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  1. Steve Lein
    Doug's family lives in Florida and is most likely where he'd rather coach. Was not a demotion of any kind. Plus, he'll be around a lot more Twins players in Fort Myers than Tennessee. Extended Spring Training, the GCL, rehabbers, etc... It's basically the Twins 2nd headquarters. Lot more work he can help with there.
  2. Steve Lein
    I don't think there's any reason the Twins care about what these guys are being paid at this point to determine whether they should or shouldn't be on the roster. Keep the guys you think are going to help the most. I would venture to say those players are the guys in this list. And aren't they already below last year's payroll?
  3. Steve Lein
    Fun fact I learned from talking with him at the Winter Meltdown: He signs all his autographs right-handed. Also said his arm is good to go, and that they were overly cautious with him in the AFL. I really would like to see him in AAA to start, but if he's in AA and even remotely repeats his results (or improves his walk rate) over the first month or two, I hope he gets the bump right away.
  4. Steve Lein
    Feels like he should be higher. There's perennial .300 bat ability in there and am not worried about him sticking at SS. He will play there.
  5. Steve Lein
    It's the natural arm-side run they get. That's why an 80 fastball in scouting terms is a few ticks lower for lefty's than it is righty's.
  6. Steve Lein
    Love hearing the behind the scenes story! The Cardinal Bar definitely didn't like us. Well, maybe they did, but we definitely overwhelmed more than one bar for that event! I still never understood the Mackey thing. Talk about forgetting where you came from and turning into an egomaniac. Pretty sure he turned off at least half of the audience he had built for himself with that whole thing.
  7. Steve Lein
    I still see a lot to like in Stewart. Most of it is pointed out in this article. If you go game-by-game with him last year, there are a bunch of strong performances (10 of 16 starts were of the 'quality' variety - only allowed more than 3 runs in 3 of his AA starts). There is an obvious lack of K's and too many walks while in AA, but a drop in K's when moving up to there happens to a lot of guys. Same thing happened to Felix Jorge. With Falvey being the pitching guy, Stewart is the one guy I'm looking forward to seeing if they can turn into something more than what he's shown. The stuff is still there, lets see if they can get him to harness it now.
  8. Steve Lein
    Me too : http://twinsdaily.com/_/minnesota-twins-news/minnesota-twins-minor-leagues/color-me-and-joe-mauer-impressed-r2962
  9. Steve Lein
    It has been awesome to be a part of, Seth. Very much appreciate all the opportunities to help that are given to me. And I'll get you to spell my name right eventually! Haha.
  10. Steve Lein
    I have zero interest in seeing Gonsalves back at AA, and Romero in Fort Myers to start the year. If that's where they're starting them, I hope they move quick. It will be good to see Lewis Thorpe throwing again! Besides that, I'm really interested in seeing the difference between the Falvey and Ryan regimes in how they handle pitching promotions and advancement through the system.
  11. Steve Lein

    Spring is in the air!

  12. Steve Lein
    When did they renovate? Hadn't heard that. I remember hearing the Twins pulled their support of a new renovation last year, but not anything about a renovation/re-configuring happening in the years prior. Edit: And I see Thrylos has answered that already.
  13. Steve Lein
    Higher than me on Diaz, but not far off in this system. For a 'power-hitting' prospect, it's good to see a .310 average. But I would also point out that Eddie Rosario hit .337 with 21 HR's in that league. Being a more well-rounded hitter is good, but needs to show the "game-power" that is mentioned as lacking in the article before he's in the top 10 for me.
  14. Steve Lein
    Crossing my fingers on Burdi. I have been adamant that I thought he'd be their next closer when Perkins was done since they drafted him. He had the most electric stuff in the Twins organization since Liriano. Disappointed he didn't get the ST invite if he's healthy, but makes sense if he's working with a new arm-slot.
  15. Steve Lein
    I liked the signing as it was going a different route, but this idea was also my caveat to it. It didn't fully make sense from a roster standpoint unless Plouffe was gone, at a minimum. That never happened so they pidgeon-holed themselves out of the gate and things just got worse from there.
  16. Steve Lein
    If anybody's going to turn into the first right-handed HS pitcher taken at #1 overall, it might be Greene based on what else I see in this draft. But, if there is further advancement shown from any of the college guys (which I would say is likely), I'd wager that changes. Interesting nugget I've found reading up on him: He has Minnesota Twins ties...sort of. Aaron Hicks was one of the mentors/coaches at a youth baseball academy he went too.
  17. Steve Lein
    This is not a bad signing...But there's nothing to get excited about here either.
  18. Steve Lein
    The thing with prospect height/weights I've found, is their listings don't get updated from before their draft or when they are drafted, until they make the bigs. Thorpe is still listed at 6'1", 160 lbs on baseball reference, as an example. I'm nearly 6'3", 160 lbs. When I interviewed him when he was in Cedar Rapids, he was not noticeably shorter, and obviously much better built, than I. Would wager at that point he was 185 lbs, minimum. He also was spectacular in the game, by the way
  19. Steve Lein
    Was great to see everyone briefly at the end! I had other obligations that kept me away for most of the night, but is always a fun time and definitely was cool to chat with Stephen Gonsalves. Interesting nugget from that conversation: When I asked if his pitching arm was sore from signing autographs, he said it was fine as he signs right-handed. Definitely a smart guy, hope to see him up at Target Field soon!
  20. Steve Lein
    Exactly what I was getting at, and the response even reads as he was looking for extensions that happened on any FA contract that still had 2+ years remaining.
  21. Steve Lein
    As a follow-up to this given I was so curious. I asked Baseball Prospectus the following question given the Cot's component of their website: "do you know the history of Free Agent signings where a 3+ year contract was extended after 1 season of said FA deal?" Their response, from Jeff Euston, is the following in its entirety: "This is exceedingly rare. Among active players, the only other case of this I can find is Glen Perkins, who also received an extension after one season of a free agent contract from Twins GM Terry Ryan. Absent an opt-out clause like the one in CC Sabathia's first Yankees contract, it's generally not done with free-agent contracts. The handful of other cases in which a player was extended with two or more years remaining were young players who had signed below market long-term deals before free agency, put up performances so strong they were still underpaid, then later signed an extension with the same club. A few of those examples are Miguel Cabrera (March 2008 and 2014), Ryan Braun (May 2008 and April 2011), Justin Verlander (February 2010 and March 2013), Evan Longoria (April 2008 and July 2013), Salvador Perez (February 2012 and March 2016) and Ryan Zimmerman (April 2009 and February 2012)." So realistically, and given Glen Perkins is the only other name they came up with, I can count the number of times this has happened on exactly one finger as lined up with my intuition. And Terry Ryan is literally the only GM to do this in modern times.
  22. Steve Lein
    Loved what Hughes brought in 2014, it was an awesome season. But there was absolutely no reason to extend his current deal at that point in time. I've kind of believed that the Twins got him to sign here with a gentleman's agreement saying they'd tear up his deal with a new one if he performed. Seriously, tell me how often that has happened for any free-agent signing in baseball history, the extending/increasing of a 3+year free agent deal after one year of it? My intuition says I could count them on one-hand. Possibly one finger.
  23. Steve Lein
    I would like this package. Dodgers have a high view of Buehler though. Have seen many reports saying he is not available in a trade or that they hold him and Alvarez in higher regard than De Leon.
  24. Steve Lein
    "Baseball teams, in general, seem to be losing their thirst for power. It's the name of Dozier's game, but the home run doesn't carry the same appeal it once did." I don't think this necessarily is it. A quick glance back at the history of player's receiving qualifying offers shows a lot of sluggers. It's not as appealing to sign these guys because of the cost of doing so. And I'm not talking about the money, I'm talking about the draft pick. With the picks that are lost basically determining a good chunk of a teams draft budget, if a team is going to sign that player, they absolutely aren't going to invest as much money in the player. Edwin Encarnacion demonstrates that pretty well. I would expect players to start accepting their Qualifying offer after how this offseason has gone. They won't get paid like they should on the open market until they don't have that anchor tied to them.
  25. Steve Lein
    "I'll admit that I'm probably lower than most on Jay, as I find it rather concerning that the collegiate reliever's arm couldn't even hold up through even 100 innings in his first year as a starter." Don't understand why this specifically is what makes you lower on him. I would have pegged him to maybe pitch 100 innings total if everything went right in his first year starting. Now, it didn't exactly, but nothing catastrophic happened either. Follow-up question: How do you then rate Fernando Romero?
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