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  1. AlwaysinModeration
    Is it just me, or is Spencer Torkelson an unlikely name for a top prospect?
  2. AlwaysinModeration
    That Berrios pick looked good the second his name was announced and has only gotten better over the years.
  3. AlwaysinModeration
    We could dredge up the volumes of pages on the Santana trade debacle, though. I’m quite certain that Johan, Terry Ryan, among others wish for a mulligan on that one. I think he’d still be pitching, putting the final touches on his Hall of Fame resume, if he had stayed in Minnesota.
  4. AlwaysinModeration
    I’m just thankful you didn’t have Brusdar at 1 or 2.
  5. AlwaysinModeration
    What about Thielbar?
  6. AlwaysinModeration
    I think the real question is whether he hits 400 this year or next.
  7. AlwaysinModeration
    I’d rather have Graterol as a Twin, personally. Maeda could have been a slight upgrade to the rotation, I suppose. But I kind of liked the plan of going into the season with Berrios/Odorizzi/Bailey/Thorpe/Dobnak/Romero, see what you’ve got, and then upgrading to Pineda in 1.5 months, and Hill after the trade deadline. Chacin as a flyer. I hope it falls through.
  8. AlwaysinModeration
    Perhaps they have talked to him, and said they would add him once they are able to get Hill on the long-term IL. One would assume he would find the opportunity to play for the Twins appealing.
  9. AlwaysinModeration
    Nice work. I’ll take the over on 272 homers. Weren’t there posts about this time last year speculating on whether the Twins could hit 200 homers?
  10. AlwaysinModeration
    How about Led Zeppelin “Fool in the Rain”? And I'll run in the rain till I'm breathless. When I'm breathless I'll run 'til I drop.
  11. AlwaysinModeration
    I think we can all agree that if that option gets exercised, we all will be happy.
  12. AlwaysinModeration
    What’s funny is the reports of the Twins making an $80-$85mm offer, and also a $100mm offer...were both accurate!
  13. AlwaysinModeration
    I think this signing is the biggest free agent signing ever by the Twins by....40 million.
  14. AlwaysinModeration
    (Other than being bad at math,) nailed it.
  15. AlwaysinModeration
    Excellent. He made 23 last year, 23 the year before, and 4/92 is 4x23.
  16. AlwaysinModeration
    One thing I noticed about both Kepler and Garver last year was how they both seemed to elongate their follow-through forward through the point of contact. Instead of a natural spinning/wraparound follow-through (Sano is the classic example of the wraparound rotation on his follow-through), they seem to extend their hit plane up and forward. Rosario does it in an exaggerated fashion (always has), and Buxton seemed to do it a lot last year too. To me it seemed like these four guys were all trying to lengthen the amount of time that their bat stayed on the same plane through the hit zone. Am I imagining this, or is this something that others noticed as well? Edit: Kepler: Garver:
  17. AlwaysinModeration
    Fun exercise. Thanks for doing this. In my view, if you are talking about most valuable assets to an organization, service years factor large. Therefore, I don’t think Nelson Cruz, at age 40, signed for one season, should be in this list. He could put up the same numbers as last year, but it’s unlikely. Odorizzi falls in the same realm—although if he were signed to a Jose Abreu-like extension, he could easily turn into a much more valuable asset. I think I’d view Lewis Thorpe and Keoni Cavaco as more valuable assets for the organization. Honestly, take a look at Thorpe’s last three years. 10-11K/9, under 3 BB/9, FIP of 3.7 or under. And this is with high BABIP. I think he should be in the rotation to start the year, and could stick. Cavaco is obviously a wildcard, with a rocky small sample first year. But if he has a good year, he shoots up their boards (while Cruz and Odorizzi are gone.)
  18. AlwaysinModeration
    Didn’t see that, thank you.
  19. AlwaysinModeration
    Hmmm. Fair point.
  20. AlwaysinModeration
    Just want to note that 4/92 is closer to 100 than 85. Donaldson made 23 each of the past two years, and 4/92 is 23/year. Also, the Nats could have a higher dollar offer with lots of money defered. (This is assuming everything in that report is accurate.)
  21. AlwaysinModeration
    You read that in a different thread, an anonymous, random tweet from an account called “AtlantaBaseballInsider”, who insisted that Donaldson had agreed to the deal Friday afternoon, and it would be announced Monday evening after Donaldson returned from vacation. It doesn’t seem to have held water, considering the fact that it is now Tuesday evening, he isn’t signed, and various reports are saying the Nats and Twins are still somewhat in the mix.
  22. AlwaysinModeration
    Might want to read Doogie’s tweet a bit closer, as it said the opposite.
  23. AlwaysinModeration
    Certainly seems more focused on the money than his preferred destination, that’s for sure. Perhaps they should just go ahead and show him the money.
  24. AlwaysinModeration
    I think Donaldson should bat leadoff.
  25. AlwaysinModeration
    You had me at “Yankees contracted.”
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