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DID DID WE DID WE WIN DID WE WIN YET?!??

MORE. My pick to click for pitchers in 2018.

Palacios. Or any of the shortstops.

I like that this front office seems capable of making moves that serve different time scales. This is good.

I don't feel picked on. Even I hated it as soon as I posted it. The screen where I was entering info to post didn't wrap the lines so I thought maybe it wouldn't be too cryptic. But once I hit posted, everything wrapped. Blech. If you want to read it, you could Copy the data into excel, sort text to columns, space delimited. Or not. Who cares. Other than me, as I spent 20 minutes on that post. LIFE IS MEANINGLESS. OK, I feel better now.

Your responses to Questions 2 & 4 indicate a bias/preference for Kepler over Rosario. I'm a big fan of Kepler, but if you're willing to trade Rosario, why not be willing to trade Kepler? The age difference is about 1.5 years, so if that's the basis for the trade willingness/2020 lineup, OK - Kepler will be younger in 2020. For comparison, here are their career numbers. They are presented year by year, but if you want to compare age by age, you can shift Kepler's stats up one line mentally. I'm just curious as I think Rosario has been and will be better than Kepler (though I have hopes for somewhat of a Kepler breakout in 2018 just as Rosario broke out in 2017). Year Age Level PA BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS Rosario/Kepler 2010 18 Rookie 213 16 28 .294 .343 .438 .781 / 17 Rookie 153 13 27 .286 .346 .343 .689 2011 19 Rookie 298 27 60 .337 .397 .670 1.068 / 18 Rookie 221 23 54 .262 .347 .366 .714 2012 20 A, Rookie 449 32 71 .299 .347 .499 .846 / 19 Rookie 269 27 33 .297 .387 .539 .925 2013 21 AA, A+ 544 38 96 .302 .350 .460 .810 / 20 A 263 24 43 .237 .312 .424 .736 2014 22 AA, A+ 370 21 73 .243 .286 .387 .674 / 21 A+ 407 34 62 .264 .333 .393 .726 2015 23 AAA 100 5 17 .242 .280 .379 .659 / 22 AA, A+ 508 69 68 .318 .410 .520 .930 2016 24 AAA 169 7 25 .319 .343 .538 .881 / 23 AAA 128 16 14 .282 .367 .455 .822 2015 23 MIN 474 15 118 .267 .289 .459 .748 / 22 MIN 7 0 3 .143 .143 .143 .286 2016 24 MIN 354 12 91 .269 .295 .421 .716 / 23 MIN 447 42 93 .235 .309 .424 .734 2017 25 MIN 589 8 35 106 .290 .328 .507 .836 / 24 MIN 568 47 114 .243 .312 .425 .737

I've never seen any of these prospects (1-50) so all I can do is appreciate the list. It's strange though; I definitely end up leaning towards "favorites" based on stats and write ups alone. Thanks for all these lists!

2014: 234 PA 115 OPS+ 2015: 184 PA 71 OPS+ 2016: 177 PA 122 OPS+ 2017: 264 PA 101 OPS+ He has received chances. He has not received a regular and consistent chance. I think he'd do well with 500 PAs. As a reference, Joe Mauer in the last 4 seasons had OPS+ of 107, 98, 104, 116. (I'm well aware that Mauer posted considerably higher OPS+ in previous years. I just wanted a point of reference over Vargas' career.)

Keep Kennys. I don't see why you give up on a guy with power like his without giving him a full shot. Obviously they value (or at least in 2017, valued) Grossman's OBP more and it's hard to argue too hard against that. But you can't lose him for nothing.

I like that there is no DH in the NL, and I don't like that it appears it will quickly and easily go away. I like that they may go to 156 games and that the season may end a bit earlier than currently. I like Portland. It's a neat city. I've never been to Montreal. This has been things I like and don't like. See you next time.

Rosario. Leader of Confident Young Hitters.

This definitely became a must read for me. I liked the win probability chart, but my favorite part was the bullpen use table. I thought that was a very unique way to help think about tomorrow's game while still reviewing today's. Thanks for your work!

This was the first game I attended this year. I sent the team an email back during spring training telling the Twins that if they really loved me, if they respected me at all, they would get into the playoffs, and that I wouldn't go to a game until they proved themselves. Good job, Twins. I love you, too.

I'm feeling much better.

El de la Pica!

Sure, but if you just limit them to only 4 game losing streaks, they still would have been at 75 wins.

We should be large supporters of Seattle, Houston, and Cleveland (except when we are playing them). Oh, and we also need to win both series against Detroit. Going 3-1 and 2-1 against Detroit gets us to 83 wins. My target is 84, but taking care of business with Detroit is key.

Badoo is goodoo.

I like the players weekend - in particular, I like the nicknames on the backs of the jerseys. It's fun to see names and hear/wonder about backstories for the less obvious ones.

If he's "just" fatigued or they are concerned about too many innings, skip every other start and turn those into bullpen games for the rest of the year, so you don't tax the arms of the other starters. If he's hurt, put him on the DL, and rehab him as appropriate.

You know who has to be Gibson.

I see the "disruption" a little differently for a starting pitcher versus a position player. A position player who gets called up and sits for 6 days with only a pinch hitting appearance or an 8th inning substitution definitely seems like he's being disrupted. A starting pitcher who gets called up for a start or two, knowing that he's going to go back down? That doesn't seem all that disruptive, even if he doesn't make it through the 3rd inning. Of course, if a pitcher is called up and then doesn't get used for 12 days like what happened last year...that also would seem to qualify as disruptive.

I think this is my favorite series on Twins Daily. Thanks for the update.

I also think the numbers will be higher than this. By a fair margin.

Hoping for the best is great, but for every veteran who figures out a different way to succeed, there are dozens who figure out a way to fade away. I'd love for Hughes to have something parallel to Sabathia, but I'd guess that Tim Lincecum and Jered Weaver and many others would like that, too. Good luck to Hughes. Stay stretched out to Duffey.