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  1. Thrylos
    Nolasco and Hughes
  2. Thrylos
    Better not, because they are not closers in teams that hope to go deep in a post-season. The Twins need at least a pitcher better than those
  3. Thrylos
    Cole makes sense, but If I was talking to the Pirates, it makes more sense to package him with MacCutchen and Rivero. Here is what I proposed.
  4. Thrylos
    With Morris in there, Kaat is way over that borderline.
  5. Thrylos
    Straight fastballs at 90 or 93 will be knocked all over the place, and release point or not, if you don't have at least one plus pitch, you are replacement level. So is Slegers.
  6. Thrylos
    Thanks for the visual. eek.
  7. Thrylos
    Special but not Invincible. This is a great writeup by BA on Otani. It is based on American players who played with him in Japan and comparing him to other players. Really well done and worth a read. Not sure whether it is behind a paywall, but it does not look like it is
  8. Thrylos
    Good for them. They might now put a premium to their autographs. I just don't get the need for a back door to the hall of fame.
  9. Thrylos
    Here are their stats (the best in all is in bold.) As far age goes, other than Reed everyone else is 31-33 Morrow: 2.06 ERA, 1.55 FIP, 0.92 WHIP/.288 BABIP, 29.4 K%, 24.1 K-BB%, 97.7 mph FB Davis: 2.30 ERA, 3.88 FIP, 1.14 WHIP/.262 BABIP, 32.6 K%, 21.1 K-BB%, 94.3 mph FB Holland: 3.61 ERA, 3.72 FIP, 1.15 WHIP/.252 BABIP, 29.8 K%, 18.7 K-BB% , 93.5 mph FB Reed: 2.84 ERA, 3.67 FIP, 1.05 WHIP/.266 BABIP, 24.8 K%, 19.9 K-BB%, 92.3 mph FB Shaw: 3.52 ERA, 2.96 FIP, 1.21 WHIP/.311 BABIP, 23.4 K%, 16.3 K-BB%, 95.0 mph FB McGee: 3.61 ERA, 2.93 FIP, 1.10 WHIP/2.87 BABIP, 25.3 K%, 18.3 K-BB%, 93.5 mph FB I said that he was "probably" the best FA reliever available, but if you put the numbers down, it is not even close...
  10. Thrylos
    Thank youse all
  11. Thrylos
    That hurts. Probably the best reliever FA available.
  12. Thrylos
    Gonsalves is of Portuguese origin, Gonzales is of Spanish. Different names from different origins. Likely lazy expert, in the manner of Bert as far as finding out name pronunciations.
  13. Thrylos
    You still got to play the game. Hopefully, this will be another ARod situation for them.
  14. Thrylos
    I would not be concerned until come Spring Training he is not playing third base. And the Twins will have several plan Bs in that case.
  15. Thrylos
    That's exactly what I mean by "expecting too much.". FACT: The most ridiculous video game season ever by any Japanese pitcher was Masahiro Tanaka's age 24 season when he went 24-0 with 1.27 ERA. One might argue that Darvish's 18-6, 1.44 ERA age 24 season is a close second. Otani has not come even close to that in Japan, in the same era with similar competition. Neither of the above (other than Darvish who was voted second once) has been a "perennial" Cy Young candidate, and both had been better than Otani over there. He is a novelty. Kinda. Till it wears out. And a pretty arrogant one, if you ask me. No Japanese pitcher ever won a Cy Young in MLB. I don't expect Otani to be the first one...
  16. Thrylos
    I'd venture to say that the new pitching coach, the new bench coach and all the changes in the player development side have been the biggest moves this off-season, with the first 2 very likely to pay large dividends for the Twins in 2018
  17. Thrylos
    A trade target. Archer, one of the Mets' starters, one of the Dodgers' starters, Cole. etc etc.
  18. Thrylos
    I am still waiting for the smoke to clear before I start mine (just because of things that happened this week and will happen the next), but I see a really big omission here: Rainis Silva. The guy has always been the top defensive and game calling catcher in the system but could not hit his way out of a paper bag and was pushed to Cedar Rapids last season because of his game calling and D and got a .551 OPS. Back to EST and extensive work in his hitting and to Etown this season he hit .356/.446/.446. Something definitely clicked. I am doing my prospect lists a bit different (i.e. if someone has played in the majors, has graduated from my list - btw, you are missing Chargois as well ) so Garver is out. Pending further research of Banuelos and transactions, Silva would be my highest rated C. Has been hovering between 20-30 or so in my lists for a while and definitely will shoot up at top 15-20 or so. Kirriloff is way way way too high, but that has already been discussed. Interestingly enough, I think that that guy who dropped the most in your list (Jay) will likely be the guy who did so in mine as well. The one thing that is certain is that the Twins system is much better this year than last, despite not having many "flashy" prospects. I think that the top 20 or so will have a good chance of making it to the majors (and I mean from my list that does not include the ones who did,) which is more than most systems can claim. And Falvine are not done yet. I hope.
  19. Thrylos
    The more analytics in the Front Office the better. BTW, lots of Front Office contracts expire December 31st, so I would expect some more movement of familiar names.
  20. Thrylos
    Not over Lewis and Javier and Arraez and even Gordon and Palacios and Miranda. Maybe over Blakenhorn, but it is debatable.
  21. Thrylos
    However, if they are not ahead of the Astros, Mariners, and Rangers, it is pretty irrelevant as far as the Twins' post-season chances go, because those 4 will beat each other up. I think that people are expecting too much from Otani.
  22. Thrylos
    The winning quote regarding Severino comes from CBS: "Although it's unlikely that the infielder will see the major-league diamond in 2018, he projects to be a key part of the future in Minnesota." Where do they find those people? He is a switch hitter, but as a lefty he hit a lofty .303/.365/.451. That said he is probably the 8th or so best middle infielder the Twins have...
  23. Thrylos
    That was the reason that Denver was thought of as a horrible place to pitch. Allegedly
  24. Thrylos
    Yes, and I do not get it. Here is the thing: The kid hit .236/.331/.394 in short season A his first year as a pro, after a whole year of College ball. He had 328 AB for the season, up from 110 last season. Perennial All Star catcher's Yadier Molina's career OBP is .338, and SLG .403. That is not that far away from the apparently "disappointing" pro debut Banuelos had. He is a catcher with allegedly top notch defense and a cannon arm. Got to put things into perspective...
  25. Thrylos
    The days that Denver was the worst stadium in the majors for HRs are over. Data here.
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