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  1. Loosey
    I wish I had the focus and determination he has when I was 20 years old. Actually, come to think of it I was very determined to find someone to me beer on the weekends. But outside of that, I wish I had more. This kid has a bright future and I hope to see him at Target Field by the end of this season, because once he gets a taste of it I think he has the mentality and mindset make sure he never gets sent back.
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    I personally think Hicks is ready to be promoted. However, both the Twins and fans need to temper expectations to a degree. He shouldn't be expected to put up his AAA stats in the Majors. If you look at his trend in his career in the minors he usually gets moved up when he excels at a level then seemingly struggles a bit before adjusting and playing better. That said this is by far his best season to date and he is playing at the highest level he has played outside of the 2 short stints with the Twins. Perhaps he has "figured it out". Either way, if he can come up here hit .270/.330/.400 i would say that is a great success and something to build on as well as an improvement over what is currently in CF for the Twins. If he comes up and hit a .200/.250/.300 or something with regular playing time it may be time to move on, but give him enough time to sink or swim.
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    I wonder the same thing. I think of it this way, if you miss out on say a high schooler who doesn't sign this year they would be projected to be in Majors at earliest 2019, maybe 2018 if they are fast tracked. Instead "punt" as SD says and if you miss out you get another pick next year in a better draft where next years #7 pick may be more comparable to this years #2 or #3. Plus if the buy you take next year is a College kid the Twins still may get the benefit of them in the Majors in that same 2018-2019 season. I like the idea personally. Also, I am not as in tune with the draft as most of you are. What is the deal with Aiken? Why is he not even in the conversation? Did he get TJ? If so, he would be another shoot for the moon risk guy wouldn't he? Or am I talking crazy and clearly have no idea what I am talking about?
  4. Loosey
    I wonder the same thing. I think of it this way, if you miss out on say a high schooler who doesn't sign this year they would be projected to be in Majors at earliest 2019, maybe 2018 if they are fast tracked. Instead "punt" as SD says and if you miss out you get another pick next year in a better draft where next years #7 pick may be more comparable to this years #2 or #3. Plus if the buy you take next year is a College kid the Twins still may get the benefit of them in the Majors in that same 2018-2019 season. I like the idea personally. Also, I am not as in tune with the draft as most of you are. What is the deal with Aiken? Why is he not even in the conversation? Did he get TJ? If so, he would be another shoot for the moon risk guy wouldn't he? Or am I talking crazy and clearly have no idea what I am talking about?
  5. Loosey
    The one thing I want to continue to watch is both the bullpen and the use of it. During that 1-6 stretch to start the season the bullpen was atrocious. Now, they seem to pitching very well. I haven't looked at the peripherals, but is this an anomaly or are some of these guys actually pretty good. Boyer was hitting 96 MPH on the gun yesterday with some nasty movement. If the starting pitchers can continue to pitch decently like they have and get into the 6th and 7th inning it makes it a lot easier on the pen. I think they are big key, and if they do come back to earth there are a few good arms most of us would love to see up here soon.
  6. Loosey
    I'm of the belief if you are good enough to play they will find a spot for you. If Plouffe continues to improve and be a very solid 3rd baseman and hitter, he will stick. Sano hasn't proven anything other than he can demolish high A pitching and can hit homeruns in AA but so far this year has not done much else (he broke out a bit last night though). After 4 or 5 years of having very little talent, it will be a good thing for the Twins to finally have multiple good players at the same positions.
  7. Loosey
    Which is the reason I preferred Dougie Baseball over Molitor as the Twins manager. I believe with a young team you need to continue teaching and improving your players. Not that Molitor has done poorly, (he has actually gotten them to overachieve through 25 games) but long-term I think Mientkiewicz would be a very good manager of young talent. Again, I have no complaints on Molitor thus far and he is a good teacher of the game as well. Just my personal opinion.
  8. Loosey
    I personally wouldn't trade Gonsalves or Stewart for anyone that does not have a contract that goes out to at least 2018. What does it matter if we have Lucroy for this year and next year? I would rather take my chances with the prospects and build my team around them for the long term. Too rich for me overall though.
  9. Loosey
    The fact that Buxton is walking more is telling me he is beginning to understand the curveball which was killing him in the first few weeks. I haven't seen much of him live other than some highlights, but I would conclude that instead of swinging and missing curveballs out of the zone and striking out, he is now laying off them and taking walks. And the fact he is hitting the ball hard gives me hope, and is a telling sign he can adjust and learn.
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    Through 6 innings today Gonsalves has given up 1 hit and struck out 10 with 0 walks on only 74 pitches. Complete domination of the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers. This sort of performance has become a trend for him this season. He has given 2 runs in his 19 innings and counting while striking out 29 and walking only 1! I know it is a somewhat small sample size, but it would appear he is ready to move up to High A. I think a few people have pegged him for Twins minor league pitcher of the year, and they appear to have picked wisely as he is turning into the pitcher many believed him to become when he was once projected as a 1st round pick a few years ago. If he can get to AA by season's end it will be a very successful season for him and we could possibly be seeing another very nice prospect on the verge of making the Twins better in the future.
  11. Loosey
    Probably because you are a Minnesota sports fan and accustomed to failure.
  12. Loosey
    Well he is 21 years old until December. Assuming he comes up next year that means he will be up by the time he is 22. So according to your metric he can still be elite then.
  13. Loosey
    One leg issue 4 years ago and a torn meniscus 10 years ago isn't exactly a history of leg issues. And yeah he hasn't shown an ability to play in the outfield, however, he hasn't exactly had an opportunity either. He has played 1 game in 2011 in RF. Also I agree with leaving Santana at SS, but Escobar can play 3rd and Plouffe could try 1st. If it doesn't work you can always go back to status quo. In that scenario I don't think you make your defense worse unless Mauer is worse than Arcia in LF (unlikely) and Plouffe can't field on the other side of the diamond. In this scenario you can move Vargas in at 1st on occasion and switch between him and Arcia at DH as well and Hunter in RF swapping with Arcia. Just saying I think it would be worth a try.
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    Not sure if it has been mentioned here or not, but when this site first started 3 or 4 yeas ago it was about the time Mauer had Bilateral leg weakness or whatever it was called. One of the options that got brought up and then shot down by many was moving Mauer to one of the corner outfield spots. The argument against it was he is paid $23 million because he is the best catcher in the game and he loses his value if you play him in the outfield since he doesn't hit for power like you would want a corner outfielder to. Well, Mauer is now playing 1st base a more traditional power hitting spot and he still doesn't hit for power, so why not move him to the outfield? One comparison made a few years ago was his athletic ability was that of a Matt Holliday in the outfield. Moving Mauer out there opens up some options: Perhaps Plouffe can play 1st and Escobar 3rd? Maybe Vargas can play some 1st and Arcia more DH. This can even prepare the team for if/when Sano comes up at some point. It seems this shouldn't be that far out of the realm of possibilities.
  15. Loosey
    Alex Meyer is having himself a nice little start today. 9K's through 5 with only 3 walks. The last walk was with the bases empty on 3-2 count and he was going for strikeout #10. That being said, I would like the strike to ball ratio to get up higher than 55:45 ratio.
  16. Loosey
    It's still as small sample size. The strikeouts are somewhat concerning, but if he has the skill set we expect him to have he will adjust and get better as we move along into the season. I would like to keep him in AA / AAA all year and really season him for next year.
  17. Loosey
    I think Seth mentioned it in the article, they did do some ad hoc filming on their own. But it's nice they do now have more of an official videographer. That being said I would I don't think it needs to be used for advanced scouting of other teams tendencies since these players are all so young and still going through learning processes and may be either a completely different team next time they see them or players may change approaches, tendencies drastically during a season. However, using it on their own players is something that should have been done once digital video became affordable 10 years ago. In the Parker article the other day he mentioned how Brunansky is working with Arcia on dropping his hands, laying off high pitches, little things like that which have occurred during his time in the Majors. If video was available while he was in the minors (and if they had someone qualified enough to analyze it) maybe some difficulties guys have once they get up to the Majors would be a little less drastic since they will know already what some of their bad habits are and would be able to look at the film to verify and then adjust. But it's good the Twins are supporting this movement towards 21st century technology.
  18. Loosey
    All hail Terry Ryan. What a juggernaut he has put together. . . .
  19. Loosey
    Funny, I mentioned something similar yesterday to this. One state I noticed yesterday though was Johnson's walk rate in AA/AAA was over 8BB/9! His numbers are very similar to Meyer's across the board up until this point in their careers.
  20. Loosey
    I think he was just that much better than the pitchers in the minors and could get away with swinging at high pitches based purely on ability. Now, the pitchers are better and he needs to learn and adjust to how he is being pitched rather than just go up whacking away like he was able to his entire life prior to be a MLB player.
  21. Loosey
    The silver lining is that if he can get his control . .. . well, under control we all know he has dominating stuff. I randomly looked up Randy Johnson's minor league stats and, wow, no control. He averaged 8 BB/9IP! Meyer has almost exactly the same K/9 rate. And each of them were drafted out of high school, went back to school got drafted higher and then spend considerable time in the minors. Maybe I am reaching here, but with all the bad news surrounding the Twins and now Meyer's bad start I need something to grab on to here . . . But go ahead and check it out, it's interesting.
  22. Loosey
    The thing that worries me about Meyer is lots of people keep mentioning how he has Ace potential. The only problem is he has yet to convert his great stuff into real live results. I would hope he would be able to dominate AA and AAA hitters, but he just hasn't. Instead he does that part of the time, striking out tons of guys, but then turning around and walking just as many. I still have hope, but the control thing really needs to get fixed. That being said I would rather see him work through it in the Majors rather than deal with Pelfrey.
  23. Loosey
    Plain and simple the young guys need to come up. Have Hicks give up the switch hitting and let him play every day in the Majors for a month to see if he can get some consistency. Completely overhaul the pen, and then prepare the ascent of Sano and Buxton for mid-Summer treat for the fans.
  24. Loosey
    The fact that Terry Ryan thought this team he brought north to start the season gave them the best chance to win scares me. It tells me he has no idea what he is doing, he does not know what the fans want, he is not a good evaluator of talent and he doesn't trust the young players. 95% of the people on this site saw the team he put together, especially the bullpen, and could tell they were going to be bad. And not just bad, but boring and frustrating to watch. I think the only thing the 95% got wrong was we didn't know they were going to be THIS bad. By Thursday afternoon they will most likely be 8 games back 9 games into the season. It is clear the roster as it currently sits will not be able to make up those games. I think it is time TR does what everyone thinks he should have done 2 weeks ago and start bringing up the youngsters. At a minimum, I would expect Hicks, Meyer, Pressley and Thielbar up in place of Robinson, Pelfrey, Stauffer and Boyer. Then as we get into May start fast tracking the guys people really want to see. If that doesn't happen Target Field is going to be empty in a hurry. At least with the prospects fans can see something exciting. Signed - Frustrated 7 games in
  25. Loosey

    J.O. Berrios-2015

    Loosey commented on curt1965's blog entry in Blog curt1965

    Man imagine how fun it would be if instead of the AA affiliate being in Chattanooga they were in St. Paul playing as the Saints! For the brief time the Lookouts are together with this roster they are going to be hard to beat. Too bad it sounds as if the Saints being an affiliate in the near future isn't going to happen.
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