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  1. diehardtwinsfan
    Quite a few interesting HS names available here. Kind of hope the Twins grab a few of them and hopefully get one or two signed. http://m.mlb.com/news/article/129634376/gems-bound-to-be-unearthed-on-draft-day-3 Not much in terms of catching help. Most are pitchers and middle infielders.
  2. diehardtwinsfan
    yeah, org needs catching help. Any interesting names still on the board?
  3. diehardtwinsfan
    Not sure Duffey is a good comp, as he was never the prospect Jay is. I think moving Jay to the MLB pen would be a mistake as it may take two or three years to develop him as a starter. One injury there and you now have an options issue. If the Twins are still in competition in a month and need pen help, I'd start calling up some of the kids in AA/AAA first. Personally, I'd probably put him in the Fort Meyers pen and have pitch 2-3 inning stints. If he does well there, I'd promote him to Chatty pretty quick in a similar role. Next year, he'd start at what level he finished as a starter.
  4. diehardtwinsfan
    I think the Twins continue to move ABW slowly, and I'm fine with that. He may never be a walk machine, but I do think at this point he's going to have a major league career. Perhaps he ends up like Vlad Gurerro, who knows. The fact that he's still doing what he's been doing in AA is encouraging.
  5. diehardtwinsfan
    I don't mind Nunez as an occasional sub. He has a decent bat as well. I think his career is more of the pinch hitter type. That's not a bad niche to carve out for yourself.
  6. diehardtwinsfan
    overmatched in small samples. I think he needs time to learn. Best way to do that is to put him in the mop up role reserved for guys like Stauffer.
  7. diehardtwinsfan
    Not sure I agree. Correa has been much better than Buxton for one. I think Buck is up soon, but I wouldn't be surprised if he makes a stop in AAA first.
  8. diehardtwinsfan
    that gives me an ASG idea... vote for the worst script. Post it for download. You'll probably get enough people doing it to give those guys a solid all star bump.
  9. diehardtwinsfan
    it really isn't that hard to write a script to vote in your guys.
  10. diehardtwinsfan
    hope May repeats his last start.
  11. diehardtwinsfan
    yeah, not really seeing the Walker love. He's popular with a few loud right wingers, and that's about it. The last thing this country needs is another Bush in the Whitehouse. I don't care if Jeb was a better candidate than the Georges... They were bad enough that his name on the ballot alone will have a lot of people staying home or voting democrat. Now that I think about it, Bush V. Clinton might actually help me get my 3rd party wish...
  12. diehardtwinsfan
    Sean Miller SS in the 10th
  13. diehardtwinsfan
    Yes Nick, sorry, getting names confused with an actual Mark Burdi that I knew. I think you are being a bit over critical personally, especially since I know you were very high on Burdi. Likewise, you've been the one saying the Twins should emulate the Cardinals (which is what they've done with these relievers). Ironically, this is about 1 pick so far. Maybe 2 if you count Jay, but given that pretty much every scout out there pegs him as a starter, I think you are being unfair if you do. Given the consternation, I'd have thought they were taking every relief pitcher out there. Half of the guys they have gotten today people thought were going in the 2nd round. That's a pretty good haul, especially considering that it will be a pretty decent draft if one guy taken today has a productive career.
  14. diehardtwinsfan
    Perhaps, but that 2012 draft netted Walker and Buxton. They didn't do the big RP thing in 2013. They did it a bit more last year. Not quite sure I'm ready to label those drafts as failures. There are some decent bats down there, just nothing people are excited about. I get that. But the Twins drafts the last few seasons have been pretty good in terms of the results they produced. I'm really not going to get down on them there. You want to see bad drafts, go look at some of those mid-2000s drafts.
  15. diehardtwinsfan
    I saw power and contact issues and thought ABW. Probably true, though from what I understand, ABW isn't going to light the world on fire defensively... Perhaps this is Vargas part 2... Who knows. I'm guessing they have money to sign. Those senior signs have very little negotiating power. I suspect Jay goes under slot. Cody might as well. That gives them room to pony up a bit more for some of the kids.
  16. diehardtwinsfan
    I haven't seen all of those season (did see Sansa's wedding), but I'm really struggling with past seasons. You have Jamie/Ceirci when he returned (which may or may not be depending on your interpretation) You have Sansa's wedding night. Edit: suppose Dani's wedding could fly too. You have two thwarted attempts in Brienne (her captors, which Jamie protects her) and Sansa (from the mob). I'm missing the rest. That's one thing I noticed that HBO has been leaving out (and I'm quite fine with that, just not a fan of watching rape scenes in general). I swear it was every other chapter in the books.
  17. diehardtwinsfan
    BTW, side note on relievers, those guys are the lowest in terms of risk as you need two pitches (maybe one if it's filthy) that you can reasonably command to make it to the show. Those guys can be flipped quite easily too, as they are always needed. Don't mind getting relief pitchers. I didn't like the 2012 strategy, but so far, it hasn't exactly hurt them.
  18. diehardtwinsfan
    Sounds like ABW part two.
  19. diehardtwinsfan
    Well, 2012 is still too soon to judge it, but Tyler Duffey and Taylor Rogers have turned into pretty decent prospects. So is Mark Burdi and JT Chargois I might add.
  20. diehardtwinsfan
    I'll probably have him in the bottom half of the top 10. Cody probably in the 20s somewhere. That isn't a slight on them I might add. Deep system.
  21. diehardtwinsfan
    There are probably rules about making sure every team is represented... Don't know. They couldn't exactly send the whole team (even though I wonder if it could beat the other AA all stars).
  22. diehardtwinsfan
    Agreed. Problem is that the pitching they will want to trade isn't tradable, and Ryan doesn't exactly have a penchant for prospect for prospect type trades. I could see a guy like Dean getting sent away for decent relief help now, but I don't see this logjam going away.
  23. diehardtwinsfan
    Yes it could, but since he isn't catching, playing SS, playing DH, or manning a corner spot, I don't see how you are going to fit that bat in there. And there's no guarantee of a couple dozen bombs, much less the other items that need to come with it.
  24. diehardtwinsfan
    I'm kind of hoping for a lot of prep guys today.
  25. diehardtwinsfan
    Glad they went upside here. Not a huge fan of the pick, but I think that has more to do with me not being a huge fan of the draft this year. Allard was my guy, but what do I know? He went 14th, so I'm guessing a few others didn't think he was the BPA there either. The real issue as I see it is a crowd forming for the rotation in a couple years. That isn't a bad thing, but they will still have Nughes, Nolasco, and Santana under contract with Berrios, May, Gibson, Duffey, (presumably Jay), Rogers, Meyer, and Dean all potentially making a case for a spot. They are going to have to trade off some of these guys or simply release them. That doesn't include guys like Hu, Thorpe, Gonsalves, or Stewart who could all suddenly rise pretty quick.
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