Jump to content
Twins Daily
  • Create Account

mikelink45

Old-Timey Member
 View Profile  See their activity

  • Posts

    10,375

  • Joined

  • Last visited

  • Days Won

    27

 Content Type 

Profiles

News

Minnesota Twins Videos

2026 Minnesota Twins Top Prospects Ranking

2022 Minnesota Twins Draft Picks

Minnesota Twins Free Agent & Trade Rumors, Notes, & Tidbits

Guides & Resources

2023 Minnesota Twins Draft Picks

The Minnesota Twins Players Project

2024 Minnesota Twins Draft Picks

2025 Minnesota Twins Draft Pick Tracker

2026 Minnesota Twins Draft Tracker: Picks & Bonuses

Forums

Blogs

Events

Store

Downloads

Gallery

Everything posted by mikelink45

  1. mikelink45
    I meant for another team. I see Gordon as a candidate with Martin and Miranda coming up he is redundant, but we have not really given him a chance to unlock his talent. Another team might plug him in and let him become more than a failed draft choice. I do not see them moving on Rortvedt for a while until other catchers start coming up to push him. I see him as a Drew Butera. He will not start for us, but could have a good career with a few teams. Celestino is the one that I think has a longer career and more successful, but not like Wade because I think we know that he can be good and the FO really values the players they sign or trade for. In the long run if Buxton stays healthy he could be involved as part of a trade in three years.
  2. mikelink45
    Unless there are trades all three of these players are essential to 2022. Celestino should be the fourth outfielder. Gordon showed he can step up. Rortvedt is the obvious #3 catcher and they often need a call up for injury. What I hope is that they do not go backwards and reinstall Jake Cave. With no changes there is no option but to put Polanco at SS and I think Gordon is his backup. The OF should have Larnach, Buxton, Kepler and Celestino should be back up. Second base is Arraez/Polanco/Gordon/Miranda. 3B Donaldson/Arraez/Miranda and 1B Kiriloff/Sano with DH Sano/Rooker/Donaldson and Catcher Garver/Jeffers - Rortvedt. I would like to see Miranda get more ABs, but this would require a trade. The question I would have for the three of them is - will one of them become the LaMonte Wade of 2022.
  3. mikelink45
    I know that topics are limited, but I cannot go here. Never been a fantasy fan.
  4. mikelink45
    I think he can be great, but I see him as trade bait, not as a Twin
  5. mikelink45
    No - never go backwards. Move on - get better.
  6. mikelink45
    I agree he is solid, but we project more because we just don't have anything else.
  7. mikelink45
    I am in the minority, but I think 2020 was a short season fluke - However, you might be right, he will certainly be penciled in the rotation and perhaps Ober's ride will be at an end. We all know it takes at least 8 pitchers to make a season so he is welcomed back, but he is not a 1 or 2 in the future.
  8. mikelink45
    That is a tough challenge - my crystal ball broke - it says Royce Lewis will once again be number one after numerous set backs, but what can you expect from a broken prognosticator. If I have to choose one without the extra help of ESP I guess I will consider Cody and Seth to be my gurus and thus I will take Rodriguez. Our OF cupboard is bare if Larnach and Celestino make the club so we will need to push another stud to the top.
  9. mikelink45
    Unfortunately negotiations follow the same path as the game - getting longer and longer each time. Baseball is the most self destructive sport we have. They handle everything in the public eye, but don't care what the public perception is. I have never understood this. I went to the Thesaurus (yes it still exists) for self destructive and found these words - choose the ones to apply to Manfred, the owners, the union..."self-defeat, suicidal, uncreative, sociopathic, amoral, irrational, narcissistic, self-centered, nihilistic, delusional and egotistic."
  10. mikelink45
    Another Bonds and Clemens whiner session. Check out this ESPN article by Doug Glanville. I am so sick of the Clemens and Bonds set all these records. They were great players. No they were great cheaters. Is this the Hall of cheaters or the best players. If some got in who are tarnished it does not mean that these who we know are tarnished should get in to.
  11. mikelink45
    I agree with the premise, but I do not see that Sabato was the best player available. ESPN wrote - "He's not as athletic as Torkelson and is a below-average defender and runner, and the track record is more limited, but the 70 grade power is legit." They see him as a future DH. When I look at MLB.com favorite picks I see a lot of players taken after Sabato To be fair - Bleacher Reports gives the Twins a B+
  12. mikelink45
    What makes Sabato a bad first round pick is that he does not address our needs - even as we project out the four years that he needs in the minors. At that point he will be a Rooker - 27 years old but not a SS, a Pitcher, an OF. To object to a draft pick is not to say the player will not succeed at some level, but rather is that what we need?
  13. mikelink45
    You present a challenging idea. But I like it if we do not sign any of the final free agents to more than a one year contract. Otherwise I would love a Glasnow, Ryan, Ober, Balazovic, Winder rotation in 2023.
  14. mikelink45
    I am a Wallner fan, but not Sabato. When I look at prospect rankings I see 22/23 as the older end. With players like Sano and Rooker does a bat first 1B make sense? Wasn't there a pitcher we could have taken? I hope Sabato makes the majors and does well. I think the issue is not that we are giving up on Sabato, he has some talent, its just that he does not look like a top prospect nationally or locally.
  15. mikelink45
    We know that the FO will make something happen - it is their MO to move late in the off season, but I fear the loss of a young pitcher who might be better in the long run than what we get. I get a laugh out of going for a pitcher with two years of control. We panicked when Berrios had only two years left.
  16. mikelink45
    I have a different take - I am looking at Miranda needing playing time. I prefer Donaldson at DH with Sano getting some reps, but I do not trust him to produce. I want players to get on base, I want more consistent production and I would love to trade Sano to a NL team for their DH.
  17. mikelink45
    After reading the comments I have to add another posting. Is Donaldson the Twins Cousins? Two big contracts, lots of expectations and then lots of blame. It does not matter that the FO in both cases has not put the rest of the team together. Donaldson has no pitching, Cousins has no offensive line. But it is their fault. Baldelli has all the surrounding coaches he can get, but are they doing their jobs well - who knows. Zimmer put his son and the son of his friend in charge of defense and calling plays - how did that work? As I said in my earlier post it is a total team from FO down that wins championships.
  18. mikelink45
    Donaldson is exactly what we should have expected, but baseball is the true team game. One player does not make a team win - look at Mike Trout. He has such gushing support from writers who make him into the greatest player in the game - maybe all time. So what is the record of the Angels since he has been there? 2,3,3,1,3, 4, 2, 4, 4, 4, 4 in their division. One player does not make a team succeed. They can only catch what is hit to them and have 4/5 opportunities at bat. The SP pitcher and catcher have much more influence on the team. But even then Steve Carlton in 1972 won 27 games for a last place team. Yes wins mattered when pitchers were not pulled after 4 innings. But as great as his record was the Phillies only won 59 games! He has not let the team down, the team just is not as good as we all hoped.
  19. mikelink45
    I like your take - Smoltz fits your description since he was excellent in both, both you are right to question the RPs in the hall. I feel the same way.
  20. mikelink45
    What worries me is psychological. Did Larnach lose faith in himself? I don't know, but that is always the fear because he has the talent.
  21. mikelink45
    Good topic. Santana's short career during a time when wins counted leaves him short in my mind no matter how good he was in his short peak. Nathan's longevity makes he a better choice, but I am not really a big supporter of RP in the Hall. That said, now that the voters have taken DH and reliever into the hall I would have to say that Nathan is the one I would vote for if we had to choose one over the other.
  22. mikelink45
    Nice article. Boy are those names filled with expectations. I had a lot of hope for many of them. Thanks for the reminder that promise does not always get fulfilled.
  23. mikelink45
    Note that Lofton has more WAR than Jones. Most (except Hunter) are very close, but Lofton is the only one that rises enough for me. I am not upset if none get in.
  24. mikelink45
    A filler for when the minor leaguers we now have get moved up.
  25. mikelink45
    I am not a fan of either Andrew Jones or Torii Hunter getting in. I would support Lofton but would put Edmunds and WIlliams into the not quite good enough category.
×
×
  • Create New...