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Minorleagueball has a write up on Austin Beck. http://www.minorleagueball.com/2017/4/18/15148162/2017-mlb-draft-austin-beck-of-arcadia-north-carolina The write up indicates that Beck could move into consideration for #1 overall.
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I think tracking doesn't necessarily mean "physically sees the ball every inch". I don't think Mauer and Ichiro et al are moving their heads in flight with the ball for no good reason. And the attacks on Reynolds seem a bit out of line.
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I'm more surprised that testing caught someone
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Agreed. Rosario is a much better player.
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I had hoped he'd be a solid back end starter - 180-200ip, ERA+ around 100, 2-3 WAR. He can still be that but he's looked bad so far.
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You're not the boss of me! I do what I want!
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I agree with Brock, a couple more starts and then see if he can either 1) traded off to some NL team 2) moved to the pen. He might do well in the pen, sorta like Perkins.
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Nice post, Brock.
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Unless you want to send Buxton to the minors, the OF is fine. No one loves Santana on the roster - except Molitor - but him having 4 starts in the OF (and none in center) isn't the problem. There are tons of journeymen OF that the Twins can sign if they need to send Buxton to AAA but considering the roster crunch it didn't make sense to do that yet.
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"Let the kids play" (they struggle for a week and a half) "Play the vets!" Twins FO signs Belise and Breslow "Why is a rebuilding team getting older? You have to let the kids struggle in the majors!"
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Ended up buying Pfizer. Feel kind of dirty but took a shower and I'm ok now.
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Maybe, maybe not but that's pretty clearly where he was on the Twins depth chart.
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Well, not sure who's been released.
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Maybe his swing was protected by the hitting environment at Yankee field?
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Its 22 at-bats. 22. He's done this before. July 5-July 12, 2015. July 24-July 30, 2015.
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Guess that Yankee hitting coach hasn't figured out how to improve upon his Twins' success.
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Yeah, I'm not sure what Molitor is thinking so I'm not sure what moves are right or not. I've given up on thinking Molitor can out manage the other team but I'm not sure if walking Garcia was the right move or not although I wanted him to do it at the time.
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Hicks isn't a five tool type. As a prospect we hoped he'd be one but we saw the tools fall away as he got closer to the majors. His defense is about average - his 4 DRS wasn't anything special. His lifetime batting average is .224 in over 1300 PA and he's 27. It's fair to say hitting isn't a prominent tool in his bag o' tricks. He's a 66%ish stolen base guy with basically zero or negative value in the base running parts, depending on what you look at. He's certainly not a plus there. He might be fast but he ain't using it. He does have some pop but since he can't make contact, it doesn't matter. His arm is still amazing.
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Yeah, yesterday's loss was pretty painful.
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The complaining on this site is incredible. The Twins ditched a guy who was blocking several of their most promising prospects and posted negative WAR last year. Did people think we were going to get a star back for him? We got a flawed player back. Fortunately, our flawed player is younger, isn't blocking anyone and can work out things in the minors.
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That fangraphs piece was pretty good - especially the comparisons to Bradley Jr.
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I meant the Wonder Woman movie looks amazing but, yeah, Gal Gadot is very beautiful.
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Man, I think that's a great way of describing it - annoying hitters.
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BA says the period is finalized and are doing write ups on everyteam. Most is behind a paywall but this isn't: "When the Twins signed Dominican shortstop Wander Javier for $4 million in 2015, they put all of their bonus pool money for 2015-16 into one player, supplementing the class with signings of $10,000 or less exempt from the bonus pools. They switched things up with a different approach in 2016-17, avoiding seven-figure deals and spreading their money around to a wider variety of players. The Twins also opened a new academy in the Dominican Republic, where they will send all of their 2016 signings to debut in the Dominican Summer League." Read more at http://www.baseballamerica.com/international/international-reviews-minnesota-twins-2016/#wT16wa9XwEjqB8TR.99 The Twins signed 24 international players with the most money going to Wander Valdez (495k).
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Remember how often Kenny Lofton would bunt? That's how often Buxton should.
