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  1. Thrylos
    Um... You really think that Ryan & Co have a plan? Seriously?
  2. Thrylos
    Unless they trade Buxton or he flops, Kepler will not play in CF. Plus, he really is not a centerfielder.
  3. Thrylos
    Struggle? OPS+ : 2013: 100 > Dozier, Plouffe, Willingham, Hicks, Doumit 2014: 108 > Mauer, Hicks 2015: 97 = Mauer > Suzuki, Hunter, Hicks, Santana, Robinson
  4. Thrylos
    Trade Dozier/Plouffe. Done deal.
  5. Thrylos
    27 years old. 92-94 mph FB without good command, 85-87 mph above average slider borderlining on plus, average mid-high 70s curve. Command and control have been a pretty large issue. If he can command his FB to set up his SL, he can be serviceable.
  6. Thrylos
    He was in the top 5 pitcher conversation. And if you pick a pitcher regardless the pick, he should had been. That best player available approach has never worked for the Twins (and other teams, really,) because "best" is subjective, esp. if the subjects are 17 year olds... So "best" player available truly becomes "most projectable" player available, which is a huge risk. 95+ mph fastballs are not subjective.
  7. Thrylos
    Ozzie is a clown. Should have nothing to do with this team.
  8. Thrylos
    Appel is one example of pitchers that could have fulfilled the Twins' need. Giolito (the best pitcher available in that draft, and the one I wish the Twins took), Wacha, Stroman, Gausman are others. Can you say that the Twins would have been better off last season with Buxton over (let's say) Wacha? I seriously doubt. If they had Wacha they could have been in the post season. That draft is too recent to reach conclusions. Give it 10 years or so. Up until 2006, Prior was clearly a better pick than Mauer in the 2001 draft...
  9. Thrylos
    Does he still talk?
  10. Thrylos
    I happen to like Lewin Diaz, Amaurys Minier, Jean Carlos Arias, Jermaine Palacios, LaMonte Wade, Trey Cabbage as cOF/1B types more than him. (Arias could be a CF, we shall see; I include Palacios, because I think that he will end up there.) And, yes, he has some real baggage, IMHO more than the Puerto Rican kid who doped...
  11. Thrylos
    Can't wait for Bert to (try to) say Chargois a bunch...
  12. Thrylos
    Under. Based on the way Molitor used others in his situation (eg. Jorge Polanco), he'd be happy to face 9.5 batters
  13. Thrylos
    The only good I see in this pick is that they can actually trade him to the Pirates in a year or so (both him and his father have a lot of Pirates connections) and get somebody back who can help them. That's about it. More baggage than talent, for my liking, plus plays a position (cOF/1B) that the Twins already have better alternatives at every level.
  14. Thrylos
    What a player can do and what the Twins think he can do, painfully obviously, are two different things. And, again, if "2B is an offensive position", I suspect that it is still a less offensive position that corner OF or 1B. So, please compare his numbers in AAA this season and MLB career to Max Kelpler's who is older than Polanco.
  15. Thrylos
    Another High School OF. Exactly what this organization needs.
  16. Thrylos
    Hard to disagree with any of those given the current roster of the pen, other than the Perkins' situation: I think that if Perkins cannot return to 95 mph FB / 85 mph slider he will not be effective. His 90 mph fastball is a very flat pitch and the 80 mph slider does nothing against lefties. If they bring him back before he can do that it will be a mistake, and if he cannot do that, stick a fork in him. It will be better for the Twins to Blackburn him. The Twins have an opportunity to use this season to see what people can do and they should take advantage of it instead of wasting it with Kinzler and Boshers There is one missing name: Phil Hughes. I'd hand him the ball in the 9th before I hand it to Pressly. He was a lights out reliever before and I think that his stuff will play great in the pen. Who cares how much $ the Twins pay him. He is paid bit less than an elite closer and he could be one.
  17. Thrylos
    Don't know what else Polanco needs to do to get respect: .330/.382/.523 in AAA this season .262/.385/.476 in 22 MLB games 5 months younger than Kepler (he is still 22. DOB: July 5, 1993) How do Kepler's numbers compare? And Polanco is a SS and not an OF...
  18. Thrylos
    3 = Exactly how many total World Championships the Twins' Franchise has since its inception in 1900
  19. Thrylos
    Exactly. Add to those people, the people who were crying rivers in defense of Neil Allen and his DUI
  20. Thrylos
    No way. Can you imagine how many Royals' hitters he would be throwing at if they trade him within the division? If the Royals take Plouffe (they lost their third baseman) and one of Nolasco/Hughes/E Santana, I will be fine with it. As far as being an "idiot", "headcase" etc. for throwing at opposing batters, I have 2 words to say: Jack Morris. Cannot criticize a pitcher for throwing at batters and like Jack Morris at the same time. The Twins need a bit more of that, IMHO...
  21. Thrylos
    Wrong Hudson maybe? The one who is up for draft has two pitches (the fast that he tosses a horrible change and a slower also horrible slider does not count) : An above average to plus FB that has reached up to 97 and a plus cutter/slider that sits at 87-90. Command has been a pretty big issue as well. Unless he develops at least a third pitch and harvests his command, his ceiling is that of a closer. Which is nothing to sneeze at, but he is a questionable pick at 15
  22. Thrylos
    I don't see how Thorpe can be that high without throwing a single pitch the last 2 seasons. If Meyer dropped that much, the same logic should push Thorpe way back. Meyer still has the highest ceiling that any pitcher in the organization. If you are ranking ceiling, he should be #1. If you are ranking likelihood to achieve or floor, (which seems to be the case here,) Thorpe should fall also big time... Glad to finally see Walker where he should be Hard to argue with these, other than Wander Javier (btw good to see a Twins' player never to step foot in the US as a pro included) placement. Comparing his situation with that of Nick Gordon 2 years ago, should have him higher (and his ceiling is higher than Gordon's).
  23. Thrylos
    The manager needs to be motivated to do that. I am not sure that Molitor is that motivated. The Polanco case in point. He was with the Twins from 4/20 to 5/20 (one full month) and got 32 PA (the equivalent of 7 games or so). Something's got to give.
  24. Thrylos
    Um. no Steroids build muscle and reduce fat. Training and context does the rest. eg. if someone is hurt, they help him heal (by building and repairing muscle tears), if someone is training for endurance, they increase endurance (because they build slow twitch instead of fast-twitch bulky muscle fibers) etc. If someone is a bodybuilder and weight lifts, they increase muscle mass (big bulky fast twitch fibers;) and in combination with dehydrating agents and insulin reduce body fat and water content. Growth factors, like HGH, have a bit more broad effects and they can help in the healing of connective tissue, such as ligaments, organs, bones, etc... Reflexes is something they have no more than placebo power to improve, because it is an ingrained habitual reaction that happens by lots and lots and lots of repetition so it becomes "second nature". Steroids might improve the muscles involved in the reflex motion, but that's about it. Allegedly, stimulants (like "greenies" -amphetamines, a cousin of meth-amphetamine-, or the stuff that the Twins' manager snorted) "improve" reflexes, but there are no studies that suggest so.
  25. Thrylos
    No point other than it was said that only Valencia and Span are the former Twins who are doing well. I begged to differ. A whole bunch of other former Twins doing well. Anything else is way too much reading into it. Ortiz will always be a former Twin, same as Moylan, same as Pierce. It is an undisputed fact
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