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  1. gunnarthor
    The other way of looking at is that, after two drafts and two trade deadlines, the new FO has brought in one consensus top 100 guy (Lewis). I don't think that's fair but I'm not sure we should be raving about the trade deadline guys. (I was stunned at how bad Littell looked when he was called up last year. It amazed me that our baseball minds thought he was an option as a starting pitcher.) I think the draft/development group is in good hands and I liked the way the FO has dealt with Steil and Johnson.
  2. gunnarthor
    Lewis and Kiriloff really help make the system look better but this seems more like quantity over quality. We only have three consensus top 100 guys (Graterol being the third and even Klaw didn't have him). I know that the team has a ton of upside guys that could rocket up these lists next year (and I expect many will) but right now it seems a bit premature to rave about this group. I'm also a bit doubtful on the best-case ceilings on a number of these guys outside the top three, especially on the pitching side.
  3. gunnarthor
    I think this article is a bit forgiving of the FO and ownership. They had an opportunity to make significant improvements to the team in a way they've never had before and they decided not to do it. Locking up a few 2-3 WAR players isn't getting it done. Ownership hasn't signaled to fans that they are committed to building a competitive team so I'm not sure why fans should commit to this team. I imagine if the team has a lousy April, TF attendance will be quite low this year.
  4. gunnarthor
    Have really enjoyed Shopify, appreciate the tip. Don't really have much money to invest right now and our next big buy will be extremely conservative since we're growing older. Probably an index fund but maybe even some treasury bonds.
  5. gunnarthor
    I'm ok with locking him up since I think he can play second or even third in a worst case scenario. And it's a good sign to the other players that the Twins will lock up core guys. But this has been a pretty disappointing off-season.
  6. gunnarthor
    The game seems to be changing so low on-base, high power guys might be more valuable than we thought a few years ago. I'm not sure. I hope Rooker pushes his way into the Twins lineup quickly though.
  7. gunnarthor
    I think I need some more success at the upper levels before I'd rank him this high. But hopefully the Twins push him a bit and he continues to improve.
  8. gunnarthor
    One of my favorite guys. Really hope he has a big year for us.
  9. gunnarthor
    It's always too early to give up on a prospect. If you remember, we had a young prospect back in the day that was tearing up the lower minor leagues and even had a decent half season at AA. But when he played the next year at AA he missed a large chunk of time and hit .237/.277/.396. He had his pop but his BB/K numbers went to hell. The next year, the 23 year old started in AAA but he was even worse - .242/.280/.379. A lot of posters had given up on him. But Eddie Rosario turned out ok.
  10. gunnarthor
    I really like Rortvedt. He was extremely young for his league and position. In fact, he was the youngest catcher in A+ ball last year with that many at-bats. The Twins have been pushing him a lot since they drafted him. He could be a 21 year old catcher in AA.
  11. gunnarthor
    Yeah, it seems strange that we aren't willing to pay for Grandal but we'd then be willing to get rid of Kiriloff for Realmuto. That's a huge loss and I think the FO probably values Kiriloff very highly since he's an obvious replacement for one of our OFers who gets too expensive.
  12. gunnarthor
    The other obvious question is, if the Twins are willing to move Kiriloff, is Realmuto the best target for him? Could we get a potential better starter instead to pare with Berrios? But this still requires the FO going all-in and signing Machado.
  13. gunnarthor
    I'd do this only if the Twins were going all-in. Trading for Realmuto by itself seems like a half-step. But if the Twins were going to sign Machado as well, then yes, do it.
  14. gunnarthor
    The character questions/concerns about Machado are BS. I'd love to have this guy on the team. I think he'd take pressure off of our younger guys. I think he and Cruz would help Sano and Buxton reach their ceilings. I think signing him tells the team that the FO and owners are backing this group of players. The last few years our highest paid player was Mauer. Enough said.
  15. gunnarthor
    He is in the hall. He just doesn't have a plaque. Huge difference. The museum tells the story of baseball and it tells that story with exhibits that include Bonds and Rose and Shoeless Joe. It includes the bash brothers. They just aren't honored in the plaque room. I think this years class was pretty good but Rivera getting 100% was stupid.
  16. gunnarthor
    If the Twins had good owners, we'd be on Machado. No doubt. He's such a perfect fit here it hurts. But we don't have good owners so it really comes down to "could." Yeah, we could be if we had good owners. We don't have good owners so until they actually do something like this, we should expect them not too.
  17. gunnarthor
    Have you seen his home/away splits?
  18. gunnarthor
    He's perfect in every way for this team. I'm boggled that the FO didn't push ownership to go at him. If we could get him on an 8 year deal, we should.
  19. gunnarthor
    It's only b/c our ownership has been able to make the fanbase accept that those sort of additions aren't possible for the low payroll scrappy Twins. We have the payroll to do so. We just won't. And that blame is completely on the Pohlads. They are horrible owners.
  20. gunnarthor
    Man, the Twins could add Machado and still have a payroll lower than last year.
  21. gunnarthor
    So by 2022 Sano and Rosario will be gone as free agents. I'm not sure that would be true but ... C- Someone not in our system 1B - Kepler 2b - Polanco SS - Lewis 3B - Rece Hinds (Twins first round pick in 2019 who will work out perfectly) LF - Kiriloff CF - Buxton RF - Larnich DH - Rooker Realistically, I think the new FO is really building around that Lewis/Kiriloff nucleus and might make more moves to help them than they have the Buxton/Sano group so we could see some big trades in that time or maybe even real FA dollars spent. And the Twins have some high-upside minor league talent in A+ and below that could break out huge for the team this year.
  22. gunnarthor
    There are a lot of things I worry about for this team next year but Eddie Rosario is not one of them. He's going to put up something close to .290/.325/.480 115 OPS+. And he's a pretty good reason we shouldn't overly worry about WAR. Rosario had essentially the same season twice in a row but defensive marks gave him plenty of added value last year. That also just happens to be because Buxton wasn't in center.
  23. gunnarthor
    Did I write any of them? If not, I probably don't care as I am selfish.
  24. gunnarthor
    We needed a DH and we got one of the best bats available. I'm sure we'll still sign a pitcher or two but the rotation is probably set - Berrios, Gibson, Pineda, Odorizzi and Mejia are probably our starting rotation in April. The pen will get some additions.
  25. gunnarthor
    Cruz was my #2 pick for this team (after Machado) and really glad we got him. He's an absolutely perfect fit both for the lineup and for the locker room. His RH power should play up at TF (he's crushed the ball at TF, with a career .667 slg, second best park for him of any park he's played 10 games or more in).
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