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  1. Thrylos
    Indeed. College Catchers with .850 OPS do not last that long.
  2. Thrylos
    That is objective. What is not objective is that he is the most talked about player in the draft, but most of his talk is about: a. his fastball b. him being a two-way player and his athleticism c. his family d. his art and other unrelated stuff very little talk is about: a. his secondary stuff (or lack of) b. how he projects in the majors. c. the fact that he has struck out fewer high school kids per nine (100 mph fastball and all) in a private church school than McKay did in a major University conference That's the problem with Greene...
  3. Thrylos
    Here is the thing that I don't get: Look at the standings. The Twins are competing. They should be in the business of wining at this point than developing players. Who cares if Granite (or Garver - a more realistic scenario) get fewer PAs at the MLB level, if they help the MLB team to win more than others? At some point, you got to get out of the business of developing players at the AA and AAA levels and get in the business of winning. Otherwise you are stuck as a developing organization for others.
  4. Thrylos
    Love Dick Bremer's comparisons with the 2016 team that he makes after each Twins' win, as if they were meaningful. I think that comparisons with the 2015 team are more meaningful, because that was a team that "competed". Yesterday (6/4) the Twins won their 29th game and their 10th series. The 2015 team that ended up 12 games behind in AL Central and 3 games behind the second WC spot won their 29th game on May 30th and their 10th series on May 27th. So they are behind the pace of the team that just did not get it done. The reason that team did not get it done is because the FO either did not know they had holes (Perkins got lame in the second half) or decided not to fix them properly by being big time buyers. I think that this season the Central is more winnable. There is no team like the Royals, unless the Indians decide to be major buyers during the deadline. So to really know the odds is to know what Falvine have in their minds about competing (go out and get a top-mid of the rotation starter who is hot, two back end of the bullpen arms better than Kintzler and a starting OF) or not. Hard to tell.
  5. Thrylos
    His defense is much better than Doumit's and Parmelee's at the OF, and a bit better than Grossman's. He is more of a DH type who can play OF if needed without slamming on the wall or on the OF next to him. But he can hit.
  6. Thrylos
    Granite is playing the worst ball of his career: 84 wRC+, .297 wOBA, .257/.304/.352, in 113 PAs in Rochester. At this point he will not be an improvement over Rosario with the bat. With Palka hurt there is no OFer in Rochester worth calling up. On the other hand, Wade is hitting pretty well at Chattanooga (.385 wOBA, 145 wRC+, .293/.417/.415, 206 PA) and could potentially help. Other than that, the system is pretty dry in the upper levels of the minors, which makes me think that the Twins might want to give Nick Gordon an OF glove and have him take a few reps out there for a while as well...
  7. Thrylos
    Dyson is much more broken that Pressly: 7.7 K%, 13.2 BB%, 2.54 WHIP, 9.04 FIP, 10.80 ERA. Those are some Hoeyish numbers down there...
  8. Thrylos
    He used to be bigger but lost a lot of weight this spring. Already at 6'3", he is closer to 220 lbs. Solid core, his body type is more like Sano's than Vargas's. This is a video of him hitting a home run for the Kernels this season.
  9. Thrylos
    Matt Lawton.
  10. Thrylos
    I saw Slegers pitch in this game earlier this month. He was horrible. No command of his fastball other than when tossed it straight in the middle, 91 mph fastball. Average secondary stuff. Very disappointed. He does not look like a major leaguer at this point and not sure that he has the talent to make it happen.
  11. Thrylos
    Why exactly is that? Unlike BPA, current need is not subjective. And if you are not willing to address current need with trades of prospects or expensive quality free agents, you better address it in the draft.
  12. Thrylos
    This is an interesting write up on him. His arm is pretty fresh
  13. Thrylos
    That's the official Twins' listing. They list Belisle at 6'3", 230, which will put Mejia at 240-250 territory, if they have the same height, which is Livan Hernandez territory Some pitchers can be overweight and productive. From Valenzuela to Wells to El Guapo to Colon to Ben Ancheff (ok kidding) to Sabathia, some pitchers are ok with (more than a few) extra pounds. Mejia still has lots to go to be like those guys...
  14. Thrylos
    Can they pitch? A team that is unwilling to trade top prospect bats for top prospect arms, like the Twins, cannot afford to select bats, because there are too many of them in the system already.
  15. Thrylos
    That's what the Twins did with Garza (kinda - he started in Beloit, but moved to the majors his second season) and were ready to do with Gibson (started in A+ and in AAA to begin his second season) before he blew his elbow. Baker, Slowey, Perkins all were up in their third seasons. Pushing the signing deadline up, really helps pushing the timetable, since the olden days high draft picks would sign late and miss their first season. No reason a college arm cannot help the Twins in 2018
  16. Thrylos
    Gonsalves has turned a corner. Small sample size or not, in 3 games (17 IP) he allowed only 2 walks. His career number is bit north of 3 BB/9. Last season at Chattanooga he was 4.5 BB/9. I hope he keeps that up; if so, he will get himself in the conversation for a rotation spot with the Twins next season Good to see Gordon finally hitting (and taking walks) at that level. Heir apparent to Dozier or centerpiece for a top of the rotation potential MLB-ready prospect. Kirillof, on the other hand still has to prove himself. Over-rated in this ranking by far, if you take into consideration that he performed worse than his teammates Blakenhorn and Diaz last season, and he is out with an injury.
  17. Thrylos
    At some point the Twins need to make the decision whether they will contend this season or not. Based on the Astros' series and the fact that they will need to beat the Astros (and at least an AL East team) to get to the World Series, I would think that the smart way would be to sell and reload their system with MLB-ready arms. Which means that Santana, Dozier, Kintzler, Santiago (if there are any takers at this point) have to go. So do Belisle and Breslow. Hughes's contract makes him immovable, but it sounds like this is another lost season for him (the scar tissue will not just melt away...) I like the Rosario move, if they use him. They should also start bringing AAA players who are about to become MiLB FAs to see what they got (Baxendale, Eades, Hurlbut etc.) Now, if they really want to compete, they need another rotation arm behind Santana and Berrios, which will push either Santiago or Gibson in the pen as the long man. Then they need 2 arms for the 8th and 9th innings in addition to Duffey, Rogers, Kintzler. Then hope that Pressly get fixed in AAA and then that pen might look like a contender's. Cannot build a contending pen with spit and bandaids, and if you are not willing to do what it takes, you might as well fold it, sell high, and reload for next season. I hope that the days of half-rear end Terry are over.
  18. Thrylos

    De Leon

    Thrylos replied to cmoss84's topic in Other Baseball

    May I count the ways?
  19. Thrylos

    De Leon

    Thrylos replied to cmoss84's topic in Other Baseball

    indeed. Nobody knows what was the final offer. Really. The rest is garbage.
  20. Thrylos
    Just saw that picture. His hair matches his jersey
  21. Thrylos
    15 years old: 6'3", 190. Repeat. For comparison's sake, Sano did not reach those numbers until he was 17...
  22. Thrylos

    De Leon

    Thrylos replied to cmoss84's topic in Other Baseball

    Rumors and assumptions. The only definite thing I remember was this and this. If you add them, sounds like it was a 2-1 deal and the Twins buckled. Once DeLeon went to Tampa then people assumed that it was an 1-1 offer Didn't dig into DaveW's thread when it was fresh. Would need a hazmat suit to do that now
  23. Thrylos
    That's part of the reason that the Twins have to go with a College guy: They don't have 5 years. Their main young core (Sano, Kepler, Rosario, Berrios, Buxton) will be broken by then and they will need pitching help ASAP
  24. Thrylos
    The other thing in the Romero vs. Melotakis discussion: Unlike Melotakis: Romero is about equally effective vs lefties and righties and he has been averaging about 2-1/3 innings per appearance, thus making him bit more flexible.
  25. Thrylos
    Nope, because Diaz might turn into a carbon copy of Frank Thomas
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