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  1. bird
    All 4 teams won the day before. The Twin's four full-season teams have collectively won more games than the same teams for any of their Central Division rivals and have a winning record as a group. None of the teams is more than 4 games under .500. The current strength of the system is indisputably at the lower levels, mostly awaiting the start of short season play or getting a first taste in Class A Cedar Rapids, which is 32-24. And things will likely start to look even more rosy after this year's draft. It will be a year or so before we notice more effects from the IFA signings, but I'm guessing that quite a few new names are going to emerge from last year's IFA crop. And they have a large IFA allotment this year, when more teams will be restricted from competing for IFA talent. The system is better than average and trending upward.
  2. bird
    As a guy who sees more good signs in the system than most, even I have to say this is an uninspiring list of names.
  3. bird
    Word has it that Reed's 134MPH fastball maintained its velocity all the way to the backstop. John Curtiss? He fell to the 6th round in the 2014 draft because he sat out all of 2013 after Tommy John surgery. He also missed the better part of 2015 with the Twins My guess is that concerns about him recovering his health supercede thoughts about pushing him along more aggressively. He's making a seamless adjustment to AA, which is very heartening. I would guess that after the draft, when they populate the low minors with all the new guys, that Curtiss will be on the move barring...I won't say it. Derek Rodriguez is one of four Miracle players named to the All-Star game, along with the injured Chris Paul, Sam Clay, and Brian Navarreto. None of these prospects earned a spot among Seth's mid-season Top 40. The system lacks marquee names, but it is far from being bad.
  4. bird
    This seems reasonable. I'm guessing Sickle's next letter grades will show that he sees the same sort of dropoff.
  5. bird
    Speaking of Uranus, how many homers do you think they'll get out of Alberts Pujol?
  6. bird
    The whole baseball world would be atwitter.
  7. bird
    One way? I got this one, Mike.
  8. bird
    You've got to ****ting me. This is insanely bad luck.
  9. bird
    Apparently your stat sheet of his paltry 89 ABs doesn't have an injury column. The rest of us are accounting for this.
  10. bird
    Given the 80% plus bust rate for second round selections, I'd suggest that the Twin's record involving the 13 second round decisions since 2005 isn't that bad if you're judging the quality of the decisions themselves. Nine of them are still putting on a uniform somewhere. Obviously, it's too early to judge Rortvedt, Miranda, and Badoo, but the reports are pretty good, excepting Rortvedt's struggles with the bat. We've been unlucky with Burdi, Melotakis, and Chargois, all of whom were expected to arrive by now and be impactful. Joe Benson eventually petered out, and Tyler Ladendorf fetched us RA Dickey I think, and got a cuppa joe with the A's. Bullock got hurt, Madison Boer I believe had struggles with addiction. Eades and Goodrum probably never make it past AAA, and that leaves good old Danny Rams. But yes, Slowey was an excellent pick back in 2005.
  11. bird
    A flame-throwing relief pitcher hurt? Huh.
  12. bird
    It's encouraging that you can find 30+ prospects more promising than this group, especially considering that: 1) Four of them have entered the conversation about possibly being roster additions some time in 2017 (Hildenberger, Melotakis, Slegers, and Rosario); 2) Three of them are LHRP who can bring it in the mid to upper 90's (Melo, Robinson, and Rosario); 3) #35 is a two-time RP of the year (Hildenberger)
  13. bird
    Sounds like if they sign Romero they'd best enroll everyone they expect to come into contact with him in anger management classes.
  14. bird
    I'm not big.
  15. bird
    I believe that was Bremer once again. First, looking at the team ERA for Cleveland and saying they have "the worst rotation", then glancing at the road record and home record and asking Morris something about the team hitting better on the road because they're relaxed. Morris basically suggested maybe it had something to do with facing pitchers who were performaing poorly. Like Ubaldo tonight.
  16. bird
    ....said his mom, quietly, to herself.
  17. bird
    I agree, and Mauer was looking for a specific pitch. A ball.
  18. bird
    Jeez....Bark, keep yours. Dave, can we be friends?
  19. bird
    Holy....I want one of the pipe dreams YOU'RE having...
  20. bird
    Hey, quit peeing on my pipe. Please pass the opiates.
  21. bird
    A friend. Yeah, right.
  22. bird
    I wish all cats were like that. The birds could breath easy then.
  23. bird
    Thanks for the reminder to read the labels on products like Preparation H. Very topical.
  24. bird
    I'm finding this information difficult to overcome.
  25. bird
    Nice description of Gonsalve's experience and performance, and what a treat to have access to his own words on the matter. Thank you, Seth.
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