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  1. Thrylos
    I watched Wheeler pitch on Monday. Horrible is a compliment for the way he was pitching...
  2. Thrylos
    At the point that the Twins are not competing. As long as they are competing I will be giving them the benefit of the doubt. What matters is the standings. So far so good.
  3. Thrylos
    Nice live arm. The problem with him is his walks. This season in particular has been pretty bad, close to 6 per 9 IP. Cannot survive that in the bigs. He had a ridiculous 6 game start of last season as a 23 year old in Cedar Rapids, but has not come even close to that bit... This season will be a good test for him. If he ends up with K-BB% (one of my favorite metrics to look at relievers) around 25, then we can potentially talk about making the majors as a reasonable high leverage reliever. 20 is probably as low as you want to see this metric in a prospect. In addition to Burdi (and Melotakis) who are opening eyes in AA, finally it seems that Luke Bard might be getting it together there...
  4. Thrylos
    The point is that you cannot oppose Harvey on character issues and on the same time be ok with Allen's (and Molitor's) character issues.
  5. Thrylos
    So what is that "Reset Button". Only on the title. Pressly has another option left. Is that the "reset button"? If so, count me in....
  6. Thrylos
    I was at the Rochester game last night and was not really impressed. Matt Hague was the only one who did any hitting, but was on the receiving end of 3 of the errors that were from mediocre to bad throws to 1st base. Slegers has 2 pitches: a straight 90-92 mph fastball and a 83-86 off-speed thing that looks like a cutter but could be a changeup. Not that much velocity difference than the fastball to be effective. Wimmers was throwing put junk out there 82-89. The softer stuff was commanded better (I think again that it was change, but have a hard time to call it that if only 5 mph from the fastball.) Wish he would have been better in the pen. Busenitz was a breath of fresh air. Good FB at 94-96 and a 82-84 mph change that was an out pitch yesterday. I will not be surprised if we see him up North some time soon. I did not see Turley. It was 51 degrees and blowing by then
  7. Thrylos
    Neither has someone who was involved in the MLB cocaine scandal as their manager or a multiple DUI offender as their pitching coach. Stuff happens. The Twins' clubhouse is not filled with angels
  8. Thrylos
    Sure. Drew Butera was turned into Miguel Sulbaran who was turned into Eduardo Nunez who was turned into Adalberto Mejia. Butera for Mejia, thus, it's a Twins' win
  9. Thrylos
    A pitcher
  10. Thrylos
    quite a few: Mejia, Jorge, Ynoa etc
  11. Thrylos
    He is more than a reclamation project He would be better than what the Twins will haul out there. His numbers are driven by a ridiculous 21.9 % HR/FB rate that will regress. His velocity (unlike Hughes') is there after the surgery. I think that his problems are mental at this point. Not sure what the Twins have to give up, since he will be a free agent next season and the Mets will not sign him. I'd start the conversation with Gibson, another player who can use a change of scenery and take it from there... And the Mets are pretty desperate for SPs right now. They are about to trot out Tommy Milone...
  12. Thrylos
    I'd love it if the Twins try to swing a trade for Matt Harvey, ASAP... Will be their second best starter. Still throwing 94-95 and a high 80s slider and prime candidate for a change of scenery.
  13. Thrylos
    Not really. He had some MLB success, is under control for a couple of season, and an excellent reclamation project. A team knows what his potential is, unlike someone like Gonsalves or even Stewart who have never pitched in the bigs.
  14. Thrylos
    Patience. Toronto is 6 games away from a wild card spot (same with San Francisco, the worst NL team.) This is a good winning streak away from being relevant. They will not sell now. Have that number be 10-15 and then talks might start. Could be as soon as the end of the month. I think that the Twins have a really good trading chip for a rental pitcher in the minors: Kyle Gibson. The pen needs work as well. Kintzler this season has been irritating to say the least.
  15. Thrylos
    Of course, if someone sucks early in their careers they are not going to have 500 PA seasons because nobody is crazy to give them so many PAs. It is like saying DanSan has not had a 500 PA season last season... Uffda.
  16. Thrylos
    Personally, I'd love to see Detroit or the WSux snag both of them...
  17. Thrylos
    Since he has not been outrighted before, if Santana passes claims he will be outrighted to Rochester. (Same with Tonkin, btw)
  18. Thrylos
    He has command issues with his curve ball so every one is sitting on his fastball and pounding it.
  19. Thrylos
    As I said earlier, Baxendale and Busenitz are for sure also in play. And based on the way this FO has been for the people they got to the team, Nick Turley should also be game. If it were me, I'd call up both Melotakis and Burdi and say see you later to Pressly.
  20. Thrylos
    Breslow has not been half bad. Really. Rucinski was better than Tepesch, but this does not say much. Baxendale or Busenitz might also be in the equation.
  21. Thrylos
    Tell that to David Ortiz, Jose Bautista, JD Martinez, Kevin Millar, Jamie Moyer, Scott Brosius, Al Leiter, Nelson Cruz, Joe Nathan, LaTroy Hawkins, Dennis Eckersley, Dave Stewart, Cliff Lee, Jayson Werth, Randy Johnson, and probably a few more dozen players, I can come up with, if I sit down and think. Shane Mack too. I think that we cannot have blanket statements and that the individual variation is so high that each player has to be looked in a case-by-case
  22. Thrylos
    About time. Melotakis and Burdi are lights out in AA. Melotakis has a 40-man spot, but Burdi would need one.
  23. Thrylos
    #FreeNickBurdi about time he takes over for Kintzler
  24. Thrylos
    Haley cannot be active for Rochester. He is on the DL. Unless it is a rehab assignment.
  25. Thrylos
    Just saw this Gotta say: Greene is spotting $300+ of free gear in that shot. Which makes live suck for the good but unknown prospects (and the one that I hope the Twins are after...) Totally lame, btw. If I did not want another reason for the Twins not to draft him
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