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  1. clutterheart
    Right. He can now take what he learned, improve, get stronger and come back next year. If not...hopefully the weather is nicer next summer...
  2. clutterheart
    Don't forget to look and see that slugging %. Its pretty good He's not a contact hitter. He is a power hitter and his BA will be off - especiall in the early years. We will see some Strike Outs, ground outs and he will look bad sometimes. But when he connects it will go a long way. If he was on the team today he would hit .200 with 15 HR But when he refines his approach Im hoping for 260 with 35 HR. Its going to be a lot of fun!
  3. clutterheart
    What other choice do Twins fans have but to hope the for the best at this point? There are very few exciting inhouse options for Starting Pitching in 2014 so by default Gibson should be given every chance to prove himself. - Same with Hicks in CF. If both struggle in 2014 at least we can assume that 2015 will provide other options. But for now, there is no one else. So all we fans can do is close our eyes and pray to whichever deity we choose to follow.
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    Bummer about Nice-Guy AJ Peterson. I was hoping he could play his way to a cup of coffee. But now he is going the wrong way. Question on Madison Boer. He has been pitching out of CR bullpen and for the most part getting lots of SO. Will he stay as a reliever? When he got drafted they said he had an upper 90's FB with decent offspeed stuff. Any of the CR reporters seem him pitch in August? I'm wondering what how he is throwing.
  5. clutterheart
    What about Rosario's production shows he is ready? His bat has been fine but he is slumping and needs to make an adjustment. He D has been fine but not good enough to ride that to MLB alone. He had a good June, great July and so far, a poor August. Give him a spring invite and track his progress in the Winter leagues...but...baring some kind of injury, I can't see how he makes the club coming out of spring.
  6. clutterheart
    Wait What happened? Fight on the field? Where the hell have I been? Running to google now
  7. clutterheart
    Thats a little extreme. But I guess "legit" is in the eye of the beholder. I think every starter on the team right now is a legit MLB pitcher. Hell even Diamond could make a lot of teams out of spring training. The problem is they are all back end #5 type guys. No one who is going to be consistent and could open a playoff series without shame. (or even pitch the 3rd game of the playoffs) So I would say: There isn't any GOOD starting pitchers on the team, and Gibson is probably the only one who has the potential to be good.
  8. clutterheart
    If Bernier makes the team out of Spring Training Ryan failed as a GM. He's a great story and all but...I have seen him play SS and it wasn't fun.
  9. clutterheart
    Syndergaard is a great prospect and could be ready next year. Niese is an interesting pitcher and signed long term. So if the plan is to win in 2014 & 2015 than Ryan should do the deal. But then he needs to plop down another 50 Million or so in the offseason to buy more pitchers, someone to play 1B and someone to play 3B. - unless he thinks Sano is ready. Bu Ryan appears to be playing out the string and I don't think Sano is ready so I don't see it happening.
  10. clutterheart
    Ryan Eades has 11 walks and 11 SO in 11 IP - im surprised he is pitching so poorly. I expect college guys like him to come in, destroy the HS aged hitters and catapult E-town into the playoffs. He needs to watch Slegers pitch or something.
  11. clutterheart
    That would be fantastic. I don't think he will have the Strike Out numbers of Baker as his FB doesn't compare. I personally hope he develops amazing control, and maybe figures out some kind of devasting change-up and become Brad Radke. Baker, Radke and Baxendale all are flyball pitchers and susceptible to the long ball...so...maybe Baxendale would fit in well at Target Field. Darnell - He has pitched himself into the mix as an AFL guy. His Right/Left Splits are pretty stark so he looks to fill a Duencing type of role. But he has really came around nicely this year. E-Town - I just can't stop looking at their pitching staff. Almost none of them can legally drink but they sure can pitch! Its a cool group to watch. It so different to watching them pitch compared to previous years where they had a bunch of college guys strike guys out every inning. With their age, we should see another 6 man rotation at Cedar Rapids next year.
  12. clutterheart
    I think the Pirates are the model to build on here. They have some really nice position player talent with some nice pitching but went out and spent 30 Million on Burnett and Wandy Rodriguez. Those guys took the pressure off their young players and now they are in first and now they have the talent to go far in the postseason if they get there. Ryan's plan probably is to wait until Buxton/Sano come up and see where the pitching staff is at. But we still need to wait 2 years for that. The problem is the team has Joe Mauer who is one of the best players in the game. And Ryan is wasting Mauer's years catching for this pitching staff. BUT. As a fan, I can wait through the bad years, because I see amazing things coming down the pipeline. That pitching staff in E-town is so young but there is a lot of talent there. I would guess none of those guys will be ready until 2016 or so...but...I can wait.
  13. clutterheart
    Don't Blame Deduno for today. Very few pitchers could have success with an outfield consisting of: Ramirez CF Arcia - RF Willingham - LF There were more than a few doubles that could have been singles or even outs if Hicks was in the line-up. This is not Gardy's fault as its Ryan who sets the roster
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    Ryan intentionally take on Salary? No, I don't think Ryan has ever had that philosophy when it comes to trades. I think the first barrier he looks at is cost. While teams like the Yankees, Red Sox, Angels and Dodgers have picked up more than a few guys on salary dumps. To be clear, I don't mean to say that the Twins can and should compete with the Yankees of the world on every player. But they have the worst starting staff in baseball and one of the best players in baseball (Mauer,) They have to try and build a pitching staff that can at least be league average so-as giving Mauer a shot at leading this team to the post season. Because currently they are just wasting his talents. Since Ryan is probally not going trade his top talents, he is going to have to try and trade the Harrisons or Adam Walkers of their system to bring in decent pitchers. Salary is something that he could use to bring a better return.
  15. clutterheart
    Twins biggest trade chip is their ability to take on the salary of a player. Their payroll is going to be laughably low and there are no current prospects on their team who are going to need a big payday in the next 5 years. Maybe there are teams who will be looking to dump salary and/or not looking forward to paying arbitration increases. Teams like the Pirates with lots of good young players but a sizable chuck of money invested in Wandy Rodriguez come to mind. Twins could trade for a decent pitcher with a lower level prospect just by being willing to take on the money.
  16. clutterheart
    I dunno But their pitching staff is pretty much the worst in baseball. I will have no confidence the team will be better until they shore this up. But I see no reason that Gardy should be fired, because the fault lies sqaurly on Ryan.
  17. clutterheart
    No. Please no. That would be a crime and a signal to a player like Mauer that they are not committed to winning. This town seems to really want to support the Twins. I read today that the FO is expecting huge attendance for the next Albers start. This should convince the FO that a FA investment in pitching will bring a return. Now they just need to convince Ryan to hold his nose and actually pay market price. (if we can beleive the reports that its Ryan, not the Pohlads who refuses to spend)
  18. clutterheart
    RE: Santana's fielding: "Many people on Twins Daily, including myself, have doubted whether or not he deserved such recognition." Really? Why? I have not seen him play. But when the opposing mangers rate him as the best...you have to listen. I heard reports before this year about his excellent defense and to be honest, that BA article makes me satisfied that his defense will hold up, but I am concerned about his OBP. If he is able to improve his OBP, his defense + his offensive potential makes him the "SS of the foreseeable future" and more valuable than Florimon - has anyone looked at Florimon's offensive stats lately? (.218/.273/.332) Yikes! I don't think Florimon's D is good enough to overcome that level of poor production.
  19. clutterheart
    He now has the 2nd most SO's for Kernals - 7 behind Berrios. its a very low propbability that he ever makes the MLB club, but really its pretty amazing.
  20. clutterheart
    Danny Santana He was recently names as the best defensive SS in the eastern league by opposing managers: Double-A 2013 Best Tools - BaseballAmerica.com (even though he has a hell of a lot of errors) He has a decent BA average, not a lot of power, 23 Stolen Bases and he doesn't strike out too much, nor does he walk much. Offensively he looks pretty good, and if his defense is that good, why is he not getting more hype as a prospect? - not just locally but nationally. Usually a SS who can hit and play outstanding defense shoot up the prospect rankings.
  21. clutterheart
    Yuck Unfortunately this article made me look at Twins Rankings - Twins pitchers have the 3rd Highest BBABIP - And they rank # 17 in GB%. - They have the 5th worst Standard ERA So Twins Pitchers are not striking guys out, not getting Ground Balls and pleanty of guys are getting on base. Yuck. But here is some good news: - They are respectable when it comes to HR allowed. - Twins Defense has the 3rd most double plays - not suprising when you look at the above - Twins defense has the 4th least errors (I know, I know, bad stat but at this point we take what we can get)
  22. clutterheart
    I am hoping the Twins are conservative. 1 - No need to start his clock. He is a prospect who the Twins should play the service time game on. 2 - He had a hard adjustment to AA pitching. Obviously he has come along but why not give him the chance to adjust to the junk ball throwers at AAA? 3 - Plouffe is showing just enough that he could potentially be a RH bat bench at 3B and from reports ive seen, he seems to be a good clubhouse guy. I would like him to break camp at 3B. Best case is Sano plays decent in Spring Training, get sent to AAA, does well then when late June rolls around he gets called up for good.
  23. clutterheart
    I think he is injured. I'd rather he be playing over Thomas.
  24. clutterheart
    I was unaware that Josmil Pinto had a chance to be a FA. Didn't he get added to the 40 man?
  25. clutterheart
    That Tweet gets me excited. Love the attitude! My mind is blown by what is happening in Rochester. I fully expected them to stink. Their manager must be the replacement for Gardy...Right?
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