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  1. Thrylos
    The timing is just not right for this right now. A couple seasons ago, after the 102 L team, was the proper time. Right now 3 of the division teams are very weak and Cleveland is worsening. The Twins have opportunity to win the Division and about $70 million to spend to do so. That said, I do not disagree with trading Kepler, Odorizzi, and Gibson, along with prospects like Gordon, Gonsalves etc to net (in combination with FA signings) a younger top of the rotation arm that will slot ahead of Berrios, a closer, a left hand set up man, and a couple of power bats that can play 1B/OF/DH, and maybe a second baseman for a season keeping the seat warm for Arraez (who is hitting close to .400 in Venezuela right now btw) Unlike many, I still have not given up on Sano (esp) and Buxton. Injuries happen and that's what happened in 2018 to both.
  2. Thrylos
    It is refreshing to finally see the Twins shredding the plague of the last couple decades that almost good enough was not only acceptable but was lauded as a success, and start holding people accountable for losing instead of giving them tenure for life. The Twins underperformed this year with a team much better on paper that the one in 2017 that went to the wild card game. The pitchers other than Gibson (who was fixed in AAA last season and continued what he did last second half) either stayed the same (Berrios; who should have been much better by now) or under-performed. Lynn, Odorizzi, Reed, Hildenberger had career worst seasons. Lynn and Pressly turned into much better pitchers after being traded. Why keep the pitching coach and the bullpen coach again?
  3. Thrylos
    That's with them added
  4. Thrylos
    Roster at 37 minus Field, Granite, Vasquez, Slegers, Busenitz, Curtiss, Magill, Drake is 29. Plenty of room for Graterol, Arraez, Jay, Gordon, Wade, Quezada and quality signings./trades and/or a pitcher in the minuses above Still hope that the Twins try to get an ace through a trade, and a few of the prospects are gone. BTW, Brusdal Graterol was signed on August 29th of 2014 and the MiLB season ended on September 1st that year, so he is Rule 5 eligible and a no-brainer to be added.
  5. Thrylos
    Morneau is at the head of the class among the people parading at the analyst spot last season. Just wish that there was an audition for play by play and easing Dick out as well. Just tired of the same and same trite and nothing to do with the game remarks, esp. when the game is not close....
  6. Thrylos
    He gone!
  7. Thrylos
    Injury bug is one thing, and, yes, Baldelli might be able to help him return from it, by example. The big elephant in the room is Buxton's chronic Illness (migraines), and I hope that Baldelli's outcome against his chronic illness, is not what happens to Buxton.
  8. Thrylos
    Molitor got better players in 2018 than he had in 2017 and he did worse. The Twins were the kings of the off-season according to many pundits. I hope that unlike Molitor who played favorites, Baldelli plays the best 9 every day , is rational regarding bullpen utilization, and he shows that he hates losing (unlike his predecessors) and lights fires under the players to do the same.
  9. Thrylos
    Interesting. MacPhail and Ryan hired him as an international scout for the Phillies after he was let go by the Twins, so it is not like he is unemployed or anything...
  10. Thrylos
    I think that his ETAs are at least a year too far for most of these guys, including Gonsalves and Stewart (fact: was 2018, he has them at 2019). Gonsalves still over-rated even after being exposed...
  11. Thrylos
    Great guy! It's a bummer for the Twins. Wishing him the best of luck over there. I think that it is a fair contract for 2018-2019. He had a career season and he cashed in. Good for him.
  12. Thrylos
    So 27 year old Garver (career 98 OPS+) has shown more than 25 year old Miguel Sano (career 117 OPS+)? I love Romero, but he is the poster boy for having potential, but have not shown enough: 55-2/3 IP. 4.69 ERA, 4.45 FIP, 1.4 WHIP, 7.3 K/9 (lower than any other starter with more than 50 IP) Not sure that this is enough...
  13. Thrylos
    Milwaukee? Have they won anything? I'd rather see them mimic Houston or Boston
  14. Thrylos
    From that article (emphasis mine) : “If Ryan Pressly had shown up exactly the way he was in Minnesota, we would have been perfectly satisfied. His stuff was electric, one of the highest swing-and-miss arsenals in game, and that’s what we were looking for,” Astros General Manager Jeff Luhnow said Sunday. “The fact he came in and was willing to work with our coaches and found ways to get even more out of his stuff is great.” Coaches are a big part of it. With Molitor and Yesterday Eddie both old school, and the former managing the bullpen the way he did, no analytics could have saved the Twins' relievers.
  15. Thrylos
    Unless you are talking about the other Carlos Santana (Oye como va mi ritmo), I see no way that the Phillies, who are competing and are closer to the post-season than the Twins, trading him.
  16. Thrylos
    Sign Escobar for 2-3 years and pencil him in as the starting second baseman and take it from there. If and when one of the prospects is ready, Escobar returns to his super utility role.
  17. Thrylos
    His BABIP was consistent to that of all his minor league career, so I do not see much of problem. K% will improve hopefully with maturity as a hitter
  18. Thrylos
    I'd keep playing Polanco at SS as much as possible. The Twins' second baseman of the future seems to be Luis Arraez who is defensively limited at second base, and the future might be 2019...
  19. Thrylos
    Agreed on Gibson & Cave. Other than a 1 K/9 bump and a small BABIP-driven decrease of WHIP and more innings with the Twins, Berrios's 2018 was identical with his 2017, and still included a drop in performance in the second half and much worse performance when facing opponents with winning records. Baby steps; not quite a blosom. Still a 3, until he can perform against the world the way he did against the Tigers, Royals, and White Sox, the jury is still out. Other notable on field positives: Polanco, suspension and all, improved this season and was ranked 9th wOBA and 10th in wRC+ among SSs with 300+ PA while having fairly average (+3 +/-, -1 DRS) defense in SS before entering his prime Taylor Rogers put himself some crazy numbers and quietly ranks among the top 5 LHRPs in categories such as WPA, ERA, FIP, & WHIP, even thought RHB are still hitting him hard, esp. away (.929 OPS against RHB away) and that masked his elite K% and K-BB% against LHB Taylor and Astrudillo are SSS. Parmelee was there once upon a time. The most hopeful event for the 2018 Twins happened just after the season ended: They will have a new manager from now on, hopefully someone who will light a fire under his players, will not play favorites with veterans/buddies, and be an astute manager of the bullpen
  20. Thrylos
    1. Trade for Mets' number 3 starter (Zach Wheeler; I would not mind their number 1 or 2, btw) 2. Sign Partrick Corrbin With Berrios number 3 Gibson number 4 and Pineda/Odorizzi number 5 You got a competitive rotation
  21. Thrylos
    I think that it is Shelton's job to lose. The fact that he is a former catcher will help him with the pitcher/bullpen managment as well.
  22. Thrylos
    Their stadium is going to buy them a yacht (or two?)
  23. Thrylos
    It does not work like that. You either offer them arbitration (and make a deal or exchange figures) or you non-tender them. Cannot offer them something and then if they don't like it non-tender them. Any offer is binding to accept arbitration. That's the whole idea behind the arbitration system.
  24. Thrylos
    From there: ""The citizen, Miguel Sano, was sent today to the traffic court to comply with the due process in these types of cases," said Duran. "It is a formality when someone is injured in a vehicular accident. It is important to clarify that the policeman declared that the accident was not intentional, and that Sano hit his leg when Sano was reversing his vehicle to leave the place and that the baseball player was the first to provide help and never abandoned the scene. Neither the agent nor the national police plan to charge Sano with anything."" I hope that this is it with the media witch hunt.
  25. Thrylos
    His wife was with him...
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