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  1. diehardtwinsfan
    Exactly what is this based on? No one on this roster is repeating after destroying Etown before. If anything, I'm a bit surprised they started Kirilloff this high. Usually those guys go to the GCL.
  2. diehardtwinsfan
    I'm sorry, those second stint numbers don't show me he's ready. That K rate is way too high and the slash line is, to put it mildly, ugly. He's still not walking where he should either. Others have pointed out that he's having issues recognizing breaking pitches, and I'd add that the few weeks in AAA that he had hardly proves anything. He needs to establish good habits, and I don't think those habits get established in MLB nearly as easily as they do in AAA, and his problem goes beyond recognizing an AAA breaking ball vs. an MLB breaking ball. It's that he has trouble with both. There's something to be said about learning how to play in lower pressure environments, and Buxton is going to be dealing with a very real options problem in the not so distant future. They've already burned that option this year, so they may as well make use of it. I'm glad he's doing a bit better during his second stint, but when a bit better is still well below league average... well let's just say let him keep working on his game in Rochester. He might be the best CF on this team right now (which is another issue for another day), but if they want him to realize his potential as an all star CF sooner than later, it is probably in his best interest to be doing that in Rochester.
  3. diehardtwinsfan
    they had no choice but to promote when Santana got hurt (though in my opinion, I'd have no problem rolling Arcia out in CF for the time being for no other reason than to get him bats, not like an extra loss would cost this team a playoff spot or something)... that said, why Buxton is till up is beyond me. He was decent for a week or two and has fallen back on old ways.
  4. diehardtwinsfan
    don't suppose he could be the Twins representative this year
  5. diehardtwinsfan
    doing well (even extremely well) in small samples is not dominating. Buxton needs to work on things like his approach and what not. He's better off doing that in AAA where he can have some success and where it isn't quite as difficult to master. Nothing good comes from letting him flail away at pitches he cannot hit. I was fine with this as a cup of coffee, now here we are and Arcia is DFAd and Buxton is still up stinking up the joint. He's not learning anything at the major league level (rather clearly) and if he's up all year this year, we're going to be in the same boat next year. Let' him finish the season in AAA. It's best for him.
  6. diehardtwinsfan
    Yes, but not very often. I would agree. I'll be happy if Plouffe and Nolasco are gone. I'll be even happier if they can unload Abad or someone else from the pen. That's probably high expectations on its own.
  7. diehardtwinsfan
    I think the idea that AAA doesn't prepare you for 95+ pitches is an odd one (side note, junk pitches are rarely in the 90s as they are off speed pitches). Sure, you won't see very many major league curve balls in AAA, but you'll see more of them there than you will in AA, A+, and A ball. I don't think anyone disagrees that major league pitching is better, but looking at Buxton and Kepler, I don't think it's an accident that the prospect who spent more time in the high minors is having more success right now in the majors. That's my biggest beef with the Twins handling Buxton. He got added to the 40 man before he was ready, and they've now burned 2 options. He's still rather clearly not ready and next year is his last option (which at this point I suspect they will need). I get sick and tired of hearing how Buxton isn't Hicks or Buxton isn't Arcia, but it is that same type of mismanagement that put the team in the position to have to deal with Hicks and Arcia in the manner that they did. Buxton needs to return to AAA and get those at bats, and he needs to do it sooner than later. In 2018, there will be no option to yo-yo him.
  8. diehardtwinsfan
    I won't argue the org's double standard with pitchers and hitters, based on the evidence, I think that's deserved. I was simply pointing out that there's some pretty unreasonable expectations around here that are placed on management when it comes to prospects, especially when you consider that teams are pretty happy with a draft class that produces 3 major leaguers. Walker really shouldn't be a data point here (not yet at least). He was a risky proposition to begin with, and ironically, he's the guy that they have quite intentionally took it slow with.
  9. diehardtwinsfan
    Agreed, if a guy is that mentally fragile, he's probably not going to make the bigs. I'll say what I've said about Arcia in a few places, but I highly doubt his 2015 performance was pouting. He had a hip injury, and those aren't easy to come back from.
  10. diehardtwinsfan
    Buxton needs to go back down sooner than later. Not sure if I'd call Rosario up quite yet though. Its nice that he's actually started showing a bit more selectivity at the plate. Not quite sure I'd throw him back into the fire after 10 days of doing what he's been asked (and failed) to do for more than a year now.
  11. diehardtwinsfan
    Back in 2012, our best talent (sans Arcia, Gibson, and Dozier) were pretty much all in A ball. Calling those guys up would have been a horribly bad thing to do. I'd bet the results would be far worse than what you have today. The right thing to do is get those place holders and a bunch of guys who have destroyed the minors and just need a shot and give it to him while you bring the kids up. When guys succeed, they get traded for more lottery tickets. If one of those AAAA guys breaks through, that's a bit different of a decision based on how much service time he has, org need, etc. Of course that means that when said rookie is ready (Arcia for instance who had nothing to prove in the minors), he's playing every day.
  12. diehardtwinsfan
    The point is that most of the vets couldn't be unloaded, and the ones that were able to be were traded. My only beef with Ryan's rebuild during that timeframe is not going after lottery tickets and stocking his minors with AAAA type guys. He did that a bit with guys like Colabello. The high minors were pretty baren of talent, and the major league level was awful to say the least. At that point, I'm loading up with guys with a former track record coming off of injury. In other words, go get the Feldman and Pelfrey's of the world and not the Kevin Correias. Yeah, some of those guys flame out, which is what you have your AAAA guys for, and the guys that succeed get flipped for talent at the deadline... and that's where the AAAA guys come in. If you're lucky, one of those AAAA guys figures it out and you have more trade bait or a core piece... Rinse and repeat until the kids are ready.
  13. diehardtwinsfan
    Yeah, here's to hoping he does a Mike Trout on the majors...
  14. diehardtwinsfan
    yes... then again, it might encourage those young guys to focus more on getting ahead in the count and striking out the batter I'm just saying at one point, given that we won't be doing anything this year, we may as well focus on figuring out what works. In Arcia's case, getting him in the lineup every day should have been a requirement.
  15. diehardtwinsfan
    I never said any of that wasn't true. What I am saying is that you're being pretty unreasonable if you think his failure to do better in this area is on the org. He was a 3rd round pick for a reason, and these types of players fail all the time all over MLB. That was my point.
  16. diehardtwinsfan
    I wouldn't put ABWs BA on the org. He was a 3rd rounder for a reason and it was well recognized he'd have these problems (hence his draft spot). The fact that he hasn't been just promoted ought to say something, and I'm sure it's not that no one is saying take more pitches... judging by his results, that's what he's doing (or at least trying to) and not doing well I might add.
  17. diehardtwinsfan
    Honestly, it's a lost season, I'd have played him in CF just to keep his bat in the lineup and see if he can adjust to major league pitching. Would one or two more losses b/c of it really make things worse than what they are now?
  18. diehardtwinsfan
    going to the plate looking to take one (such as Aaron Hicks) is a bad idea. Being willing to take one is a different story, something Rosario, Vargas, Arcia, and Santana all need to learn. If the pitcher isn't throwing enough strikes, then take the free pass. Swing freely at those pitches out side of the zone and more often than not you're headed back to the dug out. That's what a good at bat looks like. The outcome is a result of the good process. We get into trouble when we look at the outcome and want to see more of it, but forget that there's a process that is not easy to change.
  19. diehardtwinsfan
    If memory serves me right, his injury last year was a hip injury, which are notoriously difficult to just bounce back from. I doubt he sucked in AAA b/c he felt he didn't belong... likely more b/c it hurt to swing. That said, my biggest beef is consistent PT. There's no excuse for Molitor to have gotten Arcia as little PT as he did. None. A day off now and then wouldn't have been hard, and it wouldn't have been hard to get some others guys days off to get Oswaldo in the lineup more. There's enough positional flexibility on this team to have accomplished it.
  20. diehardtwinsfan
    Crowd noise isn't surprising, and I'm not sure you can do much about it. Those minor league stadiums aren't going to see attendance over 5k very often, and as bad as the Twins have been, that's still quite a bit less than what shows up at TF, and at road games it's worse. You can be told about that one till the cows come home, it won't prepare you for hearing the real thing. But back to the point, I am fairly convinced that the Twins have issues in developing talent. Exactly what I'm not sure. Identifying it seems to be something they can do well, and even developing it through the minors seems like it works too... but something happens when a guy is first called up or a failure to adjust if he's had some success. I'd love to know where the Twins sit in those categories in respect to league average. I have to think they are below average there.
  21. diehardtwinsfan
    Maybe that was the Twins rebuilding strategy all along?
  22. diehardtwinsfan
    Speaking of Kepler, his OPS is now sitting around .750 after that nice night yesterday. If I were to put money on someone turning the corner, it might be Max.
  23. diehardtwinsfan
    This times a million. My apologies to Nick, but I don't think it's fair to say that Arcia got a far shot. Yeah, he didn't earn it so to speak, but getting consistent PT is something he never got. My main reason for wanting to get rid of Gardy centered around this issue. Now 1 1/2 years of Molitor, we are seeing the exact same thing. It is maddeningly frustrating.
  24. diehardtwinsfan
    yeah, there's a shot there, but I'm not holding my breath. Those same teams could have had Milone for free a month ago. If they wouldn't DFA/60 day DL someone then to make room on their 25 man for a guy they could have had for no prospect, I don't see them doing that now. If they would trade for him, it won't be much. Not even certain you'd see a lottery ticket, most likely org filler or a utility guy ceiling.
  25. diehardtwinsfan
    I tend to think that peace is the better solution as well.
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