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  1. Thrylos
    Jake Arrieta might be a good comparable here and I suspect that Keuchel expects a similar deal with the one Arrieta got last season (3/$75+2 options at $22.5 each...) He would not settle for Lance Lynn money
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    I beg to differ:
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    Wishing the best for him, a full healthy recovery, and and even fuller response to his critics with the bat this season. The Twins are a better team with a healthy Sano than without him. Accidents, wounds, and infections happen. At least they are taking care of it.
  4. Thrylos
    Let's look at his OPS+ so we can compare with league average (100) April 2016: 107 May 2016: 128 July 2016: 104 August 2016: 99 September 2016: 117 April 2017: 208 May 2017: 131 June 2017: 96 July 2017: 106 August 2017: 121 April 2018: 103 May 2018: 103 June 2018: 32 July 2018: 95 August 2018: 99 In other words, other than a single month (June 2018) in which he had only 40 PAs, in his age 23,24, and 25 seasons, at worst he has been average with the bat, and at best at superstar level. Let's not forget his age 22 149 OPS+ All Star season that for some reason is not mentioned above. Injuries happen. Infections in injuries happen. We should all be rooting for Sano as Twins fans, because he is the single player with Superstar potential with the bat in this squad. I just don't get the grief he gets. Would love a side by side monthly comparison with Kepler's seasons; Not.Even.Close.
  5. Thrylos
    His latest outing was not at Hammond. Different gun
  6. Thrylos
    Reed was signed by Falvey and Levine...
  7. Thrylos
    The guy who taught Johan (and Pedro, and Big Unit) the changeup is still available
  8. Thrylos
    Wrong sport.
  9. Thrylos
    I cannot wait for Sano to have a .280/.350/.550, 40 HR, 125 RBI season...
  10. Thrylos
    Reed does not look right and he hasn't since the middle of last season. I wonder whether he will make the club or the DL-60 if this continues. He tries to throw and there is just nothing there. Just like Perkins and Hughes the seasons past... (The ballpark radar gun has been a consistent +2 mph; I have seen Duensing and Swarzak hit 97 there; will see what the diff is this year when I get down there)
  11. Thrylos
    Plenty of Cubans who may be available for that $...
  12. Thrylos
    I can see a 6-man rotation if you have 6 good pitchers. If you don't, like the Twins, you want your best pitchers (Berrios & Gibson & maybe Pineda) to make as many starts as possible. Taking 2-3 starts away from them for the season to give them to people who failed miserably in the majors last season makes zero sense.
  13. Thrylos
    Neither does. On the other hand, since Harold Baines is in, they opened the floodgates...
  14. Thrylos
    Wishing him the best. He has been snakebitten the last few years
  15. Thrylos
    Here is a pitcher and a hitter: RHP Ryne Harper, 1B/OF Brent Rooker.
  16. Thrylos
    There are ways of getting controllable pitching without weakening your MLB team; got to trade prospects before they go belly up. Gonsalves, Gordon, one of Larnach/Kirilloff (they are pretty much redundant), Wade, Thorpe, Alcala, Duran, Enlow, etc. No need to collect number 3s and 4s if you can get better pitching. And got to decrease redundancies. And LH OFs are a huge one for the Twins right now.
  17. Thrylos
    Last season against the AL Gonzalez had a 4.71 ERA, 1.605 WHIP and opponents hit .286/.362/.509 (140 OPS+) off him with a perfectly fine .297 BABIP. That's the reason he is still available.
  18. Thrylos
    Based on that, Reed has to be on top (not that it is a good yardstick, btw...)
  19. Thrylos
    I think that the article has been taken out of context... It looks like the Twins have made an offer to Gonzalez (and they are not alone) and based on their experience with free agents they signed late, they are about to close the door for Boras. Pretty much the opposite of what this discussion has been. Yes they made an offer. And it looks like they are about ready to take it off the table.
  20. Thrylos
    True, but I'd rather have Austin's abilities against LHP, and Astudillo's abilities to put the ball in play over Gonzalez's average bat from both sides on the bench. I don't care about Adrianza; in case of emergency Rosario can cover 2B and Schoop SS to finish a game.
  21. Thrylos
    5 throwing errors at SS in 39 games (29 starts), compared to 3 throwing errors in 76 starts for Polanco last season. He makes Polanco's throws look like a gold glover's at SS. The only position with a positive UZR for Gonzales is LF. His career .319 wOBA, 103 wRC+, and 103 OPS+ is not that great for a corner position and I cannot see the Twins sitting Kepler or Rosario against a LHP and not wanting Austin up there (career .385 wOBA and 145 wRC+ and OPS+ against LHP) instead. Unless they are trying to convert him into a reliever, I do not see a match
  22. Thrylos
    Bar? Nah. Patinela's Chicken Grill by the ballpark is a close hangout. You may find some Twin Cities celebrities at Duffy's but not players. Blu sushi used to be a (certain) player hangout previously, but not now.
  23. Thrylos
    They made the post season 5 times, including 4 in the Bruce Bochy era (1995-2006). This includes a trip to the World Series in 1998 (where they lost to the Yankees.) So indeed, you never seen them make the playoffs (no playoffs in baseball) but you were not watching when they made the postseason
  24. Thrylos
    This particular team has also the top minor league system in baseball, plus it is situated in a community where the cost of living and salaries are 77.5% higher than the US Average (compared to +16.4% for Minneapolis and +18% for Chicago.) San Diego is not a small market or a bad team by any means.
  25. Thrylos
    There is another factor here: Fielding. Lucas Duda at first is just about as good with the glove as Jim Thome was at first when he played for the Twins...
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