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  1. diehardtwinsfan
    yay plouffe
  2. diehardtwinsfan
    Statistics has changed baseball permanently... Managers might actually have to manage.
  3. diehardtwinsfan
    I want Parmelee and Pinto playing every day. Kubel is getting in the way of that and has not been good for a while. Kubel's role right now should probably be a pinch hitter, and that's assuming that a reasonable amount of rest will make him competent. This is one of many things that really annoys me about Gardy, and the main reason why I didn't want him around this year. Parms and Pinto need to be in the line up most days, with the occasional rest day.
  4. diehardtwinsfan
    Shortly thereafter, Ryan calls Cashman and offers him KC for TJ recovering Manny Banuelos.
  5. diehardtwinsfan
    I'm probably higher on May than you, and I misunderstood you on him as I though were calling him fringe. May is a good prospect. I'll have to respectfully disagree on Darnell, who has slowly gotten better each time he jumps a level. He's 25, not old. He wasn't a big prospect to begin with, but he's putting things together and looks like he can be a pretty solid mid-rotation arm. Given the 40 man situation, I'd think both are ahead of Meyer... They have both out-pitched him, so I'm not sure SOP for the Twins is in play. These guys deserve shots. These are precisely the types of guys the Twins should be using their time on. I don't have a problem with either of them being ahead of Meyer right now. Even Johnson might be worth a shot b/c if he succeeds he'll have value to some time this offseason in a trade. Major league ready pitching with service time tends to be valuable. The real problem is that there are 4 guys in the rotation under contract right now (with one on the DL), and only one will come off the books next year.
  6. diehardtwinsfan
    Well, the draft is almost on us. Let's see if traffic can kill TD like it did last year. My top 6 at this point... I want upside. I'd probably pass on guys like Nola and Freeland in favor of raw talent that has upside. Obvious exceptions being Rodon who won't make it 5 anyways. Aiken Rodon Kolek Jackson Touki Gordon I think the second round will be interesting. There will still be high upside talent there with guys like Fede/Hoffman falling, some tough sign pitching guys, and guys like Gatewood. The Twins have plenty of 'safe' guys in the system, I think this draft might be a good one to go high upside in the first few rounds and fill out some safer picks later on.
  7. diehardtwinsfan
    I'd rather have Gordon at 5 than Turner. Both look to stick and there's far more upside in Gordon's bat than Turner's. That's my 2 cents. If Turner fell to round 2, that would be different, but I'm highly doubting that.
  8. diehardtwinsfan
    Look a bit deeper at his numbers, I think we need to tip our hats to the Twins scouting department here. We are still in SSS territory, so who knows, but May was considered to be a potential ace prospect when he was drafted and kind of fell out of favor. It looks like the Twins saw something they could fix. His K rate is down a bit this season (but still quite impressive) and his walk rate is also down (which needed to drop, and in my opinion still needs to go down a bit more). His big success has been reducing his K/9 by 2.5 hits and his HR/9 by a .5. His numbers right now say he's figuring things out and he looks more like a 1/2 type starter than a reliever. The real problem as I see it is that the Twins have 3 very good young pitchers in AAA deserving of spots and 2 older guys (Pino and Johnson) who've pitched quite well also. I'm not terribly worried about Johnson and Pino, but the Twins are going to need to find a home for Meyer, May and Darnel, and only KC is vacating the rotation next season. Pelfrey is (as of now) untradeable. Hughes isn't going anywhere and no one is taking Nolasco's contract. I wouldn't be surprised at all if the Twins tried to move one of these guys to fill a vacancy somewhere else.
  9. diehardtwinsfan
    I'm sure it was a necessity. That's how the 40 man often works. Teams aren't going to risk losing a good prospect to the Rule V draft, and May certainly fit that mold (as did Kepler and Polanco, neither of whom are 'ready' by any means).
  10. diehardtwinsfan
    A couple things: 1) It's been climbing... slowly, but climbing. 2) He shelved his slider. Not sure if he's been working it back in or not, but for the most part he's been working on his fastball/change from what I understand. 3) He's only pitched 43 innings. I wouldn't be terribly worried given the situation. This is his first full year of ball and he's already in low A where a lot of rookies are still spending a year in the appy league. He's operating with pretty strict pitching limitations as well. He's done quite a good job keeping the runs off the board and hitters off base as he has a WHIP at just over 1. That's pretty good given his age relative to the league. I wouldn't be terribly worried about it. If we are still seeing this well into next season, I think there's reason to wonder.
  11. diehardtwinsfan
    Not sure I'd call May and Darnell a fringe prospect. Johnson most definitely given his age, but comparing these guys to guys like Albers and PJ Walters is blatantly unfair.
  12. diehardtwinsfan
    common hicks... get over the Mendoza line.
  13. diehardtwinsfan
    What in the world does Parm need to do to get into the lineup. I don't understand the Twins would purchase his contract only to not play him in favor of guys like Kubel and Nunez.
  14. diehardtwinsfan
    I hate calling these luck. This is about adjustments. More likely, he's doing something different allowing batters to square up on him better. Hopefully, he figures it out so that those numbers drop.
  15. diehardtwinsfan
    If this tells me anything, it's that they think Buxton won't be ready any time soon.
  16. diehardtwinsfan
    I'd take Kolek over Nola in a heart beat here. For one, quickness to the majors means nothing when he's blocked by Meyer, May, Darnell, Hughes, Gibson, Gilmartin, and Nolasco. Berrios could be in the way too in a year. Second, it's said the fastball has a nice drop to it... It's not a straight fastball. Go with high upside. If he flames out, he flames out, but the reward is way too tantalizing.
  17. diehardtwinsfan
    I'd say the first 3 should all improve... they can't exactly get worse.
  18. diehardtwinsfan
    Yes actually... I think he should be playing every day.
  19. diehardtwinsfan
    Arcia and Willingham up, Parmelee disappears... typical Gardy.
  20. diehardtwinsfan
    yes.
  21. diehardtwinsfan
    Last chance will imply that he will be cut completely. I'm not seeing that. He's going to go back to AAA with some adjustments to make.
  22. diehardtwinsfan
    I spend too much time in the minor league forums. I saw this title and was thinking of Nick Castellanos of the Tigers.
  23. diehardtwinsfan
    On a more serious note, AJ Polluck strikes me as a guy who can be acquired cheaply.
  24. diehardtwinsfan
    Toronto has a guy named Maesteroni who fits that mold
  25. diehardtwinsfan
    My biggest beef with Gardenhire is that he's never struck me as someone who is talented at developing and bringing along rookies, and with a huge wave of them coming up in the minors, he's going to be doing a lot of it... That said, 3 catchers.
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