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  1. gunnarthor
    I believe you are forgetting the release of Joe Benson.
  2. gunnarthor
    Someone had this going around on facebook and figured it would fit well into this thread. It guesses your age based on what you've read. It was off by 10 years on me. Not sure if that's a good thing or a bad thing. http://en.what-character-are-you.com/d/en/4767/index/30101.html
  3. gunnarthor
    Perkins 08 season isn't a horrible comp but I think Gonsalves would have better peripherals and, if fip matters to you, a better fip.
  4. gunnarthor
    I understand the sentiment, after all, if you thought Polanco lost magical development time because he was playing second base from April-June last year, than they same theory might hold true to Santana. The problem, I think, is that Santana wasn't really seen as much more than a UI type player with speed. That's not a bad thing, UI are needed and positional versatility only improves that. I think the bigger concern with Santana is that he hasn't shown much ability to play strong defense at any position or to hit with limited playing time. My guess is that if he had steady playing time his offensive numbers would be a bit better than they've been the last two years - maybe he could produce a 85-90 OPS+ if it all broke right - but his defense has been pretty shabby. I'd rather take a chance with Polanco and Escobar at short and see if we can find a UI that fits a bit better. But I'd also like to be proven wrong and see Santana return to his rookie glory.
  5. gunnarthor
    Klaw mentioned that a bit last year re: Berrios. He thought that some pitchers were having real trouble with the different ball. I'm not sure why MLB lets this happen, it's stupid and seems to be easily fixable. In any event, best of luck to Chargois who seems like he could be a big help to the pen once he figures out how to pitch in the majors.
  6. gunnarthor
    I like Gonsalves but I'm not sure he's more than a legit 4/5 type pitcher. That's not a bad thing. He might be a 95-105 ERA+ type with 180 ip or so for a few years in the majors once he gets acclimated. But I like Romero, Stewart and Jay more than him and if Thorpe can get healthy, I like Thorpe more, too.
  7. gunnarthor
    Yeah, I just didn't scroll down all the way to see the Cuban players. My bad.
  8. gunnarthor
    Third, if BA is correct. http://www.baseballamerica.com/international/top-40-international-bonuses-of-2015/#v0xYB88IAo80KhrD.97
  9. gunnarthor
    I think he'll be fine. His tools are pretty impressive and he's still really young. Just needs experience.
  10. gunnarthor
    I think Rodon would go #1. Sean Reid Foley might jump up into the top 10. Schwaber would go to a DH team with what we know. So maybe Rodon (Astros get the pitcher they need) Turner (Miami) Schwaber (White Sox)? Conforto (Cubs. He'd look good in LF for them) Gordon? (Twins over Finnigan and Nola?) Knowing what I know now, maybe Reid-Foley?
  11. gunnarthor
    Looks ok. I have Gonsalves a bit lower but that's just nit picking. I thought Garver might be a bit higher.
  12. gunnarthor
    He's a fun prospect and probably our best pure hitting prospect since Sano. But he is far away. I like that the development people pushed him to E-town early. And I like that he was up for the challenge. I'm hoping for a Cuddy-like player with better defense.
  13. gunnarthor
    He had a nice season and he was a high ranked prospect but he's looked bad in his very limited ML appearances in the IF. We'll see if he can stick at short but I don't think he can - at draft time some scouts said he was a second baseman at this level. And his .388 babip and 4% walk rate probably suggest a bit of coming back to earth. And as we've seen with the Polanco discussion, moving a guy off of shortstop kills his future potential there. But the real problem is comparing a HS pick to college picks less than three years after the draft. Turner was the better prospect - so far - but the distance isn't so far between them as to end discussion. If you thought Gordon was the right pick on draft day there's really no reason to have buyer's remorse yet.
  14. gunnarthor
    I think it probably depends on what you think their jobs are. Klaw has been pretty complementary of the Twins scouting and development people, for instance and there is no doubt that the Twins success in the 2000s was in large part due to the development people. Because of the nature of the draft (and international signings) we usually have a 4-7 year drag time so changes made in 2012 might just being seen at the ML level and not recognized by fans and changes made in 2008 might be impacting the ML roster right now. My opinion is that the changes made by Steil have been very good on the development side. The drafts under Johnson were not as sound although they got better after Ryan put more oversight on him. I would expect that Falvey and Levine, both of whom came from orgs that did a lot of building from within would have an understanding of that process that is better than "Stewart isn't striking anyone out, the development squad has failed us." And we've seen them make changes in regards to Johnson and left Steil (and others) in place.
  15. gunnarthor
    I'd take Gordon over Nunez (and Vielma). And even if we redid the draft, I'm not sure if we'd take him over Nola who finished the year with elbow problems or Turner who has been moved off of short at the ML level already.
  16. gunnarthor
    Third base if the Sano experiment fails, second base if they trade Dozier, bench option if he's crap at short. Basically, he has to hit from the get-go to stay in the lineup with his defense. Escobar was a disaster last year but he looked pretty good - offensively and defensively - before that.
  17. gunnarthor
    I think Duffey will be a starter in AAA to start with. The new FO might let him have one more shot at starting before moving him to the pen.
  18. gunnarthor
    I'm not sure this is the big colossal problem people make it out to be. Polanco isn't a great option at short. That's been part of his scouting reports for years. He's a future second baseman and it's a reason some are concerned about the defense this year. At the start of last year, the Twins probably thought that short would be handled at the ML level by Escobar, Santana or Nunez and it was time for Polanco to focus on his actual position - second base. Turns out, Nunez did ok and Escobar had his worst season. I suppose you could argue that, come May, the Twins should have changed their strategy but I'm not sure since Dozier also looked DOA in May. I believe we had a few posts here saying it was time to promote Polanco to play second base over Dozier. In any event, I think Escobar will end up making more starts at short this year than Polanco.
  19. gunnarthor
    Man, reading things like "pitcher changes delivery to keep shoulder healthy" absolutely terrifies me. Hopefully this helps.
  20. gunnarthor
    They've already made some pretty big changes by replacing Deron Johnson. Jay himself wasn't a bad pick and he had a lot of helium at the time, he certainly wasn't a reach. The rumors had the Twins on him, Carson Fulmer, Daz Cameron and Kolby Allard, IIRC. The Jay pick - like the Stewart pick - were high upside gambles. Jay arguably had the best stuff in the entire draft (Klaw specifically said so). Most observers thought he could make the transition to starter and his floor looked like a knock-out relief pitcher. The rub on Benintendi was his build - 5'10" - and weak arm.
  21. gunnarthor
    Surprised he's this low. I think pretty much every national ranking has him #1 in our system and for good reason. Not really much to say with him. He'll be 21 next year and in AA. He has a few things to work on - like every prospect - but he seems pretty likely to be a solid MLer.
  22. gunnarthor
    Lewis sounds pretty intriguing, actually. I know he's the player we least want - HS position player - but a bunch of 60s across the board sounds great.
  23. gunnarthor
    Well, at least Trumps poll numbers keep falling. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/politics/wp/2017/02/17/president-trumps-approval-rating-is-at-barack-obamas-all-time-low/?utm_term=.98cd0bc2f746
  24. gunnarthor
    That video is two years old.
  25. gunnarthor
    He's an exciting prospect. I don't think it's too early to rank him this high - I believe a few places have him in our top 10. The fangraphs prospect guy said Javier has the most upside of anyone in the system and ranked him #6. Sickels had him #9 and also gushed about the possible tools.
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