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  1. Danchat
    Yikes, Duran goes out with an elbow problem, and then Balazovic gets shelled. The pitching prospects are having a hard time staying healthy... Miranda continues to rake like crazy. Also, Spencer Steer seems to be having a great year. He'll get a bump up on my prospects ranking.
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    Sure, the Twins will probably play a little better with the roster getting healthier, and I don't think they're going to lose 100+ games, but they're not competing for the division. Good teams like the White Sox will slump at points in the season, and mediocre teams like the Twins will beat up on bad ones like the Rangers sometimes.
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    I disagree, Semien got $16M from Toronto and the Twins weren’t willing to pay that much. It’s almost always about money over the team/Minnesota.
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    I think the negotiation starts at 5 years, $100M. He’s asking for market rate money and has been more healthy than McCullers with similar numbers. A month back I was more on the Trade Berrios bandwagon, but with the way our rotation has imploded, I am swinging towards keep Berrios, trade Buxton.
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    I'm not worried. When it has come to Falvine's top hitting prospects, they are either in the lineup every day or playing that much in AAA. "Passion"? He'd routinely show little effort running to first and would misplay routine flyballs. I in no way hate Rosario, but if the Twins retained him and the he hits like he has for the Indians, Twins Daily would be slamming him. He hasn't been all that much better than Sano this year and has certainly not been worth the $8M Cleveland gave him. He still can't get on base and his power is suddenly gone (4 HRs in 240+ PAs). You're basing this off small sample sizes for both Gordon and Arraez... even with Arraez slumping, he still getting on base with a .350 OBP and has a career .316 BA. His defense is pretty bad, but we need him in the lineup, especially with how many solo HRs this team has been hitting without him.
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    Larnach never struggled at any level in the minors over a full season, which is why I thought of him as the "safest" prospect in the organization, and it looks like he's taken the promotion well, and he's here to stay. Hitting against MLB pitchers is incredibly difficult and Larnach will surely have some slumps, but I have confidence he will become a cornerstone for the Twins for several years. Here's hoping their pitching prospects can come up and show similar poise and competency that Larnach does.
  7. Danchat
    Good to see Cano get promoted. Let’s see what he can do in AAA and see if he’s worth giving an audition in August/September.
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    I'd really rather trade Buxton to the NL so I don't have to see him very often. I certainly wouldn't ship him off to the Yankees!
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    I was pretty high on Littell last year, so it's disappointing to see him do so well just a year after we DFA'd him. Something is wrong with our pitching staff, and our FO seems more interested in trying out 30+ year old journeyman relievers than developing their own internal relievers. And then you remember that they essentially traded Huascar Ynoa for Littell... one of the more promising young starters in baseball, now that he's a Brave. I was hoping the Twins' organization would become similar to Cleveland or Tampa Bay in regards to pitching, but that hasn't happened. The true test will be when the FO's pitching prospects start emerging onto the MLB team.
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    I dunno, I doubt he’s ready for AA. Still just at .744 OPS despite all the hype. He needs to keep emerging if he wants to climb back up the prospect rankings.
  11. Danchat
    I believe they're keeping the 28 man roster for September 2021 instead of the old "call the whole 40 man roster up" rule.
  12. Danchat
    Seems a bit contradictory here, Thielbar has also given up more hits than walks. Cano's K numbers have been even better than his. Obviously the competition level is quite different, but do we really need to hold onto a 34 year old replacement level reliever like Thielbar over prospects who might pan out long-term? I would like to see what Mason/Moran/Cano can do in AAA and there is plenty of room for them (Leyer/Minaya/Gibaut are expendable), and have them audition for a potential late season cameo with the Twins. This doesn't need to happen all at once, but Cano is already 27 and Mason & Moran have already pitched in AA in 2019. I'd rather give innings to guys who might be the future of the pen, as compared to guys like Thielbar.
  13. Danchat
    I would call up Charlie Barnes to replace Shoemaker in an instant, he's pitched well in his past few starts at AAA. Baseball Reference has Shoemaker at -1.4 WAR, so by definition any replacement level pitcher would most likely be better than him. Their faith in him is simply baffling, bordering on Mike Pelfrey levels of delusion.
  14. Danchat
    Hmmmm, yeah, maybe his future is as a backup LF/CF/RF/2B with a higher batting average, with low power. He's definitely playing better than expected in a small sample size, and I'll keep rooting for him. I do wonder what the plan for Arraez will be. I am certainly not giving up on him, but perhaps they just need to stick him at 2B. Gordon seems like a much better option in the OF than Arraez.
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    Sure, they still could have taken Enlow, but they likely wouldn't have been able to pay him over his slot amount, which is reportedly why he fell to the 3rd round. Lewis strikes me as a guy who will take a few years to learn how to hit in the bigs, similar to how Buxton debuted / eventually got settled at the plate.
  16. Danchat
    May has rebounded after a bad start and is sitting at 3.86 ERA/3.29 FIP, but he does have a 10 hits/9. His 102 ERA+ would put him behind Robles, Rogers, and Alcala on our current team.
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    Sands, Miranda, Moran, and Cano... I like these guys in AA.
  18. Danchat
    I’m surprised they just straight up gave up on Hackimer. It’s not a big deal, but they’d really rather have Minaya over him? Ok, then...
  19. Danchat
    I can't remember the last time I watched a professional baseball team look so... clumsy. Sure, putting Tortuga out at 3B is asking for it, but Simmons has screwed up several routine plays this year, Polanco was supposed to be a plus defender at 2B, but still disappoints even though 2B is easier to play with modern day shifts. This team consistently finds ways to embarrass themselves.
  20. Danchat
    If I knew the Twins were only going to take hitters in the 1st round for the next 4-5 years, I would have hoped they went with one of the top pitching prospects... I don't think Royce is going to bust, but I think he will be less valuable than a couple of guys that went shortly after him. At least they were able to save money on the slot and take Enlow... who now is having TJ surgery. Great! ☹️
  21. Danchat
    Ugh, not good. This move Enlow's arrival date to somewhere in 2023, most likely. Good to hear Canterino didn't have a serious elbow problem.
  22. Danchat
    Yeah, we're not missing Rosario's .635 OPS / 75 OPS+ / subpar OF defense, he's basically Astudillo at the plate (they both have 4 HRs!) but he gets plenty more RBI chances since he hits in the #4 spot. I am happy with Kirilloff and Larnach getting full reps in LF/RF. Hill is old and always hurt, so I really can't blame them for letting him go. Of course, then they went out and signed Shoemaker, who is also old and always hurt...
  23. Danchat
    I may be new to the stock market... but man, AMC was just killing it for me last week. I sold 75% of my shares, but still came out with 200%+ gains on it. And today CLOV, another one I've got money in, is absolutely skyrocketing. Going after these heavily-shorted stocks seems to be working out for me!
  24. Danchat
    I heard this back in 2018 as well, we wouldn’t have Duran here if we had held onto Escobar for another 2 months. I don’t see the point of having Cruz spend August and September on a bad/middling team. He deserves to go on a World Series run with a real contender.
  25. Danchat
    He was the final piece in the Escobar trade, he was seen as a lotto ticket, but you could bump him up to low-tier prospect. Still a fringe bench bat at best, probably.
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