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  1. diehardtwinsfan
    After watching Making a Murderer, I don't think people should be visiting Wisconsin. Oh, and that comes from someone who has lived there.
  2. diehardtwinsfan
    I'm kind of hoping he gets the start on memorial day in Indianapolis. If so, I'll be at the game.
  3. diehardtwinsfan
    From what I've read, there's not much of a gap between picks 10 and 40. I could potentially see someone cutting a deal in the first round and taking somewhere between 1.5 and 2M as well. I wouldn't mind that with one of those HS picks. They could potentially pit Wentz, Garrett, and Whitley against each other to see who will take that pick. Then go get Rortvedt in the 2nd and/or maybe Cooper Johnson and another HS pitcher to close out the 2nd. It's a bit of drafting for need, but all of those picks are reasonable from where there at, so it's not like there's any big reaching going on there. That makes for four prep guys in the first two rounds. Not their typical pattern, but given that most of their depth is in the high minors, it might hurt to stock up on higher ceiling guys who will take a bit longer to mature. If I a guy like Collins fell to them at 15, then I'd probably have a low sign planned somewhere so I could go over slot and get him. I could see that if something unexpected happens and someone projected to go in the top 10 slides out of it.
  4. diehardtwinsfan
    I'd say that's a pretty decent player. I think if he can cut down the Ks though, he can be better than that to be very honest.
  5. diehardtwinsfan
    I really don't get the Gonsalves consternation (on both sides). SSS was saying promote him, and now he's had a couple not so good starts. Overall, he's been fine and will probably see a promotion within the next month baring a complete collapse or injury. I have no problems waiting beyond a small sample for a promotion. Anyone can be hot for a month, nothing wrong with making sure that it isn't simply that.
  6. diehardtwinsfan
    It should be interesting. We have picks 56, 73 and 74 in the second round, so grabbing a decent college senior that we can get well under slot (or maybe 2) would allow to grab some higher ceiling prep picks there in the second through fourth rounds. I think that's smart, especially given the way this draft class looks.
  7. diehardtwinsfan
    Walker has struck out in 50% of his at bats right now in Rochester. Slow down and read that again... 50% I like the fact that his walk rate is rising, but he still has to get that K rate under control. He's on the 40 man, so giving him a 15 day stint once or twice this season might be nice, but I still think we need to temper those expectations a bit. He needs time in Rochester, and he needs to bring that K rate down. Hopefully, this is the start of something clicking with him and we will see some better numbers (at least in terms of Ks) over the next few months.
  8. diehardtwinsfan
    Personally, I think they should go heavy on HS guys. Only issue there this that they need a few cheap college signs so they can go over slot and get the HS guys.
  9. diehardtwinsfan
    yeah, we could probably resurrect the (not so) fun with numbers thread. Sadly, we are running out of season SSS.
  10. diehardtwinsfan
    Not sure that will work out well. Did you see Aaron Rodger's recent address of a fan on Twitter?
  11. diehardtwinsfan
    I'm going to move this to the main forum, as I think this is an appropriate question there. But my 2 cents: He's got a .750 ish OPS presently, which believe it or not is above league average. Not great by any means but not poor. Playing in RF with below average defense is probably the bigger problem at the moment, as that cancels out any advantage that his bat may give.I don't think it's wise to analyze his results by hot/cold streaks. Those are pretty common through all of baseball for various reasons. If there is a problem with him not taking instruction well, then yes, by all means there's a point here. If he's hitting .750 swinging for the fences and not listening to coaching, then a little 'seasoning' in AAA might be warranted, for no other reason than he might need a dose of humility.I'm waffling here, but to be honest, this is looking more like a Sophomore slump than anything else. The book is out and major league pitchers have adjusted to him. He's not doing horribly, which to me indicates that at least from a talent standpoint he's a major leaguer. He's got to adjust, and given that he's more than holding his own with the stick, he probably deserves that chance.... Now if there's a serious problem with him flat out not listening to people, then quite honestly, that's different.
  12. diehardtwinsfan
    He's 20 and in high A. He's quite a bit younger than his peers. His bat says ready (and a ++ in that this is an extreme pitchers league), but 11 errors in 30 games says his glove isn't quite there. Ironic in that last season we were saying the opposite. I'm fine letting him spend time here. There's plenty of guys in front of him doing well enough that I don't think there's a need to fast track him. We will see a big wave of promotions here as we near the all star break. I don't see a problem waiting till then, and honestly I'm not too concerned if spends all season in A+.
  13. diehardtwinsfan
    Dave, this is a pretty good take. I won't argue there.
  14. diehardtwinsfan
    Sooooo Vanimal... there's got to be some scorching hot takes on this current mess, right? Or is it really just that bad?
  15. diehardtwinsfan
    Quarter point b/c we are 1/4 of the way through the season or quarter point b/c that's all we can reasonably given due to the product on the field?
  16. diehardtwinsfan
    Makes me rethink my dislike for the Hunter signing last year. Like it or not, he was that guy. The problem is that there's no way to quantify that type of an impact.
  17. diehardtwinsfan
    I think it's more common than we realize. The average age at Etown is around 20. You won't get that number with HS/international players. Lots of teams have college players there, enough to bring that average age up to 20. Rookie leagues are there more for transition purposes just as much as they are for development. These guys are going from full time school/part time baseball to full time baseball. They are transitioning from metal bats to wooden. They are transitioning from being the big man on campus to one fish in the pond, and they are now being tossed in an environment where they need to be real careful about what types of friends the make. I don't think the issue is an extra month or two in the low minors. But based on what you posted earlier, it's clear that guys are being pulled out of the high minors far too quick. I'd also say that I don't think the Twins are putting enough emphasis on reducing those strike out rates. Conventional baseball wisdom used to be that an out was an out. While I don't think one K is necessarily bad, a high K rate is indicative of a pattern of behavior that leads to giving away far too many at bats, and it's a pattern that can exploited quite easily at the major league level, as teams value pitchers who can get the K. It's why I'm perfectly fine leaving a guy like Walker where he's at, and it's why I'd have been perfectly fine letting Buxton start this season (and spend most of it) in AAA. Just because a guy can post a sexy stat line doesn't mean he's ready to move up.
  18. diehardtwinsfan
    I need to bookmark this for the next time I hear someone say the Twins promote too slow. Honestly, I see impatience here as the root cause, though in a few cases, need and a potential option on the 40 man certain plays in. A cup of coffee is one thing though. Handing a job to Buxton when he's clearly not ready is a whole different thing. 2015 was a breath of fresh air after a really bad four year stretch, but I think this reinforces (for me at least) that most of these guys still need(ed) more seasoning in the high minors.
  19. diehardtwinsfan
    I really want to see that.
  20. diehardtwinsfan
    You may be right here, but I think Mike is spot on. There have been plenty of examples over the last decade of players 'toughing it out' at 80% effectiveness whose presence serves to lose games b/c they are hurt. If the Hughes thing is a trend, and he's cutting himself out of every other game, there's an issue. But he's done this once. I'm inclined, at this point at least, to trust him.
  21. diehardtwinsfan
    Can I pick the Vikings here?
  22. diehardtwinsfan
    Chargois will be up at some point. I'm guessing the others will likely be moved some time next month.
  23. diehardtwinsfan
    Fair, I agree. I'm simply saying that it's easy to complain after the fact, and the number of 'what I would do' posts prior to the fact were pretty low. I'm simply suggesting that it is really easy to look back on everything that happened and say I'd have made all the right decisions. It's a bit more difficult when you write out your own plan. That's all.
  24. diehardtwinsfan
    Hindsight is 20/20. Not a fan of these types of threads b/c its easy to look back and say "I wouldn't have done it" with anything that didn't work and "yes by all means" by anything that did work. I think if you really want to be fair, go look up the offseason plans that were written last November. As for what was done. I have no issues with minor league signings (nor should anyone). I probably wouldn't have released Sweeney. To be honest on Park, I suspect most of us would have never even bothered (even though it's looking like an absolute steal). Yeah, I think we'd all have done a few things differently, but I'm not certain the results would be much better.
  25. diehardtwinsfan
    Not too early. I'm guessing top 5 is pretty realistic and 1 overall is a possibility. The odd thing is that given the state of the team and the youth movement in the minors, we could be in a real good position with that pick. The only real issue at this point is that 2017 lists that are made right now will be completely different 1 year from now.
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