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  1. gunnarthor
    Since he didn't do anything wrong, it's pretty clear he remembers on what side to drive "in this country."
  2. gunnarthor
    Well, with Morneau, we did see an improvement against LH hitters - esp relief pitchers. Whether that improvement was going to happen anyway, SSS or because of seeing similar patterns in Mauer's at bats, I don't know.
  3. gunnarthor
    I don't think it had as much to do with same handiness as with 1) similar size/release point and 2) similar stuff. In 06, both pitchers were mostly fastball, slider, changeup guys with Liriano just a tick harder (God, I so wish he had become the pitcher we expected). I have no idea how much getting 3 at bats against Liriano would help the next night against Santana. I suspect the attack plan for both pitchers was similar as well - get ahead with the fastball, kill with offspeed. etc etc. On the hitting side of it, Morneau has repeatedly said that hitting right behind Mauer allowed him, in the on deck circle, see how the pitcher pitched Mauer and he expected to be pitched similarly. He said it really helped him with LH pitching.
  4. gunnarthor
    I liked this list, thanks for linking it. Another surprise was Gibson one spot above Meyer. I think the author did a good job pointing out the upside as well as the dangers in all of the prospects. Polanco at # 9 was new but I'm pretty high on him. I think he'll end up being what a lot of us are expecting Eddie Rosario to be. I'm pretty excited about this upcoming MiLB season. Probably will be a lot more fun that the ML season.
  5. gunnarthor
    According to Mayo at MLB.com, the other three pitchers in his top 10 are two HS pitchers (Stewart and Ball, although Ball might be an OFer) and Florida junior Jonathan Crawford. I have no idea how well Crawford is doing now. Besides the two Georgia prep guys, there's also a good college third baseman who could jump up to #4, Kris Bryant. And obviously a few other guys will end up in strong consideration for #4.
  6. gunnarthor
    I'm not sure this answers your question but a few years ago, the Twins had Liriano pitching in front of Santana for a few weeks but changed it up b/c the Rangers hit Santana pretty hard after facing Liriano the night before. The Twins thought that Liriano gave the Rangers a good look for how Santana would pitch them so split them up.
  7. gunnarthor
    Well, he keeps this up no way he'll be around at #4
  8. gunnarthor
    Mike Newman at fangraphs loves Kepler. Thinks he's a better prospect than Bubba Starling. God, I hope that's true. Sickels compared him to a young Morneau. (Sorry I can't find the link). Klaw said he thinks he'll be on his top 100 list next year (ditto). I think he'll have a break out year and be on most top 100 lists next season. The things that hold prospects back the most (IMHO) is strike zone judgement and he seems to have great discipline.
  9. gunnarthor
    I can't imagine he's ready to play in the majors yet. Longterm, I hope he becomes an all star but right now, I think Dozier would pretty clearly out hit and probably field a lot better too.
  10. gunnarthor
    BaseballAmerica.com: Prospects: Ask BA Baseball America listed the prospects that didn't make their top 100 list. Listed two Twins - Berrios and Rosario. Berrios was on 5 editors top 150 lists, peaking at #99. Rosario was on 4, peaking at 106. Kepler wasn't on any, which was a bit of a surprise to me. Callis also lists Hicks and Gibson as two prospects who could be ranked much higher next year if they are still eligible for the list.
  11. gunnarthor
    I think it's pretty clear that teams don't think he has the stuff. As stat orientated as we are, every team still relies on traditional scouting and Slama, apparently, fails that. Not sure how many teams want to waste a 25 man spot on a 29 year old AAA journeyman who tops out at 91.
  12. gunnarthor
    didn't do himself any favors with today's performance. He might come up sometime this year but I don't see how he'll make the team out of ST.
  13. gunnarthor
    Marty Cordova was never a 30/30 guy, he managed 20/20 once. Buxton showed more power than Morneau at the same age. I think Jeremy's point - that Buxton could be the toolsiest Twins prospect ever - is valid. It's way early to dream on him and you certainly wouldn't bet on him to have a HOF type career but if absolutely everything goes right (a big if) he could put up Oliva's offensive production while playing elite CF defense.
  14. gunnarthor
    This is the guy I want to fall to us.
  15. gunnarthor
    Clete Thomas was in the other dugout. Does that count?
  16. gunnarthor
    I think he'll be gone by #43. It'll be interesting to see who might be there at 43. Minor league ball suggested that someone like Marco Gonzales might be available around there. And there are a lot of HS bats for that spot, too.
  17. gunnarthor
    I agree with you but the you are going to get flamed very soon.
  18. gunnarthor
    http://www.thegoodphight.com/2013/2/20/4009560/ben-revere-singing-beyonces-single-ladies-put-a-ring-on-it
  19. gunnarthor
    Nice. More depth. Good luck to him.
  20. gunnarthor
    That's a pretty good point. Was going to like that post but that doesn't seem to be possible. What happened to the like button?
  21. gunnarthor
    Young is also the exception and minor league ball had a nice article on why he failed. Mauer was the #7 prospect in baseball after 32 games in rookie ball - his tools were that good. Arcia performed well at AA and only 40 prospects in all of baseball have been rated higher. He's a good prospect. But his ceiling is still limited. BA did take into account his success which is why he is ranked ahead of superior tools guys like Addison Russell or our own Aaron Hicks. I don't think anyone is under appreciating him. I've pointed out before but the five professional ranking systems we fans have access to (BA, BP, Law, Sickels, Mayo) have him avg as the Twins 4th best prospect. All of them take into account results and tools. That ranking seems about right.
  22. gunnarthor
    It's an interesting idea but I think Bogarts is untouchable. I wonder if a team like the Rangers might trade a (mostly) known quality like Mike Olt, who is blocked at third, for a high upside guy who can't possibly help them this year. I would think not
  23. gunnarthor
    The funny thing is that, by pyth w/l, Maddon's Rays have generally underachieved. He's only had one season where he won more games than his pyth W/L record would have guessed.
  24. gunnarthor
    BA has a nice podcast on the top 100 too. http://www.baseballamerica.com/today/media/podcasts/
  25. gunnarthor
    Sano - 9 Buxton - 10 Arica - 41 Meyer - 59 Gibson - 68 Hicks - 72 No Rosario but two top 10 hitters. Not bad.
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