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  1. Ben Noble
    Polanco being a better career LH batter aside, what change do you propose? Have him start hitting RH pitchers as a RH batter, something he’s never done before in a pro game?
  2. Ben Noble
    I see Morneau as a tv personality a lot like a promising young hitting prospect who's made a few appearances but hasn't exceeded his rookie status yet. He's got all the tools to succeed, but he needs some time and experience to put it all together. Hopefully we'll have the chance to watch him grow into the role and make it his own over the long haul, because I think he could be a good one.
  3. Ben Noble
    Arraez makes the most sense to me, but I wonder if there’s something deep in the data that shows Kepler leading off actually makes the most sense for the lineup as a whole.
  4. Ben Noble
    We’ll see, he still might be coming back, I suspect he’ll have to settle for a MiLB/split contract. Twins could be a fit for that second utility role, at least to start the season.
  5. Ben Noble
    But they called up Rooker ahead of Kirilloff, and I sincerely doubt they would’ve started Kirilloff in that lone playoff game if Rooker wasn’t injured. I’m a big believer in Kirilloff, but I also think the team would be totally justified in giving Rooker first crack at LF to start the season.
  6. Ben Noble
    Pretty sure teams are still capped at 13 pitchers on the 26-man roster until September 1st, unless they changed something for 2021. Edit: Sorry, my bad, just read that they DID change that! Fourteen pitchers just seems like madness, but with pitcher workloads thrown off last year, I’m sure we’ll see some teams doing it. You’re right, those options just became a lot more valuable.
  7. Ben Noble
    Nope, Kirilloff is the first to START a playoff game for their MLB debut. The other position players debuted as a pinch hitter and defensive replacement IIRC.
  8. Ben Noble
    Agreed on all counts, and after a year without MiLB I desperately need a refresher of who’s in the system and how close they are to The Show. Can’t imagine a better group than the team at TD to provide that!
  9. Ben Noble
    OP: “For reference, Hernandez has appeared at every position except for catcher and pitcher.“ Hernández actually pitched to four batters, recording one out, in one appearance against the Phillies in 2018.
  10. Ben Noble
    For those worried about competition for attendance, it’s about 50 miles from Cincinnati to the Reds’ Class A affiliate in Dayton, and the Dragons have repeatedly broken their own attendance records year after year since becoming a Reds affiliate over 20 years ago, including the longest sellout streak in US professional sports.
  11. Ben Noble
    Bradley Jr or Pillar, please. With Buxton on the roster, we need three other legit outfielders, one of whom can play above average defense in CF. It just makes our pitching staff so much stronger, especially the way it’s currently constructed. Kepler works in a pinch, but I don’t want to see him in CF for an extended period.
  12. Ben Noble
    I’d like to see Duran up in one role or another, and sooner rather than later.
  13. Ben Noble
    Like others, I expected to see Blankenhorn and would’ve picked Celestino over Whitefield. I don’t really know much about Whitefield other than that I think he played softball at the international level before making the switch to baseball. That alone should make him a fun player to follow!
  14. Ben Noble
    As a big fan of making road trips to check out Twins prospects, I’m hoping and praying that this is also a small step towards the Saints becoming a Twins affiliate once minor league ball starts back up.
  15. Ben Noble
    Good call on Cavaco and Javier, guys with great tools who really need to learn how to transition that raw talent to in-game situations. On the pitching front, I hope Landon Leach can get going at some point. Second round pick in 2017, great frame, Canadian player, think he transitioned from catcher to pitcher his junior or senior year of HS and hasn't pitched much since then. Dude needs to play.
  16. Ben Noble
    I know FanGraphs tabbed Sabato as a bat-only player and weren't super high on him. It's certainly a high bar, but there were plenty of people on here that were initially unhappy that the Twins signed a bat-only player in Nelson Cruz. Then again...Tyler Austin. Here's to hoping Sabato's bat is more Cruz than Austin!
  17. Ben Noble
    I'm really interested to see how this all plays out as well. It will be uncharted territory, and I expect that we'll see vastly different strategies and outcomes across the league when it comes to signing undrafted players.
  18. Ben Noble
    Here you go!
  19. Ben Noble
    I'll echo the above comments that Mienkiewecz and Morneau are obvious omissions, but I had no idea until reading this article that Carew spent so much time at first, had always thought that he played the vast majority of his career at second and only moved over to first in the twilight of his career.
  20. Ben Noble
    I wouldn't sleep on Jair Camargo, who came over in the Maeda trade, having a breakout in his age-20 season. Jim Callis tweeted that he has "plus raw power, some of the best exit velos in LA's system, strong arm as well."
  21. Ben Noble
    I mean, mlb.com had him rated as THE #2 international prospect in the 2018 class so, yeah, THE Yennier Cano. From what I remember, he was seen as an older, more polished relief pitcher without a terribly high ceiling, but a guy who had the chance to move quickly and contribute to a MLB bullpen in short order. A quick search shows that he's 25 years old, listed at 6'5" and throws a 70 grade fastball, 60 grade changeup and 55 grade slider. I had to look up his name, but definitely remembered the signing because the timeline was really funky. As I said, Cano was the #2 prospect going into the summer of 2018 but didn't sign until shortly before the 2019 international signing date, and I'm not sure why. I think the Twins had the most international money left over from the previous summer and spent it on Cano. Whatever the case, the Twins ended up nabbing the #2 and #6 (Misael Urbina) prospects from the 2018 class. Hoping his lackluster numbers this past summer were due to being away from competitive ball for a year and that he rebounds nicely this summer.
  22. Ben Noble

    We blew that

    Ben Noble commented on mikelink45's blog entry in mikelink45's Blog

    I think the Twins were granted a fourth option year on Romero, but it won’t matter how many options he has if he can’t learn to adjust. I was super high on him when he first came up, much more so than Gonsalves, and had visions of Berrios, Graterol and Romero atop the rotation. Now I’m dreaming on Berrios, Graterol and Duran.
  23. Ben Noble
    They’ve also signed Pineda to a pair of two-year pacts.
  24. Ben Noble
    They signed Yennier Cano this past summer.
  25. Ben Noble
    This is the way that I understand it as well, and I don't understand the consternation. A team can still call up every player on their 40-man, but they can only have 28 active per game; the remaining players would be 'healthy scratches.' I would expect the additional two (or six in your example above, which makes sense) to change from game to game in September. There should still be ample opportunity to both rest tired arms and nicked up players for the postseason, as well as get an early look at some young guys on the 40-man. And we'll hopefully have to sit through fewer September games that seem to take forever to end, because the entire lineup is swapped out after the 6th inning and a dozen pitchers make token late-game appearances.
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