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  1. Minfidel
    Grossman is a professional hitter. He has his limitations, but he also has a role. I said at the beginning of the year that a good team could use 150 to 200 at-bats in a season from him. I also said that a bad team gives him 250+ at-bats, and this was a bad team. That wasn’t his fault, though. I think he has a (limited) role on this team in ‘19, with the moxie to handle some leverage at-bats that the younger players would struggle with.
  2. Minfidel
    Grossman is a good role player, as long as the role isn't too big. He takes good at-bats. I said at the beginning of the year that a good team can use 150-200 at-bats from a guy like Grossman over the course of the year; a bad team gives him more than 200. Um, let's see...yep, the Twins this year are a bad team.
  3. Minfidel
    Beloved by apothecaries and dispensers of indigestion powders.
  4. Minfidel
    What lost assets? They traded guys who are going to be free agents, or otherwise weren't part of the long-term plan? Pressly was the only one who's career could be considered to be on the rise, but maybe the FO doesn't like what's in his head. These guys (even Escobar in a career year) were chips, not assets. Assets are guys like those you mentioned, Royce Lewis, Alex Kirilloff, Brusdar Graterol, Nick Gordon, Stephen Gonsalves, Brent Rooker, and Trevor Larnach. Did you see any of them getting sent out in a lost season?
  5. Minfidel
    I'm wondering if, at some point, Trevor May doesn't make an Aquilera-like transition to be the closer. He seemed to do well, mentally, in high-leverage situations out of the pen two years ago, and his fastball is plus, especially if he doesn't have to pace himself as a starter. I suppose if it gets to that point, though, something in the Falvine plan has gone very wrong.
  6. Minfidel
    No, the traditional Twins rotation consisted of bringing matches to a mound of black powder.
  7. Minfidel
    But who's going to eat those Chris Gimenez innings?
  8. Minfidel
    I wonder if Granite wouldn't be better served by getting regular playing time in AAA early in the season. LaMarre could handle the 4th outfielder role. I'd also rather have two extra infielders the way this team is shaping up. Adrianza could serve as an extra outfielder if you suddenly needed one; you're not going to throw an outfielder (other than Rosario, perhaps) into the middle infield if there's an in-game injury.
  9. Minfidel
    Adrianza is good defensively, and has shown more pop in his bat lately. Uh-oh....
  10. Minfidel
    There's really no one left with the Twins for him to be pissed at.
  11. Minfidel
    You have got to be happy with Gibson as a 4 or 5 starter, rather than hoping he can be a 2 or 3!
  12. Minfidel
    This has become a very solid staff. The top 5 starters might not be lights out individually, but you’ve got quality pitchers 1 - 5, especially when Santana rounds back into form, and intriguing options behind them. The bullpen also has a good mix now to pick and choose from; maybe now they’ll be more smoke and fewer mirrors!
  13. Minfidel
    I like it if it happens. You look at all these mid-rotation guys as chips for building the team. With Santana out you start with Berrios and Odorizzi at the top of the rotation and follow with Lynn, Gibson and Mieja (or Hughes or Sanchez should they have anything). If even one of the last three can do the job, you then have Santana coming back and some legit options in the minors...and some credible arms that can be traded (gotta think any Lynn contract at this point wouldn't be too big to trade). Let teams come to you.
  14. Minfidel
    One difference is that Kiriloff's baseball IQ is cited (as is the case for several Twins prospects). Arcia's baseball IQ seemed to extend no further than knowing to grip the bat by the skinny end. Skills are important, of course, but understanding the game and knowing the right play is better than just playing. It could shorten the experience curve needed to move up.
  15. Minfidel
    Is there no longer any thought being given to trading for Chris Archer? Seems the ideal time to plug him in for Santana and then have an even stronger rota when Ervin comes back. The cost will be high, but do any of the Twins pitching prospects project to be better than Archer when they eventually get to the majors?
  16. Minfidel
    Agreed. Nobody has traded for Archer or Cole yet, either. There's still time (and room on the roster) for things to happen.
  17. Minfidel
    Archer will be expensive in terms of prospects, but he's got four years left on his contract; $6.5 mill next year and options for just $9 million and $11 million in 2020 and 21. That's almost cheap in terms of salary; over 4 years you spend about half of what you would for two years of Darvish.
  18. Minfidel
    Assets is right. The previous regime was thought to be too unwilling to trade a prospect or two, perhaps because they had so few of them. Now that several of those one-time prospects are on the field, and the pipeline is refilling, the team has some assets that can be packaged not to plug a hole, but make a difference. What if you were to put a couple of those together to get, say, an Evan Longoria from the salary dumping Rays to play 3rd base, strengthen the lineup and provide some veteran moxie? Let Sano DH and then let him show you he's willing to do what it takes to be an on the field player.
  19. Minfidel
    Why? So they can really compete in 2024? B.S. The Twins had the top-ranked farm system a couple years back; these guys are here now and learning their craft and seeing first-hand what it is going to take to compete. The offense has been productive in spurts (look at the number of 5-run innings), only to be undone by the pitching staff giving up 6-run innings. You want to reboot just as Kepler and others are getting the experience to hit in pressure situations? By all means, clear out the never-gonnas from the bullpen and rotation (and the FO appears to be doing just that, bit by bit) but let the young guys get the feeling of being in it, even it its at .500 and in struggling division. This will pay off in the next couple of seasons, rather than being in constant rinse and repeat mode.
  20. Minfidel
    I haven't seen Twins opponents so frustrated at the plate since Francisco "F-bomb" Liriano was dealing that slider, pre-TJ.
  21. Minfidel
    I'm still waiting for Jeff Bumgarner and Steve Gasser.
  22. Minfidel
    Don't overlook Greg Luzinski (as if you could). He was over 6' and 250+, playing left field. Managed to do it for 10 years in Philly. More than 300 career home runs and 1100+ RBi.
  23. Minfidel
    Scott's one exceptional quality was in inspiring one of the best Chris Berman nicknames. I laughed outloud the first time I heard Boomer describing one of the low-lights, referring to our pitcher as "Scott Klingenback-back-back-back" as the ball sailed over the centerfield wall.
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