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  1. gunnarthor
    That was really, really bad.
  2. gunnarthor
    Like this trade more than Escobar. I know Pressley's had good numbers but I don't trust him to keep those k-numbers up.
  3. gunnarthor
    They got a top 100 prospect back ...
  4. gunnarthor
    Yeah, I don't think we got hosed. I'm a bit surprised that Arizona was the team that got him - I thought Milwaukee for sure. But I did think we'd get a lottery ticket with upside. All three of these guys seem like both longshots and limited upside.
  5. gunnarthor
    I'm sure the Twins listened to several offers. Three A ball players that don't really look great ... I dunno. I'm underwhelmed.
  6. gunnarthor
    If the Twins think they can contend next year, keep Gibson.
  7. gunnarthor
    Should we all take a moment and recognize how amazing it is that Vlad jr is hitting .400 in AA at 19? I'm stupidly giddy about his future.
  8. gunnarthor
    I like him a lot. I think I read a Matt Lawton comp on him somewhere, which is reasonable considering his patience at the plate. The fangraphs guy likes Baddoo probably the most of the prospect gurus out there and has suggested enough arm and instincts to stick in CF but also having enough bat if he needs to move to a corner.
  9. gunnarthor
    shopify was a nice stock that I'm pretty sure I bought on advice from some guy on a baseball message board. I've made 15k on that one. I almost bought nvidia for my IRA but bought T instead. That was a big mistake. (Adobe has been on a heck of a run the last few years as well). My wife and I have a nice pile of cash right now so we're starting to look again at stocks and funds to buy but we might hold for a bit. I'm still considering TESLA but probably won't. Big oil stocks might be worth buying if you're ok with owning oil.
  10. gunnarthor
    GM had a rough day and blamed it on the trade war Trump's making. Might be worth watching the stock a bit and see if it'll fall more and buy relatively low. Nice dividend stock, too. Not sure I really want GM in my portfolio.
  11. gunnarthor
    I'm not sure this is fair. He'll turn 24 after the season. Yes, strike outs are a concern and I think most of us have noted that. But he's still a darn nice prospect. He was in BA's top 100 pre-season and Sickel's list as well. My guess is that next year he'll be a back end top 100 guy on most lists after this season. He's not Kris Bryant but that doesn't mean he's not a good prospect.
  12. gunnarthor
    Too early to tell but Feliz got 260k in 2016 to sign. Heredia signed the same year but his bonus isn't listed. I couldn't find anything on the other two guys but most of these guys are Venezuelan. Twins have had good in-roads to Venezuela for years now and that country is going through a lot of rough things so I think - and this is just a guess - that the Twins are probably nabbing a bunch of bodies from Venezuela, hoping that a few end up sticking.
  13. gunnarthor
    Yep. Every republican is getting tied to Trump, the most unpopular President ever. Dems should be pushing economic messaging that targets the harm created by the GOP tax bill and cuts to health care. The fact that the GOP has to create an emergency farm aid bill should be pushed hard about how ineffective they've been in strengthening our economy.
  14. gunnarthor
    Three of our prospects made the Tuesday top prospect list at mlbpipeline. https://www.mlb.com/news/stephen-gonsalves-leads-tuesdays-top-prospects/c-287240092?tid=151437456
  15. gunnarthor
    Since May 9th, Rooker is hitting .292/.362/.594 with 28% k-rate and 10% walk rate. I'm still concerned about the strike outs but I hope they push him to AAA. Kiriloff is just killing high A pitching. .370/.397/.571 in 29 games. Wow. And only a 15% k rate. He's not taking any walks right now but if you're hitting .370, that's not a problem. He's clearly taking good at-bats. Honestly, promote him to AA and see what happens.
  16. gunnarthor
    Agreed. He can flat out hit. The fangraphs scouting guy is pretty big on Kiriloff and he'll probably be a consensus top 50 prospect this offseason on all the ranking sites.
  17. gunnarthor
    Yeah, that's my feeling too. I have some friends who own it and love it - they're almost cultish on it - but ...
  18. gunnarthor
    Anyone have thoughts on Tesla?
  19. gunnarthor
    I hadn't really thought about it but Santana really could be a nice trade pickup for some team down the stretch. If he's healthy, of course.
  20. gunnarthor
    Pretty much the AAA relief arms plus Gonsalves and Romero are all ML ready right now. Gordon will probably be up 2019 and maybe Rooker if things go right.
  21. gunnarthor
    I think we'll learn more about how they deal with this trade deadline and their offseason moves instead of answering any small roster questions. I'm still giving them a bit of a chance but a lot of their moves haven't really worked and they don't seem to understand what they have while it's happening. They still have a week to make some trades so it's too early to panic but ... That said, if Molitor is still managing next year, this FO loses all benefit of the doubt.
  22. gunnarthor
    I'd guess yes on Jay and probably not on Stewart. I think he leaves the org at the end of the year. I think both will pitch in the majors though.
  23. gunnarthor
    I'm not sure that's all that fair. Hand was a failed starter picked up off of waivers to pitch in the most generous pitcher's park in baseball and he's taken off. I think it's fair to wonder how he'll play outside the NL. Capps was 26 when we acquired him and had pitched more games and had more WAR than Hand did. Capps had pitched well in 4 out of the 5 seasons (including his half season with WAS) before we obtained him, generating positive WAR in each season.
  24. gunnarthor
    Thanks for the update. God, I wish Buxton would stay healthy and reach his potential. Not just as a Twins fan but for baseball.
  25. gunnarthor
    Eh. This comes up all the time and it's not really that cut and dried. Jay went about where most draft experts thought he should go. Almost all of them thought he could make the transition to starter and, if not, could be a quick to the majors as a standout reliever. I think the bigger issue with Jay has been injuries. He's pitched all of 153 innings since we drafted him, over half of them in 2016. But I think the Twins drafted him on merit and not because he was a reliever. As for the reliever strategy, yeah, I didn't much like it although it didn't happen every draft. The 2014 draft was the main one but Gordon and Burdi were both good picks - the strange picks in rounds 3-10 were head scratching. The idea, as I understood it, being that 1) a college reliever didn't have the mileage on his arm 2) picks in these rounds usually miss so why not try a gamble 3) Twins were targeting flame throwers. I don't think it worked out and that's probably why Johnson was moved out of his position. The main change in our drafting philosophy happened with Smith and Johnson took over and they favored flame throwers over control pitchers which is why we have a pretty ugly run from 08-11 drafts on pitchers. But we have a few years before we can say whether Lavine and Sean Johnson are any better at drafting.
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