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  1. Thrylos
    Probably more than that during the off-season.
  2. Thrylos
    "Integrity" is extremely objective, and it is better used inwards and not to describe others. In other words, the only ones who we should be allowed to judge with our criteria should be ourselves (and maybe our progeny when they are minors.) Traits do not have race, but they have a strong cultural component, which does have racial implications. For example, different cultures treat males and females differently: To the eye of most of us of a western culture, making it illegal for women to be in certain places unescorted, at least lacks 'integrity'. In Arab countries, it practically is gospel.
  3. Thrylos
    "Character" and "makeup" are in the eyes of each beholder and, other than extremes (from Ted Bundy to Mother Theresa), we all have pretty much different criteria about what it is "positive" or "negative," as well as put variable gravity/importance on personality traits of ballplayers. What we can all agree on is the play on the field and the potential. These two guys have that and that alone will serve the Twins well in the future, as long as they get along with their teammates.
  4. Thrylos
    The reason those trades happened was because they thought that they had ready replacements and were wrong by about 2-3 years in every case (including replacing Hunter with Gomez) but Span's. I don't see any ready replacements here above A ball, so any Buxton trade should come with his replacement.
  5. Thrylos
    Should be if not when Santana comes back. His velocity is just not there.
  6. Thrylos
    Twins' starting pitching ranking in the majors: 12th ERA 18th FIP 12th fWAR 10th K% 14th K-BB% 18th WHIP 17th SIERA Improving? Absolutely. They are now a solid middle of the pack starting pitching staff. ​Excelling? No way, unless most of these rankings are in the top 5-10...
  7. Thrylos
    Watched the game just before you wrote that?
  8. Thrylos
    Missing something or just a hater?
  9. Thrylos
    And there is this article from fangraphs from early next season, comparing him to several present and former Twins... He is 28. Probably worth a spot ahead of Petit or LaMarre in the pecking order. AAA depth right now, but I just have a feeling that the Twins are not done making moves.
  10. Thrylos
    I'd say that the Twins should be in retooling and not selling mode. What do I mean with that? Addition by subtraction. Trade Dozier, add Gordon plus what you get for Dozier. Trade Lynn, add May/Gonsalves/Santana plus what you get for Lynn. Get the $ saved from those two, and maybe one of the prospects you get, add some of your prospects and get another bullpen arm. But selling low on the about to start arbitration players and destroying the core, no.
  11. Thrylos
    The point is that so can be the #74th overall pick who would have zero positive professional experience.
  12. Thrylos
    They also got a 21 year old catcher with a career .408 OBP and 1.14 BB/K. Plate discipline is a great thing to have and does not really get affected that much by competition level. If a college catcher had Villalobos's numbers, he could have been a 74 overall pick. The way I see it, they effectively drafted Villalobos with the 74th pick with $0 bonus money, and instead of eating all of Hughes's contract in 2019, they are $8M ahead of the game ($7.25 for Hughes plus $800K for the pick) They can use that $ towards extensions or towards another bullpen arm that they sorely need.
  13. Thrylos
    The fact that they got something for Phil Hughes is a big win, no matter how you slice it.
  14. Thrylos
    They got a few extensions to work on as well. Got to consider that, too.
  15. Thrylos
    Career numbers for a 34 year old, esp. a former 4 time All-Star like Ramirez are pointless in this situation. Or are you trying to say that Grossman has better career numbers than Ramirez? Maybe in an alternate universe.
  16. Thrylos
    Seriously? 2018 season numbers: Grossman: .228/.308/.337, 79 OPS+, .286 wOBA, 75 wRC+ Ramirez: .254/.313/.395, 88 OPS+, .310 wOBA, 90 wRC+ Guess the data show that Ramirez can hit much better than Grossman
  17. Thrylos
    And Grossman has?
  18. Thrylos
    He had an awful last 5 games, but before that he was .287/.345/.446. For the season, his WPA is 0.239. That would have been 5th among the Twins' players. At this point he would be an improvement over Grossman and Adrianza, both of whom for some reason are in the lineup today.
  19. Thrylos
    Slegers has shown zero evidence that he can pitch in the bigs. 6.46 ERA, 5.70 FIP, 5.3 K/9, and 1.5 K/BB do not belong in a major league rotation in a competitive team. Maybe he can pitch for Miami. At this point he is behind the 5 men already in the rotation, plus May, Santana, and Mejia. I just don't see it. And if you look at his miinor league numbers his AAA K/9 dropped from 7.2 last season to 5.2 this season, and his FIP and xFIP increased by 0.2 and 0.5 respectively. He is just not there. Among the first to lose his 40-man spot if needed for someone else...
  20. Thrylos
    They are not quite correct. Here is my write up on him from this year's prospect list: Littell was listed at 6-foot-3, 190 pounds at high school, and gained an inch and 30 pounds as he grew. He has a two-seam fastball that sits at 89-91 and has a cutter like movement, a four-seamer that he throws at 92-93, which plays up because of high spin rate and advanced command. His main secondary offering is a true plus curveball. He also has an above average changeup that works well against LHBs. Littell is a student of the game and he spends a lot of time in advanced preparation before each start studying the opponents' hitters, a practice that will serve him well in the bigs. He has the ceiling of a mid-rotation starter with the possibility of seasons better than that. A young Phil Hughes is a good comparable for Littell, as far as the size and type of pitcher he is, as well as his potential.
  21. Thrylos
    Not quite yet. DFA is a purgatory. It means that the team has 7 days to trade, release, and/or place on outright waivers a player. The last option is moot for Ramirez, since he will not accept a MiLB assignment and will be a free agent, making it equivalent to releasing him. I suspect that there will be trade interest for Ramirez and the Red Sox will get something back, including $.
  22. Thrylos
    Stassi has been in the Phillies system until this season and I have seen him play many times in AA and AAA. He is below average on both sides of the ball. Also with Carter now and Vargas, he is pretty low in the pecking order as far as 1B/DH bats go.
  23. Thrylos
    He has to be added the off-season. Not September
  24. Thrylos
    Re: Kirriloff, hitting in A ball is much much different than hitting in the majors. AA is a good test for a hitter. Until Kirriloff hits well in AA, he is still far. I do not see Gonsalves and/or Littel come up until the rosters expanding and that depending on the Twins' record. May, Santana, Mejia are 3 starters ahead of them, and Duffey, Busenitz, and Curtiss are 3 arms ahead of them. I do not see the Twins spending an option year on Nick Gordon, unless a starter like Dozier or Escobar gets injured or traded before Polanco returns. Rooker is not hitting that great at AA, so there is no reason for him to lose an option. The 3 minor leaguers who I see potentially coming up are: Willians Astudillo, Zander Wiel, and/or Jimmy Kerrigan The Twins need a better catcher than Wilson and Astudillo might be it at this point. They also need a RH OF/1B and Wiel has been very consistent in AA, whereas Kerrigan (who is not a 1B) has been very good in high A and tearing the cover off the ball in 4 games with Rochester. However, the Chris Carter signing might delay those two. In short, I just do not see any more of the top prospects up this season, unless major things happen.
  25. Thrylos
    There is no downside here. Totally agree. (Other than the International League part. He is playing in one of my favorite ballparks to watch a AAA ball game, for the former Twins' affiliate Salt Lake Bees of the PCL.)
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