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  1. Thrylos
    Those are always fun. Here is my vote (with notes regarding the differences than the above consensus) : C Tomas Telis (had the best season of any minor league catcher. Not a prospect, but this is not about prospects) 1B Weil 2B Blackenhorn 3B Wander Valdez (short season performance should count and he was the best 3B in the minors) SS Gordon OF Rooker, Larnach, Luke Raley (need to have a centerfielder) RHSP Bailey Ober, LHSP Juan Pichardo (I draw the line for players who were in the minors all season; otherwise Arraez and Duffey should be in the list; Smeltzer and Dobnak will likely make starts in the MLB post-season...) RHRP Gomez, LHRP Neff
  2. Thrylos
    How about watching the games from his couch? That's the most fitting role. Career 1-6 with 6.75 ERA in 10 games against the Yankees.
  3. Thrylos
    Depends who they are playing. If they are playing the Yankees with a bunch of LHSP, I would like to see LaMarre over Wade. Wade cannot hit lefties, and all 3 of the rest of the OFs are left handed. If they play the Astros Wade is fine, because even their pen is very RHP oriented.
  4. Thrylos
    a. Polanco is better with the glove (and arm) than Lewis at SS (Wander Javier is better, but likely seems like a 3B guy) b. No respect for Arraez? These 2 will be the Twins middle infield for the next 5 seasons...
  5. Thrylos
    This year, Sano is leading the majors in HR/FB. It is a matter of reps before he leads the league in HRs.
  6. Thrylos
    Did you mean that's more valuable that anything we've seen from Buxton so far? Sano has a career OPS+ average of 122 and this season he is at 139.
  7. Thrylos
    IMHO, the Twins should trade Buxton (in a package or not) for a front line pitcher, start 2019 with Kepler at CF, and keep him there until Lewis is ready. The window for the Twins to compete is wide open right now and if they do not have top of the rotation pitchers to equalize matchups with the Astros, Yankees, and Dodgers they will not go far. Maybe that's why Lewis is playing CF (and the fact that the SS position is taken for 5 more seasons in the bigs.)
  8. Thrylos
    Career win probability added: Sano: 4.45 Buxton: -2.27 I'd take door number 1.
  9. Thrylos
    Agree 100% with those twelve. Another argument in Perez's favor is that he owns the Astros. He is career 7-4 with 2.70 ERA in 12 starts against them. And he was scoreless this season in his only game against them. Also he has a 2.97 ERA in 5 starts at Houston. I'd start him if they play the Astros, in the pen (with Dobnak and Smeltzer the starters) if they play the Yankees
  10. Thrylos
    I think that you answered your own question: They will find #5 guys within the organization (Smeltzer, Thorpe, Dobnak, Jax, etc.) for minimum salary or better #4 outside the organization (Bailey, Chacin, Gonzalez, etc) for half to 1/3 his price (about 3/$36M.) I think that the Twins should stop spending that much $ for bottom of the rotation types and start using it to sign top of the rotation types they really need. Not the Gibsons (career 4.53 ERA with the Twins,) Correias (4.49), and Hughes (4.61) of the world. For some reason I do not remember cries of re-signing Correia after a very similar season (4.94 ERA, 1.461 WHIP for Correia then, 4.88 ERA, 1.430 WHIP and worsening for Gibson now.) This team is a competitor and better start behaving like one.
  11. Thrylos
    8-0, 0.69 ERA, 0.814 WHIP, 11.4 K/9 and 11.1 K/BB are video game numbers. Not sure how the guy who put those numbers up, Bailey Ober, does not win this award. Nobody else came close.
  12. Thrylos
    Migraines are yet another reason for him not playing every day, and yet another reason for the Twins to start thinking their future without him. Whose bat hit that foul ball off his toe? Unless someone else flailed at it, is a product of his play.
  13. Thrylos
    I can see them signing Wheeler from that list. Corey Klubel will likely be a free agent. He has an option for $17.5 M, which I don't see the Indians picking up. They will give him a QO instead for the same amount. The Twins should stay away from Pineda, Gibson and Odorizzi. They can sign someone like Jhoulys Chacin and get similar production for less $. They need 2 pitchers better than Berrios at this point. They can pick one as a free agent and trade for another.
  14. Thrylos
    Never is a big world. In 1991 the Twins signed 7 free agents. One of them (Morris) was the highest paid free agent of the class in 1991, and a second (Davis) among the top 5.
  15. Thrylos
    I think that it will behoove the Twins to trade him in a package for a top of the rotation starter, move Royce Lewis to CF, and play Kepler there until Lewis is ready for the majors. A top of the rotation starter is a bigger need than 1/3 of a season for Buxton, which is all the Twins should be hoping from him. He is that much injury prone. RonDL White territory. Even in his last game, playing hurt he slid head first on a base that tried to reach with the hand of his injured shoulder. That's not aggressiveness, it's something else...
  16. Thrylos
    I don't know. I can see some people moving to bigger and better roles in other organizations, but not many making lateral moves. Where the Astros "raided" after their success? Not that much.
  17. Thrylos
    Is this a joke? Hildenberger was the worst reliever in the majors last season as far as WPA goes, and has a career 5.01 ERA in 130 MLB games over 3 seasons. This is Jim Hoey (career 5.47 ERA with the Twins) and Lester Oliveros (career 5.06 ERA with the Twins) territory. No milk to spill.
  18. Thrylos
    a. I think that you might be overrating Berrios b. It is about time that they start making trades c. All it will take is to sign one and trade for one d. Here are the FA SP I place ahead of Berrios (and there are a few more ahead of Gibson/Odorizzi/Pineda) : Madison Bumgarner, Gerrit Cole, Cole Hamels, Dallas Keuchel, Corey Kluber (option), Hyun-Jin Ryu, Zack Wheeler e. Plenty of choices out there...
  19. Thrylos
    As I indicated, the Twins need to get 2 starters better than Berrios next offseason. So Perez fourth and Smeltzer fifth or Romero fourth and Graterol fifth will be more than fine with me. The window is short and they need to go all out. Thus re-signing Odorizzi for a lot of $ is a bad option. They don't need him. They need better pitchers.
  20. Thrylos
    This is a bit of a fallacy. For next season the Twins have signed: Berrios Smeltzer Thorpe Dobnak Poppen Jax Barnes etc. All of whom have started at least in AAA and the 3 first in the majors, plus Romero & Graterol who should also be on the conversation plus they have an option on Perez. That's 10 starters, half of them (Berrios, Perez, Smeltzer, Romero, Thorpe) with major league experience as starters. This does not include other pitchers under contract like Littell and May who may also be on the equation. Plus that Gonsalves guy. It will not behoove the Twins to overpay for a middle to rear of the rotation starter like Odorizzi. They should look for 2 arms better than Berrios and I am sure that 2 of the mentioned 13 will be able to fill the last 2 spots of the rotation gallantly, or at least as well as Odorizzi.
  21. Thrylos
    They shouldn't. They can get better pitching (eg, Wheeler) for the QO $ in the FA market.
  22. Thrylos
    In August, Baily Ober pitched 24 innings between Ft. Myers and Pensacola, allowing 2 ER (0.67 ERA), 12 H and 2 BB (0.556 WHIP) and struck out 34 (13 K/9). He is 23 and the hottest arm in the system. He should be added to the 40 man roster and come up, because he is the hottest arm in the system.
  23. Thrylos
    Quick: Who would you rather give a chance in 2020? Or even in September of 2019? Romero or Hildenberger? Same deal. Same struggles. Different potential
  24. Thrylos
    .417 BABIP in the majors, .329 in the minors this season has some to do with it, plus his injury. Small print, but he has a career best in K/9 this season in AAA. I'd give him a Mulligan this season and see if he can crack the Twins' rotation next ST.
  25. Thrylos
    I really do not see many similarities with Price. Price made the majors in his first pro year, after 3 years of being a College starter, including an 11-1 record senior campaign. He was 23 years old. Graterol's 21st birthday is today and was signed 5 years ago as a 16 year old. More importantly he has had 4 trips to the DL. Unlike Price, he is a righty. If the Twins call him up and perform like Price did with the Rays, this will really be their only common thing.
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