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  1. Dman
    I think if I am the Twins I am shopping all the prosptects that are a year away from the rule V draft and seeing what kind of talent they can get with that. If it is not good enough then start figuring out what it is going to take to get what they want. Good deals can be struck in a variety of ways. I think the Twins have some interesting players at AAA for other teams. Raley's numbers look MLB worthy to me. I think Wade has a real good chance as well. Gordon is a bit of a wild card but he is a former 1st round pick that has hit pretty well all the way through the system just has had trouble staying consistent the entire year. Rooker would be on the table for me as well but I doubt his value is very high. Cave has some question marks but seems like a good bet to be at least a 4th outfielder if not better. So those are all guys I would look at moving and see what you could get. I agree Larnach and Wander could be included as well as they seem like depth right now. The four guys I would least like to give up are Kirilof, Lewis, Balazovich and Graterol. For me pretty much everyone else is in play. Would kind of hurt to lose Miranda, Baddoo and Rortvedt as well but I could live with losing one of the three. We should have another good draft ahead of us so this should be a good time to trade some talent. We can't keep them all anyway might as well get something we can use for some of them.
  2. Dman
    I am happy the Twins are playing Arraez and not just sitting him. I think he has answered the question of whether he can handle hitting MLB pitching granted it is a small sample size but the fact that the game doesn't seem to big for him is nice to see. Sano has a knack for just when you think he stinks he does something great. Offensively he single handedly won that game for us. Nice to see him get the big hit instead of strike out. Odo keeps making me look silly for doubting him this year. He has been outstanding and makes this rotation look better. Always good to have a big year in a contract year as well.
  3. Dman
    Very well written. Thank you!
  4. Dman
    He reminds a little bit of Polanco when he was in the minors. Not a lot of power but great bat to ball skills and good eye at the plate. He might never develop Polanco's power but he seems like a good bet to be a very good hitter. His high floor low ceiling profile makes sense for a call up. I hope he gets a chance to play as it would be nice to see how he handles MLB pitching.
  5. Dman
    It was the right move to make at this time. Hate to see an injury lead to this but it happens. I wish Reed the best and maybe next year he can still come back and make it. Once the velocity goes it is hard but it can be done.
  6. Dman
    What ever he used to have he seems to have lost it. AAA is a better place to try and get his groove back. Rocco tried to put him in a spot to succeed today. A four run lead to give him a chance to get his confidence back and prove he can get guys out. He didn't come through though so time try someone else.
  7. Dman
    Most of the guys on this site hated the Jay pick but I defended it. He was supposed to have two plus pitches with a floor of elite reliever. From day one he was hit hard or allowing hard contact. He just never seemed to have the stuff to make it from day one. I kept hoping he would turn it around but he seems to be the same unreliable pitcher pretty much every game every year. I mean Ryan Mason an after thought pick is pitching better than he is. I am finally starting to come around that Jay was bust a pick.
  8. Dman
    It is so hard to predict if the three teams above us will go with pitchers or hitters. The sweet spot for pitchers seems to start around pick 10. If you want to grab one of the better pitchers you need to do it then as it looks like slim pickings by the time you get to pick again. The thing is their is some interesting talent in the 9-16 range and I can't make up my mind who the Twins should pick at 13? All I know is that they will get a very good player with that pick. Personally I would like them to go with a pitcher with the first pick as they have been able to identify bats in the later rounds. The problem comes if teams that pick 9-12 decide to to take pitchers then there will be better position players that fall to our spot as well. So whats the right thing to do I have no idea at this point. If Stot or Langeliers falls to 13 it would be hard to pass on either one. If Manoah were to fall to 13 then he would be hard to pass up as well. It is hard to say what the Twins will do. I just hope they make a good choice. They should be in a good spot to get some good talent again this year.
  9. Dman
    After all the trouble the Jays gave us at home I thought we would be lucky to get two out of three. To Sweep is just awesome. Lets go get Detroit and keep things rolling. I am loving this team right now.
  10. Dman
    Who needs Realmuto when you have a platoon of Garver, Castro and La Tortuga.
  11. Dman
    I wasn't quite as on board as you were but I was willing to give the FO some credit when I said "I wasn't a fan of the Anibel Sanchez signing last year and he did well with the Braves. I ranted and raved about how horrible that move was. Hopefully they identified something here as well(with Perez). Can't say I am excited but hope this works out for my favorite team." I would say my initial reaction was better than after I first saw him play for us. I did lose faith after his spring training performance and he didn't help me see his potential when he needed like 70 pitches to go three innings in relief early in the year. I was waiting for him to implode not take off. I am very surprised at how well he is doing and I hope he keeps it up.
  12. Dman
    Was not initially a believer in Poppen but he is starting to change my mind. He has a nice K rate and has continued to produce as he has advanced. I thought he was known as a pitcher with good control but the only issue I have with him right now is his WHIP which seems to mainly be influenced by the walks he has given up. 14 of them in 19 innings. So is he effectively wild or does he really have swing and miss stuff? I guess time will tell but he won't make it to MLB with a WHIP that high so at some point he is going to have to gain better control. At any rate he seems like a player to watch right now.
  13. Dman
    Perez sure throws his fair share of balls out of the zone but I guess I can't complain with the results he is getting. He is making me a believer and really strengthening the starting core of Odo and Berrios. If Gibson and Pineda come around this team is dangerous. Still would be nice to solidify the pen but I am fine giving the guys they have a chance until June to prove themselves. The hitters have been outstanding. This is a very tough lineup to keep quiet. Any player can take a mistake pitch out of the park. I have been waiting a long time for a team like this. If we stay healthy it is gonna be a fun year.
  14. Dman
    I liked Jax as a draft pick but have struggled to embrace him as a potential MLB pitcher. I love how aggressively he pitches and his WHIP has always been pretty good. His K rate though has always been sub optimal and that is what gives me pause. There don't seem to be very many good pitchers in MLB that don't have swing and miss stuff. So maybe he could make it as a 5th starter type but it seems to me that until he finds a K pitch he will have trouble stepping up to the Big leagues. I will say I am impressed with what he has done so far this season. I am still hopeful for just a little more growth to put him over the top, but I also have my doubts. Congrats to all the starters last night as I don't remember three guys pitching that well all at the same time. Nice to see more solid pitching prospects in the system.
  15. Dman
    I never loved the signing but I was willing to give the FO the benefit of the doubt. His spring training was not great and he was all over the place out of the pen to start the season. At that point I figured he would be another bust that the Twins stuck with for too long. The best I thought he could ever achieve is to survive as a fringe 5th starter. I never would have guessed he could have a game where he held the Houston lineup to zero runs through 8 innings. I never thought he had that kind of potential at all. Perez really impressed me with that outing. I can see now that he can be so much more. He can be part of the top of the rotation. It would be awesome if he was part of the solution to making the starting pitching stronger. Strong enough to compete with some of the better clubs.
  16. Dman
    I don't know what to say. I predicted a homer prone loss and Perez pitched a shutout for eight innings. I have so much crow to eat my stomach hurts. I was very surprised he was able to hold that lineup to zero runs. Just like Odo I kept waiting for him to implode and he never did. Very, very pleased with the win. I wish I was believer from the beginning but will have to settle for a band wagon jumper instead.
  17. Dman
    Given the swing and miss swing of Cabbage I would never have picked him to win a hitter of the month award ever. With Kiriloff and Lewis likely standing in his way among others he seemed like the longest of long shots to me. I am happy to see that he is getting more contact and having much better results. It seems like his eye at the plate has been better and he has been getting better pitches to hit. Congrats to Trey on hitting better than anyone else in the system for a month especially in cold northern tundra of Cedar Rapids!
  18. Dman
    I didn't watch the whole game but the inning I did watch Cole struck out the side. He looked really good as he was up, down left right and just outside with most of the pitches I saw. I think patience would have been more prudent than aggressive at bats. His fast ball has some nice tail at the end and he kept our guys swinging at balls. In the three at bats I saw there were only two decent pitches to try and hit. I turned it off after that inning as I knew this was a loss. I will say this Twins team does not seem to be a good cold weather team. Both blow outs were in cold bad weather. I know the other team has to play in those conditions as well they just seem to handle it better than the Twins. We need to get another win against Houston and I don't like our chances with Perez on the mound. I see a lot of long balls against us today but will have to wait and see. Hopefully we can generate some offense but Houston has been good at keeping our bats at bay.
  19. Dman
    Well at least I didn't mark it in permanent marker. Using a Pencil I can still erase it and put the proper team in the win column.
  20. Dman
    I had this game penciled in as a loss before it even began. I kept waiting for Odo to have one of his Odo innings in the 5th then the 6th then the 7th and it never happened. Then I waited for the bullpen to mess his great pitching performance up and it never happened. When the game was over I sat in quiet disbelief wondering if what happened really just happened. Baseball is a crazy game.
  21. Dman
    While I am extremely happy for the for the win it is bitter sweet for me. From what I saw Adrianza did not check his swing he should have been out before he hit that home run. Granted we have been on the other side of some of those calls but this win is tainted for me.
  22. Dman
    I agree he didn't look that great last night, my definition of good job was different than yours. By doing his job I was more referring to the fact he went 6 innings against a tough lineup. He was one bad inning away from a quality start. He did not seem to have good command and was hit hard at times but he made it through 6 and all the starters on the pitching staff got a day off which will hopefully help us the next series.
  23. Dman
    I agree. They got what they wanted though. Two guys they can send down and they didn't have to use a starter or the pen tonight. Plan is to try and win the series against the O's.
  24. Dman
    I agree and I bet Kohl can do better against the Indians, or Royals or some other teams than a stacked Houston lineup.
  25. Dman
    Thats just it he is supposedly our second best pitcher so if you don't like what Kohl did tonight then it has to be hard to stomach what the Twins are going to throw out there 4 out of 5 games. Might as well stop watching right now.
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