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  1. Mr. Brooks
    The poster claimed the team touted Sano as the next Cabrera or Thomas. A scout saying 16 year old Sano "reminded" him of Cabrera is light years away from that.
  2. Mr. Brooks
    What did you expect to get for 2 months of Fernando Rodney? They didn't sign him just so they could flip him, so the millions they paid Rodney has nothing to do with the return they got. In fact, they saved 2 months worth of salary ($1.5m) by trading him.
  3. Mr. Brooks
    Some positions are more important than others, but they all matter. You can't outlaw the opposing team from hitting it to right field. I'll grant you Rosario, but Sano isn't even close to Kepler, IMO. Durability matters, a lot, and it's a skill, IMO.
  4. Mr. Brooks
    This isn't a court of law. Steve's impression is good enough for me, especially considering they've never gone over, when the only penalty is money.
  5. Mr. Brooks
    The only way Sano is a similar level player to those two is if we suggest that defense and durability are meaningless.
  6. Mr. Brooks
    Might have something to do with conspiring with Bud Selig to attempt to contact the franchise.
  7. Mr. Brooks
    Well for starters, we have a Twins Daily writer, in a different thread, confirming that the Pohlad's refuse to authorize the FO to overspend their draft allotment, something 23 other teams did last year, even though it would only cost them a $1 million penalty.
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  9. Mr. Brooks
    I was quoting jrod, not Seth, who implied that the Twins were paying millions.
  10. Mr. Brooks
    Thad Levine is 47 years old.
  11. Mr. Brooks
    I'd be shocked if the team ever said, or even implied that Sano would be as good as Miguel Cabrera or Frank Thomas. Do you have any links where that was suggested by the team?
  12. Mr. Brooks
    Can you expand on your paragraph regarding Chalmers? I don't understand what you mean by "millions of dollars"? As he's not on the 40 man, he doesn't cost any more than anyone else would to fill that milb roster spot.
  13. Mr. Brooks
    I don't believe I ever said he is or isn't good enough. I don't know. I'm saying we'll never find out because he never developed a third pitch, so it'll never happen. It's not because the Twins aren't bold enough to try, no team would. If you can point me in the direction of some successful two pitch starters I'm open to change my mind.
  14. Mr. Brooks
    Rogers never developed a third pitch, that's why he was moved to the pen. That ship has sailed.
  15. Mr. Brooks
    Your percentage that Buxton scores on a wild throw is way, way too high. There is no way that major leaguers throw that ball away 1 in 5 times, I'd guess it's closer to 1 in 50.
  16. Mr. Brooks
    This was his line for the day: .286/.444/.571 (1.015) Seems pretty good to me. Who would you have given it to?
  17. Mr. Brooks
    I edited my post, I think he'll slide in lower than I initially thought at Pipeline. 38th seems really bearish though... is Fangraphs always conservative with international signees, or are they just much lower on him specifically?
  18. Mr. Brooks
    This is a pretty good get for the Twins.By overall grade, he'd slide into our top 6 prospects at MLB Pipeline, with a 55 overall grade. They even comp him to Eddie Rosario, which is exciting, even if his odds are long and we won't know for 5 or 6 (or more) years. If he'd been signed before the updated top 30 series, Seth, where do you think you'd have ranked him? EDIT: I misread his pipeline profile, they actually haven't given overall grades yet to the international prospects. After comparing his tool grades to other prospects, I think they'll probably give him a 50 overall to start. That still puts him in the 6-13 range, which is still pretty good.
  19. Mr. Brooks
    One bad outing isn't enough to be considered "reverting back to his same failings" though. Everyone, no matter how good, has a bad outing here or there.
  20. Mr. Brooks
    Why? Because he had one bad outing? What about the 9 scoreless appearances (and 12 of 13) before that?
  21. Mr. Brooks
    Well tools matter too. I mean, that's what the minor leagues are for,development of tools. Once they get to mlb, then results matter much more than tools. Though, even at mlb guys can continue to develop. Some on this board wanted Kepler to be the 4th outfielder this year, behind Cave, because they were looking at results only, without recognizing that Kepler had tools that had the potential for a breakout.
  22. Mr. Brooks
    Since those rankings are considerably worse than their overall rankings in those metrics, then wouldn't that make the poster you quoted correct, that they struggle, relatively, in "clutch" situations?
  23. Mr. Brooks
    I don't think the Mets would even consider that.
  24. Mr. Brooks
    And what if, instead of Sano, they'd traded Berrios, Kepler and Polanco for Scherzer? It goes both ways. Most prospects don't become stars, but at the same time, most stars were once prospects. I'm not saying never trade good prospects, but you do have to be careful that you keep a pipeline open to develop future stars.
  25. Mr. Brooks
    I'd have to see how milb babip historically translates to mlb babip. Without looking, I'd imagine there is a pretty consistent dropoff, due to facing better pitching, defense, and field conditions.
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