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  1. diehardtwinsfan
    Probably. I just know that contending teams don't necessarily have the ability to spend time and develop guys. I'd almost prefer to send multiple trade chips over to get one top talent guy who is ready vs. a bunch of lotto tickets. Of course, if Baltimore wouldn't do it (and they probably wouldn't) the point is moot.
  2. diehardtwinsfan
    We think alike
  3. diehardtwinsfan
    Here is Sickle's review of their top 20 (posted a few days ago). Truthfully, not a ton of good matches. I wouldn't mind Max Pentecost, but he's pretty far away from the show himself (and a former college star sitting in low A with a shoulder injury doesn't scream catcher of the future), and I suspect my liking of Vlad Gurrrero Jr. has more to do with his dad's success as a major leaguer than him. Sean Reid-Foley is another name there that I personally would covet.
  4. diehardtwinsfan
    This is a scenario where I'm really curious what the scouting book says on him. Kind of wonder if 'lack of interest' has more to do with every team in baseball knowing that there are certain pitch(s) he cannot hit and then add other issues into things and no one wants the risk. Given that his defense is good, if he's fixable, I might be willing to pony up Rosario, but that would be as high of a price I'd pay. I think you need to move away from adding to the OF at one point without doing some removing of the OF. We have two hitting prospects in AAA right now in Palka and Walker, and while they have questions, they are blocked at the major league level by Rosario and Kepler. Kepler shouldn't go anywhere. Rosario on the other hand may be expendable.
  5. diehardtwinsfan
    Yeah, I'd part with Santana for a decent package. I'd rather dump Milone and Nolasco for nothing though and keep Santana, but if Toronto wants to blow us away, by all means, let them... so here's a name I want to speculate on: Dylan Bundy. Fantastic prospect and fantastic minor league results. Pitching out of the pen in Baltimore this season (in really his rookie year) as he struggled as a starter. Baltimore needs starters. Would something like Santana/Abad plus maybe a lower tier prospect get that done, or am I over/undervaluing him?
  6. diehardtwinsfan
    So we are going to bring in a guy that needs development on a team that cannot develop players Honestly, bringing him in doesn't bother me if the cost is reasonable. I don't think a Suzuki/Grossman combo would do it... maybe it would, and if so I might take the flier, but there's already a lot of guys in the OF looking for time and we'd be adding one more to that mix.
  7. diehardtwinsfan
    That could work as well. I suspect they've probably got several offers on the table for Abad/Kintzler and are just waiting for other pieces to fall.
  8. diehardtwinsfan
    Not to blow your mind or anything, but 1 GB = 1024 MBs...
  9. diehardtwinsfan
    Well, Berrios is coming up, the other half hasn't been announced, but that tells me that either Kintzler or Abad won't be with the team shortly.
  10. diehardtwinsfan
    Strangely enough, MN is on Lucroy's NTC. I find it odd that he put a team on there that wouldn't be interested in acquiring him.
  11. diehardtwinsfan
    I'd say a potential 3 team trade... but thinking through that, it makes me wonder if Vargas or Polanco are on their way out. Only way I could see Phil interested. Edit: either that or Antony is the GM whisperer and convinced Philly to take the other Santana.
  12. diehardtwinsfan
    Erv is pitching like he wants out of Minny... wish Nolasco would do that more often.
  13. diehardtwinsfan
    It's saving Molitor from himself in the form of taking bread away from a diabetic.
  14. diehardtwinsfan
    That's a lot of scouts... will have to keep an eye on TD tonight.
  15. diehardtwinsfan
    Yeah, Lucroy knows his deal is under valued, and probably part of why he gave them a friendly option was the NTC power that he got with it. He's well within his rights here, and he apparently doesn't want to go to Cleveland... Now I have to ask though, why didn't Milwaukee bother talking to him about that before hand?
  16. diehardtwinsfan
    MLBTR said Cleveland had interest in an A's lefty reliever... so I'd think they might have interested in Abad. I don't know if Cle would do it, but I'd pretty happy with Antony if he managed to add a high impact catching prospect, even if said prospect starts next year in AA.
  17. diehardtwinsfan
    So Francisco Mejia (top 100 Cleveland catching prospect) was the headliner in the Lucroy deal along with three other prospects who I don't believe were on any top 100 lists. Mejia is putting together a nice season in high A, so not the short term answer if the Twins want more C help now, but is a very nice prospect.
  18. diehardtwinsfan
    Headlined by Indians top 100 catching prospect Fancisco Mejia and 3 other guys. Of course Lucroy vetoed the deal, which may be taking a guy off the market. I'd be more than happy to do a one for one with Mejia for Suzuki. Doubt Cleveland would bite though.
  19. diehardtwinsfan
    Kirilloff is going to be making a top 100 case if he keeps hitting like this. Wonder when he sees Cedar Rapids. Wood bat transition clearly isn't a problem here.
  20. diehardtwinsfan
    I think most would put money on Dozier being better in 2017. That's fine given that it won't likely be a good season. I agree with your assessment on Polanco. He could be a bit better defensively (though he makes some stupid errors from time to time), and offensively, he's going to be more of an OBP/doubles/10-15 HR guy at his peak. That's a good player at 2nd, and different than BD in so many ways, but given that the team has plenty of HR threats in Sano, Vargas, Palka, Walker, and Park, I don't think that they will have problems finding a combo that generates runs in the future. They do however, need to put guys in front of them who can get on base.
  21. diehardtwinsfan
    I'm with you Tobi, I don't buy the "get an NL team to bite." yeah, the NL can drop your ERA by a half a run, which might make Nolasco a bit more serviceable in the NL, but hardly one worth giving up a lot. If the Twins got something for him, or quite frankly just managed to get rid of the contract for nothing, I would be pretty happy.
  22. diehardtwinsfan
    well, they got four players in that deal, so I'm guessing there's some upside there. Sets the market on Suzuki a bit. Probably won't see a top 100 (though for some reason I thought one of those guys was one), but perhaps a couple higher ceiling A ball guys. Not necessarily a bad get.
  23. diehardtwinsfan
    Given Hughe's injury, I wouldn't count on him pitching at all in 2017, but if he does, I suspect he's brought along slowly and starts out in the pen. He likely gets another shot when one of the kids falter (which will happen I'm sure).
  24. diehardtwinsfan
    I know Mono can be pretty nasty. I was just curious if he's been seen floating around FTM and if the team plans on getting him some innings yet this season.
  25. diehardtwinsfan
    Hmm... not sure what to think about the alternate fortune ending that you're supposed to put at the end of these.
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