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  1. Mr. Brooks
    Fair enough. I'd rather put all my eggs in a basket like Greene or Carlson rather than a bunch of long shots. The stock market can be risky too, but I'd still rather chance all my money on that rather than spread it out with a bunch of power ball tickets. Like I said though, the great thing is that we'll eventually get to see the results.
  2. Mr. Brooks
    I don't think anyone seriously thinks they are not going to spend their slot pool. The comments suggesting they won't are pretty clear snark. The question is, will any of the players that they spend that savings on make a significant impact? The later in the draft they wait, the less likely it becomes that those guys make it.
  3. Mr. Brooks
    I would hope he'd be way under slot given his predraft ranking. Splitting the difference between where he went and where he was ranked puts him at about #69. What is the the slot for that pick?
  4. Mr. Brooks
    To get a slightly better long shot in round 11 I guess.
  5. Mr. Brooks
    He was #50 on MLB pipeline and will probably sign underslot. They didn't need to save money at 1 to get Rooker.
  6. Mr. Brooks
    Why is that bad that Carlson would cost their whole savings? Isn't that kind of the point of saving the money in the first place? To get another top 15 pick? Saving money to get a few better spots in the middle rounds is virtually pointless, IMO. Those guys are all super long shots to ever play a single game in MLB. The 101st prospect at 37 is quite a huge reach, especially with the 15th ranked still on the board. The great thing about sports is we always eventually get a result. Eventually we'll see how these picks work out.
  7. Mr. Brooks
    I think the only way to reconcile is that they put the cart before the horse and the guys they hoped would be there weren't - just like some here cautioned with the save $ strategy.
  8. Mr. Brooks
    I guess this is the something big?
  9. Mr. Brooks
    Yeah, that's why they are called opinions and not facts. There is plenty of publically available info on these draft prospects. Not as much as the teams have, no doubt, but more than enough to form an opinion on.
  10. Mr. Brooks
    Who is saying that? Even though he knows what he's doing, he could still have gotten this pick wrong. Thinking he got this one wrong doesn't imply that a poster thinks he/she would be better overall than Falvey. And, again, it's an opinion on a site literally created for fans to discuss their opinions of the team. Why can't the response to those opinions be: I disagree. I think Falvey deserves the benefit of the doubt until the results are in, though you are right it could hurt if Greene hits his ceiling? There is no need to tell people they can't disagree with the pick unless you are a scout.
  11. Mr. Brooks
    But how many people in here are saying that Falvey doesn't know what he's doing? One, MAYBE two? Most people are just saying they think they made the wrong pick.
  12. Mr. Brooks
    Can we please stop suggesting that people can't have an opinion if they are not a scout? Personally, I'm going to give the FO the benefit of the doubt- because they are professionals, and have more data than I do. But, this is literally a site to discuss and give opinions.
  13. Mr. Brooks
    Correa wasn't considered the safe pick that year. Mark Appel was, and he's a bigger bust than Buxton could ever dream about. Also, the book has yet to be written on Buxton- he is only 23 years old, just 2 years (to the day, actually) older than this year's "safe pick", Brendan McKay is.
  14. Mr. Brooks
    It doesn't seem to me that sending an advanced college hitter to ETown is going to tell us ANYTHING about him as a hitter. We already know he can hit that level, he's probably facing significantly better pitching now than he'd see most days in ETown.
  15. Mr. Brooks
    To me, getting a #3 (or worse) pitcher at 1:1 IS a failure. So, I don't really care who has the higher floor. Even the Twins can afford to get a 3 or 4 in free agency. And those guys can be gotten in the 2nd or 3rd round. The only way the Twins can get a 1 or really good 2 is through the draft. So, for me it would come down to odds that a guy can be a 2 or better. My board would be: 1)Greene . . . . 2)Gore . . 3)Wright . 4)Lewis . . . . . . . . . 5)McKay as a hitter. I wouldn't have McKay as a pitcher in my top 30.
  16. Mr. Brooks
    Again, that could very well be. But his performance could also be completely unrelated to Santana. Its a perfectly fair opinion, I just see it passed off as established fact, and that bugs me a bit.
  17. Mr. Brooks
    Do you have any proof that Santana has an effect on Berrios? And, if so, that it is a positive one? Because Santana was on the team last year too, when Berrios was terrible. I'm not saying that he doesn't. But I don't know. And, not sure how you can know. Without any kind of evidence, that is no different than me saying that Berrios was terrible last year because of Santana. Correlation does not always mean causation.
  18. Mr. Brooks
    That, or a horse track.
  19. Mr. Brooks
    I predict McKay will be drafted as a hitter, and will fall out of the top 8.
  20. Mr. Brooks
    If this is going to be a thing now - sign me up. This is awesome.
  21. Mr. Brooks
    I would be petty upset. Anyone else, I think, my view will be to trust the experts and wait to see if it works out before judging. But with McKay my gut just says no. I just don't think he's qualified to go 1:1, even while admitting that I'm not qualified to say that.
  22. Mr. Brooks
    I'm hoping that Gonsalves gets promoted to AAA shortly after the draft. From there he can possibly help in September, or at the least be in the mix next Spring. I've been a Gonsalves believer since he was drafted.
  23. Mr. Brooks
    And this is an example of why I'm always against trading for a reliever. All but the elite ones flame out so fast. They really are a strange bunch.
  24. Mr. Brooks
    At this point, I think, it's fair to wonder if some part of the Twins development is causing the injuries.
  25. Mr. Brooks
    Well plenty of people are giving the catchers credit for the success of certain pitchers. If so, that has to cut both ways to have any credibility. Personally, I think a catchers influence - good or bad- is overblown, so I don't really give credit or blame to them. But I could be totally wrong.
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