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  1. Thrylos
    Incision is a cut made on purpose, like by a surgeon. Puncture wound is the term for a cut with defined edges vs. a laceration.
  2. Thrylos
    Apparently happened about a month ago and was the reason he was not in the Caribbean League finals. This might have been an answer to a question asked on that subject. I think it's no news. If Sano had issues walking, there would be reports about it.
  3. Thrylos
    Tyler Austin is career .272/.345/.592 off LHPs... It is not only the rotation. It is the pen as well and Cleveland has 3 good lefties there: Brad Hand, Oliver Perez, and Tyler Olson...
  4. Thrylos
    You do realize that these days they are searching every bag that comes in a ballpark and the only food/drink item allowed in most is water, I suspect
  5. Thrylos
    Former Twins' affiliate (Rock Cats) that moved a few miles North... I know enough people with bee sting allergies, but I haven't seen a place banning bees. Individuals can control what goes in their mouths. For someone who is vegetarian, peanuts is about the only choice of getting protein in a ballpark, and banning them is inconsiderate...
  6. Thrylos
    Gardner, Judge, Hicks, Stanton on one vs. Bird on the other. Of course the Yankees chose 1B for Austin last season. This does not say as much about Austin as about their other options in other positions. In the high minors he ended up in the same teams as Jake Cave,Mason Williams, Clint Frazier, and Billy McKinney (the last 3 top 100 prospects at several seasons.) It is a numbers and opportunity game.
  7. Thrylos
    Nelson Cruz might have an opinion on that...
  8. Thrylos
    This is actually the best argument for why Duda is not necessary as a platoon player on the MLB roster, along with the fact that Cruz had .819 OPS vs RHP and .932 OPS vs LHP. That takes care of the 2 spots that Duda can play. If Austin is to make the club it will be in a PT role mainly PH and OF (and occasional 1B and DH.) His main competition will be Cave and maybe Astrudillo, both of whom have options. Austin is better that Grossman at OF btw. He is a serviceable corner OF. The fact that Molitor did not play him there is on Molitor not on Austin. In the minors he played OF in twice as many games (327) as 1B (168). I see Duda as Chris Carter's replacement for Rochester.
  9. Thrylos
    This assumes that everyone in the current squad has already reached the prime, which is not a good assumption As a matter of fact both Kepler's and Polanco's contracts take care of their prime years. Pitching is a different story and indeed they will likely need to add a starter or two at some point to be competitive this post-season. If all goes well, I hope it is by this trading deadline.
  10. Thrylos
    Polanco is a switch hitter. Last season he hit .317/.387/.457 vs. RHP. He needs work from the right side.
  11. Thrylos
    Now if the Twins extend Rosario, I expect they give first base gloves to both Larnach and Kirilloff starting this Spring Training.
  12. Thrylos
    The biggest obstacle for Gordon is to finish a season strong and not hitting below the Mendoza line in the second half. He needs to improve that before one even considers him as anything more than a potential utility player in the majors. Arraez lost some ground because of injury, but came back full force. The worst batting average for any stop in his career has been .298 and worst OBP .345. Schoop is in an one year deal and would be leaving just in time for Arraez to slot in as the starting 2B in 2020. Arraez does not belong in the same sentence with Gordon... But this is for Polanco. And by all indications he will be the present and future SS for the Twins. If the Twins will need to accommodate Lewis and Javier in the future, that would be a great problem to have, and I am sure that they find a way to do it. But not today
  13. Thrylos
    Well worth it and a great deal for the Twins. The greatest deal about this, however, might be that now that the Twins would have at least one person under contract after 2019, the conspiracy theories may cease and desist
  14. Thrylos
    Every place is great to play in the summer (other than FL, TX, and AZ.) The problem is that summer swatting season in Minnesota is June, July, and August, and baseball is also played in April, May, September, and (hopefully) October. And did I mention the 10% state income tax?
  15. Thrylos
    Based on reports Keuchel is looking for a minimum of a 5 year deal (was 6 in the beginning of the offseason) and Kimbrel 4. Harper and Machado are looking for 10 year deals. They both had 7 year deal offers for more that $210M, but they want more. Some things are on greedy players and agents as well...
  16. Thrylos
    Watch what you wish for. Ramirez is a free agent
  17. Thrylos
    Please do not say so. Last time he played the OF (LF) in earnest was about 5 seasons ago and he was worse than a bucket of balls in the position. He was drafted as an OF, but Sano is a gold glover out there compared to him...
  18. Thrylos
    Logan Forsythe. There. Should be pretty recent
  19. Thrylos
    The problem of moving Romero to the pen permanently, is that if they Twins do that, they will be running out of starting prospects who are close with top of the rotation potential. Given the fact that the organization appears allergic to trading prospects for top of the rotation pitchers, this can signal future trouble. That said, a move to the pen is not a permanent situation. It took Chris Sale dominating in the pen for 2 seasons before he became an ace. I think that a year in the pen for Romero working towards becoming a better pitcher might do wonders for his development as a starter. Four of the penciled in rotation arms this season are free agents next off-season, so there will be plenty of room for Romero.
  20. Thrylos
    Javier has pretty much the highest ceiling of any hitter as far as prospects in the Twins' organization go, and good to see him ranked this high here.
  21. Thrylos
    I suspect that Disney reached out to baseball team owners, because it makes sense for them to do what the Yankees and Red Sox do and be at least partial owners of the networks that cover the teams. This was not initiated by the owners for sure. It was initiated by the take over of Fox by Disney and the anti-trust laws that indicate that the Fox Sports stations should be spun off, since Disney owns ESPN. Very logical thing to do for all parties involved and has absolutely nothing to do with the Twins on-field performance in 2019
  22. Thrylos
    I am all for it if they can get Keuchel, Kimbrel, Harper, & Machado in one year deals. That will cost them their first 3 picks, and about 4 players (who will have to be DFA'd or there is no space for them because they are out of options.) There were rivers virtual tears when De Jong was DFA'd, cannot wait to see what happens when they have to get rid of Austin, Granite, Mejia, and Hildenberger
  23. Thrylos
    Eric Aybar replacement (and not even as good as Aybar). After Aybar opted out last season he surfaced in the Mexican League March 19th this season is pretty much the equivalent of March 25 last season. Less than a week of ST left after the 19th
  24. Thrylos
    I think that it will serve the Twins to give Rooker more time in the outfield. The reason? If you exclude Rooker, other than 19 year old DSL league Frankie Martinez who is a switch hitter, the top 13 OFs in OPS in all levels of the organization are LHH and many LH throwers as well. Also, other than maybe Chris Williams (8th round pick in 2018) Rooker is pretty much it as far as right hand power prospects go. As a fielder, he is better at the OF than Wilingham, Arcia, and Grossman, and the Twins have trotted all of those out there before...
  25. Thrylos
    Tim Collins and Justin Nicolino. Minor League contracts with ST invites. Both have have MLB experience, Collins with KC and DC and Nicolino with FL. Collins is a reliever and Nicolino has been mainly starting.
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