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    Steve Leon

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    Phil Miller has taken this opportunity to declare that he's tired of typing Adam Walker's middle name. "And Adam Walker, a corner outfielder who has hit at least 25 home runs in each of the past four minor league seasons, has been claimed off waivers by the Milwaukee Brewers." I'm ok with Adam Walker from here on out.
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    I'd have thrown in $20 to help cover the cost of getting rid of Nolasco. That alone makes this look like a deal worth trying.
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    I's like to think there's an above average bullpen somewhere some day among all those prospects.
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    Agree with many of the comments that this is going to be several years before this team is good. I mean we are talking about names like Gonsalves, Gordon, Stewart (not too mention the older younger guys) might be on the team or a year or two when this team is good again. It might be window dressing and it might be easier said than done, but I'd really like to see this team emphasize the fundamentals with the young guys. Some of it is experience, but seems like we need a few years of baserunning, fielding, fundamentals boot camp. I would have thought that was part of Molly's forte, but I'm not seeing it.
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    The Twins are many players away from being a good team, sad to say. I don't have much confidence in signing free agents to long-term contracts (whether it's Ryan or someone else signing them) to get out of this hole. So if we need about 1/2 the roster to turn over and it's not done through free agency...it's not hard for me to envision that the Twins won't be competitive until today's top 10-20 prospect have grown up and we find out who is legit among them. This is going to take time....it's so rare for any prospect to come up and set the world on fire. It's crazy to think we can have 4 or 5 prospects come up and be above average in the first 1-2 years. I guess the point is....there's no emergency to open up logjams in days vs weeks. It would be crazy to see Polanco leave via waivers. I can't imagine that happening. Whether he gets starts getting regular playing time in July or August is not going to matter too much. Whether Sano starts getting regular time at 3rd in early July or late July is not going to matter too much.
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    http://www.startribune.com/arcia-blasts-walk-off-homer-in-ninth-to-spark-twins/377063081/ The recap of this game 4/26 game with Arcia hitting the gamewinning HR says it all. Arcia's got great potential and the Twin leadership (like'em or hate'em -- they are the ones making the decision) got too tired of him not following their fairly straightforward advice repeated perhaps thousands of times: Ozzie, don't swing so hard. If they felt Arcia had the ability to learn, Kelper would have been sent down or Santana would have been DFA'd. Arcia might have an impact in the MLB some day. I personally wouldn't bet on it (but I wouldn't bet very much against it either . Goin' way out on a hypothetical limb here!)
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    Rosario is hitting .317, but he also has an OBP of .317. No walks in 60 ABs. Is there some defiance going on? The Twins were very clear about his need to stop swing at everything. Hard to imagine a player with Rosario's experience couldn't manage a few walks out of 60 ABs if he truly considered it a priority.
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    Thanks for the artilcle, Nick!
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    I'm all for trying some vigorous expirementation at this point, but I'd rather see them go in a back to the basics approach (Kepler, Buxton, Polanco -- stress defense, fewer Ks) than a slow-pitch softball (Walker, Palka, more Arcia) approach. Unfortunately, the Twins seem to be lacking baseball IQ in the younster ranks. Some comparisons to the early/mid 80s Twins (Reusse article) are interesting to me. Puckett, Hrbek, Gaetti plus some veterans turned out well. We don't know, but is it reasonable to think that among our 25 man/40 man/upcomers there is a winning team in our near not too distant future? I hope so, but not convinced. What would help convince me is a nucleus of some talented, but also sensisble ballplayers in the near future. And for shi*t's sake, we need some young pitchers to get make the transition from 95+ fastballs to major league credibility pretty doggone soon! Closing rant: 1. The propensity to swing at out of the strike zone curves and sliders is wearing me out. 2. Used to be in the olden days that once or twice a year an experienced minor league pitcher moved up into the big leagues and held his own.
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    Fine insights in a less than ideal circumstance. Thanks!
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    I have never heard of Mr. Greenwood. I have heard of Mr. Lein, who has threaded together another seamless recap at Twinsdaily. Great work! Thanks!
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    Wasn't Trevor May's era horrible in the early going?
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    In haiku form: Murphy cost first pick Hicks a wash'd-up outfielder Hermann nets Palka.
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    See that Santana looks to be headed to DL. In the long run, I suggest: trade Milone for whatever they can get for him or long relief. Gibson to long relief (if they can trade Milone) until he can get his mojo back. Duffey to Rochester. Milone will probably still have some good days, but I think we've seen his ceiling and it ain't high enough to be on this team much longer.
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    I imagine Mr. Ryan is especially interested in seeing Stuart Turner having a really good year.
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    He will prove he can hit faster fastballs for a few weeks. We'll be excited! Then the pitchers will start mixing it up more and he'll struggle. By mid May we'll be speculating if he should be sent down. Arcia will be factor in all this as he puts up solid numbers in fewer at bats. Park will .go 720 OPS with 17 HRs. He will spend a month in Rochester, but get called back (even though he doesn't seem ready!) when Arcia pulls a bunch of muscles swinging too hard. Park will look pretty good in September and we'll still feel okay with this signing. I hope he rocks the place and has a great year. I really like him.
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    For how hard he hits the ball (when he hits it), less than 30 homers to me would mean more doubles. Sano (please correct me if I'm wrong...this is a hunch not a data driven comment) seems like a guy whose non homers would tend to be hard hit doubles or hard hits singles more than moon shots that land at the warning track.
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    Nice article! Fun read.
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    Buxton's speed (not to take anything away from his other tools) is like a super power that he's still learning to adapt to baseball. I think this is where his injury-pronishness stems from. He's cartoonishly "Roadrunner...beep! beep!" fast, except he's also 6'2" and powerfully built. My guess is he's still 2 or 3 years from finding his stride and becoming one of the best players in the league. What a fun few years it will be to watch him learn to bring all his tools together. And what a great pay-off it will be for us fans when he really hits his stride.
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    Not sure Rosario vs Kepler is at an apples to apples comparison stage yet because of a one year age difference and growing up in Puerto Rico vs Germany. But if the trends continue in the same direction, I'd prediect Kepler's going to pass Rosario by due to superior OBP. Rosario is fine, solid, etc...but I think needs to take some walks if he's going to be a core starting player on a really good team.
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    sorry, double post and don't know how to delete one.
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    Seems to me sure-handedness, average mobility and a good arm describes hundreds of adequate defensive outfielders. Weight...unless or until it hinders mobility doesn't mean much. I liked the article.
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    Agree. While I know very little about how really ready Park is to hit MLB pitching, it is not hard for me to imagine Arcia, Vargas or Walker crushing it in KBO.
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    Great work. I wish I didn't have a life like you, Parker. Would love to dive this deep into something like this (of course I'd also have to understand hitting as well as you)! If your assessment is accurate and Target Field isn't the best place for him, maybe he's just another asset for the Twins' Tradin' Terry to flip for something more suitable.
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