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  1. diehardtwinsfan
    I've got no problems with this. Sano has certainly done well for them. These guys won't be SS, but if they are athletic enough to man a corner spot with competent defense, they could be difference makers at the plate.
  2. diehardtwinsfan
    He can tell them he will not sign. Then it's up to cincy to call his bluff or take someone else.
  3. diehardtwinsfan
    I've got to think you're right here. I'd be curious how the power translates to the FSL, especially given it's tendencies to suppress power.
  4. diehardtwinsfan
    I'm beginning to wonder if they won't add Rodriguez to the 40 man this offseason to keep him in the org. He's pitching quite well and we forget that for the first half of his career, he was a CF. He's old for his league, I get that, but he's doing well enough that I think you have to promote him... being the son of an HOFer helps too.
  5. diehardtwinsfan
    Aren't strassburg and Kershaw FAs this offseason too? I seem to remember there being a number of top shelf pitchers hitting FA this season, and I think the Twins would be wise to target that if they do.
  6. diehardtwinsfan
    This is why HS guys get looked at... reality though is that many don't do that well, and that's why we have the whole ceiling vs. floor factored into the discussion. There's a very real chance that Wright is the better pitcher because the team is absorbing so much more risk with Gore than they are with Wright. I'm probably more in the Wright camp given org needs and his ceiling. He can be that ace we want, but if they want upside first and foremost, I'd probably take Gore over Greene, and in that case you could potentially save some money as Gore likely won't be drafted before pick 5.
  7. diehardtwinsfan
    Pretty much this... we have to spend some money this offseason. Even if they trade Dozier for pitching and Santana for more pitching in the high minors, you still have the problem of needing pitching right now with a hitting core that is here right now. I'd be fine with FA, Berrios, Mejia, May in 2018 with the 5th spot being a rotation of Gonsalves, Romero, and a couple of acquisitions... at least there's some depth there and promise.
  8. diehardtwinsfan
    I'd have no problems sticking it back to LAD. There's some sick irony there if they have to part with more prospects to get Dozier after lowballing the Twins in the first place. Just did a quick look here: Yadier Alvarez - 2.7 years younger then average but not exactly lighting up high A. ERA is over 5. He's getting lots of Ks (but less than low A), walking way too many guys, and a bit more prone to the HR. Brock Stewart hasn't seen much action at all this year so far. Kiebert Ruiz is still a guy I like. He's holding his own in the MWL at 18. He's 4 years younger than the league. OPS just north of .700, which is good for a C, but even better given his age. For the record, he's a year younger than Rortvedt and doing much better in the same league. Jordan Sheffield is repeating the MWL, though doing better. He's league average age wise and having a good season. Walker Buehler is having a very nice season in AA. I wonder if they'd rethink a Stewart, Buehler, Ruiz package for Dozier. The are 2 games out of first place with two teams in front of them in a much tighter race now than what they were predicting this offseason.
  9. diehardtwinsfan
    I have to admit that there's a sizable amount of risk here at 35/37. I like the idea of picking him up here, as he has value at that. We need pitching that can advance quick and having a Wright/Romero combo here would make me happy if they also grabbed a falling HS pitcher... but that said... there's a lot of risk on this one. This is a guy that I would hope that the Twins have really done their homework with. Side note, but if they cut a deal below slot that reduces a lot of that risk and gives them some flexibility. I think there's a very good chance he's there at 37, and he could fall farther due to his off field issues. His agent has to know that.
  10. diehardtwinsfan
    Personally, I think I like him more than Greene. Everyone likes Greene because he can throw triple digits, but all he has is a fastball presently and plenty of ML hitters can hit a 102 MPH pitch.
  11. diehardtwinsfan
    Wonder if it would be smart to grab a guy like Joe Perez in the mid rounds. He just hit mlb pipeline's top 100 draft prospects. He will be out next season with TJ, but he's a HS guys that hits high 90s. Strikes me as the kind of move some team could make with a mid round pick and an extra 500k or so.
  12. diehardtwinsfan
    Perhaps not too much, but if Boras knows they are going 9, he would be foolish to advise his client against 7-8 money at 1 overall... that's how those things work.
  13. diehardtwinsfan
    Turley is by definition org filler, now that said, he's making a case for a 40 man add. Not sure I'd do it just yet, but he might be a worthwhile gamble as a starting pitcher or reliever given the organizational weakness. I wouldn't have high hopes for him at 27, but if something clicked, you have to give kudos to the org for seeing a potential diamond in the rough. As bad as the pitching is on this team, I have to think he should get a shot at some point.
  14. diehardtwinsfan
    I think you're being a bit liberal with the idea that a guy like Gonsalves is right now a top 5 pitcher. There's a pretty wide gap between a bottom feeder major league pitcher and a top prospect. Just look at how Berrios struggled last year (far worse I'd add than Santiago and even Gibson are right now)... think about that, and he had far better results than Gonsalves and a better pedigree. That doesn't mean that Gonsalves would be a flop, but that we underestimate just how steep the curve is from the minors to the majors. I do agree that he needs to work on those walks. If AA is the right place, so be it, but if he continues to improve, my personal opinion would be get him a bit more challenge in AAA.
  15. diehardtwinsfan
    this has been largely debunked for the record.
  16. diehardtwinsfan
    If I read this right, we are talking 6 pitches... with 4 usable now???? How many are plus vs. future plus? I'm honestly curious. 6 pitches provides a lot of variety, and even he has no plus plus pitches, that's still potential ace territory if he has that many options to get out hitters. I think this is the right pick.
  17. diehardtwinsfan
    Is he related to the actor?
  18. diehardtwinsfan
    think this would have been a better opener...
  19. diehardtwinsfan
    Were we watching the same org over the last 5 years? TR wouldn't have sold in that situation. He most likely wouldn't have bought either. If it was Smith, it wouldn't have been Hu/Tapia for Jepsen. It would have been Sano for Jepsen.
  20. diehardtwinsfan
    Yankees have some nice pitching prospects in AA as well. I agree here that they would be a good fit.
  21. diehardtwinsfan
    This question, to me at least, goes back to whether this is a contender vs. a pretender. I'm in the second camp at the moment, but with Mejia and Berrios making good strides, it's not hard to envision this offense with a front three of Santana, Berrios, and Mejia. If they can fix one more starter and get a couple young arms going in the pen, they can compete in the playoffs.. I'm not sure I'd deal Santana right now for that reason. I'd evaluate again in a month. If the wheels fall of, deal him. If those other pieces don't come together, I'd probably deal as well, with many of the caveats here in that near ML ready starting pitching is likely what is coming back. There's not much of that in the high minors other than Gonsalves and Romero (and possibly Wright in another week). They need more...
  22. diehardtwinsfan
    Law has always been an upside first guy... That really does not surprise me.
  23. diehardtwinsfan
    I'm not sure I understand the debate. You are talking about 16 year old kids. There's far more risk there than the 18 year olds we are drafting next week. I think there's good reason to go for both quantity and quality. I have zero problems with them zeroing in one or two top quality kids that they are very convinced of and then spreading the rest out for lower signings... zero. It works. Side note, but I think we tend to forget that there are also only a limited number of positions due to a limited number of teams. That tends to limit things to some extent.
  24. diehardtwinsfan
    If there's no game that day, perhaps we can have a draft game thread.
  25. diehardtwinsfan
    yuck. The correct answer is cheese and horseradish. Catsup/Ketchup or BBQ in a pinch.
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