that this is good for the Twins overall. Might have to do a few roadtrips down south the next few years (feel free to hitch )
  3. Thrylos
    Care to compare with Perkins' and Nathan's line their last year as starters?
  4. Thrylos
    I think that the Twins should toy with the idea to try him as a reliever. I suspect that he would be a better late inning option than Tonkin or Fien (Burton is gone) and maybe Perkins when all is said and done.
  5. Thrylos
    Indeed. The issue is that his speed decline has been since ST. I would hate to see that it is due to an injury that went untreated. They are talking shoulder. Hopefully is just fatigue. It will be ok if they shut him down for the rest of the season. Don't need him right now
  6. Thrylos
    If I were to point fingers for the contraction, I would first point them to Pohlad and his employees who followed his direction and did not care about the product on the field, including Mr Ryan, before I point fingers at Selig. And I don't care about Seilig. At. All. But you cannot talk about contraction and think that Ryan was innocent.
  7. Thrylos
    Lots and lots of examples about that, especially if the new manager lights a fire under the players, establishes a culture of winning, treats everyone the same and does not accept lack of effort. Look at what difference Sam Mele made in the same team over Cookie Lagavetto, for example. Or Billy Martin over Cal Elmer, or Tom Kelly over Ray Miller. You don't have to go very far...
  8. Thrylos
    Good insight. A couple of food for thought rhetorical questions: a. How many of those teams still exist? b. What was the prescribed fate of the one that does then, if the owner had his way? I hope that this puts the current 96+ 3+ season Loss steak in perspective
  9. Thrylos
    Agree 100%. But the whole organization begins with St. Peter who was defending the Twins' performance mentioning the (weak) division wins of the 00s (but not the one and outs) as positives. Everyone has to go.
  10. Thrylos
    I suspect that even one might not really care about their boss, if asked in public and on the record they will say how wonderful he/she is. Simple.
  11. Thrylos
    Interestingly enough I agree with about 95% of this. The only disagreement is that Ryan will be gone before he will be able to fire Andy
  12. Thrylos
    I think that at this point the question should be "who should stay" instead of "who should go" (Sorry Clash). And why that person should stay. And this should be not only for the coaches and manager but for everyone in the front office (including St. Peter) as well. Also, I think that the "four 90+ loss" seasons is a bit misleading. It is actually a three 96+ loss seasons and one TBD. The Twins did a full 21 games worse than 90 loss seasons, the past 3 seasons.
  13. Thrylos
    Nah. Math is: $20 for a ticket plus $15 for parking, if someone is after cheap beer, better go buy a keg. Less traffic.
  14. Thrylos
    Here is the thing: Cannot have it all. For a team that has lost 99 + 96 + 96 + 9? something must be broken. Cannot blame it on "luck", the spruces or whatever. Either the players, or the front office or the manager and his coaches. I think that is the reason of the particular reaction to the original article. Most of the Twins' fans are convinced that Gardenhire and Ryan are not part of the problem. So it has to be the players (but the players go hand in hand with the GM who brought them on, which in another long discussion.)
  15. Thrylos
    I hope that Sano starts at 3B next season, btw... And, this season looks like about 91-92 losses. Will this lineup get them to 70 losses? If not, things need to be re-written. And, yes, lots of changes need to be made to compete (and lots of them non-player) but just a few changes maybe to go from horrible to bad. Depends what the goal is here...
  16. Thrylos
    ok. There are 5 tools. Only 2 of them (other than speed on the bases that he does not really have) are dealing with hitting: Power and Hitting for average/contact. (the other 2 tools are arm strength and fielding) (btw, and it is important, because people are throwing in it left and right when they are talking about Sano & tools: Strikeouts or plate selectivity is not a tool. It is something that can be learned allegedly, thus it is not one of the 5 tools. So K-rate & Co does not matter according to scouts. If you don't agree, don't blame me, blame them) So I suspect your concern is whether he can hit for average. Based on what he has done so far, I'd say that his contact tool is probably the second highest in the organization (behind Polanco.) I am willing to bet, that unless an accident/injury happens, Sano will have a prime pretty much higher (I'd use OPS as a measurement to be subjective) than anyone in a Twins' uniform. Only 5 times Twins' players broke the 1.000 OPS barrier: Killebrew twice, Mauer and Carew once (full time) and Thome once (part time.) Sano will better that.
  17. Thrylos
    The question one needs to ask is whether they are starting shortstops in a championship team. The Twins have not had a decent team in 4 seasons, including in 2014. Are they part of the solution? Who knows? I agree, you keep them until better prospects come up. However, if every single current player is not part of the problem, how come the Twins are having a problem?
  18. Thrylos
    I think that his majors' OPS in sporadic duty before this season does not really matter. Same with his OPS in the VSL 6 seasons ago. I think that, like Dozier, turned the corner when he got some consistent playing time. D. Santana's minors OPS (.708) is in the same ballpark. And I have seen enough of Santana play shortstop the past 4-5 seasons in the minors to think that he is the one better suited as a bench player. Would Escobar be the SS of the future? Not sure, but If I were to bet, I would bet on Polanco, Vielma and Gordon, in that order... I think that Polanco (who has probably the best contact tool of any prospect in the organization) should be ready to start for the Twins around 2016, which makes this a 2015 conversation. But, indeed, a good problem to have for the Twins.
  19. Thrylos
    I just don't see the Twins having Perkins as the only lefty in the 2015 pen. Are you keeping Kris Johnson, Logan Darnell over Duensing? I wouldn't. Sano, Meyer, Achter, Rosario. That's about it. I'd keep Duensing from your discard list. That's 12 openings plus 2 minus one (Pelfrey) minus four (the above) = 9. Still plenty of spots to go around, build the team and protect a few more. But not futility players like Beresford
  20. Thrylos
    Totally happy with Gibson and the way he has been pitching this season and the way he has been handling himself this season, especially as far as coming back after bad starts. Even though ERA & WHIP are close, the comparison with Hughes just is not there. Hughes has a 2.73 FIP and Gibson's is about a point higher. BABIP is the culprit here: Gibsons' is .273 & Hughes' .346. I think that Gibson has gained a no-questions asked spot in the 2015 rotation this season.
  21. Thrylos
    This is really good stuff I remember first seeing Arteaga as a 20-21 year old kid playing minor league ball (he was a starter) for my (then) local ballclub (the AA Eastern League Ravens) in the mid 90s. Really young baby face. Minor league SPs had to hit then and he really sucked. But he did have a good curve. I think he had some injury issues at some point and then he disappeared. Small world is the one of the minor leagues.
  22. Thrylos
    The history of Chad Allen, the Twins' baseball player (even thought a great attempt to sketch it here) will be incomplete (and one-sided) without saying that Chad Allen was mentioned in the Mitchell report, and that (likely) his one single above average season was a mirage. People can make up their minds based on their personal beliefs, but my position is that having PED users teach the Twins' minor leaguers, is not an approach that I would personally applaud. I'd love to hear what he would have to say if he was asked some questions on the subject...
  23. Thrylos
    Not sure where MLB Trade rumors got that bit about Adam, but he is not throwing a slider. BA had some stuff from the AFL in 2013 on the topic too. Mid 90s fastball (four seamer) as a starter, plus curve, average change. Good control with all 3 pitches. Fly ball pitcher. If he develops a decent change he might be a starter. The other two pitches are fine for a pen.
  24. Thrylos
    This is the exact same player the Twins got for Jim Thome & Jamey Carroll...
  25. Thrylos
    Is this a competitive team? Looks a lot like 2014 (too much in my book.) And the best player in the team (The Twins have the second best WAR in the majors at SS, mainly thanks to him,) Escobar, is left out from the starting lineup. Colabello does not belong to a competitive MLB team's roster. Neither does Parmelee. Neither does Schaefer. If the 2015 team looks too close like the 2014 team that is about to lose 90+, it does not look good...
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