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  1. Dman
    I was thinking about this group right after MiLB was done for the year. It looks like an all-star lineup to me. Not sure what they come up with for pitching at least to start the year but they have the bats to be a very, very tough team to beat. It can be a big jump from the Appy league to Cedar Rapids so no guarantee everyone starts out well but pretty much everyone in that lineup has the potential to be an impressive hitter. I can't get to Cedar Rapids to see them but maybe when the play in Beloit I can get there. I am just as excited as you are. I expect a lot of these guys to end up in Fort Meyers by the mid point so not sure about your championship aspirations.
  2. Dman
    We’ll have to see what kind of year he has this year first but if he hits 30 HR’s and has a decent OBP then it is going to take some serious money to sign him. He’s won a gold glove, been to the all-star game and hit’s lots of HR’s at a position where that kind of power is rare. If the Twins don’t pony up someone else will. I am guessing he will get 4 years with a 5th year option. His next contract could make him a rich man. If he shows signs of regression or has serious injury then hard to say what he gets. Still probably good money just not max money. Personally I think the Twins offer him a QO and let him walk but we’ll see.
  3. Dman
    Like most guys he was on fire with the bat for a while. He seemed to wear down as the season wore on. If his bat continues to improve he has a chance to make it, but there are younger guys doing just as well so he needs to keep doing the little things better if he is going to make it. That being said it is easy to see he is a good player but man the competition is stiff to make it to the Majors.
  4. Dman
    Christmas came early. Thank you!!!
  5. Dman
    I tend to agree that they outsmarted themselves in the rule V. Maybe I am overestimating Bards value but based on box scores and everything I have read he looks like someone who might take some lumps but certainly has the stuff to make it at the MLB level. In my mind he profiles better than Kinley. Guys that can't find the strike zone typically don't make it. I guess they think they can fix him or that he has figured things out but I doubt it. He seems like the longest of long shots to me. The FO has to feel that Burdi will never completely recover from the arm issues he has. That is the only explanation I can come up with for not keeping him over someone like Kinley. After failing to trade him I guess they figured he wasn't worth keeping around. I was not a fan of them exposing so many quality guys to the rule V but told myself that they had redundant reliever options so letting a few of them go wouldn't hurt anything especially if they picked up vets with the four remaining spots. They used one spot on Pineda and another on Kinley two players that likely can't help the team this year. Another on a veteran reliever. So two spots wasted for this year and only one left for a starting pitcher before they would have to take someone off the 40 man. Someone who is likely better than Kinley. I don;t get it.
  6. Dman
    I need that prospect handbook ASAP. Big fan of Blankenhorn but hoping for more with the bat next year. Should be a good group with palacious, ariaz, Diaz rortvedt and Whitefield leading the way.
  7. Dman
    If you can get him to sign a two year deal I would do that. If we decide to go with young guys he will still have trade value. Otherwise you let him go for nothing. He is a valuable player especially in a utility role.
  8. Dman
    I was fine with them leaving Burdi and Bard off if they were going to sign free agents that were going to help the team get to the next level but Signing a pitcher that can't help this year and then grabbing a guy in the rule V that might not even make the team leaves a bad taste in my mouth. They had to think Bard would slip through or that they just had too much redundancy in relief options to care because I just can't wrap my brain around the decision. I realize I don't know a tenth of what they know about various players but clogging two of the four spots disappoints me. It makes me think they are going in to this season trusting the young guys in the system and quite frankly that scares me a little bit. I thought the plan was 4 strong veteran adds so what ultimately happened threw me for a loop.
  9. Dman
    Yeah I think the FO miscalculated on the Rule V draft. I think they might have outsmarted themselves. Given what happened last year they haven't built my trust in handling the Rule V draft. I would much rather have Bard on the 40 man than Kinley on the 25 man. I guess I need a professional to explain the logic to me for that move. All I can think of is that they didn't think another team would take Bard but they were wrong. I have to believe the medicals on Burdi are not good. He always had a high effort delivery and a lot of scouts felt injury's were inevitable. The Braves seemed to feel the same way as they nixed the trade based on the medicals. So Burdi's future does appear to be in doubt. I know we have a lot of pitchers on the 40 man and lots of young relievers in the pipeline so in the end this move probably doesn't matter much but it also doesn't give me confidence the wonder boys are making good decisions either.
  10. Dman
    I like the tools this kid has. He should be a big part of that Elizabethton club and I can see why the Angels liked him especially in the third round. It seems like most High schooler’s struggle with that first taste of pro ball so I am not too worried about his numbers yet. His speed\power skillset is exciting and I am hoping we will see more of it in first full year. The Twins need more, high upside outfielders, in the system IMO so I think Pearson was a good get for them.
  11. Dman
    He was my least favorite option. Dang it.
  12. Dman
    I think he is a good break out candidate for 2018. He took his hard knocks and has learned from them. All he needs to do is hit and he will make it. High A should be a piece of cake for him.
  13. Dman
    Prospect rankings are all about potential. Tools are rated for what they can be not what they are right now. Pearson might be MLB average or he might be the next Mike Trout. No one really knows at this point. Once he has a full season of pro ball under his belt he will rise or fall on the boards. Once players start reaching their potential we can see their ceiling more clearly. I believe Littel is seen as a potential number 4 starter if he makes it at all. Right now Pearson could be Mike Trout or nothing we don't know but the ceiling will be high based on his potential skill set. You are right that 90% of these guys won't make it to the Majors so the failure rate is very high. You still have to do what you can to find as much talent as possible. Never know who might make it. Brian Dozier was a long shot that many thought wouldn't make it or be average at best and he made it to the All Star game. There is a lot to like about Pearson and there is a reason the Angels went over slot to sign him. It is tough to find speed\power combo players and they are very valuable if they make it. I wouldn't get to hung up on potential versus reached potential in these lists. They straighten themselves out in time.
  14. Dman
    I think he got good advice. The Twins are pretty loaded at Short and he has a path of least resistance through the Angels system. Should give him a faster path to the Majors if he is as good as advertised.
  15. Dman
    Sure that is one possibility, but don't you find it strange that no analysts are talking about winning the Jelfry Marte sweepstakes or reporting anything of interest about him other than the voided contract? Wouldn't there be rumors from his camp that the Twins were jerking him around or the medical was wrong? Also the Twins have to careful about their reputation or no one will want to sign with them in the future. I don't think you would want to take a chance like that to get some different prospects.
  16. Dman
    But if that theory were true and Marte such an excellent player then why haven't teams jumped on signing him? To me the theory the Twins were less than honest doesn't make sense at all. If he is good and there really is no medical issue some team should have him by now. So far crickets.
  17. Dman
    Yeah I am not sure they will want to sign him. I think the report was he had 20\100 vision in one eye. It didn't sound like something that was easily correctable. I haven't heard of other teams being overly interested and no one has jumped on grabbing him yet. It would have had to be pretty serious for the Twins to void the contract as they have a good reputation for being fair. If they do sign him I would think it would be for significantly less now and more as a favor than thinking he is still a top prospect. Just my opinion based on limited knowledge.
  18. Dman
    I think it depends on how you look at it. The Angels gave Pearson a one million dollar bonus to sign and the Twins gave them one million to spend on the international market. Seems like a pretty straight up trade there to me. Also I think most teams would probably give up one million to get get an extra third round pick. And yet by giving up that money it means they cannot spend it on an international player that might have better potential than Pearson. Or if they didn't manage to spend all the money then they get nothing. The catcher for me is a bit of head scratcher. He was a 5th round draft choice that signed for $300,000. His floor seems to be great defensive catcher. He has a good eye at the plate but not a lot of power potential. He was a finalist for the Bench award but to me it seems like an over pay for us. I don't know that he will even be in our top 30 so I don't know what drove them to make that trade. I am no scout so I assume they see greater potential there than I do. Both players have good potential and the Twins essentially got two extra 2017 draft picks for free, depending on how you look at it. Depth is a good thing so IMO they came out very good to OK with these deals.
  19. Dman
    I agree it will be tough for him to crack the top 20 IMO. He is still a pretty cool get though. Really like the potential. Speed, power combo is tough to come by. Not a s excited about the catcher but I understand we need the depth. Not sure where he would slot. Somewhere after Rorvedt I guess.
  20. Dman
    I'd definitely have Kirilloff over Rooker. Kirilloff is younger, a better runner, more likely to strike out less and will have some power maybe not a s much as Rooker but I think his potential is higher than Rooker. With Badoo you may have a point. His numbers are amazing for that league at that age. I believe they were better than AK's when he was there. Will be interesting to see how those two guys turn out. I like them both but probably give Badoo the nod because his power potential looks better AK's.
  21. Dman
    Yeah Kohl is a guy where you would have to ignore the numbers and believe you can fix him if you want to take him in the rule V draft. He is young enough to make it tempting though. Will be interesting to see how it plays out.
  22. Dman
    I guess the one thing that stuck with me that I learned on this board is that pitchers with his profile don't translate well to MLB. A few guys have made careers as starters not striking out many guys but the list is very short. The other thing that stands out is he seems to have stagnated in his development. he doesn't seem to be changing his approach much and or grown as a pitcher. The way I see it he needed to be better than Slegers, Enns, Thorpe or Jorge to make the cut. The Twins don't see him as better than any of those guys so he is exposed to the rule V. I personally think he has a chance to turn things around as a reliever but given the dearth of relievers the Twins have it probably didn't make sense to take a chance on Stewart. In the end it comes down to competition and projection. He came up short so he is where he is. I hope he gets another season with Twins as I still think despite all evidence to the contrary that he can be a dominant relief pitcher but I do have a tendency to over value the players I have watched and read about and hoped would help the team.
  23. Dman
    Very nice write up. If he can get that average and OPS up a bit higher he has a chance. He really needs to dominate to get traction as a prospect. Will be interesting to see how he does on AA next year.
  24. Dman
    Yeah they couldn't keep every reliever with promise and clog up the 40 man. There are other guys coming up that don't need to be protected so not the end of the world if we lost all of them which is unlikely anyway. This is what the rule V is for I guess. Given the pen we have it was gonna be tough for those guys to make it anyway. Now maybe they will get a chance with another team. It looks like they want more proven players for the pen as they have a fair bit of young blood up for relievers in Hildy, Curtis, Busenitz , Chargios, Moya and Rogers. They'll want some vets to close and work the eighth. May and Duffy might still end up as pen arms so I can see why they did things the way they did.
  25. Dman
    I was surprised as well. I know lots of people on the board don't like his stats or his chances to make an impact at the Major League level but I was still a believer. I wanted to see him one more year to see if there was any improvement. I also think he could be a good pen arm. Jack up his velo and used in shorter stints I feel like those K's might just come back. I've been wrong about a lot of guys and probably am about Stewart but I thought he had enough stuff to keep. Maybe no one else will like him in the rule V so it won't matter.
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