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  1. Loosey
    "Scavenger Hung". . . Freudian Slip there, Seth? Ha.
  2. Loosey
    That's true for 90% of the teams. Realistically only the Yankees, Dodgers and Red Sox could go out an buy an entire team if every one of their homegrown talents failed. Every other team would have to piecemeal together a roster and hope they hit on draft picks and trades for prospects.
  3. Loosey
    I just wish the team would pick a direction they are going. They are so bad at informing the fans at their plans when it comes to reasoning with personnel. I doubt many would be upset if they broke spring training with Burdi, Chargois, May, Perkins, Jepsen, Fien, Meyer, Rodgers with others waiting in AAA. The team just needs to let the fans who are uninformed know their could be some implosions and bumps in the road, but this is what the team will begin to look like in the future. There will always be Duensings and Abads waiting on the scrap pile if some of the young guys need to get sent back down to AAA for some seasoning in May, no need to start with junk. I would rather have a rocky pen with young guys than implosions with scrap heapers to start the season.
  4. Loosey
    To me the handing out extensions with more money for career years is the Twins showing desperation and fearing the future. I think sometimes they look too far ahead at the money they MIGHT have to spend to keep someone if they continue to excel. Instead they should bank the saved money because they clearly have someone at a discount (Hughes 2014 example). That is the Twins conservative nature at it's finest, they fear the unknown and would rather just pay up now rather than risk having someone leave or have to get into a bidding war to keep them. They are the same way with their roster management. They know what Plouffe is and are willing to pay for him to play 3rd base. Sano could play 3rd base and be as good or better, but the unknown is what if his defense sucks and now they already traded away their known commodity of solid defensive 3rd base. The Twins for the most part are risk averse, and they are willing to pay and sometimes overpay to continue to avoid risk.
  5. Loosey
    I'm skeptical on entire season pitch tipping as an excuse for any pitcher. 1) If every team he is facing sees it, how does his own team not notice it since they see him every time he pitches. 2) How was it now addressed once it was discovered. Basically (from the photos) he may as well have yelling "Curveball" before he threw one. I don't but that as an excuse.
  6. Loosey
    I think I mentioned this in another post about Stephen Gonsalves (who I am very high on) but in 3-4 years the Twins entire rotation could be guys who are considered #2 or #3 starters, or even a true #1 with the rest being 2/3's with no one really considered a traditional #4 or #5 based on ERA, FIP, etc. Berrios, Duffey, Gibson, Gonsalves, May, Jay, Kohl, Thorpe. If they all pan out (which I admit might not happen due to baseball being tough) could be one hell of a nice rotation. Imagine never having to struggle through watching Kevin Correia or Pedro Hernandez every 4th and 5th day. #5 starter could be relied upon just as much as the #1 if everything turns out as planned.
  7. Loosey
    I too have been super impressed with him since day one. Was thrilled when the Twins landed him in the 4th. I started thinking about what the Twins future rotation could end up looking like 3 or 4 years and with guys like Gonsalves and Berrios I think it could be very solid top to bottom. If none of our current prospects turn out to be a true #1 Ace in the form many expect an "Ace" to be, the Twins could have an entire rotation of #2's and #3's. That sort of reminds me a lot of teams like the Cardinals. Very good pitching probably no true Ace but 5-6 guys that you can expect to go out and shut down opposing teams for the most part day in and day out. I'm excited about it.
  8. Loosey
    I could see him moving quickly too. However, I hope he starts off in Fort Myers again to do to that league what he did after repeating the Midwest league last year, and completely dominate it. He's still about 2-3 years younger than the average age for the Florida State League. Get him that confidence out the gate them move him to AA in May or June and hope it continues.
  9. Loosey
    I remember reading about him prior to the draft a few years ago. I think 4th round was a steal for him, mostly because he missed most of his senior season due to a suspension because he lied to his principal about his friend who had recently got caught smoking pot and he helped him hide it or something like that. So basically the Twins got a 1st round talent in the 4th round. I also don't understand the criticism many on TD have about him. I personally think he will be a very good major league starter. I have gotten into disagreements in regards to him on here last season about his ceiling, etc. His numbers dropped a bit in A+ ball, but that is to be expected, he didn't get hit hard and is continuing to improve and adjust. I wouldn't be surprised if he is a front end (# 2ish) starter sometime in the next 5 years.
  10. Loosey
    An interesting stat to me (I'm not willing to do it) would be to see the Twins payroll as a percent of the leagues total payroll and see if they are gaining, staying the same or losing percentage shares of the total league players salaries. In perfect world each team would be about 3.3%. My guess is the Twins are under 2% of league total.
  11. Loosey
    The cash expense would hit this year, from an accounting perspective though it could be spread over the life of the contract, depending on how the Twins want to have it look on their books. Depending on how they do things they could possibly consider it a capital expense and depreciate the whole thing over the next 4 years.
  12. Loosey
    I was about to say the same thing. I believe that $13M should be prorated. So this years payroll is probably closer to $110.0. I would possibly even go as far as saying the posting fee shouldn't be included at all. Park doesn't get paid that, it's already been paid (I believe) and is a now a sunk cost. So as of today the Twins are obligated to pay $105.35M assuming the roster is stable from this point on.
  13. Loosey
    I wouldn't go as far as to say "no chance". However the longer he plays as a below average first baseman the worse his odds get. If he ends up playing 5 more years at 1st base at a .270 average with 5-10 HR's. He will have played half of his career as a below average first baseman. That will most likely offset his first 7 years as an elite Catcher. He will probably get votes but never the 75% needed. I see him topping out around 50%-60%. If he can put together a 2-3 years of .310 average with a .350 OBP then his chances rebound. I just don't see that happening.
  14. Loosey
    Let's print them all out and bring them to his office. Maybe he doesn't have the internet or a computer yet.
  15. Loosey
    Does it bother anyone else that the Twins are willing to go to arbitration with a guy like Fien and pay him $2M. But they won't go after a high-end reliever in the ballpark $6M. Instead they will sign Fien for $2M and probably another scrap heap veteran for $1-2M. For $2-3M more they could have had a good reliever.
  16. Loosey
    Perhaps the transition to outfield is not going as well as the Twins had hoped so they are being vague about him "training" which could be anything. If they come right out and say, "yeah, this isn't going to work" they lose any leverage they have in a Plouffe Trade." If they say it's going great and then he doesn't end up playing out there they are liars and look bad. The Twins don't necessarily lie about development or players. They often are vague when they don't want the general public to know what is going on, which is what I suspect is happening.
  17. Loosey
    Not bad at all. 8 out 10 are in or have been in the Majors 5 years later with differing levels of success. So far 5 have had or are beginning to have successful big league careers and Arcia and Kepler both have plenty of time to become established major leaguers. Benson, Wimmers and Waldrop are the only ones who most likely will not see meaningful major league experience. So excellent top 10 projection.
  18. Loosey
    He is the type I player I think will move up the system quickly. Much better player than the average 9th rounder. Hope to see him in the big leagues in a few years because I think he could be very good.
  19. Loosey
    In regards to the bullpen I am not concerned with "blocking" young prospects. I think they will be up soon and perform well if ready. For now I would get the best arms in the pen I could possibly get. If that means 3 year $18M deals, so be it. If there does become a log jam at some point there is no rule against trading positions of surplus. In addition to this, the "Big Three" in our pen are questionable in my eyes. May could be called on to be a starter again at some point, Jepsen performed well but can he consistently do it this year again? Perkins has really struggled the last two years in the 2nd half. So any one of them could be out of the pen at some point due to injury, back in rotation, regressing or traded if need be. Bring on some arms and let them fight for their spots. The Twins should not be guaranteeing spots to anyone at this point. Get the best arms you can get.
  20. Loosey
    I don't think Buxton's injuries are "Dumb Injuries". He seems to be the type of guy that goes 100% all the time. I like that. He just needs to learn to harness it a little bit better and know when to reign in it. He thinks he can get to every ball hit to the outfield and I want that mentality. Now with some experience he will hopefully learn that crashing into the wall with nobody on and two outs in the 2nd inning isn't the best option. With a game on the line maybe he might learn to take that risk then.
  21. Loosey
    Do these metrics take into account where the fielder is positioned? Or is 2nd base a fixed starting position and the range goes x amount left or right? I think that can skew results. If he is shading a guy 3 steps right and the play is to his left and he doesn't make it that is not due to range or ability, but to situational positioning. How is that accounted for?
  22. Loosey
    #1) When I a was about 8 my next door neighbor, who's son went to Cretin in the 70's and was very good friends with Paul Molitor invited my family to her son's Christmas party in St. Paul. When we got there her son, Sean welcomed us and then came up to me to tell me there was someone who really wanted to meet me. As a confused 8 year old at a "grownups" Christmas party I had no idea who would want to meet me. When we got downstairs he said, "Pete, this is my friend Paul Molitor." I couldn't believe it. I got to hang out with him all night long, talking baseball and hockey. I got my picture taken with him and a few autographs. It clearly had an impact on me as its now 27 years later and the moment seems like it was yesterday. I finally realized years later my parents obviously knew what was going to happen that night but never told me. I still have that autographed ball and a 2nd ball my neighbor's son got Molly to sign for me again since I brought the first to show and tell and somehow got ruined. The one thing I remember him saying was he had hoped to never leave the Brewers and wanted to work in the front office when he retired. #2) My dream memorabilia would be to meet and get Ken Griffey Jr. to sign my Mariners jersey to be a wall centerpiece for my basement bar.
  23. Loosey
    The more I think about it I believe my dislike of May being in the bullpen is more me feeling bad for him because he wants to be a starter and has earned the chance in my opinion. That being said, this team is most likely a better team with him in the pen and Milone starting rather than vice versa.
  24. Loosey
    I think the floor for ABW will be super high quality bench bat. Would be nice to have a pinch hitter come in the late innings down a run or two knowing he can put the ball in the seats on any given pitch. I think the ceiling is poor man's Chris Davis. Most likely lower OB and batting average, less walks, similar strikeout numbers, probably slightly less HRs, more versatile defensively.
  25. Loosey
    My concern is him hurting Buxton in a collision or himself and Buxton. That would be a very Minnesota sports thing to happen. Two biggest prospects in a generation run into each hurting themselves in the process.
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