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  1. TJSweens
    Average age in high A is 23.
  2. TJSweens
    Unbelievable Sam. He's 20 years old in a league of 23 and 24 year olds and you are already moving him to the bullpen. It's way to soon to question whether can stick as a starter. Let's give them enough time to refine his mechanics and see what they have.
  3. TJSweens
    His speed and his arm would also grade high. I would give his hit consistency an incomplete. The tools are absolutely there. It's a matter of knowing how to use them.
  4. TJSweens
    Before he went to AAA, Royce looked like a hitter who was overthinking everything. His body language didn't exactly scream confidence. His AB looked very mechanical. Almost like he was going through a check list of every component of his swing before every pitch. Lewis looks more relaxed now. His swing looks fluid. Now it seems to be...see ball, hit ball. It's only a few games, but there seems to be some loud contact. His plate discipline looks improved too. Like I said, it's only a few games. I'm keeping my fingers crossed. If Royce has worked it out, he still has a huge upside.
  5. TJSweens
    That's a .715 OPS, which is just league average. I don't think AAA will do him any good though. Get rid of Bell and move Keaschall to DH where his brutal defense won't hurt us.
  6. TJSweens
    The writing was on the wall when the Twins used Cody Clemens in CF instead of Outman against RHP when Buxton was nursing his sore hip.
  7. TJSweens
    This is straight up overthinking things. Prielipp is a rookie pitcher, who's career is 8 games old. The league adjusts. Now it's Prielipp's turn to make adjustments.
  8. TJSweens
    Outman peaked as a rookie and has gone steadily down hill ever since. His current OPS is below .500. Even when Buck was DH because of hip strain, they played Clemmens in CF instead of Outman. I don't think his age or how young he was when he was good matters at this point. Release Outman and give his roster spot to Fedko.
  9. TJSweens
    I think you underestimate the impact of that additional year of team control and Joe being a year older. The impact is at the top of the deal, not the bottom. Last year potential deals revolved around a minimum of two top 100 prospects with one being elite or even a good young major leaguer. Now they are talking about a deal built around a single top 100.
  10. TJSweens
    There was an article on Sim at the beginning of the year stating the opposite. He supposedly bulked up in hopes of improving stamina and pitching deeper more consistently. I was never sold on Sim being a long term rotation option. I saw him more as a guy who pitched his way back into the conversation last year.
  11. TJSweens
    Ryan should have been extended last off season to a 3 or 4 year deal. The Twins failure to do so was criminally stupid. It would opened their decision window on him wider. It also would have increased his value at this year's deadline. As it is, the Twins are now in a position where they will get less for Ryan this year than they could have gotten last year.
  12. TJSweens
    A minor point Cody, but why you site anything Charlie Walters says? I print out his column to line my bird cage.
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    You assume Lee will work out long term as an every day 3B. I have my doubts. If Royce regains his early stroke, Lee won't be much of an obstacle.
  15. TJSweens
    I don't think Lewis is lacking in the accountability department. He hasn't made any excuses that I'm aware of. By all accounts, he maintains a great attitude and has been working his butt off to break out of his long slump. This demotion isn't about a wake up call. It's a simple matter that the Twins can no longer afford to let him try to work it out at the major league level.
  16. TJSweens
    I see Lewis the same way I saw Buxton when constant trips to the IL seemed to derail his development. Too much talent, too much dedication, too much work ethic to fail
  17. TJSweens
    By the time Lewis was demoted, he looked thoroughly frustrated and like he was overthinking everything. Everything about his game was mechanical and nothing was natural. Mayba AAA has allowed him to relax and just see ball-hit ball. Rediscovering the joy of pounding the snot out of the ball should boost his confidence a lot. So much of hitting is simply confidence.
  18. TJSweens
    I don't think so. Look at his slash line in StP. The Twins could use a productive RHB. The Twins currently have 3 players with OPS in the .500's and another 4 players in the .600's. Are you telling me a guy with his slash line, who can play both corner OF and 1B isn't at least worth a look on a team as hitting deficient as this one?
  19. TJSweens
    "The Twins can live with strikeouts if Wallner is demolishing velocity, " I reject that. The willingness to live with strikeouts is a major problem in modern hitting.
  20. TJSweens
    "ZiPs projects his 3-year WAR to be -1.3 with a .220/.300/.360ish slash line if you gave him 400-500 MLB PAs a year over that time. All the more reason I'd like to see him up here. I put no stock in WAR or ZiPs. Bring him up and find out what he can or can't do. Don't ignore him because some analytics driven bs says he won't be good.
  21. TJSweens
    I have no issue with Arcia over Culpepper right now. Arcia has a solid major league track record and was playing really well at StP. There will be other opportunities for Culpepper. Right now Keaschall isn't hitting enough to justify his glove in the lineup and Lee looks every bit the place holder that he is. I think Brooks is destined for a utility infielder role. Letting Culpepper pile up more AAA experience seems like the smart play right now.
  22. TJSweens
    Or maybe if someone else followed one of Buxton's doubles with a hit...
  23. TJSweens
    Many advanced metrics are.
  24. TJSweens
    Zebby's first start certainly earned him a second start. SWR has to be looking over his shoulder at this point. When Bradley or Able come back, he looks to be the odd man out.
  25. TJSweens
    It says that when some players swing the bat, runs cross the plate. Other players, not so much.
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