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  1. Mr. Brooks
    Doesn't matter to me if he's not hurt at this exact moment. I don't think he's capable of staying healthy. Just my opinion, but we'll see how it plays out.
  2. Mr. Brooks
    Those Target Field numbers were against Twins pitching. Plus, extremely small sample size. They aren't meaningful.
  3. Mr. Brooks
    Well Romero isn't going to make the team out of ST. But a strong showing could put him on the radar for a May or June call up.
  4. Mr. Brooks
    Sanchez was already added to the 40 man. Trevor May to 60 day DL.
  5. Mr. Brooks
    They should have signed Todd Frazier. Bargain of the winter.
  6. Mr. Brooks
    Hughes can't be effective throwing 85-90.
  7. Mr. Brooks
    Steamer projects Odorizzi at exactly 1 WAR. Either way, you say they'd be 15th, my immediate guess was about 19th. Not far enough off for me to get worked up about. Still not very good, IMO. But, an improvement.
  8. Mr. Brooks
    Well that is a lot of, and some really big if's. I didn't say impossible if everything goes well, I said unlikely.
  9. Mr. Brooks
    Nobody thought Odorizzi would require a kings ransom. And that hypothetical offer for Archer isn't even a legitimate starter.
  10. Mr. Brooks
    Do teams usually make drastic leaps by adding one replacement level starter, and one 1.5 win starter?
  11. Mr. Brooks
    They were, I think 24th-27th last year, depending on the metric. Lynn and Odorizzi combined for 1.4 fWAR last year. How far would that raise them?
  12. Mr. Brooks
    Better than last year I suppose, but still probably barely a top 20 rotation in baseball.
  13. Mr. Brooks
    Everyone would love that. But, he's going to use his first option this year, so the clock is ticking. You don't really want a guy using all 3 options before you even get a look at them, so if they don't think he can be up sometime in 2019, they may have to start considering RP at some point.
  14. Mr. Brooks
    Jacob Pearson is my pick for a big jump this time next year.
  15. Mr. Brooks
    Sure. But my point is, the goal shouldn't just be to be an above average team either. If my 3rd starter is league average, then sure by definition and averages, he's a "#3 starter", but my goal would be upgrade as many spots as I can. I'd want a solidly above average starter in that spot, with maybe a league average guy #4, and an almost league average guy #5. Probably not possible to have a step up at every position, but that wouldn't stop me from trying.
  16. Mr. Brooks
    Correct. Because the goal (I'd hope) is not to be just a league average team.
  17. Mr. Brooks
    I initially wanted a pitcher as well (Gore or Greene), but I'm thrilled that they picked Lewis. He's going to be a star, IMO.
  18. Mr. Brooks
    I'm sure they weigh many things that aren't dealbreakers. They never said they don't draft guys on social media. If they'd said that one of the reasons they drafted Lewis was because of his speed, would you interpret that to mean that they won't draft anyone who is slow?
  19. Mr. Brooks
    If the Twins have continually asked Sano to show up in better shape, and he's declined to, then that would be my concern. I've never met Miguel, so I can't comment on how much he should weigh. A lack of conditioning could explain his poor second halves.
  20. Mr. Brooks
    No, it wouldn't be bad. The problem is that then you've used 2 options before he even debuts. That's where the 2 years of lost development tempt you to try to push him up a little more aggressively.
  21. Mr. Brooks
    Ahead of Willy Adames?
  22. Mr. Brooks
    I'd assume when exactly each publication scouted him makes a difference. These guys are so young when they sign it's all projection. I remember when Polanco first signed, he was scouted as a glove first guy who may never hit enough. By the time he got close to mlb, of course, that had flipped.
  23. Mr. Brooks
    Both fangraphs and mlb.com scouting reports describe his bat being ahead of his glove.
  24. Mr. Brooks
    I found where I'd seen it. It was in the mlbtraderumers write up of the trade. Though, I now notice that it says he might have to move off SS in part because of the depth ahead of him, fwiw. "MLB.com’s scouting report described him as “an offensive-minded middle infielder whose bat is a little bit ahead of his glove….He has some potential at the plate to hit for average and good extra-base pop.” Palacios’s defense got solid reviews, though the assumption was that he would eventually have to change positions due to the number of other good shortstops ahead of him in the Twins’ system; the same could be true for him in Tampa given Willy Adames‘ rep as the Rays’ shortstop of the future."
  25. Mr. Brooks
    I thought Palacios was expected to have to move off of SS?
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