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  1. slash129
    Rupp is striking out about 50% of the time in AAA. That's worse than Sano who is now in A.
  2. slash129
    Wow ... Lot's of overreaction (except the Belisle parts) after a loss to a top team after winning two and being down the two hottest players in the lineup for most of the game. For those wanting to dump the catchers, be careful what you wish for. I know they aren't hitting, but that isn't a bat first position. They've been handling a staff that has been doing well and putting the team in a position to win games. I wouldn't be surprised if Astudillo came up and hit more than either Garver or Wilson, but I would venture to guess there is a reason he is being moved around the field at Rochester. My guess would be that he doesn't play any position particularly well, but his bat is desirable. The Twins don't need to mess up a good thing by throwing a catcher in there that can't handle the staff. Does anyone have some actual info on the defense, framing, blocking and game-calling abilities of Sawyer or Astudillo? I think that would be much more useful for forming an opinion on whether they should be given a shot than forming that opinion off batting average.
  3. slash129
    Belisle should just make a b-line to the manager's office. Stick a fork in him.
  4. slash129
    Lynn gave them a chance. It was ugly and not very fun to watch, but he worked out of many jams. I'm still not in the "worth the wait" camp, but he did beat a very good team with the help of four lock-down relief outings.
  5. slash129
    I had the same feeling about jumping the gun this season after Berrios started by blanking the O's and having two other starts where he gave up 0 runs. The only blemish at that point was the record cold start temp game, which I don't think anyone was going to hold against him. After the Puerto Rico series, he went to New York, got squeezed and didn't handle it well at all. That carried over to the Reds game where he didn't have command and resulted in probably his worst start so far (especially given the opponent). He got back on track a couple starts later against St. Louis and has been very consistent since. He has run into some trouble the last two times out, but I think he learned from that bad stretch starting with the Yankees game not to get overly amped when he gets squeezed or doesn't have his best stuff or pinpoint command. He's pitched out of lots of jams against Detroit and Boston, and he's really been a bulldog in those two games. That's where I think the growth and path to being an ace is going to come. It looks like he'll get the ball 5 more times before the All Star break, and four of those are at home against bad teams. A late run to the All Star staff is definitely within reach. I wouldn't care if he didn't pitch though, because I'd like to see him be the #1 coming out of the break. I'm guessing La Maquina would want to do both.
  6. slash129
    Short Term - Dozier Long Term - Sano
  7. slash129
    Pete Rose?
  8. slash129
    I'm not sure what your qualifiers are, but we'll have to agree to disagree on the good start/bad start statistics. 7/6 is about as generous as I can go. He gets the Red Sox and Cubs in two of next three, if he can give the team a chance to win and not require bullpen abuse in those games, then I'll be more likely to lean toward the believer side. Anything less than that, and I'll just hope he can be good against all the bad teams the Twins draw in that long homestand before the break, so the FO can move him for some kind of value shortly after that. Jacoby 'Flippin' Jones
  9. slash129
    Motter's the Man in the Box, now buried in his sh** (by Sale)
  10. slash129
    Trump 2020
  11. slash129
    The whole year, or just when Seattle played the Twins?
  12. slash129
    He actually does look like early Layne Staley
  13. slash129
    Haha ... we jinxed it!!
  14. slash129
    Berrios was over-amped early, but he's choosing the right battles and bearing down like an Ace should ... Glad we get him for the next 4.5 years
  15. slash129
    The Twins have the type of lineup tonight that matches up well for a Sale no-hitter ... Lots of ice cold or never-were-never-will RH types ... It's once again up to the Ed's
  16. slash129
    Kinda jumping the gun ... It's a few starts, and some against pretty bad teams ... I need to see a few more
  17. slash129
    Well, at least we aren't Baltimore fans.
  18. slash129
    I wonder if Kirilloff has played his last game in a Kernels jersey. As I look through the numbers, it's hard to find an element of his hitting game that would be challenged more without a promotion. The walk rate could improve more, but it has improved since April from 5.3% to 9.8% (8.5% overall). He sprays the ball all over the place. The K-rate has dropped since April from 21.1% to 15.1% (16.7% overall). His GB rate is 54%, so that's probably an area for improvement (he's not a speed demon). It's also hard to easily see if that has improved since April, since Fangraphs doesn't have splits for minor leaguers. He has jumped 32 places in the prospect rankings from 99 to 67. If Kirilloff doesn't make the jump to A+, you'd have to think that defense or some lingering concern about season stamina coming off the injury would be what is holding him back.
  19. slash129
    Was just checking Kirilloffs Twitter ... That dude is pretty religious .... Maybe he can get promoted to FTM soon and help Sano have a literal "come to Jesus" moment .... Whatever works!!
  20. slash129
    OMG, look what I found, someone is actually informed about Gordon
  21. slash129
    Gordon still proving that he's far from big league ready (down to 642 OPS and 78 wRC+), yet many still want him promoted ASAP. At least his BABIP is getting closer to normalized, so we can see what he really is.
  22. slash129
    They only lost by two and Lance Lynn got a quality start. Garver got two hits.
  23. slash129
    He could stay down there next year too, correct? Only used the option in 2015.
  24. slash129
    Nick Gordon at AAA - .671 OPS, 2.2% BB Rate, 87 wRC+, 4 Errors in 183 innings No thanks.
  25. slash129
    C'mon Eds ... Steal it back
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