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  1. Thrylos
    Or speed up fake injuries...
  2. Thrylos
    I think that a lot of this is politics. The players and the owners are not on the same page, in general, right now and the players want nothing of the backlash those new measures might bring. That said, I'd rather see them get rid of: character races, T-shirt canons, children's games, dedications to veterans, anthem choir and bands, and everything else non-baseball related between innings or before the first pitch, and then try to change the game. Also there are lower hanging fruits than those: the ridiculous number of throws to first base. Even with the proposed rules, someone can throw 10 times without an effect. That's got to stop.
  3. Thrylos
    where was all of that going on?
  4. Thrylos
    Great stuff A. Got to be mentioned that, on the other hand, Rosario had a career high on every single offensive measurement. B. Three data points is a very small sample size. Would love to see monthly averages instead of seasonal. That will tell you whether he had months that dragged his seasonal performance down. For sure the first half he had more ground balls than fly balls (1.5x), a trend reversed the second half, and I wonder whether that had something to do with it. C. would love to see where the other Twins' OFs (Kepler & Grossman) are in the same principles.
  5. Thrylos
    Agree on the first part. Disagree on the second. I am just hoping that Jacksonville beats the Patriots. The Patriots have ways to get their way. They are the Packers of the AFC. People in the Philadelphia area are really scared of the Vikings, and with Foles as their QB, I concur.
  6. Thrylos
    The Twins' two greatest finishes were: a. Reardon's last pitch in '87 b. Morris's last pitch in '91 (chronological order) Those 2 events made them World Champions. Cannot have a better finish than that. The Vikings had a great finish the other day, but still 2 more games. I don't follow the lesser ( ) of Minnesota sports, so have no opinion on those...
  7. Thrylos
    In the OP having Wade and Gordon in those positions is borderline bizarre. Looks like the author (Jeffrey Patternoso) does prospect lists from every team... Gleeman's list is even more bizarre for many reasons, the least of it is over-rating Berrios, Gordon, and Buxton, underrating Sano and Javier and excluding Graterol. It is a "talent" list, and as far as talent goes, Graterol runs circles over Gonsalves... Definitely the same bias towards drafted vs IFA players you see in most lists out there...
  8. Thrylos
    Check their career numbers pretty similar with Polanco's slightly better; plus you are comparing a SS to a corner OF of same age. Another important thing is that Polanco hits lefties and righties equally well, while Kepler is Butterible against LHP.
  9. Thrylos
    The FO effectively thought that Kinley was better than both Burdi and Bard (who btw could be in the conversation if returned), I'd give them the benefit of doubt. Busenitz's .212 BABIP and 86.6% LOB, along with the 4.20 FIP and 4.98 DRA are screaming regression at this point. Another issue with Busenitz is that he has been a pitch to contact type with only 7.2% swstr. His contact percentage 85.4% is at Nic_ Blac_burn territory (career 88.4% ave)
  10. Thrylos
    I wouldn't say that anyone with options is a "lock" for the 2018 Twins pen. There are 4 pitchers out of options (Rodney, Reed, Duke, Pressly). If they like to keep Kinsley that makes it 5 and if both Hughes and May ended up in the pen, that's it for Rogers and Hildy, as far as starting the season in the majors... Not to mention Pineda slated to return after the AS Break, and likely will pitch out of the pen this season. I assume that they will get at least one starter. Log jam. They need to start trading people.
  11. Thrylos
    Not his choice. He either passes waivers or gets claimed. If he does not get claimed he is outrighted to Rochester. I think that he was outrighted before, so he can elect to become a free agent. No way he gets an MLB contract from anyone, because everyone can claim him for the league minimum.
  12. Thrylos
    So how much should Kershaw get next off-season? Long term deals for pitchers over 30 are too risky. Ask Phil Hughes if you don't believe me. I don't see Darvish getting more than 4 years and more than $22.5 AAV guaranteed. No problem with a couple of options at the end.
  13. Thrylos
    Let's see: Duke, Rogers, Moya, Enns on the 40-man roster and Jay knocking is enough lefty relievers, and MiLB FAs with Boshers's abilities are a dime a dozier Long overdue. The post boy of replacement lever pitcher
  14. Thrylos
    Slegers need to be added as well.. Replacement level dime a dozen arm.
  15. Thrylos
    Nope. Because of service time he can elect to become a free agent, with the Twins eating the $32M
  16. Thrylos
    That's not the point. Whether or not Hughes is a viable option, he is out of options, so the Twins need to deal with him and they owe him more than $26M over the next 2 seasons.
  17. Thrylos
    I'd rather see the Twins use Reed in the highest leverage situations (Like Andrew Miller) and let Rodney have the ninth.
  18. Thrylos
    This will make some interesting situations come Spring Training: The fact that the Twins have offered arbitration to and agreed to contracts with Grossman, Adrianza, Escobar and need a back up catcher, and Vargas is out of options, they cannot go with an 8 man bullpen, unless they make a trade. Under contract and out of options starters: Santana, Gibson, Hughes Under contract and starters with options: Mejia, May, Berrios Under contract and out of options relievers: Rodney, Reed, Duke, Pressly, Boshers, Kinley (effectively) Under contract and starters with options: Duffey, Rogers, Hildy, Chargois, Enns, Slegers, Moya I suspect that Berrios starting is a given. There are 6 RPs without options in the pen. Unless they get another starter Hughes/Mejia/May are fighting for 2 spots in the rotation and the loser will get the last spot on the pen or get optioned. This means that only one of Duffey, Rogers, Chargois, Hildy can start in the majors, unless they make a trade. That's why the Twins should be all over the phone trying to make trades at this point.
  19. Thrylos
    "Results for this Gallup poll are based on telephone interviews conducted Dec. 4-11, 2017, with a random sample of 1,049 adults, aged 18 and older, living in all 50 U.S. states and the District of Columbia." SSS
  20. Thrylos
    Gotta see methodology and what leagues they are included before can make a half way try for an intelligent comment towards this
  21. Thrylos
    Not an issue of risk adversity. An issue of: a. higher priorities to spend $ (Pitching) b. higher priorities for others to get extended (Sano, Rosario), c. not quite sure about who Buxton is with the bat and d. availability of possible replacement.
  22. Thrylos
    Nah. They will go through the process as a learning lesson for the new guy in the FO. They pretty much said so...
  23. Thrylos
    Got to subtract a bit from Gibson. He filed at $4.55M and the Twins at $4.2M
  24. Thrylos
    You got 3 years to see how it goes, before you make any decisions on Buxton.
  25. Thrylos
    A. It is an allegation from one person that the MLB is examining. I'd wait to pronounce him guilty before he is found as such. B. There is zero probability that he will end up "in jail", since there was no police report filed before the statute of limitations expired for those alleged "crimes".
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