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  1. Vanimal46
    Today’s featured player, Royce Lewis! Dan Hayes writes: “Royce Lewis moved from SoCal to Dallas this winter to work out and hit with Torii Hunter, Torii Hunter Jr. and Matt Kemp. Lewis put on 25 pounds of mass in the process.“ https://theathletic.com/1632825/2020/02/24/royce-lewis-twins-prospect-torii-hunter-jr-texas/
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    ANNND Welcome! To the forum you never knew you needed... Until now! This is your only place on the internet to find a collection of Twins’ players arriving to spring training in the best shape of their LIFE! Featuring the writers who bring it to our attention, of course...
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    That is true. But top prospects, especially the #1 overall prospect for multiple seasons have different standards.
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    To each their own. I don’t think he’s being an A-Hole about it. Nor am I trying to convince you he’s the best prospect evaluator. It’s simply just another data point. He’s getting heat from fans who think he needs to mirror other industry publications. Prospect evaluation would be pretty boring if every list was the same.
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    The medium he’s using (Twitter) probably has something to do with saying broad statements and not going into detail. Perhaps he will address it on an upcoming chat. And from what I’m reading on his Twitter page, people are upset because he’s not following other major publications. That’s also why he’s paid handsomely, because he has his own opinion and he takes chances. He didn’t have Graterol on his top 100 last year and that looks like the right call now. I’m sure he wasn’t a believer in a few players over the last 13 years and they proved him wrong.
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    13 years in a row with 30 team’s fans claiming he hates their favorite team will make anyone jaded, I would imagine.
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    Get used to hearing this all.season.long Altuve.
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    I think KLaw’s write up about Lewis is fair given his struggles last year. Why the Twins haven’t worked with him more on cutting down the noise in his swing is beyond me.
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    This is the response to David Ortiz calling out Fiers for not saying anything while it was going on. https://twitter.com/chriscotillo/status/1230539616777838593?s=21 Manfred is looking worse by the day...
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    If Royce was not healthy in 2019, I fail to understand why he was not placed on the IL at any point? If it wasn’t serious enough to take him off the field, I don’t buy using that injury as an excuse for his rough season in 2019. Again, Doc, I know he was young in his first full season. All of the examples I mentioned in the post before were his age, and (gasp!) some of them played in the same FSL. If he is indeed an elite prospect, I expect him to hit better than league average at A+ and AA. This is a big year for him.
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    It’s more than just a down 2019, Doc. Lewis has been producing pedestrian offensive numbers since he got the call to Fort Myers. I did this research during the 2019 season and looked at the top SS prospects over the last 5 years. No one struggled as much as Royce in A+ ball: Brendan Rodgers - 2017 - Age 20 - .387/.407/.671 in 236 PA before getting the call to AA. Willy Adames - 2015 - Age 19 - .258/.342/.379 in 456 PA before getting the call to AA. Gleyber Torres - 2016 - Age 19 - .270/.354/.421 in 547 PA before getting the call to AA. J.P. Crawford - 2014 - Age 19 - .286/.373/.395 in 415 PA before getting the call to AA. Amed Rosario - 2015-16 - Age 19/20 - .278/.328/.378 in 707 PA before getting the call to AA. Corey Seager - 2013-2014 - Age 19/20 - .307/.372/.560 in 479 PA before getting the call to AA. Trea Turner - Never played A+ ball. Pretty crazy. Orlando Arcia - 2014 - Age 19 - .289/.346/.392 in 546 PA before getting the call to AA. Can you point out when Lewis was banged up last year that caused his bad stats?
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    Same with Kirilloff... I may look silly in the future, but I am off the Royce Lewis bandwagon. If he can be sold high for a young stud pitcher I do it this year.
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    Concur, Doc. The players are speaking out about it now to get their opinion on record during spring training. If nothing else is done before the regular season, the players will take it in their own hands. I also don’t like or advocate intentionally throwing at a batter, but the reality is pitchers will do just that without further action. Some people are probably bored with this topic. I can’t get enough of this content. The additional reports and quotes from other players are bananas. The players across the league usually tow the company line and back up their brothers. Not this time... Players on other teams are genuinely pissed about the Astros.
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    If you ever run into Bartolo Colon at a bar and he says let’s play pool, now you know... Also, dang he’s lost some weight! Medium Sexy??
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    More and more star baseball players coming out on record saying they’re disappointed with the lack of punishment on former Astros players. This is going to be ugly. Makes me wonder if the MLBPA will consider a work stoppage until further punishments are announced? This is a unique case. Typically players tow the company line and defend their own. Not this time...
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    I think what the Astros did is a direct shot at the integrity of baseball. The arrogance shown by Astros players, fans, and ownership is absolutely making this worse. Speaking of that, I don’t know who decided to make Carlos Correa the Astros’ spokesman, but it’s brilliant so far. In Ken Rosenthal’s latest article, Correa now said Altuve didn’t want his jersey ripped off because he had an unfinished tattoo on his collar bone that looked terrible. https://theathletic.com/1610301/2020/02/15/rosenthal-carlos-correa-rips-bellinger-passionately-defends-altuve-and-says-the-astros-deserve-their-2017-title/?source=shared-article Obviously Correa didn’t think ahead and there would be receipts online... People have already dug up a pic on Altuve’s Instagram showing he doesn’t have a tattoo in the works at all. I think Altuve needs to stick to the bit and get a horrible tattoo on his collarbone now.
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    I thought the Astros liked knowing which pitch was coming? I don’t see the problem here if we bang on a trash can before the bean ball.
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    Hope you had a good time in Austin when you were in town! When I first moved down south I was skeptical of the mud bugs but god dang are they good. I dated a girl for a period of time that grew up in Alexandria, LA. IMO the best redeeming quality of Louisiana is their drive through liquor stores.
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    Must be nice to go to a school with good sports teams! Did you go to any football games? Also, approximately how many pounds of crawfish have you consumed so far?
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    I like the 2nd paragraph quoted that he’s looking for the Astros to donate their playoff earnings to charity. I’d love to see this succeed, but unfortunately he’s going to have a tough case proving that game alone killed his MLB career.
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    Mike Rizzo of the Nationals is also out record saying he’s not going to let this scandal go until the Astros admit they cheated.
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    My condolences for being born in Wisconsin! At least your parents were smart enough to get you the hell out of there before you became a Packers fan! I concur that watching live sports is way better on the west coast... You can watch the entire game and still have an hour or 2 before thinking about going to bed!
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