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  1. Dman
    We will have to wait and see how he does but I have Lewis taking Solano's spot as that would be a righty for a righty. With Kirilloff and Polanco back I think it does take an injury before we see Jullien back. Unless of course they maybe move Buck off of DH. Maybe if they end up moving MIranda down they could find a way to rotate in Jullien? It just looks tough to do without an Injury to me.
  2. Dman
    After a brutal start Rosario has his OPS back to .800. HIs walk rate has been really good which is good to see. Once that Home run power kicks in he could be a stud corner outfielder. Aguiar continues to surprise. K rate is still a bit high but he has an .800 OPS with good power. Walk rate is OK but could be just a bit better. Hopefully he can keep it going all year. Fajardo continues to hit and with a sub 20% K rate he is makes good contact. More of singles hitter but he does have a couple of Home Runs as well. If he ups his game just a bit more I see a promotion to AAA in his future. Lot's of bats with tough starts but the weather is warming so should be no excuses now. Hoping some guys go on hot streaks this month.
  3. Dman
    Hell of a game by Ober. If he and Varland are for real and the pen can stop giving up runs this team looks really tough to me.
  4. Dman
    Ohl doesn't like to walk anyone so you better be ready in the box. Really nice job by him tonight. The guys have to know strikes are coming and if they can't hit him that bodes well for Ohl's future. I know he doesn't have an elite fastball but he really knows how to pitch. Hoping he continues to dominate. A lot of walks (3) but Ross continues to look good at the plate. He might be a genius pick but the Twins scouting department. Still has a long ways to go and needs to work on power but he looks like he is going to continue to produce all the way up to me.
  5. Dman
    Really nice summary! Not much to add except I feel the pen is not as strong as hoped. Maybe Stewart is someone who can help a little there? Need the arms to stay healthy and this team looks pretty good.
  6. Dman
    Man I knew Varland was good but those peripheral numbers are downright dominant. If that translates to MLB then what a find he was. Really hard to know what to expect from pitchers drafted past the first 3 rounds or so. Still I didn't see Matthews being the best of those picked to start the season. Hopefully he can moce up fairly soon since his pitch mix seems so effective he looks like he could be a fast mover. There is always at least one surprise in a draft class and it looks like he might be one of them.
  7. Dman
    Bummed that Rodriguez had a very tough go of it this week. I still think he can be MLB relief pitcher but he needs to be more consistent if he wants to get there. Hoping for a rebound this coming week Farjardo sure is fun to watch hit. It might mainly be singles but he is a really tough out. He doesn't walk enough to have Arraez skills but his bat to ball skills look like they might be one of the best at AA with maybe Lee being the exception as he and Lee have similar walk and K rate numbers. Lee can hit for power so his OPS is better but right now their bat to ball skills look pretty much the same. Farjardo is the only one with a .300 average at Wichita will have to see if he stays this hot or not. I keep thinking that K rate is going to hurt Severino and he just keeps keeps getting extra base hits. 38% K rate is going to take over at some point though. Also BABIP of .400 so regression is coming just a matter of time at this point. Still he is a very interesting bat. Will be fun to see how he does this year. Ben Ross continues to look like a steal. Still a lot of levels to go but so far all the numbers look good. Would be nice to have more walks and few less K's but his range is still good especially for the first month in cold and windy weather. Could Reggie Grace finally be for real? The K rate, FIP and xFIP seem to be lining up. His WHIP and ERA are both sub 1. The only thing that looks a bit ugly is his strand rate is high so likely some regression there but with a WHIP and ERA that low it hardly matters right now IMO. Some good weeks and with the weather warming up in May there should be improvements made for lot's of other guys.
  8. Dman
    April can be a tough month for hitters especially up North with the wind and cold. I expect that as the weather warms more players will have better results. That being said the guys that start out well early generally continue to have good seasons and get moved up early. Nice to see a catcher leading the charge with a good month of hitting. I am sure we will see him move up around the end of May if he keeps this up. If the defense is there he should be a top 30 prospect soon. Severino can hit the ball hard. If he K'd less and walked more he could be an elite bat. Like Jullian he doesn't really have a position other than 2nd base and Jullien is ahead of him especially with the eye at the plate. It is gonna be interesting to see just how well Severino does. Wallner and Contreras both doing well at AAA. Doesn't look like much room for either player right now but it is a long season so it is nice to know the Twins have solid options if needed.
  9. Dman
    I wouldn't sleep on the Guardians just yet. They have had starting pitching injuries I believe Civale and McKensie also Pleasac and Quantrel are off to slow starts. They have had position player injuries as well. They are bringing up their young stud pitching though and I think they had two AAA pitcher in the top 100 so that could change things for them. Last year they started off slow and finished very strong. I suspect the same thing will happen this year. One more thing they haven't played any games against KC yet so they have a chance to catch up real quick once they play them. I don't understand why the White Sox are this bad. They have a good rotation and decent pen but with all the talented position players they have they are very inconsistent at the plate and generally play poor defense. Unless they kick in gear real quick the best scenario seems to be a .500 team. Twins have their flaws as well but hopefully the built in depth and keeping players healthy helps them win more games to build the division lead. and keeps them from falling off a cliff at the end of the season. Lot's of baseball left. Here's hoping the Twins bats are better in the month of May.
  10. Dman
    I like him but he hasn't been that great to start the year. I like Ober, Varland, Headrick and SWR more then him so maybe him opting out isn't a bad idea. Just hard to hang onto guys that are not really dominant and have no options left. If he goes he goes not much we can do about it but I would love it if he stayed as I think he will get better as the weather warms.
  11. Dman
    If I am the Royals you have to be upset the way that all played out. Still winning doesn't really benefit them as they have a ton of holes in the lineup and on the mound. Still I don't love winning via umpire and yet we have been the screwed team more often than not so maybe this just helps even things out. At any rate I just don't feel good about this one but we get the win anyway.
  12. Dman
    Too generous the whole top of the 8th inning. Not used to the Twins getting calls but Royals have a legit gripe that whole inning. Thielbar really struggles in the cold and wet. Same issues last year early in the season. Twins better buy that ump a case of beer.
  13. Dman
    The board looks about right to me or at least what I see when out on various sites. Also stat wise hard to argue with it right now. Like last year though I expect some high school kids to rise up in the draft but it is gonna be hard to crack the top 5. Crews looks amazing and Langford not too far off his numbers. Skenes has been dominant. Clark possibly a five tool player and Jenkins is right there with him except he has power. I guess I like Wilson better than where he is on the list but Maybe that is the Arraez effect? Wilson might not have power but the ability to not strike out and have a good eye at the plate is very valuable as well. Not to mention it looks like he could stick at short. All I know is that there are going to great players at number 5 no matter how they fall on the board.
  14. Dman
    Yeah I agree. The Twins traded him as part of the Pagan, Paddack package so they got something out of him. Still he didn't produce for the Padres and they traded him to KC. He didn't produce there and KC tired to sneak him off the 40 man only to have the A's pick him up. So not just the Twins who had issues finding 40 man space for him. He is not a plus defender anywhere either so he needs to hit like he is right now to be valuable. Even with the hot start I am not convinced after watching his swing with the Twins. I would just throw him breaking stuff and I doubt he will square much of that stuff up. He was always more of a fastball\mistake hitter IMO as he really struggled to make contact with high K rates all through the minor's. Maybe he has turned a corner and maybe he will keep this up and if does good for him. Making it as a MLB hitter is really hard.
  15. Dman
    Glad to see Funderburk finally end up at AAA where IMO he should have started the year. His strand rate, WHIP and FIP are a little concerning but he has improved his K rate considerably so far this year and his ERA of 1.00 means he has been getting outs when he needs them. I think he has been a very under rated player throughout his time in the minors. IMO he works best as a pen arm but we will see. He has been fine as starter to this point as well. Congrats to Kody on the promotion and now he is just one step away from making the MLB club.
  16. Dman
    A couple of things I wondered about in the Yankee series is they are down two pretty top notch starters and if they were healthy that could have made a big difference in the outcome of the series and their lineup seems as inconsistent as ours to start the season. I think playing them early might have been the advantage the Twins needed to take the series. Otherwise I think the streak would have continued at least IMO. Still you have to play when you have to play regardless of who is hurt and I am happy the Twins came out on top. It was fun to come out on top after 20 years of seeing things go the other way. I agree with you that the other big difference in this series was the Twins starting pitching which for the most part held their lineup to very few runs (sans the Maeda start). I also agree that right now today as things stand the Twins look better than the Yankee's. That could easily change once they get Rodon back and their lineup heats up. Still I have hope that this Twins team can play with the big boys now..
  17. Dman
    Yeah things have not gone Kenta's way. I would really like them to do a 60 day IL and slowly build him back up. Given the lack of recovery he seems to be having I would just take it slower on the ramp up. The team can't really afford to try things out in Major League games when they have solid options in AAA right now. We probably will know more after the MRI's and I guess they could start with a 15 day IL stint I just think it is going to take longer than that to prove his arm is where it needs to be to compete at the highest level. I don't see a compelling reason to push him right now. He is still a valuable asset when he is on. I think there is some trust lost at this point and it will take more than 15 days to get it back IMO.
  18. Dman
    Sure seemed intentional to me. he wasn't anywhere near that area with his pitches and had pretty good control all day. Was wishing Gallo would have hit one back at him at 110 for a punk move like that but I guess I'll take the 2 run home run damaging his ERA. i really don't like that guy.
  19. Dman
    I thought Glen Perkins brought it up in one of the games that it took him a long time to get rosin off of his fingers. So it doesn't appear to be a particular easy process. Will be interesting to see how they handle this especially as the weather heats up and a body sweats even more.
  20. Dman
    The Yankee's only have a 99.5% win probability right now. We got this one no problem.
  21. Dman
    I am a big Kenta backer but he needs to do a 60 day stint to build up or something. We actually have better arms than this. I think even Headrick could have done better than this. I don't think we need a long leash after the last couple of outings and a skipped start. Use 60 days to get it together and get right.
  22. Dman
    No thanks for me on Nimalla at number 5. Better off going for bat first players when picking high. I have seen too many 4 tool players with all the physical skills except the bat never make it. Latest example would be Cavaco. Hitting the stuff pitchers throw today is hard enough that even bat first prospects can struggle. If they want to take a chance in latter rounds I could see it but I am hoping they go with more pitching in the higher rounds this year.
  23. Dman
    You look at that St Paul lineup and it looks good top to bottom. Almost a mini MLB lineup with Jullien, Kirilloff, Garlick and Wallner at the top and Helman, Contreras and Wolters followed by Bechtold and Williams. Gonna have to pitch well to keep all those bats down. By the way Contreras is having a heck of start hitting .314 with 907 OPS Hopefully he can keep it going. Also nice to see Balazovich continue to pitch well. Given how well he has pitched I assume they will start stretching him out soon? He looks like he might be back to his old self. Jones pitched really well last night. Hoping he keeps that up. The bats at High A continue to struggle but seem to be coming around. Awesome to get 4 wins and lot's of hits for the good guys. Lot's of players starting to look better as we get close to May.
  24. Dman
    I haven't seen Salas this year but last year I saw him at a Kernals game in Beloit (Miami) and he had good contact skills but a lot of it was weak contact. While his K rate isn't over the dreaded 30% this year he still K's quite a bit and doesn't walk enough. He needs to find a way to be more selective at the plate. It looks like he might have the same problem Miranda used to have. He can get to almost any pitch but can't barrel all those pitches. IMO that is why he has a very low .170 BABIP. He is putting balls in play but they are easy outs. I also wasn't impressed with him defensively last year either. I think it will be another growth year but he is still just 19 and turns 20 tomorrow so young for this level. Also when the weather warms up it seems like bats can heat up ala Matt Wallner last year. April is a tricky month to judge a hitter on. I am concerned but still bullish on Salas as a player. It will be interesting to see how he does later in the year. As long as there is growth then he should be OK.
  25. Dman
    Really nice to see Kirilloff take two walks last night. I love good bat to ball guys but they need a good eye at the plate to stay hot. He sure seems to love AAA pitching as he always seems to do well at that level. Wallner looks good at AAA as well. Needs to see the ball better so am happy he is working walks as well. Aggressive is good but it also has to be tied to patience as well. He seems really close to being ready IMO. Holland with a really tough start to the year with a .142 OPS he isn't walking much and is isn't hitting much. Hopefully he can pull a Wallner this year and get hot in May. I had given up on Willy Joe Garry as a hitter but he is off to a good start with a .772 OPS. Still not completely convinced he has the contact skills to get there but it is nice to see him doing well. He has all the tools except the bat. It is the two older guys Cossetti and Schuffield that are doing really well in A ball but it doesn't seem like they belong there. I guess no room for them elsewhere but hopefully they can move up by early June. Oliveras is off to a good start. K rate a little low but having a .66 WHIP means he isn't messing around and throwing strikes. Wish we knew more about what he throws and how hard but right now he looks better than some of the college arms at A ball IMO. Still waiting for more breakouts and some guys seem close but April is a hard month for hitters. Once the weather warms hopefully some bats take off.
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