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  1. gunnarthor
    Turner plays for the Reds now
  2. gunnarthor
    Yeah, I think I'd rather lose Garver, actually. I like Rortveldt's upside even though he's very far away.
  3. gunnarthor
    Nice to see Baddoo moved up, he earned it. I really think he and Miranda are going to jump up prospect ranking lists this offseason for us.
  4. gunnarthor
    I don't think the Twins would move off of Stewart this quickly. While he's a lighting rod around here, he was on Klaw's top 100 entering the season, the Twins probably have a few people in the system who think highly of him and he's relatively young for AA still. I think it's more likely to be a guy like Blankenhorn or Wade type player.
  5. gunnarthor
    oh well
  6. gunnarthor
    on mlbtraderumors, someone was posting that Brave fans are hearing that it's Blankenhorn. He's hitting .233/.341/.410 in Cedar Rapids but is currently our #7 prospect, per pipeline (although they haven't done a mid-season update yet).
  7. gunnarthor
    Oh yeah, this place is going to erupt. We apparently have a weak farm system except when we trade someone and we gave up a future HOF. That said, I really hope we aren't trading Baddoo.
  8. gunnarthor
    Braves SN site is pushing names like Baddoo (Georgia native), Javier, Kiriloff (they know that won't happen), Garver, Melo and Jay. I'm sure they mentioned others but that's what I saw reading their comments. https://www.talkingchop.com/2017/7/20/16006774/mlb-trade-rumors-atlanta-braves-jaime-garcia-minnesota-twins
  9. gunnarthor
    Per LEN we might be getting a minor leaguer back as well so maybe the cost is someone in our 15-25 prospect rankings (per pipeline, those guys would be Javier, Thorpe, Burdi, Hildenberger, Reed, Melotakis, Granite, Baddoo, Miranda, Ynoa. Melo was already available so it's not him. Burdi is injured, Hildenberger and Granite are in the majors, Javier and Thorpe would cause this website to burn down. Ynoa, Miranda and Baddoo are too young to get rid of yet. Reed?
  10. gunnarthor
    The reality is that the Twins have been pretty good with promotions since Brad Stiel took over as farm director.
  11. gunnarthor
    Nice night for Gonsalves as well as Thorpe. I'd like to see Romero and Gonsalves moved out of AA soon. I know it's not killing them to keep them there but at the same time, they seem to have figured out that level. Let's see them in AAA or (in Romero's case) our bullpen. I wonder if Garver has some modest trade value - looking at what Buetera and Herrmann got, I think catchers are worth more than we do. If we're going to keep Giminez, why not move Garver for a AA future Mejia? Or move Giminez and bring up Garver.
  12. gunnarthor
    I have a friend who is an international scout for the Royals. He actually scouted Whitefield and wanted to sign him although it didn't go anywhere. He said we got a "good player" and that he was a steal for us.
  13. gunnarthor
    That's not an unreasonable position. I guess I'm not as worried but if the brass was worried about it, fine.
  14. gunnarthor
    Liriano was a sept call up but spent the first six weeks of 2006 in the pen as well. Perkins spent nearly all of 07 in the pen (i think he was on the DL as well) Santana wasn't a fulltime starter until his third season with the ML team. The point is that the Twins have certainly used the bullpen as an introductory method for young pitchers before.
  15. gunnarthor
    We did it with Santana, Liriano and Perkins (among others). There's nothing overly risky about getting him some BP time in the majors. He'd get to face ML quality hitters in limited situations, building up confidence, while learning to play in the majors. He seems to be able to handle AA pitchers. Over his last ten starts - 55 innings - he has a 1.46 era and 60 strike outs v 20 walks. Move him.
  16. gunnarthor
    Nice start by Romero. I think he's done enough of these five inning starts in AA. Just move him to AAA or bring him up to our pen now and let him finish the year up here and hopefully we can plug him into a rotation spot next spring.
  17. gunnarthor
    I've mentioned this before but I really loved last years picks of Miranda and Baddoo back to back. Really young guys (both were 17 on draft day) but already had solid tools. Both added some muscle per Bob this offseason. They are a long way off but there's a lot to be excited about for both of them.
  18. gunnarthor
    A couple thoughts - 1) he might be up into the pen 2) an innings limit, as opposed to shutting him down early, still keeps him on his routine of getting ready for a start every fifth day (or whatever it is in AA).
  19. gunnarthor
    Nice article, Seth. I really like Gordon and am enjoying his break out year. With Polanco struggling a lot, maybe Gordon is the longterm answer at short for us.
  20. gunnarthor
    It's time to move Rooker. I'm ok with him starting in that league since he's getting used to playing everyday, habits and whatnot but it's time to move him to a more competitive environment. He's 22. He should be in A ball as a minimum now.
  21. gunnarthor
    The Twins could have gone over by 5% but they'd also pay a 75% luxury tax on that amount so to go over by 700k would actually cost the Pohlads a bit over 1.2m. Seems dubious to expect this ownership group to pay a tax they don't have to pay.
  22. gunnarthor
    I'm not sure harder is the problem. He still seems to have good velocity. He might be like Mike Pelfrey who had a pretty solid fastball (93 avg) and low k numbers. I have to think it's a mechanical issue. How is it possible that a mid 90s fastball isn't striking out more AA hitters?
  23. gunnarthor
    I think you're over thinking this. Teams probably don't have a #1, #2 etc list like BA has. They have tiers. The Twins probably had 4-5 guys in the #1 pick tier based on ability. They then negotiated with those guys. Greene, Wright and McKay all said they'd need 7m or more. Lewis said he'd take 6.7m. The Twins didn't see any major difference in any of them so they went with Lewis who gave them more flexibility with the rest of their draft. All the major draft sights - BA, pipeline, Klaw - have said that Lewis' tools are worthy of the #1 pick so it's not like the Twins sacrificed talent at the top.
  24. gunnarthor
    Nice day for lots of our guys. Good to see.
  25. gunnarthor
    Baddoo with four walks, awesome. He's a long way off but if he ends up with good plate discipline to go with all those other tools, woo-hoo.
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