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  1. Vanimal46
    Good stuff. Though if this becomes a regular feature, R.I.P. Adopt a Prospect section...
  2. Vanimal46
    Maybe these guys can be the stars we're all clamoring for in Minnesota... The other duo "stars" aren't looking too hot right now.
  3. Vanimal46
    I get the sense that Molitor and co. are getting fed up with Buxton's inability to hit the baseball.
  4. Vanimal46
    8 walk off losses in the first 50 games of the season... You can't make it up. Wow.
  5. Vanimal46
    Definitely. We'll never really know where Hughes' leftover money is spent. I hope it's on a new contract and not to pay for Morrison's option year or something intangible we can't see.
  6. Vanimal46
    The players don't matter in this trade. Simply said, the Twins sold the #74 overall pick for $7 million then included the other players to make it an actual "baseball" trade. It's a good trade for the fans only if they spend that money next season... And they have a lot of it to spend.
  7. Vanimal46
    Good point. But I'm sure every team has a collection of Hughes, Duffey, Moya types that drags their team ERA too. Can't we be happy that we are seeing an average to above average pitching staff? Especially after 7 years of pitiful pitching stats...
  8. Vanimal46
    Lynn continues to walk a tight rope every start and it's impressive how he seems to find his way out of jams. Couldn't agree more with Sano and Buxton. The time has passed talking about silver linings with Buxton's offense. For our sake I hope Sano's HR is a sign of things to come. I don't know where this team would be without Kepler and Rosario's contributions...
  9. Vanimal46
    It's a long season. There's going to be times when the pitching is great, and the offense stinks. And vice versa. Just need to find a time where both the pitching and offense is clicking at the same time. We're just about to enter the dog days of summer... What better time than now?!
  10. Vanimal46
    That was a good explanation of the Hughes trade but not really a trade. $7 million needs to be spent next year in order to see this as a win for the fans.
  11. Vanimal46
    That's the frustrating thing too... There's not much they can do other than wait and hope for players to turn it around. I guess they could send away good prospects for a C. Most every other move they could make is making the team worse, or selling low.
  12. Vanimal46
    Sigh... I'm getting really tired of opposing pitchers looking like a combination of Chris Sale and Justin Verlander every time they play the Twins...
  13. Vanimal46
    Sano is one of the few legit threats we have at the plate, so he needs to stay put IMO... Escobar hasn't been hitting either. Last 14 days he's batting .225 0 HR 2 RBI .512 OPS. His stats are worse over the last 7 days. I agree waiting for someone to heat up and jack HRs is getting old. I'd love to see more hit and runs and small ball stuff to make something happen.
  14. Vanimal46
    Best late night food after a day of drinking... Go!
  15. Vanimal46
    These are all great things!! What kind of pizza?
  16. Vanimal46
    If you think the Twins bullpen is bad... Stat line from Cleveland's bullpen tonight: 2.2 IP 5 pitchers used 11 ER
  17. Vanimal46
    8 glasses of wine in by 8 PM? Impressive!
  18. Vanimal46
    Today is National Wine Day! So enjoy a glass, or a couple of bottles today just because!
  19. Vanimal46
    From Fangraphs: #20 on top 30 Minnesota Twins prospects https://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/top-30-prospects-minnesota-twins/ Littell is a tough evaluation for scouts. He has a maxed-out 6-foot-4 frame, has been traded twice in the last two years, sits 87-90 or 89-91 depending on when you see him but can reach back for a 93 or 94 occasionally, and doesn’t have a plus pitch or plus command. That would normally point to an organizational player who doesn’t project for a big-league career of any consequence, but Littell is now in Triple-A and keeps performing, figuring out ways to set up hitters and get them out. His curveball flashes 55 at times, his changeup is average to a hair above, and he mixes in a slider against right-handers: the weapons are not overwhelming. Scouts will always question how effective he can be, and it’s likely that his big-league career is as a back-end starter barely surviving on guile and filling in as a long reliever at times. Because we don’t completely understand why Littell keeps performing, we’ll stick him here. [shrug emoji.]
  20. Vanimal46
    Not sure I haven't seen him pitch... His recap on Fangraphs mentioned he sits 89-91 with his FB and no plus offspeed pitch. So I asked that in hopes to get clarification from someone who's seen him pitch.
  21. Vanimal46
    Good read thanks for sharing. It's probably best just to avoid players with this injury until there's a better success rate like TJS these days... The general consensus is there's a drop in performance post surgery. And no rhyme or reason why a select few bounce back like Jaime Garcia. Overall it sounds like an unnecessary headache and disappointment.
  22. Vanimal46
    What am I missing on Zach Littell where his stock is rising? Does he still sit 89-91 with his fastball and no plus offspeed pitch? I'd put him behind Gonsalves, Slegers, and Mejia on the priority list of SP to call up.
  23. Vanimal46
    And one out of a million pitchers is Bartolo Colon... Who will never be left for dead and will pitch until he's 75.
  24. Vanimal46
    I think casual fans and diehards can unite and there won't be a marketing hit. Diehards have known for a long time that he's been cooked. Even casual observers can look at his stat line and see why he was let go. If he goes 13-8 and starts game 3 of someone else's post season game I will eat my own shorts.
  25. Vanimal46
    Like mikelink said, this isn't personal. We don't know Hughes the person. He may be the greatest person in the world. From a pure baseball perspective, I agree with him and thrilled he's no longer on roster. I don't like watching broken pitchers on my favorite team, and he's been broken for a long, long time.
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