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  1. Thrylos
    Do you think the same for Nick Gordon last season? or this season? Just Rookie and Low A numbers (and still <.700 OPS)
  2. Thrylos
    Bit of perspective here: Murphy is just 24 years old. At that age Brian Dozier split the season between Fort Myers and New Britain and Trevor Plouffe, a September callup, was regarded as yet another first round bust at SS.
  3. Thrylos
    I just want someone to hold Ryan accountable for this, both ways...
  4. Thrylos
    It was both
  5. Thrylos
    Well... I'd say that one of the two was not as class act as the other. Matter of fact "not a class act" is too good to describe that one. Plus, that one was a White Sox player for a while. Guess who.
  6. Thrylos
    19:45 as a matter of fact (thanks for that tip, the previous is pretty much irrelevant) . Interesting stuff about Arcia, Meyer and Mauer... And he is considering Fien a weapon in the pen. Mercy.
  7. Thrylos
    Here is a guy I don't mind if the Twins bring back as a special instructor (other than baserunning)
  8. Thrylos
    I doubt that he ever manages again, but if he does, I'd love it if it happens in Chicago, Detroit, Kansas City or Cleveland (in that order pretty much.) Hope that Andy and Scotty are part of that package too...
  9. Thrylos
    Tanner English? Michael Cederoth? Interesting Cederoth regressed this season facing competition about his age. Only strikeouts are a positive sign here. I can see him returning to the bullpen and be a good 8th inning guy at this point rather than being Duffey 2.0 that would justify this rating. Still has too much to prove to be ranked that high IMO English is a bit older than his competition at this point and, yes he can play centerfield, but I just don't see him being much more than a potential 4th OF. Danny Ortiz-like abilities both with the stick and the glove. That 37 SB surely sticks out though. Unless I see more from him at Fort Myers, I am thinking organizational depth here.
  10. Thrylos
    Quite a few. Arguably the best pitcher in KBO last season was former Twin Eric Hacker (19-5, 3.13 ERA, 1.029 WHIP, 7.2 K/9 and 1.6 BB/9). He has a decent slider and likes to throw it a lot.
  11. Thrylos
    I don't really care about how many HRs they hit, I just hope that most are with at least one, and hopefully more, on base... Situational hitting is much more important that hitting the ball out of the part. If that means fewer HRs but fewer Ks and more singles and doubles with men on scoring position, I will take that
  12. Thrylos
    Listening to this for about an hour. Gee. Mets, Boston, Orioles. Mercy. Got to have a claim that this has nothing to do with the Twins, because it doesn't...
  13. Thrylos
    Donuts to dollars, he will be better than Abad...
  14. Thrylos
    I think that Palka and Walker are very similar players, they are the same age, but Palka was drafted a season later, thus one level down. If anything Palka has a speed and D tool that Walker does not have. I just don't understand Walker up there and Palka down there. Not that different players. Let's agree to disagree on Gordon (who has not had a .700 OPS as a pro) and Polanco, but that Jay rating I just don't get at all
  15. Thrylos
    30 Major League ball clubs (that refuse to employ him) disagree with you.
  16. Thrylos
    According to some scouts, Wander Javier was the best available player in his class. Some of them even rank him higher than Sano, and he is a guy who everyone agrees that has a good possibility to stay at shortstop. I really appreciate what the Twins did here, which is totally out of character, btw: Quality over quantity. Better to have one player who has a superstar ceiling that 20 who do not and hope that a couple might pan out...
  17. Thrylos
    In 2015 the Twins were contenders. The 2016 team is pretty much the same, so there should be contenders...
  18. Thrylos
    Given that Sano > Park, Murphy is a question mark, Hicks > Buxton (at least last season) and Sano's fielding might determine whether he sticks at RF or not, I would say that, other than C, they took a step back. Plus, they did not address their most glaring weakness, their bullpen. So D- is pretty generous, if you ask me...
  19. Thrylos
    Yeah. Especially if you realize that the typical Korean breakfast is a rice porridge with bits of fish or meat and cheese and dough and bread and deep fried stuff do not exist there (other than in McDonald's), it is an issue. Foods you are not used to can mess up your digestive system really quickly...
  20. Thrylos
    The White Sox are one of those teams that usually do much worse on the field than they do on paper. Not sure what is going on for them, but I totally do not mind...
  21. Thrylos
    I don't mean their ST record. I just want to see them before I make a projection of wins. Even if they suck, if they have 2-3 pretty impressive arms in their bullpen not named Perkins and Jepsen, if Nolasco hits his spots, if Buxton hits or lets go breaking stuff, if Sano does not step on his toes, if Arcia and (the forgotten man) Vargas hit bombs, and, more importantly, if the team looks like a team and looks like a team that has fun playing ball, like it did last year, it will be a different story.
  22. Thrylos
    Speak for yourself. His floor and ceiling are still what it was. He is not 35. He already has been a mop up bullpen guy
  23. Thrylos
    PECOTA is pretty good, but it does tend to compress the results, so you see a bit less deviation and fewer 90 win and 90 loss teams as a result. For example in 2015 there were 7 90 game winners and 7 90 game losers. They are predicting 5 and 3, which really is not reasonable. There will likely be more than 3 between NL East and NL Central.... Hard to tell how many they will win at this point. Got to see them play in Spring Training...
  24. Thrylos
    Link here. Includes a nice video of Park answering questions. Interesting article about Park's first impressions from Florida and his adjustments
  25. Thrylos
    If those are the criteria that you use to hand that job to Milone, you might as well hand it to Nolasco, because he has put together a more solid career than Milone and he has been able to miss more bats than Milone. I think that the last 2 rotation positions will be a 5 way competition (the three mentioned, plus May, plus Berrios). I hope that it is open. The cynic in me sees the Twins to do what they have done before and follow the $, which means that Milone and Nolasco are it, with Duffey at AAA or (hopefully) the bullpen (where he can shine.) I would be disappointed if the Twins do not take the best arms up North so they do not loose Tonkin (who is like the 10th RHRP in depth?) to waivers and having to cut Fien. They should keep it an open competition, other than Perkins and Jepsen who they have investments. At this point it is not good enough for the Twins to be "pretty solid". They are contenders. They need to take the next step forward and not backward towards "pretty solid".
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