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  1. Monkeypaws
    The lad just turned 22 in May. He is averaging nearly a K per inning. He's having huge growing pains, as is Buxton, but holy crap, these guys gonna be good at 25. We have prospects in the system that are that old, or older. I'm still bullish on his future.
  2. Monkeypaws
    Keep him and just draft and develop better dammit - 5-6 years of premium picks oughta produce something.
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    I'm not badmouthing him. I'm pretty sure i saw him win a game vs. Boston and Papelbon with a homer during the MVP season , 2009. The shock and amazement are legit :-0
  4. Monkeypaws
    Shocked and amazed: D&B say that was Mauer's first walk-off hit since 2007, and only his 2nd ever? Preposterous....
  5. Monkeypaws
    I love the sound produced by Sano walloping a pitch - even a single.
  6. Monkeypaws
    Props to Jeremy for nailing this scenario back in July.
  7. Monkeypaws
    When you're getting hammered with questions by reporters, "why isn't so and so up with the Twins," sometimes the truth comes out. Is truth bad?
  8. Monkeypaws
    Remember before Berrios was promoted there was some talk by coaches of things he needed to work on in spite of the gaudy numbers? Their claim has been validated. His command is non-existent. At least Berrios has something to build on next season, now that he has some big-league experience. I think the coaching staff is far less clueless than some of you believe.
  9. Monkeypaws
    International Trade major at SUNY Buffalo. http://buckyandsully.buffalonews.com/2016/08/23/ubs-blair-lakso-taking-his-pitching-talents-to-the-minnesota-twins/ Was waiting for someone to post this, as it happened a couple days ago.
  10. Monkeypaws
    Beats having Dan Serafini and Jay Bell as your studs in waiting, or Ryan Mills. They've produced quality here and there, Erickson, Baker, Slowey, Garza.... Internally I'd call the current system pitching rich, compared to, well, pretty much any other era of Twins baseball.
  11. Monkeypaws
    Was at the game today, and noticed the following nations represented: USA, Dominican Republic, Germany, Brazil, Nicaragua, Australia, Taiwan, Cuba, Agree 100%. Don't like the song, and wish it would leave the ballpark. The anthem is sufficient. Did enjoy watching Chargois hit 97-98 on the gun though.
  12. Monkeypaws
    I'm usually in favor of keeping Buxton on the Twins, but the other night vs. Cleveland, I knew he was gonna strike out, and leave men on base, and he did, and so feebly. He needs to go down, and not work on raking AAA pitching, we know he can do that. Instead, they need to work with him to correct the flaws ML pitchers are exploiting and become a harder out at the ML level. I don't know which coaching staff is best qualified to do it, but that would be my strategy. EDIT Stepped away before posting, and have changed my mind: that should be on the ML staff. Don't think Bruno is the guy for that task. Molitor, however, would be the ideal personal coach for Buxton: speed, line drives, some power. PM is the ceiling of Buxton's potential. Wish he'd taker him under his wing and nurture the potential. (don't know he hasn't, but it seems like an ideal match to me).
  13. Monkeypaws
    Haven't read the 6 pages to this point, but wow what a dismal atmosphere in that stadium. I saw an update while watching the MLB free game of the day, a day game, and it was a night game in TB. Grim, grisly, just awful. Thank the powers that be for Target Field. I remember rare forays to the Metronome on beautiful May evenings and just hating the whole experience.
  14. Monkeypaws
    Maybe Polanco has determined that himself, without any help from coaches, management etc. Just a wild shot in the dark....
  15. Monkeypaws
    I watched a bit of today's game - Santiago has a funky delivery, and good lefty junk stuff. He got lit up by Santana, but apart from that one pitch, I thought he looked pretty good. Odds are the trade will be a wash, but having one less obscenely overpaid vet on the roster does the team some psychological good, even if they pay Ricky some more on down the line. Meyer will need to have a revelation of significant magnitude for me to feel anything but happy about this trade.
  16. Monkeypaws
    Walker led the Southern League in HRs last season, the FSL the year before that, and the Midwest League the year before that. He tied for the Appy league lead in 2012. His 21 homers now lead the IL. He's consistent, that's for sure.
  17. Monkeypaws
    I'd avoid the expensive free agent route, especially guys with lots of mileage on them. I'd like to think Garver is the future, and he is almost ready. Murphy could still turn it around. Turner could be a solid back up. Garver has thrown out 51% of would be base stealers this season at Chattanooga. He's 25 years old. He has an ops just over .800 in over 300 AA at bats. Pretty solid.
  18. Monkeypaws
    They left him behind on their road trip. I'd swap Wheeler for him, or maybe Goodrum. Prima donna.
  19. Monkeypaws
    Here is one interesting tidbit I discovered 5 minutes ago. Nolasco was leading the Twins in innings pitched this season with 124, 4 more than innings eater Santana, as well as Santiago. Never would have guessed that. Still, hard to comprehend a good AL team wanting to add him, unless Allen is utterly useless. Good barometer on the "Twins way," with our 2 most underperforming pitchers going elsewhere.
  20. Monkeypaws
    He's no longer the token lefty though. Makes his spot all the more tenuous.
  21. Monkeypaws
    Suzuki is below average defensively to be sure, but here he is again being above average offensively. He sits right now at 251 plate appearances, about 200 away from him being vested. Ain't gonna happen. He's been a solid guy for this team, despite his shortcomings. With no heir apparent, why fret? You can't wish for him to be gone for something good, and be mad that he didn't fetch something good, if you don't think he's good. Other GMs probably are on the same page as you sir, which I mean as a compliment.
  22. Monkeypaws
    Now we are into the realm of pure speculation. I doubt very much there were teams out there wanting to unload top 100 prospects on the Twins for what they were offering. It's been a theme in the past because it is founded on pure bunk.
  23. Monkeypaws
    Wow, props to Antony: got some starting pitching in Santiago and Meija; unloaded Nolasco; got some nearly ready bullpen guys who throw hard. Very fine audition. I think he made the team better going forward, without giving up much really.
  24. Monkeypaws
    When I first read this I misread 37th overall for 37th round. Much more excited about it now. Here's an article from a site called MassLive about Light: http://www.masslive.com/redsox/index.ssf/2016/06/pat_light_boston_red_sox_prosp.html Most Sox prospect rankings I looked at had him in the 14-16 range.
  25. Monkeypaws
    Just realized Milone in number 33 - never noticed before.
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