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  1. Thrylos
    That number 56 is pretty much cursed. But available. Here is a list of all the Twins who wore it: Terry Jorgensen Jose Parra Cleatus Davidson Brad Thomas Travis Bowyer Carmen Cali Randy Ruiz Rob Delaney Dusty Hughes Caleb Thielbar Tyler Duffey Fernando Rodney
  2. Thrylos
    Good for him. After the last game of the season, there was no way that he was not going to retire. Thanks for the memories and I suspect that we will see him in another capacity with the Twins soon.
  3. Thrylos
    If that is his floor, he spent last season in the basement. Nothing "solid" about last season.
  4. Thrylos
    I have not given up on Buxton; however, until he shows some consistency, an extension will be ill-advised. The two things are not mutually exclusive. The Twins have bigger fish to fry at this point (pitching - pitching - pitching) to make them competitive, than a Buxton extension. A Buxton extension will do nothing for them in 2019. Cross that bridge when you have to, and Rosario, Berrios, Sano should be ahead of Buxton in the extension lines because of service time.
  5. Thrylos
    Polanco's numbers do not indicate that the Twins are "exposed" at SS. -1 DRS means that Polanco in his 600+ innings at SS cost the Twins one run more than the average shortstop. Not. Exposed. Do you want "exposed"? Manny Machado had a -13 DRS in 1260 or so innings at shortstop. Carlos Correa had -4 in 960 or so innings. Both worse with the glove than Polanco. You do not hear much about moving Correa to second base, do you? That RngR of 1.4 is the 11th best among 32 shortstops who played in the position for more than 600 innings and above 0, which means that he has better range than most shortstops out there, so it really does not help your argument. He is fine at shortstop and is getting better...
  6. Thrylos
    Indeed. Not to mention that it is becoming a fairly large AA international hub. Isn't that where Pohlad wanted to move the Twins in the late 90s?
  7. Thrylos
    "Already this offseason, the Twins have been tied to Detroit Tigers free-agent shortstop José Iglesias" https://theathletic.com/641483/2018/11/08/scott-boras-twins-offseason-plans-thad-levine-derek-falvey-royce-lewis/
  8. Thrylos
    There is a good reason that Machado should be out of reach: Unless they spend that $ for a true ace and get a LHSP who can be a true two so these 2 can at least on paper match with the top 2 of Cleveland, Houston, and Boston, and unless they invest decent amount of $ in their pen, Machado would be just yet another layer of lipstick on a pig.
  9. Thrylos
    Boras is 66. The Twins have up to 7-8 years of control of these 2 before they become free agents. He might be retired by then
  10. Thrylos
    Not while with the Twins but Denard Span is a Boras client now.
  11. Thrylos
    Glavine did that in his 3rd pro season, age 21, two years younger and 3 pro season's ahead of Gonsalves. At Gonsalves's age he went 14-8 with 3.68 ERA, pitched 186 innings, with 1.14 WHIP. Slightly different outcome there.
  12. Thrylos
    It was twice proven that it cannot support a AAA team, as the Twins' AAA affiliate moved to SLC from there in 1993 and the Padres' affiliate to Tuscon in 2010. That said, the biggest issue was local support for a stadium. This seem to have changed a lot and the community seems eager to make a big investment. On the other hand, if I had to bet, I'd bet relocation vs expansion. Portland A's or Rays might make much sense, with the team not going to Portland going to Canada.
  13. Thrylos
    I'd argue that MLB numbers are a much better indicator for potential future MLB performance (which is what prospects should be ranked accordingly) than any minor league numbers. On the other hand, once in the show, one is not a prospect in my book, since he made it
  14. Thrylos
    Great place for him to make a difference
  15. Thrylos
    My lithmus test for adding rotation pieces this off-season: Will Kikuchi make the Twins' rotation competitive in a short series with Cleveland, Astros, and Boston? Where would he be in those rotations? (Answer: number 3 at best,) so I'd pass. This team needs likely 2 pitchers better than Berrios to be competitive in the post-season. I'd rather sign Partick Corbin for number 2 and go after Zack Wheeler with multiple prospects for the top of the rotation spot.
  16. Thrylos
    Home 4.91 ERA, 3.90 FIP, 3.16 xFIP Away 5.34 ERA, 4.28 FIP, 3.80 xFIP. Seriously penalized by Colorado's Defense. On the other hand FB velo - 1mph, slider velo close to - 2 mph from 2017. 2 years of control. He'd probably slot behind Gibson and Berrios and ahead of Odorizzi. Good number 3/4 in a contender. Really, the Twins should look higher. They need a pitcher who will slot ahead of Berrios in order to compete with the other AL contenders rotations. If Colorado takes Odorizzi plus prospects off the Twins' hands, it will fine. On the other hand, I'd rather go for someone like Zach Wheeler and Patrick Corbin for 1-2, slot Berrios and Gibson for 3 and 4 and call it an off season, as far as the rotation goes
  17. Thrylos
    Those are always fun. I still haven't thought about mine (always waiting until the next year in case of trades, cuts etc) but I will definitely have Arraez much higher that this, and so will Jeffers and Wells. Gordon is too high, so is Gonzalves. As a matter of fact, when it mattered, Stewart out-pitched Gonsalves and showed much more poise as a major leaguer. And they are the same age. I hope both Gordon and Gonsalves are traded while still have some value... Misael Urbina has to be on that list, probably in the top 10 as well...
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    Other than the Buxton extension, I am ok with it. Rosario, Polanco, and even Sano should be extended before Buxton
  19. Thrylos
    Oliver Drake's numbers: Career: 3.48 FIP, 1.456 WHIP, 9.9 K/9, 3.8 BB/9 Twins: 3.31 FIP, 0.934 WHIP, 9.7 K/9, 3.1 BB/9 The only difference is the WHIP that is driven by his 0.179 Twins' vs 0.292 career BABIP difference. (If you normalize for league average BABIP, his Twins' WHIP jumps to 1.524, slightly worse than his career numbers...) The only "terrific" thing that Drake had with the Twins in compare to the rest of his career, was luck. Field is the poster boy of replacement player. Those 9 HRs (25.9 HR/PA) came with a 3% BB% and 31% K%, a .281 wOBA and 79 wRC+. Actually a tad worse than Byung-ho Park's numbers with the Twins: 12 HRs (20.3 PA/HR), 8.6 BB%, 32.8 K%, .294 wOBA and 79 wRC+. Not many tears were shed for Byung-ho's departure, and Johnny was equally not good...
  20. Thrylos
    They were both claimed in waiver claims: Fields by the Cubs and Drake by the Rays.
  21. Thrylos
    If a ball is hit in the right field line, a lefty throwing OF will have to backhand it with his back to the plate and pivot around his axis for the throw to the plate. A righty will get his glove facing the plate, transfer and throw without the pivot. Not that much different than what a left hand fielding SS/3B would do to the throw to 1B, but it is acceptable at the OF because it is twice the distance of the throw from the SS/3B where every half second really matters.
  22. Thrylos
    Wade will likely not make his MLB debut with the Twins, pending injuries. Why? He is yet another left hand hitting and throwing OF. Kepler, Cave are ahead of him (Rosario and Buxton are not going anyway) and Kirilloff might surpass him this season. He is caught in the numbers and the Twins should see him as trade bait this offseason.
  23. Thrylos
    It is the arm that has the glove that matters. A right hand throwing RF can get to balls in the corner or towards the line much better than a lefty throwing RF, and vise-versa for LF., thus turning potential doubles into singles and triples into doubles. Thus the discussion about Molitor switching his two corner OFs, having Rosario at RF and Kepler to LF (where he even admitted was more comfortable;) something that I suspect will happen in 2019.
  24. Thrylos
    They did not. They moved him off their 40-man roster and had to pass him through waivers to do so. Same way that Randy Rosario was picked by the Cubs. The Twins did not release him.
  25. Thrylos
    vs LHP Reed hit .409/.474/.561 in AAA and .400/.531/.520 in AA last season. Cave had a.642 OPS vs LHP and .844 OPS vs RHP last season. I think that between the two of them, you might have a nice outfielder. Also good to see a righty throwing OF as well (Grossman throws with his left.)
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