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  1. Bob Sacamento
    With a rotation of Hughes, Santana, Milone, Nolasco, and Gibson (with Duffy/May in waiting) you think the Twins are a playoff team?
  2. Bob Sacamento
    Plouffe is the definition of a league average hitter with a career wRC+ at 100, (100 is average) (92 in '13, 112 in '14, and 102 in '15), his value or perceived value comes from his defensive metrics which aren't stellar either. Trevor's UZR/150 at 3B for his career is -2.9 (0 is league average) (-8.5 in '13, 7.7 in '14, 1.7 in '15). Further breakdown of those defensive numbers shows a below average range but the balls that he does get to he fields well. So Scott Rolen he is not with the glove. Plouffe's WAR was 2.5 last year and projections have him about the same if not less than that in 2016. With free agency looming next year for Plouffe, if the Twins want any sort of return they'll deal him by July (sooner the better for a return) or else he walks at season's end and you get nothing in return.
  3. Bob Sacamento
    Great read, having been in Terry Ryan's Spring Training office before the start of the season, I can attest he has one wall that is covered with every team's 40 man roster broken down to 25 man roster to who had options etc. While the wall behind his desk had the Twins MLB and MiLB rosters broken down to depths. Quite an impressive sight, couldn't imagine all the calls; a GM has to be one of the most time consuming jobs in professional sports.
  4. Bob Sacamento
    Makeup and mentality are just some of those things you can't teach, and Berrios and Gonsalves have it. If you're impressed by the reading about the two, you'd be even more impressed when talking to these two in person. Professional but not serious, confident but not cocky; great head on their shoulders and cerebral on top of it. Future pitchers, not just throwers. Could make a helluva a #2-3 punch in rotation in two-three years...Just don't push too hard, too soon (at least on Gonsalves).
  5. Bob Sacamento
    Completely agree with ya there. That possible FSL rotation looks nice to start the season: Tyler Jay, Steve Gonsalves, Felix Jorge, Kohl Stewart (maybe). Huge fan of Gonsalves, cerebral lefty with plus makeup, good command, and three average to plus offerings don't grow on trees. When we look back on the 2013 draft in a couple years, there's a good chance he's the best of the Twins' class.
  6. Bob Sacamento
    Great interview! Anytime a podcast talks MiLB prospects I'm all for it! Like you had warned, I had to crank the volume up on you and Darrell, which led to Brad's voice booming my bass. Well worth it awesome content!
  7. Bob Sacamento
    I'd like to know where you got those stats from because Walker had 560 PA in 2015 so your trying to say he accrued 388 PA against Top 20 MiLB talent leaving 172 PA against non Top 20 talent? No way, MiLB has a list of every pitcher he faced this year and what you state is not feasible. These are NOT the same arms that he will face in the future. Its true that he'll face some of the same arms in the MLB but the majority of players in AA don't make it to the big leagues. The further and further he climbs up the ladder, the harder and harder the level of competition gets. Walker has shown improvement the further he's gone, he's also shown regression. Walker has learned to walk more and that is seen in his BB% the past three seasons 5.6%, 7.9%, 9.1%. Yet his K rate keeps getting worse 20.8%, 28.2%, 34.8%. In an abbreviated season in the AFL (86 PA) Walker played against the "best of the best" his K rate was 9.3% and BB rate 40.7%. Terry Ryan said it himself, strikeout rates usually tend not to go down the further one proceeds up levels. I like AB, he's a great kid and his power is awesome but his inability to hit for contact and lay off sliders is becoming more and more of a problem the further he goes up in the levels. I think he can succeed but his best case scenario is Chris Carter, his worse case is Pedro Cerrano. Maybe Walker needs Joboo...
  8. Bob Sacamento
    Those are Dave Kingman-esque numbers but I don't see Walker getting there, more like .220/.280/.440 slash line. He's more like a Chris Carter type player
  9. Bob Sacamento
    It would be in the Twins best interest to lock him much like the Marlins just did with Dee Gordon, like the Rays did with Evan Longoria, the Royals with Sal Perez.... It's just getting Sano and his agency to go along with it and that it's in his best interest even though it's likely not financially speaking. A 5 year deal that gives him a little more in the first two years than the league minimum and little less in his three arbitration years. If you were Sano would you rather bet on yourself yearly with arbitration bumps or take that guaranteed money not matter what happens? My guess is Sano bets on himself.
  10. Bob Sacamento
    Looks like I have something to listen to on my car ride back home from the office!! There are not enough podcasts in the offseason to quench my baseball thirst!
  11. Bob Sacamento
    which would perfectly explain the Twin reluctance to spend heavy on the RP market.
  12. Bob Sacamento
    Scout I talked to who saw him in person comped him to Mitch Moreland, which would be good value. ZiPs projections has Park with a line of .266/.333/.463/.796 with 27 HRs and good for 2.3 WAR - they comped him with Richie Sexson... If he's anything close to either one of those two, then the Twins got a steal financially speaking.
  13. Bob Sacamento
    Well I got 4 questions answered (3 as self, 1 as "Nolasco") but he left off whether he thought it was Stewart's boom or bust year in 2016. Personally, if there's no improvement on K or BB rate, he's legit prospect status has to drop
  14. Bob Sacamento
    Apparently they are still high on Stewart and believe that pitch sequencing is his problem for low Ks. BA thinks he is going to start in AA next year. ABWII has got to be #11, getting squeezed out by the Park addition. The power is great but the contact is suspect
  15. Bob Sacamento
    For giggles: ZiPs Projections for next year are nice to Berrios: 26GS, 146 1/3 IP, 149 H, 40 BB, 130 K, 4.18 ERA, 1.29 WHIP, 1.7 WAR, Best Comp - Adam Wainwright Rest of the team Zips can be found here: **ZiPS projections are computer-based projections of performance. Performances have not been allocated to predicted playing time in the majors — many of the players listed above are unlikely to play in the majors at all in 2016. ZiPS is projecting equivalent production — a .240 ZiPS projection may end up being .280 in AAA or .300 in AA, for example. Whether or not a player will play is one of many non-statistical factors one has to take into account when predicting the future.
  16. Bob Sacamento
    Long term, you're probably right. But for the next ~5yrs he can still pass at 3B after that his frame and size is more ideal for 1B or DH (professional hitter).
  17. Bob Sacamento
    Aaron Judge is who you are referring to, and he's considered an average defender in RF with a plus arm and average speed. Judge is 3-4 inches taller and about the same weight. Sano had a cannon at 3B (just very erratic) before his TJ surgery and it hasn't recovered full strength, and he's below average speed. He can't be any worse than Adam Dunn or Delmon Young out there right??...
  18. Bob Sacamento
    Not sure if it's been brought up but Sano at 6'4 260-270lbs would be one of the biggest if not the biggest outfielder in baseball today.
  19. Bob Sacamento
    Wade's the type of player with a good all around game, good enough to jump a few of those other college OFs ahead of him. His plate approach and strikezone judgment alone should propel him over a few of those guys. I think he'll surprise a lot of people in 2016, I guess you could call him a sleeper.
  20. Bob Sacamento
    Pitchers and catchers officially report in 45 days and many of the positional players start to show up too! First full team workout in 51 days I can tell you one thing I'll be watching and trying to tape is the experiment of Sano in the OF!
  21. Bob Sacamento
    Berto is a great guy, you can really tell he loves playing the game. I know that might seem like an obvious statement but watching him in GCL and Instructs, you could tell he was having fun. If it wasn't for a pretty bad knee injury he'd be further up the ladder. He described himself pretty well as an "undeveloped player", he does have all the tools and is athletic enough that it's not hard to see him putting it all together. His approach at the plate is advanced, working deep into counts which is seen in his BB/PA (10%) but also K/PA (24%). His swing is pretty but can get a little long, it has a natural loft to it. His power has to improve, and it should, but there was next to nothing of extrabases this year. His arm is strong and accurate which puts him in rightfield now. The wheels are still there even after his leg injury. Here is some compilation at bat videos I took of him this summer: 6/27/15 https://youtu.be/rCNT7jUY23U 7/10/15 https://youtu.be/D9Xu78AOE4k 7/11/15 https://youtu.be/_fZSa4lOT7U
  22. Bob Sacamento
    I find it ironic that you used the word "humble" as his friend/barber was describing him to me that Ozzy is a very humble guy wouldn't know that he's close to a MLBer.
  23. Bob Sacamento
    SWOLLEN, its a term the kids are using nowadays for being ripped/jacked/etc. The video I saw earlier today he was doing standing bicep curls, for the looks of it he's been doing biceps and chest in the gym. Apparently has lost fat weight and added more muscle weight already this winter
  24. Bob Sacamento
    LOL, only thing a barber touches of mine is straight razoring my beard. The timing was just impeccable, I spotted a large oversized autographed baseball card of Arcia on his mirror and we started talking baseball. He seemed surprised I knew who Oswaldo was and whipped out his phone with pictures/video that were taken over the weekend of the two working out and swimming. He's known Arcia back to their days in Venezuela.
  25. Bob Sacamento
    Oswaldo is already here in Ft. Myers working out, just saw personal video of him at the gym (my barber is a close friend of his) and he looks SWOLLEN! If I didn't know better his upper body looks like a body builder
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