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  1. gunnarthor
    I guess that sort of depends on what you think he will be. I suspect he's far from not panning out as the OP wrote. I didn't think he'd be a consistent 8 WAR guy like Trout, either though. I think he can and will be an all-star CFer who, in his best seasons, will be among the best players in baseball. I'm not sure I'm willing to change that belief on his struggles at the ML level.
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    Javier Baez was the first guy who jumped to my head. It's probably a bit early to give up on these guys' high ceilings. Strike out rates that high are fairly new things so you won't historically see those numbers anyway.
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    I have to say, i do find it annoying how many Buxton is a bust threads that have shown up on TD. After we drafted him, he started something like 1-30 in rookie ball and there were threads saying "we should have drafted Appel or Zunino. He's a bust." He becomes the best prospect in baseball, has his 2014 season ruined by fluke injuries and comes back and hits AA and AAA pitching to a tune of .305/.367/.500 despite missing nearly a year and facing the hardest jump in the minors. And he struggles in his first taste of the majors, and we get the "he's a bust" threads again. He's going to be great. Relax.
  4. gunnarthor
    It's time to relax. Buxton just needs at-bats. He's only had about 1200 total and only 500 or so at AA or above (even counting his ML at-bats). He'll be fine.
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    I think this is on Molitor. I thought he might be holding him back to start in Duffey's place but it looks like Duffey will start Saturday. So, I have no idea why he hasn't gotten him into a game yet. I imagine it's a lack of trust since he last saw him in ST and he wasn't that effective.
  6. gunnarthor
    Nice to see Buxton collecting hits. Hopefully a couple months at AAA and he'll be ready to come back.
  7. gunnarthor
    I would guess that Meyer will get a start after Milone's outing yesterday, regardless of anything else. With Gibson on the DL, they could run out Hughes/Santana/Berrios/Nolasco/Meyer for a couple turns to see what they have and make moves when Gibson is ready to come back.
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    So Berrios is added to the 40 man roster so I do think that means the Twins will go with a two man bench for the next week unless they can call Polanco back when/if Santana/Duffey goes to the DL?
  9. gunnarthor
    Wednesday? SHOOT. I have an event I have to be at. Can they move the start time back a few hours?
  10. gunnarthor
    Several Cy Youngs, a WS MVP and a HOF career.
  11. gunnarthor
    Yeah, in a perfect world, he probably gets squeezed out of the corner OF spots but he could, as you say, be a nice piece for a trade. Hopefully he breaks out this year. He's still fairly young for AA even though he is repeating it. Perhaps he'll be like Plouffe and the power won't come until much later?
  12. gunnarthor
    The outings by Meyer and Stewart are really encouraging. I'd be thrilled if the Twins just plugged Meyer into the ML rotation and let him start 20 games for us, just to see him at this level.
  13. gunnarthor
    Velocity won't be a problem. That's just a timing adjustment and all ballplayers make those as a matter of course. The hard part for him will be the adjustments to breaking stuff and he looked pretty good on this hometand against that.
  14. gunnarthor
    Yeah, he had a really nice homestand for us. Good to see.
  15. gunnarthor
    Yeah, the Twins have some nice exciting young pitchers down there. Kudos to the development group. I know Stewart and Jay were supposed to be studs but Jorge seems to be bouncing back from the disaster season he had a few years ago and Gonsalves was a 4th round pick (although maybe he fell b/c of some character issue? I don't think he was first round talent but maybe 2nd?). It's also nice to see Luke Bard pitching well after all those injuries. I hope he gets promoted to AA soon.
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    On Gordon: Last year one of the BP guys put a 70 FV (future value) on him. That guy was a limb by himself but other BP guys defended the call, saying it wasn't crazy. The basis of the 70 grade (by one guy) was that Gordon had shown he'd be able to stick at short at the ML level and his bat was a plus bat for a shortstop. So you were looking at a strong defensive short stop who would hit among the top 5 at his position (less power, better on-base). Hence, the 70. Others (obviously) weren't as high on him but still, that's awesome.
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    Two very nice starts by Stewart. Really encouraging. Nice write up.
  18. gunnarthor
    That's a really good point. Last year, I thought Mike Nikorak might be a nice sleeper pick for someone and he slid all the way to 27. There will be some nice talent at 15 although we might not nab the right guy. Should still be fun to watch.
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    I hope they send down Rosario but I think it'll be Buxton.
  20. gunnarthor
    Out of curiosity, who does Klaw have at #15?
  21. gunnarthor
    Gordon's start is really encouraging. Hope he can keep this up all year.
  22. gunnarthor
    Yeah, they could, I suppose. The NL only has 9 teams trying this year. And they have a massive payroll advantage that should keep them in the hunt while the AL looks more even. But they won't make the playoffs 5x in 7 years. Only a handful of teams have been able to pull that off.
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    You might be putting the cart before the horse. They had a good year last year but, like the Twins, they sucked until last year.
  24. gunnarthor
    Dang, mlb has to update their list .... So he's probably not going to be at 15 is what you're saying? While we're on the topic, anyone know how Kyle Cody and Funkhowsier are looking this year?
  25. gunnarthor
    Yeah, he also said it was a thin pool at the top. Reminds me of the 2000 draft, which sucked.
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