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  1. mikelink45
    I just reviewed the one day stats of our top prospects - don't look. It is not a pretty picture. So disappointed that Balazovic had such a bad day. I was hoping for a big finish. The 12 runs and a loss reminds me of another team that had 14 runs and lost!
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    This made me think - can I name five coaches. Rocco is easy, Wes is pretty well known. Beyond that it could be the Marx brothers. Thanks for messing with my mind.
  3. mikelink45
    The best FA to replace Berrios will be Berrios in two years. These pictures are good not great. All these years posts have complained that Berrios is not an Ace - guess what - none of these pitchers are ACES.
  4. mikelink45
    Nobody is worth the money that is being paid to the ball players, but the key question is - can we use the money to get someone as good or better or are we just helping the budget?
  5. mikelink45
    I read the new top fifty ESPN prospect list - no Twins on it. Martin and Lewis were listed in those who were discussed but did not make the list so they will be top 100. I am always interested in what writers outside MN have to say about our players - just for perspective. I would imagine it is hard for them and our writers to continue to list Royce Lewis as number one after losing two years. His return will be fascinating.
  6. mikelink45
    This is the wrong end of the equation - trades should happen when the other team offers more value than we perceive from a player. Anyone can be traded, not just those listed, but not just for sake of trading them.
  7. mikelink45
    I have not been impressed with Sabato so I am happy to see him have a good night with the bat. Nice to see so many on the prospect list playing and hitting yesterday.
  8. mikelink45
    Fun game, more fun if we won. But I enjoyed the spirit and effort. Let's bring up our top pitching prospects and see what they can do. And with Donaldson not in the field, let's give Miranda a shot too.
  9. mikelink45
    Tis the season of hope. If we are going to sign a cast off, Houston is a good place to start.
  10. mikelink45
    The more I think about this season the more I think I would put Pineda and Maeda in the BP and just put one young pitcher after the next on the mound to start the games. We know Maeda and we might not even have Pineda in the future. Let's see what we have.
  11. mikelink45
    I would take him back! I am not part of an ACE dialogue. There were a lot of great pitchers who were not ACEs by the limited definition that we now use. Radtke, Viola, Kaat, Perry...Not ACES perhaps, but damn good and dependable.
  12. mikelink45
    I really enjoyed this. It is a very constructive way to look at the positions. I hope you are able to get more up to date data because I think we will look even worse with more current information. I went to fangraphs and wRC - 1. Garver is #20 on the overall list - our highest twin 154 score. It really hurts to see LaMonte Wade at #27! Nelson Cruz is the only other Twin (ex) in the top 60. 2. Josh Donaldson #62 127 Then there is Akil Baddoo at number 82 - still higher that Twins OF 3.Polanco is #93 with a 118 There is Robbie Grossman and Jonathon Scoop before we get to 4.Arraez at #136 - 109 5. Sano at #169 is 104 And that completes our over league average group (average 100). Jeffers 97 Kepler 96 Astudillo 96 Kiriloff 94 Larnach 89 Simmons 61 Thanks to Garver these 11 average 104 for the team.
  13. mikelink45
    I would have given it to Berrios or Ober. I am not as impressed with Maeda as many seem to be. He was great last year, this year he was not only bad at the beginning, but I would argue he is just average right now. This pitching staff just has a long way to go at this point. I would really like to see a Balazovic given a chance and a few more of our high end prospect pitchers.
  14. mikelink45
    "Meanwhile, Kenta Maeda continued a strong second half of the season with two scoreless frames, before running into trouble in the third. Maeda gave up back-to-back home runs" Five runs in five innings and we call his pitching good? That is a pretty low bar for our new number one pitcher to clear. Polanco is looking great - he has become our number one hitter with speed, power, and clutch performance. How nice to have him going like this.
  15. mikelink45
    Cole Sands line is a poor pitcher of the day result. Nunn looks like he was the pitcher of the day based on your article. Thanks for the update. I do agree with the idea of giving Miranda some MLB at bats. Keep the young players moving up and sit the older ones.
  16. mikelink45
    Thanks for your notes. I am wait and see. I hope Berrios rises to Cy Young - not to show up the Twins, but because I have always been a fan of his. Getting rid of Happ and Robles is a plus, but I wonder if they will benefit from getting out of the Twins way. I read Shoemaker's remarks and they make some sense. Veterans do not need to start over. Next year looks like a struggle and I have no idea how they will handle it. I may be the only one who would rather go a year with the home grown pitchers and see what we have rather than signing some middling FA arms. We already got rid of the best FA, so let the young guys keep growing.
  17. mikelink45
    Leadership is something that happens, it is not assigned or expected. It is maturity, personality, charisma, and talent. If he becomes that, great. But if that is not part of who he is and he continues to play well that is okay too.
  18. mikelink45
    I will be happy to see an article that puts the Twins prospects into an updated list. It is hard for me to understand what is used to rank these new players who are a mystery to me.
  19. mikelink45
    Good choice - I am fascinated by his future as we look at Simmons who I do not believe will be back.
  20. mikelink45
    Any team with our record should be able to find room for someone we want.
  21. mikelink45
    I do not like the way we have used Ober. Pitch him as long as he is doing well, extend him, let him be a starter. If he starts to wear down then shut him down, but no more 4 inning starts. Keep bringing up the young guys. I like Ober's story and I hope the other pitchers are so good that he does not make the rotation.
  22. mikelink45
    I fear our sabremetric FO and manager and coaches all feel that they know more than anyone else. Old school can be mixed with new and pitchers can be left to do what they feel best with. I have less than good expectations with this leadership group and I hope I am proven wrong.
  23. mikelink45
    No that assumes that we could have signed him for the same value the market will set, but even without it, it assumes that Berrios would have given us the rest of this year and all of next year with better results than any other pitcher we have or will get. He did just pitch six shut out innings for Toronto. It also assumes that if we had kept him we would still have gotten an extra draft choice so in reality we gained one prospect and lost 40 starts.
  24. mikelink45
    Toronto view of Berrios I always like to look at the other side in trades. What do they think? "Nevertheless, Berrios is now a Blue Jay and after clearing the necessary protocols and arriving in Toronto Saturday evening, manager Charlie Montoyo scheduled him to pitch yesterday in front of a home crowd that was not only happy to have baseball back at the Rogers Centre but was now able to witness the star deadline acquisition pitch against the Kansas City Royals." "Overall, Jose Berrios had a great debut with the Blue Jays and showed fans across the country why it took two top prospects to get him into a blue uniform. Not only does the club have him for the rest of the season, but he will also be with the Jays next year as well, helping the team push for the playoffs over the next two years with a young core that can hit the ball a very long way." In the Toronto paper - https://www.thestar.com/sports/bluejays/opinion/2021/08/01/blue-jays-takeways-the-holiday-debut-of-a-starter-acquired-at-the-trade-deadline-its-been-the-start-of-something-good-before.html
  25. mikelink45
    Thank you - I was blinded with my tears for the bad baseball we are enduring.
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