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  1. Thrylos
    Got to add the Nats, Cards, and Indians to the equation. Plus any other NL contender can use a RH bat off the bench. The Phillies called up Plouffe today.
  2. Thrylos
    FTFY
  3. Thrylos
    Bigger ballparks with taller walls due to the fact that most host MLB Spring Training. Comparing to the other A+ league, California League, the offense is very oppressed
  4. Thrylos
    Quick: In what round did the Marlins draft J.T. Realmuto?
  5. Thrylos
    You got to trade from excess not shortage. At this point the Twins have nobody with top of the rotation staff, other than maybe Graterol. Romero will likely be better than Berrios. You can just not give them away. Frankly, I'd start the conversation with the consensus former number 1 prospect in baseball. The Twins can use Realmuto more than Buxton (who is under 3+ years of team control) right now. If that's not enough, I'd add one of the LF hitting OFs in the minors (Wade, Kirilloff) and maybe even some with mid-end rotation ceiling like Gonsalves or Littell, and I'd try to pry a bullpen piece from them as well like Barraclough who is about to get very expensive.
  6. Thrylos
    If your recent second round draft pick is 18th in your system, your system is either crazy loaded, or he is underrated, or he is a bad pick. I think that Jeffers is underrated. He smashed the ball in College and did not miss a beatt moving to the wood in E-town this season.
  7. Thrylos
    Berrios, Gibson, Hildenberger, Pressly, Slegers. Matter of fact from the 2017 Twins' pitchers, only Rogers is having a worse 2018.
  8. Thrylos
    The Mauer situation is more complicated than one may think, as far as 2018 goes: a. He has a full no trade clause, so if he does not want to, he can refuse to be traded b. He expects his third child in November, which might make the option of playing for a post-season team a bit less attractive to him. As far as 2019 goes, it is too early to tell at this point.
  9. Thrylos
    He does not have to be. The point is that the Twins are not going anywhere so there is no down side of playing the kids to see who cuts it and who does not.
  10. Thrylos
    That's too easy. Fernando Romero
  11. Thrylos
    There is one last thing that Flavine need to do: Finalize the clean up in the FO and get rid of TR's buddies still there. I am not convinced that they are not the ones who are responsible for the mess with the veterans and I am convinced that they are the ones who are feeding the likes of Souhan and Reusse tidbits against players. Unless that front office gets rid of the people who brought you Park and Nishioka and extended Capps and Hughes, there will be no progress.
  12. Thrylos
    It is not Max Kepler who should be nervous, it is Nick Gordon.
  13. Thrylos
    Give him a couple days for the college draftees to sign and move to Cedar Rapids
  14. Thrylos
    Those 2 do not belong in the same sentence as far as readiness goes... Rooker may be the Twins first baseman starting in 2019. Lewis needs to hit well in AA before they promote him. They rushed Buxton and paying for it now.
  15. Thrylos
    He just does seem like a natural third baseman as far as instincts go, esp. charging the ball. Already been playing some second base this season. He might end up at OF if the arm plays there. Arm is pretty average.
  16. Thrylos
    Indeed. Too many injuries got into his body and head Keirsey is 6'2", 195; Benson ended his career at 6'1", 205
  17. Thrylos
    I have Keirsey much higher, based on film. Lots of athleticism there. Played FB in HS. Close to a 5 tool player. Reminds me a lot of Joe Benson. Not that concerned about Bechtold other than what position he will play. Down season so far with the bat. It happens
  18. Thrylos
    I'd rather see Odorizzi out of there, unless the return is someone who could be a better pitcher for the Twins in 2019 than Gibson is. Then, trade him.
  19. Thrylos
    I like Whitefield, but still not sure whether he can hit a baseball against good pitching. Like most converted softball players he has real trouble with breaking stuff. Real trouble. This season was going to be interesting, but it is pretty much lost with injury. Excellent globe, base running and hustling and a good guy to root for.
  20. Thrylos
    I still remember him looking like this (Vargas to the left) : http://mwltraveler.files.wordpress.com/2012/07/vargas-sano.jpg
  21. Thrylos
    In the macro level, like making a lineup and playing match-ups for sure. On the other hand good managers observe what happens on the field and react accordingly. For example if the pitcher cannot get his fastball over and relies more on breaking stuff and slow pitches, a good manager ups the running game. Also, if he sees the opposing runner taking a long lead off first base, he tries to have him picked up. Furthermore, if you have a series of games, a good manager does not burn all of his bullpen in blow out games. That a statistician cannot do.
  22. Thrylos
    a. If you are talking about the offseason, they did get a DH/1B. b. if you are talking about now, is this team a C and yet another DH/1B away from closing the 8 game gap with Cleveland and 13.5 game gap with the second WC spot?
  23. Thrylos
    A manager sets the attitude at the clubhouse. The frustrating thing about the clubhouse is it seems to not hate losing. Also, a good manager does not play favorites. Molitor does not sit his buddies no matter how bad they are. Molitor is not a good manager.
  24. Thrylos
    They are or soon to be out of options, given a lot of opportunity and they have not proven to be anything special. Pressly will be 30 years old next season and has only one season with positive WPA out of the pen. And teams will look at his K/9 and think that he has value
  25. Thrylos
    5 words: Even.Phil.Hughes.Got.Traded
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