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  1. Mr. Brooks
    Unless the last year was all a dream, I think the Astros are the defending AL champions.
  2. Mr. Brooks
    Young or old, I've had my concerns about Rooker since day one, even when everyone else was praising his power last year. His start this year has obviously done nothing to ease those concerns. I'm obviously not ready to write him off this soon, but I wouldn't have him anywhere near as high as many do.
  3. Mr. Brooks
    I think the Twins will want to see Gordon keep it up in the second half before he goes to AAA. They already know he can rake in the first half.
  4. Mr. Brooks
    In baseball, you maintain prospect status until you reach 130 AB (or 50 innings pitched) in MLB.
  5. Mr. Brooks
    I'd assume he meant other stops in the Twins system, since even if he were called up today and never went back down, he wouldn't be a free agent until 2026.
  6. Mr. Brooks
    Oh, there are certainly question marks all over the place. Was his 2nd half sided by PED's? Will he recover quickly from so much time missed? Will there be every day playing time if Esco continues to hit, and Sano comes back and stays at 3B? All questions that will have to be answered. As for the quoted post, I was just giving a factual answer, not giving any opinion on who will or should play.
  7. Mr. Brooks
    MLB career. Polanco: 98 OPS+, positive defensive WAR. Escobar: 94 OPS+, negative defensive WAR .
  8. Mr. Brooks
    Polanco has better offensive and defensive numbers for his career than Escobar does.
  9. Mr. Brooks
    Average start in mlb is 5.4 innings. This is just the way it is now. It's not a Twins pitchers thing.
  10. Mr. Brooks
    Escobar was the starting SS before Sano got hurt, so the swap actually was Sano for Adrianza.
  11. Mr. Brooks
    Well I disagree, and I think the FO probably does too, that a starter can just develop a third pitch after they come up. And no, not every starter needs 6 or 7 years pitching in the minors, but Graterol has 1 season in the minors - unless you count the 11 innings he threw in 2015. If he comes up this time in 2021, when I think he will, he'll only have 4 years in the minors. I'd be all for these guys coming up faster, if they are ready. I like pushing prospects, constantly. But I'm not responding what I think is right or what I'd do, I'm responding with when i think he will come up.
  12. Mr. Brooks
    You are only wasting them if they are ready. If you think he's ready, you're entitled to your opinion.
  13. Mr. Brooks
    Well I definitely wouldn't recommend anyone eat at McDonalds, but for other reasons than potential food poisoning. It shocks me how many millions of people actually like food that tastes like nothing but salt and fry oil.
  14. Mr. Brooks
    According to CSPI data, you're actually more likely to get food poisoning at a medium to high priced sit down restaurant than you are at McDonalds. Mainly because your food is handled more at a sit down restaurant- fast food uses pre packaged and pre prepared. Also because fresh ingredients have more opportunities to become contaminated than pre prepared and preserved ingredients. Sit down restaurants do more handling of raw meats and seafood, increasing the chances of cross contamination. Fast food chains like McDonalds also have equipment that literally doesn't allow their products to be undercooked. Finally, huge corporations like McDonalds have more control over their suppliers handling processes before McDonalds receives the products.
  15. Mr. Brooks
    His slider projects as a plus pitch. It's not there now. His change up is going to need a couple years, I'd guess, to become a viable third pitch. We also have no idea what his command is going to look like when he gets to the upper minors where guys don't swing at everything. His scouting reports suggest that his stuff has masked his command issues at rookie ball. I'd expect some speedbumps along the way. Finally, I'd assume the Twins want him to start until they think he can't. If you mean come up as a reliever, sure, he could probably do that next year some time. As a starter? I don't think so. He needs a third pitch if he's going to start in MLB. The major leagues aren't the place to develop a third pitch on the fly. Do you have any (recent) examples of non college startes going from rookie ball to MLB in less than two years? It just doesn't happen. Pitching in mlb is really hard, he's a very intriguing prospect, but I don't think he's anywhere near ready to pitch to big league hitters.
  16. Mr. Brooks
    Expertly stated. Thanks.
  17. Mr. Brooks
    The US military spends about $700 million per year on print, digital, and tv advertising. It seems to me this is a much more efficient means of attracting recruits than a TV ad.
  18. Mr. Brooks
    Graterol has 2 starts above rookie ball. He has no chance of any MLB consideration next year, and a small chance of getting a look in 2020. Realistically, around this time 2021 is about the time we have a chance to see him debut.
  19. Mr. Brooks
    There is zero reason why Wade couldn't play every day on the MLB team, then go back down when Buxton gets back. Also, Buxton, Kepler and Rosario are all here at least 3 more years. What is his future here, if not 4th outfielder?
  20. Mr. Brooks
    And my point is that I feel Falvine already know that Hughes is done. Aside from that, I agree with you, he's not going anywhere. I'll add, Falvine are equally responsible if Hughes puts up negative 1.5 WAR, and the Twins miss the playoffs by one or two games. It's not like releasing him is the only side of the coin that carries risk. I'll also add that Falvine had nothing to do with the signing, which makes it easier to explain if that dreaded meeting with the owner that you describe ever comes, than it would if they had signed him, then later asked for permission to release him.
  21. Mr. Brooks
    Almost every player you listed here either has been good somewhat recently, still have enough value to justify a roster spot - even if they are no longer worth their salary, or are playing for tanking teams- in which case their roster spot is not only meaningless, their poor performance is actually beneficial to their goal of gaining a high draft pick. Look, I agree that Hughes likely isn't going anywhere. But I don't agree that it's because Falvine think there is any kind of realistic chance he burns them. Nor do I think it's because they need to feel 100% sure he won't (again, that is impossible). I think it's because Pohlad isn't yet to the point where he's willing to accept it as a total loss.
  22. Mr. Brooks
    But we don't know if ownership has even made his release possible. For all we know, Falvine are willing to/ want to move on, despite not having a crystal ball, but ownership won't let them.
  23. Mr. Brooks
    But it's not possible to know that. You either hold on to him, or you let him go and take that risk. There are no crystal balls.
  24. Mr. Brooks
    To further your analogy, the stockbroker that spent 100k on a stock that crashed and burned has already been fired.
  25. Mr. Brooks
    If Falvine need to be 100% certain that a decision isn't going to backfire before they make it, then they have zero chance, zero, of winning a WS.
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