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  1. diehardtwinsfan
    Well, that's good, because he does throw over 90
  2. diehardtwinsfan
    Not quite sure I agree in that Romero is the only real starter here... I want Duffey to get another chance in the rotation (sorry Chief, gotta disagree here) and I think Gonsalves, Thorpe, and Stewart CAN be above average starters if they put things together, though right now Gonsalves is probably the only guy I have a higher degree of confidence.
  3. diehardtwinsfan
    I would say most of them are decent prospects, though Jay was moved to the pen. It's definitely a thin group, and I'll echo what Brock said about Thorpe. I'd like to see him pitch and I'm a bit concerned he's started in EST again. I'm hoping we pick up a few more pitching prospects in this draft at 1,35, and 37. Side note on top 100 guys, but I think we have a few guys in the system who may be on those lists at the end of the year. Palacios (if he keeps this up) will be a good bet. Araez would have been a possibility as well had he not gotten hurt (and continued where he left off last season). Murray is a real possibility. There were a lot of ceiling guys in the system with some question marks, and those guys are (so far) answering them.
  4. diehardtwinsfan
    cannot speak for Palka, but Park is a decent defender at 1st.
  5. diehardtwinsfan
    what happened last weekend?
  6. diehardtwinsfan
    yeah, if Berrios is new and improved, that changes things drastically. Baring injury, you have 3 reliable starting options... Getting Gibson back on track or Mejia ready would change things too.... I'm still on the pretender side and would likely sell at the deadline, but if what we saw from Berrios is more the norm than the exception, I'd have to start rethinking that.
  7. diehardtwinsfan
    The Twins are better off fixing Gibson, as they won't get anything in a trade.
  8. diehardtwinsfan
    Gibson is going to need more than 2 AAA starts to course correct in my opinion, but we do need to get him back on track... That said, I wouldn't trust gameday's pitch locations all that much. Right now, I just want to see some progress. He's lasting longer in AAA, which is good, but he needs to figure out what made him decent in 2015. That may take time.
  9. diehardtwinsfan
    I'm leaning McKay, but think it should be Wright or McKay.
  10. diehardtwinsfan
    the quibble on Nola was that he lacked top end stuff but would be quick to the majors. A lot of people here didn't want him for that projection alone... I wasn't a fan of the Gordon pick either, but in retrospect, both were very good picks. Had we known Palacios and Aarez (though he's more of a question mark due to injury) would do what they have done so far, passing up on Gordon for Nola would make sense... but hindsight is always 20/20. It's really hard to fault the FO here.
  11. diehardtwinsfan
    Here's to removing Smalley from the record book!
  12. diehardtwinsfan
    I'd argue 30 aces total and go with top 30 pitchers... just me. Probably still a bit higher there, as number 30 on the list may not be a shut down pitcher in the mold that we want.. that said, I'd call Santana a #2 at worst, as 2s can have ace seasons (which Santana is having thus far). No question so far though that he's an ace. If we are out of contention at the deadline, there's a real question as to whether to trade the 1.5 years of Santana for a prospect haul (and I'd have to think he'd get a nice return) or keep him.
  13. diehardtwinsfan
    It depends on the injury and how solid the rank was to begin with... Pitchers undergoing TJS will certainly drop. But when Sano underwent it, not much changed.
  14. diehardtwinsfan
    Last stat I saw said there was around a 50% failure rate for 1st rounders (and yes, I do realize that there will be more failures at the bottom of the 1st than the top). Seth probably has a better idea on that, but a class that yields 3 major league players was a pretty good class. I'm not saying the Twins couldn't do things differently or better (and I tend to personally think that their flaws are more on the development side than the drafting side), but nothing in this line of criticism strikes me as reasonable, and I think there were much better points made about our farm system with regards to our previous GM's tendency to hold on to players too long. I'm not convinced Hughes or Hammer would have netted major hauls one half year in to signing a 3 year deal, but to say they couldn't have gotten a prospect is also unlikely, but we will truthfully never know the market. The real issue is (as others pointed out) never using FA to trade off that 1 year reclamation project for a decent piece, and not selling guys like Suzuki or Perkins when there were buyers.
  15. diehardtwinsfan
    I would feel much more confortable if this was a falling pitcher like Bukauskas or Wright than a hitter.... we need pitchers... and if that meant picking up a decent upside pitcher and then a couple more falling 1st round guys at 35/37, I'd be OK with it... not so much with a hitter.
  16. diehardtwinsfan
    might be slightly off topic, but is Berrios going to work out of the pen until his next start or will he be getting starts on regular rest? I like their use of the rotation, especially given the weakness of pitching, but I don' think I'd be skipping Berrios unless there's an active plan to manage his innings this year.
  17. diehardtwinsfan
    Not to state the obvious, but these are pretty typical results for baseball teams. I'm not saying that there isn't work that needs to be done, but I still think it's wise to have reasonable expectations, and if you have expectations that no team in major league baseball can hit, then I think it would be wise to re-evaluate the expectations.
  18. diehardtwinsfan
    Not sure Hughes in year 1 of a 3 year contract would have netted a ton on the market (same with Willingham). The only real glaring mistake was Perkins in my opinion. I would really like to know what Ryan had lined up for Suzuki when he extended him. There was an offer on the table, and one he was willing to take if Suzuki didn't sign the contract.
  19. diehardtwinsfan
    I think they'd be wise to start rotating some of the younger ones into the pen. It's bad. No reason why they cannot DFA/option one reliever and start rotating prospects through and see who sticks.
  20. diehardtwinsfan
    One thing I'm curious about is whether or not his arm will get stronger over time. He was hurt in 2015 and didn't pitch hardly at all in 2016. Could be something where you see that velocity improve a bit as the season goes on.
  21. diehardtwinsfan
    I've got to think that the relationship with Kim is going to tragically end. She's one of the few keeping him Jimmy as opposed to Saul. I'm guessing he does a Jimmy thing and it backfires in a heartbreaking way... the kind you don't recover from.
  22. diehardtwinsfan
    I vote Hildenberger. Given how bad the pen is, I think there's wisdom in an early 40 man add for him and just letting him sit up here all season and learning at the major league level.
  23. diehardtwinsfan
    Cleveland is the only city to have a river burn out of control... twice...
  24. diehardtwinsfan
    Lest we forget, Gordon got off to a similar start last year... I'm not against promotion, but he cooled considerably as the season went on... I'm hoping that was more about him tiring than anything, but something to keep in mind.
  25. diehardtwinsfan
    Probably some of this. I wouldn't be surprised if there's a certain amount of taking steps back on the developmental side too, forcing kids in the minors to spend more effort controlling their FB. I'm not sure what made Berrios so hittable in the majors last season, but I am not too worried just yet if they want him to get a few more starts in to help reinforce the new behaviors they are trying to teach. I doubt, at this point, it has anything to do with the WBC. That may have cost him a spot this spring, but once that decision was made, Berrios is now in a position where he has to earn it. I think the retaliation/punishment angle is way overblown.
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