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  1. TJSweens
    Prielipp just turned 25 on January 10 and that's how old he will be all season. His elbow surgery set his time line back. I would guess that in his second year back his secondary pitches will be sharper and his pitch count and innings can be stretched. He could appear as a starter this year.
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    Culpepper as #2 seems right. His defense last year was a revelation. Everything I have read indicates the Twins are more than satisfied that he can stick at SS long term. Great approach at the plate. I think the whole launch angle debate is over rated. Tait sounds good, but he is too far away to worry about it. E-Rod concerns me because of health and strikeouts. Seems like a little Julien in him, who would rather look at strike 3 than try to foul that close pitch off to keep his AB Alive. Prielipp is only in the conversation as a starter. There is no debate about he is better suited. A move to the pen is predicated on need and getting Prielipp to the majors sooner. In my opinion, that strategy in short sighted. Especially when the Twins are not going to contend this year.
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    Our quadruple A roster is going to loaded this year.
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    And keep running him out there as a pinch hitter when he is 0 for 30 as a pinch hitter.
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    I've said before that Twins approach to free agency is like Howard's strategy for picking up women on the Big Bang Theory... "First we let the lawyers and the jocks thin the herd, and then we go after the weak and the old and the lame." The Twins late acquisition strategy amounts to letting other teams fill their needs first and then combing through the leftovers. Sometimes they get a Bader and sometimes they get a Staumont.
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    I always hate these lists because it always amounts to picking a favorite member of the WAR family tree. Sorry folks, they just aren't the be all and end all stats that they are made out to be. There are numerous pitchers in Twins history than Radke. Don't get me wrong, I loved Brad. He was a solid, sturdy gamer. Jim Perry, Frank Viola, Camillo Pascual, hell even Dave Boswell, who was on the verge of a monster career before his shoulder exploded in the 10th inning of his playoff start was a better pitcher than Radke.
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    Merlo is the only one rated in the top 50 international prospects. He comes in at #34.
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    How many slow footed, league average hitting, subpar defensive, figures to spend time at DH players do we need?
  9. TJSweens
    Moving Raya to the pen seems a logical move. Moving Prielipp, arguably their best pitching prospect, is not. Move Prielipp to the pen at 25 years old and he won't return to the rotation. Complete waste of a top pitching prospect. It would make more sense to move guys like Zebby and Festa to the pen short term. They have built up enough innings to easily transition back to starting if the Twins want to.
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    I think your playing fast and loose with the phrase first base pipeline.
  11. TJSweens
    I see it more as a sign that Jeffers is going bye bye than being less confident in Jackson.
  12. TJSweens
    Or Blyleven
  13. TJSweens
    C Mauer 1B Hrbek 2B Carew 3B Killebrew SS Smalley LF Puckett CF Hunter RF Oliva DH Morneau Rotation Santana Blyleven Perry Kaat Pascual I'd love to say Walter Johnson, but I don't know if Senators are eligible.
  14. TJSweens
    The Santana to Prielipp comparison is apples to oranges. Santana was never exclusively in the pen. Even in year 1 when he was only on the roster because they had to keep him or lose him, he got 5 starts. He was then a mix of pen and starts for a couple of years. Santana also had good health, unlike Prielipp. At 21, Santana had almost 300 minor league innings. Prielipp at 24, has 112 innings. Move Prielipp to the pen and he is likely 27 if they transition him back and build up his innings. Not likely. Santana was in the Ryan, Kelly, Gardenhire era when the Twins things like break a pitcher in from the pen and move him to the rotation. Under Falvey, moves to the pen are permanent.
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    I'll get on my Prielipp soap box once again. I'm dead set against moving him to the pen. 1. He projects as a top of the rotation starter and the focus should be on getting him there. Top starters are more important than closers. They need to build his innings since he has pitched very few. That's hard to do in the pen. 2. When this regime moves someone to the pen, they almost never move back. Duran was supposed to be a temporary move. He wanted to start again after his first year in the pen. The Twins said no. 3. If the Twins were in position to contend it might be worth moving arguably their best pitching prospect to the pen. They aren't contending. This year is about using place holders until top prospects are ready. There is no point in rushing Prielipp to the majors via the pen.
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    The Pohlad's are surpassing themselves as cheapskates on this one. $6.35M for an all star starting pitcher is an extreme bargain and the Twins are haggling over $500K. At the same time, they are minimizing his trade value. They should have worked out a multi-year deal by now.
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    Whoopee! We swapped AAAA players.
  18. TJSweens
    Castro is a hard no. He's a sub par hitter and a terrible fielder. His position versatility is a moot point as his fielding is below average at all of them. In the end Castro will just take games an at bats away from developing players.
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    Since I doubt he makes the team, I'm sure I won't be calling him anything.
  20. TJSweens
    Stats like WAR and fWAR are so overrated. Rooker is an every day right handed power bat. Over the last 3 years he has amassed 108 HR, an OPS+ of 131 with 2 All Star appearances, a silver slugger and a top 10 MVP finish. But, hey...we might have the next Kyle Garlick, right?
  21. TJSweens
    Because Prielipp needs to be stretched out. At 25 time is getting shorter to do that.
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    Johan was a unique instance. As a rule 5, he needed to be kept on the roster for a year. The he was called up to team with deep, veteran rotation. Johan was also younger and had more minor league innings under his belt. As I said before, when this regime moves pitchers to the pen, they don't move back.
  23. TJSweens
    First of all, thanks for the Wander Javier hat tip. As for Prielipp, I don't think 25 is really young for a pitcher who is playing catch-up due to injuries. He only has 112 innings in 3 minor league seasons. He needs to build his pitch count and innings in a way that can't be achieved in the pen. Other starters around the league have broken in as relievers, but with the Twins these moves are almost permanent. It would be one thing if the Twins expected to contend, but come on, they have acquired Jackson, Bell and Wagaman. I'd much rather see guys like Raya, Morris and Lewis move to the pen.
  24. TJSweens
    Houston: sounds like Wander Javier. It was said Javier's SS defense was so good that sometimes opponent's runs actually came off the board when the ball was hit to him. The problem was that his bat had the same impact on his own team's offense. The Twins were waiting for projected hitting growth that never happened. Jeffers: Twins painted themselves in a corner here. He has all the leverage in contract negotiations and his trade value is compromised by being a rental player. Lee: drafted as a fully developed bat that would quickly transition to the majors. Not seeing it. Terrible defensive player. Ober: I would trade him. His value took a hit last year and I have a feeling it will only get worse. Prielipp: move to the pen? NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! He still projects as a front line starter. He needs to be stretched out even if means delaying his major league debut. Temporary moves to the pen always wind up being permanent with this team. Don't do it.
  25. TJSweens
    I always roll my eyes when people try to use advanced analytics to say a player isn't as bad as he really is.
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