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  1. Danchat
    Kirilloff/Rooker, probably. Blankenhorn is playing a bit there as well.
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    Doogie has reported that the Vikings are discussing an extension with Smith, so they'll likely lower this 2021 hit and add some guarantees. He'll be back. As for Reiff... they're likely going to see a downgrade in play at LT. If they're planning on being a playoff contender in 2021, I don't like the move.
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    Longwell was the last kicker I trusted.
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    I don't see Sparkman as the next Wisler... it didn't help that he gave up 5 runs and got no outs in an outing last week. I see Hamilton/Anderson as the next potential Wisler.
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    At least Maeda is in 2020 form!
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    Dak Prescott just got $160M over 4 years from the Cowboys! $126M guaranteed. Yikes! Good luck trying to add pieces around him while he's taking up that much of your cap. The Cowboys' roster is pretty bad and I don't think this is a good move for them. But teams are so afraid to move on from their current QB that they'll pay whatever crazy price to keep them around.
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    I don't see that happening. Sure, maybe he throws more Ks and gives up less XBHs, but Odor has always been a 5, maybe 6 inning guy.
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    I'd still like to see Rooker start in the majors due to age and not needing to play any more in the minors, even if he's backing up 1B and pinch hitting. Kirilloff starting in the minors is starting to make more sense, especially if Garlick makes the team. This could also be bad news for Cave, at least if Broxton makes the team.
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    Thorpe's getting my attention, threw 1 inning and got 3 Ks. He's gone from DFA candidate to likely making the team. Wes musta worked some magic on him to help him gain some MPH. Meanwhile, Kirilloff's hitting .154 so far... they could justify starting him in the minors if this continues.
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    Injuries will always plague prospects, but I think the Twins have had an unordinary rash of season-ending injuries to our hitting prospects over the years. Even Arraez missed a whole year due to injury. I know it's pretty common for pitching prospects to get injured in all sorts of ways, but for the Twins those injuries seem to hit the position players instead.
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    Most prospects do... and I don't think Griffey hit around .600 OPS his first few months at A+. Celestino's bat has a long ways to go to be major league ready.
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    Wow... 8 runs in an inning without an out. Now that's impressive!
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    It's hard to predict how Sano's season will go, but I think one thing is a given - there will be several peaks, and several valleys in his hitting. As for backups, I've seen Blankenhorn has played some 1B, and with Rooker and Kiriloff potentially ending up there, we certainly have the prospect depth. Rooker should make the 26 man roster and back that spot up while occasionally playing LF.
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    Rudolph has been cut, saving about $5M on the cap. All in all, he was given a 4 year extension just to be cast aside after year 1, costing the Vikings about $14M over 2020 and 2021. This puts the Vikings around -$2M to -$3M in cap space under current projections.
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    Right, though Rooker is already 26 and major league ready, so even if he's sitting on the bench for a while, I'd like to have him on the roster. We've lacked a good pinch hitter to use late in games, and Rooker might be a great option vs lefties, when otherwise Kepler/Cave might have to face one late in a game.
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    Nice, I see Gonsalves blew the lead. There's nothing like seeing one of our top prospects helping our team out!
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    Simmons should be getting here pretty soon.
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    Nice, there's actually a decent amount of talent to work with here. I wonder if Larnach might start at AAA as well? I think we'd also see Charlie Barnes in the AAA rotation.
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    He's outside the top 20, and in the honorable mentions. He only played one game in the MLB, so he's still a prospect.
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    I think this would also be a good idea: Prospects who should graduate in 2021: OF Brent Rooker C Ryan Jeffers OF Alex Kiriloff Prospects who might graduate in 2021: OF Trevor Larnach RP Edwar Colina If the first three do graduate, the 2022 initial standings: That leaves the new top 10 at: 10 OF Matt Wallner 9 CF Gilberto Celestino 8 RP Blayne Enlow 7 RP Matt Canterino 6 1B Aaron Sabato 5 SS Keoni Cavaco 4 RP Jordan Balazovic 3 RP Jhoan Duran 2 OF Trevor Larnach 1 SS Royce Lewis And if you go by fangraphs' ETA, 8 of these 10 should debut sometime in 2022.
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    I'd take Merrifield over Kepler any day... sure, Max has the higher upside and is younger, but he's a good bet to hit .230 and disappear for long streaks. And if we're using +wRC, here's Kepler's career: 2016: 93 2017: 94 2018: 98 2019: 121 2020: 107 In that same stretch, Whit Merrifield's numbers: 2016: 91 2017: 105 2018: 119 2019: 110 2020: 106
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    Here's hoping Kirilloff will be a quality bat in the middle of our lineup for a long time. Just don't get hurt!! Also, Terry Ryan's final draft in 2016 looks like a pretty decent one on paper. The names: 1st: OF Kirilloff 2nd: C Rortvedt 2nd: 3B Miranda 2nd: OF Baddoo (Rule 5 claimed by DET) 5th: SP Balazovic 15th: RP Wells (Rule 5 claimed by BAL) 19th: RP Poppen 32nd: OF Wallner (went on to be a 1st rounder in 2019) 38th: OF Rooker (went on to be a 1st rounder in 2017)
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    Kiriloff already missed the entire 2017 season with an injury - if anyone, it'd likely be Larnach as he hasn't had an injury issues and has torn up the minors so far. Or maybe Jeffers.
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