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  1. Loosey
    Do you think Kirilloff should finish the season in E-Town? I think overall their timing to the big leagues is fine, but I just wonder if more time in the high minors would help prepare them for the majors better vs 3 years between Rookie ball and A ball.
  2. Loosey
    I know this has been a topic discusses over and over again on Twins Daily but I am going to bring it up but in a different way. Do the Twins promote their minor leaguers too slowly? I am going to answer my own question with an answer of No and Yes. It seems to me, that that overall the time Twins young prospects play in the minors is about normal and are promoted to the major leagues in an amount of time I am fine with. However, the way in which they are promoted bothers. Take Kiriloff for example. The kid is absolutely destroying Rookie Ball. It is clear he can hit against that level of competition. Why don't the Twins promote him to Cedar Rapids? In my mind it would make sense for him to finish this season in A- ball in Cedar Rapids. My reasoning is it will give him that many more AB's against a higher level of competition. It will also possibly help him jump start his season next year so he isn't spending the 1st month of the year trying to figure it out since he had a month or two to do it this year. Once that level is mastered have him get to the next level. Once they are at AA then slow them down. Let the player get a full season or two of AA and a season of AAA. Instead the Twins seems to often slowly move guys from Rookie to A- to A+ and then rush them up once they get to AA. I think it would make more sense to have them playing in high level minors (AA and AAA) for 3 year instead of playing 3 years of rookie and A ball and then 1 year of AA-AAA combined. RANT OVER.
  3. Loosey
    I don't think he is a failed signing. However, as you mentioned, his 2 positions are DH and 1st Base. And I think currently and in the future the Twins have better options than him in Sano, Mauer and even Vargas. If another team would like to take a chance on him I would be ok with that simply because we have better players ahead of him, not because he failed.
  4. Loosey
    If Milone is claimed I suspect the Twins will try to work out a trade but even if it doesn't happen, I think they will just let whomever claims him to take him since they DFA'd him two months ago. I would like to see Suzuki, Kintzler, Plouffe and Danny Santana get moved. If blown away on an offer for Ervin Santana that would be ok, but I am beginning to have faith in him for next year at least based on how well he has pitched as of late.
  5. Loosey
    I'll trust the new regime's thoughts on his new position. Up until then I will just go with whatever this Front Office is doing with him as long as they are playing him. I think in the future he will be a 2nd baseman, but that is a ways off. I'd like to see him play on a major league field at SS in a lost season. If he sucks, oh well.
  6. Loosey
    They aren't creative enough to think of that. Unless the first secret search firm hired this search firm to be cover. . . .
  7. Loosey
    Basically whether the Twins end up with #1 pick or the #10 pick, there is a good chance they will choose a very good baseball player. The odds of MLB success decline the further away from #1 you get, BUT a good, All-Star level player will be available at #10, I guarantee it. The Twins will just have to choose correctly because there will also be guys who never make it available at #10 or where every they pick as well.
  8. Loosey
    I agree with that. But I never expected the Twins to be in that 1-3 range. 4-10, 11-15 is hit or miss especially when you are picking high schoolers.
  9. Loosey
    No, not really.
  10. Loosey
    I also want to see them continue to win. Watching these guys the last month has been fun, it's just too bad it took them 3 months to figure it out. Draft Picks in baseball to me aren't that big of deal if you are picking 1 or 15. There are so many variables with baseball and guys can fall, some teams don't want to pick guys due to age, need, etc. I also hope who the Twins pick next year doesn't even play for the team. Hopefully, the Twins will be in position in a few years to be able to trade a top pick for an established player to bolster their team and make deep playoff runs.
  11. Loosey
    They are currently 45-66 with 51 games remaining. They are exactly 30-30 since June 1 and 20-13 since July 1. If they continue to play slightly better than .500 baseball, say 27-24 they will finish the season 72-90. Last season if a team had 72 wins that would have given them the 8th overall pick. The 7th pick (Miami) had 71 wins and the 8th pick (San Diego) had 74 wins. So my guess is along the lines of most of the other posters. Somewhere in the 7-9 range will be their pick.
  12. Loosey
    Something is strange with his hitting in the MLB. Even if he has a hole in his swing, the natural ability he has to hit a ball in AAA should not just disappear in the majors. Many of the pitchers he faces in AAA are just as good as some in the major leagues especially once they get into bullpens. Yes most starters up here are better, but not to the point of one league he can hit .350 and the next league up he cannot hit the ball period. If I am the Twins I leave him down in AAA the rest of the year. Even a September callup might be too early. Make him shorten his swing, practice bunting against live in-game pitching and fine tune everything. I don't' think he needs an overhaul, just shorten his swing up and hope he gets heavy doses of sliders and inside pitches in AAA that he learns to hit.
  13. Loosey
    I think he is great. I learn something from him every broadcast.
  14. Loosey
    Some people are never happy.
  15. Loosey
    Batting practice isn't going to increase or decrease his strikeout rate. Sano can hit with or without BP. "Skipping" it as the Strib says isn't that big of a deal, especially if the coaching staff told him he was sitting that game or if it was to just have him clear his head.
  16. Loosey
    Last season after seeing some highlights of him in the minors I said he reminds me of Shawn Green. His swing so smooth, combined with his plate discipline I don't see big slumps for him. BTW: Shawn Green's Career 162 Game (Avg) Line: .283/.355/.494 27 HR 37 Doubles Kepler's 162 Game Projection (Avg): .252/.326/.533 35 HR 32 Doubles
  17. Loosey
    I think most would recognize Meyer has the physical capability to be a front end starter. However, (and I don't know this, just assuming) he seems to be mentally fragile. When things go wrong his whole demeanor would just change. Maybe that is due to the way the Twins treated him and caused him to think perfection or your pulled, or maybe his psyche was never that strong. Either way, I hope he does well in Anaheim, but I think this was a trade that recognizes sunk costs. The new GM can then make the decision to non-tender Santiago or keep him this off-season. Non-tendering is what I would do, and then use those funds to go out and get better players.
  18. Loosey
    Yes, he is in the bullpen the rest of the way since this was his first season starting.
  19. Loosey
    Watching 4/6th of the future all shine yesterday was nice to see. Kepler, Polanco, Rosario and Berrios all looked great. That alone would have most teams excited about their future, but the Twins have two more who a year ago were more highly regarded than any of the above 4. Think about that. Most teams would kill for those 4 pieces as part of their future and the Twins have them plus 2 more that are possibly even better. Add in additional guys waiting in the minors and the Twins could be good for while if the GM can make the right supplemental moves to add depth and fill in holes where they are needed. Once Sano gets back to being Sano and Buxton figures out how to be an MLB hitter this team will be exciting to watch (not that they aren't already).
  20. Loosey
    I think the Non-Tender option is a big piece of this deal for the Twins. If they don't go to arbitration with him the team essentially gets an extra $10M to use which they wouldn't have if they kept or even DFA's Nolasco.
  21. Loosey
    Nolasco + Meyer. How in the world????
  22. Loosey
    Two Month Rental of Beltran gets a return of last years #4 overall pick. Maybe the Twins really should put a feeler out there for what 2+ years of Brian Dozier would net them.
  23. Loosey
    If they toss in a tin of Skoal or Grizzly Wintergreen I bet the Twins would take it.
  24. Loosey
    I'd be even more happy with that than Ervin actually.....
  25. Loosey
    Just noticed this is in the Trade Thread. Can an admin take this down for me. Sorry.
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