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  1. Thrylos
    Depends. Not that much on a minor league trade. He was not on the 40-man
  2. Thrylos
    I'd wait for 2017 to end before I start thinking seriously for 2018, but: Unless: this bullpen gets rebuild (and I am talking 3 new power arms at the end of it), they get 2 starters to pitch better then Berrios, and get at least a LH power bat to compliment Sano, I doubt it. Can they go all out and get all of that? Can some internal prospect step up? A combination needs to happen. May will be back and he is actually a big questionmark for the rotation and one who could contribute right away. But will he?
  3. Thrylos
    Why don't you throw in Gonsalves and Romero as well.... Graterol should be as close to untouchable as anything in the Twins' organization, because he has the highest ceiling of any of their pitching prospects (albeit comes with more risk than someone like Romero) Jay (and Burdi) should be anchoring the tail end of the Twins' pen for a long time, not traded for a rental. Glad that it did not happen with Burdi. The Braves gave to the Cardinals the following for Garcia: Luke Dykstra, Chris Ellis, and John Gant. Dykstra has a career .687 OPS in 4 seasons and just reached high A Ellis has a career 4.94 ERA in 4 minor league seasons and he is in AAA Gant was a mop up man, and spot starter with 4.86 ERA in 20 games (7 starts) For half the season, half of the value of the above, that would be either Ellis or Gant and Dykstra. In other words in Twins' comparables, either someone like Slegers or someone like Haley and Sean Miller. Not anyone with real potential.
  4. Thrylos
    Sure, but: You are in Oregon now. Compare that with Minnesota. Not only in April through October, but if you have a family, in December through February, as well. I'd take San Diego for lesser $. Quality of life outside ballgames does matter, and if you are not from Minnesota getting used to living there in the winter can break you.
  5. Thrylos
    I'd wait for top free agents to snub New York and LA to come to Minnesota, and then I'd call it a "destination". Short of that, it attracts mediocrity, as usually.
  6. Thrylos
    Re: Haley: He is not tradeable by the Twins. They have to return him to Boston for that to happen.
  7. Thrylos
    Whose colon?
  8. Thrylos
    5. and place in the AAA DL. Michael Kohl
  9. Thrylos
    Also: Plus $4M for Nolasco, $6.5 M for Perkins, $3 M for Kintzler, $2 M for Belisle, $1.25 M for Breslow is another $17M in savings in 2018 compared to 2017; plus your $11M is $28M.
  10. Thrylos
    FTFY
  11. Thrylos
    One h too many for that guy
  12. Thrylos
    I think that this is wrong. Once you are in, you will go as far as you can. It is not a roll of the dice. Where that, probability says that the Twins would had been in 2 World Series in the 00's, winning one. Did not happen, because they were not build to win in the post season.
  13. Thrylos
    Not sure that this is what it will take. I think that they need 2 relievers better than Kintzler, 1 starter better than Berrios, and one OF/DH bat with pop to have a chance. They have to go past the Astros. They are 1-5 against them this season. Same with Boston, they are 2-5 against them this season. A seventh inning guy and a 4th starter will not cut the mustard... It is not about making the post-season, it is about winning in the post-season. And if you are not going to win, you might as well get something for people who will not be around next season and/or are guaranteed to decline, and hope that this something will be better now and in the long run...
  14. Thrylos
    Twins' affiliated teams. The Twins' teams have not won anything that matters since 1991.
  15. Thrylos
    Article here. The Twins system is graded "B" overall. The writeup starts with the following, smirk-inducing sentence: Twins teams know how to win, that's for sure. White Sox' got an A- and Clevaland's also a B. Not sure what those grades mean in general, but it is interesting since the Twins' system was regarded in the bottom half last off-season...
  16. Thrylos
    Casual baseball fans, like Vikings' fans, maybe do not understand the subtleties of the sport, like guaranteed contracts, non-tradeable draft picks etc. One of those subtleties is that a team can compete by "selling" older declining assets at their peak and replacing them by long term assets. Kintzler, Santana, Dozier should all go to greener pastures with the sum of their return making the Twins more competitive in 2017 and beyond. That's "selling" and "buying"; an option not on that poll and bit foreign to football...
  17. Thrylos
    This was likely written before last night's game, because I am not sure what Pressly is pulling together... The more and more I am looking at the pen, the more and more I think that the Twins should blow it up. Kintzel (2.18 ERA, 3.59 FIP, 3.98 xFIP, 82.9% LOB% & .254 BABIP) will regress soon and when he does, he better wear another uniform. His value is on its peak and if the Twins can get one good prospect, instead of nothing when he leaves as a free agent, this will be a gain. The killer Bees (Breslow, Belisle, Boshers) gotta go. Pressly is the Gibson of the bullpen. Lots of potential, but something in their heads tells them to throw fat pitches down the middle. This leaves: Duffey, Rogers, Hildy. I'd do what the Wsux did with Sale and bring up Romero and have him pitch late in the games. Then open up a revolving door and have the 3 hottest arms among (alphabetically) Bard, Bucenitz, Curtiss, Melotakis, Reed, Rosario, Turley, (and I would add Hildy to the rotation if he cools of.) As far as a closer goes, E. Santana and Dozier can be traded for a couple young controllable MLB-ready starters and a young controllable MLB-ready fireballer. That's what I would do.
  18. Thrylos
    Actually this has been the norm with the Twins. Here is where College hitters selected on the first round (or sup first) have played in their first pro seasons: 2012 Levi Michael A+ 1997 Matt LeCroy A/A+ 1994 Todd Walker A+ 1991 Dave McCarty A+ 1991 Scott Stahoviak A+ Truth is they have not selected many college hitters very early, but when they did, they started them in Ft Myers, other than LeCroy who started in A and ended up at Fort Myers, and as a C, that is an aggressive path. Norm. Nothing unusual, other than the fact that they selected a college hitter that high
  19. Thrylos
    From that video, a fraction of a second before the ball hit the catcher's glove on the bounce (right click and select view the image to enlarge) Draw your own conclusions, but that paw and knee were blocking 100% of the plate, IMO. Molitor should had challenged (and, yes, Dozier took his sweet time getting home and starting his slide way too early, but it is irrelevant)
  20. Thrylos
    Haters! Here you go: 9 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 0 BB, 0 HBP, 15 K
  21. Thrylos
    Been a long time, but this reminds me a bit of 1987 when the Twins traded for the then 42 year old Steve Carlton and filled the Dome every time he pitched. IIRC his first start was a attendance record for the time. Not that Colon had the career that Carlton had, but his numbers are a lot like Jack Morris's, and he got a late start making his MLB debut at 24. Will be interesting to see if people are going to go to the ballgame just to see him pitch, like they did with Carlton. FWIW Carlton went 1-5 with a 6.70 ERA in 9 games, 7 starts. Hope that Colon's leash is shorter. Re: 2005 Cy Young vote: that was a travesty but back then "wins" was a hard currency among voters (and still is for some reason.)
  22. Thrylos
    The fans are paying Dick's and everyone associated with the Twins' salaries. Period. It is tacky to blame the fans, esp. after the product they have been putting on the field the last 25 seasons. He read it. He could refused to do so. Making fun of the fans will not make him a fan favorite...
  23. Thrylos
    Yeah. That was horrible but quintessential Dick. He forgets who is paying his salary and bites the hand that feeds him. Time to go.
  24. Thrylos
    I get it, but that would be yet another half-rear end season. They know they will not be competitive in the post season as is. I hope that they sell Santana for one young controllable MLB-ready pitcher, plus a young controllable late inning pen piece. Something like Jordan Montgomery or Caleb Smith and Chad Green to the Yankees. Then deal Dozier for another Montgomery or Smith type (Milwaukee is my favorite designation for him for someone like Brandon Woodruff) and the: Santana Berrios Mejia Colon Gee/Gibson becomes Berrios Woodruff Montgomery Mejia Gibson/Romero. I find the latter more palatable. Santana had a 6.03 ERA in June. Improved in 2 games in July, but still I don't trust him...
  25. Thrylos
    I am sure that this rotation petrifies the Indians, Red Sox and Astros that the Twins will have to beat in the post-season.
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