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  1. Linus
    Any legit prospect that played 3 years of high D1 is going to do well in A ball. If we throw out prospect puppy love which seems to be in huge supply with these prospect articles we have a decent athlete that won’t stick at short. Has bat to ball skills but limited power. Good arm but not fast. So he could play third or left field which are bat first positions. He is going to have to really improve his hitting to make it to the bigs. I hope he does but I wouldn’t be betting my grocery money.
  2. Linus
    No way. This is AAA depth in case they suffer two catcher injuries in a short period of time.
  3. Linus
    AAA catching depth. As I posted in another thread the great Scotty Bowman once said about a trade - nothing for nothing ain’t much. Moran was not good.
  4. Linus
    As Scotty Bowman once said about a trade - nothing for nothing ain’t much.
  5. Linus
    Falvey definitely tries to get value however he can when he knows a player isn’t coming back. As for Max I think one of two things happened. The most likely option is that he had to hang onto him as they were fighting for a playoff spot. Second scenario is that Falvey overplayed his hand. Based on the $10 million Max just got there was no surplus value in the contract and Falvey thought there was meaning his asking price was not going to be met.
  6. Linus
    There is zero chance that Lewis outperforms Correas ceiling at SS. None.
  7. Linus
    Lost in all the discussion about limited innings is that his results are not that good. 4+ era and 1.4 whip at AA doesn’t scream mlb pitcher.
  8. Linus
    It’s just time to put Miranda there. My guess is that he will hit lefties eventually and if they let him focus on first he will get to be average. They have a group of players that we just need to see what we have. If they all flop this window is shut anyway. If they want to add someone make a trade for a player that actually offers upside.
  9. Linus
    Thanks for some unbiased info on his fielding. So if you throw out the prospect puppy love you have a guy with a promising bat that can’t run field well or throw. Meaning he will end up being a 1b or dh which means he’s going to have to hit a crap ton to help the Twins. High bar to clear.
  10. Linus
    What I’m interested in is guys that can get MLB hitters out. Zebby hasn’t even proven that much less the rest of these guys.
  11. Linus
    Luzardo just got traded to the Phillies.
  12. Linus
    Because at $10 million there is no surplus value. So you would have to give him away and still go find a right fielder. If nothing else this is a good reminder that the other 29 GMs aren’t stupid.
  13. Linus
    Bill Smith gets credit for trying to spend some of the Pohlads money and signing Polo Max and Sano. But boy he had some bad trades. Looking back he probably lost his job because he actually wanted to spend money.
  14. Linus
    I would add Larnach and to a certain extent Lewis and Wallner. Lee still deserves some slack but the rest of these guys gotta step up especially because they don’t offer much on the bases or with the glove. Of all of these guys Julien is the one who starts in AAA. His great 3 months his rookie year was based on a 371 babip. Last year is more typical of what he represents.
  15. Linus
    Hard pass. No more mediocre vets. Either run it back or trade for an actual good player.
  16. Linus
    I e been wondering about this as well. Perhaps it was the elbow injury. Perhaps he is another of Falveys all bat no glove players.
  17. Linus
    Again these articles need to include specific age of player and arb years. I think the author is not including specific information (early thirties) because he knows it’s not a great idea but has to write something. There is no way the Twins should do this. They have him through his prime and can trade him or put the QO on him. Same thing with Ober but I’m sure we will see the same article soon.
  18. Linus
    Sounds like the Love Boat (Vikings version)😀
  19. Linus
    The lineup is not built to steal bases. I just want them to reduce the baserunning outs do to mental mistakes. The Twins don’t seem to care about that which confuses me. One of the first SABR concepts Bill James emphasized was outs are important - you only get 27. of course he was talking about hitting but it would certainly apply to baserunning. If you are a sled (which most of the Twins are) just play station to station baseball and don’t get thrown out.
  20. Linus
    Pass. Adding a mediocre player to a mediocre lineup just sends up be mediocrity. If you decision is that you really need a right handed hitting outfielder then trade Larnach and prospects for a good one.
  21. Linus
    These proposed extension articles need to include the players age and arb status as these are two large factors in considering an idea like this. Off the top of my head (which means I’m probably wrong) Royce is 26 or 27 and has four more years of team control. For me I would just pay him is arb numbers and if he is great slap a QO on him at age 31.
  22. Linus
    Pass. I’m willing to let Miranda run with it.
  23. Linus
    I have no idea what you are talking about. See you later.
  24. Linus
    No. There are many different opinions on this site. It’s useless to make sweeping generalizations about a large group of people.
  25. Linus
    It’s not fair to say most posters say anything. The sweeping generalizations of TD posters is not useful and inaccurate. Cleveland and Tampa succeed as you pointed out but not from some secret strategy that we are against. They succeed because they make better personnel decisions. I’m all for trading any player for good value. Falvey hasn’t demonstrated that he can consistently do that. It’s fine to trade Polanco - getting nothing in return is the problem.
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