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  1. gunnarthor
    Nice to see Baddoo and Kiriloff get more hits. But for the most part, the minors have started a bit flat.
  2. gunnarthor
    Yeah, he's just been pounding the strike zone. I love the lack of walks. He also seems like he could be a 200 inning pitcher, which is getting rare in this day and age. As an aside, it's just fun to watch him (and the other young guys) after years of waiting for them in the minors.
  3. gunnarthor
    I think Morrison will be ok eventually but maybe not. There are flags. But I think it's probably too early to give up on him but I think he should be moved down in the order. It doesn't help that we don't really have an obvious replacement for him, either. I've never been a big Vargas fan and he's putting up bad numbers again at AAA. Grossman isn't hitting either.
  4. gunnarthor
    I missed the game. Why was Berrios pulled with only 84 pitches?
  5. gunnarthor
    I didn't want to lose but Lindor is really something. Probably my favorite non-Twin at this point. Also, my early season prediction that Cleveland would be bad this year is probably not going to be true. Let's hope Berrios is dominant tonight.
  6. gunnarthor
    I think he gets in fairly easily - maybe not first ballot but he won't wait long.
  7. gunnarthor
    A couple encouraging starts for Stewart. Nice to see. Rooker and Baddoo are struggling a bit more than I thought they would although the season is still pretty young.
  8. gunnarthor
    Gad, another DL trip for Jay? I mean, he's got the stuff from the scouting reports but, jeez, the guy can't stay on the field.
  9. gunnarthor
    If he's good this year, I think we'll bring him back on a 2/24mish deal. It's a little more than he might get on the market but he's the face of the franchise so he'll get a bit more. Right now with both Rooker and LoMo looking rough I'm not sure the Twins can move off a high onbase guy.
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  11. gunnarthor
    That was fun to watch. Mauer's having a nice late career run here these last two seasons. That's probably enough to get him in the HOF. Berrios has really looked good since last year. Let's just keep that going. Not worried about Sano and Buxton, they'll get there.
  12. gunnarthor
    Cool, that's a real park. Thanks.
  13. gunnarthor
    Out of curiosity, anyone know the dimensions of the park in Cedar Rapids? I saw 310 down the LF line.
  14. gunnarthor
    Yeah, he certainly seems to have a nice natural power swing.
  15. gunnarthor
    Well, it is still very hard. I doubt Morrison and most LH sluggers have practiced bunting in a game in years, if ever. Rosario bunted against the shift but he's a fast dude so I'm sure he's laid down a bunt or two in the minors to see if he could do it. Mauer would occasionally drop a bunt to keep the opponents honest. But holding the bat and trying to get the ball to roll toward third base (esp when the pitcher is probably throwing hard inside) isn't just something you do overnight. I wish some of these guys would work on it in the off-season but most probably don't. IIRC, I think Thome or Dunn once tried to bunt against the shift and ended up having the pitch hit their thumb and knocking him out of the game.
  16. gunnarthor
    It is too early to worry - he has a track record, after all. But I do wish some of our lefties would bunt against a shift. I know Rosario has done that at least once. But when they're giving you the entire left side of the infield ...
  17. gunnarthor
    Yep, I'm really happy for Stewart. Let's hope he can do this all year.
  18. gunnarthor
    Well, I agree that he probably can't help anymore the team should probably make sure. Letting him get some minor league starts to rehab his arm, maybe putting him in the pen are both reasonable options. 12m is a lot of money and I'm sure most owners don't want their GMs telling them to dump salary. It's pretty rare, even the Yankees have seldom done it.
  19. gunnarthor
    I do hope that Bechtold gets moved fairly quickly. He's 22 and has some college experience. I'd be thrilled if he could make it to AA this year, even for a cup of coffee.
  20. gunnarthor
    Yeah, he's probably done. Too bad.
  21. gunnarthor
    We'll see. The stupidity of a trade war is mind boggling to me. That and I hold a lot of Wells Fargo (already in trouble) has meant my portfolio has been in free fall. Ugh. Fortunately, I don't need the money right now but ...
  22. gunnarthor
    Great to see minor league baseball back! Only one game so not a lot to note but it's good to see Baddoo and Bechtold taking a lot of pitches/walks again. I really hope they both become on-base machines for us.
  23. gunnarthor
    Really excited to see how Rooker's bat plays in AA. They are really being aggressive with him, hope he dominates. Hopefully this is the last year that Jay is a prospect and he can get to the big league club fairly quickly.
  24. gunnarthor
    I do hope Dozier gets paid very well this offseason. I don't think it'll be us though. For all the payroll changes the Pohlad's have made, we're still a pretty low payroll team (I think we're #19 this year) so a longterm commitment to Dozier doesn't really work.
  25. gunnarthor
    This is probably our weakest team in regards to future MLers. I like Diaz more than most here at TD. Whitefield and Davis have some tools, Charlie Barnes could be a legit backend starter for a ML team and Blankenhorn might be able to hit enough to make it but that's about it, I would think. Not sure if anyone else on this team is even in a Twins prospect top 30 list.
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