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  1. nytwinsfan
    Congrats Tom!
  2. nytwinsfan
    As much as I hate the Yankees, yes, this seems pretty dumb.
  3. nytwinsfan
    Seems plausible. Interesting theory.
  4. nytwinsfan
    Maybe I'm missing something, but why does this article assume that the contract would be limited to Buxton's remaining four years of control? Especially since Bowden's tweet seemed to suggest both sides were looking "long term," which to me suggests more than just the four remaining years of Twins' control. As a player with a high floor, Buxton is a great candidate for an extension. The one real risk for the Twins is injury, which should certainly be factored into the price. But otherwise, the chances of Buxton having lower than a 2 WAR season seem really low to me. I do agree however with the poster above that Buxton is not really very comparable to Betts (who has clearly been the superior player), although I still definitely think Buxton worthy of an extension now.
  5. nytwinsfan
    Nah. With Pineda, May, Gonsalves and Romero all looking ready for starting jobs next year (and the last three looking ready in June or July of this year) I don't want to sign another starting pitcher to multiple years. Let's save that money for signing some good position players/relievers next offseason (depending on what happens with Sano, Mauer, Rooker, Morrison, etc.) and/or extending Buxton, Berrios, etc.
  6. nytwinsfan
    As alwasy Thrylos, I don't always agree with you, but you always have interesting takes on the prospects, and I epecially appreciate that you are not just regurgitating what other prospect writers say, but actually develop and explain your own views.
  7. nytwinsfan
    Yeah, the point about the strikeouts is fair. But Blankenhorn's walk rate is still much better than Diaz. I guess at this point I'd probably consider neither top 15. I'd go: Lewis Romero Gonsalves Rooker Kirilloff Baddoo Javier Thorpe Gordon Enlow Graterol Wade Garver Jay Granite Curtis Miranda then probably Diaz or Blankenhorn
  8. nytwinsfan
    As long as he didn't lose any muscle with it! He's a decent prospect, just didn't seemed to me to be in the same league as say, Enlow, Thorpe and Badoo.
  9. nytwinsfan
    Pretty solid list, at least compared to previous years where I had many more disagreements. I still don't get all the love for Lewin Diaz. I guess from a scouting perspective he still has a lot of power upside, but he's seemingly limited to 1B/DH, was a 20 year old in Low A, with decent but not great production, with a pretty poor K/BB ratio. Take Blankenhorn for instance, who was also 20 in low A, but at least has the ability to play 2B/3B and took notably more walks. I'd put Blankenhorn around 15, but Diaz around 20 or so.
  10. nytwinsfan
    Ok yeah, should have specified/qualified. If it is temporary to help down the stretch this year, that's fine, and indeed great if it will get him to the big leagues. But I worry about players getting pegged as relievers simply because there are higher paid veterans on the 25 man roster and the FO/coaches are reluctant to make them go to the bullpen if it is what is best for the team. That is basically what happend with May, and it sucked.
  11. nytwinsfan
    I'd be furious if they move him to the bullpen without giving him a good chance to start. That would be incredibly shortsighted.
  12. nytwinsfan
    The thing about Romero that we haven't seen among any other Twins pitching prospects in a while (forever?) is he combines high K% with high GB/lowHR%. While Berrios had the good K rates, he also gives up a lot of FB, and thus a lot of HR. Even in the minors, his GB rates were always in the low 40s or high 30s. If Romero can strikeout even 8 per 9 innings at the major league level, and also have a GB rate of close to 50%, he's a # 2 starter.
  13. nytwinsfan
    Yeah, injuries might be a legit reason to expect some upside. Hope you are right.
  14. nytwinsfan
    He was great in 2014-2015, decent in 2016 and terrible last year. Unless someone can give me a reason he was awful last year that won't make him awful this year . . .
  15. nytwinsfan
    Odorizzi hasn't been a #2 SP since 2015. He was barely a # 5 last year. The guy's BB rate and HR rates skyrocketed. He had a .227 BABIP last year and that was with a pretty below average batted ball profile. No way that continues. People thinking he is anything more than a back of the rotation piece are fooling themselves. There is a reason they only got Palacios back.
  16. nytwinsfan
    I'm pretty skeptical Odorizzi is anything above a number 5 starter anymore, but for Palacios, sure, why not.
  17. nytwinsfan
    http://www.startribune.com/rays-chris-archer-is-in-twins-sights-as-spring-training-approaches/473745133/
  18. nytwinsfan
    An 8K/9 rate is not that great when combined with a nearly 4BB/9 Walk rate. And it isn't like he's making up for it by being a groundball pitcher. He is extreme fly ball. Unless there is some reason to think last year was a fluke for him, not interested at all. He was literally replacement level last year.
  19. nytwinsfan
    Junot Diaz is an amazing speaker on almost any topic (ridiculously smart, insightful and even just casually profound) and an even better writer. Everything he writes is amazing, but Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao is his magnum opus. If you want a small taste, try this zombie short story he wrote for the New Yorker. It isn't his usual subject matter, but his style is unmistakable: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2012/06/04/monstro
  20. nytwinsfan
    His shoulder and/or neck probably still were not 100%. He's got to get healthy. Hopefully this offseason was his chance to do that.
  21. nytwinsfan
    Twins did really well on Fangraphs' "Here's Some Lower-Ranked Prospects We Love." Included: Pitchers: Brusdar Graterol Corner-Outfielders: Lewin Diaz Middle-Infielders: Wander Javier Yunior Severino (this was sort of a pleasant surprise. BTW, as a Junot Diaz fan, I LOVE the name Yunior). Performers Staring Us in the Face: Brent Rooker LaMonte Wade Outfielders: Akil Baddoo Recall that Lewis, Gordon and Kirilloff were all on their top 100 list and that Gonsalves and Romero were in the list of other players who were closely considered for the top 100. The only two I see potentially missing who might arguably be on here are Lewis Thorpe (under Performers Staring Us in the Face) and Blayne Enlow (Pitchers), but that's a pretty small quibble. Overall the Twins are very very well represented on this list, which although not a huge surprise, is nice to see.
  22. nytwinsfan
    No, he didn't. Kiley just got tripped up by a question that assumed a false fact.
  23. nytwinsfan
    Umm, Felix Jorge K's are wrong for 2017. He had 108, not 158. Very very big difference. If he had a 158 he'd probably be a top 5 Twins prospect.
  24. nytwinsfan
    Hell yes.
  25. nytwinsfan
    The front office has been very clear about waiting to spring training to discuss extensions. See, just one example, here: I've read/heard this many other places as well. While it is possible that they may not try that hard to extend Dozier, claiming (as this article does) that they seem to have no intention of bringing Dozier back because they haven't discussed an extension with him yet, when they have explicitly said they will discuss extensions later is . . . strange at best, and blatently misleading at worst.
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