gunnarthor

Well, this means one of Kowar and McClannahan will be there for us. College arms that could/should move fairly quickly.

Trump with a little more dog whistling as he uninvites the Eagles to the White House https://www.cnn.com/2018/06/04/politics/trump-eagles-nfl/index.html

Big question is would we actually pick them?

Yep, and there are some exciting non-pitchers as well - Gorman and Turang.

I mean, we're pretty close to getting someone nice dropping to us. The question then comes, do the Twins nab a guy who wanted top 10 money? I hope we do.

Can't imagine he falls to us but, at a certain point, teams probably are confused on why he's still on the board.

Just drop another 15 spots!

Apparently I was ok with the pick.

My heart sank a bit when I read the headline. I'm still pissed but a lot of the anger is dissipating after having read Kenney's actual decision and Kagan's concurrence. I was afraid it would be a lot worse. Still angry. scotusblog has a nice write up on the case here. http://www.scotusblog.com/2018/06/opinion-analysis-court-rules-narrowly-for-baker-in-same-sex-wedding-cake-case/

Agreed completely. A college pitcher might also get up here quicker (not that that should be the deciding factor) and be part of the Lewis/Kiriloff wave.

Want Kowar or Rocker, if possible.

I believe he was 13 when he committed the crime but plead guilty when he was 15. Experts in the field said he has a 2.5% chance of committing that sort of crime again. Basically, the juvenile mind is different than an adult one and he's unlikely to be a threat to anyone. Not sure I want the Twins to draft him but I certainly won't hold it against them as I root for the laundry.

I don't think either of them will be on that level - top 3 in Cy Young voting types - but both should be occasional all-stars and top 10 in Cy Young voting (think last years Ervin Santana but a different type of pitcher). Basically, a notch below Kluber et al. To compete with the Yanks, Cleveland and Angels etc, the Twins need a top 3 offense and a deep rotation. I honestly don't think they are that far off but they dug themselves a pretty large hole this year that I don't think they can get out. But let's keep giving Berrios and Romero ML innings so they're ready next year. On the offense, they need Sano and Buxton to emerge as the huge weapons we've seen in the first and second halves of last year, respectively. If those two don't develop, our offense can't reach its goals. Kepler and Rosario are really good supporting players and Escobar, Mauer and Dozier should be (but probably won't be part of 2019). So the team will need some retooling there but they need those two to play and figure it out. The rest of the year should be about getting them healthy and fixing the holes in their games. Bring up Gordon to see if he can fill in for one of Dozier/Escobar.

Thanks for sharing. I'm glad that they are still high on Rooker.

Worth a read. https://www.theonion.com/ice-agent-decides-he-wants-kids-after-seeing-incredible-1826461558?utm_medium=sharefromsite&utm_source=The_Onion_facebook

I think you hit the nail on the head. This team is more like 2011 than 2015 in that injuries are really hurting them. I think this team has talent - a lot, actually, But I don't think Molitor is the manager for this team but, more importantly, the second wild card is probably out of reach already so we won't get a repeat of last year. So let the talent play, retool (as someone said) by bringing up guys like Gordon and Gonsalves to see how they fit into 2019.

Twins are on pace for a 68-94 season and a top 7 pick. They're 6.5 games out of first and 10 GB of the wild card. And it's only June 1st. Mauer, Lynn, Dozier, Escobar, Duke and Bobby Wilson are all potential free agents at the end of the year and Santana and Morrison have an option. So, since this is essentially another lost season, the FO should make a few moves in the next six weeks. Mauer and Santana aren't going to be traded. Morrison probably sticks around and Wilson has no trade value. My guess is that we do a few things. 1) Trade Dozier and bring up Nick Gordon. When Polanco comes back, the Twins will get half a season to see how those two fit into 2019 plans. Dozier has been slow to perform this year but he often starts slow. He's still on pace for a roughly 3 WAR season and hopefully he gets hot and drives up his trade value. Twins could keep him and put a QO on him but that seems risky and not really helpful to 2019. Red Sox have had to rely on Nunez a bunch at second base this year. And the Brewers have gotten 0.2 fWAR from their second basemen this year. 2) Trade Duke and Escobar for whatever we can get. Duke's LH and breathing so someone will want him. Maybe Escobar can get a Nunez-like return. 3) Trade Lynn and let Gonsalves, May or Littell get some ML innings. I have no idea what Lynn's trade value would be but moving him would save the Pohlad's some money, so it'll probably happen. 4) Fire Molitor. This is the second time in three years that a 80+ win team came in with expectations and looked absolutely lost from the outset. If that's not on the manager, then nothing is. 5) Get healthy and let the younger guys play. Don't let the manager pull Buxton in the 8th for Robbie Grossman to pinch hit anymore. Let Romero, Gonsalves, Berrios and Littell rack up innings. Other than the guys above, I think the Twins could think about trading Pressly and/or Gibson as well.

This is a really crappy year. If he has to retire, he's done enough to get into the HOF and get his jersey retired by the Twins. He's made a bunch of money and two great video game commercials.

I suspect that's probably the viewpoint of most in baseball. I sure hope he's right.

Changing subjects, anyone see the ending of the The Americans? One of my favorite shows and it had a strong ending, although not the one I wanted them to have.

His fall is stunning to me.

I think he'll be gone and our payroll will decrease significantly.

His babip is .357. He's striking out too much

Slightly off topic but the only time I've been randomly selected for anything was when I followed a Somali guy threw airport security a few months after 9/11. The TSA agent told him he was being pulled over for a random inspection and the way he slumped his shoulders indicated that it wasn't the first time he'd been randomly selected. The TSA agent then quickly looked at me and said "you're getting picked too." I got through the secondary screening faster than the Somali guy.

Well, maybe his injured/broken foot was affecting his swing timing. It's a lost season so let's get him healthy and go from there. double sigh ....