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  1. Thrylos
    Speaking of Arcia and disasters, here is a comparison of 2015 MLB numbers: Torii Hunter: .240/.293/.409, 89 OPS+ ; belongs to the Hall of Fame Shane Robinson: .250/.299/.322, 70 OPS+ : Solid player Byron Buxton: .209..250/.326, 55 OPS+ ; best thing since sliced bread. Oswaldo Arcia: .276/.338/.379, 96 OPS+ ; disaster, let's throw him to the Lions (not the Detroit ones) Arcia had nothing to prove in AAA and played like it. Kinda hard to see people who perform worse than you (few names up there, plus Suzuki, plus a bunch of pitchers) getting longer leashes at the mlb-level, especially when the team is supposedly competing. What Arcia did in Rochester does not matter. He should have not been there in the first place. I will start believer the Sano to the Outfield hoopla, if Plouffe is still with the team by Spring Training reporting time. Before that, I take it as a Public Service Announcement.
  2. Thrylos
    I'd rather see what Melotakis and/or Rogers can do, and/or have the Twins go after a closer type (or move Hughes there) and move Perkins to set up.
  3. Thrylos
    No. This guy. More consistent than Wells.
  4. Thrylos
    That's a pen that can lose 4 pitchers to be competitive, but the Twins are not done dealing... Too early for estimations and projections
  5. Thrylos
    Ambidextrous one too
  6. Thrylos
    I am actually working on a single 1-40 list with some meta analysis, like positions, ETA etc. Probably will be done by Friday. Rosario was close, just did not make the final cut. Still iffy about how well he is after TJ surgery; has always had C&C issues. I just want to see more. Definitely in the top 45 Navarreto is more of a cut candidate than a prospect. .217/.256/.281 for the season in any level is sub-Buterean Blues territory. Speaking of, Butera looks like the projection of Turner's career. Major disappointment at the AFL (.171/.306/.220) and has been regressing with the bat every single season. Better than Navaretto and definitely in the prospect conversation, but if you cannot better .628 OPS in AA...
  7. Thrylos
    Not quite. Polanco is closer/has been there. Vielma is here, along with the reason he is there.
  8. Thrylos
    Donuts to Dollars that Nolasco will have a better 2016 than Garza Not sure why the Twins (or anyone else) would want to get Lucroy without making sure that he play after his concussions. So 2 out 3 are bad. I'd be more that happy to give the cheeseheads Tonkin and Darnell and Dean for Will Smith. Matter of fact, if the Brewers want to trade Will Smith straight for Perkins, I'd be doing a happy dance. But it is not happening... Smith will be their closer in 2016, is under control for a while and there is no reason to get rid of him...
  9. Thrylos
    Cool. Perspective: Perkins is making $6.3 million this season. For him to drop $630 dollars (for an entertainment system for athletes who go to College for free with Taxpayer $) is the equivalent of someone who is making $50K to buy $5 worth of Girl Scout cookies (and probably pains Perkins' less.) But he did it.
  10. Thrylos
    Berrios and Jay are at different places right now. Jay is very much a big unknown. His stuff is superior to Berrios', he can sustain high 90s in spurs even in back to back days, but we don't know how all of that will translate as a starter. Changeup or not. Berrios never had premium stuff. But he has been working his rear end off and really has learned how to pitch and I think that he is at the point that he knows what he has and he can throw his best pitch at the right time. A better changeup will help him. A lot. (Paging Mr Cuellar) Will either be top of the rotation guys? Not sure. We got to see how the transition with Jay to starter goes. Berrios is a lot like Gibson was in the minors (in my head) as far as potential. Gonsalves has the potential to be that sneaky lefty that makes things happen without being stellar, but just makes things happen; think Jimmy Key or David Cone. Lots of potential and youth there. The other thing about Jay (and Burdi) is that come next April either of them could be handed the Twins' closer job and the team would be better than it is with its current proven closer... Not that it will happen, but just sayin'....
  11. Thrylos
    I had Vargas ranked at 7 in the 2014 off-season list, behind only Sano, Buxton, Meyer, Rosario, Stewart & Polanco. Totally different quality of prospects then than now. I have seen Diaz and Vargas play at the same age and Diaz is much ahead of Vargas. Vargas was just growing into his body at that age, Diaz is more Sano-like in that respect as far as body control. Just bad glove, but he cannot even buy a beer yet. As far as the shortstops go, I could have ranked Javier higher, but I have not seen him play yet, unlike the other two, and I like Diaz better than both.
  12. Thrylos
    Top 5 are up now, here.
  13. Thrylos
    I think that Tommy John might be a great comparable with Kaat, in wins, 20 win seasons, ERA, FIP and WAR (and TJ lost fewer games than Kaat.) Is he a Hall of Famer? Their career numbers are eerily similar.
  14. Thrylos
    Is he a basketball or a hockey player? (both sports that have totally different compensation rules and team spending ceilings and floors.) I follow neither Totally irrelevant to baseball compensation
  15. Thrylos
    It is a CBA negotiation/posturing tool, that has the potential to add 15 veteran jobs, extend the careers of 15 aging players and add $150 million or so in player compensation. Dangled to see what the players are willing to give up, I suspect. Don't believe what you read in the last season of the effective CBA.
  16. Thrylos
    Don't know who that last guy is, but Sabathia and Cano are not exactly at the peak of their value/career and even have the ability to "play hardball" right now methinks.
  17. Thrylos
    Andrew Brackman, Chris Young, Jeff Niemann, Doug Fister, et. al. would beg to differ
  18. Thrylos
    Got to love anything that has "Pavano" and "Meltdown" in the same sentence
  19. Thrylos
    This needs to be highlighted: “There was never a conversation about, ‘This is what we’re going to do,’ ” Perkins said. “It was, ‘Everyone is going to be prepared to throw at whatever point.’ “For me, coming back from being hurt and not pitching to not having a routine, not having a role that was solidified, it was tough on me.” It just bugs me that: a. he does not seem to get the fact that his performance was a major reason the Twins did not make the post-season last season, b. even though he sucked and lost his closer role, he did not accept it and acted like he did not have a role apparently and c. he whines about it, instead of taking accountability about the horrible second half he had, two years in a row... And if your closer (or your left had set up guy) melts down in a 93 L team, does not matter as much as if he melts down in a competing team. Not sure what the Twins think, but Perkins is a liability for a contender....
  20. Thrylos
    Don't know about you all, but I think that it is kinda of silly for the Twins to give up on the only guy in the organization with true ace potential, as far as stuff goes...
  21. Thrylos
    This is one of the examples of selective sight regarding Gordon. (And I do not question his glove. He has a SS glove) It was not May only. In April he had a .652 OPS, in June ended up with a .711 OPS and for the first half he hit .250/.325/.301. Cannot erase that. Also cannot disregard that he hit .264/.325/.291 against LHP even during his "fine" stretches. His total .696 OPS was just at his 2014 .699 OPS. So basically, another way to see it, is a guy who did not show up for the first half of the season and even when he showed up, he was a liability against lefties. Is that the truth? Likely not. And seeing him play, he looks like a ballplayer, but the truth is likely in the middle, and I am not sure which part of the middle he will end up after just 2 seasons as a pro player.
  22. Thrylos
    Buxton, Polanco, Kepler, Meyer all graduated from my list. That takes him up to 12. Better? I saw him play a couple times. What I liked is that he is able to make adjustments within plate appearances depending on how the pitcher is pitching him, which is not an extremely intuitive thing to do... Several major leaguers lack that. His hitting approach reminds me a bit of Edgar Martinez or John Olerud (of course the kid is much more raw than that and does not have the total execution yet,) if that helps explain what I mean. Those continuous adjustments during a PA. Finding him a position will be challenging. He is very raw out there. He has decent instincts getting to the ball, but once there, there is some veil of mystery about the next steps, if you know what I mean. I suspect that a lot of it is experience. I cannot judge his arm, because I did not see him test it, but arm is the least of his worries right now.
  23. Thrylos
    Results. Same age in Etown: Gordon: .294/.333/.366 Palacios: .336/.345/.507 Quick. Pick. One. Gordon has yet to crack .700 OPS in the pros as a 5th overall draft pick, while (at least) 3 players who were drafted below him are on their way to stardom as major leaguers. He cannot help that fact, but...
  24. Thrylos
    Walleye on a stick is good (and cannot find it in any ballpark), and that pizza place up in the Legend's club does make an above average Neapolitan crust pizza. Summit pale ale is probably the best thing served at Target Field as beer palatable by most is concerned.
  25. Thrylos
    So his role sounds more of a promoter of Canadian baseball players to the MLB teams than that of a traditional scout. Was likely working with MLB scouts feeding his data to them...
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