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  1. Thrylos
    FTFY
  2. Thrylos
    Not sure about Beloit, but Madison is a College Town. Do not know of a college town that kept a successful professional baseball franchise. New Haven, CT, a 850K metro area could not keep the Ravens alive for more than 10 years before they moved. Providence (Pawtucket) might be an exception, but that metro is 1.6M, plus is so close to Boston that gets a lot of attendance and support from the mothership...
  3. Thrylos
    Almost did not happen (Polanco had to evade the blitz to make it happen) :
  4. Thrylos
    Unless Falvine do the right thing and sell high and trade him next off-season
  5. Thrylos
    Here are some important numbers regarding Goodrum: .333/.388/.464 Goodrum's slash line against LHPs with 1:2 BB:K ratio (138 AB) .235/.275/.409 Goodrum's line against RHPs with 1:5.5 BB:K ratio (323 AB) Twins 2017 against LHP: Kepler: .131/.202/.172 Vargas: .185/.262/.296 Adrianza: .243/.268/.351 Escobar: .250/.320/.402 Rosario: .288/.300/.424 So Goodrum can slot in at the DH or 1B spot instead of Vargas when a lefty starts and at the OF instead of Kepler, without dealing with situations like having Adrianza (who is not hitting lefties well either) start. And his versatility can allow him to PH for pretty much anyone necessary if they pop a LHP later in the game, esp. when the Twins are trailing.
  6. Thrylos
    Guess I am not the only one with PTSD regarding Molitor's predecessor
  7. Thrylos
    Other than Castro and Sano, whom the Twins would rather have out of the DL and playing, I don't see this as an advantage. Unlikely that Santiago, Hughes, May, Enns, or Chargois will be able to help
  8. Thrylos
    Gee!
  9. Thrylos
    Thus the advantage of full Twins'-owned affiliates: They can move them whereever they want. To accomplish that, in the Midwest League, the Twins would have to buy eg. Beloit (with their horrible facilities) and move them to the Cities (or likely Rochester or Austin,MN that will be a better fit)
  10. Thrylos
    The way Santana's starts fall now, look like: 9/3 KC 9/8 @KC 9/13 SD 9/18 @NYY 9/23 @DET 9/28 @CLE This is with 2 free days assuming that they will skip the number 5 (Gee/whomever) starter and start the rest on regular rest. Last game of the season is 10/1 @ DET slated to be started by the 5th starter; next is Gibson's regular start. 10/2 - no game. and Santana's on 10/3 the wild-card date. So with regular rest Santana will start the wild-card game and the Twins have the option to start Gibson (+2 days rest) or Berrios (+1 days rest) or Colon (normal rest) of regular rest for the 1st game of the ALDS) on 10/5. Santana then slated for game 3 of the ALDS on 10/8. Of course it is way too early
  11. Thrylos
    Upton's bat at the Twins' DH spot would sure look good in September, but not sure I would pay that much within the Division. MLB.com has Long as the Tigers' 12th best prospect as of now, that is at the neighbourhood of where they rank Stewart, Graterol, Rooker, Enlow, Thorpe etc for the Twins. Not sure that I would pay that price. Esp. within the Division and knowing that this team has major flaws on the pitching side, that even if it makes it as a wild card, it will be really hard to go far in the post-season
  12. Thrylos
    No 25 man roster next week. If one is on the 40-man roster, they can be up. The Twins conceptually can have 40 players in September.
  13. Thrylos
    Data: Gibson 1st half: 6.31 ERA, 5.91 FIP, 13.6% K%, 3.5% K-BB%, 1.77 WHIP (.335 BABIP) Gibson 2nd half: 4.17 ERA, 3.35 FIP, 21.9% K%, 14% K-BB%, 1.41 WHIP (.342 BABIP) Buxton 1st half: .216/.288/.306, .265 wOBA, 58 wRC+ Buxton 2nd half: .330/.366/.641, .413 wOBA, 159 wRC+ I suspect that the same people who think that Buxton will be an MVP based on his second half (there is a thread around) want to non-tender Gibson despite his second half. Usually the truth is some place in the middle. Gibson's BABIP has been ridiculous, including the second half. When he was demoted he worked with the pitching coach down there and made some changes that apparently made him a better pitcher. That 3.35 FIP, along with his capability to throw 200 innings do not grow on trees. I'd truly wait and see what Gibson (and a bunch of other pitchers) can do with a better pitching coach next season before I pull the plug. Gibson is a fine number 4-5 starter in a competing team. The problem with this team is that it does not have a true number 1 and 2 starters. Get 2 starters better than Berrios (maybe even 1 internally), hope that May returns healthy, get a decent pitching coach, and Gibson will be the least of the Twins' problems in 2018.
  14. Thrylos
    Rey Ordóñez, his 3 gold gloves, and career .246 batting average (.216 the season he won the first) beg to disagree.
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    I'd wait for the Twins to actually win before I give credit to the people who failed to draft, and/or sign as an IFA, and develop a single top of the rotation pitcher, since they traded for Santana and Liriano. What we are seeing with the 2017 Twins' team, like with those 2000s teams is a lot of potential. The 2000s teams were lucky to play in a weak division with Detroit and Cleveland in deep rebuilding modes, and the Royals permanently horrific. Once those teams got better, the Twins stopped competing for that division. And the reason was pitching... Let's see this group win something before start throwing accolades left and right... Matter of fact, based on some of those lineups (full of failed top prospects;) and the results of this decade, the Twins' player development personnel and Brad Steil should follow their fearless leader out the door...
  16. Thrylos
    He will retire as a Twins' player, which means that he will sign a minor league contract with the Twins as well. Wanted to pitch this season, but could not find a place. Suspect that his stuff is not much worse than (let's say) Perkins's at this point...
  17. Thrylos
    Minnesota "nice" is the problem Boston writers could have had a hayday with Ortiz's size, but they didn't. They had one with Panda's. Same with Sabathia in NYC. When producing size did not matter. When he stopped producing, size was an issue. Production is the most important part. And as long as Sano produces, there should be no issue. Remember "skinny" Delmon? That was a farce on the field... What if Sano loses thirty pounds and starts hitting like skinny Delmon?
  18. Thrylos
    In 1986 Eric Davis hit 27 HRs and stole 80 bases. In 1987 he hit 37 HRs and stole 50 bases. I do not see Byron Buxton come near to those numbers as a total of HR+SB in a season (107, 87) And Davis had only 2 All Star invitations and was at best 9th in the MVP vote...
  19. Thrylos
    This is not the first time that Souhan has been negative towards a Twins' player. Matter of fact, he has been the mouthpiece of the TR&Co FO as far as "outing" players from Slowey to Neshek etc. Plenty of the TR&Co FO still in place. I would not doubt that at least one of them has been Souhan's source, since day 1, but I hope that this person is no longer with the Twins after the season is over...
  20. Thrylos
    1st half .265 wOBA and 59 wRC+, says no. Second half there are signs of hope, but his 5.7 BB%, 24.5 K% on the second half, are worrisome. He still has long ways to go, and like with every young player, he will have his ups and downs and the hope is that each season his down are shorter. For me to tell that something "clicked" with him, would be to start being more selective at the plate and at least doubling that BB%, because for him a walk might be as good as a double... And he is not there by any means, yet.
  21. Thrylos
    Ummmmmm, yeah. In my case it is obvious
  22. Thrylos
    Got to add Jelfry Marte, the newly signed 16 year old to the equation. SS is a position of glut at the Twins' system, and one that they should be able to use prospects in trades. And one has to consider that the current Twins' starter at SS is just 23 years old. Javier might be his successor, so everyone else above that level should be in play (I am looking at Royce Lewis as a OF for sure...)
  23. Thrylos
    Here are the rankings in 4 measurements: Morrison DRS 5th, +/- 1st, RZR 1st, 3rd AVERAGE 2.5 - w/o worst: AVE 1.67 Mauer DRS 3rd, +/- 3rd, RZR 3th, 1st AVERAGE 2.5 - w/o worst: AVE 2.33 Moreland DRS 1st, +/- 2nd, RZR 10th, UZR, 4th AVERAGE: 4.25 - w/o worst: AVE 2.33 Santana DRS 2nd, +/- 4th, RZR 6th, 5th AVERAGE 4.25 - w/o worst: AVE 3.67 Valencia DRS 4th, +/- 4th, RZR 2nd, 10th AVERAGE 5 - w/o worst: AVE 3.33 So it is pretty close between the top 3, but looks like Morrison is a bit ahead right now. On the other hand, half the voters cannot pronounce those measurements...
  24. Thrylos
    Regardless, it is tacky to sell merchandise of a direct competitor. If the Twins owned that team, there would be no issue. Also, the Yankees, like the Twins, get a % of merchandise sold that bear their name... Not only the retailer making $
  25. Thrylos
    No. There is a disadvantage as far as traveling distances go in player movement. With Chattanooga being one hr away from Atlanta by car, and both Atlanta and MSP Delta hubs with one daily non-stop from ROC-MSP (and with most International League AAA towns having airports with direct flights to either ATL or MSP), player movement is ok. If anything, Cedar Rapids is in the only one that is not close to the teams above and below it (Fort Myers and E-town.) But at that level it does not really matter. I think that more strategically the Twins should follow the example of the Braves, Cardinals etc and own all of their teams (they currently own the E-Town team) to have more control over the local fan-bases and actually try to turn them into Twins' fans and quit the ridiculousness that happens in places like Rochester where they sell Yankees stuff at their ballpark.
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